After Being Possessed By A Witch, I Became An Outlaw

Chapter 25: Master Pharmacist Tang Ruoling

Chong Xu Perfected Being has a little cleverness, but lacks great wisdom.

Forgetting righteousness in pursuit of small gains, not realizing that virtue does not match position, and will inevitably suffer the consequences.

He made it seem like Zhou Ran was taking credit for his position just the day before yesterday, and today he is using the same trick again. Even those with discerning eyes can't bear to watch.

But the Grand Elder doesn't care about how the disciples outside view him. He is a Divine Soul realm elder, just one step away from breaking through to the Divine Ability Realm. When that happens, he will be ranked as the Supreme Elder.

What does the opinion of the disciples below matter?

He has already remembered the nonsense those people said last time.

It's just that the timing wasn't right. When he finds an opportunity, he will make those ignorant young people understand what reverence means.

Jiang Qingyun looked at Zhang Chi, her eyes also filled with anger.

This kid doesn't listen to advice, and now he's in trouble.

How can she rest assured letting Zhang Chi go out to investigate the case with Zhou You? What if Zhou You has evil intentions and harms Zhang Chi outside? Even if she can avenge Zhang Chi, what good would it do?

But since things have come to this point, she can only find a way to protect Zhang Chi.

"The situation of the stolen spirit stones is still unclear. To be safe, it's better to send someone more reliable.

Elder Chong Ling, can I trouble you to make this trip?"

Elder Chong Ling is a kind old lady, and also a member of the neutral faction. The Grand Elder is reassured by this choice.

Little does he know that this neutral faction has secretly sided with Jiang Qingyun, only appearing neutral on the surface.

"The Sect Master has entrusted me, and I dare not refuse."

"Elder Chong Ling, you're being too modest. Let these younger ones handle the investigation. You just need to protect them when there's danger."

Chong Ling immediately understood that it wasn't the younger ones who needed protection, but only Zhang Chi.

The Sect Master really values her disciple.

But Zhang Chi is indeed a good seedling, talented, good with people, and not lacking the vigor of a young person. She also likes him very much.

"Sect Master, rest assured, I will not disappoint your trust."

The matter was settled like this. Elder Chong Ling led the team, Zhou You was in charge of overseeing the investigation, and Zhang Chi accompanied them as an assistant.

This trip had three objectives: to confirm the identity of the thief, to investigate whether there were any insiders, and to retrieve the spirit stones.

The third objective was the most important.

Having lost so many spirit stones, if they couldn't find them back, they might lose even more next time.

So, they only had three days to investigate.

If they couldn't find any clues related to the spirit stones within three days, the Left River League would ask the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion for help.

The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion is skilled in divination and fortune-telling.

Finding a few spirit stones would be a piece of cake for them.

But the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion is expensive and won't easily lend a hand. If they do, they will demand a reward worth 20% of the item they find.

If they want to find 500,000 spirit stones, they would have to give the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion 100,000.

If there really was no other way, they would reluctantly take this step.

If it weren't for knowing about the existence of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, Zhang Chi wouldn't have considered running away before.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion only looks for objects, not people, because they believe that people are involved in greater causality.

If not for this, when Zhang Chi discovered Tang Ruoling last time, he would have had to run away as well.

After the meeting, Cao Yan and Qinghui Perfected Being were also left behind.

Since Zhang Chi made his suggestion in front of so many people, the Sword Sect wouldn't let Qinghui Perfected Being leave to avoid suspicion.

When Qinghui Perfected Being passed by Zhang Chi, he probably held resentment in his heart, but also felt confident. With a threatening tone, he coldly said, "You better be able to prove my innocence, otherwise..."

"Elder, rest assured, I will definitely do it."

Zhang Chi responded loudly, attracting the attention of the crowd.

Qinghui Perfected Being couldn't continue his words and could only leave in a huff.

After he left, Tang Feng also approached.

