Chapter 225: Detoxification

The sudden embrace of warm fragrance and soft jade left Li Luo stunned, but before he could savor this wonderful feeling for long, Jiang Jiang Qinge withdrew.

Li Luo felt as if his heart instantly became empty.

He smacked his lips and complained, "That was too short."

Cai Wei walked over with a smile, teasing, "Young Master of the Branch, don't rush. There will be plenty of chances later. Perform well, and why worry about having more enjoyment?"

"Moreover..."

She pointed her slender jade fingers at the other detoxification potions, saying, "There are still so many detoxification potions that haven't been 'finalized' yet. Young Master of the Branch, can you handle it?"

She blinked her charming eyes, her smile full of grace.

Li Luo looked at the rows of detoxification potions, his heart giving a slight twitch. His hand unconsciously touched his waist, then he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't tell me the words 'you can't'!"

Then he grabbed the other detoxification potions and began the "finalization."

For the next half hour, Li Luo almost completely drained his own Xiang Force, and the result was that all these detoxification potions were "finalized" by him.

When the last vial of detoxification potion was finished, Li Luo sat on the chair somewhat exhausted, feeling his whole body go weak and sore.

Cai Wei clapped her hands with a smile, expressing praise and approval for the Young Master of the Branch's endurance.

Yan Yan Lingqing thoughtfully poured Li Luo a cup of hot tea, saying at the same time, "Young Master of the Branch, this is ginseng tea prepared for you. Drink up to replenish yourself."

Li Luo rolled his eyes, drank the ginseng tea clean in one gulp, and after regaining some strength, forced himself to stand up, saying, "There is no time to lose. Prepare to take the detoxification potions out for use."

Jiang Jiang Qinge nodded, opened the door, and then ordered people to carry all these detoxification potions out.

Outside the house, Qin Wang and the other healers had not yet left. Looking at the detoxification potions being carried out, their eyes were full of shock; they did not understand what Xi Yang House intended to do with these semi-finished detoxification potions.

Especially Qin Wang; his gaze flickered slightly, then a strange smile appeared on his lips, thinking this was an irrational move by Li Luo out of desperation.

However, Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge did not pay attention to him, but instead instructed Elder Zheng Ping, who was waiting outside, saying, "Distribute these detoxification potions to the poisoned ones."

Elder Zheng Ping was stunned. Although he did not know what had happened inside the room, he had previously heard from these healers that the detoxification potions for this time seemed to have failed.

"Yes."

However, despite his doubts, out of trust in Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge, he nodded, then called for people to help and took away these detoxification potions.

The poisoned ones were now all carried into the courtyard in front of the house. A foul stench emanated from their bodies, and their skin was covered in black spots, clearly showing that the poison had deeply corroded them.

Surrounding them were many Xiang Refiners from the headquarters, all wearing worried expressions. They now knew how much attention the situation here had drawn in Great Xia City. If these branch Xiang Refiners truly died of poison within the headquarters today, it would likely cause a devastating impact on Xi Yang House's reputation.

At this moment, Elder Zheng Ping led people to pour all the detoxification potions into the mouths of Tang Yun, Lu Lu Xiaofeng, and others.

All gazes were cast over with tension.

Even Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge showed some tension in their eyes. Although the poison blood had indeed been neutralized earlier, everything still depended on whether these poisoned ones could truly be detoxified...

The courtyard was silent as a grave; the air seemed to solidify at this moment.

Until ten-plus minutes later, someone suddenly let out a cry of shock: "The poison spots on their bodies seem to be fading!"

The cry caused a wave of commotion, and then more and more people discovered that the poison spots on Tang Yun and the others were indeed becoming lighter.

A short while later, the poison spots on their skin had completely vanished.

Wow!

Suddenly, a poisoned one opened his eyes, let out a "Wa!", and vomited a mouthful of foul-smelling black poison blood. The smell was unbearable.

Wa! Wa!

More and more poisoned ones began to wake up, vomiting black blood. However, this time the vomiting made all the Xiang Refiners at the headquarters overjoyed, because they knew this meant the toxins in their bodies were being expelled!

Those detoxification potions were indeed effective!

Intense cheers rang out at this moment.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge also felt a great relief, letting out a deep breath.

And if Li Luo and his side were relieved, then Qin Wang and the other healers were completely baffled. Looking at the poisoned ones vomiting blood and beginning to wake up, the confusion on their faces almost drowned them.

What just happened?

The detoxification potions these people had taken earlier were indeed brewed by them, but... how could there be such an effect?

Moreover, what they left behind were only semi-finished detoxification potions!

After they left, what exactly happened inside the house?

Qin Wang's curiosity in his heart was like a rat scratching, then he couldn't help but let out a dry laugh, saying, "Young Master of the Branch, Young Lady Jiang, what is going on? The detoxification potions we left behind seemed to be only semi-finished, right? How could they have such an effect?"

Li Luo glanced at him and said with a smile, "Could it be precisely because they were semi-finished that they had such miraculous effects?"

Qin Wang smiled awkwardly, cursing inwardly, "Bullshit! How could semi-finished products have miraculous effects? Are you trying to fool a ghost?"

However, Li Luo clearly did not want to tell him the secret, so he had no choice. Moreover, Li Luo's gaze, staring and sizing him up, seemed a bit sharp, making the already guilty Qin Wang break out in cold sweat on his back.

"Ahem."

Just as Li Luo was thinking about how to deal with Qin Wang, a violent coughing sound suddenly arose from over there. He looked and saw Tang Yun and Lu Lu Xiaofeng also vomiting black blood, then coughing as they woke up.

Li Luo hurriedly walked forward. Facing the somewhat confused and weak gazes of Tang Yun and Lu Lu Xiaofeng, he smiled faintly and pointed to the other branch Xiang Refiners around them.

"You two, you should understand what happened in this scene, right?"

Tang Yun and Lu Lu Xiaofeng looked at the weak branch Xiang Refiners around them, then their eyes turned red, and finally they let out a low growl like wild beasts: "Manager Pei Hao, you are so poisonous!"

The cause and effect instantly became clear at this moment.

Manager Pei Hao must have done something to them before, then guided them to the Xi Yang House headquarters. His purpose was to send them into the headquarters, and finally, let them die there, thereby framing the Luo Lan Manor and Li Luo.

They did not suspect at all that Li Luo had poisoned them; after all, if anything happened to them at Xi Yang House, it would bring a bad influence to Li Luo.

And if it wasn't Li Luo, then the answer was obvious.

"It was the farewell wine Manager Pei Hao gave us earlier!" Lu Lu Xiaofeng said through gritted teeth.

The other branch Xiang Refiners also realized this and immediately began cursing loudly.

Tang Yun looked at Li Luo and said somewhat shamefully, "Young Master of the Branch, I'm sorry. We were all used by others and caused trouble for you."

The others also looked over with grateful and admiring eyes.

Li Luo sighed, waved his hand, and said, "After all, you are people of my Xi Yang House. I will not let you die before my eyes."

"So now... the two branch managers, are you still planning to return to the West Ridge Prefecture branch?" He stared at Tang Yun and Lu Lu Xiaofeng.

The two men exchanged a bitter smile upon hearing that.

"Young Master, please don't tease us. That Manager Pei Hao is so vicious—how could we dare go back... If Young Master doesn't mind, let us serve at headquarters from now on."

A smile surfaced on Li Luo's face, and he nodded.

"But before that, I'll need to trouble the two of you with something..."

He raised his head, looking beyond headquarters. This Manager Pei Hao had gone to such great lengths to stage this grand performance—it was time to wrap things up for him.