With Zhang Xuan's Zongshi realm pinnacle Heaven's Path zhenqi, he was able to neutralize all poisons below grade-3, so there was no need for an antidote.
Sun Qiang had no idea what kind of danger he would face on this trip, so it was best for him to be careful.
If anyone dared to make a move on him, with this surge of zhenqi, even if it was unable to neutralize grade-3 poison, it shouldn't be a problem for him to survive.
"Thank you, young master!"
Sensing the surge of zhenqi in his body, Sun Qiang knew that the young master was doing this for his safety. Thus, he nodded his head in gratitude.
After interacting with the young master for the past few days, he knew that even though the young master wasn't as capable as the old master, he was still a capable person.
Since the young master was willing to do so, he must have his reasons.
After explaining the usage of the surge of zhenqi in detail, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief.
Ever since he started following Sun Qiang, even though he was a little unscrupulous, he was still a reliable person. He was able to accomplish many things smoothly, saving him a lot of trouble.
'Yang shi 'was an unknown high-tier master teacher, and as a butler, he had to maintain the bearing befitting of a butler. Even though his cultivation wasn't too impressive, he had a good grasp of this aspect.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought him all the way here from Tianxuan Kingdom.
"These are a few pills that are beneficial to your cultivation. Don't slack on your cultivation on the way."
Flicking his wrist, Zhang Xuan took out the pills he had obtained from the Lin Clan and passed them over.
"Yes!" Sun Qiang hurriedly took the pills from Zhang Xuan's hands.
He wasn't a fool either. He knew that his current cultivation was already holding him back. If he didn't hurry up, he would be in deep trouble once his cultivation became useless.
Zhang Xuan instructed a few more words before Hall Master Xie Jiuchen returned. Behind him was an elder. He was Wei Yuqing.
"The Poison Temple is a dangerous place. After much consideration, I decided to have Elder Wei follow him. This way, it will be safer!"
Hall Master Xie said.
Wei Yuqing was a 3-star beast tamer and a Zhizun realm pinnacle expert. He was the strongest person in the Beast Hall other than Hall Master Xie Jiuchen, and he had a deep understanding of the Poison Temple as well.
It would be safest for him to bring Beast Tamer Zhang's subordinate over.
Beast Tamer Zhang was the most esteemed guest of the Beast Hall. Furthermore, he hadn't tamed the Nightmare Beast tamer yet, and the other party had requested him to protect his subordinate no matter what.
"Then I'll have to trouble Elder Wei!"
Zhang Xuan cupped his fists.
"Don't worry!" Wei Yuqing nodded with a smile. "Although I haven't been to the Poison Temple, I've heard a lot of rumors. If you're just looking for someone, there won't be any danger!"
He was just looking for someone, not going to the Poison Temple to cause trouble. It wasn't a big problem.
Even if poison masters were capable of all sorts of tricks, beast tamers, as one of the top occupations in the Upper Nine Paths, weren't just for show.
"En!" With Elder Wei personally handling this matter, Zhang Xuan felt much more at ease and didn't say anything else.
The two of them left on the flying savage beast. Hall Master Xie Jiuchen stayed for a while before turning around to leave.
Now that the Nightmare Beast had awoken, he had to make the best use of his time to resolve the problem in its body and build a good relationship with it.
"Begin!"
After everyone left, Zhang Xuan found a quiet room, adjusted his breathing, and sat down cross-legged.
Since he had sufficient spirit beast blood essence, it was time for him to continue cultivating the Heaven's Path Golden Body 2-dan.
After adjusting his condition, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and a few droplets of spirit beast blood appeared on his palm. Concentrated spiritual energy immediately filled the room.
The individual cultivation rooms of such villas were all equipped with a formation to gather spiritual energy so that it wouldn't dissipate easily.
With a grim expression, Zhang Xuan drove his zhenqi according to the Heaven's Path Golden Body 2-dan. With a flick of his finger, the droplets of blood immediately turned into mist and seeped into every single acupoint in his body.
