Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 816 - 66: Poisonous Plot

The dark artifact master sent by the Dark Demon Army as the vanguard was dispatched to Four Symbols City, harboring military secrets in his heart, fearing that despicable humans would force him to confess, and he would rather die than live. He just wanted to bite down on the poison hidden under his tongue.

But just as he had the thought and hadn’t yet bitten down, a gust of sword wind swept in, a sharp pain pierced his mouth, his teeth shattered simultaneously, and the poison under his tongue was extracted by Yue Jinghua.

Yue Jinghua struck backhandedly, dislocating his jaw with sheer force.

The dark artifact master’s mouth couldn’t close, and he could only mumble incoherently without making any sound.

Yue Jinghua wiped off the spiritual imprint from the Dark Demon Ring, and upon scanning inside with her Divine Sense, quickly discovered that the ring contained some Elixir Pills, a few bottles, and containers, several clay figures, and a few rings marked with Merit Points.

It seemed this dark artifact master had killed a few garrison troops near the Boundary River, though for some reason the garrison hadn’t noticed.

What caught Yue Jinghua’s interest were those bottles and containers and the clay figures.

This dark artifact master possessed remarkable skills in artifact refining, evident from his creation of the Hidden Deer Antler.

"Is this the poison the Demon Army intends to put in Elephant Water?" Yue Jinghua, a half-baked Pill Master, tried to identify the Elixir Pills but couldn’t determine what kind of poison they contained. Unfortunately, Chen Jiangyin wasn’t present, otherwise, he could have been asked to identify them.

The dark artifact master looked up silently.

Yue Jinghua snorted coldly, darted forward, and was about to pour all the Elixir Pills into the dark artifact master’s mouth.

The dark artifact master wanted to scream, but Yue Jinghua had dislocated his jaw, so not only could he not speak, he couldn’t even make a sound. He was scared and sweating profusely, frantically gesturing to plead with Yue Jinghua not to make him take the pills.

Yue Jinghua snapped his jaw back into place, allowing him to speak. He looked evasively at the bottle of Elixir Pills in Yue Jinghua’s hand: "Spare me, please, spare me, my lord. Those Elixir Pills are Corrosive Corpse Pills, poison made by the Pill Master under the Second Prince of Dark Demon. These pills, colorless and tasteless when dissolved in water, would not show immediate effects but would slowly corrode the blood and flesh of humans and Dark Beasts from within, gradually diminishing their Dark Power. In the end, both beast and human would turn into corpses, tearing each other apart. Moreover, this poison spreads through air, soil, and water sources."

The tent suddenly fell silent, so quiet that the drop of a needle could be heard clearly.

This corpse poison was far more potent than imagined; it infiltrated silently, impossible to guard against—like a plague.

Its terrifying aspect was it didn’t discriminate against cultivation level; even Dan Realm experts could be poisoned without knowing it. If residents of Four Symbols City were poisoned, it could spread to the rest of the continent.

In this way, it wouldn’t take long for the entire Star Plane to be engulfed in calamity.

Shalman shuddered, cautiously asking, "Did we inadvertently discover a major conspiracy?"

Yue Jinghua and Qian Luo gave her a look that said, "Certainly, absolutely."

The Corrosive Corpse Pill was a poison never seen before on the Canglong Continent; even Danlu might not immediately identify it. Had it not been accidentally discovered by Qi Yue’e’s squad, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

That Second Prince of the Dark Demon was a ruthless strategist, using such despicable means to try to seize Four Symbols City.

As Yue Jinghua and the others whispered with gravity, the dark artifact master, who had pretended to surrender and submit, quietly raised his head and stealthily reached for a Teleportation Scroll hidden beneath his clothing.

"Poof," a splash of filthy green blood shot up three feet high. The dark artifact master was cleaved in half, Yue Jinghua holding the Lianyun Great Sword, a dense rage emitted from between her brows.

The dark artifact master died with unclosed eyes, his hand still clutching the unopened scroll.

"Jinghua, why not bring him back to the city and report to the City Lord, let him uncover these demon accomplices," Shalman said with disgust, turning her head away. Though not fond of bloodshed, she held no sympathy for these aliens intent on invading Canglong Continent.

"The Demon Clan is despicable and hard to guard against. According to what he just said, there’s a good chance that the Second Prince of Dark Demon’s army has already infiltrated the garrison. Even if we hurry back overnight, I’m afraid we won’t make it in time. Burn his corpse. I’ll find a way to infiltrate their vanguard and capture all the Demons," Yue Jinghua noted the moisture on the artifact master’s shoes, dusted with rush grass.

In the nearby dense rush grass, a vanguard Demon force numbering no less than a hundred might lie in ambush near Elephant Water, using this vegetation to conceal themselves. With her spiritual power, a focused search around should lead to the Dark Demon Vanguard’s base camp.

From the Dark Demon Ring of the dark artifact master, there was only one bottle of the so-called Corrosive Corpse Pills, the rest were labeled as deer blood, suggesting the vanguard was cautious, hiding in the rush grass and drinking deer blood to cloak their presence.

This played right into Yue Jinghua’s hands; she only needed to employ "Pu’s Concealment" to disguise herself as the dark artifact master without needing to camouflage.

Now, she only had to find the encampment of that vanguard unit.

Though Shalman and Qian Luo also disapproved of Yue Jinghua going alone, they knew that their cultivation level would not aid her but hinder her instead. So, following Yue Jinghua’s instructions, they burned and buried the dark artifact master’s body.

Yue Jinghua checked the items in the Dark Demon Ring again, and when her Divine Sense scanned the clay figures, she found them vaguely familiar.

Upon closer inspection, she realized these clay figures resembled those Undead Beastman Chess pieces encountered outside Four Symbols City earlier. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"This person is an Artifact Refiner; these clay figures must have some special use, which is why he stored them so carefully. I’ll take them with me and ask Elder Bai Sheng about them upon returning to the city," Yue Jinghua put away the clay figures, left the camp, and started searching around Elephant Water.

Things went as Yue Jinghua anticipated; after searching with spiritual power among the rush grass overnight, she indeed discovered Demon soldiers carrying faint evil qi. Despite their consuming deer blood and being elusive, Yue Jinghua quickly pinpointed their positions.

Feigning nonchalance, she approached the camp of the Dark Demon Vanguard Army.