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The Old Village Doctor sighed and said, "At first, I thought it was a fever caused by the Mountain Miasma, but the antipyretics have been ineffective. Over the past few days, I've tried several different medicines, yet there has been no improvement. The source of this strange illness began about half a month ago when all the villagers started having the same nightmare. In our dreams, we saw a black bird swallowing the sky, and then some people's eyes changed like this."
Fang Zigui leaned closer to one of the patients, carefully observing the symptoms in their eyes. The patient’s gaze was vacant, with pupils nearly filling the entire eyeball, and a black liquid oozed from the corners of their eyes, thick like ink.
"May I take the patient's pulse?" Fang Zigui asked. The Old Village Doctor nodded in agreement, and Fang Zigui gently placed his fingers on the patient's wrist. He closed his eyes for a moment to feel the pulse and then turned to Xiaoshuang, whispering, "The patient's breath is chaotic, and their meridians are blocked... This symptom resembles that incident with Zhangqi Gu Chong, but it’s much more severe."
At that moment, an elderly man waiting nearby for leg pain ointment suddenly interjected, "This is no ordinary illness; it's the Gui Xu Qi invading people's eyes."
The old man's sudden remark startled everyone. Ruan Xiaoshuang couldn't help but approach him and asked, "Sir, your Chinese is excellent! What do you mean by that?"
The old man replied slowly, "My mother was Han Chinese; I learned to speak Chinese from her since I was little. As for Gui Xu Qi, I heard about it from elders long ago—there's a mysterious Guixu Gate on Yulong Snow Mountain. Once this gate opens, Gui Xu Qi will come out. This thing is very sinister; it causes people’s eyes to leak black water, slowly leading them to lose their minds until they become walking corpses. It's quite terrifying."
Fang Zigui quickly asked the old man and several nearby patients about the order in which villagers fell ill and discovered a clear correlation with their distance from the snow mountain—the closer a house was to Yulong Snow Mountain, the sooner its residents exhibited these symptoms.
As they left the Old Village Doctor's home, they happened to see Mu Qing approaching with Lin Mingchang and Shen Tong. The four exchanged glances without saying much in the village. It was only on their way back that they shared their findings.
Combining this with what Wuchen Mage had said earlier, all the information pieced together revealed a clearer picture: the Gui Xu Society had entered the snow mountain and was attempting to open the Guixu Gate. This action directly affected the villagers of Baisha Village, who lived closest to the mountain.
Not only were there collective hallucinations, but strange illnesses had also emerged, likely leading to terrifying scenarios of collective manipulation in the future.
"Given that only a portion of the villagers are currently affected, it seems that the Gui Xu Society has not yet truly opened the Guixu Gate," Lin Mingchang deduced.
"They probably need powers like mine as a key," Shen Tong added. "I suspect that a Contractor's power can both open and seal the Guixu Gate."
Fang Zigui patted Mu Qing's shoulder in comfort. "So your cousin was likely mistaken for a Contractor because of her naturally Different-Colored Eyes and was taken by members of the Gui Xu Society."
Shen Tong turned her gaze toward Yulong Snow Mountain, its peak shrouded in a swirling aura of malevolence. She softly said, "We must find that girl as soon as possible; if she has fallen into the hands of the Gui Xu Society, she is likely facing great danger."
Mu Qing remained unusually silent throughout the journey, but finally spoke up when he heard this:
"The next full moon is the day after tomorrow. I can take you into the Snow Mountain."
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