Chapter 4777 — The True Poisoner
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He clearly appeared to be only mid-Nascent Soul, yet he could toy with Ren Zhongyuan as easily as a plaything—and Ren Zhongyuan was a consummate Nascent Soul expert who had even placed in the Yellow Rank Academy's grand tournament!
Yi Xiaotian and the others were even more badly frightened. Watching Ren Zhongyuan roll about on the ground in utter indignity, helpless and undone, they dared not step forward to help—instead they retreated in alarm, not daring to come within half a step of Wei Zhao.
"See how simple it is. I bear no grudge against anyone else on this ship. Even if I wanted to make trouble, I'd just kill you—why would I go to the trouble of poisoning everyone?" Wei Zhao said calmly.
"Aaaah! What did you do to me?!" Ren Zhongyuan screamed in agony, staring in terror at Wei Zhao, who stood so close at hand. He could only cast pleading looks at the people around him—if the pain went on like this, even without any fatal internal injury, he would surely break down completely.
Yet no one dared even take a step closer, let alone rescue him. The only one in the whole hall capable of doing so, apart from Wei Zhao himself, was presumably Liu Ziqi, the academy's towering figure.
Unfortunately, Liu Ziqi was filled with disgust for him at this moment. So long as no one's life was at stake, she would not intervene to stop it—rather, she found it deeply satisfying. The creature grew more outrageous by the day and richly deserved a good dose of suffering to teach him a lesson!
"You're a pharmacist and an alchemist both—do you really need to ask me about such a trifle?" Wei Zhao shook his head with an amused smile. Watching Ren Zhongyuan thrash and roll on the ground, he shrugged and spread his hands. "Isn't your father a seventh-grade alchemist? Go home and have him take a look at you. You won't die anytime soon, and since your father is so remarkable, he's sure to have a way."
"You—aaaah!" Ren Zhongyuan choked with rage. This time his grandstanding had failed utterly, and he had only dug his own grave. He might have swallowed his pride and begged Liu Ziqi for help, but after Wei Zhao's jab, he could not bring himself to say the words at all. No matter how much it hurt, he could only endure it alone.
Seeing Ren Zhongyuan's face turn deathly pale, on the verge of breathing out more than he breathed in, Liu Ziqi grew somewhat worried. She cast Wei Zhao an inquiring glance—after all, if Ren Zhongyuan truly died like this, it would be no small trouble. Not only would she herself be punished, but more importantly, Wei Zhao would become the target of everyone's fury. The Ren family's influence was indeed not to be underestimated.
Wei Zhao gave her a reassuring look. He had merely driven a harmless wisp of Five Elements killing qi into the man; it would cause no real fatal injury. Of course, given the nature of Five Elements killing qi, having such a thing darting wildly through one's body was agonizing beyond words—an ordinary person truly could not endure it.
"Do all of you still think I'm the true poisoner?" Wei Zhao swept a glance over the crowd. Seeing the varied expressions, he continued calmly: "First, it's true that I was the one in charge of transporting the food—there's no denying that. But since everyone was poisoned with heart-piercing sea anemone, a creature of the deep sea, and I've never once been assigned a diving mission, how could I possibly have come into contact with it?"
The crowd nodded thoughtfully, one after another... (To be continued.)