118 The matter of attracting beast fans
Chapter 118
Seeing that Lu Rong did not stand on the side of his grandson and even defended others, Shi Yan was very annoyed, and he waved his hand and threw the boy out with a strong force.
"What do you have to do with this? Boy, my grandson's affairs are handled by me, the grandfather, and you can't speak, so just stand aside and watch. If I know that you are involved in this matter, don't even think that I will let you off."
Lu Rong "pu" spit out a mouthful of blood, Zheng Qianshu and Jiang Xue both screamed and rushed towards him.
Everyone around saw something was wrong. What's wrong with this Lu? As Shi Yan said, which side is he on?
Isn't this kid's biggest concern whether Master Cheng was plotted against?
The people of the Lu family were also anxious, especially when they saw Lu Rong being thrown out, Cheng Miao stood aside and watched very calmly, without any anxious look.
The Lu family, whose interests were one with Lu Rong, panicked. If they lost the support of Mr. Shi for their lineage, their status in the Lu family would drop greatly. Did Lu Rong know what he was doing?
They thought Cheng Miao had been devoted to Lu Rong for a long time, so he turned a blind eye to the other two women who appeared beside him. Wouldn't that show that Lu Rong was capable?
But now things are not right.
The Lu family stepped forward and wanted to explain a few words to Lu Rong, but Lu Rong didn't have any bad intentions.
Shi Yan waved his big hand and released his aura, and the Lu family couldn't speak.
Shi Yan said, "My grandson almost died in the Nandou Mountains, and you still don't allow me to pursue the murderer? But I will not accuse an innocent person. Everything depends on evidence. Everyone present here will be a witness for me, Shi Yan."
Immediately, a cultivator echoed, "Captain Shi, what you said makes sense. As long as Captain Shi produces evidence, we will denounce the murderer on your behalf."
"That's right, we still believe in Captain Shi's actions. Captain Shi would not accuse an innocent person. Whether he is a human or a ghost, we will know when the evidence is shown."
Many people also suspected that there was something fishy, otherwise why did everyone else come out safely, but Cheng Miao was the only one in danger and almost died in there.
Maybe someone doesn't like Cheng Miao and wants to kill him, or maybe someone wants to plot against the Golden Eagle Mercenary Corps and Shi Yan, so they go after his grandson. Who doesn't know how much Shi Yan values this only descendant?
Even the Cheng, Lu, and Zheng families couldn't say anything against it. They secretly thought, is it true that someone is plotting to harm Cheng Miao? Who did it?
Not only did they do it, but it seems that Shi Yan has evidence. If they can do it, they should clean up their mess. Otherwise, they can argue with Shi Yan without any evidence.
But now they are not sure.
Shi Yan clasped his fists generously to all around him: "Thank you all for trusting me, Shi Yan."
He then looked at Lu Rong and the others, his eyes sharp as a knife. "You all escaped safely, but those wild beasts are chasing after my grandson. Why? Just because someone put beast-attracting powder on him. How great! They set their sights on my grandson. Do you really think that no one will be able to find out if they have tampered with him?"
"Beast-attracting powder?" Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that someone would use this thing. This is a taboo for cultivators who go out to train and hunt wild beasts.
Imagine that outside of human settlements, there are areas where wild beasts live and multiply. Once beast-attracting powder is used, who knows how many wild beasts will be attracted and how small the chance of saving one's life is.
If it was used on a weak fighting child like Cheng Miao, it would be a sure death. No wonder Shi Yan was so angry. They would be the same.
Cheng Miao was lucky to be able to come out alive.
All the mercenaries stood on Shi Yan's side. They were angry about the use of the beast attracting powder. None of them wanted to be tricked into using the beast attracting powder while hunting wild beasts in the mountains.
"Captain Shi, how can we prove that someone has used the beast attracting powder? Whoever dares to use this thing is the enemy of all our mercenaries!"
"Yes, we cannot tolerate the existence of such a malicious cultivator."
Shi Yan pressed his hands, and the voices of the crowd immediately became quiet. Shi Yan said: "If you want to know who has come into contact with the beast attracting powder, it is very simple. You just need to let the wind crystal butterfly come out and smell it. As long as it is not more than one month, the wind crystal butterfly can distinguish it, so I borrowed the wind crystal butterfly to use it."
After Shi Yan said this, some people also remembered this niche knowledge point.
It is just that the beast attracting powder is less used now, so many people don't pay attention to this knowledge, but there are always some people who read widely and know some tricks.
Why is the use of beast attracting powder less common? It is because the use of beast attracting powder will make the mercenaries angry.
Therefore, once beast attracting powder appears, it will be banned by the Mercenary Hall. The Mercenary Hall will not accept any orders from that person, and no mercenaries will serve him. Not many people are willing to use this thing at the risk of offending the entire Mercenary Hall.
Gradually, the appearance of beast attracting powder has become less common.
But now someone actually used it on Cheng Miao, how can the mercenaries not be angry.
When hearing that Feng Jingdie can distinguish the smell of beast attracting powder, some people's eyes flashed with panic. Cheng Miao stared with wide eyes, and his most concerned about his suspected object.
Feng Ming was the same. He was also curious about who did it and how he got the beast attracting powder. The preparation of beast attracting powder is not simple.
Oh, the panicked person turned out to be the woman named Jiang Xue. On the contrary, Zheng Qianshu next to her only showed a flash of surprise and then nothing unusual. Could it be that it has nothing to do with Zheng Qianshu?
Suddenly, Jiang Xue cried "Oh", and Lu Rong immediately became concerned: "Cousin, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell again? Cousin, take you back to see a doctor."
Shi Yan snorted coldly: "Did I let you go? You can even enter the Nandou Mountains, and now you want to run away after hearing about Feng Jingdie and beast attracting powder?"
