Yanlu shook her head, a smile in her eyes: "Miss, I'm fine. When I left, those people hadn't even realized what was happening and were still circling around in the formation you set up. Miss, when will you teach me this trick?"
Yanluo felt that her young mistress was like an endless treasure, always bringing unexpected surprises.
Yanluo had never seen her mistress set up any formation before, but today, as soon as she made her move, those people who entered the formation started spinning in circles and couldn't get out.
If it weren't for the fact that the agreed time with the young lady had arrived and there was a risk of something going wrong if things went on too long, Yanluo would have liked to watch a little longer.
"Is it clean?" Su Ruojin asked.
Seeing her young mistress's serious expression, Yanluo knew something was wrong and quickly wiped the smile off her face, replying, "I took a stone with me before I left."
"That's fine then."
With one stone missing, the formation naturally breaks, and the stones and branches she laid out will truly appear as just stones and branches to others.
"Miss, has something happened?" Yanluo asked cautiously.
Speaking of this, Zhao Jingning's eyes reddened again as she thought of the two children.
Su Ruojin recounted the events in general, and Yan Luo was stunned. In all her years at the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion, she had never heard of such a vicious method of alchemy.
Yanlu hurriedly asked, "Miss, is Yingzi here?"
Su Ruojin shook her head. "I didn't see her. Since Yingzi is at Tianning Temple, she's probably in that cave. We can't go in now, lest we alert her. Let's rest quickly and return to Yuncheng early tomorrow morning after we finish our vow."
The master said that human sacrifices are only used when the medicine is almost finished. Otherwise, too much human blood will prevent the medicine from solidifying into a pill.
They just finished one batch of medicine today. Even if they start refining the next batch tomorrow, it will be five days before they use a child to sacrifice to the medicine.
Yingzi was just captured, and she wasn't subjected to the sacrificial medicine today, so she's safe for at least the next five days.
Yun Hao wanted to cooperate with her, and the information he gave her was definitely true. He said Yingzi was at Tianning Temple, so she must be there.
If even this little bit of information is inaccurate, then where does he get the confidence to covet that position?
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The next day, after completing the tedious ritual of fulfilling her vow, Zhao Jingning suppressed her nausea, smiled, donated some incense money to Tianning Temple, and took her leave.
Back at the Zhao residence, Su Ruojin told Zhao Guangtao and her grandmother what had happened, and the two of them were also extremely shocked.
“Xiao Jin, this Taoist priest Tianyi has close ties with many high-ranking officials in the court and enjoys a high reputation among the people. It will be very difficult to touch him,” Zhao Guangtao said, expressing his concerns.
Without concrete evidence, who would believe that the Taoist priest, revered as a god by the people of Yunqi, would be an evil cultivator?
Su Ruojin nodded. Her great-uncle was right. According to Yun Hao, Master Tianyi not only had close ties with high-ranking officials, but was also a man of the First Prince. It would indeed be difficult to touch him.
But if she doesn't encounter such an evil cultivator, she'll let it go; if she does, she won't let it go, especially since he kidnapped Yingzi, clearly intending to use her as a sacrifice for medicine.
Su Ruojin thought of the children found in the tunnel of Yunquan Manor, and the fact that Zhu Chao's face had the same mask as the people in the cave of Tianning Temple. She guessed that the children were probably prepared for Master Tianyi to refine medicine.
Yunquan Villa is owned by the Zhao family, and the only person who can connect the Zhao family with the Tianyi Daoist Master is Zhao Tingsong.
She told Zhao Guangtao about this speculation, and Zhao Guangtao was so angry that he wanted to have Zhao Tingsong arrested and interrogated, but Su Ruojin stopped him.
"Grand Uncle, Zhao Tingsong is merely a son of a concubine in the Zhao family. Why would he do such a thing? What benefit would it bring him?"
Zhao Guangtao also calmed down. He had watched Zhao Tingsong grow up since he was a child, and he knew his own limitations.
Zhao Tingsong and his sister are alike, all talk and no action. They are good at eating, drinking and having fun, but good at nothing when it comes to doing serious business. If any business in the Zhao family is handed over to them, it will start to lose money within three months.
If Zhao Tingsong's actions are discovered, it would be tantamount to putting the Zhao family in a deadly situation.
No matter what, he is still a member of the Zhao family. If something happens to the Zhao family, it won't do him any good.
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