Chapter 40

But just as Jiang Junming knocked down Dwight, Little Price felt that the apprentice at the herbal shop had not cheated during the test. It was a very strange feeling that suddenly appeared in Little Price's heart. Although it was abrupt, he believed in his own intuition. Offending a priest and a few knight squires? What seemed like a huge matter to merchants was nothing to Little Price. Being able to befriend a young man with great potential, and it was just a matter of saying a few words, Little Price was not reluctant to do so.

"These are all trivial matters, no need to mention them again. By the way, what do you do at the herbal shop?" Little Price didn't want Jiang Junming to be so polite, so he casually changed the topic.

Although he was cold and proud, since he wanted to befriend Jiang Junming, and most importantly, Jiang Junming was worth it, Little Price put aside his pride and started chatting with Jiang Junming in a light manner.

After resting for a while, everyone continued on their journey. Little Price left Jiang Junming in the carriage, chatting along the way. There were constantly travelers either walking alongside or passing by, some in a hurry, rushing along, while others walked slowly, as if on a leisurely outing, calm and comfortable.

As they were walking, Jiang Junming suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable. This feeling was very unfamiliar to Jiang Junming, with a slight flutter in his heart, as if the power within his body sensed danger and was warning him. It was also like an invisible pressure weighing on his heart, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Looking far into the distance, Jiang Junming saw several black dots appear on the road. The black dots quickly approached, and soon those dots appeared in his field of vision. Five warriors and a burly man in a long robe were riding towards them from a great distance. The hooves were galloping rapidly, and the road was not very wide, with dust rising behind them, and passersby hurriedly dodging.

Seeing them from a distance, they came very quickly, each person was very strong, regardless of their appearance, they all carried a dark and oppressive aura, making one shudder. Jiang Junming felt a pressure coming with their rapid approach, getting heavier and heavier, almost making it hard for him to breathe.

Sensing that something was wrong with Jiang Junming, Little Price asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Junming didn't know how to describe his feeling. Those few people were galloping at high speed, getting closer, and the knight squires and priests became tense upon seeing their attire and appearance. The knight squires drew their swords, focused and on guard, while the priests began preparing to cast divine spells, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Little Price's face suddenly turned pale, and he became very tense after clearly seeing the attire and appearance of those people, no longer as calm and indifferent as usual, and began to fully prepare. His lips moved slightly, and he also prepared divine spells along with the two priests.

As those people got closer, the pressure Jiang Junming felt grew even stronger. They were very powerful, and the pressure they brought was even greater than when he faced a dozen thugs. Moreover, the cautious demeanor of the knight squires and priests gave a sense that a storm was about to come, and Jiang Junming watched them with some trepidation.

Although he had defeated Dwight and knocked down a dozen thugs, Jiang Junming didn't know if he could match those warriors coming towards them. As they got closer, their dark and cold faces became more vivid. Each person was very cold, completely ignoring the passersby, galloping at full speed, regardless of whether other pedestrians would be trampled.

The priests and knight squires were fully on guard, worried that those people might attack them. But those people seemed to have some urgent business or simply didn't care, and when they saw Jiang Junming's group, they were completely indifferent, as if they were just ordinary passersby, not even giving them a second glance. They passed by Jiang Junming's group and rode away, leaving a trail of dust.

After those people were far away, the priests and knight squires breathed a sigh of relief. Little Price's hands were on his legs, trying to control them, but his fingers were still trembling slightly.

"Who were those people just now?" Jiang Junming asked.

"Those people are believers of the evil gods, and they are very powerful," Little Price replied. "At least... at least much more powerful than us."

Jiang Junming was taken aback. Evil gods? In the dozen years he had lived in this world, he had heard about them many times, always described as fierce and terrifying, with some people talking about dark gods, others about evil gods, all in opposition to the righteous and light gods. But they were far from Moonlight City, and the wars of the Northern Storm Church and the dark kingdoms, the return of the goddess, and the siege of the god of murder, were often mentioned by adventurers with great enthusiasm, but they sounded like stories, without much real concept.

In fact, Jiang Junming's understanding of gods came mostly from stories and legends he had heard from others since childhood, which he thought were fictional, but he didn't expect most of them to be true.

As he was thinking, Jiang Junming suddenly heard a惨叫声传来，马车停了下来，几名商人和旅者开始乱糟糟地大呼小叫，好像发生了什么事情。

马车停下来后，姜君明和小普莱斯走下来，看到曾经要帮助姜君明的那个矮小的商人捂着胸口倒在地上，脸色青紫，张大了嘴想要呼吸，却像溺水了一样，无论怎么用力都无法呼吸到新鲜的空气。他的一双手使劲地抓着自己胸口的衣服，指甲下的甲床苍白，没有一丝血色。

张大的嘴里开始有白色的泡沫口水流出来，矮小的商人双手按在胸口，虚弱无力地靠在另一个人的怀里。姜君明注意到他的颈静脉怒张，像两条粗壮的蚯蚓一样在矮小的商人的脖颈上爬着，看着就吓人。他的裤脚露出的肌肤青紫，像长了花斑一样。而嘴唇和手指甲苍白，像裹了一层白霜似的。

急性心力衰竭！姜君明马上反应过来，这名矮小的商人发生了什么。原本就有先天性心脏病，肺动脉高压就很重，刚刚帮着自己说话，紧张后又惊喜，情绪剧烈的波动让病情迅速恶化，这才出现了急性心力衰竭。

小普莱斯反应很快，看到那名商人出现恶疾，马上开始祈祷。短暂的祈祷后，一道白光落在矮小的商人身上。

“小普莱斯果然是天才，才十二岁就能施展一级神术了。”两名神官在一旁看到小普莱斯迅速施放治疗术，感慨地说道。

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A scream suddenly came, and the carriage stopped. Several merchants and travelers began to shout and scream, as if something had happened.

The carriage stopped, and Jiang Junming and Little Price got off, seeing the small merchant who had once offered to help Jiang Junming lying on the ground, clutching his chest, his face blue, his mouth wide open trying to breathe, but like a drowning person, he couldn't get any fresh air no matter how hard he tried. His hands were gripping his chest, the nail beds under his fingernails pale, with no trace of blood.

White foam started to flow from his mouth, and the small merchant's hands were pressing on his chest, weak and powerless, leaning against another person. Jiang Junming noticed that his neck veins were bulging, like two thick earthworms crawling on the small merchant's neck, looking terrifying. His exposed skin on his legs was blue, like a pattern of spots. His lips and fingernails were pale, as if covered in a layer of frost.

Acute heart failure! Jiang Junming immediately realized what had happened to the small merchant. He had a congenital heart condition, and the pulmonary hypertension was already severe. Just helping him speak, the tension followed by excitement, and the intense emotional fluctuations had rapidly worsened his condition, leading to acute heart failure.

Little Price reacted quickly. Seeing the merchant's condition, he immediately began to pray. After a brief prayer, a beam of white light fell on the small merchant.

"Little Price is indeed a genius, able to cast a first-level divine spell at just twelve years old," the two priests remarked, impressed by Little Price's quick casting of the healing spell.

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