CHAPTER 326: CHAPTER 188: A DIFFERENT ESCAPE METHOD

"Rather than waiting here to be killed in twenty days, let’s try my method. Maybe if we’re lucky, we can escape," to die sooner or later is still death, just trying it might offer a chance at life.

The villagers’ hearts began to waver.

"Then tell us, how can we escape? We are only allowed out of the cave for a few hours each day, and whenever we go out, we are watched," the villagers said anxiously.

"Naturally, I have a way to get everyone out of the cave. I have a type of medicine here. Once ingested, one will appear as though dead, but after twelve hours, the effect of the drug will wear off." Yun Sheng took out an herb.

This herb, which she had found by chance in the Medicine Hall of the Wuxuan Wuji Hall, was called Poison Nutmeg, and it looked no different from ordinary beans.

Once, some uninformed farmers planted it as food. After ingestion, it would cause full-body paralysis, cease the heartbeat, and even stop breathing entirely.

"Not to hide it from everyone, Sixth Son and I are actually Hunter Soldiers from a Hunting Corps called Sky Expedition, here to rescue you. You can trust us completely. I have a limited supply of Poison Nutmeg, and I will give it first to some of those in the cave with poorer constitutions. After taking it, the mysterious people will surely treat you as dead and transport you out. At that time, I have my own methods for moving the remaining people out," Yun Sheng took out the Poison Nutmeg.

Since it would look like they died from disease, the mysterious captors wouldn’t secretly feed these bodies to the Demon Beasts.

Once the "corpses" are thrown into the wild, they will definitely awaken after twelve hours, and by then, those who took the Poison Nutmeg would be able to escape.

The villagers listened without a word.

After a while, one of the more respected villagers spoke up: "Let’s not doubt any longer. Most of us wouldn’t be alive without the blessing of this Hunter Soldier."

The villagers started to discuss among themselves. They were all simple peasants with a clear sense of gratitude and resentment. Yun Sheng’s arrival had brought them hope, along with clean water and food.

Soon, the villagers spontaneously selected a group of people.

About a hundred people were chosen, and Yun Sheng distributed the Poison Nutmeg to them.

One night passed, and as dawn was just breaking, the group of mysterious people entered the cave to take more people, only to find one-third of the people inside the cave lying about, seemingly dead.

Upon closer inspection, they found that these people had all stopped breathing and even their hearts were not beating.

In a panic, they summoned several Magic Pharmacists who were proficient in magic medicine in the team. After a round of inspections, the Magic Pharmacists shook their heads continuously.

"What’s going on? How did these people die overnight?" The mysterious person in charge entered and became so angry he started hopping from foot to foot.

Their master had already sent word urging them as the Hou Qin Border region had recently become restless, and the Dark Crown Prince’s spies had been sent to search the vicinity.

To prevent being discovered, they had to speed up the mining pace, but such a large number of people dying at this critical moment nearly drove the ringleader insane.

"Maybe the interior of the cave has been too crowded and without ventilation for too long, causing an epidemic," the Magic Pharmacists, having no knowledge of Ancient Medical Skills and completely unable to recognize the toxicity of Poison Nutmeg, believed the mass deaths were caused by an epidemic.

The ringleader looked at the state of the other people in the cave, who also appeared to be languishing.

He couldn’t let the epidemic continue. The remaining two hundred or so healthy villagers were his last card for mining the Purple Gold Mine.

After some thought, the ringleader immediately made a decision.

"Worthless! You’re all worthless. What are you standing around for? Are you planning to let the corpses spread disease here? Move them all out. The rest of the villagers, gather them in an open area and lock them up together with the group of villagers from the livestock shed."

Yun Sheng was among the crowd. Upon hearing what the ringleader said, a smile appeared on her face.

Good, this is exactly what she was waiting for them to be locked up together.

The mysterious people drove the villagers, lifting the "dead bodies" and taking them outside.

While helping to move the corpses, Yun Sheng caught sight of the mysterious people she had encountered earlier. She wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but she discovered that they were blinking suspiciously at her.

This inexplicably made Yun Sheng feel a twinge of guilt.

Just as Yun Sheng had anticipated, fearing the "corpses" would also infect the Demon Beasts with disease, they ordered the villagers to throw the "bodies" far away.

After discarding the "bodies," Yun Sheng and the more than two hundred villagers were all herded to the vicinity of the livestock sheds.

Thus, almost all the villagers who had been captured were imprisoned together.

"It’s Mom!" Liu Zi caught sight of a familiar figure.

Upon seeing her long-lost husband and son Liu Zi, Liu Zi’s mother also broke down in tears.

The family of three had not imagined that in their lifetimes they would have a day of reunion.

"Liu Zi, uncle and aunt, don’t get caught up in your emotions just yet," Yun Sheng calmed the excited family of Liu Zi.

She handed a packet of Poison Nutmeg to Liu Zi’s mother.

"Auntie, you’re in charge of the food for those mysterious people; please help by mixing these beans with the beans they normally eat."

Liu Zi’s father and Liu Zi had already informed Liu Zi’s mother of Yun Sheng’s approximate identity.

"Little Divine Doctor, are you planning to poison them?" Liu Zi’s father was surprised and upon looking into Yun Sheng’s eyes brimming with spiritual energy, he suddenly understood.

From the epidemic to being driven to the livestock sheds and then to poisoning, all had been anticipated by Yun Sheng beforehand.

Suddenly a hundred people dead?

The small leader of the mysterious people ordered his subordinates to remove the bodies and leave them in the wilderness.

Ye Beiming and Cheng Bai were among them.

Looking at the bodies discarded in the wilderness, Cheng Bai was puzzled, "What is the Little Divine Doctor playing at?"

"These people are not dead," even the mysterious people’s accompanying Magic Pharmacists did not notice, but Ye Beiming immediately discovered it.

"Not dead? You mean to say, she’s the one behind this?" Cheng Bai was astounded by Ye Beiming’s revelation.

The Little Divine Doctor surely had a lot of nerve, to brazenly "steal" a hundred people right from under the mysterious people’s eyes.

"Besides this, can you think of any other method to save people more quickly and efficiently?" These villagers are all Da Zhou citizens, and if possible, Ye Beiming also wanted to save them.

At first glance, these people appear dead, but if they were truly dead, how could their bodies and skin lack stiffness after a night?

Little Wildcat, you’ve played a good hand.

Is this the power of a Doctor? The power to save lives and also to control death.

Ye Beiming mused, this is the first time he felt a special reverence for life, and he hadn’t expected that person to be her.

Soon after the "corpses" were discarded in the wilderness, during the night, Zong Ren arrived with dozens of Hunter Soldiers.

Upon seeing the "corpses" everywhere, they immediately rescued the people using the method taught by Yun Sheng and quietly transferred them.