"According to you, Cheng Clan is making various medicinal pills and medicaments with poisonous medicinal materials. Additionally, Cheng Clan's medicinal pills and medicinal materials are sold to all the provinces. How could such an obvious thing not be discovered?" Zhang Tie asked with a frown.
"The toxicity of the poisonous medicinal materials of Cheng Clan is very special. It can't be compared with any poison that we have seen. Even if ordinary people use the medicinal pills of Cheng Clan, they won't be able to detect the hidden poison in them …" Sun Jiagu said with a bitter smile.
"Did Cheng Clan add something poisonous to their medicinal materials?"
"No, Cheng Clan didn't add anything superfluous to their medicinal materials. All the medicinal pills of Cheng Clan are made according to the manufacturing process and techniques strictly. They would not add anything superfluous to their medicinal materials!"
Zhang Tie became a bit confused, "Then how did Cheng Clan get their poisonous medicinal materials?"
"They were planted by Cheng Clan!"
"You mean those medicinal materials of Cheng Clan have been poisonous since they were planted?" Zhang Tie asked out of amazement. Although he was not a pharmacist, he still felt Sun Jiagu's words were a bit unbelievable based on his understanding about pharmacists.
"Yes!"
"Did Cheng Clan do something to those medicinal materials? For instance, they added something poisonous to the fertilizers or pesticides of medicinal materials!"
"They didn't do anything. All the medicinal materials in the herbal fields of Cheng Clan were the same as those of other clans. Additionally, Cheng Clan has many herbal medicine farmers. If Cheng Clan wanted to do something to fertilize and plant medicinal materials, they could never hide it!"
"Did Cheng Clan pass off shoddy products as good ones or purposefully use the wrong formula, raw materials and quantity or purposefully do something to the medicinal materials?"
"No, Cheng Clan used the same raw materials. Additionally, the quantity and formula of raw materials were very accurate. They didn't do anything to the medicinal materials!"
Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "You've really confused me. There's no problem with the raw materials, the manufacturing process and no poisonous substances. How could Cheng Clan's raw materials become poisonous? Is it true that the raw materials are poisonous?"
"Cheng Clan's medicinal materials are poisonous!" Sun Jiagu said while gritting his teeth.
"The Cheng Clan planted those medicinal herbs!"
"The Cheng Family grows Honeysuckle, Honeysuckle Vine, Forsythia, Isatis Root, Cordyceps Houttuyniae, Ginseng, Pseudoginseng, Jujube, Wolfberry, Walnut Kernel, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, Astragalus, Lily, Artemisia annua, Polygonum multiflorum, Longan Meat, Eucommia, Licorice, Pinellia, Platycodon, Ginkgo, Ephedra, Radix Saposhniae, Rhizoma Parsnip, Reed Root, Earthly Bone Bark, Bamboo Leaves, Chrysanthemum, Patchouli, Morinda Officinalis, Citrus Aurantium, Prunella Vulgaris, etc. The Cheng Family is a big medicine merchant in Ji Zhou. They have countless herbal fields and hundreds of kinds of medicinal herbs.
"You mean the medicinal herbs planted by Cheng Clan are poisonous the moment they are taken out of the ground?"
"At first, I didn't believe that there was such a thing in this world, but after repeated experiments, I finally confirmed this fact!"
"How did you find that Cheng Clan's medicinal herbs are poisonous?"
"Since I became a herbal medicine apprentice at 16 years old, I've had a habit of raising some white mice at home to test medicines. This habit was passed on to me by my master. Herbal medicine originates from traditional Chinese medicines. It's the entry and foundation for pharmacists. Even senior pharmacists couldn't leave this foundation. However, as there are too many kinds of medicinal herbs, some of them are poisonous; especially after being made into medicaments and pills, if the quantity is not right or the species is not right, there would always be accidents. Therefore, herbal medicine apprentices would raise some small animals to test medicines. I kept this habit even after I got married. At the beginning, I used white mice to test medicines. Later on, I raised white mice as my pets. Therefore, it became a habit of mine …"
"After becoming a bottle-suspending pharmacist, I'm good at making low-level nourishing and blood-nourishing pills. It's a very common low-level medicine for commoners. It could be used by old people, pregnant women and weak people to recover their health. It's very popular in Taixia Country. In Cheng Clan's medicine store, I was responsible for supervising a medicine store which was specialized in making nourishing and blood-nourishing pills. In the process of making nourishing and blood-nourishing pills, I found something wrong with the medicinal herbs of Cheng Clan!"
