Everyone who woke up from their drowsiness seemed to have had a big dream, but it was not a good dream.
Xin Lian was the first to wake up, because her room was the first room Song Xun asked Xiao Qing to try. Fortunately, Xiao Qing's effect was very obvious, and the detoxified people began to wake up after a quarter of an hour.
After Xin Lian woke up, she joined the helping team. Everyone was in a state of confusion as to who I was, where I was, and what happened. Xin Lian gave each of the people who woke up a detoxification pill and water to take, which would make them feel better. , but she, who was always smart, looked unhappy when she saw that Cen Chen had hurt his little finger, and Cen Yi, who was already introverted, was even more taciturn and helped, so she probably guessed something.
Until all the thirty or forty disciples from Wanhua Valley, large and small, were gathered in the open space in the courtyard.
I originally wanted to discuss matters in the main hall, but the main hall was too small to accommodate so many people, and there were not many seats, so I chose to sit outside. The younger disciples looked confused and didn't know what was going on. The older disciples Most of them had serious expressions, and a few were talking quietly in private.
With Xin Lian's support, Song Xun stood in front of everyone. She should have a good rest after using the Guanyin Technique, but she just took this breath. She knew her body very well. The forbidden technique was too overbearing. She Her cultivation level was not enough. If she rested now, she might have to sleep for three days and three nights before waking up, so she had to strike while the iron was hot tonight to solve the problem.
The night was slightly cold, and the shadow of the poisoning of all members in just one day hung over everyone's hearts. It was unclear whether the chill came from the outside in or from the inside out.
"Today, bringing everyone together is a matter of life and death in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers. Some people once said that we think we are noble, but we don't take it seriously. Some people once told us to improve our cultivation, not just medical skills, but we looked down on them. In the Jianghu Which sect, big or small, has never used the medicine from our Ten Thousand Flowers Valley? I thought it was enough to guard one-third of an acre of land, but today I know that ordinary people are not guilty of harboring a treasure!"
"Right next to us, your close senior brother, my junior brother, poisoned our well water for half a year because of a thought. For half a year, the medicinal herbs withered in large areas. Fortunately, his conscience was still intact and no harm was done to anyone. Alone, but even so we were hurt."
"You are all in a coma from last night to this evening. That's because this is an incident where the Wanhua Valley was invaded by bad guys but we didn't know it at all! Our carelessness and paralysis gave others a chance. How many people are staring at us? , how many people want to replace us? We guard such a great treasure as the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, but we turn a blind eye to such a crisis! We have not made progress for many years, but others are making progress. Without progress, we are regressing! Regression will make us We lost our cherished homes, our friends and even our lives."
Song Xun paused. It was obviously very laborious to speak such a long paragraph. She pointed to Ruan Xianbei and his group standing at the front, raised her voice and continued, "Without these friends, all of us would probably be dead." You will never wake up again, tell me, are you willing to die inexplicably like this?! And how many times will this happen before we are alert?!"
After Song Xun told everyone the whole story, the scene fell into deathly silence. Song Xun didn't have so much energy to waste on them. He only said: "Give everyone three days to decide whether to leave or stay. Cen Chen gave Everyone, please apologize. Seeing that you still have kind thoughts in the same family, we can get together and part ways."
Cen Chen walked out, with a pale face, and confessed everything he had done, including being jealous of the talents of his senior sisters and sisters, and being obsessed with others and believing in others, which led to today's situation. The man in black promised him to help him win the position of Valley Master, and in return he needed to obtain the Guanyin Technique in Wanhu Valley.
How can the art of watching music be so easy to master? The man in black taught him how to use poison, but he improved the poison and sprinkled the poison in the well water, thinking that if all the herbs died, the valley owner would be forced to use Guanyin Technique to save the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers. What he thought was indeed correct, and he was very careful in what he did. If Ruan Xianbei hadn't accidentally drank the water and the taste was wrong, no one would have noticed. It's just that such behavior has violated the rules of Wanhua Valley. The man in black's last method of helping him was to poison and kill the current owner of the valley and then blame him for his rise to power. He has a good reputation in the valley and it won't take long for him to be reorganized. The man in black can use his leverage to intimidate Wanhua Valley, and that man is very good at calculating.
Fortunately, he never thought about taking out the bottle of poison that the man in black handed him in the end and poisoning them. It was considered a good deed among the wrong things.
It's Cen Er, how could it be him? This is the first thought of everyone in Wanhua Valley. In their eyes, Cen Chen is a good brother who loves and protects his sister, and he is also a diligent, conscientious and kind-hearted senior brother.
No one scolded him out loud, and the confused looks in his classmates' eyes made him suffer, as if they were asking why you did this? Why didn't you tell Master if you knew you were wrong? Why do such a thing? Obviously you have countless opportunities to repent!
Those pairs of eyes were like questions, silent but louder than ever, hitting his heart hard.
Cen Chen couldn't bear it and almost collapsed. After he explained in tears, he was taken away by Shen Xuan.
Song Xun didn't want to say any more: "Have a good rest tonight and think clearly about what we should do. If you have any good suggestions, you can write them down on paper and bring them to me."
...
Inside the house, the atmosphere was still dull.
The Guanyin water produced by the Guanyin technique was taken away by the men in black, and the vast medicinal gardens in the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley were still waiting for people to rescue them.
Even if we knew it was poisoning, what faster method could there be than Guanyin Technique?
"Let me give it a try," Lan Zhao said, "My cultivation level is higher than yours. Since you succeeded, then maybe I can too."
"No." Song Xun held the armrest of the chair and said with difficulty, "I failed."
