Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City
Chapter 196 What did you say?

Chapter 196: Chapter 196 What did you say?

Chen Fan searched the room but found no trace of the Soft Bone Pill.

He checked his other belongings as well, many precious elixirs and things like bank cards were all in the backpack on the bed, yet all of them were untouched.

"Could the thief be too stupid, not taking any valuable items and only stealing the Poison Pill?"

"If something happens because of that, I won’t take responsibility."

Since it was already evening, and the items lost weren’t too valuable, Chen Fan didn’t go to Tang Wenxuan but decided to ask about it tomorrow.

Without further thought, he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

Early the next morning.

While Chen Fan was still in a cultivation state, he heard a commotion outside.

Curious, he came out of the cultivation state and walked into the courtyard.

Two servants from the Tang Family were hastily walking toward the main courtyard, and Chen Fan stopped them to ask, "What’s happened outside?"

One of the servants answered, "The masters from the Zhou Family of Jinling, the Sun Family of Rongcheng, and the Huo Family of Linzhou have become paralyzed for some reason, they can’t even speak. Their families are accusing Miss Chuchu of causing this, and they’ve come to demand an explanation."

Chen Fan, puzzled, "Paralyzed? Aren’t those three transformation realm masters? And they were fine yesterday, how could they suddenly become paralyzed?"

The servant shrugged, "Who knows? They supposedly ate something and then started getting weak all over, bones going soft, collapsing to the ground."

Chen Fan’s expression grew strange, "Doesn’t that sound exactly like the effects of a Soft Bone Pill?"

To clarify the situation, he followed the two servants to the main courtyard.

By that time, a large crowd had gathered in the main courtyard.

Zhou Buwen, Sun Xiaotian, and Huo Liancheng, three transformation realm masters, were seated in wheelchairs, expressions of despair on their faces.

Their family members stood by the wheelchairs with faces filled with sad anger, glaring at the Tang Family members.

Tang Chuchu stood in front of the Tang Family members, looking over at the silent Zhou Buwen and the others, her heart blossoming with joy.

"God has opened his eyes, you all stole my elixir, and now you are suffering the consequences, hmph."

At the same time, she felt puzzled, "Wasn’t Chen Fan’s Gathering Yuan Pill a divine elixir? Why would it paralyze people? This guy is really unreliable."

Tang Yuanshan and Tang Wenxuan wore odd expressions, looking at the wheelchair-bound masters, at a loss for words.

A younger member of the Zhou Family pointed at Tang Chuchu, exclaiming indignantly, "Our family head became like this after taking some kind of elixir yesterday, he said before getting paralyzed that he got the elixir from you, you must give us an explanation today!"

The Sun Family and Huo Family members nodded in agreement.

Tang Chuchu, not accepting this, retorted, "Just because they said they got it from me doesn’t make it true. Do you have any evidence? Without evidence, isn’t it just slander? I could just as well claim that these three old men owe me ten billion, so hurry up and pay me back."

The members of the three families immediately wanted to retort, but after pondering, they didn’t know what to say, as they truly had no evidence.

Seeing their reaction, Tang Chuchu sneered to herself, "Anyway, those three old men can’t speak anymore. No one saw them visiting me yesterday. Now, even if I deny it, what can they do to me?"

Zhou Buwen and the other two showed expressions of utter frustration, but as they were too weak to speak, they could only sit in their wheelchairs, furiously but helplessly fuming.

Tang Yuanshan stepped forward, "Everyone, there seems to be some misunderstanding here, but Chuchu is not wrong, if you suspect her, you should present evidence. To draw conclusions merely based on a few words is too arbitrary."

Zhou’s younger generation gritted their teeth and said, "Even if we don’t have evidence, all of our seniors from the three families mentioned Tang Chuchu’s name before they became paralyzed, which is enough to prove the point! It’s possible that the Tang Family used such despicable methods on purpose to gain a good ranking in the Martial Arts competition!"

Tang Chuchu snorted coldly, "I suspect that you are deliberately targeting our Tang Family!"

The two sides immediately reached another deadlock.

At that moment, Chen Fan approached.

He released his Divine Sense and observed Zhou Buwen and the other two, confirming that they had indeed been poisoned by the Soft Bone Pill.

He glanced over at Tang Chuchu and asked, "Did you go to my room to take something?"

Tang Chuchu’s face showed guilt, "No... No, I didn’t, who would covet the things in your room, don’t talk nonsense."

Then she looked towards the people from the three great clans, "If you don’t have any evidence, then leave quickly, don’t cause trouble at our home."

If Chen Fan found out the truth, she would definitely not escape a beating.

Tang Yuanshan sensed something was amiss and looked towards Chen Fan, "Chen Fan, what do you mean by this?"

Chen Fan said, "Yesterday, I placed a bottle of Soft Bone Pills on the table, but when I returned in the evening, they were gone. The fragrance of the Soft Bone Pill is similar to that of the Gathering Yuan Pill, but after taking it, one’s bones and muscles become loose and strength can’t be mustered."

He pointed at Zhou Buwen and the others, "These three have been poisoned by the Soft Bone Pill, that’s why they’ve ended up like this."

Tang Yuanshan’s expression faltered, and he quickly developed a guess, furrowing his brow as he looked at Tang Chuchu, "Chuchu, tell me honestly, what exactly is going on here!"

Tang Chuchu’s gaze flickered, and she cursed Chen Fan a hundred times in her heart, "This... What does this have to do with me? I don’t know anything at all!"

Chen Fan smiled, "No matter, the poison from the Soft Bone Pill is not difficult to cure. As long as I remove the poison from the three of them, we will see what’s really going on here."

Zhou Buwen and the others showed faces full of surprise.

Tang Chuchu’s complexion changed drastically, "Why would you cure it? Are you out of your mind? It’s quite normal for those three old men to become paralyzed as they’re advanced in age. Yet you say it was your Poison Pill that caused this, aren’t you blatantly making trouble for yourself? If they start extorting you, you won’t even have a place to cry!"

Zhou Buwen and the others wished they could slap Tang Chuchu to death.

Chen Fan smiled and asked, "Why are you so nervous?"

Tang Chuchu retorted, "Who... Who’s nervous!"

Chen Fan ignored her and walked towards Zhou Buwen and the others.

He took out several silver needles, ready to detoxify Zhou Buwen and the others.

Just then, a junior from the Zhou family looked at Chen Fan and said coldly, "I didn’t expect it was you, kid, who created the Poison Pill that harmed our patriarch. Now, since our patriarch isn’t in too much trouble, if something serious had happened to him, our Zhou Family would never let you off!"

"Hurry up and cure our patriarch, and if you don’t do it well, see how I’ll deal with you!"

Chen Fan was about to insert the silver needles, and although he had no affection for these three, his curiosity about what was really happening prevented him from ignoring the situation.

But after hearing what the Zhou junior had said, his hand stopped again.

"What did you say?"