Chapter 30: Hiding from the World
The wrinkles on Yongmen's forehead, the corners of his eyes and the corners of his mouth appeared at some point. His sagging arms, his upright waist and the occasional twitch of his legs all showed that he could not be the winner of this assessment.
He took out the peach blossom pollen pill and placed it on the palm of his hand. The luster of the pill illuminated his otherwise godless eyes, and he immediately glowed with the brilliance of youth, and walked lightly in front of Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang.
The two of them reached out fearlessly, and Yongmen Guang sowed his hope in the palms of their hands like a seed.
Bao Tiannu finally couldn't bear it anymore, smiled at Yongmen Guang's confidence, and swallowed up his hope.
Li Zigang absentmindedly threw the pill into his mouth, already knowing that he would not be the winner, and only hoped to end the assessment as soon as possible.
After half a cup of tea, Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang were still the same as before they swallowed the peach blossom powder pill, without dizziness, sweating, palpitations, or abdominal pain, and stood as straight as a pine tree.
The disciples of Shennong Palace began to exchange ears.
Yongmenguang's face was gray, and his sweat was like rain, but it looked like he had taken poison.
Nong Qingyun frowned, and the master of ceremonies hurriedly ran over and asked in a low voice, "Palace Master." Is the end of the assessment? Nong Qingyun nodded.
After the master of ceremonies returned to his original position, he cleared his throat twice, and announced in a voice that was enough to surround the beam for three days: "This assessment ......"
"Plop" twice, Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang fell to the ground at the same time.
All the disciples exclaimed. The stone was dumbfounded, and the little beggar always looked disdainful.
Nong Qingyun put down the brush that was about to inscribe the winner's name, and unexpectedly left his seat and came to the two disciples.
He knew that this situation was extremely rare and dangerous, and the two disciples must have been poisoned, otherwise they would not have lost consciousness without warning.
Nong Qingyun stuffed Baicao Dan into the mouths of the two of them and touched their pulses again. Not good! Their veins are a hundred times more dangerous than those of common poisoning. He had never seen this kind of vein, he had only heard Master Nong Pingfeng mention it when he was alive, it was a vein produced by Gu poison.
Where did the Gu poison come from? Shennong Palace has never been in contact with the Jiuli clan, could it be that Yongmen Guang secretly came into contact with evil arts? He stays in Shennong Palace every day, where does he have the opportunity to contact them, could it be that he ...... enter Beijing this time? Is there anything wrong with that stone?
Countless thoughts flashed through Nong Qingyun's mind.
"Master, they still haven't woken up." The master of ceremonies timidly reminded him.
Nong Qingyun took the pulse of Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang again, and there was no improvement. If there is a little more delay, these two disciples of his will become useless even if they come back to life.
"Go! Go to the pharmacy and bring the pills from the grid next to Shennongding! Nong Qingyun asked the master of ceremonies to take the cigarette.
In fact, the new generation of Shennongding developed by Nong Qingyun is partly based on the production mechanism of Gu poison, and the passing clouds are the nemesis of Gu poison.
When refining Shennongding, Nong Qingyun put 999 poisonous insects in 999 kinds of poisonous weeds for exercise, so that the poisonous insects fully absorbed the venom essence of the poisonous weeds, and then extracted the venom from the poisonous insects.
After this process, the extracted venom contains two types of venom, poisonous insects and poisonous weeds. Moreover, he found that the venom fusion of animals and plants can have unimaginable effects, and its toxicity is far greater than that of the venom of animals and plants.
Although he didn't directly use poisonous insects like Gu poison, when these venoms invaded the human body, it was like thousands of poisonous insects crawling and biting, and it was even worse.
Passing Eyes Yunyan can restrain the poison similar to Gu poison, but Gu poison is ever-changing, and Nong Qingyun is not sure that Passing Eyes Yunyan can solve the poison of Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang.
Yongmen Guang watched the two strong opponents lying on the ground like dead people, and the master was anxious, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
It stands to reason that he is the winner of today's assessment. However, the Master's face did not show the slightest hint of praise for him, and he was very worried about it.
"Do you have an antidote?" Nong Qingyun suddenly turned his head and questioned Yongmen Guang.
"Master, Master, it's not ......" Yongmen Guang was shocked by this sudden question, and his words were incoherent.
"Your two senior brothers may not be able to save their lives, if there is an antidote, take it out quickly!" Nong Qingyun's voice was cold like a sharp sword piercing into Yongmen Guang's body, and he no longer had any illusions.
"No, not really! I only prepared the poison according to Master's request. Nothing was received from him, Nong Qingyun turned his head in disgust.
The master of ceremonies took the clouds and smoke, was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and said in a breathless voice: "Master, here you go!" His actions of ignoring his voice and image touched the disciples of Shennong Palace, and they applauded him one after another.
Nong Qingyun stuffed the smoke into the mouths of the two disciples and slapped it again to ensure that they could slide into the esophagus.