"I don't know how to describe it. In fact, I knew I failed the moment the elixir was released. Fortunately, it seemed to be a success. Fortunately, even if it failed, the efficacy of Guanyin Water is unmatched by ordinary medicines. I don't I know what that person was doing with the Guanyin water, but it must not be a good thing. The half-percent Guanyin water may not have the effect he wanted." Song Xun smiled helplessly, "But now I can't do anything else Refining an elixir once...I don't want you to do it either, it's too risky."
"I won't get married and have children."
"I can't gamble with this, Lan Zhao, let's think of other ways, and don't let other junior sisters take risks."
Song Xun and Lan Zhao argued for a while. Lan Zhao knew that Song Xun might be right. How could he bear to let innocent women pay for such cruel things again and again? This is something there is no turning back from.
Others didn't interrupt. Speaking of this, it was already a household matter in Wanhua Valley. As outsiders, they couldn't point fingers.
"let me."
Everyone looked at the door. Miao Tong, who had not been seen for a long time, opened the door and walked in. Her makeup and hair were neatly put on, and her face was clean.
"I was not poisoned," Miao Tong said.
Yes, after returning from the martial arts club, the master had an abortion for Miao Tong. For this reason, she also moved out of the courtyard and lived in a remote hut in the back mountain. She told the outside world that she was feeling unwell.
She hasn't appeared in public for a long time. She has food and accommodation on the mountain. The huge noise at the bottom of the mountain today caught her attention. She has low self-esteem and is not stupid. She only asked a few junior brothers and sisters and asked some questions. They roughly pieced together what happened during this period. The junior sisters said that the senior sister was in a state of distress because she couldn't save the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley by using forbidden techniques to save them.
Miao Tong thought of Guanyin Technique, she should be qualified. Her cultivation level can be regarded as good at the first level of the Earthly Profound Realm, otherwise she would not have chosen to take her with him when Cen Chen could not go to the martial arts club because his sister was ill.
"I don't need children either." Miao Tong stood up straight, changing her usual submissive and fearful attitude. Everyone present could tell that she was serious.
"Senior sister, you know. I once thought about it, but my life was given by Master. Master saved me once or twice. How could I dare to die? But I don't have the shame to stay in Ten Thousand Flowers Valley any longer. This incident makes me sad. When I do it, I think it’s a way of repaying Master for the upbringing he has given me over the years.”
Ruan Xianbei looked at Miao Tong and thought highly of her. After going through that incident, not only was she not knocked down, but she could still stand up at the critical moment. She really didn't know what to say. But without that incident, she might never be able to see her own path clearly, and she would always be the submissive and self-pitying Miao Tong.
Song Xun also knew that this was the best way. She looked at Miao Tong, and after a long time she sighed and said, "Okay, you give it a try."
Miao Tong prepared the medicinal materials and followed Song Xun into the alchemy room. Song Xun felt a little better after drinking the qi-tonifying decoction.
In fact, their alchemy was very casual, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers didn't pay much attention to it. Song Xun's bathing today was just an excuse to delay, while Miao Tong just washed his hands and was ready.
Song Xun said: "It will be very painful later. If you can't help it... forget it. Anyway, don't force it."
"Let's get started." Miao Tong took the blood from his eyebrows and dropped it in, then sat down.
Song Xun looked at her as if he were looking through her, and he had the urge to cry.
The compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, if you really appear, please bless us to succeed.
As the temperature in the room got higher and higher, Miao Tong's brows wrinkled tighter and tighter. She finally understood how painful it was. The feeling of being burned by unknown fire was really uncomfortable.
But she had to endure it. She thought of that night and that night in the snow, her master, that life that should never have existed, the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers that raised her, and the sad expressions of her junior brothers and sisters. This flame would wash away her. Sin... Burn her sins to ashes. After bathing in the fire, she will be reborn. She must succeed!
In order to prevent the men in black from coming back, Shen Xuan and the others stayed here no matter what. I don’t know how long it took, but they all started to doze off. They were tired and hungry all day long, except for breakfast. I haven't eaten anything and I'm already hungry.
Lan Zhao embarrassedly advised: "Why don't you go back first? Everyone will take turns to rest so that you can be energetic. I'll just watch over you tonight."
Ruan Xianbei yawned and nodded: "Miss Yuan and I will stay with Lan Zhao first. You guys go back and have a rest for a while to eat, and then we will be replaced."
Lan Zhao asked Xin Lian to make some food and bring it over, just as long as it was hot enough to fill the stomach. The people left behind could just eat whatever they wanted in the main hall.
Shen Xuan looked at the way she was holding on even though she could hardly open her eyes and said, "I'm not sleepy yet. Junior Brother Fu and Miss Ruan will go to rest first. If Miss Yuan is sleepy, rest first and we will take turns later."
Fu Cheng raised his hand: "I'm young and I'm not tired!"
Shen Xuan ignored the child's nonsense: "It's precisely because you are young that I let you rest first. The rest of the night will be difficult."
Fu Cheng agreed to the arrangement after hearing this. Ruan Xianbei was very sleepy and saw that Shen Xuan took the initiative to guard first, so she agreed.
Yuncai wasn't particularly sleepy because she wasn't busy around last night. She originally wanted to stay but didn't want to be alone with Shen Xuan, so she decided to go back to rest together.
"Ah Zhi, I want to take a nap first. If Ah Cai is not sleepy, stay tuned for a while and call me in an hour." Ruan Xianbei rubbed his eyes while talking to Yun Zhi, and then remembered that Mi You muttered, "Ah Zhi, Ah Cai, too." You can go and get some sleep, Brother Mi You will be watching over you. I haven’t seen him all day, he’s always been there.”
Ruan Xianbei threw himself on the bed and buried his head in the pillow. His eyes quickly closed due to sleepiness.
"Kill Xu Pei when you get back..." she said.
