Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 329 Who Says He’s Been Poisoned?
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"The moment Yuwei got her hands on the Hundred Tribulations Elixir, she rushed back to the Beast Emperor's Private Garden to deliver it. But at the entrance, Huang Jinghong's men stopped us, not allowing us in..."
Xiao Yi's gaze was fixed on the crowd, "Even after Huang Jinghong learned that Yuwei had brought the Hundred Tribulations Elixir, he still wouldn't let us in. Instead, he took the elixir from Yuwei's hands and insisted on bringing it in himself. Do you think it was Yuwei who wanted to harm him, or was it he who wanted to steal the credit?"
Everyone was stunned.
Their eyes involuntarily fell on Huang Jinghong.
The people of the Huang Family were all too familiar with Huang Jinghong's character—a selfish and extremely greedy man, with little to no genuine ability.
Despite the many resources provided by Huang Baitao, he had only achieved the Tao Tribulation Realm through the excessive use of drugs.
Given the same resources, anyone else would have already reached the peak of the Tao Tribulation Realm.
They might even have begun attempting to break through to the Dharma Manifestation Realm.
But Huang Jinghong took no shame in his mediocrity, instead, he took pride in it.
Such an arrogant person doing these things was indeed understandable.
"Nonsense!"
Ji Lingluo's face twisted with rage, and her makeup-caked face showed a venomous hue, "How could my son be such a person? It must be you setting a trap deliberately, deceiving him into taking the poison to the city lord..."
Slap!
Xiao Yi's hand flew out in a backhand slap across her face.
Ji Lingluo clutched her face, completely dumbfounded: "You... You dare to hit me?"
Slap!
Xiao Yi delivered another backhand slap, his voice cold, "I don't like being interrupted when I'm speaking. If there's a next time, I will cut out your tongue!"
Ji Lingluo's cheeks swelled up significantly, and her eyes were filled with fear as she looked at Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi spoke with deliberate emphasis, "You keep insisting that Yuwei wanted to harm her father, but do you know that on her way here, she narrowly escaped an attack by Sha Kun's Black Shark Guard?"
The crowd was shocked.
The Black Shark Guard were Sha Kun's loyal death squads, demons that lurked in the night.
Huang Yuwei never mentioned this incident to them after she returned.
Xiao Yi continued, "You repeatedly accuse her of wanting to earn meritorious accolades and curry favor with Sha Kun. But do you know she repeatedly rejected Sha Ying's invitations and refused to meet with him? And yet to obtain the Hundred Tribulations Elixir, she was willing to pour wine and apologize to Sha Ying?"
The expressions of the people changed, and they looked at Huang Yuwei with softer eyes.
Huang Yuwei's character was resolute and unyielding, and this was witnessed by all. Yet such was her temperament, she had actually been willing to pour wine and apologize to Sha Ying?
With every word he uttered, Xiao Yi took a step forward.
Huang Jinghong kept stumbling backward.
Until his back, drenched with cold sweat, was against the wall, and his heels were raised high. If not for the wall behind him, he would probably have continued to retreat.
"Yuwei did everything within her power to save her father. And you?"
Xiao Yi's words weighed heavily, striking his face, "As her family, as her elder brother, instead of understanding her, trusting her, at this time you try to take her credit and, once things went wrong, you pushed the responsibility onto her. Is this the way the people of the Huang Family act? If so, perhaps Huang Baitao is not worth saving..."
Thump!
Huang Jinghong's body trembled, his legs gave out, and he slid down the wall, collapsing to the ground.
His face was deathly pale.
Seeing his condition, Ji Lingluo's eyes were filled with pity yet she dared not come close, for fear of angering Xiao Yi and actually having her tongue cut out.
Like mother, like son.
When disaster struck,
Ji Lingluo decisively chose to protect herself, having no regard for her son whom she might shield.
Huang Zheng and others also lowered their heads.
Xiao Yi's words pierced their souls and left them filled with immense guilt.
Whew!
Huang Zheng let out a long sigh of relief and bowed deeply to Huang Yuwei, "Yuwei, we misjudged you, we are sorry!"
Huang Yi looked at Huang Yuwei, his eyes regaining their usual tenderness, "Yuwei, I'm sorry!"
"Miss, I'm sorry!"
