Chapter 125 125 He actually didn’t need to do this for her…
The words of Taoist Master Ci'en were like a stone that caused a thousand ripples.
It's unbelievable that there is a pill that is as effective as soul-searching and won't damage the soul.
However, Taoist Master Ci'en is mature and prudent, and he is also the master of Taiyan Peak. How could he joke about his own reputation?
What's more, among the disciples on trial there is the daughter of the Lin family, a great medical family. If she is framed by false information, they will pursue it for the sake of the family's reputation.
Therefore, if Taoist Master Ci'en said that it was refined, it must be true.
Most of the disciples were still marveling at the rapid advancement of medical technology, but Su Xiaoyuan was trembling with fear.
The scene in the nightmare where Immortal Ling Yue fed her truth serum in the dungeon appeared in her mind.
Now the world of immortal cultivation has its own truth serum. What if the big boss suspects her one day and feeds her one?
The man beside her seemed to sense her uneasiness. He squeezed her hand and rubbed his thumb slowly in her sweaty palm.
She subconsciously tried to pull her hand back, but it was held tighter.
Fortunately, the deacon who was now in charge of operating the photo-taking formation mischievously pointed the "camera" at Zhao Qingluan's face.
The young medical practitioner's simple and upright face occupied most of the water curtain, and every subtle expression was clearly presented to everyone.
Anyone could see that he was guilty.
"Disciple... I did something wrong..." He looked at Ci'en Daojun with pleading eyes, "Master... I know I was wrong, I confess..."
Ci En Dao was about to put the medicine bottle on the tray of the deacon beside him, but when he heard the trembling "Master", he showed an expression of pity and looked at his junior brother.
Since Zhao Qingluan has already decided to confess his guilt, then whether or not to take the pill should be...
Immortal Master Ling Yue just looked at him expressionlessly and ignored his plea.
Taoist Master Ci'en felt as if his heart was plunged into ice water. He sighed softly, shook his head, and handed the medicine bottle to the deacon.
The deacon opened the medicine bottle and poured a soybean-sized pill onto a small porcelain plate. He carried the tray to Zhao Qingluan and said, "Please take the medicine."
Zhao Qingluan's face turned pale. With trembling hands, he picked up the pill from the plate and put it into his mouth.
After a moment, the cold sweat on his face flowed down his temples, his eyes gradually became blurred, and his pupils dilated slightly.
Taoist Master Ci'en nodded to the eldest senior sister.
Sect Master Shen then asked, "Zhao Qingluan, what is the truth behind the drugging incident at Wuji Palace yesterday?"
Zhao Qingluan opened her mouth immediately after hearing this: "I replaced the candy seven days ago. A small part of the can of orange candy was drugged. The Immortal Venerable always eats candy to remove the bitterness after taking medicine. Regardless of whether or not the drugged candy was accidentally eaten, I can frame Su Xiaoyuan.
"To prevent the Immortal Venerable from being partial and suppressing the matter or handling it privately, I went to find Junior Sister Meng Caichun in advance and told her that I suspected Su Xiaoyuan of using an evil poison and forbidden drugs on the Immortal Venerable, but I had no evidence. I also told her that Su Xiaoyuan had discovered that I was investigating her and might act preemptively to frame me. If something were to happen one day, I sent her a secret code as a signal and asked her to quickly go to Su Xiaoyuan to search for evidence and save me."
Sect Leader Shen: "Why Meng Caichun?"
Zhao Qingluan: "I know Meng Caichun has admired me for years and has always wanted me but couldn't get me. She and Li Hanlin, a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, are childhood sweethearts. She will definitely use his identity to search Su Xiaoyuan's residence. Although I feel guilty, for the sake of my beloved Awan, I have no choice but to betray her sincerity."
Meng Caichun's face changed suddenly, she bit her lips, tears welled up in her eyes.
Lin Wan still maintained her composure on the surface, but her pale face and cold sweat on her forehead showed that she was not as calm as she looked.
Sect Leader Shen: "How do you know you'll find something? What's the story behind the can of sugar-laced medicine found in Su Xiaoyuan's apartment?"
Zhao Qingluan: "I sneaked in while she was in class and no one was around, and replaced the can of candy in her cupboard. I didn't expect she happened to have that can of candy with her, which made her even more credible. Finding the Gu worm was a pleasant surprise."
Sect Leader Shen: "Why did you frame Su Xiaoyuan?"
Zhao Qingluan glanced sideways at Lin Wan. "Of course, it's for Ah Wan. She's infatuated with the Immortal Lord, but he's repeatedly treated coldly by her. Two months ago, she was even injured by the Sword Lord outside the Immortal Lord's palace and thrown off the Xuanbing Long Steps. Seeing her suffer every day, it breaks my heart, so I want to do something for her."
