Chapter 4774 — Who Do You Say It Was?
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"Sophistry!" Huo Yudie and Ning Xuefei were so furious at these words that their pretty faces flushed crimson—only Wei Zhao, the accused himself, remained utterly unruffled, without the slightest trace of alarm.
"You can know a man's face but not his heart. Junior Sister Yudie, and Miss Ning, I advise you to keep your distance from this despicable wretch—otherwise you may never know when he'll do you in. You might even be counting his spirit jade for him after he's sold you off!" Ren Zhongyuan sneered.
"Vice Chancellor Liu, we've come this far—it hardly seems fitting for you to keep stalling without stating your position. Or have you truly made up your mind to shelter this boy?" Yi Xiaotian pressed at the opportune moment. He and Ren Zhongyuan had clearly planned this in advance: one aimed the spearhead at Wei Zhao, the other gave Liu Ziqi no chance to react—a two-pronged assault!
"Exactly! Whether or not this brat is the real poisoner, just seize him and run a soul-search on him—that will settle it. Are the lives of so many of us worth less in Vice Chancellor Liu's eyes than this one boy?" The others chorused their agreement.
Huo Yudie and Ning Xuefei were frantic at this. A soul-search inflicts irreparable damage upon the spirit sense; even a Nascent Soul cultivator subjected to one would suffer grievous injury to their vital essence and might not recover for decades. These people were plainly out to destroy Wei Zhao!
Liu Ziqi found herself caught in a dilemma. These people had been stirred up by Ren Zhongyuan and Yi Xiaotian, and even her authority would find it hard to suppress them now. The matter had truly become thorny.
But at this point Wei Zhao finally stepped forward, still wearing that light, unconcerned air, and looked at Ren Zhongyuan. "You insist so firmly that I'm the one who administered the poison—have you any substantive evidence beyond the wild fancies filling your own head? As I recall, everyone's belongings are inspected before boarding. Yet this was poisoning on a massive scale. So let me ask: how was such a quantity of poison smuggled aboard?"
His words left everyone speechless. Poisoning required poison—but to claim that so much poison could have been casually carried aboard was an insult to everyone's intelligence.
This was a top-grade ancient warship. Before boarding, every person had to submit not only to inspection by the crew but also to a specialized detection array. Under such stringent defenses, smuggling anything through was essentially impossible. On this point, the accusation simply did not hold up.
"Hah, you may fool others with this, but you can't fool me!" Ren Zhongyuan, however, was brimming with confidence. He grinned coldly at Wei Zhao and said, "You probably don't know this—my father is not only a seventh-grade alchemist but a renowned top-tier physician of the Eastern Continent. And as it happens, I picked up a smattering of his craft."
"Oh?" Wei Zhao raised an eyebrow noncommittally.
"Under normal circumstances, poison would indeed be hard to bring aboard. But I have just carefully studied everyone's symptoms, and I found they match exactly those of a legendary rare toxin. The name of this poison is the Heart-Piercing Sea Anemone!" Ren Zhongyuan declared with conviction.
"Heart-Piercing Sea Anemone? A venomous creature of the sea?" Liu Ziqi was startled.