Spirit beast blood essence was extracted from the body of a spirit beast. Even though it wasn't as valuable as the inner core, it still harnessed the essence of a spirit beast. Every single droplet of it harnessed far purer and denser energy than spirit stones.
After absorbing the energy, a powerful current immediately formed in Zhang Xuan's body, nourishing every single cell in his body, making him stronger.
"The effects have weakened significantly …"
Sensing the changes after absorbing the blood essence, Zhang Xuan's expression turned grim.
As his cultivation increased, his need for spirit beast blood essence would also increase. In the past, a single droplet was sufficient for him to advance his cultivation significantly, but now, it wasn't of much use anymore.
However, since he had sufficient spirit beast blood essence on hand, he didn't care.
Furthermore, based on his previous calculations, twenty droplets of spirit beast blood essence should be sufficient for him to reach Zhizun realm pinnacle.
As long as his strength was sufficient, with the Eye of Insight and the Library of Heaven's Path, he might even stand a chance against a Half-Transcension expert.
His vengeance would also become easier.
Tzzzzzzz!
Activating the Heaven's Path Golden Body 2-dan, Zhang Xuan's muscles were constantly changing, causing his strength to soar swiftly.
Hong long!
After an unknown period of time, a resounding boom sounded. It was as though he had broken some kind of shackle on his body. At the same time, he felt as though he had entered a warm bath, leaving him feeling extremely comfortable.
After cultivating for a long time, he finally broke through the bottleneck of 9999 ding and reached Zhizun realm!
Even though the difference between 9999 ding and 10,000 ding was only a single ding, it was the difference between Zhizun realm and Half-Zhizun realm.
Zhizun realm was the pinnacle of a fighter's cultivation. Regardless of whether it was one's physical body, spirit, or spirit, they had all reached the limits of what a human could achieve.
Stepping into Zhizun realm meant becoming a Transcendent Mortal. Regardless of whether it was in terms of lifespan or strength, there would be a huge leap in one's life.
Otherwise, one could only remain at Zongshi realm for the rest of one's life. As time passed, one's youth would gradually fade away, leaving one powerless.
In other words, Zhizun realm was the stepping stone to becoming a true expert.
Many cultivators were unable to reach Zhizun realm and ended up regretting it for the rest of their lives.
Zhang Xuan had absorbed two droplets of spirit beast blood previously, and he was also stuck at this bottleneck. No matter how hard he tried, he was only a single ding away from reaching Zhizun realm.
Now that he had sufficient blood, he could squander it as he pleased. Finally, he achieved a breakthrough.
With a breakthrough in his cultivation, Zhang Xuan felt a huge leap in his reaction speed and thought process.
It was clearer and clearer than before.
As expected of the pinnacle of a fighter. Just the breakthrough of his physical body had brought him unimaginable benefits.
Even though his strength had only increased by a single ding, his fighting prowess had increased by nearly twofold.
If he were to fight with the Steel-armed Golden Ape once more, even without the Library of Heaven's Path, he would be able to subdue it easily.
This was Zhizun realm!
"I have to work harder!"
Knowing that it would be easier for him to raise his cultivation after breaking through this bottleneck, Zhang Xuan smiled. He frenziedly absorbed the spirit beast blood in the jade bottle and swiftly drove the Heaven's Path Golden Body 2-dan. Once again, his strength rose at a rate visible to the naked eye.
10100 ding!
10200 ding!
10300 ding!
...
30000 ding!
In less than a day, Zhang Xuan had raised his cultivation from 10,000 ding to 30,000 ding, putting him on par with Zhizun realm advanced stage.
At this moment, he had already depleted a total of eighteen droplets of spirit beast blood.
"Seems like the depletion is greater than I expected..."
He thought that he would only need ten droplets to reach Zhizun realm advanced stage. Yet, he ended up using eighteen droplets, exceeding his expectations.
