Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 900 - 18: Poisoned Incident

Yue Nian walked out of the Dragon Palace’s grand hall, his divine soul unsettled, and before he knew it, he had walked far away.

He was one of the few supreme members of the Holy Beast Clan, and with just a few steps, he had already shrunk the ground into inches, leaving the Dragon Palace, and standing above the Boundary River.

He stopped over the Boundary River, gazing at the surging expanse of waves, lost in his thoughts.

Yue Nian was innately uninhibited and easygoing, especially after traveling among the Human Race; his mindset had greatly improved compared to his earlier years.

But these days, especially after learning that the Clan Leader Yue Potian intended to arrange a marriage alliance for him with the Qingyuan Realm of the Sun Plane, his mentality quietly changed, unable to settle, much like the thousands of miles of Boundary River, surging and hard to control.

His thoughts transcended the Boundary River, gazing at the boundless Dimension Battlefield, and below it, Dimensional Boundary City.

Four Symbols City had been pressured by the Demon Army, and this news had reached the Dragon Palace months ago from the Chenwu Clan.

At that time, Yue Potian merely ordered reinforcements, but after only a few days, why did his uncle suddenly change his mind?

Yue Nian had explored the Star Plane years ago, but he couldn’t recall what people or events he encountered during his travels among the Human Race.

As a higher-ranked member of the Dragon Clan, exploring different planes is a tradition, and to avoid being influenced by certain experiences, especially from the Lower Plane, each upper member of the Dragon Clan must have some memory extracted under the clan leader’s supervision.

Yue Nian didn’t pay much heed to this.

But why recently, he has been eager to know what those memories are?

Yue Nian looked at the Boundary River, and amidst the rolling waves, there seemed to be a vague figure; he struggled to recall that shadow’s form, yet couldn’t see it clearly.

"Yue Nian, what exactly is wrong with you? If the Clan Leader finds out, you’d likely be criticized for your mental instability. Cangdai Goddess? Alas, I didn’t expect that I, dignified Yue Nian, would be forced into marriage one day," Yue Nian smiled bitterly, waved his sleeve, and was aloft, transforming into his true form as a Golden Giant Dragon and soared into the dense layers of clouds.

The rolling Boundary River separates the two great planes, Star and Moon.

At this moment, within Four Symbols City of the Star Plane’s Boundary City, undercurrents were just as turbulent as this river.

Yue Jinghua’s Poisonous Beast Army plan, with the cooperation of Chen Jiangyin, proceeded very smoothly, Yue Jinghua originally intended that once the Poisonous Beast Army was complete, they would immediately attack the Demon Army camp.

Among the Demon Beasts Yue Jinghua brought out from the Divine Ruins, there was a type called Nether Bone Moth, which was inherently poisonous.

Chen Jiangyin extracted the poison powder from the Nether Bone Moth and refined a new, potent poison, transforming the original Nether Bone Moth into a type of Poison Moth.

This poison is a powerful petrification poison that, if scattered with the wind, can instantly petrify anything it touches.

Upon inheriting the Sky Witch lineage, Shalman’s breeding capabilities significantly increased, successfully breeding over a thousand Petrification Moths in just three days.

After a period of training, Shalman quickly commanded the Demon Beasts to approach the Dark Demon Army’s station covertly, secretly unleashing poison to exert a surprising attack power.

Everything is ready; now all that remains is to prepare for deployment.

However, just at this critical juncture, a significant event occurred within Four Symbols City, forcing Yue Jinghua to temporarily shelve the plan to ambush the Demon Army.

In the Star and Chen districts, people continuously got poisoned.

This poison emerged suddenly.

Poisoned individuals would instantly lose their humanity, randomly attacking companions.

Most terrifying is that their blood and saliva carry an infectious toxicity; anyone attacked would also instantly go mad, like rabid dogs, attacking their friends and family.

Upon hearing the symptoms of this poisoning, Yue Jinghua immediately thought of a poison, Corpse Poison.

This reaction was identical to the corpse poison Yue Jinghua discovered earlier on Dark Demon Sixty-Seven.

Yue Jinghua immediately rushed to the Star District, where she captured a local resident infected with Corpse Poison.

With Yue Jinghua’s current abilities, overpowering a Tianxuan Dark Practitioner was easy; she quickly found a resident infected with Corpse Poison.

"Roar--" After chaining that local resident, Yue Jinghua forcibly took him back to the City Lord Mansion.

Chen Jiangyin examined the poisoned person’s eyes, nose, mouth, and tongue, finding his pupils dilated, his breath foul and full of evil qi, his tongue turning blue, fully transformed into a zombie.

"Such a potent poison," Chen Jiangyin exclaimed, acknowledging the poison’s virulence.

For a moment, he couldn’t find an antidote.

In haste, Yue Minzhi ordered all the poisoned residents to be detained, preventing them from attacking others to stop the poison’s further spread.

Yet the next day, several new poisoned residents appeared.

The situation remained unchanged on the third day; despite Yue Jinghua and Yue Minzhi’s efforts, new poisoned individuals appeared overnight.

Soon, news that the corpse poison had emerged in the city, an untreatable toxicity catching everyone by surprise, spread like wings throughout the city.

Residents of the Star and Chen districts, as the most direct victims, were agitated, demanding to leave Four Symbols City.

Yet, outside Four Symbols City, with the Demon Army abundant, every path was perilous.

After several attempts to calm them, Yue Minzhi was besieged by residents of the Star and Chen Districts; if this continued, the Demon Army hadn’t even invaded, and the city was already in chaos.

"Someone’s poisoning," after days of investigation, Yue Jinghua quickly determined someone was poisoning in the city.

"That can’t be; when the Demon Army attacked, I already sent people to inspect all the city’s residents. All those remaining in Four Symbols City are people of clear family backgrounds, with no connection to the Demon Clan within three generations," Yue Minzhi refuted Yue Jinghua’s claim.

"If no one is poisoning, why would new poisoned individuals emerge every other day? We must intensify patrols and investigate every corner of the city," at Yue Jinghua’s strong demand, Yue Minzhi had to tighten security.

Yet there was still no progress; new poisoned individuals continued to appear daily.

The residents were already in an uproar.

Helplessly, Yue Jinghua made a decision to personally oversee nightly patrols; she wouldn’t believe, under the watchful eye of her Dark Beast Army, anyone could poison right under her nose.

A night passed; even though Yue Jinghua practically guarded every corner of the city, at dawn, another new poisoned person appeared.

"How could this happen," even Yue Jinghua was somewhat helpless this time; could they only allow the poisoning to continue?

If this went on, Four Symbols City would collapse without being attacked within a month.

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