Only now did the Medicine Order realize how powerful she was.
She regretted attacking the Poison Order so casually. She regretted even more that she did not eliminate the root of the problem, leaving behind so many disasters.
"Order Master Gong, what do you want in exchange for letting us go?"
The Medicine Order could not hold on any longer.
Countless poisonous insects surrounded them. Just one look at them was enough to make one's scalp go numb. Those who were more timid almost fainted.
She narrowed her eyes, "Just now, who attacked my disciples?"
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
Everyone was avoiding each other's eyes. Finally, Senior Brother Song, who was the first to admit it, suddenly raised his hand as if he had gone mad.
"Him, him, and him! They've all attacked the Poison Order! "
In an instant, the crowd began to panic.
The few who were pointed out were at a loss.
"Song Jie, you're shameless!"
"We have no grudge against you, why are you trying to harm us?"
At this moment, Song Jie was on the brink of insanity.
He smiled coldly at his companions and said, "I'm not the only one who attacked them. Since she won't let me go, why should I hide the truth for you?"
Their faces turned red but in the end, they could only glare angrily at Song Jie.
Lin Mengya only felt that it was ironic. This was what they meant by companions.
Unfortunately, she had not come here today to start a massacre.
"Very good. You now have two choices in front of you. First, you can choose among yourselves. You can let your companions hit you in the same way that you had attacked my disciples earlier. As for the second choice, just like your companions, turn into white bones on this mountain and nourish all living things. "
Neither of these two choices was a good thing for them.
However, no one dared to reject them. They were only afraid that they would lose their lives.
"I, I choose him!"
Some of them were quick-witted and immediately chose those whom they were on good terms with.
However, in the end, Song Jie was the only one left.
He glared at his companions with an ashen face and was about to spit fire.
"Tsk, you're the only one who has no choice. Fine, then you can break your own arms. "
Lin Mengya crossed her arms and ordered.
At that moment, the Medicine Order disciples, who had been in danger as well, suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Song Jie's face turned the color of pig liver.
He glared fiercely at everyone who was trying to gloat over his misfortune, but in the end, he could only submit helplessly.
"Sect Master Gong, let people off when possible!"
"If your Sect Master had said this in person, I might have given him some face. Who do you think you are? "
The complete humiliation made Song Jie the laughingstock of everyone.
He stared at Lin Mengya with hatred and then angrily stared at his companion.
"Very well, Sect Leader Gong, the enmity between us is now completely settled!"
He threatened him fiercely. Then, he took out the saber of the person next to him and chopped off his left hand.
Immediately, blood gushed out.
He was in so much pain that he collapsed to the ground, his face pale.
Seeing that he had lost an arm, Lin Mengya opened her mouth.
"All of you, remember this well. This is the consequence of attacking a disciple of the Poison Sect. If there was anyone who wasn't afraid of death, they could give it a try. I'm a person who doesn't mind collecting more debts. "
With this as an example, the disciples of the Medicine Order could only tremble in fear like cowardly quails.
Lin Mengya glanced at them and led them away.
Then, she left.
The venomous insects that had been attracted by the medicine also gradually retreated.
However, Lin Mengya knew that the most frightening thing that night was not the venomous insects.
On the way back to the campsite, everyone was silent.
Lin Mengya knew the reason for their silence.
If they were in the shoes of someone seeking revenge, what would they do?
Would they behave like the Medicine Order in all sorts of ugly ways, or would they pledge their lives to protect their companions?
They did not dare to give an answer that was too certain. Because, before the matter had befallen them, it was easy to speculate about the outcome. They did not need to take responsibility for it.
The gloomy atmosphere persisted until they returned to the campsite.
Lin Mengya did not say anything. She only asked everyone to disperse and continue with their own tasks.
She could not guarantee that no one would encounter such a situation for the rest of their lives.
Rather than protecting them impenetrably, it was better to give them the ability to pierce through the haze.
Just as she returned to her tent, she saw the little ferret and Little Black slowly inching towards her table.
Hearing her footsteps, both of them stopped at the same time and then curled up into a ball, pretending that nothing had happened.
She felt a little strange. Then, she saw that the box on the short table that she used to store the samples of the unmutated venomous insects had been opened.
When she walked over, she realized that more than half of the ten specimen insects had disappeared.
Just as she was feeling strange, she suddenly noticed that there was half an insect corpse beside Little Black.
"Little Black! What did you do? "
She looked at the usually obedient little ferret in disbelief and nodded Little Black's head with a pained expression.
This brat, it had only been a few days and he had already led the ferret astray!
However, Little Black turned over its belly and meowed at her in a childish voice.
