69: Zhou Luo's sense of crisis

In the Pill Refining Room, Zhou Luo sat on a chair, casually brewed a cup of Spiritual Tea to replenish his energy, and quietly waited for Lin Shi to bring dinner.

But after the usual time, the other party still didn't appear.

"Strange, did something happen?" Zhou Luo put down the white jade teacup and muttered.

Bang bang bang—

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

The doubt in Zhou Luo's eyebrows immediately dissipated, and he got up and opened the door.

However, to his surprise, the person who came was a stranger.

He held the lunch box and handed it over: "This is your dinner for today."

"Where's Lin Shi?" Zhou Luo asked as he looked at the other party.

"He has some things to deal with, so I'll be delivering meals these past few days," the other party replied.

"Something happened?" Zhou Luo asked in confusion.

"Yes, you eat first, I'll come back to clean up later," the other party nodded, gave a few more instructions, and then turned to leave.

Zhou Luo had no choice but to take the lunch box back to his room.

After he left, a figure walked out from the shadows of a room across the way, it was Lin Xuanfeng.

His eyes were cold, and an unfathomable expression appeared on his half-lit, half-dark face.

In the room, Zhou Luo sat back on the chair, staring at the exquisite lunch box, and took out the sound transmission Talisman that Lin Shi had given him earlier to contact him.

Injecting Spiritual Power, the Talisman emitted a faint light, but after a long time, there was no response.

Could it be that he was really carrying out some important matter, so he had no time to receive his sound transmission?

Zhou Luo tried again and found that there was still no response.

He put away the sound transmission Talisman, and a sense of unease surged in his heart.

At this critical juncture, it would be fine if Lin Shi was really going to carry out an important task.

He was afraid that his previous impersonation of Lin Shi to poison had been discovered, and the other party had already been locked up.

If that were the case, the trouble would be great.

Because Lin Shi was completely unaware of everything, he would definitely expose himself.

And poisoning the Zhou Family is a serious crime. If it were really discovered, even if he had the Great Elder's protection, he would likely be executed by the Main Family under some pretext.

However, the probability of this in his eyes was not very high.

Although his plan had some flaws, the time span between the poisoning and the onset of symptoms was so large, and he had done it so covertly, coupled with the Lu Family's invasion at that time, the Main Family would most likely not suspect this Main Family disciple.

In his eyes, it was reasonable for the Zhou Family to suspect the Lu Family of poisoning.

What he didn't know was that it was precisely the Lu Family's invasion that caused Lin Xuanfeng to accidentally pinpoint the crucial moment of his poisoning and easily realize that Lin Shi was lying.

Currently, Lin Xuanfeng still doesn't know how Zhou Luo poisoned, so with his meticulous mind, in order to prevent Lin Shi from revealing what happened during the day, he simply used an excuse to replace him.

During the meal, Zhou Luo kept thinking about Lin Shi.

Here, he had to be extremely cautious.

If it weren't for the purpose of gaining control and understanding the information about the Spirit Mine, he wouldn't have even thought of the poisoning plan.

Now that it was done, he only hoped that the Main Family wouldn't find out about any of this.

A meal quietly ended amidst his various wild thoughts. For some reason, Zhou Luo couldn't calm down at all.

He just felt as if he was walking in the dark at this moment. The sense of the unknown, of not knowing what would happen with the next step, made his heart heavy.

At present, only by contacting Lin Shi could he feel at ease.

So he tried using the sound transmission Talisman again, but there was still no response.

Bang bang—

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

Zhou Luo thought it was the person coming to clear the dishes and planned to take this opportunity to inquire further.

He hurried to his feet and opened the door.

The next second, a tall, dark figure came into view.

He looked intently and found that it was a man wearing a black robe with a gloomy face. He was expressionless, and a pair of sharp eyes looked at Zhou Luo, bringing a great sense of pressure.

Zhou Luo subconsciously took a step back.

"Don't be nervous, I just came to ask you some things," Lin Xuanfeng's voice was completely calm.

"You are?" Zhou Luo had never seen this person before.

"Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, everyone usually calls me Ninth Elder," Lin Xuanfeng said calmly.

Hearing the words "Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall", Zhou Luo's mind buzzed, and he froze in place.

Why did the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall come personally?

Could it be that his poisoning had really been discovered, and the other party was going to take him back to the Zhou Family?

At this moment, Zhou Luo even had the thought of just running away.

But the other party was the Zhou Family's Ninth Elder, could he really escape?

Countless thoughts surged into his mind, and for a moment, Zhou Luo didn't know what to do.

However, Lin Xuanfeng calmly sat down on a chair, quietly looked at him, and casually said, "Where were you yesterday afternoon when the Lu Family invaded?"

These words made Zhou Luo suddenly come back to his senses.

If it was just an inquiry, did that mean the Main Family hadn't discovered his poisoning yet?

He quickly calmed himself down, lowered his head, and bowed: "Reporting to Ninth Elder, I was Pill Refining at that time."

"Who can testify for you?" Lin Xuanfeng asked again.

"I never left the room at that time, the patrolling guards should know," Zhou Luo said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Hmm." Lin Xuanfeng nodded, his sharp gaze fell on him, and then suddenly said, "You seem a little nervous."

Zhou Luo became even more respectful, his voice even trembling slightly: "My status is low, and it's my first time seeing a great person like Ninth Elder, so it's inevitable that I'm a little nervous."

"No need to be nervous, the Zhou Family sent me to investigate this matter, so I naturally have to question everyone," Lin Xuanfeng said slowly.

"Yes, everything I said is true, please Ninth Elder see for yourself," Zhou Luo said.

Lin Xuanfeng did not continue speaking.

He came here just to see what was special about this person who could avoid everyone's eyes and ears and enter the kitchen to poison.

Now it seemed that the other party's psychological quality was good, but it was a pity that he was ultimately just a pawn.

Then, he directly got up and walked out the door, without saying another word.

After the other party left, Zhou Luo let out a breath, feeling a sense of relief.

As expected of the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, although the other party's performance was very normal throughout, the sense of pressure was indeed real.

Especially those sharp eyes, which made Zhou Luo feel as if all his disguises had been seen through.

This was the first time he had felt this way since coming to the Zhou Family.

What Zhou Luo didn't expect the most was that the Zhou Family attached such importance to this matter.

They even sent out a great person at the Elder level, and the other party was also the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall.

This was a determination to find out the truth.

Then could his poisoning really be hidden?

Lin Xuanfeng's appearance made Zhou Luo feel a strong sense of crisis.

For a moment, he even regretted being so impulsive as to think of a plan like poisoning.

There was nothing he could do, he was just an ordinary person, he couldn't be perfect in every way.

He didn't expect the Main Family to be so determined to prevent him from going to the Second Level, and he didn't expect the poisoning to be so highly valued by the Zhou Family that an Elder was sent.