The date for the Dao Sect Inner Disciples' trial in the Black Mist Marsh had been set: three days after the Inner Sect meeting ended.
Over those three days,
Chen Yu spent most of his time in the Immortal Ruins, making preparations.
His efforts had not been in vain.
He had successfully made a gas mask.
To ensure it actually worked, Chen Yu conducted a test himself. He filled a room in the Immortal Ruins with poison, then put on the mask and walked inside without taking any Detoxification Pills or other antidotes.
He stayed for over ten minutes.
He emerged completely unharmed.
Next, Chen Yu tested how long the gas mask lasted.
"About two hours."
"After two hours, its protection against poison starts dropping rapidly. After roughly two and a half hours, it offers almost no protection at all. At that point, the filter screen has to be replaced."
"I've prepared a hundred filter screens this time. That's two hundred hours, or about eight days."
"Not bad."
"The main problem is that I've run out of moon silkworm silk gauze."
Weapons, rations, water...
Chen Yu made every possible preparation.
Then, with the nine Junior Brothers of Nine-Bend Peak and Senior Sister Lü seeing him off, Chen Yu set out for Heavenly Chasm Peak.
Leading a group of Inner Sect Disciples to the Black Mist Marsh for their trial was an important undertaking, so it was only natural that the nine Junior Brothers of Nine-Bend Peak had come to see him off. As for why there were only nine...
"Senior Master Brother, Second Senior Brother consumed a large amount of poison three days ago and fell unconscious. Although he took a Detoxification Pill, he still isn't feeling well," Cao Jun explained, cupping his hands. "That's why he couldn't come to