After hearing Sun Jiagu's explanation, Zhang Tie didn't ask any more questions; instead, he just listened to Sun Jiagu's explanation quietly. Sun Jiagu's look turned evidently complex.
"To make nourishing and blood-nourishing pills, we need a very common medicinal herb, namely walnut kernels and jujubes. There were a lot of them in the medicine store. People would deliver them here every day. I was responsible for checking and receiving them. As I had some white mice at home, I would grab a handful of walnut kernels or jujubes from the warehouse of the medicine store every day before leaving the medicine store and feed them to my pets. After working in Cheng Clan's medicine store for half a year, the first batch of 6 white mice that I raised at home died one after another …"
"In the beginning, I didn't pay much attention to it because I had been raising those mice for almost two years. Under normal circumstances, even if there were no accidents, the lifespan of a mouse would only be about two to three years. Therefore, when those mice died, I didn't think too much about it. After those mice died, out of habit, I bought some more mice and raised them at home. Then, just like before, I went home every day and brought back some food that the mice could eat from the pharmacy for them to eat!"
"Just like that, the second batch of white mice also died after eating the food that I brought back from the medicine store for half a year. After that, I still didn't think that there was something wrong with the medicinal herbs in the medicine store. I thought that there might be something wrong with the medicinal herbs in the medicine store. I thought that there might be something wrong with the medicinal herbs in the medicine store. I thought that there might be something wrong with the medicinal herbs in the medicine store. I thought that there might be something wrong with the medicinal herbs in the medicine store. I thought that there might be something wrong with the medicinal herbs in the medicine store.
"As a result, the third batch of white mice also died after half a year. At this time, I thought that there might be something wrong with the medicinal herbs in the medicine store. However, as this matter was of great importance, I was just a supervisor of a small medicine store in the Cheng Clan. Of course, I dared not talk nonsense or tell others about this result. Therefore, I just kept it in mind. Then, I bought the fourth batch of white mice. When I bought the fourth batch of white mice, I divided them into two groups. One group of white mice ate the walnuts and jujubes that I brought from the Cheng Clan, which could be both food and medicinal herbs; the other group of white mice ate some grains and preserved fruits that I bought from other places. Half a year later, the result shocked me once again. The white mice that ate the preserved fruits and grains that I bought from other places grew very well; however, the white mice that ate the medicinal herbs that I bought from the Cheng Clan's medicine store also died without exception!"
"I was scared so much that I dared not expose it to the public. Therefore, I repeated the same experiment twice. The result was the same. Finally, I confirmed that the medicinal herbs in the Cheng Clan's medicine store were poisonous. Closely after that, I carefully observed each link from planting the medicinal herbs to entering the pharmacy of the Cheng Clan and found that there was no problem. The biggest problem was the seeds of the medicinal herbs. These medicinal herbs were poisonous the moment they were planted. However, you couldn't identify the toxicity. Because these medicinal herbs looked normal and were nothing different than other medicinal herbs. Even the most experienced pharmacist couldn't identify the difference. Only by taking them for a long time could I confirm the hidden toxicity in the medicinal herbs of Cheng Clan!"
"Later on, I stayed in Cheng Clan for a few more years and verified it carefully step by step. Finally, I found that all the artificial medicinal herbs of Cheng Clan were different than natural medicinal herbs and those cultivated by other clans. They all contained very hidden toxicity. If they were used for a long time, they would be very toxic to humans. What's more, besides making various medicaments and pills, the poisonous seeds of those medicinal herbs were also exported to the neighboring provinces of Jizhou Province through various commercial means and became the seed source of many herbalists who made a living by planting medicinal herbs. As a result, those seed sources constantly spread across Taixia Country and turned into poisonous medicinal herbs, which were made into various pills and medicaments and spread across the country …"
"What's more terrifying is that I found that the toxicity of those poisonous medicinal materials grown by Cheng Clan could spread. If the same two kinds of medicinal materials are planted together, one is Cheng Clan's medicinal material while the other is a good medicinal material, the Cheng Clan's medicinal material could transmit the toxicity of the medicinal materials to the good medicinal materials through pollen. As a result, the next generation of the good medicinal materials would also become poisonous!"
"I'm afraid that all the genes of the medicinal herbs of Cheng Clan have been modified. Although those medicinal herbs look nothing different than common medicinal herbs, their genes have been demonized. Additionally, as long as they're planted, they would cause genetic pollution. This is the means of demons and Three-eye Association!"
