"The Purging Evil Pill?"
Shen Yuluan was stunned, unable to recover her thoughts for a long time. Was all of this within that junior brother's expectations?
Unconsciously, Shen Yuluan touched the storage ring on her finger, where a bottle of Purging Evil Pills lay quietly.
"Disciple, is there anything else?"
The gentle voice brought Shen Yuluan back to reality.
"Nothing else. I'll take my leave now."
Shen Yuluan respectfully bowed and then descended from Qixia Peak.
After returning to her residence on Zhenyu Peak, Shen Yuluan flipped her palm, revealing a bottle of Purging Evil Pills.
Her beautiful eyes showed a contemplative look.
"Who exactly is that junior brother? How did he know I was poisoned?"
Shen Yuluan couldn't understand it.
Her master, a peak expert at the Life and Death realm, could detect the poison within her, which made sense.
But Li Xun was only at the peak of the Qi Condensation realm, without even the ability to use spiritual sense.
He couldn't have detected the poison just with his eyes, could he?
After thinking it over for a while and still having no clue, Shen Yuluan decided not to dwell on it.
She placed the bottle of Purging Evil Pills on the table and murmured,
"It seems I'll need to find a chance to properly thank Junior Brother Li in the future."
"But before that..." Shen Yuluan's eyes flashed with a cold light as she muttered,
"I need to find out who poisoned me!"
She wasn't naive enough to believe that her poisoning was just a coincidence.
In four months, the Law Enforcement Hall would hold a major competition, and the winner would have the chance to become the Enforcer.
This position was crucial to her, as it was second only to the Chief and the two Law Enforcement Elders within the hall.
As an Enforcer, she would have the opportunity to become a Law Enforcement Elder.
Once she became a Law Enforcement Elder, she could further advance to become the Chief Enforcer.
At the position of Chief Enforcer, she would be a powerful figure within the Profound Sun Sect, with authority second only to the Sect Master.
If Junior Brother Li hadn't reminded her today, and with her master about to enter seclusion, it was foreseeable that four months later, she would inevitably be defeated.
At that point, not only would she miss the Enforcer position, but she might also lose her current standing.
"Du Qianluo, Cao Ming, Gu Nanxing..."
Shen Yuluan coldly uttered three names.
These three were her competitors for the Enforcer position, and they had the most motive to poison her.
After all, eliminating one rival in the next four months would increase their chances of winning.
"Who could it be?" Shen Yuluan murmured to herself.
While she was deep in thought, a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, dressed in the hall's uniform and holding a jade slip, approached her room.
"Junior Sister Luo Yiyi seeks an audience with Senior Sister."
"Come in."
Shen Yuluan quickly regained her calm demeanor and spoke.
"Yes."
Luo Yiyi entered the room, gave Shen Yuluan a slight bow, and said,
"Reporting to Senior Sister, this morning, a disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall apprehended an outer disciple."
"An outer disciple?"
Shen Yuluan raised an eyebrow and asked casually,
"What was his offense?"
"Fighting among fellow disciples!" Luo Yiyi replied.
"Fighting among fellow disciples?"
Shen Yuluan's eyes narrowed, and she continued to ask,
"Who did he injure?"
"Uh..."
Luo Yiyi hesitated, then said quietly,
"It wasn't just an injury; he crippled the cultivation of eight outer disciples, one of whom was at the tenth level of Body Refinement!"
"Hmm?"
Shen Yuluan's expression shifted as she seemed to recall something. She probed,
"Is that person named Lu Changhe?"
Earlier today on Zichen Peak, when Li Xun handed her the Purging Evil Pills, an outer disciple had rushed over, mentioning this incident.
It seemed that the person involved was named Lu Changhe, and Lu Changhe appeared to be on good terms with Junior Brother Li.
Otherwise, Junior Brother Li wouldn't have hurried to the Law Enforcement Hall upon hearing that Lu Changhe had been taken there.
"How did Senior Sister know?" Luo Yiyi asked in surprise.
"I just overheard it somewhere," Shen Yuluan waved her hand dismissively and continued asking,
"Has the matter been investigated? Why did Lu Changhe attack? And what is the character of Bai Shaowei and the others?"
'Even Bai Shaowei is known…' Luo Yiyi thought to herself, but she didn't dare to delay. She quickly replied,
"Reporting to Senior Sister, Lu Changhe only mentioned personal grievances and refused to say anything else. However, as far as I know, Bai Shaowei and his group are notorious for their misdeeds, often robbing other outer disciples of their spirit stones.
"Moreover..." Luo Yiyi hesitated.
"Moreover what?"
Shen Yuluan looked up at Luo Yiyi, her voice firm.
"And, according to some outer disciples, Bai Shaowei has secretly crippled many people's cultivation before, throwing them out of the sect to fend for themselves." Luo Yiyi said quietly.
She had once been an outer disciple herself and had experienced similar situations.
As a result, she harbored no goodwill toward people like Bai Shaowei.
By sharing these details, she hoped that Shen Yuluan would show leniency toward Lu Changhe—at the very least, sparing his cultivation if he had to be expelled from the sect.
"Secretly crippling others' cultivation and then abandoning them outside the sect?" Shen Yuluan's eyes narrowed, a cold light flickering within.
"What does Senior Sister plan to do with Lu Changhe?" Luo Yiyi asked cautiously.
This was the purpose of her visit today.
Shen Yuluan held significant authority within the Law Enforcement Hall, capable of deciding the fate of outer disciples and even inner disciples who committed offenses.
"Punishment…"
Shen Yuluan tapped her finger on the table, the sound echoing through the room.
Her mind raced as she pondered the situation.
Today, Junior Brother Li had warned her about the poison, making her feel indebted to him.
Now, with Lu Changhe being a friend of Li Xun and his offense being somewhat justified, she had already made up her mind to save him.
But how to do so required careful consideration.
After thinking for a moment, Shen Yuluan looked up at Luo Yiyi and said sternly,
"Junior Sister Luo, go fetch a set of Law Enforcement Hall disciple's robes and a token, and deliver them to Lu Changhe."
"What?" Luo Yiyi was stunned, momentarily unable to comprehend what she had just heard.
"Never mind."
Seeming to reconsider, Shen Yuluan glanced at the Purging Evil Pills on the table, stood up, and said,
"I'll go in person."
"Senior Sister, are you..." Luo Yiyi was left speechless as she watched Shen Yuluan's departing figure, muttering to herself,
"Are you planning to have Lu Changhe… join the Law Enforcement Hall?"
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