Sect Leader Shen frowned: "What does this have to do with Su Xiaoyuan?"
Taking the Mantra Pill seemed to not only allow one to speak the truth, but also to lose control of their expressions. Zhao Qingluan's face revealed undisguised admiration and obsession: "Awan is of noble birth, and has a noble and pure nature. She is not like Su Xiaoyuan, who was born into a family of seduction and used all kinds of tricks. Not only did she use evil and heretical methods to seduce the Immortal Venerable, but she was also jealous of Awan and slandered him to the Immortal Venerable, causing him to severely injure my junior sister. How can I not hate her?"
Su Xiaoyuan was so shocked that she was speechless. She had never expected that Zhao Qingluan would distort the facts like this.
Even Daojun Ci'en couldn't stand it any longer: "Stop your nonsense! I was there the day Lin Wan was injured. This was the first time Su Xiaoyou was summoned by the Immortal Venerable for something. She only just passed through the sword formation when Lin Wan was attacked. She hadn't even met the Immortal Venerable yet. How could she be making such slanderous remarks?"
Sect Leader Shen seemed to be thinking: "Who told you this? Was it Lin Wan who said this?"
Zhao Qingluan was silent for a while: "Junior sister didn't say that, I just guessed it myself."
Sect Leader Shen: "Have you ever been in contact with Su Xiaoyuan?"
Zhao Qingluan: "We're just acquaintances, and we exchange a few pleasantries when we meet occasionally."
Sect Leader Shen: "Then how do you determine that she is what you think she is?"
Zhao Qingluan thought for a moment, "She used some trickery to seduce the realm spirit in the Dragon Ridge Peak Trial Secret Realm, and joined forces with him to exclude Awan. She must be jealous of Awan's noble birth and outstanding talent."
Sect Leader Shen glanced at Lin Wan and asked, "Did Lin Wan tell you that?"
Zhao Qingluan quickly shook her head: "Awan is simple and kind, always thinking the best of others. I inferred this from the facts she said."
Master Wei Xuan held his chin with his hand and smiled, unable to resist interrupting, "How do you know she's telling the truth?"
Zhao Qingluan: "I believe in Awan."
Master Wei Xuan continued, "You claim to be righteous, so how could you do such a thing as drugging and framing someone?"
Zhao Qingluan: "Su Xiaoyuan is cunning and scheming. In order to expose her true colors, it is inevitable to use some tricks. More than a month ago, I took the pulse of the Immortal Venerable and found signs of poison in his heart veins. Only then did I understand that he had been poisoned by Su Xiaoyuan, which is why his personality changed drastically and he obeyed her every word.
"So I came up with a plan. The Immortal Venerable has a habit of sucking on orange candies after taking medicine. Su Xiaoyuan gave this candy to many people. I happen to have some here too, so I can use it to put the medicine in."
The disciples in front of the Water Mirror at Dragon Ridge Peak were in an uproar, forgetting that the people in the Water Mirror couldn't hear them, and they all cursed Zhao Qingluan:
"You're framing someone and making it sound so righteous!"
"Xiao Yuan kindly gave him candy, but he used it to harm her! He should have been poisoned to death!"
"Xiao Yuan is just too nice...those people are really going too far!"
Ruan Mianmian was so angry that she couldn't speak and almost threw a stone at Shui Jing. Fortunately, Yu Yingchun stopped her in time.
Sect Leader Shen: "You also said that many people had that candy. You go in and out of Wuji Palace every day, so you must be a suspect. Why do you think it won't be discovered that you did it after the incident?"
Zhao Qingluan smiled peacefully. "Even if they find out it was me who drugged the person, it doesn't matter. As long as we can make the matter of the Immortal Venerable being poisoned a big deal, so that the Immortal Venerable and the entire sect know Su Xiaoyuan's true face, and Awan's grievances are alleviated, then even if I am expelled from the sect, it will be worth it."
Lin Wan was secretly proud in her heart. Although she was afraid that today would not end peacefully, Su Xiaoyuan was not unrelated to the matter of Ling Yuexianzun being poisoned and the discovery of the poisonous insect. Even if she died, she would drag her down with her!
Zhao Qingluan, this good dog, really lived up to her expectations. She continued, "Since we have the Manifestation Pill, we just need to let her take it and ask her whether the poison is true or not."
Su Xiaoyuan was shocked. Although she definitely did not put a poison on Ling Yuexianzun, the poisonous insect in the jade box was indeed hers. She had indeed intended to put a poison on him, and if he really took the truth serum, she would definitely tell the truth.
Sect Leader Shen also looked troubled.
Su Xiaoyuan was flustered and couldn't help but glance at the man beside her. She saw Ling Yue Immortal Master nodded expressionlessly and said to the deacon, "Present it." As he spoke, he held her hand tightly as if to comfort her.
