Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1217 - 1214_1

Xi’er glared at the man in the blue robe as if he was an idiot, "She just said she didn’t search all day and night for poisonous goods. However, she never said these poisonous ingredients weren’t found on the mountain! Dumbo, how can the depth of your comprehension be this low! Participating in the Poison Competition with such low intellect? It’s a direct insult to the intellect of us poison lovers!"

"Hmph! Among all people, who met them yesterday afternoon and night?" The man in the blue attire believed that nobody in this Poison Competition would pass on an opportunity to get rid of such powerful opponents.

In fact, this morning at dawn, he inquired from a lot of people if they had seen them, and everyone answered in the negative!

They definitely weren’t on the mountain yesterday afternoon and night!

"No, I didn’t see them until this morning."

"Nor did I. I saw them once around noon yesterday, but not after that!"

"I never saw them even once!"

...

Indeed, if you don’t want people to know, don’t do it! Thought Xiao’er.

The four of them stayed quiet, simply watching everyone chime in one after the other.

Everyone agreed that they hadn’t seen them yesterday afternoon and night.

Only when everyone was done with their testimonies and declarations...

A sagacious old man stroked his white beard and looked over at the four of them, "Why don’t you speak?"

Xiao’er watched his actions and thought: At least he didn’t use the hand he killed the snake with to stroke his beard!

"What else can they say! Everyone’s words have proven that they must have sneaked off the mountain to buy poisonous goods. That’s why we couldn’t find all three needed poisons, but they did!", the man in blue interjected.

Xiao’er laughed upon hearing this and said to the old man, "I’m waiting for everyone to finish talking! After all, I want to hear what everyone else has to say, then give a thorough explanation."

The old man nodded, "Not bad, how do you plan to explain?!"

Why is this guy so fond of saying ’not bad’? Xiao’er silently critiqued, then said, "It’s true that nobody encountered us yesterday afternoon and night!"

"Look, they admit it! I knew it, they must have went down the mountain to buy the poisons!", the man in blue roared.

Xiao’er turned her head, her frosty gaze landing on him, "When did I admit anything! You keep saying we went down the mountain to buy poisons, and cheated! Then you tell me! Which direction did you see us go? When did we go down the mountain, and which shop did we stop by to buy the poison from? How much silver did we spend on these poisons! Bring out your evidence!"

The man in blue was scared by Xiao’er’s domineering demeanor and stuttered, "I... I didn’t go down the mountain, how would I know!"

"If you don’t know, then do me a favor and shut up when I’m explaining! Don’t interrupt me! Otherwise, I’ll suspect that you’re deliberately sabotaging this game! As for slagging people off, who can’t do that!"

On hearing this, the old man gave him a stern glance.

The man in blue immediately fell silent. Their mission was to gain the support of the Li Clan. If they were suspected of sabotaging the competition, that would be unacceptable!

When Xiao’er noticed his silence, she continued, "We found all the poisonous ingredients around noon, so we found a big tree and slept hidden up in the tree in the spare time, which is why no one saw us."

"You found all the poisonous goods by noon? Who are you trying to fool! The mountain is huge, spending two hours searching probably wouldn’t even turn up one. Didn’t you consider whether your lie made sense before you told it!", the man in black mocked upon hearing Xiao’er’s claims.

"Every poisonous species has a particular growth habit. If you understand their growth habits, wouldn’t finding them in two hours be understandable!" This time around, Xi’er chimed in.

"Besides you lot, others here also understand the growth habits of the poisonous species. Why didn’t they find all, only you?"

"Because we were lucky!" Xi’er naturally replied.

The truth is, she does feel lucky, sometimes they would just bump into what they were looking for.

It’s like they gained something without making any effort!

’Luck’ was never a convincing argument, but Xiao’er thought that since the challenge of the competition was to find these poisons within 24 hours on the mountain, that means the Li Clan knew the poisonous species exist on the mountain and exactly where they could be found. It could very well be that these poisonous species on the mountain were planted by the Li Clan!

Therefore, Xiao’er said, "Red-footed snake! I found it in a snake hole beneath a Small-Leaf Rosewood tree towards the eastern side of the mountain; rattlesnake, I found it at.....; as for the Three Colour Grass, I found it above a cave entrance in the valley!"

Once Xiao’er was done speaking, Shangguan Xuanyi also began to speak, "Purple Hibiscus grows at the sunlit east side of the mountain top; Dancing Grass is located on the mountainside...., Staggering Leaf is at the mountain base..."

Following this, both Xi’er and Shangguan Xuanyao also shared the locations they found the three poisonous species on the mountain.

Once they were all done talking, Xiao’er added, "When I went looking for these poisons, I noticed that there were chickweeds near the Red-footed Snake, Five-colored Sunflowers near the rattlesnake, and.......beside the Three Colour Grass."

Hearing Xiao’er’s words, Xi’er started copying her by also sharing which poisonous species she noticed near the three they needed and concluding with, "I took the middle road up the mountain via the southern three-pronged road where I spotted......along the way."

Shangguan Xuanyi and Shangguan Xuanyao then shared where they found the three poisonous species.

Silence!

Complete and utter silence on the field!

Not only the competitors but also the people of the Li Valley were astounded by their speeches.

Those unaware even assumed that the four of them planted the poisonous species on the mountain, explaining why they knew the locations so well.

After waiting for a while and noticing that people hadn’t regained their composure yet, Xiao’er asked, "Sir, were the locations we provided correct?"

The old man regained his senses, laughed heartily and said, "Haha.....Not bad! All of you answered correctly!" ƒгeewёbnovel.com

The laughter of the old man enlivened everyone present. Some of the people who had inquired about the poisonous species from Xiao’er before immediately spoke up, "Now it makes sense why they could immediately tell me where the laceleaf was when I asked them. They are incredible! Truly a cut above the rest!"

"Yes, I also inquired from them, and they told me too. They remembered every single poisonous species they came across on the way! Amazing! Guys, how did you do it?!"

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At this moment, Xiao’er turned towards the blue and black robed men and asked, "Is there anything else you’d like to say now?"