Chapter 509 - Jiao Fang's Act

Now outside the treasure pavilion.

Lin Mu saw Jiao Long split the two pieces of the medallion apart before putting the piece that belonged to the guard in his clothes. Lin Mu followed behind him but stopped at the edge of the area where the next section of the peak started from.

Lin Mu did not proceed because Jiao Long was going to a place he did not think he should go into.

"The discipline hall? Why would he go there?" Lin Mu muttered.

The discipline hall was the law and order department of the Tri Cauldron peony sect, which dealt with all problems that occurred relating to rules and regulations. Lin Mu could see the disciples were were a cut above the rest.

Their gazes were sharp and there was no area that was not being scanned by spirit sense at every moment. Not only that, but they were even scanning the ground, which surprised Lin Mu.

"They are even more alert than the guards that were assigned to the treasure pavilion." Lin Mu muttered.

"ALARM! ALARM!" Suddenly shouts were heard coming from the discipline hall.

"What the hell! That's Jiao Fang's voice." Lin Mu said as he looked at the building.

"HELP! THE GUARDS OF THE THIRD TREASURE PAVILION ARE UNCONSCIOUS!" Jiao Fang shouted.

Lin Mu could not understand why Jiao Fang was revealing what he had just done. Still, it didn't involve Lin Mu, so he could not say much about it except staying hidden and observing.

~thud~thud~thud~

The guards of the discipline hall all rushed to Jiao Fang upon hearing his words and even the elder who was in charge of the hall came out.

"What are you shouting at night!" one of the guards asked.

"Please come see. The guards have all fallen unconscious for some reason. I don't know why." Jiao fang said, anxiety and fear visible on his face.

"Is this the truth?" The elder asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, elder! I swear upon my life!" Jiao Fang declared.

The elder clenched his fist before looking at the guard beside him. "Take some guards and check the situation. Report back to me right away after that." He ordered.

"Yes, elder!" The guard said before leaving with his companions.

About two minutes later, one of the guards returned with news.

"It is true, elder! All the guards are unconscious and show no sign of waking up. It is likely they have been poisoned!" The guard spoke.

A frown appeared on the elder's face as he held a jade slip. He hesitated and put the jade slip back into his pocket, deciding not to use it now.

"I'll take a look myself. Meanwhile, go ask some elders from the Pill peak to prepare some antidote pills. We don't know what kind of a poison it is. Better to be ready for everything. The third squad will lock down the Main peak for now and no one is allowed to leave without my permission." The elder ordered.

"As you command Elder!" the guards who had been ordered, went to do their duty.

"And you, come with me." The elder said to Jiao Fang.

Jiao Fang simply nodded his head and followed behind the elder. Seeing all this, Lin Mu also decided to follow behind them. He knew that he may have to stop his survey for today due to this, but he didn't lose hope. 

"I don't know if this man Jiao Fang is dumb or if he's scheming something. What was on that paper that he would do something like this?" Lin Mu wondered.

The elder along with the others, reached the treasure pavilion where they saw all the guards lying on the ground. The elder knelt beside the guard, who was in charge of the treasure pavilion and checked his pocket.

He then pulled out the piece of medallion before taking a breath of relief.

"It's here at least…" he muttered before checking the body of the disciple for signs of poisoning.

There were no obvious signs of them, which meant that it was some hidden poison that acted quickly, otherwise the guards would have found out and started the alarm. The elder had a tense expression on his face as he found it to be difficult to tell what kind of poison was used.

He was able to confirm that it was not a lethal poison at least, and was probably something that just knocked the guards out. 

"How are they, elder?" the guards who had accompanied the elders asked.

"They are fine for now. Their vitals seem normal, and even their spirit Qi seemed to be flowing normally with no blockages." The elder answered.

~phew~

"So that means it is just a tranquilizing poison?" The guard questioned.

"Hopefully yes. But we still need to wait for the elders from the pill peak. My expertise in this is not as good as them and whatever poison the guards are affected with it is definitely not common." The Elder replied.

Lin Mu who had been hearing everything till now, nodded his head in seeing the deduction. He knew what poison was used and also that it was not lethal. But he still didn't know what angle was Jiao Fang playing here.

"He may be trying to throw off suspicion from himself, perhaps. He could be thinking that the guards and the elder won't think he is involved in this then." Xukong suggested.

"But this… isn't this too obvious? A thief crying foul?" Lin Mu asked.

"Could be. All you can do is wait and watch." Xukong said.

Lin Mu nodded his head and kept observing as the elders from the Pill peak finally arrived. They were the same elders who he had seen refine the High grade basic Qi pill. They still had their beards burned and looking disarrayed. But it did not seem like they minded this.

"What happened here?" one of the elders questioned.

"Looks like an attempt to break into the treasure pavilion. Whoever it was, they managed to knockout the guards but did not get into the treasure pavilion." The disciplinary elder answered.