Myriad Poison Ancestor (Part One)
"Zhuge Xiang, who is she?" Seeing Zhuge Xiang and Zi Xiang greeting each other warmly, and Zi Xiang even claiming to be the owner of the place, Mo Lingna looked at Zi Xiang with suspicion and asked Zhuge Xiang.
It's no wonder that Mo Lingna was suspicious. From her perspective, Zi Xiang was very suspicious. However, from Zi Xiang's perspective, what she said wasn't wrong. After all, compared to outsiders of unknown origin, Zi Xiang could indeed be considered the master of Futuo Mountain.
"Oh, her? Her name is Zi Xiang. She was a disciple of the same generation as me in the Asura Sect, and she's also the wife of one of my childhood friends," Zhuge Xiang said, clarifying the situation after hearing Mo Lingna's words and seeing her expression, which revealed her jealousy.
She didn't hear anything else, but when she learned that Zi Xiang was the wife of one of Zhuge Xiang's childhood friends, Mo Lingna realized she had misunderstood. She quickly stepped forward, took Zi Xiang's hands, and said with a friendly smile, "Haha, I see. My Younger Sister, you are so beautiful!"
"This..." Just moments ago she had been looking at her with a wary and hostile expression, but now she was suddenly so enthusiastic. For a moment, Zi Xiang was stunned and didn't know how to react. However, Zhuge Xiang knew the reason and smiled at Mo Lingna's reaction without saying anything more.
"Alright, alright, stop this. By the way, where's Niu Geng?" Zhuge Xiang waved his hand, addressing the misunderstanding between Zi Xiang and Mo Lingna, and asked Zi Xiang. Zi Xiang was here, but Niu Geng was nowhere to be seen.
"Niu Geng?" Upon hearing Zhuge Xiang's words, Zi Xiang's expression changed slightly, becoming somewhat unpleasant.
"What's wrong? Did Niu Geng get into trouble?" Looking at Zi Xiang's appearance, Zhuge Xiang keenly sensed that something was amiss. He frowned slightly and asked.
"Hmm. Niu Geng was taken away by the Myriad Poison Ancestor. If possible, could you go and rescue him?" Upon hearing Zhuge Xiang's question, Zi Xiang hurriedly replied. Zi Xiang was originally very happy to see Zhuge Xiang return because of this matter. However, Zhuge Xiang brought up Niu Geng first.
"The Myriad Poison Ancestor?" Upon hearing this, Zhuge Xiang frowned slightly.
Zhuge Xiang also knew this Myriad Poison Ancestor. He was one of the top experts among the 108 elders of the Asura Sect, possessing a cultivation level of the Great Accomplishment Stage, which placed him among the top in the Asura Sect. He ranked fourth among the elders and was respectfully called the Fourth Elder. His poison attacks were unpredictable and terrifying. Even Cultivator of the same level were terrified of him.
"That's right, it's the Myriad Poison Ancestor. A few days ago, Niu Geng and I were researching a kind of Toxins. Because we both broke through to the Deity Transformation stage and made some progress, we were spotted by the Myriad Poison Ancestor' eldest disciple. He wanted to seize our medicine formula, but instead died from our poison. Therefore, the Myriad Poison Ancestor personally took action yesterday and took Niu Geng away..."
After a slight pause, Zi Xiang pointed to the small medicine basket beside her and continued, "The Myriad Poison Ancestor said that if we want to save Niu Geng, we have to refine another batch of the poison we've researched and give it to him. So, in order to save Niu Geng, I can only collect the roots of these poisonous herbs and medicinal plants now."
Looking at the spirit shovel in his hand, it was clear that Zi Xiang had indeed tried her best to collect the roots without harming the spirit and poisonous herbs. Although Zhuge Xiang didn't know anything about poisons, it was indeed rare to find someone who collected the roots of various spirit and poisonous herbs to extract poisons.
"Alright, let's go to Myriad Poison Mountain now. My friend, let's bring Niu Geng back first..." Without the slightest hesitation, Zhuge Xiang nodded and said.
From Zhuge Xiang's current perspective, the internal conflicts within the Asura Sect are indeed minor. What he truly needs to concern himself with is the war between the Asura Sect and the Great Qin Empire's Imperial Clan, and even between the Great Qin Empire and the Great Tang Dynasty. However, while this may be a small matter for Zhuge Xiang, it is a matter of utmost importance for Niu Geng and Zi Xiang. How could Zhuge Xiang sit idly by?
"Thank you so much..." Seeing that Zhuge Xiang was willing to come out, Zi Xiang cried tears of joy. Originally, it was already a great favor that Zhuge Xiang was willing to let them cultivate on Futuo Mountain. Now, he was even willing to ask the Myriad Poison Ancestor for people for her and Niu Geng. The Myriad Poison Elder was the Fourth Elder of the Asura Sect.
"No need to be polite with me, being polite to me would be too formal. At least Niu Geng never does that," Zhuge Xiang replied, waving his hand.
Without wasting any more time, he swept up Zi Xiang with a wave of his hand and flew towards the Myriad Poison Mountain, taking Mo Lingna with him.
With Zhuge Xiang's cultivation level, traveling across the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Peaks Five Lakes and Four Seas would only take a few hours. Here in the Asura Sect, he would arrive in the blink of an eye.
In the blink of an eye, Zhuge Xiang and his two companions landed on the land of Myriad Poison Mountain. Without wasting time with the lowly disciples, Zhuge Xiang exuded a powerful aura that was hard to ignore, revealing his cultivation level as the eighth level of the Spirit Severing Realm.
Myriad Poison Mountain is extremely famous in the Asura Sect. After all, Myriad Poison Elder ranks fourth among the elders of the Asura Sect, and his Poison Arts are so formidable that no one in the entire Great Qin Empire dares to ignore him. In addition, Myriad Poison Mountain is full of terrifying poisonous insects and beasts, so ordinary Cultivator, even Deity Transformation Stage disciples, dare not set foot on Myriad Poison Peak casually.
Myriad Poison Peak is shrouded in a gloomy, green miasma year-round. Even ordinary Cultivator, those at the Deity Transformation stage, would likely collapse if they inhaled too much of the miasma. But today, the atmosphere in Myriad Poison Mountain is much more somber. Even the miasma seems to occasionally conjure up various poisonous Poisonous Creatures, roaring and venting their anger.
The disciples guarding Myriad Poison Peak, sensing the imposing aura emanating from Zhuge Xiang, naturally dared not step forward to stop him. Void Returning Stage cultivators was not someone they could interfere with.
"Who do we have here? It's Elder Zhuge! Please come in." As Zhuge Xiang 'Zhuge Xiang aura emanated, Myriad Poison Elder could naturally sense it. His sinister voice seemed to carry a chilling poison that penetrated to the bone. As Myriad Poison Elder finished speaking, the poisonous miasma automatically receded, revealing a passage.
Myriad Poison Elder still showed Zhuge Xiang enough respect. After all, regardless of Zhuge Xiang's status as True Disciple of Luo Ba, or the fighting power he displayed in the Great Qin Imperial Palace that day, no one would dare to ignore his existence.
"Let's go, I also want to see what Myriad Poison Elder's Poison Arts have reached," Zhuge Xiang said, his skill and courage emboldened, fearlessly leading Mo Lingna and Zi Xiang forward.
Along the way, Zhuge Xiang occasionally encountered Cultivator used poison, but few of them could be taken seriously. Zhuge Xiang wanted to see just how advanced this Myriad Poison Elder's Poison Arts were, and whether they would have any effect on his physical body, which Great Strength Bull Demon Technique Fourth Layer. (To be continued...)