"Everyone quickly take off your masks! Quickly!"

  Hua Rou shouted loudly and dropped the flagpole in her hand, turned around and took off Mu Junwu's mask beside her. Yu'er reacted quickly to take it off, but Tang Liu was stunned, so she hurriedly snatched the mask from his hand and threw it on the ground.

  The change at this moment was astonishing, but at this time, the two disciples in the first row who wore masks actually fell to the ground one after another.

  The scene suddenly became chaotic and noisy.

  Mu Junwu, who had already removed his mask, glanced at the two disciples on the ground and pulled Hua Rou down to the ground, pretending to be unconscious!

  He reminded Huajou to pretend to be dizzy, but Huajou didn't catch the hint at all. Instead, she quickly turned around and rushed towards Tang Xiao, shouting loudly: "Close the lacquer box! Quick!"

  Tang Xiao heard the words without any ambiguity, immediately turned around and closed the lacquer box, avoiding the rest of the mask from being exposed outside. Meanwhile, Tang Feiyan beside him had a bewildered face, still not reacting to what had just happened.

  The lacquer box was closed, but Tang Xiao's face turned pale, his eyes filled with terror as he looked at Hua Rou, the unspoken anxiety spreading silently in the movement of his lips.

  The flagpole in Yu'er's hand fell to the ground, and she immediately fell to the ground, unconscious.

  Hua Rou saw the situation, one hand stretched out to pull down the sachet hanging from her waist, and at the same time pulled off the sachet on Yu Er's waist, picked it up and turned around to run away, but a hand grabbed her arm.

  "What is this?" Tang Lei shouted loudly.

  Hua Rou just opened her mouth to respond when Tang Jiu'er rushed forward: "Rescue is urgent!"

  "Hua Rou stood up and shouted loudly: 'Let me go! I want to save people!'"

  "I'm afraid you're harming people!"

  "Let her go!" Grandma's voice came crashing down from the top of the high platform, she had already taken off her mask, and the golden staff in her hand was smashing to the ground one after another: "Save people first!"

  "Master of the door..." Tang Lei wanted to argue, but unexpectedly, Hua Rou suddenly stomped her foot on his, he was in so much pain that he gritted his teeth, while Hua Rou took advantage of the opportunity to shake him off, quickly tore off the feathered skirt hem from her body, wrapped up the two sachets and rushed to a deserted place to put them down.

  At this moment, Hong Gu supported Grandma to quickly come down from the high platform. Tang Jiu'er rushed to the two disciples who fainted first, took off their masks and handed them directly to Linlin who followed her: "Take it away."

  Ling Ling quickly retreated, and Tang Jiu'er flipped her hand over, revealing several silver needles between her fingers.

  She briefly examined the condition of the two disciples and immediately gave several injections to the fainted disciple's head, then went to the fainted Mu Junwu.

  Tang Jiuer grabbed Mu Junwu's arm, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She quickly glanced at Mu Junwu and then swiftly stabbed the silver needle into his head before leaving him to go back to Yu'er's side and give her an injection.

  In less than three breaths, Yu'er let out a hum and showed signs of waking up. At the same time, Mu Junwu coughed twice and opened his eyes.

  At this moment, Tang Lei's eyebrows slightly furrowed, while Tang Shiqi glanced at Tang Lei with an uneasy expression, her face filled with uncontrollable panic.

  Lord, I and Yu'er woke up, but those two disciples in the first row didn't react.

  Tang Jiuer returned to the side of these two disciples, checked them briefly, and then put away the silver needle.

  "How is it?" Grandma also came forward with Hong Gu, and at this moment her hand was slightly trembling.

  "They're beyond salvation." Tang Jiuer's reply was icy cold, but her eyes betrayed a complex and gloomy sentiment.

  Grandma's face turned gloomy upon hearing this, and for a moment she was silent.

  At this moment, Yu'er, who had just woken up, heard Tang Jiuer's sentence and stood still on the spot as if thinking about something, while Mu Junwu looked bewildered.

