Over there.
Ten disciples stood before the ten jade bottles, pinching their noses as they discussed which ingredients they should use to neutralize the poison.
Over here.
Elder Yun walked up to Chen Yu, his eyes curious as he studied this Outer Sect disciple who knew so much about the poison path and could even devise such an ingenious poison formula.
Glancing at the emblem on the chest of Chen Yu's robes, Elder Yun raised an eyebrow.
"You're a disciple of Emerald Cloud Peak?"
"Yes."
Chen Yu nodded.
"Two years ago, Sun Shengcheng, the former elder of Emerald Cloud Peak, disappeared after being poisoned. Do you know anything about that?"
Back then, Elder Wu had discovered a poison from the long-lost Poison Scripture in Sun Shengcheng's residence. Now, encountering an Outer Sect disciple from Emerald Cloud Peak who was proficient in the poison path, Elder Yun naturally connected the two incidents.
Chen Yu neither blushed nor felt his heart race. His expression was puzzled. "Elder Sun was murdered with poison?"
Elder Yun stared at Chen Yu.
He waved a hand.
"Never mind."
"It's nothing important."
Then Elder Yun continued, "How did you come up with this poison formula?"
"I became quite interested in the poison path while I was in the Outer Sect," Chen Yu said calmly. "However, the pressure in the Outer Sect was intense, so I could only gather ingredients for poisons like Fire-Poison Powder, whose ingredients were the most common. At the same time, to avoid relying on a single method, I had no choice but to keep branching out from Fire-Poison Powder in my research. Eventually, I developed this formula."
"I see." Elder Yun nodded.
That made sense.
Outer Sect disciples were under tremendous pressure.
Even gathering the ingredients for Fire-Poison Powder was no easy feat.