He Lan Tianxia

Chapter 259 Poisonous Pills Provoke Ma's Advers

"You refine it." Murong Junlan picked up Murong Dubai, who had been thrown there, with one hand.

Ling Yi thought this was a great idea; he had almost forgotten about the frail-looking Young Master Bai. The gorilla, seeing this, was overjoyed and danced with delight. As long as someone was refining elixirs, it would have a chance to detoxify. So the gorilla hopped over to Murong Dubai's side, stretched out its long, furry arm, and patted his head. Seeing that Murong Dubai was still standing there dumbfounded, it simply began to vigorously ruffle Murong Dubai's hair.

Murong Dubai got angry. He snapped out of his daze after being thrown at him and stretched out his weak hand to slap the gorilla. At the same time, a wicked plan came to mind.

"Don't even think about using any poisonous tricks. If we can't refine the elixir to rescue the people inside, none of us here will be able to leave Lihentian Pavilion alive." Murong Junlan reminded Murong Dubai. Murong Dubai has never done a good thing since he appeared. The only reason to keep him around is to ask him to help remove the poison absorbed by the Crimson Spirit Pearl into Yan'er's body.

Murong Dubai felt powerless and had no choice but to obey orders. However, he made a request to Murong Junlan: to have his manager come in. It wasn't that he was worried about not having anyone to help move the ice lotus flowers to refine the pills, but rather that he felt completely helpless without his manager by his side.

Murong Junlan agreed and instructed Hong Xiuying to find the manager. So, everyone in Lihentian Pavilion went about their tasks: some refined pills, others worked on repairing the holes in the walls. Everything seemed to be proceeding in an orderly manner. Only Murong Junlan felt that something was wrong. Little did he know that a battle in the martial world was quietly unfolding.

Murong Dubai diligently focused on refining elixirs every day, with the shopkeeper helping out. The eagle's health gradually improved, and Lingyi took the initiative to supervise it. The old tree spirit also eagerly followed Lingyi, busying himself with various tasks. Murong Junlan gathered Hong Xiuying and the others together, spending all day searching for weaknesses in the stone cave, but to no avail.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. Of the ten cartloads of ice lotus flowers, only one remained thanks to Murong Dubai's tireless work day and night; the project was nearing completion. That day, a sudden drizzle began to fall. Inside the cave, a little rain wouldn't normally matter, but a clap of thunder illuminated the cave walls of the Lihentian Pavilion as bright as day. Although this momentary illumination lasted only a fleeting instant, Murong Junlan witnessed a deeply hidden secret of Murong Dubai.

Murong Junlan thought he had misread it, and then casually observed it again.

Wait, is Murong Dubai making poison pills?

Why did the pile of white pills suddenly turn dark green when I looked at it from left to right? You know, the biggest problem when refining pills is making poisonous pills; if you eat a poisonous pill, you'll be seriously injured even if you don't die.

Murong Junlan wanted to go over and demand an explanation, but before he could move, Ling Yi had already wrapped himself around him. Murong Junlan understood Ling Yi's meaning: a warning against rash actions. Murong Junlan thought about it again; that made sense. Since the pill was already refined to this state, questioning him would be pointless. He'd just have to play it by ear and see how Murong Dubai explained himself. Murong Junlan subtly tightened his grip on Ling Yi's foot as a response.

Just then, two angry neighs of horses could be heard outside the cave. Then, Jiang He and Luo Xie, whom Murong Junlan had sent out early that morning to gather information, rode in on their uncontrollable Red Hare horses. The two Red Hare horses lost control and simultaneously kicked over the alchemy furnace in front of Murong Dubai, scattering green pills all over the ground...