"I'm just a bottle-suspending pharmacist without any reliance or powerful connections. After discovering this, I dared not tell anyone else about it. Because Cheng Clan has a very great influence in Jizhou Province, not only in Jizhou Province, but also in Xuanyuan Hill. If I casually exposed it to the public, I'm afraid that I would lose my life. Therefore, I hid this secret carefully. Half a year ago, I found a reason to leave Cheng Clan. I planned to report it to the royal court in Xuanyuan Hill for the sake of the people in the world. Unimaginably, Cheng Clan discovered that I went to Xuanyuan Hill and dispatched killers to hunt me down. Thankfully, I've long been prepared for it. Therefore, the killers of Cheng Clan didn't catch up with me; however, I was forced to hide here and there …"
"All the above words are true. If any of them are false, you can chop off my head at any time!" After saying that, Sun Jiagu looked a bit thrilled as he watched Zhang Tie with a hopeful eye light.
After being silent for a short while, Zhang Tie threw a glance at Sun Jiagu before asking, "Do you want me to help you deal with Cheng Clan?"
"Cheng Clan is definitely the lackey of demons. Shouldn't they be eradicated?" Sun Jiagu said with a bit excitement.
"You mean you've been staying in the inn since you came to Embracing Tiger City in October?"
"Yes, I came to Embracing Tiger City in October. As I was worried about the killers dispatched by Cheng Clan, I spent most of my time in the inn …" Sun Jiagu became stunned as he wondered why Zhang Tie asked this question.
"Cheng Clan in Jizhou Province has already perished. After the riot in Xuanyuan Hill, the catastrophe of bloody figures broke out in Jizhou Province. Cheng Clan secretly established a bloody sea in their clan's important place to cultivate bloody figures. As a result, Cheng Clan has been exterminated by the Supreme Court. All the knights of Cheng Clan have escaped and are wanted by the Supreme Court of Taixia Country." Zhang Tie told Sun Jiagu.
The catastrophe of bloody figures in Taixia Country was growing more and more involved. More and more clans of Heavens Reaching Church and Bloody Soul Temple were involved in the catastrophe of bloody figures. Most of the news could only be reported by the authorities in Taixia Country. As a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace, Zhang Tie knew some details about it. After coming to Embracing Tiger City, Sun Jiagu hid here and there. Therefore, he didn't know the first-hand information about the catastrophe of bloody figures in the Supreme Court and across Taixia Country. Therefore, he thought that Cheng Clan was still abusing people in Jizhou Province.
After hearing Zhang Tie's news, Sun Jiagu became dumbfounded on the spot as he widely opened his mouth and couldn't utter a word for quite a while.
"If the killer dispatched by Cheng Clan is still alive, he would never come for you anymore. You don't need to hide here and there anymore!" Zhang Tie comforted Sun Jiagu warmly when he saw Sun Jiagu's depressed look.
Based on Sun Jiagu's battle strength, the killer dispatched by Cheng Clan to hunt him down was already a LV 9 fighter. At this moment, Cheng Clan had been exposed. It was meaningless for that killer to hunt Sun Jiagu anymore. Perhaps, that killer had been wanted by the Supreme Court and was escaping or had been killed by others. Therefore, Zhang Tie's life was more important than that. How could he care about a bottle-suspending pharmacist who once worked in Cheng Clan?
However, what Sun Jiagu told Zhang Tie today was still very valuable. Additionally, although Sun Jiagu was just a bottle-suspending pharmacist, he was very methodical. After discovering the problem of Cheng Clan, he dared complain to the Supreme Court of Xuanyuan Hill. Of course, this person was generous and righteous; especially the last point, which Zhang Tie especially appreciated. Although he was a small figure, he had a very precious quality.
"I've left 1,000 gold coins in the hotel for you. If you don't want to live here anymore and feel depressed, you could open a small medical center and pharmacy with the remaining gold coins. It would be enough for you to live a stable life. If you want to do something else, you could register for Jinwu Business Group in Jinwu City!" Zhang Tie said as he took out of a vial of senior recovery medicament which was giving out bizarre brilliance and put it on the table, "This is a vial of senior recovery medicament. It could cure all your wounds!"
After saying that, Zhang Tie directly put on his hood and walked out of the courtyard of the hotel...
Sun Jiagu watched that vial of senior recovery medicament left by Zhang Tie in a daze …
…
After coming to the outside of the hotel, the air turned cold once again. The gloomy skyline was a bit dusk. Of course, the coldness in the air was nothing serious for Zhang Tie; however, Zhang Tie felt a bit cold inside. Therefore, Zhang Tie pulled his hood up unconsciously.
After looking at the sky, Zhang Tie directly walked towards the direction of Embracing Tiger Mountain …
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