The multicolored clouds were actually a type of miasma. Beautiful though they were, they were intensely poisonous.
Although all five were Foundation Establishment cultivators whose powerful physiques could resist the poison to some extent, they could not remain exposed to the miasma for long.
Over time, the poison would inevitably harm their bodies. If Demon Beasts attacked them then, they would be in grave danger.
Seeing this, Liu Changxu asked Huang Tianjie, "Fellow Daoist Huang, do you have a good way to deal with the miasma on Snake King Ridge?"
Huang Tianjie smiled. "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Liu! We came well prepared for this!"
As he spoke, he took a jade bottle from his Storage Bag and tipped out a pill as translucent as jade, its refreshing fragrance filling the air. He handed it to Liu Changxu and said, "This is a second-tier lower-grade Hundred-Flower Jade Dew Pill. It works very well against miasma!"
He then took out two more, giving one to Liu Shihao and swallowing the other himself.
After checking the pill with the Eye of Myriad Forms and finding nothing wrong, Liu Changxu swallowed it.
Seeing Liu Changxu take his pill, his father, Liu Shihao, swallowed his as well.
This caution was instinctive for cultivators, who generally took great care when consuming pills given to them by others.
Faced with enormous gains, even fathers and sons or masters and disciples might betray one another. Swallowing a Poison Pill supplied by someone else would leave them like fish on a chopping block, at that person's mercy. Besides, the two sides had only known each other for a few months.
Once all five had taken their pills, they immediately boarded the Flying Boat and headed toward Snake King Ridge.
They had flown only a few dozen li when hundreds