Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 44: The Secret Room in the Secret Room
Picking up the porcelain bottle and opening the cork, Jiang Xuan discovered a dark substance inside. When he smelled it closely, he discovered a slightly familiar smell.

"Where have I smelled this smell before?" Jiang Xuan quickly searched his memory and soon remembered the last time this smell appeared.

The diamond-shaped dart from that day was stained with a dark substance that was almost identical to the one in this porcelain bottle, and it smelled exactly the same.

"So the dart was coated with this kind of poison." Jiang Xuan thought of this and put the stopper on the porcelain bottle. Just as he was about to put the porcelain bottle back into the wooden box, he found a note at the bottom of the box.

Jiang Xuan picked up the note and found that there was not a single word on it, only a picture. The picture seemed to show flames and an object similar to a container, but the rest of the content was difficult to make out.

After watching it several times, Jiang Xuan still made no progress in interpreting the content of the picture.

"Bring it here and let me see." Old Sha, who was leaning against the door of the secret room, saw that Jiang Xuan was at a loss, and then spoke.

Jiang Xuan stood up and handed the diagram to Elder Sha. Elder Sha took the diagram and, at first, found it difficult to decipher. After some thought, he returned it to Jiang Xuan and said, "This should be a diagram describing some kind of extraction method. Although I don't know the specifics of this diagram, judging by the extraction method shown above, it must have been created by a pharmacist, and a highly skilled one at that."

"In that case, it was probably done by that pharmacist from another state." Jiang Xuan said with regret.

At this moment, the mystery that had been bothering Jiang Xuan was finally solved.

In the battle with Fatty, after Jiang Xuan was hit by the dart, although the substance coated on the dart made him feel paralyzed for a while and caused a huge pain for a period of time, Jiang Xuan was more affected by the paralyzing effect at that time. This made Jiang Xuan very confused at the time, and he once thought that it was a change brought about by the improvement of his strength.

Now thinking back, what was coated on the darts was not poison, but some kind of paralyzing substance extracted according to the method shown in the picture just now.

The fat man mistook the bottle of substance for poison and smeared it on the dart. Later, the paralyzing effect of the substance once again confused the fat man and interfered with his judgment.

It was precisely because of that bottle of extract from the out-of-state pharmacist that he had bewitched the fat man twice and unexpectedly saved Jiang Xuan's life. In this way, the out-of-state pharmacist could be considered Jiang Xuan's savior.

"A pharmacist from another state?" Old Sha asked Jiang Xuan with a look of surprise.

"Well, since you have been in Qizhou City, you should have heard about the young pharmacist from other states." Jiang Xuan said in a low voice.

"The news has spread throughout Qizhou a long time ago. It is said that the pharmacist from another state mysteriously disappeared in Qizhou, and the large number of high-quality pills he carried with him also disappeared. Most people in Qizhou say that it was the work of the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group, but no one knows whether it is true or not. Unexpectedly, the pills left by the pharmacist ended up here." Old Sha naturally saw the regret on Jiang Xuan's face, and said in a deep voice.

"As far as I know, the out-of-state pharmacist was not kidnapped by the Evil Wolf Mercenaries, but by a Heavenly Rank Warrior." The regret on Jiang Xuan's face did not diminish.

"A Heaven-level warrior? Where is that Heaven-level warrior now? In this way, if we find that warrior, we can also find that pharmacist from other states." said Old Sha.

"The warrior who robbed the out-of-state pharmacist also robbed me later." Jiang Xuan said to Old Sha.

"So, that person is the 'bad guy' you mentioned before..." Seeing Jiang Xuan nod, Old Sha finally understood the whole matter.

A Heavenly Rank warrior encountered the out-of-state pharmacist and Jiang Xuan, attempting to rob them both. After successfully kidnapping the pharmacist, he was defeated by Jiang Xuan when he tried to rob him.

With Mr. Sha's experience, it was not difficult for him to guess that both the out-of-state pharmacist and the warrior who kidnapped him had probably met with an accident.

So, since that warrior was able to kidnap the out-of-state pharmacist from a large mercenary group, he must have some skills. And Jiang Xuan, with his mid-level Heavenly Rank strength, was able to defeat that warrior, so naturally, he was highly regarded by Elder Sha. Elder Sha walked into the secret room, explored its surroundings, and placed his hand somewhere on the wall.

"Stand behind me." Old Sha said in a deep voice.

The moment Jiang Xuan retreated behind Sha Lao, Sha Lao exerted a little force with his palm on the wall of the secret room, and the wall exploded instantly, and a big hole appeared in the wall near Sha Lao's palm.

After a large amount of dust settled, another secret room within the secret room appeared in front of Sha Lao and Jiang Xuan.

The light in the second secret room was dimmer, but because the overall space was smaller, with the help of the light from the first secret room, one could roughly observe the situation inside.

Jiang Xuan opened the tinder, but did not find any candles or oil lamps or other lighting objects on both sides of the door of the second secret room, so he simply held the tinder up to explore.

Soon, Jiang Xuan found two men in a low-lying area within the chamber, but both were lifeless. One was lying prone, while the other, a few steps away, was leaning against the edge of the chamber. Judging by their appearance, one was in his forties, the other around twenty.

"Of the two, the younger one is probably the pharmacist from out of state. As for the identity of the other one, it's hard to say." Old Sha walked to Jiang Xuan's side and said in a deep voice.

Jiang Xuan stood there without saying a word.

"Alas, such a young pharmacist, what a pity." Old Sha sighed and began to search for clues left by the two murdered people.

After a while, Mr. Sha walked to Jiang Xuan and handed him a few things in his hand.

Seeing that Jiang Xuan did not react, Old Sha stuffed the thing in his hand into Jiang Xuan's hand again. The latter finally reacted and took the thing.

There weren't many things, and on the top was a jade token. Jiang Xuan had seen it before. It was a jade token from the Green Lake Auction House. Seeing this jade token from the Green Lake Auction House, Jiang Xuan had some guesses about the identity of the middle-aged man.

Below the jade token is a booklet that looks very new. It should be a booklet of newly created exercises.

Below the manual was another booklet with a pattern on it. Although it was not clear in the secret room, it could be seen that it was the same pattern as the one on the young pharmacist's robe.

Jiang Xuan was very confused at the moment, which was noticed by Old Sha a long time ago. It was for this reason that Old Sha went to search for clues personally.

Jiang Xuan bowed to the young pharmacist's seat, put away the things in his hand, and said respectfully to Elder Sha beside him, "Elder Sha, I'll leave the other one in your care."

Sha Lao and Jiang Xuan buried the two people who were killed in the secret room somewhere outside the cave.

About an hour later, an old man and a young boy appeared at the foot of a mountain. The old man walked in front with his hands behind his back, while the young boy followed behind the old man with a rag bag on his back.

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