Chapter 1739: The World of Poisonous Gas

"That's more like it!"

Taking the jade bottle, Zhang Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

Forcing him to compete in martial arts naturally came at a price, and even the ancient sages were no exception!

"Has this blade of yours advanced to the ancient sage level?"

The ancestor of the Zhang family seemed unable to believe it either.

"Yes," Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Good, excellent!"

The Zhang family ancestor laughed heartily.

All these years, he had been the sole pillar supporting the family, and it was exhausting. Now that a weapon had advanced, it meant the Zhang family once again had an ancient sage powerhouse to guard them.

Moreover, the spirit of a weapon had a longer lifespan than humans, allowing it to protect the family and help it go further.

"I still have students in the hands of the Hundred Schools of Thought. I must go rescue them now, so I'll take my leave..."

With the ancient sages of the Hundred Schools of Thought and the alien spirit clan gone, only some sacred beasts and many master teachers remained, posing no further danger. Zhang Xuan cupped his fists and said.

"Go ahead."

The Zhang family ancestor waved his hand.

Knowing that without him, he could not have succeeded in the sneak attack, and might even have been killed by the ancient sage of the alien spirit clan earlier, Zhang Xuan respectfully bowed, then asked Zhao Ya to lead the way, flying straight in one direction.

After flying for who knows how long, he looked back to see the Grand Achievement Hall already blurry. Zhao Ya stopped.

"This is where I and the people from the Hundred Schools of Thought appeared."

Zhang Xuan glanced around and smiled slightly.

He and Hu Yaoyao had also left the Icebound World from here. It seemed Zhao Ya and the others had come from that world to this one as well.

"Break!"

Previously, he could only traverse spatial barriers through the sacrifices of the alien race. Now, with a demonic strange blade of the ancient saint level, such barriers could no longer trouble him. With the long blade in hand, he gave a light slash.

Swish!

A crack appeared.

Pulling Zhao Ya along, he jumped straight down.

The next moment, they reappeared in the world of ice and snow.

However, this world no longer had ice and snow; instead, it was filled with clusters of flowers and lush greenery.

If not for having left from here, and the old man who had a sudden impulse earlier still being present, he would have suspected entering a different world.

Having been here once, the exit of this world was easily found, and the two went straight through it.

Whoosh!

Appearing again, they arrived in a mountain forest filled with miasma.

"Wei Ruyan should be in this world, in the corresponding branch hall!"

After glancing at the surroundings, Zhao Ya said.

Zhang Xuan nodded, turned his wrist, and a pill appeared in his palm: "Take this!"

"Yes!"

She opened her mouth and swallowed it. After finishing, Zhao Ya looked over with slight confusion: "Teacher, is this an antidote pill?"

"The air and water here are poisonous. Be careful!"

Zhang Xuan explained.

Because of his congenital fetal poison, he had specifically studied books on poison masters. At a glance, he could tell that this jungle was not as simple as it seemed. It looked very quiet, with no powerful sacred beasts, but in reality, it was filled with deadly poison, making it hard to guard against.

Zhao Ya followed closely behind her teacher: "Teacher, what do we do now?"

"Simple. Find the location of this world's exit. If nothing unexpected happens, the branch hall of the Confucian Temple is directly above it!"

With experience from previous times, he had already figured out the pattern.

He picked a direction at random and walked slowly forward.

In the jungle, there were venomous scorpions and snakes everywhere, but Zhang Xuan, possessing the Heavenly Dao true qi, was not afraid and encountered no danger along the way.

After walking for half an hour, he encountered a group of masters, all of whom were pale-faced and severely poisoned.

He gave them a few pills refined with Heavenly Dao true qi to help detoxify them, asked a few detailed questions, determined the location of the exit, and headed there.

"It should be here..."

An hour later, the two stopped in front of a small pond.

"This is just an ordinary pond. Why does the teacher think it's the exit?"

Zhao Ya looked over in confusion.

Earlier, when she asked, she had listened carefully to his words. Even they didn't know where the exit was; how could the teacher be so sure?

"It's simple..."

Without further explanation, Zhang Xuan grabbed in the air and pinched an ant between his fingertips.

This ant was the size of a bean, bright red all over, and clearly highly venomous.

With a slight smile, he placed the ant on the back of his hand.

With a pop!

In one bite, its mouth pierced the skin and injected venom. Zhang Xuan did not use Heavenly Dao true qi to neutralize it but instead let the venom spread.

In a short while, the back of his hand began to blacken, with redness, swelling, and bruising appearing.

"Teacher..."

Not knowing why the teacher was doing this, Zhao Ya was extremely anxious.

Poison was not like other things; once it flowed into the heart with the blood, even immortals would find it hard to save him.

"Don't worry..."

Zhang Xuan grabbed again, and water from the pond was drawn into the air and landed on the wound.

Sizzle!

The potent poison on the back of his hand, as if encountering its nemesis, emitted white smoke. The previous redness, swelling, and bruising quickly subsided. Soon, his palm was restored to its original state, as if it had never been poisoned.

"This..."

Zhao Ya stood frozen: "The water from this pond can neutralize poison?"

"Exactly!"

Zhang Xuan nodded: "The purpose of Master Kong leaving behind this relic is to temper the younger generation, so they may be worthy of inheriting his treasure, not to kill! Therefore... there must be an antidote at the exit. Otherwise, if everyone were poisoned to death, what use would the inheritance be?"

Zhao Ya suddenly understood.

"I asked those masters we encountered earlier where the most poisonous insects and the greatest danger were. They told me it was here. In the world, yin and yang balance each other; every drink and peck is determined by heaven! Master Kong's cultivation method is in harmony with nature. Where there are many poisonous insects, the antidote must also exist. So I concluded that this is the exit!"

Zhang Xuan smiled.

He certainly couldn't have asked those masters where the exit was. If they knew, they would have fled long ago, not stayed here in fear.

They didn't know the exit, but they surely knew, from their long experience, where the poisonous insects were most abundant.

Having found this place and discovered that no poisonous insects could approach the pond, if he still didn't confirm it, he would truly be foolish.

"Teacher, should we break through the space now to find Wei Ruyan and the others?"

Having found the exit, Zhao Ya couldn't help asking.

According to calculations, the branch hall where Wei Ruyan and the others went should be above this pond.

"No need to rush. Wait here. I'll go into the pond first! Since it can continuously produce water that neutralizes poison, there must be an array eye that stabilizes the world inside. Let's take that thing first!"

Zhang Xuan said.

The jungle world had the five kings; the desert world had the tree roots; the ice world had the cold crystal stone... This poisonous world might also have a stabilizing object.

Like the crystal stone, it would be of great help in entering the branch hall.

Preparing in advance prevents trouble.

Having said that, without further ado, he leaped, plunged straight into the pond, and disappeared.