"The Imperial Family prepared to develop the pill industry vigorously and introduced several distinctive pills two years ago.
"For instance, the low-grade third-tier Prime Origin Pill and Origin-Leading Pill, and the mid-grade third-tier Name-Origin Pill.
"You were among those who refined all three of these pills. Moreover, during that period, only you went to the Imperial Family's supply points to deliver pills. No one else set foot outside the Imperial Pill Pavilion.
"The two organizations released these three pills one right after the other.
"With pills this good, why didn't the Heavenly Pill Palace release them earlier? Why did they have to wait until you did?
"How did they obtain the Pill Formulas treasured by the Imperial Family?" Tang Yan gave Gu Shu a meaningful look and said, stressing each word, "Without your leaks, the Imperial Pill Pavilion would probably have secured its footing back then!"
"You..." Gu Shu pointed at Tang Yan, but he could no longer muster a defense.
Of the dozen or so people Tang Yan had identified earlier, even the most deeply concealed infiltrators had been seen through. How could such obvious suspicious points about him escape Tang Yan's discerning eyes?
With a bitter laugh, Gu Shu, too, bled from his seven orifices before everyone's wide eyes. His body stiffened, and he slowly collapsed.
Ming Lie, who had still harbored some grievances over Tang Yan's earlier mockery, felt his brow twitch. He could no longer suppress the fury in his eyes. "No wonder. No wonder the Heavenly Pill Palace had every pill our Imperial Pill Pavilion introduced.
"I thought the Heavenly Pill Palace truly possessed heaven-defying abilities, or had ties to the Northern Spirit Realm, and had thus obtained the Pill Formulas we released.
"So the true cause lay within our own ranks. I must have