Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 504: Heavenly Punishment

Chapter 504: Chapter 504: Heavenly Punishment

Just as the quarantined patients had been contained, more people in the city began to fall ill.

Though the disease spread quickly with the speed of a swift wind, they had never encountered an outbreak as aggressive as this one. More and more people were infected and were also concentrated in one place, managed together.

But a dreadful thing happened.

As the number of quarantined people grew, the mysterious illness seemed to accumulate in severity. Even those who had been previously controlled began to deteriorate.

In this world, there are a total of three medical prescriptions that can treat the disease. Doctor Hu had used two without being able to control it. Just when he was about to try the third prescription, a witch doctor arrived in the county town.

He claimed it was not the swift wind disease but Heavenly Punishment, and only the techniques of the City of Witch Ancestors could cure it.

Not far from Three-Branch Junction, many in An County were believers in the Witch Ancestors. Therefore, they naturally trusted the witch doctor from the City of Witch Ancestors.

Consequently, the County Magistrate knelt and pleaded with the witch doctor for help.

The witch doctor said he could help, but the villagers must offer their gold and silver to the Witch Ancestors.

In the City of Witch Ancestors, it was indeed customary to worship the Witch Ancestors with gold, silver, and jewels, so the people did not find it strange and diligently brought out their savings to offer.

Especially the unfortunate County Magistrate and those merchants, the gold and silver they carried out were in box after box.

However, at that time, Doctor Hu shook his head and said, "This is clearly the swift wind disease and not some Heavenly Punishment. Perhaps the third prescription might be able to cure it."

But the County Magistrate was not convinced. After all, he had taken medicine for several days without any effect, yet after sitting with the witch doctor for a while, he felt much better. It was self-evident who was effective and who was not.

Doctor Hu could only sigh helplessly, telling everyone that those who wished to stay and take the medicine could continue to do so, and those who did not wish to stay could switch to the witch doctor.

After all, seeking treatment is a matter of willingness, and switching to another doctor when one cannot cure is no big deal. It is also people’s freedom to choose whom they want.

Therefore, there were still those who were willing to let Doctor Hu treat them.

But the problem arose just then.

All of the dozen or so people who stayed and used the new prescription died. This caused their families to become upset, and they made a complaint to the County Magistrate, who then imprisoned Doctor Hu.

His medical hall was naturally smashed as well.

Now everyone went to the witch doctor for treatment, and not only did no one care about the medical hall, they even forbade my younger apprentice brother from seeking treatment from the wizard when he fell ill.

So they could only watch as the younger apprentice brother’s illness worsened right before their eyes.

Bai Junjun listened, stunned.

She hadn’t expected that curing people could also be a way to make a fortune!

Hearing how the County Magistrate and the merchants sent box after box of jewels to the wizard, she was fiercely tempted.

She wondered if she worked hard, would there be a chance to collect box after box of jewels herself.

"Divine Doctor, could you please diagnose our younger apprentice brother and determine whether it is indeed the swift wind disease he’s suffering from?"

"..." Bai Junjun was floored by the question.

She scratched her head and looked at the young man, saying, "Theoretically speaking, the symptoms of the swift wind disease are the appearance of red spots. As the disease progresses, these spots deepen in color. In addition, there may be complications such as red eyes, fever, cough, dizziness, respiratory failure, and so on.

Looking at these symptoms, it does seem that your apprentice brother is indeed suffering from the swift wind disease."

Bai Junjun recounted the characteristics of the swift wind disease from the original host’s memory.

The head apprentice instantly grinned with joy: "I knew Master couldn’t have diagnosed it wrong! This is the swift wind disease, not some Heavenly Punishment!"