"Nephew, you must be careful on this trip. I have a bottle of Heart-Protecting Pill here. Keep it for emergencies."

He stuffed a small jade bottle into Zhang Chi's hand and secretly instructed him.

This old man is capable, although not very clever, but kind-hearted.

Zhang Chi did not refuse either. After expressing his gratitude, he said, "I have something to say to Ruoling. Can Tang Guzhu pass on a message for me?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Feng burst into laughter.

His daughter is indeed charming, and Zhang Chi has taken a liking to her.

This is certainly a good thing.

He chuckled and said, "There's no need to be so formal. Just call me Tang Shu. You go prepare the letter, I'll wait for you here."

Zhang Chi then hurriedly left.

The investigation team had half an hour to prepare. Half an hour later, they would depart from the Sword Dance Platform on a phoenix carriage.

Zhang Chi hurried back to his residence and took out pen and paper. He wrote, "The moon rises above the willow branches, let's meet after dusk."

The key point of this sentence is the time of dusk. Even if Tang Feng were to sneak a peek, he wouldn't understand its meaning.

But Tang Ruoling would definitely understand.

The meeting place after dusk goes without saying.

If she couldn't even sense her own Monster Seed, then the Monster Seed was most likely fake.

Whether they could successfully find the spiritual stone depended on Tang Ruoling.

Tang Feng took the letter and happily returned to Spiritual Medicine Valley.

He was determined to foster a good relationship between his daughter and Zhang Chi, unaware that Tang Ruoling was currently preparing poison.

"This bottle will make him lose his mind, allowing me to retrieve the Monster Seed.

This bottle will make him confused and infatuated, and I'll throw him into the Spirit Beast sheep herd to have his fill!"

Tang Ruoling prepared the medicine while grinding her teeth.

Humiliation, she had never experienced such humiliation before!

She had actually been humiliated and bullied by Zhang Chi to the point of saying so many shameful things. Every time she thought about it, she felt despair and anger.

If she didn't kill Zhang Chi, how could she vent her anger?

But killing him alone would be letting him off too easily.

He must be tormented to death!

As she prepared the medicine, evil thoughts began to emerge in Tang Ruoling's mind.

"I can't just let him bully the sheep, I have to let the sheep bully him too."

Tang Ruoling's smile gradually turned sinister, as if she had thought of some kind of torment for Zhang Chi.

"Add a scent of sheep to this, the sheep won't be able to resist!"

Tang Ruoling's smile widened, almost bursting into a wicked laugh.

She was excitedly preparing the medicine when Tang Feng suddenly barged in.

This was her workspace, not some private place, so Tang Feng didn't think much of it.

Seeing her preparing medicine with a strange smell, Tang Feng couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"

Tang Ruoling panicked in her heart and said, "The people from Spirit Beast Square said their sheep have been a bit listless lately, so they asked me to prepare some medicine."

Preparing medicine for Spirit Beasts was also one of the tasks of Spiritual Medicine Valley.

Tang Feng recognized the herbs on the table, and Tang Ruoling didn't dare to deceive him, lest she be exposed.

Tang Feng didn't think much of it either, he just took out Zhang Chi's letter and said, "Don't worry about Spirit Beast Square for now. This is a letter from Zhang Chi to you, take a look."

Saying that, Tang Feng rubbed his hands together. Although he was curious about what was written in the letter, he left room for his daughter's face.

The letter only had a few words, and Tang Ruoling finished reading it at a glance.

After reading it, she couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.

What did Zhang Chi mean by this? Did he suddenly want to meet her again? Could it be that he wanted to bully her again?

Tang Ruoling was certain that this must be the case. Her face turned red and then pale.

Recalling everything that had happened before, she felt both shy and angry. Looking at the medicine in her hand, she made up her mind.

Even if she had to risk her life, Tang Ruoling would never let this stinky man manipulate her!

(End of this chapter)