kvmb Chapter 473 Didn't you say it was poisonous?
Chapter 473 Didn't you say it was poisonous?
"It's poisonous!" Lu Yangyang exclaimed instinctively.
Everyone stepped back in unison, instinctively reaching out to cover their mouths and noses.
Master Shangqing seized the opportunity to break free from Lu Yangyang and escape, but when he twisted his body, he found that he was still being held down by Lu Yangyang. Even as he struggled, the dagger that Lu Yangyang had placed on his head grazed his face with his movements and accidentally touched his eyes, causing him to scream in pain.
"what--"
Master Shangqing's eyes were bleeding, and he was in so much pain that he wanted to lie on the ground and roll around.
However, Lu Yangyang still held his shoulder firmly, making it impossible for him to move at all.
Lu Yangyang kicked him: "Have you howled enough?"
Master Shangqing's eye was covered in blood, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't see clearly. It felt like a stone was pressing on his shoulder, making him feel like he was in a living hell.
Having lived this long, the last ruthless person he had ever encountered was the Crown Prince. Today, he had met another one. Trembling, he couldn't understand at all: "You knew it was poisonous, why didn't you dodge?"
He cursed Commander Wei in his heart, calling him a stupid pig for not coming to his rescue even at a time like this!
This wall is his last escape route, so he has calculated the opportunity. As long as he can break free, he will definitely be able to use the mechanism below to escape!
But this woman didn't fall for it!
How is this possible!
If it weren't for the inappropriate timing, Master Shangqing would have already cursed out loud, "Is this person crazy?"
Lu Yangyang replied matter-of-factly, "If you didn't dodge, why should I?"
Master Shangqing nearly vomited blood: "Didn't you say it was poisonous?!"
Lu Yangyang pinched his shoulder and cracked it, causing the Taoist priest Shangqing to howl in pain again.
"Shut up! You're so noisy!" Lu Yangyang kicked him again. "You just want to take this opportunity to escape, or buy time for someone to come and rescue you, right? Why don't you guess whether they'll arrive faster or die faster?"
Master Shangqing's last bit of hope was shattered. The fact that the girl wouldn't kill him immediately was completely useless. On the contrary, every time he tested her, he only made things worse for himself!
Master Shangqing, who had made a living by deception since childhood, was always adept at seizing opportunities. Now that things had come to this, he completely gave up the struggle and no longer cared about his image. He cried out to Lu Yangyang, "Heroine, heroine, please have mercy! You have a grudge against someone, so tell me who you have a grudge against! This has nothing to do with me. I'm just a conman who makes a living by refining pills. I don't care about anything else! If you're looking for revenge, don't come to me!"
The moment he shouted these words, Master Yunfeng and his young disciples were completely devastated. They had been incredulous just moments before, but now they were filled with rage.
One of the young Taoist disciples broke down in tears, saying, "You liar! How could you deceive us like this? You clearly told us that as long as we followed you and devoted ourselves to cultivating the Tao, we could be cured of all diseases and live forever! The elixir is obviously effective, so how could it be fake? How could it be poisonous? This is impossible, how could this be?"
Master Shangqing was wincing in pain and didn't want to waste his energy arguing with them: "What does your stupidity have to do with me? As long as you don't eat the elixir like candy, it won't kill you. Who told you to be greedy?"
"You, you liar!" Someone was so angry that they wanted to hit him on the spot.
Lu Yangyang gave Pei Ji a look, signaling him to stop the people, lest someone take advantage of the chaos and kill this stinking Taoist priest. She certainly wouldn't kill the Shangqing Taoist priest here; that would be too easy on him. She wanted to drag him in front of the common people and let them open their eyes wide to see just what kind of immortal they worshipped really was!
Lu Yangyang, holding Shangqing Daoist hostage, stepped over the wall and onto the steps. Shangqing Daoist's legs went weak, and he stammered, "Heroine, heroine, listen to me, we really can't go down there, we really can't go down there—"
Someone else asked, "Didn't you say this place was poisonous?"
Lu Yangyang looked at the mercury pool at the bottom of the steps: "It is indeed poisonous. If the mercury pool below were directly exposed, we would already be poisoned. But I just looked closely and there is a layer of transparent glass on top of the mercury pool, and there are luminous pearls all around it. When reflected, it looks like the mercury is flowing, but in reality, it is isolated, so we will not be poisoned."
Following her voice, everyone looked towards the mercury pool at the bottom of the steps. They had been too panicked to notice earlier, but now they saw that the pool was indeed surrounded by luminous pearls, not ordinary candles. In the dim light, they had only seen the flowing silver light and hadn't noticed the layer of glass underneath.
"It's actually a piece of glass worth a fortune?" someone exclaimed.
"What's so special about this? This celestial palace has plenty of these things. The steps outside are made of white jade, the statues are plated with pure gold powder, and some are even made of pure gold. I thought it was what a celestial being should have, but I never expected him to be a fraud!"
A wave of resentment swept through the crowd, and no one cared about the high and mighty immortal anymore.
Lu Yangyang stared blankly at the mercury pool at the bottom, lost in thought. Ever since she saw the pool, she'd wondered why it was like this. There were cinnabar mines in the nearby mountains, and cinnabar could be refined into mercury. But what was mercury usually used for? For preservation. Preservation…
A thought suddenly flashed through Lu Yangyang's mind: Could it be?
"Girl!" Suddenly, a voice called out from behind.
Lu Yangyang hurriedly turned around and saw that it was Prefect Ling leading Xu Lang and the others who had rushed over. She asked in surprise, "Sir! How did you find this place!"
Seeing that she was alright, Magistrate Ling breathed a sigh of relief: "As soon as Xu Lang went back to report the news, I made arrangements immediately. We have mobilized all the manpower we can and started going up the mountain. We met with Brother Luo and left the outside to him. Xu Lang and I came ahead to meet him and found this place by following the clues left by Lord Pei."
Upon hearing his words, Lu Yangyang knew that arrangements had been made outside, and a major battle was likely inevitable.
She looked at Xu Lang: "Come over here and lock this liar up."
As the chief constable of the yamen, Xu Lang always wore iron chains. He rushed over and subdued the Taoist priest Shangqing in a few quick movements.
Master Shangqing finally realized what was going on. "You, you people are actually government officials?"
Lu Yangyang stuck a needle into his head: "Behave yourself!"
Master Shangqing had witnessed Lu Yangyang's abilities firsthand. Even though Lu Yangyang had moved the dagger that was pressed against his head away, he dared not move rashly.
Lu Yangyang glanced at him, then found another chain and locked it around his neck. Once she was sure he couldn't escape, she pulled the chain and walked to Magistrate Ling's side, saying to him, "Sir, I suspect there is a tomb down here."