0p0 Chapter 760 [Under the Brocade 56]
Chapter 760 [Under the Brocade 56]
Cen Fu said to Lu Yi with a serious face: "Sir, after some investigation by my subordinates, I found that Master Yuan Ming was not an alchemist before, but a sorcerer who traveled around the world and was good at refining elixirs. Not long after he took charge of Danqing Pavilion, he began to present elixirs to the court. In my opinion, there may be someone behind this matter secretly fanning the flames!"
Cen Fu then continued, "I have carefully searched the entire Danqing Pavilion, but I have not found the so-called alchemy room. The disciples all said that every time Master Yuanming was refining the elixir, he would strictly forbid anyone to watch."
Lu Yi nodded slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he ordered: "Cen Fu, go and make some preparations first. We will escort Master Yuan Ming to the capital tomorrow."
As night fell, everything was quiet. Just as Lu Yi was about to undress and take a rest, the door was suddenly slammed open. Lan Qingxuan ran in panting with a panicked look on his face, shouting, "Oh no, sir! San Shou is missing! Even the things in the cabinet are gone. It looks like he may have escaped on his own!"
At this moment, Jin Xia noticed some gray powder scattered under the mat on the ground. She was moved and recalled that she had seen something similar in Lin Ling's room. "This... could this be the alchemy thing that Doctor Lin mentioned?" Jin Xia exclaimed.
When Lu Yi heard this, his face changed, and he immediately led everyone to rush to where Master Yuan Ming was. When they arrived at the door of a secret room, they vaguely heard bursts of noisy sounds coming from inside.
Lu Yi kicked the door open and saw San Shou standing there with a look of fear on his face, while Master Yuan Ming was holding a sharp knife, as if to take San Shou's life.
In a flash, Lu Yi rushed forward like a ghost, knocked the sharp blade in Master Yuan Ming's hand to the ground in an instant, and subdued him.
At the same time, Youyou and others also rushed into the secret room and successfully rescued Sanshou who was on the verge of death.
Master Yuanming defended himself with a righteous look on his face: "I, Yuanming, have lived an upright life. How could I possibly poison the elixir? This is simply nonsense!"
However, Lin Ling, who was standing by, was holding a yellowed piece of paper, which was densely packed with precious prescriptions that had long been lost in Yaowang Valley. She said with a firm look in her eyes: "This prescription is enough to prove everything. Master Yuanming, do you have anything else to say?"
At this moment, San Shou revealed the truth to Lan Qingxuan with a face full of fear and regret: "Brother Lan, Master Yuan Ming... he is actually a cruel and ruthless person. I once witnessed him brutally killing Er Pang! The reason why he did this is nothing more than he was worried that his secret would be discovered, so he killed him to prevent future troubles!"
Hearing this, Lan Qingxuan's eyes widened, and he shook his head in disbelief, muttering to himself: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could my master do such a cruel thing?"
San Shou looked at Lan Qingxuan's distraught look, and he blamed himself more and more. He beat his chest with great regret, and said with a sob: "It's all my fault. If I had stood up and told the truth earlier, maybe Xiao Xin wouldn't have been killed."
After hearing this, Lan Qingxuan felt like he was struck by lightning and his body began to tremble involuntarily.
He stumbled and stumbled towards Master Yuanming, and asked with grief and indignation in his eyes: "Master, is what they said true? Did you really kill Erpang and Xiaoxin?"
Master Yuanming sneered and admitted without disguising, "Yes, it was me who did it. Who told them to meddle in other people's business and to explore secrets that they shouldn't know? In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
When Lan Qingxuan heard these words, he felt dizzy and as if the whole world was collapsing.
He found it hard to accept that his respected master had turned into a cold-blooded murderer. All his strength was drained away in an instant, and his legs went limp as he fell heavily to the ground.
Then, he began to slap his cheeks frantically, crying and shouting, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault! If I hadn't brought Xiao Xin to Danqing Pavilion, how could he have died?"
Seeing that Lan Qingxuan's emotions were getting more and more out of control and he even wanted to hit his head against the wall to kill himself, Lu Yi, who was standing by, was quick-witted and knocked him unconscious.
At this moment, Master Yuan Ming had no mercy on those lives. He only wanted to pursue immortality, and nothing else was within his consideration.
Lin Ling looked at Lu Yi seriously and said slowly: "Lord Lu, this is definitely not an elixir of immortality!" Hearing this, Lu Yi was shocked and his eyes instantly turned to the pill in his hand.
His eyes turned cold, he held up the pill and approached Yuan Ming, saying sternly: "Tell me! Who gave you the recipe? Also, who has touched this pill!" Yuan Ming was shocked by Lu Yi's aura, and his body trembled involuntarily. He raised his hand tremblingly, pointed at San Shou beside him, and said in a trembling voice: "Only... Only he has touched it, no one else has touched it."
At this time, Sanshou's face was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead. He waved his hands and shook his head in panic, stammering to defend himself: "No...it's not me, it really wasn't me!" However, his sophistry did not work at all.
At this time, Yuan Jinxia walked up quickly and handed a small packet of white powder to Lin Ling. After Lin Ling took the powder and examined it carefully, he said solemnly: "This is arisaema powder. If you take it raw, it is highly toxic!" Everyone was shocked when he said this.
San Shou could no longer deny it. His legs went limp and he fell to his knees. With a sad face, he confessed everything: "It's all my fault. A month ago, someone paid me a lot of money to let me secretly put this powder into Master Yuan Ming's alchemy furnace. I agreed because I was obsessed with money. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me!"
On the other hand, Master Yuan Ming was extremely anxious when he saw that Lu Yi was about to destroy the so-called elixir of immortality. He begged desperately without caring about his image: "Master Lu, please be kind and return the elixir to me. It is an elixir that can make people immortal!" But Lu Yi was unmoved. He snorted coldly and crushed the elixir in his hand without hesitation in front of Master Yuan Ming.
Upon seeing this, Master Yuan Ming seemed to have lost his mind. He pounced on the medicine powder on the ground like a madman, picked it up desperately, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.
Not long after, Master Yuanming groaned in pain, and then large mouthfuls of blood gushed out of his mouth. In the blink of an eye, the once highly respected Master Yuanming fell to the ground and died.