The Mountain Tribe's two great weapons for roaming the martial world were gu, poison, and witchcraft.
The term gu referred to gu worms, divided into spirit gu and poison gu. Supplemented by bizarre techniques, they allowed gu masters to connect with their gu worms heart to heart.
Spirit gu often had effects such as praying for blessings and healing.
Poison gu used gu worms as their core, supplemented with medicinal stones and strange materials. Some even had to be refined at specific times and under certain weather conditions.
Not only were their poisons complex, but their methods of administering them were more concealed, more bizarre, and even harder to guard against.
Imagine an ordinary butterfly or moth landing on one's body. How could an ordinary person possibly notice the gu poison?
Even a highly cultivated martial artist could fall victim when caught off guard.
As for witchcraft... secret Kut techniques such as those of the Poshushuo Kingdom were no less powerful, if not more so.
Chen Yi knew all this, so he had naturally made preparations.
Shui Hetong accepted the medicine bottle Chen Yi handed over, examined it, and asked, "This can ward off witchcraft and gu?"
Chen Yi handed a bottle each to Liu Lang and Zhang Dabao, then shook his head. "It can't stop them."
"Then you..."
"But it can let you live a while longer after being poisoned by gu."
Shui Hetong laughed soundlessly. "Chen, you've thought this through. But if you can't take down Pei Yonglin when the time comes, I'm afraid no amount of medicinal powder will be effective."
Chen Yi smiled without explaining further and called for them to set off.
Afterward, they slipped out of Shu Prefecture City through Yanhuaxiang south of the city, then took a detour eastward.
Along the way, none