Seeing Song Wen swallow the pill, both the scholar and the dwarf showed a flicker of surprise in their eyes, then stared unblinkingly at Song Wen.
There was no better way to determine whether a pill had problems than "testing medicine on a person."
Since "Ai Kun" had volunteered to be the one testing the medicine, the two naturally welcomed it.
After swallowing the pill, a faint green glow gradually appeared around Song Wen's body.
The glow was exceedingly weak, extending no more than an inch beyond his body.
Yet this thin layer of fluorescence completely kept the surging poisonous miasma around him at bay, preventing it from threatening Song Wen's physical body in the slightest.
The scholar and the dwarf hurriedly stored the pills in their storage rings, rather than taking them immediately like Song Wen.
The pill's effects were so good that it naturally had to be saved for a life-or-death moment. It could not be squandered carelessly.
"Hmph! Ai Kun, giving you a Numinous Pivot Detox Pill is simply casting pearls before swine," the white-haired old man said indignantly.
With that, he continued onward.
More than two hours later.
The group of four arrived before a sheer cliff.
Below the cliff, grayish-green miasma lay piled layer upon layer, so dense it resembled a lake of green water.
The poisonous miasma flowed slowly without dispersing, like undercurrents surging beneath the surface of a deathly still lake, exuding an air of ill omen and danger. Sunlight tried to pierce the heavy curtain of miasma, yet could not penetrate it in the slightest.
Poisonous miasma also filled the place where the four stood. Though it was not as dense as that within the valley, where it had nearly solidified, it was still thick enough to make one's heart quake with