He knew that she was planning to put a curse on him. Since he agreed to let her take the medicine, he must have prepared a backup plan. Did he collude with the deacon to switch the medicine?
But the medicine was poured out of the bottle randomly, and there was a photo-taking array directly in front of it when the medicine was poured. Unless the deacon was a master of close-up magic, she didn't know how she could switch the medicine in public.
While Su Xiaoyuan was daydreaming, the deacon had already walked up with the medicine.
Just as she was about to pick it up, a hand reached for the plate before her.
Her slender fingers picked up the pill and without hesitation placed it between her thin lips. Then she picked up the silk handkerchief on the tray and wiped her fingertips. She said calmly to Sect Master Shen, "Since you're asking about something between us, it's not wrong for me, her Taoist partner, to answer for her, right?"
Everyone in the Law Enforcement Hall was stunned. There was silence in front of the water mirrors on each peak for a moment, and then there was an uproar.
There were constant screams in the crowd, and they didn't know which one was more outrageous: "Immortal Master Ling Yue's secret marriage" or "Immortal Master Ling Yue taking the elixir on trial on behalf of his Taoist companion."
Su Xiaoyuan stared at him blankly, her mind and face blank.
He took the mantra pill on her behalf.
She knew that with his status, he didn't need to prove himself in order to convince others, and with his personality, he didn't even bother to prove himself. No one dared to criticize him. He could also directly refuse to let her take the medicine, and no one dared to disobey him on the spot, but if he did that, doubts would always follow her like a shadow.
He did this for her, because if she cared, he would clear all suspicions from her and not give anyone an excuse to question her.
Su Xiaoyuan felt as if someone had pinched her heart.
He didn't really need to do this for her.
She was just a liar who deceived him physically and mentally in order to go home. She had no sincerity towards him at all.
Her eyes were sore that she didn't even notice that he had just made their relationship public in front of the entire sect again.
Sect Master Shen seemed to be shocked as well. It took him a while to come back to his senses. He pinched his brows and said, "Then I will ask, has the Immortal Venerable been poisoned?"
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable said calmly: "Yes."
There was another uproar.
Su Xiaoyuan looked at him in surprise. Was he poisoned? But she hadn't had time to administer the poison yet? Could it be someone else had administered it?
Sect Leader Shen: "Who sent this?"
Although Su Xiaoyuan knew it had nothing to do with her, her heart was still beating wildly.
The man uttered two words from his thin lips: "Myself."
Sect Leader Shen paused for a moment and said, "This is a private matter, so I won't ask what kind of insect it is. I'll just ask, is it an evil insect?"
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable: "No."
Sect Leader Shen nodded and signaled the steward to bring the jade box, the evidence. He opened the box and revealed a ball of red silk inside. "Is this Gu worm Su Xiaoyuan's?"
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable: "This thing is not a Gu insect."
Sect Master Shen: "What is that?"
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable glanced at Su Xiaoyuan, his eyes softening slightly: "It's a token of love given to me by my Taoist partner."
Su Xiaoyuan: Eh?
Where did the token of love come from? For a moment, I wondered if the puppet bought a fake Gu or if Ling Yue Xianzun took fake medicine.
Zhao Qingluan blurted out: "Since it's not a Gu, why didn't Su Xiaoyuan say anything when she was searched yesterday?" Under normal circumstances, he would not dare to question Ling Yuexianzun even if he had a hundred courage, but he took the Zhenyan Pill, and the words in his heart came out uncontrollably, and he couldn't stop it.
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable said, "At that time, she had not yet agreed to form a bond with me."
Zhao Qingluan was dumbfounded and motionless, as if she had been frozen into a block of ice.
Sect Master Shen nodded: "Both misunderstandings have been clarified. I have no further questions."
Looking at Zhao Qingluan: "Is there anything else you want to explain?"
Zhao Qingluan's face was ashen and his body was trembling, but he knelt straight, as if he was a hero about to be executed.
Sect Leader Shen asked Meng Caichun and Li Hanlin to take the medicine one after another and questioned them briefly. The facts they said were consistent with what Zhao Qingluan confessed.
Finally it was Lin Wan's turn.
She was still immersed in the blow she had just suffered.
When she had learned about their relationship before, she could still comfort herself that it was Su Xiaoyuan who had used some tricks and poisoned her with evil spirits. However, even her only hope was shattered. Every word that Ling Yuexianzun said was like a sharp knife stabbing into her.
She seemed to be back in that nightmarish day, lying on the bone-chilled black ice steps, blood gushing out of the blood holes all over her body.
The butler brought the medicine over. She took a look at the black pill and suddenly came to her senses. She covered her mouth and shook her head, "I won't take it! You Taiyan are going too far! You severely injured our disciples for no reason and forced us to take this medicine of unknown origin! I refuse! I want to seek justice from the head of the Lin family!"