However, it didn't matter. There were still twelve droplets left, and that should be enough.
"Continue!"
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and continued cultivating.
...
While Zhang Xuan was in seclusion, Sun Qiang finally arrived at the Wind Gazing Valley of the Dusk Mountain Range.
Just like the Red Lotus Range, this place extended far into the horizon. The Poison Temple was hidden amidst the lush greenery.
Those who didn't know its exact location would be killed by the savage beasts and miasma in the valley before they could even get too far.
"Be careful!"
Grand Elder Wei Yuqing took out the Obstacle Avoidance Pill in advance.
Abandoning the aerial savage beast, Zhang Xuan proceeded along the valley.
With Grand Elder Wei Yuqing's Zhizun realm pinnacle cultivation, most of the weaker savage beasts didn't dare to approach him. On top of that, he was an astute person with vast experience in the pugilistic world. Thus, he didn't meet with too much danger along the way.
After traveling for an entire day, bypassing the poisonous miasma and the nest of the savage beasts, a massive building came into sight.
There were countless dark gray buildings built entirely out of rocks. Towering and imposing, they gave off an ancient vibe.
It bore some resemblance to the Poison Temple in Red Lotus City, but it was much more majestic and filled with all kinds of formidable formations.
Circling around a massive boulder, Zhang Xuan arrived before a door.
Before he could enter, he triggered a mechanism, and 'jiya!', a bell chimed loudly.
Huala!
A few robed poison masters appeared before him.
Even though the Poison Temple was well-hidden, as one of the most feared occupations in the world, it still had sufficient defenses in place.
"Who dares to barge into the Poison Temple?"
A young man walked up and stared at the poison masters coldly.
These poison masters appeared to be in their thirties, and all of them had reached Zongshi realm. The one who spoke was even a Zongshi realm pinnacle expert.
Of course, the most fearsome aspect of a poison master wasn't their strength but their ability to use poison.
Even though they were only at Zongshi realm, even Grand Elder Wei Yuqing didn't dare to underestimate them.
"I am a 3-star beast tamer of the Beast Hall, Grand Elder Wei Yuqing. I'm here to look for a friend!"
Stepping forward, Grand Elder Wei Yuqing clasped his fist.
After a day of interaction, he knew that Sun Qiang was only at Dingli realm. Thus, he took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of negotiating with the other party.
"Grand Elder Wei of the Beast Hall?"
The young man was taken aback for a moment before a grim expression appeared on his face.
Even though he hadn't ventured out much, he still had a rough idea of the strength of the Beast Hall. To be able to become an elder of the Beast Hall, the other party's strength had probably reached Zhizun realm pinnacle. He wasn't someone they could afford to offend.
"May I know which poison master you are looking for in our Poison Temple?"
The young man said respectfully after returning the greeting.
"He's a poison master named Gu Mu!"
Sun Qiang replied.
"Gu Mu?"
The young man was taken aback. Then, he frowned, "You're looking for Hall Master Gu?"
"Hall Master?"
Sun Qiang and Grand Elder Wei Yuqing were taken aback.
On the way here, Grand Elder Wei Yuqing also knew that the other party was here to look for Zhang Xuan's junior nephew... Initially, he thought that the other party was just an unknown poison master. Never in his dreams did he expect that the other party would be the esteemed hall master of the Poison Temple.
Even if he were to be compared to Hall Master Xie Jiuchen, his standing wouldn't pale in comparison.
"That's right!" Seeing that the other party didn't know that Gu Mu was the hall master and came here to look for him, a hint of wariness surfaced in the young man's eyes. He couldn't help but ask, "May I know why you are looking for the hall master? I'll pass on the message for you!"
"What's the matter?"
After a moment of hesitation, Sun Qiang recalled his identity, and his plump figure immediately became as heavy as a mountain.
Placing his hands behind his back, he said proudly, "Hmph, tell him that his Uncle Sun Qiang is here. Hurry up and come out to welcome me!"
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