Huang Xiao and the two women had already crossed the grasslands on the outskirts. The dense forest lay ahead.
Along the way, they had indeed discovered quite a few venomous creatures, and the farther inward they went, the more there were, just as the people outside had said.
"There's definitely something strange about this. These venomous creatures should never be able to coexist peacefully in the same place," Zhao Yunhui said.
Huang Xiao knew this too, of course. These venomous creatures each ruled their own territory and would not allow others to exist within it. They could only settle the struggle for ownership of a territory through fighting, rather than gathering here as they did now, with so many venomous creatures of different species all living peacefully together. That was peculiar.
"It seems someone arranged this!" Huang Xiao murmured. "I wonder who it is. They must be an expert in poisons too."
"Brother Huang, how can you be so sure?" Zhao Xin'er asked.
"Xin'er, you're such a fool. Brother Huang came from Poison God Valley. If he says it's an expert in poisons, how could he be wrong?" Zhao Yunhui could not help teasing her younger sister with a smile.
"We'll have to see whether we can find this person. Seeing these venomous creatures reminds me of my days in Poison God Valley. Speaking of which, all these ties of fate began with Hui'er." Huang Xiao looked at Zhao Yunhui and smiled.
"Because of me?" Zhao Yunhui asked.
"Back then, I was poisoned with Life-Severing Hour, and you told me to seek treatment at Medicine God Valley. But who would have thought that, through a twist of fate, I would take the wrong road and end up at Poison God Valley, even becoming its disciple? Before I entered Poison God