I Have Medicine

Chapter 566 - (Execution) Slaughtering the Wicked.

Content Warning: This chapter contains disturbing content that may be unsettling and could affect your comfort, especially if you’re eating or in a sensitive state. Please proceed with caution, as the material may evoke strong reactions.

[TN: It is mentioned that the previous translator used “profound crystal” instead of “mystical crystal.”]

Upon seeing the two pieces of wolf-blood ore, one large and one small, the Demon Wolf Tribe member seemed somewhat satisfied. He pushed the two young girls forward and accepted the wolf-blood ore in exchange.

A Giant Rock grabbed the girls by their hair, sticking out his thick tongue to lick their ears, his eyes glinting with even stronger desire.

Fortunately, the Giant Rock didn’t kill the girls on the spot, which allowed Gu Zuo’s tightly wound nerves to relax slightly.

Gu Zuo turned his head to look away and happened to glance at another shop.

In front of that shop stood a long stone rack with flames burning beneath it. On the rack lay a long stone skewer, sharp at both ends, impaling a human leg. The leg’s smooth texture clearly showed it had been cut from a woman’s body. A Giant Rock stood beside it, turning the skewer to roast the leg.

Next to this Giant Rock stood a slightly shorter Giant Rock woman with an extremely ugly face. In her hand, she held another skewer, this one strung with a few pieces of tender white meat, still bloody at the edges — clearly cut from the softest parts of a woman’s body.

Seeing this scene, Gu Zuo nearly crushed his fists in rage.

Then, his gaze shifted again, landing on a Demon Wolf Tribe member holding a writhing, blood-red mass. Gu Zuo didn’t recognize it at first, but soon his eyes drifted to the corpse of a woman lying behind the wolf. Though her body was still twitching faintly, her breath had already ceased. Her abdomen had been cut open… that writhing mass was—

In the other “shops,” there were more horrors: a burly warrior nearly stripped down to his skeleton, an elderly man skinned from head to toe, a child with their tendons drawn out and tangled together, and a teenager chopped into minced meat…

The sheer brutality of it all was unspeakable!

Gu Zuo could barely contain himself.

Just then, Gongyi Tianheng’s voice reached him through sound transmission.

[Ah Zuo, hold on for now.]

Gu Zuo took a deep breath, his mind consumed by murderous intent.

[Big brother, I want to kill them all!]

Gongyi Tianheng nodded.

[Don’t worry, Ah Zuo. We only need to endure until all the foreign tribes are gathered here — that way, we can kill even more of them and rescue the people. If you’re struggling to hold back, perhaps you can focus on calculating the best way to strike later. That way, we can eliminate these tribes as quickly as possible.]

Gu Zuo calmed down at his brother’s words.

Indeed, their primary goal here was to save people. Since the “goods” hadn’t yet fully arrived, now wasn’t the ideal time to act…

Still, even understanding this, Gu Zuo couldn’t bear to keep watching. The horrific scenes unfolding before him were simply too much to endure.

After enduring this torment for over an hour, the stone chamber grew even more suffocating with the stench of blood.

By now, almost all the stone compartments had been occupied by members of various foreign tribes. The “merchandise” displayed in the shops consisted mostly of humans, supplemented by wild beasts and some peculiar foreign tribe members — though none of the Blue-Eyed Tribe, Demon Wolf Tribe, or Giant Rock Tribe.

Each Giant Rock seemed to have a good supply of wolf-blood ore. Occasionally, they would approach a Demon Wolf Tribe’s “shop” and trade for their preferred blood food. When they visited their own tribe’s shops, they would exchange other goods — usually more blood and flesh, sometimes trading one age group of humans for another or exchanging processed limbs and meat.

If one ignored what the “merchandise” truly was, this so-called “Bai Rou Market” indeed resembled a human marketplace — the trading methods and bustling atmosphere were remarkably similar.

But no matter how much it resembled a market, once Gu Zuo looked at the “goods,” his heart swelled with unparalleled hatred for these foreign tribes.

After all, he was human.

Of course, Gu Zuo knew that not all foreign tribes were the same. However, these particular tribes before him were undoubtedly the ones he needed to eliminate — and make the most use of in the process.

At this moment, Gu Zuo noticed that it had been quite some time since any more foreign tribes had brought their “goods” inside. This meant the so-called Bai Rou Market was now officially beginning.

The earlier exchanges had been private trades, but now a towering and burly Giant Rock stood atop a stone platform in the middle of the stone hall. The platform was about a zhang high.

This Giant Rock had deeply set teeth, and his eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light. Now standing on the platform, he reached behind him, grabbed a scrawny boy, and tossed him to the ground at his feet.

Laughing loudly, he said, “I’ll start things off! This boy may be thin, but his physique is unique — his tendons and bones are delightfully crisp when chewed. I’ll trade him for fifty jin of virgin spine meat from sixteen-year-old human girls. Any takers?”

