Chapter 14 Destiny
Seeing Li Ang shake his head, the faces of the two men turned ashen, and the surrounding crowd also let out sighs.
The people of Yizhou were no strangers to Parasites; they often heard news of people dying from illnesses caused by eating raw fish slices. In the past few years, they had even heard about villagers who consumed too many snails and frogs and ended up with bloated stomachs, looking like starving ghosts, only to die shortly after, their stomachs filled with wriggling worms—a horrifying sight.
"Elbow Emergency Methods": "Those infected by Water Poison... initially feel chills, a slight headache, and pain when looking at objects... Parasites consume the internal organs, and the resulting heat becomes unbearably toxic. If uncontrollable discharge, like severe diarrhea, persists for eight or nine days, even a skilled doctor cannot provide a cure."
"Thousand Gold Formula": "There are people with edema, their abdomens huge while their limbs are thin, their bellies as hard as rock... This is a lifelong illness that cannot be forcefully treated."
It was common knowledge that contracting a parasitic disease was almost impossible to cure.
"Doctor!"
One of the kinsmen grabbed Li Ang, pleading tearfully, "Please, you must save my elder brother. His mother just celebrated her sixtieth birthday, and his youngest son just turned one month old. He can’t die like this."
"Third Son, let go of the doctor," the patient named Shade said slowly, suppressing the sorrow in his heart. "Don’t let outsiders mock us."
"Water Poison Bug disease is indeed difficult to cure with medicine or stones." The young man who had lent Li Ang his Sword wasn’t angered by his treasure sword getting dirty; instead, he said solemnly, "At the foot of the Ten Thousand Desolate Mountains, I’ve seen people with this disease. Tiny parasites move beneath the skin. If they reach the eyes, the eyelids swell and itch unbearably, and the person becomes sensitive to strong light. If they move to the mouth, nodules form on the face, and occasionally small worms crawl out. If they reach the organs or the brain... death is certain."
Ten Thousand Desolate Mountains? Li Ang looked at him curiously. The Ten Thousand Desolate Mountains, west of the border between the Yu Country and Zhou Kingdom, are an endless range of mountains rich in gold, silver, copper, and iron. But the climate is extremely harsh, and the mountains are teeming with poisonous insects and fierce beasts; even the Yu Country’s army cannot penetrate them. Only a few adventurers and traders who value money over their lives venture deep into the mountains to trade with the local, savage Desert People, bringing back gold and silver, and Exotic Beasts. This young man looks to be about twenty, pale and handsome. He doesn’t seem like someone who’s actually been to the Ten Thousand Desolate Mountains.