Every time it's meal time, housekeeper Zhou Cai will order people to distribute the meals.
These meals are still steaming hot at this moment, obviously they have just been delivered not long ago.
Zhou Yuan also felt hungry, so he immediately sat down and picked up a piece of meat, but as soon as he put it to his mouth, he immediately noticed something strange.
After sniffing it with his nose, Zhou Yuan's eyes suddenly showed murderous intent.
"Death Breathing Pill?"
Zhou Yuan read out three words.
On the second floor of Xuanyuan Jiuji Pagoda, there are hundreds of classics on alchemy and Taoism, which describe how to identify elixirs and herbs through their smell.
As a result, he just came out and came in handy right now.
"Who actually wants to harm me?" Zhou Yuan showed an angry look on his face.
He immediately thought of those people in Zhou Bugu.
If not these people, who else could it be?
Without hesitation, Zhou Yuan hurriedly ran out to find Zhou Cai.
Zhou Cai didn't have the guts to harm him yet, but there was someone behind him who was instigating him, and you would know as soon as you asked.
He rushed out and saw that the maids who had just brought him food were not far away.
Zhou Yuan suddenly appeared in front of several people.
Feeling the fierce aura emanating from Zhou Yuan's body, several maids were immediately frightened.
"Where is Zhou Cai?" Zhou Yuan asked.
A maid stretched out her trembling hand and slowly pointed in the direction of the fourth elder's courtyard.
"Fourth Elder, Zhou Qiang?" Zhou Yuan frowned.
Zhou Qiang is in the same group as Zhou Bugu.
He had revoked these people's positions in the family before, and the other party had a grudge against him.
Soon, Zhou Yuan arrived at the small courtyard where Zhou Qiang was.
"Fourth Elder, according to your instructions, I have ordered people to deliver the meals."
In the small courtyard, Zhou Cai said respectfully to Zhou Qiang.
Zhou Qiang smiled very satisfied and said: "Yes, when things are done, I will let you be the elder of the Zhou family."
"Isn't it inappropriate to let an outsider be the family elder?"
While the two were talking, Zhou Yuan's figure appeared in front of them at some point.
"Zhou Yuan?" Zhou Qiang and Zhou Cai were shocked at the same time.
Their conversation was overheard, which means that the matter may have been exposed.
"Third Young Master, you...what did you say?" Zhou Cai was full of horror.
Zhou Yuan sneered, but his answer was wrong, "If it weren't for my support, the Zhou family would have been destroyed long ago. How dare you harm me..."
In Zhou Yuan's opinion, these people are really stupid.
Isn't this just adding insult to injury and thinking that you can't die quickly enough?
However, Zhou Qiang did not pretend to be ignorant. He knew very well how strong Zhou Yuan was. Once exposed, he would not be able to get away with it.
Bang!
Just when Zhou Cai was still about to defend himself, Zhou Qiang stretched out his palm, and the powerful palm force instantly hit Zhou Cai's back.
Zhou Cai immediately spit out blood and flew towards Zhou Yuan quickly.
Zhou Yuan grabbed it with one hand and saw that Zhou Cai was dead.
"Zhou Qiang, you are looking for death."
Zhou Yuan was furious and when he saw Zhou Qiang running away, he immediately chased after him.
The next moment, both parties appeared outside the small courtyard where Zhou Bugu was.
Obviously just now Zhou Qiang wanted to ask for Zhou Bugu's rescue.
But his speed was obviously not as fast as Zhou Yuan, so Zhou Yuan just dodged and blocked his way.
"Three...third young master." Zhou Qiang looked horrified.
"Why was it poisoned? Who instigated you? Is it Zhou Bugu?"
Zhou Yuan's eyes were like lightning, with murderous intent. At the same time, he raised his hand, and an air platform appeared in his palm.
"Zhou Qiang..."
At this moment, an old voice suddenly came.
Zhou Bugu walked out of the small courtyard with a hunched body.
"Brother, save me...ah..."
When Zhou Qiang saw Zhou Bugu, he suddenly felt happy, but before he could finish speaking, he let out a scream.
Zhou Bugu suddenly took action, as nimble as a rabbit.
