Exposed in Public, Mu Li Spread Rumors to Stir Chaos

After returning to the group, Wang Teng called Little Fairy Doctor over.

"What is it?" Little Fairy Doctor noticed his serious expression.

Wang Teng said, "Someone is scattering medicinal powder in secret to deliberately attract magical beasts."

"You're sure you didn't see wrong?" Little Fairy Doctor was startled.

They were inside the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Scattering medicinal powder to attract magical beasts—wasn't that risking backfiring and getting oneself killed as well?

Wang Teng said sternly, "I'm an alchemist. Could I be mistaken?"

Little Fairy Doctor hurriedly asked, "What should we do now?"

Wang Teng said, "Gather the mercenaries and tell them the truth. Then I'll inspect everyone and drag out the real culprit behind this."

"Alright." Little Fairy Doctor agreed.

Very soon, the resting mercenaries heard the order and gathered together.

Before everyone, she repeated what Wang Teng had told her, leaving the mercenaries present greatly alarmed.

At first, some people did not believe it. But once Wang Teng took them to see the medicinal powder, the mercenaries began to grow angry and agitated.

"Which bastard born without an asshole did something so wicked?"

"Who did it? Get the hell out here!"

"I'll skin him alive!"

Little Fairy Doctor stepped forward. "Everyone, calm down and listen to me."

After everyone turned their eyes toward her, she suggested, "Wang Teng is an alchemist. Cooperate with his inspection. He is confident that he can uncover the culprit behind this."

"Alright."

The mercenaries present all agreed.

Mu Li, standing at the edge of the crowd, changed expression. They had actually discovered it.

Several mercenaries from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group looked toward Mu Li in panic.

Mu Li gave them a look telling them not to panic.

Meanwhile, the other mercenaries had already formed a line, each extending both hands for Wang Teng to inspect.

Wang Teng moved swiftly. He only needed to pass in front of them and twitch his nose to tell whether they carried the scent of that medicinal powder.

Soon, all the mercenaries hired by Ten-Thousand Medicine Hall had finished the inspection.

Then came the members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group led by Mu Li. There was nothing unusual with the first few, but when he reached the sixth, Wang Teng's expression changed.

"You, step out first." Wang Teng pointed at that mercenary.

The mercenary said angrily, "Why me? What did I do?"

"I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet," Wang Teng said calmly, continuing the inspection.

Before long, Wang Teng called out two more people.

The three stood together, looking uneasy under the gazes cast at them by the other mercenaries.

Mu Li stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Wang Teng, what do you mean by this? You only suspect my Wolf Head Mercenary Group?"

Wang Teng said, "They have the scent of medicinal powder on them."

Mu Li shouted, "What kind of joke is this? You're slandering the reputation of our Wolf Head Mercenary Group."

The other members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group all glared at Wang Teng furiously.

Mu Li continued, "You can't suspect them based on scent alone unless you can produce evidence."

Clearly, the moment he noticed that Wang Teng had found something suspicious, he immediately made new arrangements.

"Exactly, alchemist. You say we scattered the medicinal powder, so where's the evidence?" the three said confidently.

Wang Teng unhurriedly took out a jade bottle and said blandly, "You want evidence? I'll give it to you."

He removed the stopper and poured the liquid inside onto the three men's hands.

Their palms turned green at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The three screamed in fright and frantically wiped their hands on their clothes. When they discovered that it neither hurt nor itched, they gradually calmed down.

"The ingredients in this medicinal liquid react with the medicinal powder. When someone who has touched the powder comes into contact with it, their skin turns green," Wang Teng explained.

Before everyone, he poured the liquid onto his own hand. The hand that had just touched the medicinal powder quickly changed color.

To prove that he was telling the truth, he called over several other mercenaries. After they got the liquid on them, the skin on their hands showed no change at all.

At that moment, Mu Li's expression completely changed.

