I told you to poison them, and you poisoned yourself to death?

Yue Ling didn't know if the waiter was confused or not, but Yue Ling asked, "You call this wine?"

Someone's been trying to pour wine from the jug for ages, but not a single drop came out...

Upon opening the lid, the "wine" inside was even thicker than lotus root starch...

Yue Ling said... No... While I did praise your tonic wine, did you really need to put in so many medicines?

Are you sure this won't be redone?

Besides, Chu Xinghe's words made sense. If it really doesn't work, don't mix the alcohol; just bring out the medicine directly. It'll be easier to drink that way...

Even if Yue Ling were incredibly dense, she would realize something was wrong... What kind of tonic wine could be thicker than lotus root starch?

Just as Yue Ling was seriously suspicious that there was something wrong with the thing, Ma Liang had already started eating it with the spoon next to him.

"Hey... you know what, this stuff is a bit sticky when you put it in your mouth, but the texture is really good, and it's really nutritious!"

"Really? Let me try some..." Chu Xinghe picked up a spoon and started eating!

Yue Ling: "???"

With a look of doubt, Yue Ling finally picked up the spoon and took a bite. After one bite, Yue Ling said, "You know what, what Ma Liang said earlier was absolutely right. Although this stuff looks even thicker than lotus root starch, it's incredibly smooth in the mouth!"

Most importantly, after taking that spoonful, she felt warm all over, as if she had inexhaustible energy. Yue Ling even noticed that her cultivation level suddenly jumped from the Subordinate Second Rank to the Third Rank in an instant...

I... broke through?

Good heavens! Seeing Yue Ling break through to a higher level in front of everyone without saying a word, the surrounding patrons were all dumbfounded...

"Um... waiter... let's also have a pot of lotus root starch... no... a pot of wine..."

"I come to this restaurant often... Is this wine really that strong?"

"They're giving people breakthroughs by drinking alcohol straight from the bottle? This alcohol is way too potent!"

Yue Ling didn't know what others were thinking, but looking at Yue Ling physique, which had become noticeably stronger after her breakthrough, even Yue Ling couldn't help but marvel at how incredibly valuable this shop was!

I had somewhat underestimated the tonic wine from this shop... At first, I even thought it was poison, but I never expected that it was not only not poisonous, but it even helped me break through my cultivation level. This is too powerful!

This is practically a stroke of good fortune bestowed upon me by my boss!

"Hey buddy... please thank the boss properly for me!"

Waiter: "..."

We don't know if Yue Ling is excited right now, but Black Sha is so excited he's about to pee himself!

Black Sha grabbed Meng Er's arm and said, "Meng Er, shouldn't you explain yourself to me now?"

I told you to poison these three people... and you just gave them tonics to help them break through to a higher level?

I Black Sha you, Meng Er, before. I never expected you to have such tricks up your sleeve!

Tell me, Meng Er, when exactly did you betray the leader? When exactly did you defect?

Meng Er had no idea what Meng Er Black Sha was thinking at this moment. His eyes were practically popping out of their sockets. What the hell was going on?

I just used dozens of poisons at the same time. With so many poisons mixed together, even if you find a master alchemist, it won't be a simple or easy task to find an antidote.

But Meng Er saw it clearly: after the poison, which looked like lotus root starch, was served, the three of them just ate it all in one go, without anyone doing anything that seemed illogical.

In this situation, tell me why, instead of everything happening to them, Yue Ling actually broke through to the next level?

In an instant, Meng Er thought of a possibility: could it really be because the poison had mutated?

As is well known, when various poisons are mixed together, their medicinal properties may conflict, and during the conflict, the poisons may undergo some strange changes.

Could it be that the medicine I, Meng Er, just administered triggered a conflict between these poisons, resulting in them not only losing their toxicity but also gaining the ability to help people break through their cultivation levels?

Thinking of this, Meng Er was so excited he almost peed himself... because Meng Er knew that if this were really the case, then he would have essentially invented a completely new breakthrough pill...

It's important to know that any elixir that can help someone break through to a higher level is incredibly expensive to refine.

However, although the poisons he had just mixed were quite valuable, if they actually helped someone break through to a higher level, then he would be making history for the Four Continents.

With this epic discovery, I, Meng Er, will leave Hundred Herbs City in one fell swoop. I will no longer be the head of the Meng Lineage family in Hundred Herbs City; I will become a super alchemy master with a reputation throughout the Four Continents!

I even had the chance to meet Chu Xinghe... and become a disciple of the Vast Heaven Holy Land?

Thinking of this, Meng Er immediately prepared another pot of... lotus root starch according to the previous recipe...

He then found an identical spoon, scooped up a piece of thick lotus root starch Meng Er, and put it directly into his mouth!

You know what... after taking that bite, Meng Er realized that Yue Ling was absolutely right; it really was smooth on the palate and went straight down the throat!

But just as Meng Er was trying to sense what strange changes would occur after the poisons were mixed together, Meng Er suddenly found that his limbs were no longer under his control...

Not only my limbs, but my whole body started to become unresponsive...

My eyes are starting to go blind...

It felt as if all my internal organs were being torn apart!

