56: Lin Luoxue was being targeted

"Impossible! How could this be?"

The Grand Elder carefully inspected the purple maple spirit tree from top to bottom, but he still couldn't find anything wrong.

"There was no problem with the previous batch of purple maple spirit fluid, but this batch contains toxins. Think carefully, did you do anything during this time? Or did the purple maple spirit tree show any abnormalities?"

Tang Xiaotian was also very anxious at this moment. After all, the purple maple spirit tree was an important cornerstone of the Tang Family's Medicinal Pill business.

"If something happened to the purple maple spirit tree, our Medicinal Pill business would decrease by at least thirty percent."

Hearing Tang Xiaotian's words, the Grand Elder stood frozen in place, frowning in deep thought. Soon, he thought of something.

"The thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk essence! It's the thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk essence I bought at the auction last time!"

The Grand Elder shouted loudly, as if he had found a life-saving straw.

"I felt that the purple maple spirit tree was about to advance before, so I bought the thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk essence from the auction to help it advance."

"Other than that, everything else is the same as before; there haven't been any changes," the Grand Elder explained hurriedly.

"thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk essence?"

Tang Xiaotian frowned upon hearing this, wondering what he was thinking.

"The thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk cannot cause the purple maple spirit tree to produce toxins. Someone must have added something to the thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk essence beforehand and then intentionally let us auction it," the Third Elder beside him speculated with gritted teeth.

It could be said that he was the person most affected by this poisoned Medicinal Pill incident.

After all, he was in charge of the Family's Medicinal Pill business. This loss, combined with the future impact, would make it impossible for him to recover for a long time.

"Do you still have the previous thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk essence? Or is the container that held the spirit fluid still there?" the Second Elder stepped forward and asked the Grand Elder.

"The jade bottle that held the spirit fluid is still here."

After thinking for a moment, the Grand Elder took out an empty jade bottle from his storage ring and handed it to the Second Elder.

After receiving the jade bottle, the Second Elder turned to Tang Xiaotian and said, "Clan Chief, I want to go back now and check exactly what poison was put into this thousand-year primordial earth spirit milk essence."

"To see if there's still a way to save the purple maple spirit tree."

"Mm, you go back first," Tang Xiaotian nodded in agreement.

After the Second Elder left, the Grand Elder walked up to Tang Xiaotian with a guilty expression, lowered his head, and said, "I'm sorry, Clan Chief, I have failed the Family's trust."

"There's no need for this, Grand Elder. This matter is clearly someone intentionally plotting against us from behind. A calculated move against an unsuspecting one; this cannot be blamed on you."

Seeing this, Tang Xiaotian sighed in his heart and spoke words of comfort.

Since the root of the problem was found, the Tang Family then focused their attention on the customers who were making trouble outside.

For customers who wanted to return their goods, the Tang Family refunded the original price, and for customers who wanted compensation, the Tang Family provided different compensations based on the size of the customer's loss.

For customers with small losses, they were directly compensated with some Spirit Stones. For customers with larger losses, after being compensated with a portion of Spirit Stones, they were also given some Medicinal Pills to ensure they could be cured.

To dispel everyone's suspicions, the Tang Family mobilized more than half of their Alchemists to perform Alchemy in public on the open ground outside the shop.

Then, they used the refined Medicinal Pills to cure a group of seriously injured personnel, successfully dispelling a portion of the doubt in everyone's hearts.

At the same time, the Tang Family also arranged for many people to spread rumors in Purple Maple Immortal City that the poisoned Medicinal Pill incident was caused by the Tang Family's enemies bribing the management of the Medicinal Pill warehouse to plant poison, and that the Tang Family was actually a victim as well.

Fortunately, as the number one Family in Purple Maple Immortal City, the Tang Family usually treated people kindly, had an excellent Family style, and had no history of bullying others.

Therefore, after this rumor appeared, many people chose to believe it.

Besides the Tang Family and the victimized customers, the ones most affected by this incident were the Alchemists in Purple Maple Immortal City.

The Tang Family's Alchemists refining pills in public was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to observe and learn.

During these days, when the Tang Family's Alchemists refined pills in public, the ones at the very front were not the victimized customers, but those Alchemists with glowing eyes.

Even Zhang Daobai couldn't help but run over to observe and learn after hearing about the Tang Family's operations.

After all, no matter how detailed the records in the Legacy were, they couldn't compare to a live demonstration.

Ultimately, under the Tang Family's various operations, the poisoned Medicinal Pill incident ended perfectly.

Although the Tang Family's Medicinal Pill business still declined somewhat, it was far from reaching the point of a total collapse.

In the following time, Zhang Daobai entered the Small World to digest his recent gains through Alchemy.

It had to be said that no one enjoys a reputation without merit; the Tang Family's Alchemy techniques were indeed very ingenious, benefiting Zhang Daobai greatly.

After a period of secluded Alchemy, Zhang Daobai took advantage of Long Li's rest break to exit the Small World for a rare moment of relaxation.

A lounge chair, a table, a pot of spirit tea, and a plate of fruit.

Zhang Daobai lay in the courtyard like this, basking in the sun and enjoying this rare peace.

"Squeak!"

After an unknown amount of time, the gate of the Small Courtyard opened. Zhang Daobai looked over at the sound.

He saw Lin Luoxue wearing a silver mask, her whole body radiating an aura of suppressed anger as she walked in quickly.

Before Zhang Daobai could ask what had happened, a figure quickly rushed to the gate of the Small Courtyard.

"I say, beauty, don't be in such a hurry to leave. I just want to invite you to a meal."

A young man wearing a yellow robe said to Lin Luoxue in a flippant tone.

"Get lost!"

After Lin Luoxue coldly spat out those words, she waved her hand and used spiritual power to slam the courtyard gate shut.

But obviously, the person outside the courtyard was unwilling to give up and kept pounding on the gate.

However, Lin Luoxue ignored him and walked directly into the courtyard.

"Who is that idiot?"

Zhang Daobai turned his head to glance at the courtyard gate and asked curiously.

"I ran into him on the way back to the city. He's a young master of the Yang Family's direct line, named Yang Mingrong."

Lin Luoxue took off her mask, revealing her stunningly beautiful face with lingering anger.

"Yang Family..."

Zhang Daobai thought for a moment after hearing this and soon recalled information about the Yang Family.

The Yang Family was a mid-tier Family in Purple Maple Immortal City, with an Early Stage Golden Core Old Ancestor in the Family. Their main industries were Talismans and Artifact Refining.

As for Yang Mingrong, Zhang Daobai also knew something about his background. This man was lecherous by nature and often searched for good-looking female Loose Cultivators in Purple Maple Immortal City.

He would then use various means to get them into his hands, and after he grew tired of them, he would heartlessly abandon them.

According to rumors, this Yang Mingrong likely practiced a Cultivation Technique that could harvest Yin to supplement Yang.

However, due to the deterrence of the Yang Family's Golden Core True Person and the fact that the targets Yang Mingrong chose were basically helpless female Loose Cultivators, the matter was never thoroughly investigated.

Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Zhang Daobai's eyes, and he then told Lin Luoxue about Yang Mingrong's information.