Chapter 138 - 140: Su Luoluo’s Stratagem (Part 1)

Chapter 138: Chapter 140: Su Luoluo’s Stratagem (Part 1)

After conferring with Su Luoluo, Su Yang raised a hand and addressed the beastmen and females gathered in the square:

"Everyone must be wondering what happened to poison everyone in our tribe. Luoluo just told me she has found the reason, and I’ll let her explain what’s going on."

Hearing this, Su Luoluo stepped forward, looked at the beastmen and females below, and said, "I’ve just examined it carefully. The reason everyone was poisoned is because the salt we ate this time contained these yellow particles."

As she spoke, Su Luoluo walked down with the beast-skin salt pouch and showed it to the beastmen.

When she saw that most of them had gotten a good look, she spoke again. "This yellow substance only appears when the salt isn’t purified properly during the first stage. If you follow my steps for purification, it’s impossible for this stuff to be present." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

"Everyone, please look. This is the salt I purify for my own use." After speaking, Su Luoluo also showed the beast-skin pouch of salt she had brought with her to all the beastmen.

After examining it, a beastman asked, "So, we were poisoned because we didn’t purify it properly?"

Su Luoluo nodded. "That’s right. The improper purification left behind impurities containing these yellow particles. That’s why we felt weak, drooled uncontrollably, and had constant diarrhea."

"But we followed the method you told us, Luoluo! How could there still be a problem? Is there something wrong with your salt-refining method?"

"Yeah! We never had any problems when we ate salt from the city-state before."

Hearing Su Luoluo say there was a problem with the salt, the beastmen began to question her.

Su Nuannuan watched the beastmen loudly protesting against Su Luoluo, her eyes curving upward in delight. She was in a wonderful mood.

’After this, who will ever trust Su Luoluo again?’

Su Luoluo held up a hand to quiet them and said in a low, serious voice, "Everyone, if the salt I purify were the problem, I wouldn’t be standing here perfectly healthy. My beastmen and I have been eating my salt and we’re all completely fine, so there’s definitely nothing wrong with it."

"If that’s the case, why is the salt you eat fine, while there’s a problem with ours?" a beastman demanded.

"That’s because someone deliberately poured the impure water from the first stage of purification into the finished salt. When the salt dried, tiny yellow particles were mixed in."

"Are you saying someone in our tribe secretly poisoned the salt? That’s impossible!" Hearing Su Luoluo’s claim, many of the beastmen immediately protested.

"Exactly! Everyone in our tribe eats this salt. What would they gain from doing that?"

"Right, I don’t agree with your theory either."

Su Luoluo wasn’t surprised by the beastmen’s reaction. She gestured for them to be quiet and said,

"I know you all think it’s impossible, but these yellow particles in the salt didn’t just appear out of thin air."

"The culprit should step forward now. The leader and I have discussed this. If you come forward, you won’t be held accountable."

The crowd instantly erupted.

"Why would anyone use poison?"

"Exactly, we’re the ones eating it. Why would anyone do that?"

"Could Su Luoluo be mistaken?"

...

Murmurs spread through the crowd, but no one stepped forward to confess.

Seeing that no one came forward, Su Luoluo spoke again. "Since no one is confessing, then we’ll just have to ask the Heavenly God."

She glanced at Su Yang, who nodded and commanded the tribespeople, "Everyone, go to the Holy Fire. One by one, swear an oath to the Holy Fire to prove your innocence!"

Hearing this, everyone rushed toward the Holy Fire House.

Watching her, Fu Feng asked in confusion, "What is Su Luoluo trying to do?"

Xiao Ye crossed his arms and grinned. "If you want to know, why don’t we just follow them and find out?"

While they spoke, Nantu had already turned to leave. Xi Yi followed with a smirk.

The Holy Fire House was a structure built by the tribe specifically to house the Holy Fire.

Su Luoluo had been here once before when she lit the Holy Fire. This was her second visit.

The Holy Fire torch burned fiercely inside the wooden house. The beastmen and females lined up, one after another, to swear an oath to the Holy Fire, promising they hadn’t put anything in the salt.

The first several people in line passed without issue, but when it was Su Nuannuan’s turn, the Holy Fire suddenly diminished significantly—an abnormal sight.

Su Nuannuan’s heart leaped in shock as she saw the Holy Fire shrink, but her face remained a mask of innocence as she shook her head and said, "It wasn’t me. I didn’t do anything."

The tribespeople were also stunned by this development, unable to believe that Su Nuannuan was behind the poisoned salt.

She was always so gentle and considerate; how could she possibly do something to harm the entire tribe?

"It can’t be Nuannuan, can it? She’s such a good female."

"I can’t believe it either. She’s not the type of person to do something like this."

"I don’t believe it either, but the Heavenly God would never lie to us."

Some people even asked Su Nuannuan to her face, "Nuannuan, did you really poison the salt?"

Su Nuannuan shook her head frantically. "No, I didn’t do it! The Heavenly God must have made a mistake."

The crowd was divided; some believed her, while others did not.

Although Su Nuannuan was panicking, she knew her situation would be even worse if she confessed. So she adamantly denied any involvement.

Feeling the weight of their stares, she bit her lip and whispered, "I didn’t do anything. Did someone make the Holy Fire shrink on purpose?"

Then, with tear-filled eyes, she looked at Su Luoluo. "Luoluo, I know you don’t like me, but you shouldn’t use your Water Ability to make the Holy Fire shrink."

In an instant, all eyes were on Su Luoluo again.

’That’s right. It was Su Luoluo’s idea to come to the Holy Fire House. And with her Water Ability, putting out a fire would be easy for her.’

Su Luoluo looked at the White Lotus before her, a grudging admiration rising in her heart.

’This Su Nuannuan is surprisingly clever, blaming my superpower right away. A pity for her that I didn’t use my Water Ability, but my Fire Ability.’

Hearing this, she said lightly, "What are you implying, Sister? How could I possibly control the size of the Holy Fire? I do have a Water Ability, but I can only douse a fire, not shrink it. Don’t try to frame me for your own misdeeds."

Hearing this, the beastmen had to agree she had a point.

’Water can only put out a fire. It can’t make one smaller.’

"But I really didn’t do anything! Please, everyone, believe me." Su Nuannuan felt she couldn’t explain her way out of this and could only resort to tearfully begging them.

Without any proof, nothing could be decided.

’I thought I could finally drive Su Luoluo out of the tribe this time. I never expected to underestimate her so badly. How did she figure it out so quickly?’