"Examine her qi?"
Chen Cheng had already more or less guessed Li Miaoyuan's intentions. He feigned confusion, trying to buy as much time as possible.
Li Miaoyuan said coldly, "There is nothing wrong with Ran Shuang taking pills to temporarily enhance her combat strength. But just now, she behaved as though possessed, which was highly abnormal. I have reason to suspect she took a sinister pill of the demonic path!"
"Our Northern Emperor Demon-Subduing Sect has always been sworn enemies of the demonic path. Thus, even though Ran Shuang is a disciple of our sect, I will never shield her out of favoritism. I must examine her personally!"
The Northern Emperor Demon-Subduing Sect's alchemical inheritance was divided between the Purple Empyrean Peak lineage and the Green Bamboo Peak lineage.
For years, Green Bamboo Peak Master Li Miaoyuan had been firmly suppressed by Purple Empyrean Peak Master Wang Changsheng, falling a head short of him in everything. Resentment had long accumulated in her heart.
Now, Li Miaoyuan's words sounded lofty and righteous, but she might well have been using public duty to settle a private grudge.
To put it plainly, if the offending disciple had been anyone else, Li Miaoyuan could simply have closed one eye and let the matter pass.
But the offender happened to be Ran Shuang, Ran Xue's own younger sister.
Once Ran Shuang's use of a demonic pill was confirmed, Ran Xue would inevitably be implicated, and Wang Changsheng-even the whole of Purple Empyrean Peak-would be caught in the fallout.
Taking revenge on Wang Changsheng was the outcome Li Miaoyuan truly wanted.
"Peak Master Li-"
Ran Xue was clever herself. How could she fail to guess Li Miaoyuan's intentions?
The crucial problem was that Li Miaoyuan herself was an accomplished alchemist. Once she began her examination, she