Elder Yun was a master of the Poison Path, so his entrance examination would most likely have something to do with poisons.
Chen Yu's goal was to ensure that both he and Senior Sister Lü became Elder Yun's disciples.
But who said taking the examination the usual way was the only way to become his disciple?
If he demonstrated enough talent in the Poison Path-even managing to poison Elder Yun without the elder noticing-perhaps that would earn him the right to negotiate with him.
Although he could not use the poison formulas recorded in the Poison Scripture, a long-lost treasure of the Poison Path, Senior Hong Lian had included many of her personal insights when writing it. Much of her explanation also involved comparisons with other, ordinary poison formulas.
Those ordinary formulas might have been nothing special a thousand years ago, but now... some had already been lost.
Last night.
Chen Yu had combed through the Poison Scripture.
At last, he had found a mild, nonlethal poison formula. After several attempts, he had prepared a weakened version of it.
He still could not use a lost poison outright. After all, his public identity was merely that of a qi refining seventh layer cultivator who had just entered the Inner Sect. Producing a lost poison would draw far too much attention, whereas this weakened version was much more plausible.
That way, he could attract Elder Yun's attention without exposing the existence of the Poison Scripture.
The only uncertainty lay in Elder Yun's eccentric temperament. If using poison provoked his anger instead, things would turn ugly.
However, after arriving here...
He had learned that the examination would be administered by Elder Yun's disciples rather than Elder Yun himself.
Moreover, Elder Yun was not someone who blindly shielded his own disciples.
The final