Chapter 312: A Traitor Has Appeared in Your Breaking Clan!
"Senior Yang, a traitor has appeared in your Breaking Clan."
The moment Yu Tianlin said those words, Yang Wudi's face, which had still been full of joy from receiving the 7 roots of the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King, darkened instantly.
"Yu Tianlin, you can eat whatever you want, but you cannot speak recklessly." Yang Wudi's tone turned sharp at once. "As someone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, you should know very well that my Breaking Clan and Spirit Hall have an irreconcilable blood feud. How could a member of my clan possibly betray us and join Spirit Hall?!"
A string of questions came out like arrows, showing clearly that Yang Wudi did not believe Yu Tianlin in the slightest.
"Yang Wudi, what do you mean by that?" Seeing Yu Tianlin being questioned, Yu Luomian's expression immediately darkened. Although he was also somewhat surprised by what Yu Tianlin had just said, he still spoke up without hesitation. "Are you saying Tianlin is lying? Did we come all the way here just to amuse you?"
"Second Grandfather, please wait a moment." Yu Tianlin first stopped Yu Luomian, then looked back at Yang Wudi. "And Senior Yang, please don't get agitated. Since I came here specifically for this matter, I naturally did not speak without reason."
"Fine. Then I want to hear exactly what you have to say." Yang Wudi did not continue arguing, but his expression remained cold.
Although he truly could not believe that one of his own clansmen would defect to Spirit Hall, Yu Tianlin had spoken with such certainty that it did not sound like a baseless lie. So Yang Wudi still chose to listen.
After organizing his thoughts, Yu Tianlin asked, "Senior Yang, since the Breaking Clan specializes in medicine, then your clan should also have developed several extremely terrifying poisons, correct?"
"That is true." Yang Wudi nodded. "My Breaking Clan does indeed possess several forbidden lethal poisons. However, the specific names and details are secrets of the clan and are not convenient to reveal."
After saying that, his gaze sharpened. "What? Does this have something to do with the traitor you just mentioned?"
"It has everything to do with it." Seeing Yang Wudi admit it, Yu Tianlin continued directly, "In fact, we discovered that a certain person was poisoned by Spirit Hall. The poison is extremely strange. Even Senior Dugu Bo, who is renowned as Poison Douluo, could not identify it, much less cure it."
"A poison even Poison Douluo cannot deal with?" Hearing that, Yang Wudi immediately sat up straighter. "What symptoms did the poisoned person show?"
Yu Tianlin repeated the symptoms Dugu Bo had told him, then added, "The identity of the poisoned person is extremely noble, and his daily food is strictly inspected. Logically speaking, there should have been no chance for him to be poisoned at all."
"So I speculate that the poisoned person must have eaten something that was harmless at first, but only turned toxic after being triggered by something else. That way, the poisoning could remain undetected."
He looked directly at Yang Wudi. "And I believe that among the forbidden poisons of your Breaking Clan, there should be something capable of achieving an effect like this."
"Mixed poison..." Yang Wudi muttered softly.
Combining Yu Tianlin's description of the symptoms, it was obvious that he had thought of something. His expression shifted again and again, as if uncertain. In the end, he took a deep breath and said, "If everything you said is true, then it really does match one of the forbidden poisons of my Breaking Clan. That poison is called Gorgeous Seven Colors."
"That's right, Gorgeous Seven Colors!" Hearing that name, Yu Tianlin immediately exclaimed.
After transmigrating for so many years, he had long forgotten the exact name of the poison Emperor Xue Ye had suffered. But now that his mental force had already reached the Titled Douluo level, Yang Wudi's reminder instantly brought the buried memory back.
Yang Wudi continued, "Although the symptoms you described do match Gorgeous Seven Colors, I have not personally seen the poisoned person yet, so I cannot make a final judgment carelessly."
"I am already certain." Now that the poison's name had been confirmed, Yu Tianlin laid everything out plainly. "It must be Gorgeous Seven Colors. And in the Breaking Clan, aside from Senior Yang, only your younger brother should also know how to use this poison, correct?"
"Back then, when the Breaking Clan was attacked by Spirit Hall, your younger brother was captured by Spirit Hall. He knows this poison, and now Spirit Hall knows it as well. That means the truth is already obvious. This Gorgeous Seven Colors was passed to Spirit Hall by your younger brother."
Yang Wudi had not expected Yu Tianlin to know even this hidden piece of the past, much less connect it so clearly. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he was already 80 percent convinced. He could not help but murmur to himself, "Wushuang... Wushuang... was it really you? Did you truly join Spirit Hall?"
However, as the head of a clan, Yang Wudi only lost himself in confusion for a brief moment before forcing himself back to his senses. He looked straight at Yu Tianlin, his eyes seeming to blaze with black fire.
"Although what you said makes a great deal of sense, I still have to personally examine the poisoned person before I can confirm whether the poison is truly Gorgeous Seven Colors."
"If it really is Gorgeous Seven Colors, then that means Wushuang truly betrayed us. And if that is the case, I will kill him with my own hands!"
His voice turned firm.
"Now, take me to see the poisoned person."
Good heavens. Yu Tianlin had originally come here to ask Yang Wudi for help with detoxification, but after this conversation, Yang Wudi looked even more anxious to act than he did.
However, Yu Tianlin had no intention of taking Yang Wudi to see Emperor Xue Ye immediately.
Putting everything else aside, the moment Yang Wudi arrived, he would definitely cure Emperor Xue Ye. That would make Emperor Xue Ye happy, but it would also greatly alarm Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe. There was a very high chance she would skip straight to an armed coup.
Whether that coup succeeded or failed, neither outcome matched Yu Tianlin's plan. So he absolutely could not allow things to develop that way.
With that in mind, Yu Tianlin shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Senior Yang, but things are probably not as simple as you think."
"I believe that if Senior personally intervenes, then regardless of whether the poison is Gorgeous Seven Colors or not, you would definitely be able to cure the poisoned person. But if you do that, it will alert the enemy."
"The poisoned person is playing a long game. He wants to use his own poisoning to draw out Spirit Hall, the mastermind behind all this, and figure out Spirit Hall's true objective."
"So the poisoned person's intention is this, Senior Yang, can you provide a method that would make it look as though the poisoning is getting worse, while not actually harming the body?"
"As for whether the poison really is Gorgeous Seven Colors, and whether your younger brother Yang Wushuang has truly joined Spirit Hall, we will absolutely give Senior an explanation for both matters."
"Please trust us. The 7 roots of the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King we just handed over are our guarantee."
"I see..." Yang Wudi frowned deeply after hearing Yu Tianlin's explanation.
This matter was no longer just about a poison. It had already become something extremely important to the Breaking Clan.
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