Once the black mist had completely dispersed, Gu Ruoyi could not help panting heavily, greedily breathing in the surrounding air.
"That black mist was poisonous. Why were you two unharmed?"
Gu Ruoyi looked at Yu Hua before him and could not help asking.
What puzzled him greatly was that the black mist clearly contained potent toxins, yet those toxins seemed conscious, actually leaving Xu Xuan and Yu Hua unharmed.
Neither Xu Xuan nor Yu Hua had held his breath the entire time, which also made him begin to question their identities.
"Wasn't he unharmed too?"
Xu Xuan pointed at Shangguan Jiantian. By rights, aside from himself, only members of the Feather Race would be unaffected. Anyone else would be poisoned to death on the spot after inhaling even a trace.
Yet Shangguan Jiantian was clearly still breathing. Even when he breathed within the black mist, nothing happened to him, as though...
That was only natural!
Xu Xuan grew a little more wary. This fellow was rather beyond his expectations!
Shangguan Jiantian inwardly sensed trouble. His gaze flickered evasively before he immediately explained, "Naturally, it was because I cultivated a technique that grants immunity to toxins. That was what allowed me to ignore the toxins here."
Xu Xuan naturally did not believe this explanation, but he did not expose him on the spot either.
Unexpectedly, however, Gu Ruoyi actually nodded thoughtfully, firmly believing Shangguan Jiantian's words.
"Really?"
Xu Xuan smiled, merely keeping an extra measure of vigilance in his heart.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Black Mist Spirit Forest.
Zi Yun, Ye Qin, and Luo Xiaotian had just finished resting and were preparing to head deeper inside.
Fortunately, they had remained on the outskirts all along, which meant they had neither seen the black mist nor inhaled it. Otherwise,