Chapter 525 An Accidental Situation
Lin ngya focused her attention as she tried to find her bearings in the room, and then she smiled a grim smile.
The room was covered with very thin threads that had been laced with mild poison.
Fortunately, the Shen Nung system was extrely sensitive in terms of its alarm system.
Although Lin ngya could not tell exactly how many threads there were hidden in the pharmacy, the Shen Nung system had pinpointed the locations where the herbs were most concentrated.
It was no wonder that no one was allowed to enter this place.
The poison covering the threads would not cause much harm to the human body.
However, once it ca into contact with exposed skin, it would cause rashes to break out, swelling, and unbearable discomfort.
Moreover, these thin threads were definitely connected to so kind of alarm system. Even if it failed to capture the intruder, he would be easily traceable.
The Pavilion of Herbs truly lived up to its na. Even the precautions taken against theft were unique and novel.
“Help look around for so kind of powder. If there is not flour, herb powder will do too.”
Seeing how composed Lin ngya was, Zuo Qiuyu and Yu An imdiately went into the rooms at the back and started searching.
Only Long Tianyu remained behind to protect Lin ngya.
Nevertheless, Long Tianyu’s eyes that narrowed suspiciously were scanning the room. Though given his powerful eyesight, he was only able to roughly make out the situation in the room.
How on earth did Lin ngya discover the secret in the room?
In the past, Long Tianyu rely felt that Lin ngya was smart and observant. She always managed to pick up the little details that people missed.
She, however, was able to comb through details systematically and get to the bottom of things.
From his observation at this mont, however, Lin ngya seed to have other talents on top of this.
He could not help feeling surprised. It appeared that his wife still had secrets he had yet to discover.
“ngya, I’ve been wanting to ask you about sothing.”
Lin ngya turned her head and gazed at Long Tianyu with her blinking, large bright eyes.
Long Tianyu, on the other hand, moved towards her and fixed his gaze on her without blinking.
“I’ve always thought that my wife is just very skillful at making a dical diagnosis, but little did I expect that on top of that, your eyesight is also many tis sharper than a normal person. I’m pleasantly surprised.”
Long Tianyu’s casual remark made Lin ngya raise her brows.
She quickly suppressed the rising panic in her and said with a calm voice, “It’s just because my nose is rather sensitive so I managed to detect that there is poison on the threads. Moreover, how could they commit such negligence if the Pavilion of Herbs esteed this matter highly? It should be noted that apart from us, there are many others who are also eyeing the position.”
All of them knew that Lin ngya had a very sensitive sense of sll. It was not difficult to give an excuse for that.
In fact, Long Tianyu was rely making a casual remark, but Lin ngya was beginning to have mixed emotions.
Sotis, she indeed relied too much on the Shen Nung system.
Therefore, no matter where and when, she would instinctively utilize the Shen Nung system to solve all her problems.
She was not aware that her abnormal abilities had been detected by others.
What Long Tianyu said today was a reminder to her. If she continued to act in this way, sooner or later, she would risk exposing her secret to others.
In that instant, a wave of emotions flooded her.
By then, her secret would be even more shocking to people than the music score for the green stringed instrunt.
Yu An and Zuo Qiuyu were very efficient. Soon, they found so herbs in powder form.
The powder would normally be mixed with flour or so sort that would normally be made into pills.
There was no lack of such powder in the pharmacy.
Therefore, Zuo Qiuyu had obtained an earthen jar full of it and placed it before Lin ngya.
“Step back. Let do this.”
Lin ngya took over the earthen jar and reached in to grab a handful of the powder.
“Phew—”
She blew gently on the powder, and like a mist, the powder flew up from her palm into the room.
Instantly, the threads hidden in the dark beca visible when covered with the powder.
They would have touched the thin thread and be detected by now if not for Lin ngya’s vigilance.
It would be almost impossible to detect and keep away from those closely spaced thin threads that had been laid in a random manner.
“Phew! Fortunately, we did not act impulsively just now.”
Zuo Qiuyu beat his chest as he said, sounding relieved.
They had co to ss up the plan and would suffer consequences if they had been discovered.
“But how are we going to get in there?”
Yu An appeared to be at a loss of what to do as he stared at the thin threads. Not to ntion that they could not crawl over that space. Unless he turned into a snake, their traces would still be detected.
Concerning this point, Lin ngya did not have any solution either. All she did was shrug her shoulders.
Thereafter, the three of them simultaneously looked towards Long Tianyu, who seed to be deep in thoughts.
Furrowing his brows, Long Tianyu looked up towards the ceiling for a long ti before he finally spoke.
“Perhaps we could go by the roof.”
Lin ngya shot a look of disdain at the supposedly talented and bold Long Tianyu.
He was probably the only person among who was possess the skill to do just what he suggested.
