I Got Together with the Goddess [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 36

Shui Mingsheng brandished her long whip. The whip was like a white snake slithering through the air, the wind kicked up exploding with a sharp crack in everyone’s ears. It let out a hissing sound, carrying a terrifying force as it struck toward Zhao Er with lightning speed. Zhao Er was accustomed to combat and dodged with agility, but there were places even he could not avoid. Immediately, a white, hard shell gathered over his entire body. As Shui Mingsheng drew near, the solid white shield transformed into hard ivory, extending forward to launch an attack. This was precisely the Ivory Gu—a balance of offense and defense.

Elder Qiu Shu had been very kind; when Shui Mingsheng was young, she often received his teachings. Now, seeing Zhao Er using the Elder’s Gu to fight her, she felt a pang of sorrow. However, she suppressed her grief, her techniques becoming even more sharp and merciless.

The Spirit Snake Gu seemed to sense the power within her heart, erupting with an even stronger light. Shui Mingsheng’s long hair flew in the wind as she occasionally tapped the ground with her toes or stood upon the whip itself. With a sway of her body in mid-air, she shifted positions and launched unexpected attacks. The ever-changing offensive posture of the long whip left Zhao Er increasingly bewildered.

He clearly saw Shui Mingsheng standing before him, yet the long whip would lash violently against his back. After this happened several times, Zhao Er began to feel his strength failing him.

“No, there is no way I cannot defeat her…” Zhao Er had not expected that even with the help of the Ivory Gu, he would be unable to overcome Shui Mingsheng. His conviction began to crumble.

Elder Feng watched the scene coldly from the side. This was well within his expectations; the power of the Spirit Snake Gu was extraordinary, otherwise, the Shui family would not have relied on it to dominate until this day.

“Zhao Er, do not blame me for being cold-hearted. It is simply that your utility has reached its end.” Elder Feng smiled sinisterly in the shadows, thinking the timing was likely just right.

Suddenly, Zhao Er’s expression changed to mid-battle. At the same moment he was struck again by Shui Mingsheng, he spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood was a dark purple color, clearly poisonous.

“Shui Mingsheng, how dare you act so ruthlessly against your own clansman!” Elder Feng shouted.

Everyone turned to look at Zhao Er. He had been whipped to the ground, and blood splashed down from his abrasions, emitting a sizzling, scorched sound wherever it touched.

Zhao Er’s face instantly turned a deep-purple, his eyes filled with inexplicable agony. He collapsed on the ground with his eyes wide open, motionless.

“Just because Zhao Er provoked you several times, you held a grudge and laid such a heavy hand on your fellow clansman at the Gu Competition! Shui Mingsheng, you are just like your father who killed Elder Qiu Shu!”

Someone stepped forward to check Zhao Er’s condition and looked at the crowd in disbelief: “Zhao Er is dead!”

Shui Mingsheng stood frozen on the spot, seemingly not expecting this. While bee venom existed, it was not fatal; as long as Zhao Er surrendered and took a detoxification pill, he would have been fine.

They were people of the Miao region; Gu poison was a common occurrence, and they had possessed anti-toxic constitutions since childhood. Why would Zhao Er die of poisoning instantly, and so coincidentally right during his match with her?

“Mingsheng, what happened? Why did Zhao Er suddenly die of poisoning in front of everyone?” an elder of the clan asked.

Although the Gu Competition often involved life-and-death struggles, acting with such cruelty was something only an evil Gu Master would do.

Seeing so many people questioning Shui Mingsheng, Jiang Yiqing felt a pang of pain in her heart. She could not imagine how much grievance and pain Shui Mingsheng, who was the same age as her, had endured. Not only had these things failed to defeat her, but they had made her even stronger.

But at a time like this, she needed support.

Jiang Yiqing asked the system: “System, how can I help Mingsheng?”

“Host, you can purchase a ‘Top-tier Forensic Scientist’ skill pack in the mall. After using it, you will be able to determine Zhao Er’s true cause of death.”

“Fine.” Jiang Yiqing checked the price; fortunately, she had obtained that orchid earlier, so she finally had the funds to use the forensic skill. A forensic scientist in ancient times was a coroner. Jiang Yiqing had once encountered someone who died suddenly in the street, and back then, a coroner had arrived with a box to examine the body.

Out of reverence for death, Jiang Yiqing’s feet had remained rooted to the spot, and she had watched the coroner finish the entire examination.

Afterward, the coroner looked back at her and said strangely: “Young lady, are you actually not afraid?”

Jiang Yiqing didn’t know why, but her curiosity regarding medical books was even stronger than for the Four Books and Five Classics. She had read books like Shennong Ben Cao Jing from cover to cover and had even self-taught herself acupuncture.

Thus, once the forensic skill was applied to her, Jiang Yiqing integrated it very quickly. The system included a set of toxicology tools. Holding a silver needle, Jiang Yiqing walked to Shui Mingsheng’s side.

Shui Mingsheng was originally thinking about how to handle the situation, but seeing Jiang Yiqing standing firmly in front of her, her heart grew calm. At this point, what was there not to understand? Feng Zheng wanted to frame her. Proving her innocence was a difficult path, and she had indeed been set up.

Jiang Yiqing exchanged a look with Shui Mingsheng and said, “Mingsheng, let me perform the autopsy.”