"This medicine... what went wrong with it?" These were Meng Er's last words in this world. With these words, Meng Er collapsed into Black Sha's arms and died... Even in death, Meng Er suspected that there was something wrong with his medicine, but he never doubted Chu Xinghe's identity...

Black Sha: "??????????????"

Black Sha was completely dumbfounded... This must be some kind of ghost encounter today...

Are you out of your mind Meng Er...? You just concocted poison for yourself without a second thought, and then you even took it? What the hell does that mean?

I sent you here today to poison someone... and you did, but what the hell is this—you poisoned yourself and killed yourself?!

Black Sha's mind was buzzing right now...

But Black Sha was completely bewildered. Just as Hei Sha was in a Black Sha, the waiter who was going upstairs saw his master suddenly go limp and fall into Black Sha's arms.

Then blood flowed from all seven orifices, and he immediately stopped breathing...

Upon seeing this, the waiter let out a roar that shook the entire restaurant!

"Murder!... A villain has killed our Meng Lineage family patriarch!"

Good heavens, that sudden shout threw the entire restaurant into chaos.

Black Sha was still holding Meng Er in his arms... and was completely Black Sha by the waiter's sudden shout...

No... why are you looking at me like that? I'm on your family's side...

This really wasn't me who harmed your patriarch... it was your patriarch who poisoned himself and died!

Good heavens, Black Sha didn't bother to explain at all. He simply abandoned Meng Er's corpse and then turned into a wisp of black smoke and fled into the distance!

What the hell? Why didn't I, Black Sha, leave an explanation?

Bro? Today is so damn weird... This restaurant is haunted... I stood there telling the Meng Lineage that I didn't kill your patriarch, it was all his own fault. He made himself a pot of lotus root starch, ate it, and then died...

He poisoned himself; I, Black Sha, didn't lay a finger on him from beginning to end!

The problem is, even if I, Black Sha, were to state the truth now, who the hell would believe what I, Black Sha, have done?

In that situation, as a member of the Meng Lineage, would you be more inclined to believe that a seemingly evil, mysterious man in black robes killed your family head, or would you be more inclined to believe that your family head poisoned himself?

Hei Black Sha has escaped... but the restaurant is in complete chaos...

Meng Er is the head of the Meng Lineage family, and the Meng Lineage is the most powerful family in Hundred Herbs City...

Now that the patriarch has been killed, countless members of the Meng Lineage immediately sealed off the entire restaurant, forbidding anyone from leaving.

We must catch the villain who murdered the head of the family!

Yue Ling was completely bewildered... What was going on today?

Is this a revenge killing? The martial world is in such chaos...

Whether the martial arts world is in chaos or not is unknown, but the blockade of the restaurant was quickly lifted. There was no other way, because the waiter who was with Meng Er he died was actually Meng Er's usual attendant.

The attendant saw everything clearly from beginning to end: the patriarch was killed by that round-faced guy in black robes... and he even watched that guy escape with his own eyes, so it had absolutely nothing to do with the other customers in the restaurant!

With the death of Meng Er, the head of the Meng Lineage family, his younger brother Meng Er Meng San naturally had no choice but to step in and take charge.

When Meng San heard his second brother's attendant mention the mysterious man in black, he was taken aback and asked, "Second brother, did you call that man Black Sha?"

Attendant: "Reporting to Third Master, I think that's how it's called..."

"Black Sha! You bastard Black Sha... Although our Meng Lineage had some past Black Sha with you, Black Fiend, how dare you murder my second brother in public... I will report everything you did today to the sect leader!"

Without any hesitation, Meng San found a secluded spot and reported everything that had happened that day to his superiors via a communication order!

When the higher-ups received the message from Meng San, they were dumbfounded!

What the hell is this nonsense? Today we also received a report from Black Sha that Black Sha is planning to join forces with Meng Er in Hundred Herbs City to attack the target.

But now you're telling me it was Meng Er who died?

And it was Black Sha who killed Meng Er? Isn't that a bit too outrageous?

Meng Er and Black Sha may have had some past conflicts, but surely they wouldn't go so far as to do something like this during a mission!

The problem is that the attendants saw everything clearly; there was no one else there except Black Sha. So, you're asking me, who else besides Black Sha could have killed Meng Er?

Surely Meng Er couldn't have killed himself, could he?

Meng Er's body was brought back to the Meng Lineage... The entire Meng Lineage was filled with wails, and Meng Er's wives and concubines held Meng Er's body and wept bitterly.

However, Meng San said that now is not the time to cry. Our Meng Lineage must pull ourselves together and avenge our second brother no matter what!

Just as Meng San was shouting for revenge, Black Sha had escaped, received a message from his superiors while hiding in the shadows.

"Black Sha? What are you doing? I told you to kill the target, and you killed Meng Er?"

Black Sha: "..."

Black Sha said that he had killed far too many people unjustly in his life.

But all your grievances combined don't compare to the injustice I, Black Sha, suffered today...

Black Sha laments, "My Black Sha, I truly feel like I've written 'wronged' all over my face this time..."

My lord, do you believe me, Black Sha? I really didn't do anything this time... It was Meng Er who poisoned himself and sent himself to his death!

Lord: "Do you believe?"

Black Sha: "..."