Extreme Almightiest Young Master

Chapter 2395 - 2374: Poisoned and Bankrupt

As dusk descended silently, Lin Feng, Tao Tao, and Tangyuan were dining at a restaurant.

"Brother Lin, is everything ready?" Tao Tao asked Lin Feng while savoring some exotic delicacies.

"Yeah, Boss, you better avoid any unexpected situations, or my life could be at stake." Tangyuan tossed aside a bone it had been gnawing on and asked Lin Feng anxiously; after all, its life was on the line, and there was no room for error.

"Relax, just wait a bit longer." Lin Feng replied with a smile, seeing how nervous Tao Tao and Tangyuan were. After three hours of investigation during the day, he’d already figured everything out, so there was truly no need to worry.

Tao Tao and Tangyuan, seeing Lin Feng’s reassurance, also relaxed and continued eating.

"This is mine!"

"Why should it be yours?"

"You’re bullying a beast!"

"Who’s bullying you? You’ve already eaten half the table of dishes. If you use your paws, how can I eat?"

"How am I supposed to eat without paws?"

"Well, that’s not my problem!"

...

The private room was filled with the sounds of playful squabbling. Lin Feng found the way Tao Tao and Tangyuan fought over food rather amusing, as he casually helped himself to the meal. This was how life should be, enjoying good times when relaxed.

Before they knew it, it was past midnight. After settling the bill, Tangyuan jumped onto Lin Feng’s shoulder, while Tao Tao clung to Lin Feng’s arm, and they headed toward their first target nearby, the Liu Family Pill Shop.

However, Lin Feng was very cautious, and didn’t get too close. Instead, he sat in a teahouse not far from the Liu Family Pill Shop, sipping tea, while Tangyuan, following the guidance of divine consciousness sound transmission, stealthily approached the outer perimeter of the Liu Family Pill Shop.

This particular Liu Family Pill Shop wasn’t the one outside the Liu Family’s main residence. In Xucheng, the Liu Family Pill Shops were like a chain, with a total of seven shops situated in different directions of Xucheng. With Lin Feng’s divine sense assistance, the defensive array outside the pill shop was rendered useless, and the internal array mechanisms were of no consequence either. In just a moment, Tangyuan had already infiltrated the inside of the pill shop.

All the elixir bottles on the shelves inside the shop were opened one by one. Suddenly, a green mist burst forth, engulfing the entire interior. The strands of green mist immediately entered those elixir bottles, which mysteriously closed themselves again afterward...

In the blink of an eye, it was dawn the next day. Lin Feng, Tao Tao, and Tangyuan finally returned to their inn. Lin Feng looked somewhat weary, as did Tangyuan, whereas Tao Tao seemed unaffected. This was because she had done nothing throughout the process, merely accompanying Lin Feng, eating and drinking all over the place, leaving her unsure of how much random stuff she had consumed that night.

In the following days, Lin Feng and Tangyuan were sleeping, caring about nothing else, while Tao Tao stayed by their side, concerned about potential dangers and not leaving the room, not even stepping out through the door...

Meanwhile, during these few days, the Liu Family in Xucheng was already in a disheveled state. On the first day, three people were poisoned after consuming their elixirs. The Liu Family did not pay any attention to this, believing it was the work of malicious intent, and remained very adamant, claiming that their elixirs were absolutely safe.

Yet on the second day, over a dozen more people were poisoned after taking their elixirs. This situation infuriated the Liu Family even more, to the point that they reported the incident to the City Lord Mansion, declaring they were being maliciously slandered, almost as if they were the greatest victims in the world.

Until the third day, when suddenly dozens of people were poisoned, faced with the fact that dozens were poisoned over three days, even the City Lord Mansion couldn’t sit still. They immediately sent people to investigate the issue. The Liu Family naturally wouldn’t admit any fault, staunchly insisting that their elixirs were not the problem, while the condition of those poisoned worsened, insisting it was the Liu Family’s elixirs that caused it. Both sides were at an impasse!

Later, one of the poisoned individuals seemed to have a thought and requested the City’s Special Envoy to preside over justice and command a member of the Liu Family to consume the elixirs they were currently selling.

The Liu Family found this request amusing, yet they still sent someone to ingest the elixirs on the spot. To their shock and disbelief, the person was poisoned immediately, presenting symptoms identical to those afflicted earlier, leaving the Liu Family completely dumbfounded!

Later, several members of the Liu Family rushed into the Alchemy Workshop, consuming other elixirs in front of everyone, and without exception, they were poisoned too. Thus, the poisoning incident was thoroughly exposed, indeed a problem with the Liu Family’s elixirs!

