Chapter 241 What is the relationship between my senior brother and the Yan Kingdom?
Tonight, several instructors went to Dongfeng Sea to rescue people. They didn't need to report it and alarm the academy's saints, but Mu Yong'an brought back Qin Chongxue's body, and the remaining three instructors witnessed Qin Chongxue using Lan Poison.
After discussing it, the four of them reported it directly to Wei Xizhen, the sage of Legalism.
Wei Xizhen then summoned Jiang Shulan to test Qin Chongxue's blood and investigated how Qin Chongxue had entered Taiyi. The news of the Tianjian Division's actions spread, and soon other sages also learned about it.
When Ou Rushuang arrived, he happened to run into Mei Liangyu. Mei Liangyu bowed to him and followed him a step behind as they walked toward the Tianjian Division.
“You look badly injured.” Ou Rushuang walked forward, glancing behind her out of the corner of her eye. “Who was your opponent tonight?”
"A master of military strategy," Mei Liangyu replied, "who wields a short blade."
Ou Rushuang asked again, "Is this an arrow wound?"
Mei Liangyu: "Those injured within the armored formation, the scroll of washing away the wounds."
Ou Rushuang nodded and said, "If this is combined with the 'Washing the Weapon Diagram,' its power is immense. Even if you don't die, you'll be crippled. You're going to suffer tonight."
Mei Liangyu chuckled, "It's worth it to receive Dean Ou's care for such a minor injury."
Ou Rushuang laughed after hearing this.
The two arrived at the Tianjian Division, seemingly chatting and laughing in a pleasant atmosphere.
Jiang Shulan is currently extracting the various types of orchid toxins from Qin Chongxue's body. The composition seems complex, so she needs to work on it for a while longer.
Qian Ying, who was helping out, glanced at Mei Liangyu, who had come with Ou Rushuang, and quickly lowered her head again.
Wu Huaiwei urged from the inner room, "Dean Jiang, if the process is complicated, you might as well ask a couple more disciples to help."
After speaking, he looked Qian Ying up and down: "This one looks unfamiliar. Isn't she one of your previous disciples?"
“Her name is Qian Ying, and she is also my apprentice,” Jiang Shulan said good-naturedly.
Wu Huaiwei stared at Qian Ying without speaking. Despite her intention to ignore the saint's silent gaze, Qian Ying was still somewhat nervous and subconsciously avoided meeting Wu Huaiwei's eyes, not daring to look in her direction.
This deliberate avoidance instantly made Wu Huaiwei lose interest, and she turned her gaze away, saying, "How about the next one?"
The words were blunt, and Qian Ying felt somewhat wronged upon hearing them.
She knew that Wu Huaiwei was referring to Shi Yuezhen. Being outshone by Shi Yuezhen made her feel somewhat resentful.
Jiang Shulan glanced helplessly at Wu Huaiwei: "Although Qian Ying is not as experienced as Yuezhen, she is clever, quick-witted, and talented. She needs more opportunities to hone her skills and is growing very fast. That's why I keep her by my side and give her more opportunities."
Wu Huaiwei said with a half-smile, "I only said one sentence, and you praised your own apprentice four or five times. The little girl is indeed well-behaved, which makes you feel sorry for her."
Then he changed the subject again: "But you said she's clever, quick-witted, and talented, but I haven't seen any of that at all. It's been so long, and we still haven't been able to detect any of the orchid poisons."
On the surface, these words were mocking Qian Ying, but upon closer examination, they also seemed to be mocking Jiang Shulan.
You can say whatever you want, but you can't say anything about Master. Qian Ying couldn't stand it and spoke up before Jiang Shulan could stop her: "The orchid poison in this person's body is mostly from Rejuvenating Incense, followed by Lotus Mist, which are all relatively high-grade orchid poisons. There is only a small amount of Gold Sand and some mixed orchid poison. It will take time to distinguish them one by one. The methods used are probably those of a physician or sorcerer, but we only know one aspect and not the other."
Qian Ying raised her head for the first time to look directly at Wu Huaiwei: "Dean Wu may not know that the toxins in mixed orchid poison are highly variable, numbering in the thousands or tens of thousands. To identify what it is, a saint is not enough; one also needs sufficient experience in orchid poison pharmacology. To investigate the orchid poison in this person's body, only Master can do it in the entire Taiyi."
The main hall of the Tianjian Division fell silent for a moment.
But this was quickly broken by Mei Liangyu's sneer, whose words were tinged with sarcasm: "Dean Jiang is the only medical saint in Taiyi, so you don't need to tell me how strong he is. Dean Wu was saying that you are not strong enough, but you are using Dean Jiang to make sarcastic remarks. Dean Wu only knows one side of the story."
Qian Ying frowned and said, "I just want to tell people who don't know much about orchid poison that there are too many types of orchid poison and the toxins are varied. It's not something that can be understood simply by testing blood with green bud water."
