Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 496 An County’s Strange Illness

Chapter 496: Chapter 496 An County’s Strange Illness

"So it’s the Seven-Person Team!" The man was so excited he all but whooped and leapt on the spot.

"What business do you have with us?" Xiao Chan was somewhat puzzled.

"Ah, no... it’s not that. My brother and I settled down nearby, and when we saw a merchant caravan coming, we got curious and took a look, and then we saw our familiar friend Ah Dao."

"Could it be that you are..."

"We are all fortunate survivors from the North-South River," the man said with a smile, revealing his identity: "We previously received aid from the Seven-Person Team and were lucky to have escaped southward."

Xiao Chan was somewhat astonished, "We thought... we thought..."

"We also thought that you all had already..."

The other party seemed to guess what Xiao Chan was going to say. At this moment, silence was more eloquent than words, with everything understood but unsaid.

Both had thought the other was dead.

"But, what’s the purpose of stopping us?" Ah Dao asked, a bit puzzled.

The man finally snapped out of his excited state of recognizing kin and spoke anxiously, "It’s like this, An County isn’t safe, you must not go there."

"Impossible, we just came back from Three-Branch Junction half a month ago. Everything in An County was perfectly normal; how could it be unsafe?" Ah Fu raised his eyebrows in a face of disbelief.

The man hurriedly stated, "The trouble began half a month ago. People in An County suddenly contracted a strange disease. This odd malady causes the entire body to break out in red spots, and even the eyes become blood red. Initially, the doctors in An County thought it was leprosy, so they quarantined these people together for easier treatment.

Who knew that the leprosy prescriptions would be ineffective against this disease? Due to the doctors’ delay, a large portion of the county fell ill, and now An County has almost become a city of death. Everyone there is sick, and if you continue forward, you will become infected too."

This was also the reason why they had intercepted them so rashly. Had they not recognized the benefactors on the carriage roof, they certainly wouldn’t have cared about the lives and deaths of others.

After all, they were themselves just barely surviving; how could they concern themselves with others?

Bai Junjun and Li Wenli, listening from the carriage, felt something was off. They exchanged glances and quietly disembarked to listen to the tale.

Although these people recognized Xiao Chan and Ah Dao, they didn’t recognize Li Wenli, so when they saw two youths in crimson clothes approaching, they didn’t pay them any mind, just assuming they were from the Dongsheng Tavern.

"How do you know it isn’t leprosy?"

Leprosy is a highly contagious and difficult-to-cure disease of complex nature in ancient times.

"About five days ago, a person from the Witch Tribe came from Three-Branch Junction. He identified the abnormalities of this strange disease, and now he is in charge of the situation in An County."

"He said that An County had offended a deity and received a curse from a Celestial God, and that’s why this happened. As long as the sick persons do not step out of the boundaries of An County, and perform daily penance and rituals combined with his Witch Medicine, they can be cured."

Bai Junjun frowned upon hearing this, whispering to Li Wenli, "Doesn’t this sound a lot like feudal superstition?"

"..." Li Wenli gave her a speechless glance, "We are in a feudal society right now, miss. The Witch Tribe is revered here."

"It still sounds like a scheme to extort money."

The two whispered very quietly, and since everyone else was seriously pondering over the gravity of the news, they didn’t notice.

Ah Fu’s face was solemn, "But we want to go to Three-Branch Junction; we must pass through An County. What should we do now?"

"Let’s just rush through it. If we cover our eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, we surely can’t be that unlucky, and if things go south, isn’t there a wizard around? We won’t die," Li Wenli said nonchalantly.

The refugee gave Li Wenli a glance and couldn’t help but sigh, "Young man, you have no idea how tough these times are. Do you know how hard that strange disease is to cure?"