Chapter 73: Poisoned?
Translator: 549690339
Outside of dicine-Seeking Peak, Elder Wan and two other elders sit in an ancient pavilion, chatting and laughing.
“This ti the dicine-Seeking Peak is open, there should be quite a few disciples who can find good dicinal materials.” said the middle-aged man with sallow complexion to the other two.
Elder Wan nodded and said, “Before the opening of dicine-Seeking Peak, we found quite a few excellent herbs inside. It depends on whether these disciples can find them.’
The other Elder Gao took a sip of wine and said, “The problem is that the disciples’ eyes may not be keen. Good dicinal materials may be right in front of them, but they may not find them.”
While they were speaking, the three of them frowned simultaneously, looking out at dicine-Seeking Peak.
They saw a white light darting out from the mountain, landing at the foot of the mountain.
“It only opened for half a day, why is soone already out? That’s too fast!” Elder Wan said surprisingly.
The other two looked at each other, obviously also surprised.
As the white light faded, a dispirited Kang Lu collapsed on the ground, looking around with a blank expression.
“It’s actually Kang Lu! He ca out so quickly?” Seeing it was Kang Lu, the three of them were even more surprised, especially Elder Gao, who appeared particularly distressed.
The three of them imdiately approached Kang Lu, only to hear Elder Gao speak in a very dissatisfied tone, “Kang Lu, why did you leave dicine -Seeking Peak so early?”
Upon seeing the approaching figures, Kang Lu, as if he had found hope, imdiately began to sob and complain bitterly.
“It’s Fang Lin! Fang Lin hard ! He fed a poison pill!” Kang Lu cried and scread as if he had pent-up grievances to release.
Upon hearing this, all three of them felt their hearts heavy. Given Kang Lu’s state, things were probably not simple.
“Kang Lu, tell us exactly what happened. If you have indeed been persecuted, we will not stand idly by.” Elder Gao solemnly said.
Kang Lu then elaborated on what happened in dicine-Seeking Peak, embellishing the facts where he painted Fang Lin as a sinful villain.
“How outrageous!” After hearing the story, Elder Gao was filled with anger, his eyes gloomy.
The other two elders frowned but did not imdiately express their thoughts.
“Kang Lu, is what you said true?” Elder Wan looked at Kang Lu with a hint of suspicion.
Kang Lu imdiately pounded his chest and stomped his feet, responding, “If I utter a single lie, may the five thunders strike dead!”
Seeing Kang Lu swear so solemnly, Elder Wan couldn’t help but feel uncertain, thinking that Fang Lin had committed such an outrageous act in
dicine-Seeking Peak, this ti no one may be able to protect him.
“This matter is too wicked; we must report it to the Sect Head, so that Fang Lin receives the punishnt he deserves!” Elder Gao spoke with righteousness.
Neither Elder Wan nor the middle-aged elder objected. This incident couldn’t be suppressed, it had to be reported to Sect Head Gu Daofeng. After all, sothing as shocking as fraternity persecution occurred during important events like the dicine-Seeking Peak was astonishing.
“I propose imdiately arresting Fang Lin from dicine-Seeking Peak to prevent him from harming more disciples!” Elder Gao made a suggestion, looking at the other two elders.
Elder Wan shook his head and said, “This move is improper. With the opening of dicine-Seeking Peak, we don’t have the right to extract anyone from inside.”
The middle-aged elder also chid in, “Elder Wan is right, even if Fang Lin really did those things, we should interrogate him after the dicine-Seeking
Peak event ends.”
Elder Gao snorted, questioning, “Then, what if Fang Lin harms fellow disciples again? Can the two of you bear this responsibility?”
Elder Wan refuted displeasingly, “Elder Gao, your words are unreasonable. At this point, whether Fang Lin has hard fellow disciples or not is not yet determined. If we extract him from dicine-Seeking Peak because of this, wouldn’t it be too unfair to him?”
“Elder Wan, Fang Lin did poison , I am certain. And he will hurt others as well, we cannot let him go!” Kang Lu imdiately echoed.
“Silence!” the middle-aged elder reprimanded, imdiately continuing, “Our debate is pointless; let’s bring Kang Lu to the Sect Head and let him decide.” This proposal received agreent from the other two, and they led Kang Lu to et Sect Head Gu Daofeng.
Inside dicine-Seeking Peak, Fang Lin and the others were currently facing quite a bit of trouble.
Their group had been aimlessly wandering around a certain area of the dense forest, unable to move beyond that point. No matter which direction they pursued, they ended up back at the sa place.
Aside from Fang Lin, the others appeared unsettled, showing signs of anxiety.
On the contrary, Fang Lin seed quite relaxed despite going around in circles, and even wore a look of interest on his face.
Soon it was dark, the group was still unable to find their way out. With a day’s worth of fatigue, coupled with the anxiety, everyone was almost out of energy and sat down to rest.
Fang Lin, Xu Shangao, and Wu ngsheng grouped together to discuss how to get out of the place.
“Looking at how unbothered you are, Fang, do you already have a solution?” Xu Shangao asked with a sense of fatigue.
Fang Lin nodded and said, “We must have been poisoned.”
“What? Poisoned? How could we be poisoned? And even if we are poisoned, are you saying all of us are poisoned?” Wu ngsheng said in surprise.
Xu Shangao seed to have an inkling, as if he thought of sothing, but he still waited for Fang Lin to elaborate.
At this point, everyone else also gathered around, all looking at Fang Lin curiously.
Fang Lin contemplated for a mont and then asked, “You rember slling a strange scent earlier?”
Everyone was puzzled at his question. What scent?
But they recalled that four hours ago while passing by a patch of wild grass, they did indeed sll sothing strange.
“Now that you ntioned it, yes, there was a weird sll. It was like.. I can’t describe it.” said Xu Shangao a bit troubled
Wu ngsheng quickly added, “It’s like the sll of burnt flesh thrown into a latrine. ” “…” Fang Lin.
“…” Xu Shangao.
“…” The others.
Fang Lin looked at Wu ngsheng with a disgusted face, “Why would you be so specific in describing that sll?”
Wu ngsheng was embarrassed and the others laughed, so the previous tension eased a bit.
“Fang, are you saying the weird sll was poisonous?” Xu Shangao asked.
Fang Lin nodded, “We all fell for this poison, lost our sense of direction, and as a result, we kept going around in circles. The poison hasn’t worn off after several hours; it seems to be quite strong. If we don’t get it detoxified, I’m afraid we’ll be going around in circles for the next few days.”
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked.. If they were to keep spinning around here for three days, wouldn’t it be better to just sit here and wait until the end of the dicine-Seeking Peak event?
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