He pursued the snake to its nest and found bones littering the ground.
Chen Yu was shaken.
Then he noticed something nearby.
"A Miasma-Crossing Flower!"
Inside the snake's nest, a black flower bloomed quietly.
But the Foundation Establishment Black Python was extremely sensitive to the scents around it. It had already detected Chen Yu.
"This damned beast ate every last snake I went to all that trouble to get by bribing the Elder in Charge of Miscellaneous Affairs. I'm getting that Miasma-Crossing Flower, no matter what!"
"But it's a Foundation Establishment snake, after all. I can't charge in recklessly. I have to outsmart it!"
Spirit beasts had bodies far stronger than human cultivators at the same cultivation level. The key to fighting this Foundation Establishment snake was to keep it from getting close.
As long as he kept his distance, he could keep wearing it down with flying swords.
With that in mind, Chen Yu surveyed his surroundings.
He soon spotted a dead tree nearby.
"I've got it!"
Chen Yu narrowed his eyes.
Channeling his true qi, he leaped straight onto the top of the dead tree.
Then he spread his hands, and over a dozen jade bottles appeared.
"Luckily, I came to the Black Mist Marsh fully prepared this time. Deadly Poison No. 53, a liquid. I already tested it when I poisoned Elder Sun-it's potent and genuinely effective. And Poison No. 41 causes unbearable itching all over."
"Both poisons work on Foundation Establishment cultivators, so naturally, they'll work on a Foundation Establishment Black Python too."
With that thought, Chen Yu did not hesitate.
First, he uncapped a bottle of Deadly Poison No. 53, tilted it, and began sloshing poison onto the dead tree's trunk.
"If it climbs up, it'll definitely get poisoned."
"If it doesn't, my flying swords