Zhou Yuan didn't pay attention for a moment, he rushed in front of Zhou Qiang and slapped him on the head.
Boom!
Zhou Qiang's head suddenly exploded, red and white things flew everywhere, and he died.
"Zhou Bugu, you..."
Zhou Yuan's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
He didn't expect that Zhou Bugu would kill someone and silence him.
Is this a cover-up?
"Old guy, you are so evil, why do you want to kill Zhou Qiang?"
Zhou Yuan said angrily.
Zhou Bugu had cold sweat on his forehead, and he immediately said: "Third Young Master, don't get me wrong, Zhou Qiang wants to poison me, how can I spare him?"
Zhou Yuan was shocked.
Zhou Bugu immediately pointed to the small courtyard, where a corpse was lying.
"Third Young Master, Zhou Qiang personally delivered my food. If my personal maid hadn't tested the poison for me, I would have been killed."
Zhou Bugu said truthfully.
Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then sneered.
Zhou Bugu is really cunning and cunning. In order to protect himself, he actually calls himself a victim.
Zhou Qiang is his die-hard loyalist, how could he harm him?
But he knew very well that Zhou Yuan could not be poisoned to death like this, so he thought of an extra way out than Zhou Qiang and the others.
At this moment, the witness was silenced, and he thought that Zhou Yuan could not do anything to him.
"Third Young Master, why don't you notify us as soon as possible and let the whole clan inspect today's meals?"
Zhou Bugu said, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Zhou Yuan sneered, "No need, you just want to harm me."
Zhou Bugu shook his head quickly, pretending to be innocent, "You can't say that, Third Young Master, my food is also poisonous."
"What's wrong?"
Hearing the sound of fighting, Zhou Mengyun and other clan members also rushed over.
"It's okay. Zhou Bugu killed a fellow clan member and locked him up."
Zhou Yuan looked at Zhou Bugu with a sneer on his face.
"What?" Zhou Bugu was shocked.
He didn't expect Zhou Yuan to act out of common sense.
Although he covered up the poisoning, he beat Zhou Qiang to death, which is another crime.
Zhou Mengyun glanced at the corpse on the ground and recognized it as Zhou Qiang.
She immediately looked at Zhou Bugu with suspicion, "Zhou Bugu, Zhou Qiang is your brother, and you actually killed him?"
Zhou Bugu said quickly: "He poisoned me. If you don't believe me, ask the third young master."
Zhou Yuan said no more.
Zhou Mengyun looked strange. After living in the Zhou family for so many years, how could she not know Zhou Bugu's thoughts?
However, she immediately ordered: "Notify us immediately to check today's meals."
Immediately, Zhou Mengyun looked at Zhou Bugu again, "You said he poisoned you, but the person is dead and there is no conclusive evidence. Since the young master has an order, then you can go to the dungeon and stay for a few days."
As he spoke, he waved his hand and several guards surrounded Zhou Bugu.
Zhou Bugu's face turned ugly for a while.
The next moment, two silver hooks penetrated directly through his bones.
"Next time, it's best not to let me catch you."
Zhou Yuan stared at Zhou Bugu and said something, then turned and left.
Zhou Bugu was also dragged away.
When he returned to the small courtyard, Zhou Yuan looked uncertain.
Although there is no evidence that Zhou Bugu conspired to poison himself, he is not stupid either.
If it weren't for the family's internal and external troubles, he would have killed him long ago.
A few more days passed.
Within the exquisite realm.
Zhou Yuan's consciousness clone finally made a breakthrough in the simulated alchemy process.
Simulating alchemy can improve the level of alchemy and minimize the error rate.
He had simulated it ten times before, and almost all of them failed.
Now he has simulated it dozens of times, only making one or two mistakes occasionally.
"Phew, I can finally make elixirs."
A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Yuan's mouth.
However, before making alchemy, he still had to prepare relevant alchemy materials.
Some of these alchemy materials can be purchased in the Zhou family's shops.
But there are still some parts, especially the materials for refining Peiji Dan, which need to be purchased from Xingyue Tower.
Zhou Yuan decided to go directly to Xingyue Tower.
Because in addition to the alchemy materials, he also needed to find a map of the Diling Mountains.