"......"

Lin Guang exhaled gently.

"Happy to oblige."

However, the next moment, the excited gazes of everyone in the cabin almost startled the four of them, to the extent that Vishdair even somewhat reflexively raised his gun.

The young man trembled as he spoke: "Lin, Senior Lin, are you saying..."

"You're saying that you can handle demonic energy, not just suppress it, but completely dispel it?!"

Lin Guang was slightly taken aback—when did he say that?

But after a quick thought, he immediately understood what this meant.

This is the "background setting" of the Illusion Realm.

Lin Guang confirmed with a nod: "If it's not too dense, yes."

And in the next moment, as if to prove Lin Guang's words, the cultivator had already awakened.

"Woken up! Captain Wang has woken up!"

"The evil poison, the evil poison has truly been cleared! It's not suppressed, it has been completely cleared!"

Lin Guang turned his gaze back, only to see that Captain Wang had already woken up, with a hint of confusion in his eyes: "I... I absorbed so much demonic energy, and yet I'm not dead, I can even maintain my mental clarity?"

"Incredible!" said a cultivator who appeared to be a physician, his eyes wide with astonishment, "There really is someone who can disperse this poison of demonic energy!"

Lin Guang's heart was slightly moved; demonic qi on Blue Star was not unsolvable poison, but in this Illusion Realm, it was treated like a terminal illness.

Is it because cultivators are overly sensitive to Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, leading to them being particularly seriously targeted by demonic energy?

But according to his speculation, the top cultivators of this world should also be extremely powerful; such a thing shouldn't happen.

Could it be that... the intrusion of the Demon Race has only occurred recently, and there hasn't been time to develop countermeasures and disseminate them?

As he pondered, Captain Wang finally reacted and got up from the bed, bowing deeply to Lin Guang: "Thank you, senior, for saving my life."

"Senior Lin!"

The young man finally calmed his emotions and said, "You can truly disperse demonic energy!"

"And not just that amazing medical technique just now, forming an array on a human body..."

"Could it be that you used the legendary, supreme array dao skill... 'Heaven Refining Array Dao'?"

"Are you, as the legends say, a disciple of the Supreme Immortal Sect?"

The young man stared intently at Lin Guang, his eyes almost overflowing with hope, dreading that he might say "no."

"..."

Thinking for a moment, Lin Guang replied evasively: "I indeed have studied 'Heaven Refining Array Dao' and can expel the influence of demonic energy."

—Though, in truth, most of the credit goes to the Celestial Doctor talent tree.

The young man paused for a moment, almost moved to tears.

"They've come... support from the upper sect has arrived!"

As he spoke, he could finally no longer suppress his emotions, tears finally dripping uncontrollably: "I knew it, I knew it, the Immortal Sect, as the leader of the righteous path, would never sit idly by through this disaster..."

Under the complicated gazes of everyone present, he knelt to the ground with a thump, performing a grand ritual: "I humbly ask Senior Lin to save the tens of thousands of people of Beishan City!"

"..."

Lin Guang sighed.

"This is precisely my purpose in coming here."

He imitated the tone he had seen and heard in the information and scenes from the Celestial Doctor, and said, "Are there any more seriously affected by demonic qi? I will treat them all."

The young man showed an excited expression, seemingly about to agree.

However, before he could speak, a nearby figure, who seemed to be either an advisor or a guard and carried himself with the grace of a middle-aged scholar, spoke up: "Senior Lin, you need to consume Spirit Stones and your own mana to dispel demonic energy, don't you?"

Lin Guang nodded: "The amount varies depending on the patient's cultivation."

His spiritual power could sense that this person's cultivation level should be at the Golden Core, and not weak at that, implying he was a person of authority here.

"Your Spirit Stones must be limited as well."

Lin Guang was slightly silent, ultimately nodding: "I have some with me, but if treating those above Golden Core, I might soon run out."

"..."

The cultivator paused in silence, then looked toward the young man beside him.

"Young City Lord, I believe... cultivators of the Qi Cultivation Realm and below the sixth level of Foundation Establishment should not request senior's treatment."

Under the young man's trembling gaze, he spoke calmly and cruelly, "Now the demonic energy pervades the entire world, making it almost impossible to refine mana from the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism, and our Spirit Stone reserves have already..."

