The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 68 Conscience Screening
"There are footprints here!"

Chen Jinshu wanted to ask something, but the senior brother from the steward hall who flew to the roof to check the situation called out anxiously, forcing her to shut her mouth.

It’s better not to cause any more trouble at the moment.

"Brothers, please understand! I haven't left my house for three days. I don't know when these footprints appeared."

"Junior sister, you misunderstood! These footprints are not only found on your roof. They have appeared on several other houses as well. I believe the murderer must have walked on the roof and avoided the patrolling disciples."

Chen Jinshu felt relieved after hearing this and stopped having wild thoughts.

Soon, the brothers in charge of the hall on the eaves collected the size of the footprints.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Junior Sister! We won't go inside. After all, every family has a defensive formation, and this strange poison is at most placed outside the formation."

"Are there any unusual symptoms among those brothers who were harmed?" Chen Jinshu asked casually.

There are formations in every courtyard, so the poison can be spread there. Maybe it is not inside the formation, but outside. The most critical part is the eaves.

She couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Junior sister, don't panic. Before knocking on the door, we will check the eaves for any traces of poison powder. Your courtyard is very safe."

"I see!"

"We won't bother you anymore. There are still many courtyards that need to be inspected."

"Goodbye, senior brothers!" Chen Jinshu nodded slightly, watched the searching disciples walk away, and then closed the gate.

"Since the door is open, I'll go water it."

After just a brief thought, she walked out of Momei Garden and activated the formation.

……

A moment later, her figure appeared near the Hantan Medicine Garden.

All the disciples coming and going were in a hurry, as if they were in a hurry or avoiding something.

Chen Jinshu hesitated for a moment, then walked into the spiritual field in the medicine garden and started watering it.

Soon, she learned some things from Senior Brother Lin Yi from the Lingtian next door.

Those disciples who were poisoned by the strange poison are undoubtedly the favorites to compete in this alchemy competition, especially those contestants who have passed the examination and obtained the certificate of intermediate-grade alchemist.

These contestants have high cultivation levels and are quite skilled in alchemy. If they had not encountered the poisoning incident, they might have been able to show their skills in the competition. Now they can only heal their bodies as soon as possible before the competition begins.

After hearing this, Chen Jinshu couldn't help but feel fortunate that she didn't show off her talent too much, because maybe she was the one who was poisoned.

The elders of Yaowang Peak have been furious these past few days and have begun to screen one by one those who might have poisoned the people. The popular contestants in the competition have become the objects of suspicion of the elders and have been questioned uniformly.

However, the person who poisoned the person was never found.

I heard that the elders have intended to have all participating disciples undergo a conscience screening to ensure that the murderer can be made public as soon as possible and give these disciples justice.

After Chen Jinshu hurriedly watered the spiritual fields on the Hantan Medicine Garden side, he rushed towards the Qingsong Medicine Garden.

The spiritual herbs in the Hantan Medicine Garden are almost ready to be harvested, but the Qingsong Medicine Garden has only been planted for two or three months and needs to be watered more frequently.

After arriving at Qingsong Medicine Garden, she saw a situation that was different from that at Hantan Medicine Garden.

The expressions of these disciples were not much different from when she saw them three days ago. They still had no expression on their faces, as if they didn't care about anything.

She asked the elder in charge out of curiosity and soon found out the reason. It turned out that these disciples were menial workers and did not participate in the alchemy competition at all. Instead, they accepted the task issued by the foundation-building cultivators to help manage the spiritual fields and earn spirit stones and contribution points.

This matter has basically nothing to do with these people, let alone worry about it.

After hearing this, Chen Jinshu suddenly realized that it was no wonder that these disciples, whose cultivation levels were similar to or even lower than hers, were working in Qingsong Medicine Garden. It turned out that they were disciples who had accepted missions.

However, there were also some among these people that she couldn't see through. They were probably the Foundation Establishment cultivators who took care of things themselves. An hour later, just as Chen Jinshu finished tending to the three acres of spiritual fields in the Qingsong Herb Garden, a loud voice echoed in her ears.

"All disciples participating in the alchemy competition should gather at the Medicine King Hall!"

After hearing this, how could Chen Jinshu not know what had happened? It was the elders who were questioning the participants of the alchemy competition one by one.

This will also help find the real culprit more quickly.

Chen Jinshu didn't hesitate and immediately rushed towards the Medicine King Hall on the top of the mountain.

Soon she saw the Medicine King Hall crowded with disciples. A rough observation showed that the number of people reached nearly two hundred, excluding some disciples who had already been questioned.

"This number is much greater than what Senior Sister Dai counted!"

Chen Jinshu's confidence, which had just risen in his heart, began to waver slightly again.

Looking at the group of disciples in front of her waiting in line to ask questions, she quickly lined up behind them.

"I believe you have all heard about the contestants being poisoned. This is just a screening to make sure that none of you have any ill intentions." The person who spoke was an old man wearing a dark blue Taoist robe. He was older than Master Gu and exuded a stronger aura.

Chen Jinshu waited for half an hour before it was finally her turn.

The operation of this self-examination is also simple, which is to let the disciple stand in front of a special self-examination stone.

There is a formation formed by spiritual power in front of the stone of conscience. As long as the disciples stand in it, they will be questioned by the elders.

Once you confirm that there are no problems, you can register and leave.

Chen Jinshu immediately stood in the formation and felt that his whole body was trapped by a force, and he could not even think of resisting.

"Are you the one who poisoned me?"

A Zen-like questioning voice reached her ears, causing her to reply uncontrollably.

"no!"

"Does this matter have anything to do with you?"

“It’s nothing!”

Chen Jinshu tried hard for a moment but could only utter these few words.

When the questioning was over, her whole body relaxed again.

"That's it!"

After hearing this, she hurriedly left the formation, came to the front of the registering senior brother, and signed her name.

She glanced at the team and found that there was still a long queue at the back, and the number of disciples seemed to have not decreased.

But she knew that there were already a hundred or so less disciples here.

She could already imagine the grand scene when the alchemy competition began in a few days. She didn't know where it would be held, and how it could accommodate so many disciples at the same time.

After asking the question, she did not stop and quickly rushed towards Momei Garden.

When she arrived at the front of the yard, she first used the cleaning technique to clean the inside and outside before activating the formation and walking into the yard.

"Such harmful things should never happen again."

Yaowang Peak made such a big fuss this time, on the one hand to screen out the real culprit, and on the other hand to intimidate these already restless disciples so that they would not have any more delusional thoughts. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it.

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