Chapter 530: Unforeseen circumstances at the Grand Medicine Testing Convention (2/2)

Head Elder Xie only laughed out loud. “Jun Yixie, you’re still pretending?! Before you came to see this old man, you were already collaborating with Mu Yingdong! The two of you planned everything from the start!”

“Head Elder Xie, you need proof for such accusations!” Jun Yixie’s tone turned severe.

Mu Yingdong simply lost his temper. “Head Eldr Xie, you’re slandering others! I was only muddle-headed for a moment when I agreed to sign that agreement with Jun Yixie. The two of us were never close before this incident!”

Mu Yingdong was much more emotional than Jun Yixie. After all, the most the Council of Elders could do was penalize him for his private agreement with Jun Yixie. But if they found out the pair had long been allies, his crimes would be heavy! The entire nature of his misdeeds would change!

Head Elder Xie only smirked. “Someone come, bring out the evidence!”

“Evidence…” Han Yunxi trailed off in puzzlement. Long Feiye was watching in amusement as well. It was already impressive for Head Elder Xie to stop the wedding talks in their tracks, but where was he to find proof that the Mu Clan and Jun Yixie were long in cahoots? Unexpectedly, everyone was disgusted by the presentation of the evidence—a corpse crawling with worms! Ouyang Ningnuo had the most exaggerated reaction of all. He ran from the first ring all the way to the third ring to sit next to Long Feiye. Both Long Feiye and Han Yunxi simply took him as air, their attention more focused on the body onstage.

Two people on the scene discovered simultaneously that the corpse was poisoned. One was Han Yunxi, while the other was Jun Yixie. The latter was close enough to recognize the worms as the Hundred Poisons Sect’s most famous Poison Roundworms. This toxin had never been circulated outside the sect and was closely guarded by its members.

Who poisoned this man?

“This is the proof! This was a jailkeeper in charge of sending meals to Mu Linger. She poisoned the man in an attempt to pressure him to release her, but was fortunately caught by a guard. Heheh, from what this old man understands, this type of poison comes from the Hundred Poisons Sect. It’s not anyone who can get their hands on it! So I’d like to ask, where did Mu Linger get her own? She’s a pharmacist, so how could she know the poison arts?” Head Elder Xie questioned.

“This lord did not give Mu Linger any poisons!” Jun Yixie roared.

“From what this Head Elder understands, this is a poison exclusive to the Hundred Poisons Sect and not spread to outsiders. Jun Yixie, you say that you didn’t give Mu Linger this poison. Could it be that one of your subordinates did it instead?”

Faced with Head Elder Xie’s questions, Jun Yixie was left at a loss for words. Meanwhile, Han Yunxi felt even more astonished! How did things end up like this?

Because she was sitting far away, she didn’t have a clear sight of the stage, but the detox system had already told her that the corpse contained Poison Roundworm, not the Birthing Roundworm Poison she’d given Gu Qishao. She had been researching Hundred Poisons Sect on her own and its top ten list of poisons. From their descriptions and records, she could more or less manage to make her own variants of the toxins. But because she’d never seen those poisons in person, she could only create poisons with similar–but not exact—effects as the real thing.

The Roundworm Birthing Poison she’d given to Gu Qishao was one such case. The victim would exhibit the same symptoms as one infected by Poison Roundworm, but there were still minute differences. For example, her Roundworm Birthing Poison would cause the worms to rot and fester away with the corpse within a day, but the Hundred Poisons Sect’s version would last longer. Moreover, there was the question of the intended target. Gu Qishao had sent a letter saying he’d poisoned one of the Lin Clan’s lackeys, so why did the victim suddenly turn into a jailkeeper instead?

Han Yunxi immediately started up a deep scan with the detox system to determine the victim’s time of death. The results gave her a fright. This body had been poisoned two days after the death of the Lin Clan rogue. In other words, someone had used real Poison Roundworm to infect the jailkeeper after the incident with the original attacker.

Who did it? Where did this true poison even come from?

Han Yunxi originally created the false impression of the Hundred Poisons Sect poison to convince Head Elder Xie that Jun Yixie and the Mu Clan were working together. She hadn’t meant for it to turn into proof for their long-term alliance! After all, they had to suppress the Mu Clan step by step. If the Mu collapsed now, the Xie Clan’s power would rise to take their place. It would be even harder to rescue Mu Linger then.

Moreover, “the Mu Clan and Jun Yixie are collaborating” had a completely different tone than “Mu Linger and Jun Yixie are collaborating.” If Mu Linger became the scapegoat for this mess, she’d be blacklisted by Medical City!

Troublesome!

Without a doubt, Long Feiye’s plot had been thoroughly ruined as well. He narrowed his eyes to stare coldly at Ouyang Ningnuo sitting by his side. The merchant only gave a refined and harmless smile in reply. Han Yunxi was still depressed when Head Elder Xie suddenly called her out.

“Qin Wangfei, I’ve heard that you’re familiar with the poison arts. Please come onstage to verify the evidence.”

Now Han Yunxi felt like crying… What do we do now?

“Esteemed wangfei, Head Elder Xie is calling you,” Ouyang Ningnuo reminded with a smile.

Han Yunxi ignored him and looked questioningly at Long Feiye instead…

1. making the wedding clothes (做个嫁衣) – zuoge jiayi, a saying based on how poor tailors end up making wedding clothes for other families during the year while being too poor to afford their own—or to work hard and expend all that effort, only to benefit others instead of yourself.