However, Long Tianyu was no expert in herbs. It would be useless to have him go.
At that mont, there was an unmistakable look of disappointnt in the eyes of the remaining three.
“Cough, cough... Actually, there is a chanism here.”
Feeling a little embarrassed, Long Tianyu coughed and stopped joking as he sized up the dark surrounding of the pharmacy.
Lin ngya imdiately cheered up at Long Tianyu’s reminder.
The people in the Pavilion of Herbs might not all be physically weak physicians. In fact, they did possess so martial art skills.
Otherwise, would they have to carry a pair of large scissors to cut loose all these thin threads every day?
It would be so troubleso. In fact, it would be so impractical.
“ngya, you have the most sensitive sense of sll. Could you tell if it’s true that there is completely no poison at the spot an arm’s length from the door?”
Long Tianyu looked into the room with focused attention and Lin ngya nodded. Thereafter, she secretly mobilized the Shen Nung system while pretending to sniff hard for a scent in the air.
Finally, she was able to pinpoint two locations.
On seeing where Lin ngya pointed, Long Tianyu did not spring into action straight away.
“What happened? Is there a problem?”
Lin ngya gazed at Long Tianyu, thinking it was impossible for her to make a mistake in her analysis.
Long Tianyu hesitated because he envisioned so other possibilities.
“One of these two places is the truly safe spot. Otherwise, soone a little smarter would know that these thin threads are controlled by so form of chanism. If we make a mistake, we will be in unexpected trouble.”
Long Tianyu moaned for a while but finally reached out his hand slowly.
He finally chose the chanism on the left.
Slowly, he fumbled along the wall and suddenly his finger felt a small bump.
He pressed the little bump without any hesitation while the other three felt as if their heart missed a beat. They opened their eyes wide in anticipation as they fixed their gazes on the pharmacy.
Ti seed to have frozen for three seconds.
Lin ngya felt as if a long ti had passed.
She stared at the pharmacy without blinking but there was no movent whatsoever.
Could they have made a mistake?
“Hide quickly!”
A sense of danger suddenly arose from Long Tianyu’s heart.
Before the four of them could react, they heard a ‘roar’ coming from the floor.
Lin ngya felt as if the heavens and the earth were shaking. A mont later, she felt as if she was experiencing weightlessness and falling down from the sky.
With a “bam”, Lin ngya felt as if her backside was going to split open.
The pain was so intense that tears almost welled up in her eyes.
However, she also heard noises around her. She supposed her companions had suffered the sa ordeal as her.
Ignoring the pain in her backside, she began calling out for her companions with a low voice.
“Are all of you alright?”
It was pitch dark so that they could not even see their hand in front of them.
On top of them, the hole which had suddenly opened up had closed, just like before.
Lin ngya’s first thought was that she had been trapped in a dungeon.
“It’s alright. Don’t move but stand still. I’ll co to you.”
In the dark, Long Tianyu’s deep voice was especially reassuring.
Lin ngya obeyed and stood still. Soon, a familiar pair of warm hands grabbed on to her and they pulled her into his arms without any hesitation.
“Fear not. I’m here.”
The anxiety in Lin ngya faded away as Long Tianyu embraced her.
In Long Tianyu’s presence, Lin ngya always felt a strong sense of security.
With a “boom”, a fire was lit amidst the darkness.
Finally, the fla stabilized and they managed to have so light while surrounded by darkness.
At the sa ti, the fire lit up the four faces with different expressions.
Zuo Qiuyu and Yu An also moved closer to Lin ngya.
“It looks like this is the dungeon of the Pavilion of Herbs.”
At Zuo Qiuyu’s words, Lin ngya nodded, looking displeased.
They did not expect such great trouble when they activated the wrong chanism.
If they had known that this was the consequence, they would rather alarm the people outside. At the very least, they would have a chance at fleeing.
“What shall we do now? It looks like there’s no way out.”
Yu An’s face fell as he swallowed hard.
As Lin ngya leaned into Long Tianyu’s arms, she could not help feeling disconcerted.
“What’s that sll?”
The air was suddenly filled with a strange scent that was neither aromatic nor pungent. The sll was difficult to describe.
Lin ngya looked at the fire started by Yu An. Although it was burning bright, they had yet to feel suffocated.
This ant that there was ventilation in here.
At Lin ngya’s words, Long Tianyu and Zuo Qiuyu beca aware of the strange scent in the air which was difficult to describe. However, they thought the scent slt familiar.
“This must be — the oil from lantern grass!”
Suddenly, Yu An cried out in excitent.
Lantern grass? It took a while before Lin ngya recalled that this was a special plant in the world.
Like oilseed rape, the seed from this plant could be pressed for oil and the oil could be used as fuel for a fla that brought forth light.
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