A bit of mist gradually appeared above Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang's heads, and then the fog became thicker and thicker, enveloping the entire head.
The venom was slowly escaping from the two of them through its head, forced by the passing clouds.
Two quarters of an hour later, the clouds finally lived up to their expectations and drove away all the venom. Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang woke up. All the disciples praised Master for his omnipotence.
Nong Qingyun let out a long sigh of relief. Not only because the two apprentices were safe and sound, but more importantly, the eye-catching clouds and smoke he developed passed the test perfectly.
Yongmen Guang always hung his head, savoring the frustration of missing out on honor and the panic of waiting for the storm to come.
Shennong's drug tasting assessment ended hastily.
There was no winner in this assessment. Some disciples took it for granted that Yongmen Guang must have used some kind of demon magic to make Baicao Dan unable to solve the poison he dispensed.
And some disciples are upset about Yongmen. They believe that as long as the poison produced is the most toxic, it should be the first, and Baicao Dan is not without toxicity.
Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang kept recalling how they fell, as if they had a nightmare that could not be remembered.
Shi had to admire the little beggar's foresight: "I didn't expect Yongmen Guang to be really the most powerful, how did you guess so accurately?" ”
"Hmph, it's a piece of cake, I'm very capable!" The little beggar habitually curled the corners of his mouth, on which were written his secret that no one knew.
That night, Nong Qingyun called Yongmen Guang to the pharmacy.
"Before I ask you, I want you to confess yourself." Nong Qingyun's tone was beyond Yongmenguang's expectations, plain, and the same as his usual tone, without the slightest sense of reproach.
Yongmen Guang thought that there was a turning point, and hurriedly explained: "Master, I have been preparing for this assessment for a long time. I only slept for two hours a day, and when my brothers and sisters were chatting in their spare time, I was also reading books and dispensing medicines. Once a week, I gave up the opportunity to go down the mountain. I have repeatedly adjusted the poison prepared for this assessment more than 100 times. Several times I fainted after the drug test, but fortunately, I let my junior brother watch in advance and gave me Baicao Dan in time to save a small life, but I also lay in bed for several days to recover. It wasn't until last night that the poison I had prepared was as good as I wanted it to be. Today my poison is indeed overwhelming, I ......"
Yongmen Guang paused for a moment, confirmed that Nong Qingyun's expression had not changed, and continued: "I don't know why Master didn't let me get the first place in the assessment. ”
"Also, is there anything else you'd like to say?" Yongmen Guang began to panic.
No, Master seems to have to say something, what should he say?
He had already shown Master his hard work over the past year, and that this poison was the result of his hard work, the treasure that he had exchanged for his life. He followed the example of Shennong and tasted poison with his own eyes. He even expressed his pride in being worthy of Shennong Palace.
"The two senior brothers can't stand my medicine, which is expected by me, because I have tasted it and know his power."
"Do you think your herb can't be cured?"
"I can't solve it, no, no, I can solve it, I ...... After the drug test, it is detoxified with baicao dan. ”
"Then why can't your medicine solve it today?"
"I ...... I don't know. I added another pill last night, maybe ...... The toxicity has increased dramatically! ”
"What medicine?" Nong Qingyun pressed forward step by step, Yongmenguang's palms were sweaty, and his eyes didn't know where to look. He hated to use a rag to plug Nong Qingyun's mouth.
"Garcinia cambogia." He finally gave the answer.
"Garcinia cambogia is just an ordinary poison, how can you make Baicao Dan helpless?" Nong Qingyun's tone was still neither fast nor slow, as if he was just chatting with Yongmen Guang.
"I ......" Yongmen Guang almost ripped the corners of his clothes,
"I used the venom of the krait. Still...... Also fed with arsenic for a year. ”
"Krait? Arsenic? ”
"Yes, Master! I know that Shennong Palace prohibits the use of animal venom, so I dare not ...... Confess to Master. ”
"Hmph, even if you use the snake and arsenic, do you think the medicine you have prepared is beyond my control? I'll give you a chance to confess now. Tell me, what exactly did you take? ”
Over the years, Nong Qingyun has been studying the role of animal venom in the preparation of poisons, and finally he has a new generation of Shennongding.
He's not a legalist. Although Shennong Palace has always stipulated that it is not allowed to use animal venom to make poison, the reputation of Shennong Palace has deteriorated, and Nong Qingyun believes that any regulation should be meaningful on the basis of being able to develop the future of Shennong Palace.
If Yongmen Guang had found another way to make a first-class poison, Nong Qingyun would never blame him.
However, he knew very well that the venom of the silver snake fed with arsenic could not achieve the effect of making Baicao Dan powerless.
Yongmen Guang covered his head, pinched his temples, and pondered: "Yes, there are silver snakes, arsenic, hook kisses, mercury, heavenly fairies, aconitum, and moon seed vines...... And ......"
The poison he had concocted more than a hundred times seemed to be playing a joke on him, and the moment he opened his heart to him, it was shut.