Chapter: 732 (1/2)

AST 732 – Five Colored Poison, Preparation for a Bloodbath

This location was like a tunnel. It became pitch black the moment the entrance was shut off!

“Don’t move, we have to wait for about seven minutes. Otherwise, we’ll be shot by the poison arrows from both sides.” Elder Ge prevented Qing Shui from taking a step forward.

“Poison arrows?”

“There are some mechanisms installed on the walls of this stone path. It will shoot anyone who moves without waiting up to seven minutes. Even trying to fly across will have no effect. The poison on the arrows is from a type of Five Colored Poison Beast. Even a peak Martial Saint wouldn’t dare to risk it,” Elder Ge explained slowly.

“The poison of a Five Colored Poison Beast?” Qing Shui asked curiously as his eyes lit up when looking at Elder Ge.

“There are poison masters in the Heavenly Palace, but the poison from this Five Colored Poison Beast has been left behind from the past. The poison masters are only responsible to replace them once every few years. Normally, no one dared to touch this Five Colored Poison,” Elder Ge sighed. He wasn’t sure if it was at the decline of the Heavenly Palace or some other reason.

“Elder Ge, is there still any more Five Colored Poison left?” Qing Shui was a little excited in his heart. He had been developing the [Poison Scriptures] for quite some time now and was lacking a type of main poison. Although there were quite a number of poisonous beings in the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal, none of them could be used as most poisonous main ingredient at the moment. They were either lacking in toxicity or lacking in age.

If he could get his hand on a main ingredient, then he could start concocting the poison before finally strengthening it with the crystals produced by the Crystal Lions. The triple-eyed Grass Green Frogs could also be used for strengthening it. The difference between the two was that one was strengthened by produced crystals and the other one was being used as a medicinal ingredient itself.

“Yes, but not much. After all, this poison was prepared for the poison arrows in this mechanism. Since the poison arrows were very rarely used, there wasn’t much Five Colored Poison to begin with,” Elder Ge replied while looking at him.

“Oh, then give me half of the remaining Five Colored Poison. This way, I can have higher odds of success.” Qing Shui’s blood raced at the thoughts of more than twenty powerful cultivators on his opponent’s side.

“I’ll give all of it to you!” Elder Ge said with a smile.

“This is not the only mechanism in here, right?” He asked Elder Ge.

“Of course not.”

Seven minutes passed very fast. The darkness in here didn’t lessen from people getting accustomed to it despite being in here for prolonged period. It was still as dark as the black ink around them after seven minutes. They couldn’t even see their own fingers when they extended their arms.

After turning a corner, Elder Ge informed Qing Shui, “We can only walk on the width of a meter in the center. Walking on either two sides will trigger the sharp blades beneath the floor. These blades were also dipped in poison. It’s an extremely strong corrosive poison, so it can easily penetrate anything.”

After turning another corner, they could only walk on the width of a meter on the right side…turning another corner, they could only walk on the width of a meter on the left side. Next, they could only fly across in the mid air without touching any of the four walls to prevent being attacked….

They even had to pause a few times in between. Other than the dangers mentioned above, there were also poisonous stone bugs and poisonous stones. On top of that, there were countless of them. Even a peak Martial Saint cultivator would have a hard time in such a narrow and confined space. Just like how ‘a tiger may even be insulted by a dog when it leaves the remote mountains and comes to the flat area; even a shrimp dares to dupe the dragon when it is in the shallow water’*, they’d have no opportunities to put their strength to use.

[TL Note: Part of a poem that has the meaning of ‘Those who lose their advantages or power over others will be belittled and defeated’.]

Qing Shui was less worried now. After walking a few li through this meandering tunnel, his eyes were greeted by brightness. They had reached a quite spacious and empty place. This should be an underground world, since they had been traveling along a downhill path.

This place was like a mountain valley with spring and lake. There were even fishes in the lake. The sky here was overcast, but the air wasn’t too bad. However, this place wasn’t suited for long stays. Staying here for a year and half would pretty much be the limit.

There were many stone houses in the distance. Their purpose was to provide shelter whenever the Heavenly Palace was in danger. These were prepared for the sake of leaving behind some foundation for the next Heavenly Palace’s successor.

“How is it? You can be at ease now, right? Besides, we can overlook the possibility of them finding out this place. You are the only thing I am worried about now. You are the key, otherwise everything here is just as useless as a decorative item.”

“With the Five Colored Poison and nothing else to worry about, I should be able to kill them.” Qing Shui evaluated that the odds of success was still very high with his Realm of Violet Jade Immortal, Fire Bird and the Diamond Gigantic Elephant. Though, that was provided that the opponents weren’t too powerful. It would be a different story otherwise.

Qing Shui and Elder Ge returned after they were done looking around this ‘hidden room’. Upon their return to the Heavenly Palace, Qing Shui got his hands on the Five Colored Poison Pearls. These Poison Pearls were created by the Five Colored Poison Beasts. They weren’t any inferior to the Five Colored Poison Beasts in the least.

“Fifteen!” Qing Shui took away nearly half of it. There was no need to take any more than that. If they were effective, only ten of them would suffice.

Without staying much longer, he returned to the Qing Residence and told them his plans. This involved letting them live there first for a period of time, because Qing Shui had decided to strike first to gain the upper hand.

Huoyun Liu-Li disagreed at first, and the others remained silent as well. Their hearts ached at the fact that Qing Shui had to shoulder the burden all by himself, but they still couldn’t do anything to help.

Qing Yi had a very lonely expression on her face. She walked to Qing Shui’s side and embraced him, “We’ll all listen to you, but you have to be honest with your mother. What are the odds of your success? Why not hide with us? A lot of things may change over a year and a half.”

Qing Yi’s words were exactly what the others had on their mind. Since it was Qing Yi who asked him, the rest of them looked at Qing Shui earnestly.