My Master Knows It All

Cao Zhen discovered that the use of poisons in this world today, or rather by the Sacred Poison Sect, is really not up to much.

Take, for example, the Immortal Lord Qian Zhu in front of us. There are too many issues with the poisonous energy she cultivates; it’s strange her poisons could succeed!

”Besides the problems I just mentioned, there’s the Gale Poison Huge Spider, the Toad Spider... their poisonous energies will interact with each other.

The poison from the Gale Poison Huge Spider and the Toad Spider doesn’t interact, but when they encounter other Poison Spiders, the toxins within them will indeed affect each other.”

Surrounding them, a group of Sacred Poison Sect experts listened as Cao Zhen effortlessly explained how the toxins of numerous Poison Spiders interact, wearing expressions of stupor.

The Hundred Peaks Sect Leader actually knows poisons, and knows them incredibly well.

Among the thousand types of Poison Spiders, there are some that even they are not very clear about.

After all, there are simply too many toxic creatures in the world; they couldn’t possibly know all of them. However, they understand some of them, and what they understood seemed perfectly reasonable.

Moreover, if they don’t understand, they could look at Immortal Lord Qian Zhu, who is an expert in researching Poison Spiders within the True Immortal Realm.

And now, Immortal Lord Qian Zhu was sometimes frowning, sometimes pondering, sometimes showing a look of sudden realization.

The key is, Cao Zhen didn’t just point out the issues with the thousand Poison Spiders of Immortal Lord Qian Zhu, but also highlighted problems with many other Poison Spiders.

Among them, there are many Poison Spiders that seem fine in pairs, but mixing three or four types together can create issues.

Moreover, the most terrifying aspect is, he didn’t just point out existing issues, but also straightforwardly suggested how to replace them with other Poison Spiders.

The crowd found some things difficult to understand, yet Immortal Lord Qian Zhu seemed to grow brighter-eyed as she listened. Suddenly, she furrowed her brow and interrupted Cao Zhen’s discourse.

”Hundred Peaks Sect Leader, please wait a moment. I want to know, why use the Undying Hell Spider and Eight-faced Wolf Spider? These two spiders are not toxic at all.”

People around also nodded; they couldn’t understand much else, but they knew these two spiders have no toxic characteristics.

Cao Zhen didn’t hesitate at all, immediately replying: ”They indeed have no toxicity, but when they encounter the Flying Sky Poison Spider, the Sky Catching Poison Spider, and the Eight-clawed Red Spider, they can produce a potent toxin. That’s the reason for using these two Poison Spiders, to prevent the toxins from Gale Poison Huge Spider and Toad Spider from conflicting.

The myriad things in the world are not unchanging; many things that initially seem non-toxic or even greatly nourishing, when encountered with other nourishing materials, or entwined with poisons, can still be toxic.

Similarly, many toxins, when they meet other toxins, instead neutralize each other, becoming non-toxic.

Determining these intricacies demands prolonged research and experimentation.”

Cao Zhen, like a teacher instructing students, looked around and said: ”Therefore, whether in alchemy or cultivating poisonous energy, one should not rely solely on studying what predecessors have done, but also need to continuously research for themselves.

Only through constant research can progress be made.”

Saying so, he quickly returned to discussing the Poison Spiders mentioned earlier: ”Apart from these, the last five Poison Spiders exhibit similar properties; they appear non-toxic but under certain circumstances will release the toxins inside them, they are respectively...”

After Cao Zhen detailed each Poison Spider, he looked at Immortal Lord Qian Zhu and said: ”This is merely my method, although it can succeed, it’s not necessarily the most suitable for your Poison Spiders. Again, you need to continue experimenting, testing more combinations, and finding the combination most fitting for yourself, as each person’s Immortal Body is different and everyone’s cultivation technique is different.”

”Understood, Qian Zhu is enlightened.” Immortal Lord Qian Zhu said, bowing deeply to Cao Zhen; she genuinely didn’t expect Cao Zhen to be so proficient in toxic arts.

Although she hadn’t tried it yet, relying solely on the theory Cao Zhen presented, she felt there wasn’t a single flaw in what he said.

Around them, everyone was similarly stunned; this Hundred Peaks Sect Leader genuinely understands poisons, even beyond comprehension.

The Poison Spiders discussed by the Hundred Peaks Sect Leader earlier add up to over four thousand types, and within them lie countless neutralizing and conflicting interactions; many will negate each other’s toxicity, and there are Poison Spiders which might remain unaffected by pairing, but adding a third will have repercussions.

Some Poison Spiders seem to conflict, but adding another negates the conflict, yet adding another might impact the predetermined spiders.

These thousand Poison Spiders can’t just be casually thrown together and cultivated or refined into poisonous energy.

Even if nine hundred ninety-nine Poison Spiders were assembled perfectly, adding the last one could affect countless others and require reassessment.

But the Hundred Peaks Sect Leader, upon hearing the poisonous energy Immortal Lord Qian Zhu wanted to refine, immediately offered a solution.

This truly is mastery of the toxic arts!

And this is just with Poison Spiders; might the Hundred Peaks Sect Leader be proficient with other poisons too?

The crowd, considering all this, quickly started to voice their own concerns, saying, ”Hundred Peaks Sect Leader, I have a problem too; I’m cultivating a type of poisonous energy...”