Aren't you framing me? I'll f * cking kill you! More than half of the East Continent's disciples on this ship are my people, and they're naturally on my side. Even if it's a false testimony, I can force you to die, haha!
"Sophistry!" Huo Yudie and Ning Xuefei were so angry that their faces turned red when they heard these words. Only Lin Yi himself, who was the person involved, was calm and unperturbed, without any signs of panic.
"You may know a person for a long time, but you don't know his heart. Junior Sister Yudie, and Young Miss Ning, I advise you to stay away from this despicable person. Otherwise, you won't even know when you'll be killed by him. Who knows, you might even be helping him count the spirit jades after being sold by him!" Ren Zhongyuan sneered.
"Vice Dean Liu, you've already said it like this. Isn't it inappropriate for you to drag it on and not state your position? Could it be that you're really determined to protect this brat? " Yi Xiaotian seized the opportunity to force her to abdicate. He and Ren Zhongyuan had obviously discussed this beforehand. One was responsible for targeting Lin Yi, while the other would not give Liu Ziyu a chance to react, attacking from both sides!
"Right! Regardless of whether or not this kid is the real culprit behind the poisoning, as long as we capture him and use the Soul Searching Technique on him, it will be fine. The lives of so many of us, in Vice Dean Liu's heart, could it be that they are not as important as a single kid? "The others echoed in unison.
Huo Yudie and Ning Xuefei were instantly anxious. The Soul Searching Technique caused irreparable damage to one's divine sense. Even if one reached the Nascent Soul stage, the Soul Searching Technique would cause great damage to one's vitality, and they might not be able to recover even after tens of years. These people clearly wanted to destroy Lin Yi!
Liu Ziyu couldn't help but be in a dilemma. These people had been incited by Ren Zhongyuan and Yi Xiaotian, and even with her authority, it was very difficult to suppress them. This matter was really troublesome.
However, at this moment, Lin Yi finally stood up. He still had a calm look on his face as he looked at Ren Zhongyuan and said, "You insist that I'm the one who poisoned them. Other than your own mind full of wild imaginations, do you have any substantial evidence? I remember that we have to check our belongings before boarding the ship. But now, we have poisoned the ship on such a large scale. I want to ask, how did you manage to smuggle so much poison on board without anyone knowing? "
His words rendered everyone speechless. Poisoning required poison, but to say that so many poisons could be casually brought up was an insult to everyone's intelligence.
This was a top-notch ancient warship. Anyone who boarded the ship would not only have to be inspected by the crew, but they would also have to go through a special detection array. Under such tight security, it was basically impossible to sneak across the sea without being noticed. This was indeed unjustifiable.
"Hmph! You can hide this from others, but unfortunately, you can't hide it from me!" Ren Zhong Yuan, on the other hand, had a card up his sleeve. He looked at Lin Yi proudly and grinned coldly, "You still don't know, but my father is not only a seventh-grade Alchemist, but he is also a famous Pharmacist in the East Continent. Unfortunately, I happened to learn a little from him."
"Oh?" Lin Yi raised his eyebrows noncommittally.
"Under normal circumstances, it is indeed very difficult to smuggle poison on board. But I have just carefully studied everyone's symptoms of poisoning, and discovered that it coincides with a strange poison from the legends. The name of this poison is Heart-Piercing Anemone!" Ren Zhong Yuan said confidently.
"Heart-Piercing Anemone? This is a poison from the sea? "Liu Ziyu was instantly shocked.
"That's right. This kind of Heart-Piercing Anemone is very common in the sea. However, very few people go into the sea, so they don't know much about this thing. Only a very few medicinal scriptures have records of it, and I just happened to see it in my father's study." Ren Zhong Yuan smiled proudly, looked at Lin Yi, and said, "So, you don't need to bring poison with you at all. You only need to catch some Heart-Piercing Anemone from the sea when everyone is unprepared, then grind it into powder and put it in their food. This thing dissolves when it comes into contact with water, and it is colorless and tasteless. No one will notice it at all!"
This deduction sounded reasonable and well-founded, but he was actually exposing what he had done in front of everyone. He was just putting the blame on Lin Yi.
Heart-Piercing Anemone was his unique method. If he didn't say it himself, not many people would know about this poison. After all, the sea was the territory of the sea beasts. No matter how amazing a apothecary was, it would be very difficult for them to come into contact with the sea creatures, let alone carefully study them.
After hearing this, everyone came to a realization, and they looked at Ren Zhong Yuan with gazes of worship. As for Lin Yi, his identity as the real culprit had been indirectly confirmed. Out of everyone present, only he had the conditions and opportunity to poison the sea creatures. No matter what, this guy was the number one suspect. There was no way he could escape this point!
"That still doesn't prove that it was Lin Yi who poisoned it. You know so much about it. Who knows if you were the one who fished up the Heart-Piercing Anemone to frame Lin Yi!" Ning Xuefei refuted without hesitation.
"That's right. From beginning to end, it's all your words. None of us know about the Heart-Piercing Anemone, and only you know about it. Doesn't that mean that you are also the biggest suspect of poisoning it?" Huo Yudie said coldly.
"Junior Apprentice Sister Yudie, don't be blinded by this despicable person. As the old saying goes, the onlooker sees more clearly. Between me and him, who is more suspicious of the poisoning, I believe everyone here can see clearly!" Ren Zhong Yuan looked like he had suffered a great grievance. He suddenly turned to everyone and said, "Me and Lin Yi, who do you think it is?"
"Lin Yi! Of course it's Lin Yi! " More than half of the East Continent's disciples here had to act according to his instructions. At this time, it was obvious who to choose.
Huo Yudie and Ning Xuefei were secretly anxious. If this went on, these people would force Lin Yi to use the Soul Searching Art on him again. At this time, Liu Ziyu waved her hand at everyone and finally expressed her stance. "Lin Yi is indeed suspected of poisoning the Heart-Piercing Anemone. However, before I find the evidence, I will only put him under surveillance. If the two of you want to make a move on the West Island's Prince Consort, feel free to give it a try."
Her words made Ren Zhong Yuan and Yi Xiaotian, who had deliberately created this scene, speechless. F * ck, this old woman was too much of a hindrance!
However, cursing silently was one thing. Liu Ziyu's absolute strength was there for all to see. If they dared to jump out at this time, they would only be cannon fodder. No one was a fool. Everyone could only choose to shut up resentfully.
"Very well. Since all of you feel that we can't act rashly, then properly think of a way to cure the poison. As for the matter of investigating the truth, we'll talk about it after. Without any conclusive evidence and only relying on wrangling like this, everyone might as well just wait for death." Liu Ziyu's tone was extremely unyielding.
Lin Yi looked at Liu Ziyu, a little astonished. He had not had much contact with this big shot of the academy before, especially after the incident where she forced Huo Yudie and Ren Zhong Yuan to make a deal. His impression of her was not very good, but now, it had changed.
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