Mei Liangyu retorted, "Who doesn't know?"
Qian Ying naturally couldn't answer directly, so she said, "I'm afraid the matter of the orchid poison is of great importance, and if I don't explain, there might be misunderstandings."
"What misunderstanding?" Mei Liangyu looked at Qian Ying, but her tone was casual. "Dean Jiang said that he brought you along to give you a chance to gain experience. If you weren't so dull-witted, and if Dean Jiang had to take care of you, he probably would have already finished investigating the type of orchid poison in this person's body."
"You!" Qian Ying was furious, but Jiang Shulan stopped her with a gesture.
Zhang Yuxuan also grabbed Mei Liangyu's sleeve and tried to pull him back. Zhu Rong stepped forward with a smile to smooth things over: "As long as we can confirm that this person is indeed using Lan poison, we don't need to worry about the type of poison for now."
Wu Huaiwei then laughed and said, "Putting aside all that messy stuff like mixing orchid poison, this person often uses high-grade orchid poison and rarely touches low-grade gold sand. Don't you think something's wrong with that?"
Wei Xizhen asked Ou Rushuang directly, "I remember last time when we swept through the Lan Du organization in the outer city, we destroyed most of the Jinsha?"
“That’s right.” Ou Rushuang nodded. “The high-grade orchid poison may have been moved or destroyed by them beforehand.”
Mei Liangyu, who was stopped by Zhang Yuxuan, said again: "High-grade orchid poison is not easy to produce. Even if it is discovered, it will not be easily destroyed. It is more likely to be transferred."
Zou Qian, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up: "Where did you transfer to?"
Ou Rushuang looked over with a hint of helplessness, silently indicating, "How would I know?"
Zou Qian played with the Wind Listening Ruler in her hand, then glanced at Qin Chongxue and said, "This man came to Taiyi with a caravan. His real name is Qin Chongxue. He hasn't been here long. He kidnapped Taiyi students tonight. He's very targeted in his actions and often uses high-grade orchid poison, which means his supply is stable. We can basically confirm that he's a member of an orchid poison organization."
“I’m talking about a certain Orchid Poison organization, which you may not be very familiar with.” Zou Qian scratched his neck lightly with his other hand. “But if I say Orchid Poison ‘Xuan Kui,’ you should all have heard of it. Eighty percent of the Orchid Poison in the Xuan Gu Continent comes from this organization. They are spread across the six kingdoms, but I didn’t expect that they were even involved in Taiyi. Moreover, they have been rooted for a long time and are very well hidden.”
The gates of the Tianjian Division were not closed, and the corpse and the instructors were all at the entrance. People were coming and going outside, and from the moment Wu Huaiwei began to comment on Qian Ying, some people had already pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.
Many news items about Lan Du were kept under wraps and did not become common knowledge. Although the academy's saints knew about it, none of them explicitly said anything. Everyone kept it to themselves or simply ignored it.
What Zou Qian said at that moment was overheard by the teachers and students outside the door who wanted to find out the news.
Zou Qian pointed to the corpse lying at the door: "Qin Chongxue came from Qingyang. His predecessor was a military general of Binzhou Kingdom in Qingyang. When Binzhou Kingdom was destroyed, he also disappeared. It seems that he abandoned his pride as a military general and went to work for Xuan Kui."
Ou Rushuang glanced at the dead Qin Chongxue without showing any emotion, and asked Zou Qian, "Did the Communications Institute find all of this out?"
impossible.
Qin Chongxue's identity was kept secret, and few people knew it, let alone that he had never been to Taiyi before. Ou Rushuang was well aware of the intelligence capabilities of the Taiyi Communications Institute, so she didn't believe that the institute had discovered this in such a short time.
“Someone sent it to the Communication Academy. Everyone knows that Taiyi is full of hidden talents.” Zou Qian yawned and leaned back in his chair, saying lazily, “If it wasn’t sent by a student who doesn’t want to reveal their name, it was sent by someone from Xuan Kui. I advise this person to quickly turn over a new leaf and tell us everything they know, so we don’t have to spend time and energy investigating. And if we find out anything, they won’t be lenient just because you’re a Taiyi student.”
Two thoughts flashed through Ou Rushuang's mind:
Nian Qiuyan, the mysterious person hiding behind the Listening Wind Ruler.
Wan Guiyue covered her mouth and coughed softly, her eyes lowered.
She did, however, understand the underlying meaning in Zou Qian's words.
Zou Qian wasn't saying this to the students and teachers outside, but to the saints present, reminding them not to go too far in some things.
For example, harming Taiyi's students.
Qin Chongxue's intentions tonight were quite obvious to others: he wanted to kill Mei Liangyu. If Wan Guiyue had known beforehand, she would not have allowed it.
She coughed lightly, covering her mouth, and looked up at Ou Rushuang: "So, it's because the last sweep of the Orchid Poison operation wasn't handled well, and some fish escaped?"