He had thought that destroying and throwing away the medicinal powder beforehand would clear him of suspicion. He had not expected Wang Teng to have a trick like this.

"Mu Li, what are you trying to do?"

"Were you planning to get everyone killed?"

"Don't think that just because your father is a two-star Dou Master, you can do whatever you want in Green Mountain Town."

After learning the truth, the mercenaries were furious. They did not like the feeling of being secretly set up.

This was the Magical Beast Mountain Range, filled with magical beasts. If Wang Teng had not discovered it in advance, once the magical beasts were drawn over by the medicinal powder, they would have met a miserable end.

Watching the mercenaries move to surround him, Mu Li retreated several steps, his eyes dark to the extreme.

He looked at Wang Teng and Little Fairy Doctor. "You two have toyed with everyone. What right do you have to pretend to be good people here now?"

The mercenaries were stunned by his words and scrutinized Little Fairy Doctor and Wang Teng with suspicion and bewilderment in their eyes.

Little Fairy Doctor frowned. "Mu Li, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Mu Li laughed loudly. "What did you and Wang Teng sneak out to do that night? Did you think I didn't know?"

His gaze swept over the mercenaries. "Every one of you thought Little Fairy Doctor entered the mountains to gather herbs. In truth, she deceived you all. She went to a cave in the middle of the night to search for treasure."

Mu Li continued, "You surely can't imagine what treasure Little Fairy Doctor and Wang Teng found in that cave. When I arrived there with my men, they were already gone. Only hundreds of thousands of gold coins' worth of wealth remained."

An uproar broke out.

Hearing this information, all the mercenaries looked at one another and erupted in commotion.

They had even abandoned wealth worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

Just what could be more valuable than that inside the cave?

"You don't dare imagine it? That's fine, I'll tell you." Mu Li looked at the mercenaries. "What Little Fairy Doctor took away was an Earth-rank Dou technique and cultivation method."

Little Fairy Doctor's expression tightened. She could clearly feel the change in the gazes of the mercenaries around her.

She hurriedly said, "Everyone, don't listen to Mu Li's nonsense."

Mu Li sneered. "I'm talking nonsense? If there weren't enough profit in it, would I deliberately attract magical beasts here? Would I disregard the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's reputation and deliberately frame everyone?"

His repeated questions not only left Little Fairy Doctor speechless, but also shocked all the mercenaries into silence.

After all, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was one of the three major mercenary groups in Green Mountain Town.

If there were not enough profit to support it, then once word of what Mu Li had done spread back to Green Mountain Town, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would have no place left there.

"Everyone, calm down. Don't let Mu Li sow discord between us." A mercenary who supported Little Fairy Doctor tried to persuade them.

But just after he finished speaking, a pained expression suddenly appeared on his face. A sharp dagger emerged from his chest, blood slowly dripping down its tip.

Before absolute profit, the little prestige Little Fairy Doctor held in the mercenaries' hearts vanished completely.

Seeing someone killed, Little Fairy Doctor's face filled with shock, and panic appeared in her eyes.

She had revealed this information in the hope that everyone would unite against the danger and eliminate it together.

Who could have expected them to start killing one another?

"Hold on tight to me." Little Fairy Doctor suddenly found herself lifted into the air as Wang Teng's low voice sounded by her ear.

By the time she came back to her senses, she was already lying across Wang Teng's back.

Wang Teng charged toward the weakest point of the encirclement. Two mercenaries tried to stop them.

Bang!

The moment they came into contact with Wang Teng's body, the two were sent flying by an enormous force.

"Get them!"

No one knew who shouted it, but dozens of mercenaries rushed after Wang Teng in pursuit.

Seeing this, Mu Li led his men after them as well.

He ordered his subordinates to climb the trees and send a signal.

The plan had been disrupted. He did not know how his father's preparations were going.

As early as the night their attempt to seize the treasure in the cave had failed, Mu Li had ordered someone to return to Green Mountain Town and inform his father, Mu She.