Yan Xing squatted down and carefully looked at the man lying on the ground with an arrow pierced on his nape. The man still had a breath left, but he was not in an optimistic state, and it was obvious that he was going to die soon. White foam started to come out of his mouth and the man lay twitching on the ground gasping for breath. Yan looked at the tip of the arrow and then the reaction of the man. He wanted to see the result of poison applied to the arrow, so he chose to throw an arrow at one of the men, and seeing the reaction of the man it was obvious that the poison was quite potent.
Zhao Ling too arrived at the scene and observed the man who was writhing on the ground. "The poison applied on the arrows is quite potent"
"Young Lady, do you know what kind of poison is this?", Yan Xing asked.
"I am not certain, but the poison can affect the organs like the heart and lungs making them unable to function properly. Slowing down the heart and lung movement causes fluid to gather in the lungs and mixed with carbon dioxide, it comes out of the mouth in the form of white foam", Zhao Ling said mulling over something.
"Senior Sister" Mu Chen came back carrying a man on his shoulder. He ruthlessly dumped the man on the ground in front of Zhao Ling.
Zhao Ling lifted her right foot and gave the man's shoulder a push. The man did not react, it was as if his whole body was paralyzed and only his eyes were blinking, looking a little sluggish.
Mu Chen pulled down the cloth mask which was covering half of the man's face. He squeezed the man's cheek and said, "If you want to avoid experiencing the infamous 'bath in phoenix fire' torture of the medicine valley, then you better cooperate".
Yan Xing looked at the paralyzed man on the ground with keen interest. The lady in front of her had the same intention as him. He ordered his shadow guards to leave one alive because he too wanted to interrogate.
"Master" One of the shadow guards came back with another man tied up.
Yan Xing looked at the man his shadow guard brought back and then to the man on the ground brought back by Medicine valley's disciples and sighed.
He doesn't know what kind of drug the medicine valley used to paralyze the man, but what he knows is that they are completely losing out compared to medicine valley's methods.
Yan Xing kicked the man on his popliteal fossa, forcing the man to kneel. He took out the cloth that was used as a gag and said, "Spill out whatever you know, and I will grant you a quick and easy death",
The man chuckled and replied in a hoarse voice, "What if I say no?"
"You can take your time", Yan Xing said.
The man laughed and said, "Then, I will be disappointing you"
Before Yan Xing could process what he meant, the man bit on something inside his mouth and soon blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth and he fell to the ground head first.
"Poison", Jingsheng said.
Yan Xing frowned, and turning his head towards Zhao Ling, he said, "There is a poison capsule inside their mouths"
Zhao Ling had already noticed what happened on Yan Xing's side and had guessed it. She nodded her head to Yan Xing and said to Mu Chen, "Dislocate his jaw and check whether he has a capsule hidden inside his mouth too".
Mu Chen immediately did as Zhao Ling said, and indeed they found a poison capsule inside the man's mouth too.
The man was paralyzed and could not even move his mouth except for blinking, so he was unable to commit suicide by biting the poison capsule inside his mouth.
Now that the man brought back by Yan Xing's group was dead, they all gathered around the paralyzed man brought back by medicine valley.
Yan Xing felt that in front of medicine valley, their Black Sword sect was not efficient enough. Although they were efficient most of the time, this time it was an exception, Yan Xing consoled himself with that thought.
Zhao Ling wrapped the poison pill and put it away. Yan Xing noticed her action and thought that she probably wanted to study its properties.
"Young Lady, may I ask what kind of drug did you guys give him for him to be like this?" Yan Xing couldn't hold back his curiosity and ask.
"Neuromuscular blocking agent, it is a powerful muscle relaxant used to prevent muscle movement. I modified it and made it in a way that it doesn't affect the head. Mu Chen, unlock his mute acupoint", said Zhao Ling.
Mu Chen tapped on the man's nape lightly and fixed his dislocated jaw too. The man gasped for a second and said, "Bring on whatever torture methods you have".
He Qing chuckled and said, "Mister, have you not heard of the Medicine Valley's infamous torture methods"
"Young man, how can I not have heard of it? but, I am not afraid of it", the man said with a conceited look.
He Qing was disguised as a man, so the paralyzed man addressed him as a young man. Yan Xing had his lips curled up inside his mouth because he knew that He Qing is a lady and was disguised as a man.
"Senior sister, since this man here seems so confident in himself, why don't we give him a chance to taste it", Mu Chen said with an evil grin on his face.
Zhao Ling step back and said, "We don't have much time, be quick"
He Qing took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom and threw it towards Mu Chen and said, "Since we don't have much time on our hands right now, why don't we use this"
Mu Chen deftly caught the bottle and opened it to see the contents.
"Amplifying pill"
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