Ou Rushuang frowned, deep in thought: "With Elder Chang involved, it's impossible for him to let this go. Qin Chongxue is an outsider, presumably someone who has been away for a long time. He finally learned that the Taiyi Xuankui organization had been destroyed, and that's why he was so angry that he came to Taiyi to cause trouble for Mei Liangyu."
Zou Qian pondered, "Anger has consumed him."
Ou Rushuang didn't speak, but glanced at Wan Guiyue, feeling displeased that she had just provoked trouble.
Qin Chongxue's death was just that—death. Ou Rushuang could at least use it to mock Qingkui. But his corpse was brought before Taiyi Saint and the others. Ou Rushuang felt he was utterly useless and more of a hindrance than a help.
Even if Mei Liangyu called on the academy instructors for help, there were three people at the thirteenth realm present at the time. Couldn't they have killed Mei Liangyu before Mu Yong'an and the others arrived?
What a bunch of useless people, all they do is cause trouble in Taiyi.
Wu Huaiwei looked up and asked Wei Xizhen, "What do you think?"
"The first blood test failed to find Luo Fu, and the second blood test also failed to find a single student or instructor who used Lan Du," Wei Xizhen said calmly. "This shows that the instructors and students are covering for each other, so the blood test method is no longer effective."
The last sentence was so blunt that it made everyone else's hearts tighten.
“As Dean Ou said, with Elder Chang taking action, no orchid corpse will be spared.” Wei Xizhen stared at Qin Chongxue’s unseeing face. “Therefore, we must find a way to make up for any omissions Elder Chang has made. Starting tomorrow, we will have the students of Taiyi go to test the blood of people in the outer city.”
In Taiyi, whether in the academy or the outer city, the twenty-four sages of Taiyi have the final say.
With just a word from them, they can change the rules of the outer city.
Because they are saints chosen by the power of the Taiyi Earth Core, possessing the power to rule Taiyi.
No one present objected to Wei Xizhen, because he had sufficient reason to do so.
To voice opposition would only make one appear suspicious.
Ou Rushuang remained silent, listening quietly as Wei Xizhen arranged the next steps. Continuing the search posed little threat to him, and everything that needed to be moved had already been moved.
Wei Xizhen wanted to find clues from the orchid corpses who bought orchid poison, but with so many people in the outer city, could he really catch all the people who had used orchid poison?
That's quite a lot.
Some people have only used it once, and these people are especially unwilling to be found out that they are related to orchid poisoning.
Ou Rushuang only needs to spread the word in advance that blood tests are required, and the people in the outer city will figure out a way to handle it themselves.
The sage can issue commands, and the people of Taiyi dare not disobey. However, how to implement these commands is beyond the control of the sage who is high above and issues the commands.
Moreover, the blood test in the outer city will inevitably require cooperation with Yu Lansi in Taiyi.
Ou Rushuang glanced at Wei Xizhen, who was instructing the instructors and students. Her fingers twitched slightly in her sleeve. It seemed she had to find a way to call this person back to the water boat.
It started to drizzle in the middle of the night, and everything was wet.
Yu Sui stood outside the church entrance without going in. She looked up at the rain for a while, her eyes vacant, lost in thought.
It wasn't until a raindrop fell into her eye, the icy touch making her blink, that her eyes regained their light and luster.
Yu Sui slowly took out the Wind Listening Ruler, without even looking at the ruler, lightly ran his fingertip across it, and then sent a telepathic message to Elder Yan.
The wind chime rang for quite a while before it was answered.
Old Yan's dry, hoarse voice rang in her ears: "What is it?"
Yu Sui: Are you sleeping?
Old Yan said, "No."
Yu Sui asked in confusion, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Old Yan: "Something's up."
Yu Sui: "Okay, I also need to talk to you about something."
Old Master Yan sat in the pavilion where he had once chatted and drunk tea with the young girl. On the table was an unfinished game of chess. His slightly cloudy eyes stared at the black and white pieces, and he said in a low voice, "Speak."
Looking at the rain-soaked night sky, Yu Sui said, "I want Zhong Li Ci to return to the capital."
Old Yan's tone remained largely unchanged: "That's fine."
Yu Sui added, "I want Zhong Li Ci to come back and restrain Chu Jin, so that she will fall into the trap of the orchid poison and be rescued by someone else."
Elder Yan: "Why should we save them?"
"Because she doesn't seem to realize that as Nangong Ming's child, her every word and action is being watched." Yu Sui sighed softly, "She's hiding somewhere where no one can see her and having a lot of fun."
Nangong Ming's child.
Old Yan slowly turned his eyes and looked at the Wind Listening Ruler beside him.
"I've told you a huge secret," Yu Sui said, her tone becoming lighter. "You should also tell me the question I asked you last time: what is the relationship between my senior brother and the Yan Kingdom?"
Old Yan was silent for a moment, then asked in return, "What is your relationship with him?"
This time it was Yu Sui's turn to remain silent.
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