Shi Yan glared at the couple, and he had sentenced them to death in his heart, and they could not be forgiven.
"Grandpa Shi, Old Master Shi, my cousin is in great need of help. Miaomiao, please help me persuade Grandpa." Lu Rong was really worried.
Cheng Miao chuckled, "It won't take long. Or did Brother Lu Rong guess that this matter was related to Miss Jiang Xue? I'm also curious about why Miss Jiang Xue hurt me."
"Yes, everyone in our Golden Eagle Mercenary Team wants to know."
A mercenary came forward, holding a light blue butterfly in his hand, and crystal powder fell when it flapped its wings.
When leaving the valley, Feng Ming asked the person who sent the message earlier to contact the people of the Golden Eagle Mercenary Team to explain the cause of Cheng Miao's accident and how to find the murderer.
So before they left the mountain range, Shi Yan mobilized his men to find a Wind Crystal Butterfly by any means possible.
Lu Rong wanted to explain: "No, Miaomiao, you misunderstood me, how could it be related to my cousin."
"It doesn't matter whether it's related or not, what does it matter if you wait a moment? Your weak cousin won't die in such a short time, don't worry." Feng Ming sneered, what kind of person is this, he is really not worthy of Cheng Miao, the sooner the better.
He added, "It didn't happen earlier or later, but happened to happen when he was looking for someone who had contact with the beast-attracting powder. It's too much of a coincidence."
A mercenary agreed, "That's right, why didn't he do it earlier? Hey, Master Lu really loves your cousin so much that he even put aside such a big thing as catching the murderer for Master Cheng. It's clear who is more important."
Lu Rong's face flushed with all the mocking voices, and he looked angry but dared not speak.
Shi Yan looked down on this kid again and made up his mind not to let his grandson have contact with him again.
The mercenary beside him released the Wind Crystal Butterfly and said, "Find out who has come into contact with the beast attracting powder within the past month."
"I'll go first."
Cheng Miao was the first to stand up, letting everyone see if he was slandering others. Everyone's eyes were on him.
The Wind Crystal Butterfly circled around Cheng Miao and then landed on his shoulder. The mercenary who controlled the Wind Crystal Butterfly immediately said, "Young Master Cheng still smells of beast attracting powder. He was indeed infected."
Everyone around exclaimed, "Wow!" Young Master Cheng is really lucky. The beast attracting powder is a certainty.
The Wind Crystal Butterfly flew towards the others again. Seeing the butterfly coming, Lu Rong was a little nervous, fearing that the scene that worried him would really happen.
Zheng Qianshu sneered, but he didn't look very good when he thought of something.
The crystal butterfly circled over Lu Rong's head and did not stop. It flew towards the next person, that is Jiang Xue who was supported by Lu Rong.
Seeing the crystal butterfly approaching, Jiang Xue quickly stepped back. Seeing her evasive action, it was hard to guess. It must be this woman who did it.
"Catch her." Shi Yan gave an order, and the mercenaries caught Jiang Xue and prevented her from running away.
Jiang Xue's tears flowed down her face. She looked at Lu Rong for help, hoping that her cousin would save her.
However, all this was in vain. The crystal butterfly still landed on her shoulder, flapped its wings, and sprinkled crystal powder on her body.
"Well, you are so brave!" Shi Yan was furious.
Lu Rong stepped back a few steps in disbelief. How could it be that his cousin really did it? "Cousin, why did you harm Miaomiao?"
Feng Ming sneered directly.
The Lu family also looked extremely ugly, because Jiang Xue had been taken to live with the Lu family a long time ago, and could be said to be a member of the Lu family. Now she actually used the beast-attracting powder to plot against Cheng Miao. Could Shi Yan let the Lu family off?
At this moment, they wanted to strangle Jiang Xue to death, but this girl had pretended to be fine before, and wanted to wait for news about Cheng Miao with everyone.
If it weren't for this Feng Jingdie, everyone would have been fooled by her.
Before the Feng Jingdie appeared, they didn't dare to believe that all this was done by this girl.
"Continue." Shi Yan ordered, so everyone who had contact with his grandson had to be checked before he could rest assured.
Zheng Qianshu's face became even uglier.
Feng Ming also saw that there was also Zheng Qianshu involved.
The Feng Jingdie flew off Jiang Xue's shoulder, and the next one was Zheng Qianshu. Zheng Qianshu took a deep breath and did not dodge like Jiang Xue.
However, things did not go as he wished, and the Feng Jingdie landed on his shoulder again.
Shi Yan clenched his fists and said, "Okay, everyone wants to kill my grandson."
Seeing the truth, Zheng Qianshu admitted, "Yes, I have come into contact with the beast attracting powder, but I didn't put it on Cheng Miao. It was Jiang Xue who did it, and she was the one who wanted the beast attracting powder." Cheng Miao said
calmly, "Then do you know what she used it for? So you deliberately scared the pack of wolf horns in the mountains, right, just to give Jiang Xue a chance?"
Jiang Xue nodded immediately and said, "Yes, yes, it was all his instructions. He has taken a fancy to my cousin, so he wants to get rid of you. He used the beast attracting powder to deal with you without letting anyone notice, and he deliberately took us there with the silver horn wolf pack."
"Bah!" Zheng Qianshu slapped Jiang Xue hard, "You bastard, it's obvious that you didn't have a way to get the beast attracting powder, so you came to me. Do you think you can get away with it by putting all the blame on me? Bastard, I just provided the beast attracting powder, and you took the opportunity to put it on Cheng Miao. Can I force you to do it?"
"No, no, Cheng Miao, believe me!" Jiang Xue screamed, and she didn't look so weak that she was about to faint.
Everyone was stunned.