"Indeed, someone has been here before." Chu Zhiyuan surveyed the surroundings of the stone wall, which was covered in a dense array of small pits. The hidden weapons aimed at them were all deflected, so these pits on the stone wall must have been caused by previous attacks.
"Someone really has been here?!" Li Hongzhao frowned, examining the pitted surface. "More powerful than our volley of hidden weapons." Chu Zhiyuan said, "This is the second time the mechanism has been triggered. This person understands the mechanisms within this cave dwelling."
"One step too late!" Li Hongzhao was immediately disappointed.
She came to this cave dwelling firstly to take the opportunity to deal with Chu Zhiyuan, and secondly for Lu Yaofeng's inheritance. But now it seems that both have failed, so naturally she is disappointed.
"Miss Song." Chu Zhiyuan reminded her.
Song Yichun nodded quickly, returning to her senses from her thoughts. She gracefully stepped forward, her sleeves fluttering, and her jade hands lightly flicked out a series of powders. These powders were mostly pink, with a pungent and unpleasant smell. Xu Yingying hurriedly covered her nose with her small hands.
Li Hongzhao lightly furrowed her brow, watching quietly.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Miss Song, is this your sect's antidote?"
Song Yichun smiled and shook her head. "Your Highness, this is not for detoxification, but for testing the properties of poisons." Chu Zhiyuan thoughtfully nodded.
These pink powders, emitting a pungent odor, fell one after another, quickly changing into various colors.
Some turned scarlet, some turned white, some turned black, some turned blue, and some turned purple. The colors were vibrant and dazzling.
Song Yichun sighed and said, "What a potent poison."
"What kind of poison is this?" Xu Yingying muffled her voice from behind her small hands covering her nose and mouth.
"Nine poisons combined, it should be the 'Life Extinguishing Powder'." Song Yichun said, "It seals the throat upon contact with blood, and causes death upon inhalation. It is colorless and odorless, so even grandmasters would not be wary. Only great grandmasters can avoid it. It is one of the strongest poisons of our sect."
"Junior Sister." Li Yilong softly reminded her. Song Yichun smiled and nodded.
Chu Zhiyuan glanced at Song Yichun. This Song Yichun was quite cunning.
By directly revealing the top-tier poison of the Worryfree Sect, she was undoubtedly raising her voice and stature.
Although the Worryfree Sect was strong, they were clearly not top-tier disciples within the sect. Standing with Xu Yingying, they appeared weaker, especially with himself and Li Hongzhao present. Even if the Worryfree Sect looked down on royalty, they would inevitably be apprehensive facing him. If the Sacred Maiden of the Worryfree Sect had come, it would have been different.
"Life Extinguishing Powder..." Xu Yingying scoffed. "Isn't your strongest the 'No Worry Powder'?"
"Life Extinguishing Powder is only one of the strongest, No Worry Powder is indeed the strongest." Song Yichun said, "But No Worry Powder is precious and not easily used."
Li Hongzhao asked, "What are the effects of No Worry Powder?"
"How can a living person not have worries?" Xu Yingying said, "Of course, it's for the dead. They will never have worries again."
"Guaranteed death?" Li Hongzhao asked.
Song Yichun said, "Even great grandmasters cannot defend against it." Li Hongzhao clicked her tongue.
Su Qiuyan frowned and glanced at Xu Suying and Huang Cheng, but didn't say much.
The three great grandmasters no longer hid in the shadows, directly appearing to stay by their side, to avoid any danger within the cave dwelling.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Even great grandmasters can be poisoned to death, truly formidable. As expected of the Worryfree Sect... Worryfree, No Worry, aren't they the same meaning?" Xu Yingying smiled and said, "Hehe, you don't think they are making people happy and carefree, do you?"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and nodded.
He had previously thought that the Worryfree Sect meant carefree and joyful, practicing cheerful techniques, and seeking ultimate pleasure. Only now did he realize that the so-called Worryfree meant making people no longer have worries, meaning to make people die.
That sounded much more terrifying.
Xu Yingying scoffed, "The Moon Invitation Palace are mad women, the Worryfree Sect are the true madmen, very scary. I, for one, wouldn't dare to be around Worryfree Sect disciples." Song Yichun smiled and said, "Miss Xu, this is actually just exaggeration. We are also normal people, not that scary."
"But your poisons are very scary."
"We don't often use poison either. There are sect rules that restrict us. If we really kill someone, we have to pay with our lives." Xu Yingying said, "Anyway, it gives me goosebumps just hearing about it."
Li Yilong slowly said, "Many people misunderstand our sect, and some deliberately spread such rumors to mislead the world about us."
"Who?" Xu Yingying asked.
Li Yilong looked at Chu Zhiyuan.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "It may not necessarily be the imperial court, right? Maybe it's the other three of the Four Great Sects?"
"Maybe." Li Yilong didn't refute.
He felt that Chu Zhiyuan's words were also correct. The imperial court was definitely involved, but the other three sects were also not necessarily innocent.
Song Yichun took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a dark green pill, crushed it, and then pursed her lips and blew it towards the sky. The dark green powder fluttered and scattered, and wherever it passed, those colorful colors quickly dissipated.
"It's done." Song Yichun put away the small porcelain bottle and smiled.
"Then let's continue."
"The Poison Aversion Pearl can do it." Song Yichun frankly replied, "However, the Poison Aversion Pearl can only neutralize this kind of highly toxic substance once. It needs time to recover before it can neutralize the second toxic substance, at least an hour or so."
"There's actually such a mystery?" Chu Zhiyuan said, "After another hour, it can neutralize the third type of toxic substance?" Song Yichun said, "If it's a second time, it would probably take two to three hours."
Li Yilong frowned constantly.
This was a secret among secrets, not to be spread abroad, yet Junior Sister Song revealed it without hesitation. Chu Zhiyuan couldn't help but secretly praise Song Yichun's cleverness.
Treating people with sincerity and teaching everyone so much about avoiding poisons, how could people treat them harshly? They were all of extraordinary status, and courtesy must be maintained.
The group finally arrived inside the cave dwelling.
Looking at the empty space, with only a tombstone in the center, Li Hongzhao turned to look at Chu Zhiyuan. "Are you sure there's no mistake? Is this really Lu Yaofeng's cave dwelling?" Chu Zhiyuan smiled and looked at Song Yichun. "That Junior Brother Cheng of yours has indeed been here."
He pointed to the tombstone. "The extraterrestrial power was originally located on this stele, but it has now been destroyed by the Great Bright Sword."
