"I just wanted to get rid of these weeds. I never thought of this." Teacher Lin looked helpless.
Zhu Yanyi looked at Teacher Lin with suspicion. "Can I see that powder?"
Teacher Lin looked at Zhu Yanyi, then went inside and brought out a bag of powder for her.
Zhu Yanyi opened the bag, looked at it, dipped a little into her mouth, and closed her eyes slightly to analyze it. Soon, she looked at Teacher Lin with a half-smile.
"Teacher Lin, your powder is really powerful. It contains rare Black Python Dan, Cheyan Blood, Guoli Liquid, and over ten other poisons that counteract each other. Most importantly, you added Alkali-Free Powder. Although only a tiny bit, ordinary doctors couldn't analyze it. But how did it fall into my hands?" Zhu Yanyi clicked her tongue, looking particularly sorry for Teacher Lin.
Xi Muzheng’s face changed slightly upon hearing Zhu Yanyi’s words. She looked at Teacher Lin. "Teacher Lin, how do you explain this?"
Alkali-Free Powder strengthens the medicinal properties of herbs. The strengthened toxicity of the poisons Zhu Yanyi mentioned caused the current state of the herb field. If Teacher Lin did this unintentionally, no one would believe it.
Teacher Lin looked at Xi Muzheng, then laughed loudly. "Xi Muzheng, I really didn't expect it. I thought the Sage Academy would soon become history. But I didn't expect Zhu Yanyi to appear out of nowhere and ruin my plan. I thought about it. In another hundred years, your herb field would become a poison field. Then, what would the Sage Academy use to train students?"
Jealousy filled Teacher Lin’s eyes. Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow, disdainful of her actions. She casually took out a Truth Pill and threw it into Teacher Lin’s mouth. "What is your name?"
"Yuan Zhilin." Teacher Lin spoke, then froze, trying to cover his mouth.
Zhu Yanyi pressed her acupoints to immobilize her and continued, "Where are you from?"
"Happy Garden."
"What is your purpose at the Sage Academy?"
"To find the secret of the Sage Academy’s thousands of years of success and destroy its environment."
"Besides the herb field, what else did you target?"
"The water source. I placed a wax-wrapped poison pill at the bottom of the pool. In five years, the wax will melt, and everyone in the Sage Academy will die from poisoning."
"Is that all?"
"I also wanted to get the Sage Academy’s medical secrets."
"Did you get them?"
"Although I am a teacher, entering the Library has requirements. I can only read, not copy. So I need to memorize them. For now, I have only finished two books."
"What are the titles, and where are they now?"
"Medical Herb Scripture and Variable Herbs. They have been sent to Happy Garden through a secret passage."
"Who else in the academy is your accomplice?"
"Gatekeeper Old Luo and Hall Attendant A Gui."
Zhu Yanyi felt that was enough. She asked Xi Muzheng, "Does the Dean have any more questions?"
"Not for now. Hall Master Xu, this person is yours." Xi Muzheng hadn't expected other spies in the Sage Academy. "Also, arrest Gatekeeper Old Luo and Hall Attendant A Gui. Elder Wu, take people to the pool, drain it, and find that wax-wrapped poison pill."
Xi Muzheng turned her gaze back to Zhu Yanyi. "Can the poison in the herb field be solved?"
"Alright. I will make the antidote tonight and spray it into the herb field tomorrow. However, this season’s herbs will be wasted. We can only replant after seven days." Zhu Yanyi sighed. She only wanted to tend to a herb field, but ended up saving it.
Xi Muzheng nodded slightly. "Discovering and solving the poison now is already good. Wasting one season’s herbs is something the Sage Academy can afford."
Then, she thought for a moment and looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Zhu Yanyi, how about you manage the herb garden?"
Zhu Yanyi glanced at Xi Muzheng. "Are you silly? If I do it, I still have to attend classes. I say, you might as well have everyone take turns. Each person manages it for one month. With fifteen of us, it will take over a year. It saves a lot of trouble."
Xi Muzheng nodded. "Alright. Since that’s the case, let’s do as you say. From now on, students will manage it. Every student must manage it for one month. If there are no new students, seniors take turns. If there are new students, we will expand slowly."
"I think you are making trouble for me." Zhu Yanyi made a funny face at Xi Muzheng upon hearing this.
Wasn’t it trouble? Everything was fine before, but now everyone had an extra task.
Fortunately, everyone had no objections. It was better to notify the senior brothers and sisters who were away.
Zhu Yanyi returned to her dormitory and began developing the antidote. Actually, the antidote was very simple. She just needed her Medicine Spring plus some detoxifying herbs. Soon, Zhu Yanyi finished making it.
The next day, Zhu Yanyi personally led people to spray the antidote on the poisoned herb field. Fortunately, there were many people, so they finished quickly. However, Zhu Yanyi still felt quite tired. She never expected that a casual soil check would lead to such an incident.
Zhu Yanyi was still a bit curious about the mysterious Happy Garden, but this was not something she could touch yet, so she didn’t bother.
Of course, discovering this incident was beneficial for Zhu Yanyi. Because she discovered the herb field poisoning and saved the entire Sage Academy, plus she developed the antidote, she received an additional 100,000 points and one opportunity to enter the Library.
The Library was not open to just anyone. As a student, following the normal learning pace, one had to wait at least a year to enter, and only once a year.
Of course, to enter at other times, one needed great merit, just like Zhu Yanyi discovering the herb field poisoning and developing the antidote.
Zhu Yanyi was no longer interested in credits. Her original 105,000 credits were barely used, and now with another 100,000, she had over 200,000 credits. This was indeed a lot, surpassing many seniors. Even Mi Xiao complained that Zhu Yanyi’s credits exceeded hers by far.
Zhu Yanyi did not go to the hall but planned to go to the Library first.
Her main purpose here was to read more books, especially those on medicine and alchemy.