He Lan Tianxia

Chapter 278 Poison Pill Antidote, Eagle Shows Loyalty

"However, this cave leads to the Nine Demon Tower." The Pavilion Master said both what he should and shouldn't have said.

"What kind of bizarre place is the Nine Demon Tower?" Murong Junlan immediately became vigilant.

So the Pavilion Master recounted his experience of repairing the cave and how he discovered the path to the Nine Demon Tower. He mentioned that he had managed to seize the Crimson Spirit Spring Water by chance last time, and downplayed his poisoning. He didn't want Murong Junlan to worry, but he also specifically reminded him that the Nine Demon Tower Master was a powerful figure who didn't follow the normal path.

"They'll stay outside to provide backup, and the two of us will go in together." Murong Junlan didn't want any good people to get caught up in such a sinister and eerie place.

“Your Highness, I’ll go too.” Jiang He and Ling Yi walked up.

"Lingyi is fine, Jiang He, you stay outside." Murong Junlan glanced at the two and agreed to Lingyi's request. Jiang He immediately humiliated the prince. Jiang He felt a little wronged, thinking that he hadn't specially trained in martial arts and his skills weren't bad, but he didn't dare to say a word and obediently stepped aside.

"Your Highness, wait!" Lingyi saw a hawk carrying a bag of pills flying over hurriedly. The hawk dropped the bag in front of the prince and told Lingyi to take the pills.

"Don't you think I've had enough poison pills?" The prince didn't even want to open the bag. He had taken the poison pills a few days ago to show the Pavilion Master, but little did he know that the other party didn't mean it that way at all. He had misjudged the situation. He was already poisoned, and if he took any more, he really wouldn't be able to save the princess.

"I won't eat. Sect Master, let's go." Murong Junlan took a long stride and strode out.

The eagle screeched anxiously and chased after them, not even having time to speak with Ling Yi. Ever since Jiang Heluoxie and the others brought back the large block of ice, all the ice lotus flowers had bloomed in competition. In the past few days, it had taken advantage of the good opportunity to ask Prince Murong for the poison pills to see if they could be refined again. It hadn't slept for days and nights, and its eyes were bloodshot. Today, it had just finished refining them and was happily bringing them over to tell the prince that the poison of those pills had been eliminated. Unexpectedly, the prince didn't even glance at them before leaving.

The eagle opened its long beak and grabbed Murong Junlan's clothes, flapping its wings frantically to pull at him. Murong Junlan was anxious to save people and had no time to argue with the eagle. Besides, he had no interest in the bag of poison pills. He even thought the eagle was wasting its time handling them. So he waved his long sleeve to drive the eagle away. The eagle became anxious and circled around Murong Junlan, while also explaining the truth to Ling Yi.

Lingyi told Murong Junlan that Cangying had refined the poisonous pill into a high-grade one in the past few days, and had long since digested the original toxicity. To help the prince recover his strength as quickly as possible, Cangying suggested that the prince and the sect leader consume several handfuls of the pill. Murong Junlan finally managed to retract his outstretched hand in time, fortunately without injuring Cangying.

Just as Murong Junlan stopped, the eagle finally collapsed from exhaustion, its vision blurred, and it fell off Murong Junlan's shoulder with a thud. Murong Junlan caught it with lightning speed. Without thinking, Murong Junlan took out a pill from his bag and stuffed it into the eagle's mouth.

The real pills are indeed different. The moment Murong Junlan opened the bag, he could smell the refreshing fragrance of the pills, which was so pleasant that it made him feel relaxed and happy.

The two who had taken the pills immediately felt refreshed and invigorated. Murong Junlan and the Pavilion Master exchanged a glance, and the two of them, understanding each other perfectly, headed into the deep cave. Only the two of them knew what a life-or-death struggle this treacherous battle would be like.

Lingyi shrunk her body back to its original size and followed.