Soon, a Demon Wolf Tribe member stood up and called out, “I have a hundred jin of virgin spine meat from human girls. I’ll trade it for two pieces of wolf-blood ore — no interest in the boy.”

The Giant Rock tilted his head in thought, then reached into his pouch, grabbed two blood-red stones, and tossed them over. “Deal!”

The Demon Tribe member immediately grinned with satisfaction and flung a large bundle onto the platform.

The Giant Rock reached into the bundle, tore off a piece of tender meat, and chewed on it for a moment. Smacking his lips, he said, “Good stuff. Worth the price!”

With that, the trade was considered complete.

Next, the Giant Rock patted the scrawny boy. “Anyone else want to trade for him?”

After a while, another Giant Rock stepped forward and claimed the boy in exchange.

The Giant Rock on the platform didn’t step down. Instead, he dragged out a sturdy, blood-filled warrior. This man was at the Immortal Realm, and his inner energy had been completely sealed. Now stripped to the waist, he was yanked forward and repeatedly slapped as if to demonstrate his quality.

“This one’s starting bid is ten jin of human infant flesh. Each bid increase must be no less than one jin. The highest bidder gets him. Go!”

The crowd below erupted, and soon several Giant Rock members began shouting out bids:

“Eleven jin!”

“Twenty-three jin!”

“Fifty-four jin!”

“…”

In the end, the warrior was sold for eighty-five jin of infant flesh.

Following that, the Giant Rock auctioned off the blood essence of an Atomic Realm warrior and other items. Once those transactions were completed, it was the Demon Wolf Tribe’s turn to bring living humans onto the stage, this time bidding with wolf-blood ore. The scene quickly grew lively once again.

Gu Zuo endured several rounds of this gruesome spectacle before suddenly asking a question.

[Big brother, is it about time?]

Gongyi Tianheng glanced around and saw that the stone hall’s doors were now closed. If any of the foreign tribes wanted to leave, they would first have to overcome an obstacle — indeed, this was an excellent opportunity. Moreover, if they waited any longer, some of the humans that had been traded might soon be killed and devoured by the impatient Giant Rock members. If that happened, they would lose more of their kin, which must be avoided.

So, Gongyi Tianheng nodded.

[Ah Zuo, are you ready?]

Gu Zuo took a deep breath.

[I have a large supply of paralyzing drugs, but they were formulated for human martial artists. I’m not sure if they’ll work on foreign tribes.]

Gongyi Tianheng pondered briefly.

[Then let’s prepare for both outcomes. First, use the paralyzing drug as a test. Meanwhile, I’ll strike down a batch of foreign tribesmen and shoot arrows to injure others. If the weak paralyzing drug works, we must rescue as many people as possible. If it doesn’t, we’ll just have to save whoever we can. But I believe that as long as we create enough chaos, these foreign tribes won’t immediately harm their blood food captives.]

Gu Zuo nodded firmly.

[While releasing the paralyzing drug, I’ll also throw some prepared white gourds… Killing a batch of foreign tribes first sounds good!]

Gongyi Tianheng’s voice remained steady.

[We must move quickly. There aren’t too many foreign tribesmen in the stone hall, so we should be able to handle them. But after the rescue, we must leave some trouble for the foreign tribes living behind the stone hall to stop them from pursuing us.]

Gu Zuo readily agreed and vowed to do his best.

In short, their top priority was saving lives, and second was weakening the foreign tribes as much as possible.

Once they reached an agreement, the two immediately sprang into action!

Gu Zuo didn’t hesitate. Grabbing a half-arm-high jade gourd, he flung its contents outward, sending the liquid splashing in all directions. The moment the liquid met the air, it turned into a thick mist that filled the entire stone hall in just a breath or two.

In an instant, most of the humans, foreign tribes, and wild beasts alike fell unconscious under the influence of the mist.

Gu Zuo felt a surge of joy.

The paralyzing drug works on foreign tribes too!

Without delay, he hurled several white gourds into groups of foreign tribesmen gathered in areas where no humans were nearby. In an instant, those clusters — namely the Demon Wolf Tribe members that had just traded captured humans with the Giant Rock members for wolf-blood ore — were engulfed in a flash of white light, turning them into ice sculptures. Moments later, the ice sculptures crumbled into nothingness.

Gongyi Tianheng witnessed Gu Zuo’s display of power and immediately took action himself. He released several arrows — originally prepared in case Gu Zuo’s drug failed — but seeing the drug’s effectiveness, the arrows ultimately claimed only a few lives. Still, their combined killing power was undeniable.

In the vast stone hall, batch after batch of foreign tribesmen fell. Those few who remained, their faces twisted in shock and anger, barely managed to stay standing before inevitably collapsing as well.

Gu Zuo revealed himself, swiftly moving toward the fallen humans to administer the antidote and awaken them. Meanwhile, Gongyi Tianheng acted even faster — his main task wasn’t to revive anyone, but to ensure the foreign tribes, with their resilient bodies, didn’t regain consciousness too quickly. He moved rapidly, finishing off every foreign tribesman in sight…