"Starting today, all Liu Family Alchemy Workshops will cease operations, and all sold elixirs will be recalled immediately. Responsible for detoxifying all poisoned individuals, ordered to find the truth without error!" The City Lord’s Special Envoy glared at the Liu Family members, furious.

"Your Lordship, how can we Liu Family ruin our own reputation!"

"Your Lordship, we are victims too!"

"Your Lordship..."

...

The Liu Family watched the City Lord’s Special Envoy leave, their faces instantly turned to sheer despair, they all wanted to explain, but the Special Envoy wouldn’t hear any explanation. After saying these words, he immediately returned to the City Lord Mansion to report, leaving the Liu Family members dumbstruck in place...

In the end, it was the Liu Family Head, Liu Pu, who came forward, instructing everyone to first send all the poisoned people for treatment, then led the Liu Family members back with a grim expression to the Liu Family’s mansion!

"Speak, how could our elixirs cause poisoning!" Standing in the main hall, Liu Pu questioned the members of the Liu Family, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Family Head, there are formation mechanisms protecting the Alchemy Workshop, no one can tamper with anything, our workshops have been selling elixirs for hundreds of years without issue, please Family Head discern clearly!" An Elder responsible for the workshop’s safety came forward, saying: "It’s impossible to tamper within Liu Family’s workshop, even a Divine King couldn’t manage it, moreover, there are personnel on duty, not a rustle of movement, so it’s impossible that the problem occurred within our Liu Family!"

Others nodded in agreement, all expressing the same view, that indeed the Liu Family’s workshop hadn’t encountered any problems for far too long, and with security being so high, truly no one could tamper with anything. Even Family Head Liu Pu believed the Elder’s words, how could he be unaware of matters pertaining to the workshop!

"Family Head, do you think the issue might lie in the elixir itself?" Another Elder stepped out at this moment, voicing his conjecture, which indeed seemed plausible, for apart from a problem with the elixir itself, no other direction seemed possible!

"Medicine God Sect!" Liu Pu gritted his teeth upon hearing this and immediately, furiously led the Liu Family members with the elixir from the prescriptions to confront the Medicine God Sect!

They went to negotiate with the Medicine God Sect, but the sect refused to acknowledge that the elixir was their fault and, in a fury, ordered Liu Family to repay all debts within three days otherwise the sect would eradicate Liu Family!

The Liu Family was instantly cornered, knowing that previously in cooperation with the Medicine God Sect, elixirs were obtained first and settled later. With Liu Family’s current size, there’s a total debt of seven to eight million Yuan Stones to the sect, now with all elixirs problematic and unsellable, and with Liu Family’s financial resources, could not come up with that amount. Even selling off all Liu Family properties wouldn’t suffice!

Such news swiftly spread throughout Xucheng, causing an uproar, other major families watched the situation with schadenfreude, envious of Liu Family’s elixir sales for a long time, now faced with problems, they naturally wouldn’t spare the Liu Family, instead, they joined in the attack.

Beset by internal and external troubles, the once prominent Liu Family instantly plummeted to rock bottom. Witnessing this, members of the Liu Family despairingly fled Xucheng overnight, carrying their belongings, each escaping for their lives, never finding out who was targeting Liu Family even after leaving.

On the second day, upon hearing the news, Medicine God Sect flew into a rage, negotiating with the City Lord Mansion, they quickly acquired all Liu Family properties, followed by auctioning them off. The vast family estate was swiftly purchased by other families, thus, the once distinguished Liu Family completely vanished, even being put on a wanted list by Medicine God Sect...

Meanwhile, in the inn, Lin Feng, Tao Tao, and Tangyuan presented an entirely different scene.

"Boss, your move was incredible, without even lifting a hand, that Liu Family was toppled, and completely at that!" Tangyuan said, munching on meat, speaking to Lin Feng, with a tone full of delight.

"Brother Lin, how did you come up with this, the move was truly ingenious, and no one would connect it to us." Tao Tao smiled beside him, unsure how to express her admiration for Lin Feng, such ideas, perhaps only Lin Feng could conceive!

Upon hearing Tangyuan and Tao Tao, Lin Feng shook his head and said to them: "Actually, this matter isn’t as simple as you think, other people wanting to do something like this is simply impossible, for one, they don’t have a demon beast with special talent like Tangyuan, secondly, no one possesses my ability to use Divine Sense to break formations as an Array Master, so even if others thought of it, they couldn’t replicate it!"

Speaking here, Lin Feng sighed and continued: "Really, at the root, my current strength is insufficient, if my Yuangang were fully converted, I wouldn’t have needed to expend such effort, just directly one hit after another."

Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, Tangyuan and Tao Tao instantly understood his meaning, having a very clear idea in their minds. Indeed as Lin Feng said, such matters, apart from Lin Feng, others truly couldn’t accomplish, but they didn’t care about this, only the results matter, not the process!