He said in a deep voice, "Senior Lin's willingness to help is already a blessing, and we must allocate our strength judiciously, we cannot let his efforts be wasted!"

"We should first treat Commander Zhang to stabilize the battle situation, and then support those late-stage Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators elsewhere."

"As for the others, abandoning them might not be out of the question."

The young man dazedly looked around at the surrounding cultivators in the cabin.

Many of them were already on the brink of death, soon to become lifeless corpses.

Although Lin Guang could, if he wished, likely pull them back from the brink of death with ease.

But... he truly couldn't do that.

He was aware of how cruel the order he was about to give would be.

Lin Guang said nothing, only lowering his gaze slightly.

Chelina's orange-red eyes reflected the people in the cabin, silently.

Vishdair seemed to recall something, showing a look of disgust and muttering a curse softly.

Lisa tightened her grip on Lin Guang's hand, as if to comfort him, yet seemingly unable to bear thinking about what would happen to these wounded.

—Even knowing it's an illusion realm... yet witnessing such a scene before one's eyes, how could there be no emotional fluctuations?

In the end, the young man's shoulders seemed to hunch down as he finally made up his mind.

"Yes... let's do as you said."

He tried not to let his gaze fall upon those patients again, looking instead at Lin Guang: "Senior, please follow me."

Lin Guang also calmed his emotions slightly: "What exactly is this demonic energy and these creatures about?"

Upon saying this, he discreetly took out the Retrospection Treasure Pearl and set a save point.

He was about to start lying, uncertain whether he'd be found out, so it was best to save the status first, just in case.

Then, Lin Guang began to lie with a straight face: "I have been in seclusion, and if not for the anomaly of heaven and earth, I would have continued to be in seclusion, hence knowing little about the current situation."

"After exiting seclusion, I tried to contact the main sect but received no response, as if the entire world has descended into chaos."

"I see..."

The young man wiped away his tears: "Then, Senior Lin, let's talk as we walk."

He took a deep breath: "But... no matter what you hear next, I ask that you remain calm."

"About a month ago, at the very center of the Central Continent, where generation after generation of Mahayana Stage cultivators ascended, a humongous rift opened in the dome above the nine heavens, visible almost everywhere in the Refining Heaven Realm."

"Some call it 'Celestial Rift,' and others 'Scar of Heaven.'"

"Endless waves of demonic energy and evil creatures poured out from it."

"Reportedly, the entire Central Province has become a battlefield, with the most powerful sects, the strongest cultivators of this realm, fighting bloodshed there."

"The situation of their battles is unknown, yet demonic energy and creatures continue to flood out, spreading even to our borderlands of the Eastern Wilderness."

"Three days ago, those demons began pouring out from the nearby Beimeng Mountain, attacking the territory of our Beishan City."

"Our Beishan City, a major town under the Golden Mountain Sect, produces various Spirit Armors and Spirit Iron, with many cultivators; yet even so, holding the defense is immensely challenging."

Walking in front of Lin Guang, the young man showed no expression and softly said, "Those purely mortal nations and cities probably..."

Lin Guang was silent for a moment, still speaking to ask: "What about the Supreme Immortal Sect?"

At this moment, Lin Guang was already certain that the role he was playing was not Liu Cheyi.

It's even possible that the Illusion Realm fabricated this role out of thin air based on his abilities, otherwise, it would be hard to imagine other inheritors having such medical techniques as he possesses.

"In theory, it's a taboo that cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm are not qualified to know, but later due to the calamity of the Celestial Rift, the world fell into chaos, so my father told me."

The young man strangely fell silent, then with a slightly hoarse voice said, "The Sect Leader of the Supreme Immortal Sect, Liu Cheyi... over a month ago, just before the demonic forces from beyond the heavens descended, entered the Ascension Platform together with the Demon God Qing Yueyang."

"After that, the Ascension Platform and that space disappeared altogether, and Sect Leader Liu and Qing Yueyang have not been heard from since."

"My father also did not inform me of the whereabouts of the other members of the Supreme Immortal Sect."

After saying this, the young man immediately hurried to explain, fearing Lin Guang might get angry: "Senior Lin, I didn't mean to say Sect Leader Liu brought... surely it must have been the threat from that towering demon lord!"

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