"Jiang Ruqin" tore off the mask on her face, revealing the face of an unfamiliar woman.
She slowly pulled out her long sword and dealt with the man next to Baili Jian in the blink of an eye.
However, the situation had changed in an instant. Even the city guards were dumbfounded and stood rooted to the ground. By the time they regained their senses, the heavily injured Baili Jian was already being held hostage by the woman.
"Who, who are you?" Baili Jian was both shocked and furious.
The woman did not reply. Instead, Lin Mengya, who was standing at the bottom of the city wall, mocked him, "Isn't it obvious whose side she is?"
She then ignored the man and shouted, "Attack!"
In the blink of an eye, the ordinary Poison Order disciples drew their weapons.
Immediately, they turned from a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered into a pack of tigers and wolves charging forward.
She stood proudly in front of the crowd with a reckless and carefree look in her eyes.
She pulled out the vellum, raised her brows and announced in a mocking tone, "The third round of the competition is to see who can force the other party into a corner faster. Do you hear me?"
In fact, they all knew that no matter what was written on the vellum, it was no longer important.
From the beginning until now, everything they had done was for this moment.
The Medicine Order quickly regained their composure. No matter what, they had seized the initiative this time.
The Poison Order was inferior to them in terms of both numbers and strategy. However, Lin Mengya had used reality to give them a hard slap in the face.
Just as the Medicine Order was about to annihilate them all, the gates of Yao City suddenly opened and the Poison Order's reinforcements rushed out. Just as they sensed that something was amiss and wanted to retreat to preserve their strength, a group of men appeared from behind and cut off their escape route.
Long Tianhao sat calmly on his horse and stared coldly at his surroundings.
Now, the ones who are truly stuck between a rock and a hard place are the Medicine Order.
Lin Mengya narrowed her eyes and said, "It's not too late to surrender."
Unfortunately, these people were stubborn and had the intention to fight to the death.
She smiled coldly and said, "Capture them all. I want them to know who is the one who sets the rules."
Inside Radiant City, the Medicine Order disciples who had hidden themselves were filled with schadenfreude at the defeat of their old enemy.
"Let's see how those scums of Poison Sect are going to strut around in front of us!"
But before they could rejoice for long, someone ran in from outside.
"Oh no, oh no! Those people from Poison Sect have seen through our plan and are rushing towards the city right now!"
"What?"
The Medicine Order disciple, who had been filled with joy a moment ago, grabbed the man by the collar and roared angrily, "Impossible, they must have all become our prisoners by now!"
The messenger smiled bitterly and said, "I really don't dare to hide it from you. They haven't left the city at all!"
Before he could finish his words, he heard an arrogant provocation coming from outside.
"Grandsons of the Medicine Order inside, listen up. Your grandfathers of the Poison Order are here to claim your lives!"
The members of the Medicine Order were enraged but they did not dare to rush out recklessly. They were afraid that the other party was trying to goad them into action.
However, there were some things that they could not escape from just by shrinking their necks.
The members of the Poison Order have long been suppressing a bellyful of anger and were looking for a place to vent it.
At this moment, they were like fish in the ocean. They charged in without any hesitation.
If the Medicine Order survives …
Poison Sect would probably have to weigh their options if they were to fight to the death.
Just as Lin Mengya had predicted before they set off, the members of the Medicine Order were all cowards.
The members of the Medicine Order were all afraid of death. They would not, nor would they dare to, fight the members of the Poison Order.
Reality has proven that the ones who understand you the most are always your enemies.
The members of the Poison Sect managed to capture the Medicine Order disciples alive almost effortlessly.
When they were all tied up like dumplings and sent to the public square of Radiant City, the dejected Medicine Order disciples no longer had their usual arrogance.
"Reporting to Master, everyone from the Medicine Order is here. Please tell us how we should deal with them."
Lin Mengya nodded and scanned the crowd.
"Are you sure that everyone is here?"
The man immediately nodded and said, "We've turned out in full force. I guarantee that no one will escape from our encirclement."
Lin Mengya furrowed her brows.
"What about the Baili family?"
"The Baili family has kept their doors shut since last night. They have not participated in any of the Medicine Order's matters."
Just as she felt that something was amiss, the Master of the Cheng family, Cheng Rusong, who had just been rescued from the city walls, came looking for her anxiously.
"Gong Ya, go to the Baili family quickly. They want everyone in Radiant City to die with them!"
Even though Cheng Rusong needed the help of two people to walk, he sounded very anxious.
"Uncle Cheng, do you know what's going on?"
Cheng Rusong panicked and said hurriedly, "The Baili family members have gone mad. They believe in the lies of certain people and think that this is the only way for them to stand above everyone else. However, what they're doing now is digging their own graves. Someone will tell you the details later. Go and stop them now! "
Lin Mengya had always known that Cheng Rusong was a man who kept a low profile. Even if others had not noticed something, he would still be able to figure it out.