Master Weixuan smiled slightly and said, "Little friend Lin, you are too mean-spirited."
He waved his robe sleeves, and suddenly several water mirrors about half a person's height appeared in the hall and were placed in front of several disciples.
After seeing the scene in the water mirror, they all felt like they had fallen into hell.
Inside were their parents and relatives.
They were looking at them through a mirror of water.
"Since this is a public trial, for the sake of fairness, we must let you all witness it with your own eyes."
After a pause, he said, "In addition, the Lin family has a long tradition of passing down medical knowledge. Our sect has already sent a bottle of Zhenyan Pill to the Lin family for inspection."
In one of the water mirrors was a long-bearded male cultivator with an immortal look and a sullen face, who bore some resemblance to Lin Wan.
Master Weixuan bowed to him and asked, "Does Patriarch Lin have any doubts about the interrogation methods used against our sect?"
The current head of the Lin family is Lin Wan’s great uncle.
The man in the water mirror returned the greeting and said to Lin Wan with a frown, "Lin Wan, if you still don't obey your master's orders, you will be tried immediately!"
Lin Wan seemed to have all her bones pulled out, her body collapsed, and for the first time, a look of dejection appeared on her face. She picked up the pill and put it in her mouth.
After a while, the pill took effect.
Zhenren Weixuan waved his sleeves and the water mirror disappeared.
Sect Leader Shen asked, "Lin Wan, did you know in advance that Zhao Qingluan drugged Su Xiaoyuan and framed her?"
Lin Wan: "I don't know when he plans to do it, but I know he will do it sooner or later. I'm waiting."
Sect Leader Shen: "Did he tell you?"
Lin Wan shook her head. "He only told me that on the day he found signs of poison in the Immortal Venerable's heart meridian. He never revealed his subsequent plans."
Sect Leader Shen: "Then how do you know?"
Lin Wan pursed her lips tightly, but her mouth was completely out of her control. The truth kept pouring out, and a smug look appeared on her face. "Because I was the one who guided him from the beginning to the end. I knew Zhao Qingluan would do anything for me. As long as I spit out a mouthful of blood, shed a few tears, and act pitiful, he would die for me without hesitation."
Zhao Qingluan looked dazed, her body swaying as if she was about to faint. She murmured, "Awan... I'm so devoted to you, why do you treat me like this... I don't believe it... I don't believe it..."
Lin Wan sneered, "You're just my dog. Coming from such a humble background, being able to be my dog is a blessing for you. Do you really dare to covet me? That's disgusting."
Zhao Qingluan's face turned red and white, and she was speechless.
Sect Leader Shen frowned. "What's your grudge against Su Xiaoyuan? Why did you frame her?"
Lin Wan's face twisted into a hideous expression: "Because I hate her. She's a worthless, lowly woman with only a few good looks..."
Before she could finish her words, there was a crisp "slap" sound, as if an invisible hand slapped her hard in the face. Lin Wan's head was tilted and blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.
It goes without saying who cast the spell.
She covered her face and continued, "Why did she win the favor of the Immortal Venerable? Why would I be so eager to see him? How am I inferior to her? This is the first time I've seen her with that seductive look..."
There was another crisp "pop" sound.
Lin Wan: "I hated her the first time I saw her and instigated others to target her, but she happened to be lucky enough to hook up with Jing Ling..."
Knowing the slap was coming, she prepared herself in advance, but was still knocked to the ground.
Sect Master Shen glanced at his junior brother and pinched his brows: "Before the secret realm collapsed, Su Xiaoyuan saved your life, didn't she?"
Lin Wan gritted her teeth and said, "Yes! But after that, I hated her even more. A lowly Hehuan woman, she felt so dirty even asking her to save me, did she think I could be grateful to her?"
The slapping sounds continued, her face was swollen beyond recognition, and several of her teeth had fallen out.
Daoist Master Ci'en was incredulous: "Lin Wan, how could you become like this?!"
Lin Wan sneered, "You old fool, stop pretending to be a good person. I'm giving you face by calling you 'Master', but do you deserve it? I didn't want to be your disciple at all. I just wanted to use you as a stepping stone to become an Immortal Master. I didn't expect you to be so useless that you can't even do this..."
She couldn't help sneering and waited in fear for the invisible slap to come.
But unexpectedly, she didn't wait this time.
She poured out all her resentment towards the sect and family, and her evil words sprayed everywhere like venom, almost indiscriminately attacking.
It was not until the effect of the Mantra Pill wore off that she collapsed to the ground, breathless and with a dry mouth, with no more strength left.
No one spoke in the hall for a while.
After a while, Sect Master Shen cleared his throat and said, "I believe you all understand the whole story of the case."
He ordered the deacon to take the four people down to await punishment, and he and several sect leaders went to the hall to discuss the punishment.
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