At some point, just as Chu Yang was about to leave, thinking that Old Yao would hardly lead Xiao Yan into such a barren and dangerous place, his keen senses suddenly stirred.
A moment later, Chu Yang noticed someone lying in the grass not far from him.
No, more precisely, it was a corpse.
By now, Chu Yang was no longer surprised by dead bodies.
Before crossing over, if he had been left alone in such a desolate wilderness, he might have been afraid.
But now, when he entered deep mountains and old forests alone, it felt as though he had entered a game, as if he were simply here to play.
Before Chu Yang could carefully examine whether the body had been attacked by a magical beast or killed by mountain bandits, he discovered more corpses nearby.
"This... seems to be poisoning..."
With the Medicine Emperor System, Chu Yang could tell at a glance.
"And this... doesn't seem to be ordinary poison either..."
Muttering to himself, Chu Yang walked forward. He speculated that this might have been the work of some poison master.
He saw several more bodies.
Poison masters were despised throughout the Jia Ma Empire. In some regions, they were even considered enemies that everyone had the right to kill. Poison could harm people invisibly and without warning, leaving them impossible to guard against. The Jia Ma Empire's royal family absolutely did not permit such people to operate within its territory.
Chu Yang actually agreed with that.
He went deeper into the mountain, intending to see whether the poison master was still hiding inside. If they were, and he could not reform them, he would kill them to prevent them from harming others again.
"So they really are in here..."
Chu Yang finally sensed their presence.
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