Without further ado, she led a few people and rushed towards the Baili family.
As expected, someone met up with her on the way and gave her a basic report of the situation.
It turned out that ever since Master's father had given up on the Baili family, the Baili family members were not satisfied with the current situation and had always wanted to become the leader of the Ten Great Families.
So, they had secretly contacted the Immortal City.
Under the Immortal City's command, they had first sought refuge with the Medicine Order. Later on, they had used the Medicine Order's influence to achieve their own goals.
For example, they had recruited a group of Poison Doctors who had been secretly committing crimes and used their status as members of the Medicine Order to whitewash their names. Then, they had put on the reputation of being good doctors but continued to secretly commit evil deeds.
There had been countless incidents like this and no one had noticed it in the past few decades.
Even if today's incident had happened, everyone would have pushed the blame onto the Medicine Order. They would never have thought that it was their doing.
As for the conspiracy this time, it made one's hair stand on end.
"A few months ago, the Master of my family discovered that the vagrants and beggars in our territory would mysteriously disappear. Every time someone went missing, it would happen after the Baili family's caravan had passed through our territory or had set up camp. That was why I had come here to keep an eye on them. I never thought that the Baili family would secretly transform these people into Poison Men! "
As a spy for the Cheng family, he had no access to the Baili family's core secrets. However, based on small clues, he was able to deduce one or two things.
"Once these Poison Men are released, everyone in Yao City will be infected. When that time comes, this place will become a dead city! Not only that, the poison can also be transmitted to another place through normal people. When that time comes, it will become a plague! "
At the mention of this word, even someone as bold as Lin Mengya could not help but feel a chill run down her spine.
In the past history of mankind, every time a plague occurred, it would mean the death of a large number of innocent civilians.
She bit her lip and her eyes filled with anger.
In the eyes of these schemers, what are human lives?
What right do they have to destroy so many lives and rob them of their hope?
She whipped her horse and said, "I will not let them succeed!"
The Baili family's main gate was like the last line of defense against a ferocious beast.
Lin Mengya gestured for everyone to step back as she stepped forward alone.
The small medicine in the system had already detected no less than ten types of toxins that could be treated as infectious diseases.
At this rate, as long as these people appeared, nothing would be able to stop them.
She cautiously stepped forward and knocked on the door, but it was easily pushed open by a small gap.
Lin Mengya flashed into the Baili family's residence. The originally bustling front courtyard was now empty.
She frowned and raised her voice to ask, "Is anyone there?"
There was no response from inside. She slowly walked in, but suddenly heard a cry that sounded like the roar of a wild beast coming from behind.
Following that, a figure stumbled and pounced over. She subconsciously dodged that person, causing him to fall to the ground, but his hand grabbed onto the hem of her clothes.
"Save me, save me!"
That person's face was covered with blood, and his breathing was very weak.
She immediately squatted down to check on that person's condition.
At this moment, that person who had a strong will to live just a moment ago, had already stopped breathing with his eyes wide open.
The poison had eroded his heart and brain. Before he died, he had remained absolutely conscious and had suffered considerable pain.
Until the moment of his death, he still had a look of fear on his face.
Although Lin Mengya was used to seeing death, she still could not bear to see him die like this.
She reached out her hand and closed the person's eyes. She would take revenge on those ambitious people.
She resolutely walked to the backyard, where there were dozens of iron cages as tall as a person.
In each cage, there were several people in a sorry state.
The only thing they had in common was that their exposed skin was festering beyond recognition. Their throats were all like the roars of beasts, and they could not utter a single word.
Outside the cages stood many well-dressed clansmen, who looked a little excited.
They looked like the people in the cages, as if they were watching a cockfight.
There was even a faint bloodthirsty excitement in them.
Seeing Lin Mengya's arrival, those people did not panic. Instead, they showed a little arrogant pity.
"Master Gong, I didn't expect that you would choose to come back. There is a way to heaven, but you didn't take it. There is no door to hell, but you came to die of your own will. It's too late to apologize now. "
The person who spoke was Baili Feng, who was the most popular Master of the Baili Family.
He was of the same generation as Baili Jian and Baili Rui, but all the limelight had been monopolized by those two, and he could not even get a scum.
Years of obscurity had made his heart twisted. Now he finally had the chance to prove himself, and there was no right or wrong in his eyes.
"Now, even if you commit suicide to apologize, I will definitely crush your bones and scatter your ashes!"
Lin Mengya's voice was cold.
She really could not understand such an extremely selfish desire and behavior. If there was only a way to stop killing with violence, she was willing to be the executor.
Those who humiliated others would be humiliated by others, and those who killed must pay with their lives!
The beautiful Princess of Poison
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