Can Your Body Become a Place to Store Poison?

When we arrived at the bottom of Soul-Severing Cliff and looked up, it truly lived up to its reputation.

It's completely different from other mountains. Those mountains at least have some gentle slopes, so you can slowly climb up, but this Soul-Severing Cliff is a straight up and down.

What's even stranger is that it opens up as you go higher, while below it looks like just a narrow cliff.

Wild grass grew everywhere, and the Old Scholar Tree crouched in the grass. Suddenly, its roots wrapped around something.

After dragging it over, Zhou Wanwan realized it was a ferret. The other trees rushed into the woods and began hunting their prey.

As they caught them, they shouted, "Wanwan likes to eat pheasants, catch a few more!"

"There are three rabbits here, hurry up and take them back."

"Wow! There are still mushrooms! Tsk tsk tsk, these mushrooms look so beautiful. Wanwan will definitely love them."

In less than half an hour, Zhou Wanwan received two large baskets of mushrooms, three rabbits, six pheasants, three ferrets, and one sika deer.

Zhou Wanwan quickly waved her hand and said, "That's enough, that's enough. At this hunting speed, they'll empty the entire forest in no time."

Zheng Xing'an and several maids began cooking; her culinary skills were truly excellent.

Zhou Wanwan was picking through the mushrooms, but these big trees had no idea which mushrooms were poisonous and which weren't.

The Old Scholar Tree frowned and said, "Wanwan, don't you love eating mushrooms? Why aren't you eating these?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "These would be great for making poison, but let's forget about eating them! I'm afraid I'll just get poisoned to death."

The Old Scholar Tree simply tossed a mushroom into its mouth, chewed it, and said, "Delicious, really delicious, eh?"

Zhou Wanwan asked, "What's wrong?"

The Old Scholar Tree smiled and said, "Wanwan, I've discovered that if I eat these mushrooms directly, the toxins actually end up inside my body."

Zhou Wanwan said anxiously, "Then why are you still eating? Hurry up and spit this out!"

"No, these toxins don't affect me personally; they can directly enter my root system."

When needed, these toxins can be expelled directly. If my roots penetrate a person's body, these toxins will enter that person's body.

Just think how terrible that is.

Zhou Wanwan blinked and said, "You mean, your body can become a place to hide drugs?"

The Old Scholar Tree forced the toxins from the mushrooms into its root system, which then pierced the body of the rabbit nearby.

The rabbit, which was just a moment ago lively and energetic, suddenly foamed at the mouth and died.

Zhou Wanwan was genuinely startled. The Old Scholar Tree chuckled:

Hehehehehe! I've become so powerful now!

If I were to encounter a master like Black Impermanence again, I could take him down in a single move.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:

"It's really powerful, but I don't know which toxins are effective and which are not."

You'd better not eat indiscriminately.

The Old Scholar Tree chuckled and said, "Let's all give it a try, maybe it'll work! I feel incredibly powerful right now."

Zhou Wanwan said helplessly, "Alright! I'll make the antidote first, and then you can take it to ensure your safety."

The Old Scholar Tree chuckled and said, "Wanwan, you're so kind. What should we do now?"

Zhou Wanwan ate the ferret meat. It smelled delicious, even more tender than the stewed rabbit she had eaten before, and more flavorful than braised beef. The more she chewed, the more delicious it became.

After finishing the meat, she picked up a bowl of chicken soup with mushrooms, feeling warm all over.

After finishing their meal, Zhou Wanwan looked at the sky and said, "Let's go up and see what's going on at Soul-Severing Cliff?"

Others can't climb up, but these tree roots have very developed root systems that can penetrate directly into the cracks in the rocks.

Zhou Wanwan led a group of people directly up the Soul-Severing Cliff.

After climbing for 20 minutes, we reached the Cliff of Soul-Severing Cliff.

The Soul-Severing Cliff was more than ten times larger than they had imagined; the top of the cliff was a flat, open space that stretched as far as the eye could see.

This place is simply a paradise, with fruit trees covering the entire mountainside.

Scattered among the fruit trees are hundreds of houses, with blue bricks and gray tiles, looking simple yet neat, revealing a small village hidden deep in the mountains.

There was a stream next to the house, its water crystal clear and flowing gurglingly.

Zhou Wanwan was stunned when suddenly she saw more than a dozen dogs rushing towards them.

Lingbao was so frightened that he immediately scattered white powder, and the dogs whimpered and lay down on the ground.

Lingbao said smugly, "Wow! These dogs are really amazing, incredibly fierce. I wonder what breed they are."

Zhou Wanwan said, "A wolfdog, a breed resulting from the crossbreeding of a wolf cub and a dog."

They continued walking and saw a dozen or so children sitting in a tree talking:

"It's so boring here! The village is only so big, and we're stuck here every day."

I really want to know what the outside world is like!

The girl next to her chuckled, "If we get caught, the elders will beat us to death. Let's just forget about it!"

The little boy pouted and said:

"Won't someone go out?"

I've heard that the outside world is incredibly wonderful.

There are candied hawthorns, a circus, and so many fun and delicious things! I really want to go out and see them!

"I'm curious too, but I've heard it's dangerous outside. What if I get kidnapped by bad guys? That would be terrible."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled softly; these kids were quite interesting.

The children were startled by the laughter and all surrounded Zhou Wanwan, asking, "A person? Are you really a person? How did you climb up here?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "You climbed up here using only your hands, huh? Little friend, where is this place?"

The children looked at each other in disbelief. After a long while, one of them suddenly exclaimed, "Ah!" and cried out, "Father, Mother, I saw living people!"

The village erupted in uproar. The villagers, looking at the child, shouted, "Zhao Xin, you little bastard, you're a liar all the time!"

"That's right! Last time they lied to us and said they saw a tiger, and now they're saying they saw people."

Are you seeing a ghost?

"You believe what he says? Zhao Xin, think it over carefully. If you lie to us again, you're going to get a beating."

Zhao Xin quickly assured him, "Really, I really saw a little girl, and she even talked to us!"

No one believed it at all, but when they arrived at the location, they were all dumbfounded when they saw Zhou Wanwan.

Zhao Xin pointed at her and said, "I told you it was true, didn't I? It's her, it's her, I don't even know where she came from."

The village chief, who was in charge, looked directly at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Little girl, where did you come from? How did you climb up here?"

Our mountain is called Cliff Mountain; no one else can climb it at all.

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "I'm up here now, aren't I? This Cliff Mountain of yours is quite nice, may I take a look around?"