They've already thrown two children in. If they drag two more out and throw them in, are they just going to stand by and watch them die?
But there were so many people on the other side, and they were only two women. Su Ruojin was confident she could protect herself, but what about her cousin?
It's better to be safe than sorry.
Just then, a loud bang was heard, and the lid of an alchemy furnace was blown into the air by the hot steam, before crashing down heavily, with black smoke billowing from the furnace.
The other stove, on the other hand, emitted a unique fragrance.
"It's done! Great! It's done!" The people gathered around the stove were quite excited.
Upon seeing this, Master Tianyi suddenly stood up and stepped down from the platform, saying, "Bring the medicine over when it's ready."
"Yes, Master." The group bowed respectfully.
Then, Master Tianyi left through another passage.
A masked man roared, "Everyone, pay attention! We're just one last step away from the pills being ready. Watch carefully, or you'll lose a batch of these pills that takes five days to prepare, and we'll see how many lives you have to pay for it."
"Yes!" The young disciples continued fanning themselves.
Master Tianyi personally oversaw the refining process, clearly indicating his high regard for this elixir. The fact that he dared to leave early suggests that the elixir is already complete, requiring only simple finishing touches later.
The elixir was already made, but another batch exploded. Judging from this, we won't be using children to refine elixirs for the time being.
Su Ruojin pointed to the way they came, indicating that they should retreat first.
When the two returned to their room, it was still quiet outside; the others had not returned yet.
Su Ruojin put the bed back in its original position and quickly left with Zhao Jingning.
Back in her room, Zhao Jingning finally dared to cry out loud: "How could they be so cruel? Those two children were so young, and they were burned alive like that."
Su Ruojin tried hard to suppress her anger and poured her a glass of water. "There are some people in this world who are more vicious than demons."
"Hiccup, that, that's Tianyi... Master Tianyi, hiccup... the kind and benevolent Taoist priest praised by everyone in Yunqi..." Zhao Jingning hiccuped as she cried.
"Evil always disguises itself as kind in order to do evil!"
Zhao Jingning took the water Su Ruojin handed her, drank it all in one gulp, and asked with red eyes, "Jin-meimei, what should we do now?"
They brought guards with them, but they couldn't just fight Tianning Temple directly. Not to mention that Tianning Temple had several hundred people, could their own guards even defeat them?
As for the reputation of the Heavenly Dao Master in Yunqi, without any evidence, who can believe what they say?
With so many followers, it's hard to say what the outcome will be if things really get out of hand.
"Let's go back to Yuncheng first. We still have five days."
The person in the cave just now said that it takes five days to make one batch of medicine, so the next time we use a child to make medicine, it will be at least five days later.
Su Ruojin remembered that Yun Hao had said that Tianning Temple was within the First Prince's sphere of influence. She needed to go back and find out what was going on.
Could it be that Master Tianyi is one of the Crown Prince's men?
Yun Hao wants her to investigate the medicine the Emperor is taking, so he has to do his part, right?
"Jin-meimei, Yanluo hasn't returned yet." Zhao Jingning was a little anxious. It had been so long, and she was afraid that something had happened to Yanluo.
"It's alright, she'll be back soon." Su Ruojin wasn't worried about Yanluo. Even if her formation couldn't trap those people, the medicine Yanluo had brought would be enough for her to escape.
Sure enough, after a while, Yanluo returned.
"Yanluo, are you alright?" Zhao Jingning hurriedly went up to ask.
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