Jiang Yiqing’s words were so shocking that Shui Mingsheng temporarily forgot the existence of the others. She just stared blankly at Jiang Yiqing’s back and murmured, “Since Yiqing said it, it should mean what I think it means…”

“It’s that college student the Young Master brought back…”

“What is she doing?”

Jiang Yiqing looked at the crowd and said, “Everyone, please stay calm. I have some knowledge of medicine. Please allow me to reveal the true cause of Zhao Er’s death to everyone.”

Although Jiang Yiqing’s voice was not loud, it rang out clearly. Everyone looked at this foreign girl. Since she spoke such fluent Miao, they didn’t feel right doubting if she was a fraud; after all, a normal person wouldn’t master such obscure Miao dialects. Most importantly, after she spoke, everyone calmed down and realized this matter was indeed very strange.

As long as Shui Mingsheng won, she could continue being the Young Master. In the current situation, Zhao Er was completely no match for her. So, what benefit would there be for her to kill Zhao Er in public? If she held a grudge against Zhao Er, she should have killed him before the Gu Competition.

“Miss Jiang, do you really know medicine?” someone asked.

Elder Feng, however, said, “How can you prove you aren’t in league with Shui Mingsheng and won’t give false testimony to her?”

Jiang Yiqing looked directly at the crowd and said, “A healer has a benevolent heart. If I hide anything, may Heaven and Earth not tolerate me. I, Jiang Yiqing, swear by the passion and sincerity of my years of medical study that my judgment will not favor anyone. If I violate this, let my future be destroyed!”

“This little girl speaks with such imposing manner…”

“Let her try. Perhaps she really knows the cause of Zhao Er’s death…”

Seeing this, Shui Mingsheng used the Water Mirror Gu to broadcast the scene in real-time to the presence of the Miao region’s number one Medical Gu Master, Elder Xin Fang, and said, “For the sake of fairness, let Elder Xin Fang be the witness. Elder Feng, what do you have to say now?”

Seeing Elder Xin Fang in the Water Mirror Gu asking Shui Mingsheng about the details of the matter, Feng Zheng found it inconvenient to interrupt further.

Elder Xin Fang was the guardian of the Miao people. With her medical Gu, she had treated many people’s injuries without charging a cent. If she observed, a fair conclusion could indeed be reached.

“Miss Jiang, please.” Elder Xin Fang’s voice came from the Water Mirror Gu, and the crowd immediately fell silent.

Jiang Yiqing nodded.

The silver needle in the young woman’s hand hung from her fingertips. With a gentle thrust forward, it entered Zhao Er’s acupoints.

After doing this several times, when Jiang Yiqing pulled the needles out, some of the tips were stained a purplish-black, identical to the color of the blood on the ground.

“Whether it is snake venom or bee venom, the toxins would not cause the needle tips to change color like this,” Jiang Yiqing said.

Elder Xin Fang nodded, feeling that the young woman was good material for studying medicine.

“The deceased, Zhao Er, has skin that is dark purple all over, most noticeably on the cheeks.”

She opened Zhao Er’s jaw, checked his oral cavity, and added: “The oral mucosal membranes are dark purple. The preliminary judgment is acute nitrite poisoning.”

When she stated the cause of death, Feng Zheng tried his best to hide his flustered expression, but his internal turmoil caused him to look at the reactions of those around him with a guilty conscience.

“Nitrite?” someone asked with a frown. “Why would such a thing appear in a Miao village?”

“Zhao Er had an old problem with angina. I saw him taking a type of nitrate medication all year round. Could it be related to that?” Zhao Er’s friend, Xu Guang, said.

“That’s it.” Jiang Yiqing looked at the crowd and said, “If Zhao Er himself usually took medications containing nitrates, then as long as he consumed some salted vegetables, pickled vegetables, or cured meats that were not fully cured, it could lead to an excessive intake of nitrites. The properties of such a combination are enough to be fatal.”

“Pickled foods are eaten by every Miao person. In other words, as long as the nitrites accumulated to a certain level, Zhao Er was bound to die?” someone questioned.

“Especially before strenuous exercise, if a large amount of uncured meat was consumed, it would lead to acute nitrite poisoning,” Jiang Yiqing said.

“Elder Xin Fang, am I correct?” Although Jiang Yiqing used the system’s skills, more than half of it was her own judgment. She asked the Gu healer.

“Miss Jiang is very knowledgeable. Please open Zhao Er’s angina medication and see how much he took.”

Everyone saw that the medicine bottles were all empty. He seemed to have taken this medication before the match as well.

“I can now conclude that Zhao Er died of acute nitrite poisoning, which has nothing to do with Shui Mingsheng. As for whether there was foul play by others, take his blood, and I will examine it further,” Elder Xin Fang said.

Everyone suddenly realized the truth. Elder Feng said, “Since the truth has been found, let’s not trouble Elder Xin Fang further, so as to avoid making our village a laughingstock for other villages. What do you all think?”

With such an event occurring at the Gu Competition, it would surely be known throughout the Miao region soon.

Shui Mingsheng asked, “Then according to Elder Feng, what should be done?”

“Choose a day for burial!” Feng Zheng said with a heavy tone. “Zhao Er’s death has nothing to do with you, Young Master Shui. Is that enough?”

“What if it has something to do with you?” Shui Mingsheng asked.

Elder Feng felt a chill down his spine and said, “Zhao Er respected me. I couldn’t wait to support him; what would his death have to do with me? Don’t talk nonsense!”