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People were talking all around.
Huang Yuwei had long since been in tears, choking back sobs as she shook her head, "It's okay, I'm fine, please don't be like this..."
Her gaze towards Xiao Yi was filled with gratitude.
In her most desperate moment,
Xiao Yi appeared before her, tearing through the suffocating despair and bringing her the light of renewed hope. It was also Xiao Yi who vindicated her, making her family understand her true intentions.
"Xiao Yi, thank you!" Huang Yuwei whispered in a voice only she could hear.
"Yuwei, go see your father!"
Xiao Yi walked up to her and said.
"Okay!"
Huang Yuwei nodded vigorously.
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Since her return, Ji Lingluo and Huang Jinghong had been preventing her from seeing Huang Baitao; she had only managed to catch a glimpse of him from a distance before Ji Lingluo drove her away.
This was the first time she was so close to her father.
Xiao Yi stood by the bedside, gazing at Huang Baitao on the bed, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "That's not right, who said he was poisoned? This is just ridiculous; it's no wonder that the Hundred Tribulations Elixir not only failed to revive him but made him suffer from severe poisoning. He wasn't poisoned in the first place..."
"What?"
"Not poisoned?"
Everyone was shocked.
Huang Zheng said with seriousness, "Xiao Yi, my young friend, are you sure the city lord was not poisoned?"
Xiao Yi nodded and affirmed, "Of course, I'm certain. The Hundred Tribulations Elixir indeed can counter most poisons, but it does so by using poison to fight poison; it is inherently a highly toxic substance. If one who wasn't poisoned took the Hundred Tribulations Elixir, it would be a deadly poison. Huang Baitao wasn't poisoned before, so taking the Hundred Tribulations Elixir is what caused his current condition!"
"Impossible!"
"We had the president of the Heavenly Treasure Chamber of Commerce, none other than the Seven-Star Alchemist Master Yuan himself, diagnose the city lord. Master Yuan personally said that the city lord was suffering from severe poisoning—how could he be wrong?"
The crowd looked at each other, completely befuddled.
Huang Yi said in a grave tone, "Xiao Yi, my young friend, are you certain the city lord wasn't poisoned before?"
"Absolutely certain!"
Xiao Yi nodded, saying, "Only those poisoned by the Hundred Tribulations Elixir would bleed black blood from all seven orifices and turn black all over, as if struck by lightning. Look at Huang Baitao's symptoms; it's solely from the poison of the Hundred Tribulations Elixir itself!"
"Master Yuan?"
Huang Yuwei suddenly looked up at everyone, "Elder, I had previously gone to the Heavenly Treasure Chamber of Commerce to find Master Yuan, who told me that Vice President Lin had a Hundred Tribulations Elixir that could save my father."
Boom!
Huang Zheng and the others felt their minds explode, going blank.
It was Master Yuan who had diagnosed Huang Baitao, and at that time he had not mentioned anything about the Hundred Tribulations Elixir.
It was only after Huang Yuwei visited him that he brought up that Lin Yuejin had a Hundred Tribulations Elixir.
Everyone connected these clues together.
Master Yuan was the key link in it all.
Everything seemed to have started because of him.
But if not for Xiao Yi's discovery that Huang Baitao had not been poisoned before, nobody would have thought to connect this matter with Master Yuan. He was the one who had instigated everything, yet he had managed to extract himself perfectly from the situation.
"Could it be that Master Yuan wanted to harm the city lord?"
"But we have always had no conflicts with the Heavenly Treasure Chamber of Commerce..."
Huang Zheng's face fluctuated between shades, "If I'm not mistaken, all of this must be Sha Kun's conspiracy."
"Sha Kun?"
The expressions of everyone changed.
Sha Kun stood to benefit the most from Huang Baitao's death.
Furthermore...
Only someone like Sha Kun had the influence to compel a prestigious Seven-Star Alchemist to act!
While everyone was filled with anger over this matter, Huang Yi's eyes shone brightly as he looked at Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi, my young friend, since you were able to tell at a glance that the city lord was not poisoned before taking the Hundred Tribulations Elixir, it seems you have profound knowledge in the art of alchemy. I wonder, do you have a way to save the city lord?"
Whoosh!
All eyes suddenly fell on Xiao Yi, waiting for his reply...
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