Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 490 - 68: Medicine Jar [Seeking monthly ticket!]_1

Chapter 490: Chapter 68: Medicine Jar [Seeking monthly ticket!]_1

The moon is shrouded in darkness, and the wind is howling.

A deathly silence permeates Black Pine Ridge.

This area, having become a gathering ground for Poison Masters, was devoid of any wildlife. Now that the Poison Masters are no more, the silence is deafening, disturbed only by the rustling of tree branches in the night wind, sending a shudder down one’s spine.

The Regent Residence’s men had already inspected during the daytime. Although the Poison Masters are dead, their lingering poison still hides everywhere, and one could lose their life stepping on any piece of land unknowingly.

After all, not all Poison Masters on the ridge were undefeatable. Each individual would lay traps around their own households as protection. Preliminary inspection results suggested that these residual toxins might take hundreds of years to disappear. Therefore, it seemed better to revamp the entire mountain altogether, transforming it into a brand new peak.

However, this significant task hadn’t yet been initiated. Many warnings were put up at the mount’s entrance, stating that this Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons was about to collapse, warning people not to enter.

This precaution felt somewhat redundant, considering how for so many years no living creature dared approach this place.

Scrape—

Suddenly, after a long period of stillness, a dark figure darted past. It skimmed over the ground where blood had flowed the night before and stopped on a tree bough.

The figure resembled a wild beast, crouching on its four limbs, its body blackish-green. Its glittering eyes warily scanned the surroundings.

But upon closer inspection of its facial features, it was unmistakably human! His entire blackish-green body had a bizarre pattern sprawling over it.

"Huff—" came the low, beastlike panting sounds from his mouth.

The next second, he pushed off with all his limbs and sprang forward! Scrape—

His figure appeared in an abandoned courtyard instantaneously. In the dim light, his trajectory was barely discernible, swift as lightning.

But just as he stepped onto the courtyard, a white light suddenly shone from beneath his feet, and... whoosh—

In the flowing light, a cage was formed instantly.

The beastlike figure made a desperate leap to break through the white light. However, instead of resisting him, it let him pass through effortlessly.

But after moving through it, he found himself back in the courtyard.

It was the Illusion Technique.

"Huff, ah—"He let out a low growl and tried to break through in another direction, but was beaten back by an oncoming sword light!

Hisss—

A figure in white robes descended like a celestial spirit, repelling the shadowy figure with one swift stroke of the sword.

Why, it was Jiang Yuebai.

With a flick of her left hand, the sword light turned, and in an instant, it took the form of a pool of thunder, illuminating a golden dragon circling through silver lightning!

The shadowy figure could no longer dodge and was struck by the golden dragon, rendering him immobile as he fell to the ground.

Jiang Yuebai made another move, and numerous lightning bits twisted together, forming several ropes that wound around the shadowy figure, binding him heavily.

"Ah—" cried the figure. However, the harder he struggled, the stronger was the backlash from the lightning ropes, numbing his entire body until he couldn’t move anymore.

Jiang Yuebai then stepped closer, her face illuminated by the sparks, which revealed the features of the shadowy figure.

His features were young and innocent, appearing younger than herself—probably about fifteen or sixteen years old. His body was covered in blackish-green patterns that seemed alive—they pulsed with his breath, each pulse seemingly causing him great pain.

His eyes were bloodshot, filled with confusion and madness.

After thinking for a while, she cast a Mental Tranquility Technique. A white light flickered, illuminating the young boy. The light seeped into his skin, calming his demeanor.

The Mental Tranquility Technique, by nature, was to bring peace to one’s spiritual platform and stabilize one’s state of mind. It seemed to be effective at this moment.

Jiang Yuebai immediately questioned, "Who are you?"

...

When Jiang Yuebai discovered that shadow yesterday, although she lost its trace, she still pondered about it afterwards.

Why would he come to such a dangerous place?

It’s highly unlikely that there would be any survivors from Qiongqi’s massacre, and nobody else would venture into Black Pine Ridge. So, was there something he wanted here?

The Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons was vast, and it was unrealistic to search for this person. But since he had come to Black Pine Ridge once, there was a chance he could return.

This case led her here, seemingly to the last clue. So, with a bit of hope, she set up a massive formation here, prepared to lay a trap.

If that shadow came back, Jiang Yuebai was determined not to let him escape again.

Then, he did indeed return tonight.

She could only say that her luck wasn’t bad.

Hearing Jiang Yuebai’s question, the boy, whose emotions gradually stabilized, finally spoke in a rusty tone, "I...I am a Medicine Jar."

"A Medicine Jar?" Jiang Yuebai was puzzled.

The boy then slowly narrated his story to Jiang Yuebai.

It turned out that among the poison masters of Black Pine Ridge, there was one strong and eccentric one with the surname of Song. Everyone referred to him as Master Song.

This Poison Master Song never used beasts for his drug testing. He used people. He dug out a basement below his courtyard, imprisoned many children, and used them as his "medicine jars" for testing drugs.

These children grew up in such an environment and even if they survived, they would gradually turn into beast-like creatures, extraordinary in strength but lacking in humanity.

The older ones, like this boy, would be sent by Poison Master Song to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons to collect herbs and poisons. They were each inflicted with a strange poison and had to take an antidote every day. If they failed to do so, they would fall into a frenzy and die suddenly. So no one dared to run away, they all had to return within the scheduled time to hand over the Spirit Plants and poisons in exchange for that day’s antidote.

If they didn’t manage to collect anything, they would be severely beaten upon their return. If they failed to find anything for several consecutive days, Poison Master Song would stop giving them the antidote, allowing them to go into a frenzy and die right in front of everyone as a warning.

The boy Jiang Yuebai captured was one of these "medicine jars". He had ventured into the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons that day without any findings and was scared to return.

Just when he was about to die from the poison in the mountains, he suddenly found a strange grass that could alleviate the symptoms of poisoning. He consumed that herb and managed to hold on for a little longer, finally managing to survive and return to Black Pine Ridge at night.

But as soon as he returned, he saw rivers of blood on the ridge, which was when Jiang Yuebai found him last night.

He thought Jiang Yuebai was the one who caused it all and so he fled in panic. In the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons, he once again found that strange grass which allowed him to hold on till now.

But without the antidote, he could never be free from his miserable life. So, he wanted to see if Poison Master Song had died and if he could find the antidote on his own.

"I see..."

If everything he said was true, then he too was a pitiful person.

However, Jiang Yuebai did not release his constraints but only allowed him to get up to search for the antidote. The boy got up, kicked the door of the courtyard, and triggered a device, opening up a basement.

The basement was empty except for the bloodstains everywhere, indicating an untold number of innocent people who died here.

"They’re gone..." the boy seemed relieved, "They didn’t die...They must have been taken away by Master Song!"

"They didn’t die?" Hearing his words, Jiang Yuebai’s mind raced.

There were remains everywhere from the massacre in Black Pine Ridge. If one or two poison masters were not among them, it was entirely possible. But if the children from this basement were mixed in, it would be evident.

So she could confirm that these medicine jars did not die.

So, where did they go?

What’s more, the smell in the basement seemed strangely familiar.

This scent...

Where had she smelled it before?