In an instant, only thirty percent of her energy was left.
She picked up Little Black and stroked its fur hard.
"Meow …"
Little Black's soft and adorable voice softened her heart.
Sigh, forget it. Anyway, it would be beneficial for them to eat it.
Moreover, she did not expect that the two little fellows' gluttony would give her such a huge surprise.
The dispirited atmosphere lasted until dinner.
She came out to look at the big fellows and suddenly realized that their actions had become more closely linked.
It seemed that compared to those groundless speculations, they still chose to believe in their companions who had gone through thick and thin with them.
She could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The so-called teamwork required absolute trust and considerable tacit understanding.
If there was no companion who could rely on the other party's back, it would be a little too tiring to live.
"Master, the people who sent Mr. Rui back are back. They also brought a letter that Mr. Rui asked them to give to you."
Lin Mengya held Little Black and took the letter that Cai Ru handed to her.
The letter said that in order to find out the truth of that year, her teacher had already left with Uncle-Master.
She could not help but sigh when she read the letter.
Her teacher seemed to be unguarded about everything, but in fact, he was a person who valued relationships and righteousness.
Forget it. Since it was a grudge between the previous generation, let them solve it themselves.
She would be in charge of the matters here.
After reading the letter, she called the messenger.
"Did Teacher and Uncle-Master tell me where they were going?"
The messenger lowered his head and said respectfully, "I only heard that they were going to the 'Boundless Old City'.
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That was an extremely unfamiliar place, and she had no idea where it was.
"What else? Did anything out of the ordinary happen before you came back? "
The messenger thought about it carefully and then shook his head.
Lin Mengya was slightly relieved. At least her teacher and Uncle-Master's condition was relatively stable.
The two of them were powerful figures who had been famous for a long time, so there should not be any accidents if they were to travel together.
She really didn't expect that the originally chaotic competition would actually be filled with accidents everywhere.
It was not that she was born to be unlucky, but it was because there were too many problems accumulated over the years.
On the second day, everything became unusually smooth.
There was almost no sign of the Poison Clan disciples in the forest, and even if they saw them, they would stay far away.
Moreover, according to her spies, the atmosphere there was not very pleasant.
The reason why Song Jie was so savage was because he was the relative of a powerful figure in the Medicine Clan.
Now, he was pestering the elder who was leading them relentlessly, wanting to come over and take revenge for his broken arm.
Unfortunately, the elder was not a fool, so how could he agree?
Watching the enemies fall into pieces, she sighed. If it was not for Song Jie, she did not know how much effort she would have to put in.
Now, they really deserved it for messing around!
On the second day, the half-dried poisonous insects were to be transported down the mountain.
They would at most do some simple processing here.
This time, Lin Mengya personally brought up the rear.
At the foot of the mountain, many onlookers had already gathered.
Some came because of the reputation, while others were purely here to watch the show.
On the mountain, there was a group of ten woodcutters, each carrying a shoulder pole, carrying poisonous insects down the mountain.
Behind them, there was a group of people in purple, each of them had extraordinary postures and were in high spirits.
Especially the two women in the middle, they looked very beautiful.
"Master Gong."
The arbitrator sent by the Ruling Council cupped his hands to greet her.
Lin Mengya did not mind the way he addressed her, and only hinted that he could address her.
"Three hundred and twenty-three kilograms of poisonous insects!"
After weighing them, he announced loudly.
At the side, the Medicine Order disciples who were secretly waiting to watch the show were extremely gloomy.
They had worked so hard, yet they only had about fifty kilograms.
Today, the frightened disciples trembled at the sight of the poisonous insects. They could not even look at them, let alone catch them.
"Hmph! This battle is not fair at all! This is their strength, how can we compete with them? "
The Medicine Order disciples grumbled, but the arbitrator turned a deaf ear to them.
He knew that this battle was decided by the Medicine Order themselves. Now that their skills were inferior, they were complaining about it being unfair and losing their momentum.
On the Poison Order's side, Ruan Ying, who had come to play, said with disdain, "Scorpions, centipedes, snake sloughs, which one have you not used? Not only are you useless, but you also blame others for being capable. The Medicine Order, you are such a joke! "
She glared at the people over there. The faces of the Medicine Order disciples instantly turned red.
Lin Mengya pulled Ruan Ying back.
Now was not the time to bicker. Moreover, the people present were not fools.
They did not stay for long. After confirming that it was recorded, Lin Mengya nodded at the people around her.
Everyone returned the greeting, then she left.
On the other side, the Medicine Order disciples felt like they were sitting on pins and needles. It was as if everyone was laughing at them.
They could only pick up their things and dejectedly go up the mountain.
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