  Tang Qiqi sprang into action! She rushed to the side of her deceased disciple, her face shocked as she re-checked his pulse, then turned to Tang Jiu'er and asked sternly, "Why couldn't you two be saved?"

  "This poison can kill a person in ten breaths. The two of them are beyond saving." Tang Jiuer said with a sigh, as if regretful.

  "Poison?" Tang Shi Qi's face was shocked, as if she had been startled.

  Tang Jiuer glanced at Tang Shiqi's expression, which was just a performance, and turned to look at Hua Rou, with more complexity and worry in her eyes.

  Huā Róu had already walked back at this time, she took a deep breath and said calmly: "It was the fragrance of rice on my body and the vermilion paste on the mask that combined to become... Yan Luo's evil spirit."

  Yan Luo Jie, a highly toxic substance that can cause death in ten breaths.

  As soon as the three words came out, they scared away many of the confused disciples around them, and even scared Tang Feiyan into dropping the lacquer box handle she had been holding onto.

  Tang Xiao reacted quickly, catching the lacquer box and preventing it from falling to the ground and possibly reopening to reveal the mask. However, despite catching the box, the worry between his eyebrows did not decrease one bit. He looked at Hua Rou with concern, his fingers unknowingly tightening around the edge of the box as he held it.

  Everyone was frightened and retreated in a hurry, Tang Jiuer saw the situation and quickly explained:

  "Mifengxiang is not highly toxic, its fragrance is very light, but those who smell it will have a rapid heartbeat, their blood and energy will surge, showing excitement, that's all. As for the arsenic paste, it has no color or taste, smelling it won't harm you, but if your skin comes into slight contact with it, your blood will immediately boil and burn your internal organs, causing you to faint, but it also won't take your life."

  Tang Jiuer said up to this point, looked at Hua Rou with a glance: "These two poisons, singly speaking, are not fatal, but once superimposed, they will become Yan Luo's evil spirit, and ten breaths will be fatal. Hua Rou, why do you need to carry Mi Guo Xiang on your body?"

  "Master, this morning I just got the flag and found that the flagpole was smeared with hundred steps epilepsy powder..."

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  One after another, the sound of flags falling to the ground rang out. Those disciples who were still holding onto their flags looked at Tang Jiu'er with terrified expressions, seemingly seeking help.

  Huā Róu stepped forward and said, "Don't be afraid, the poison of the Hundred Steps doesn't kill people. It will only cause the poisoned person to convulse and vomit for a short time."

  She said, looking back at Tang Jiu'er: "Master, the ceremony was about to begin at that time. I had no way of informing you and couldn't delay the proceedings, so I could only first prepare some rice, fruit, and incense to wear on my body to counteract it, thinking that after it ended, I would report back to Master... who knew..."

  Hua Rou turned her head to look at the golden mask that Tang Jiuer had discarded: "There is actually a poisonous paste on this mask."

  Tang Jiu'er was about to speak when Tang Lei stood up: "How dare you! The Qingming Festival ceremony is our family's ancestral business, and all the offerings are carefully checked. How could the flagpole be poisonous?"

  "It's really poisonous!" Yuer rose from the ground: "I found it with Huarou this morning!"

  "Impossible! The flagpoles are all here now, Master Poison, you might as well inspect them carefully, don't tarnish the reputation of my family's estate!"

  "Paternal grandmother frowned and said: 'Jiuer, you go check it out!'"

  "Yes." Tang Jiuer turned around and began to inspect the flagpole, while Grandma turned her head towards Tang Xiao.

  Tang Xiao shook his head under Grandma's gaze.

  Grandma shifted her gaze to look at Tang Jiu'er, while Tang Fei Yan looked at Grandma and then at Tang Xiao, furrowing her brow.

  "How is it?" Tang Lei immediately asked as he watched Tang Jiu'er stand up from beside the flagpole.

  Tang Jiuer's eyes dimmed and said: "The flagpole department is non-toxic."