257: Chapter 219_2 257: Chapter 219_2 The poison could also prevent their cultivation from advancing easily; Tang Yanhong had grown accustomed to the monthly punishment.
When she smelled this breath of vitality, she felt a release from the tension in her nerves, sensing the poison being detoxed from her body within this aura.
Tang Yanhong felt a sense of liberation in her body, knowing that the aftereffects would never recur, and a feeling of joy filled her heart.
Without poison to harm others, she might lose her ultimate self-defense trick.
But she wondered, now that the poison was gone, might her cultivation improve at a faster rate?
Jiang Tang waited, his Divine Sense sweeping through every corner of the Tang Family, aware of nearby ambushes.
The garden was not a dwelling of the Tang Family members; he sensed the most people were entering from here into a ravine, which had an even richer breath of plants and trees.
With dawn approaching, Jiang Tang watched the sky, actually using his avatar to concoct pills in the space.
Always accompanied by so many women, he couldn’t close himself off for pill concoction.
Whenever he visited a place, he would leave behind some supreme elixirs.
Now, he could not use his main body to practice alchemy.
He would instead use two avatars; one was sent to protect the Jiang Family Head, while the other was concocting supreme elixirs within her body space, taking over the body’s cultivation.
Jiang Tang was continually growing stronger, and he no longer needed to cultivate by himself.
His hands, moving throughout the Cultivation World, would also absorb spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
Jiang Tang did not make it obvious, not letting anyone know he had the Star-absorbing Spell.
If people knew he possessed such a tyrannical Cultivation Method, they would deem him a Demon Cultivator and become envious, leading to besiegement.
As dawn began to break and a point of light appeared in the sky; the women who were meditating with closed eyes all opened them.
Tang Yanhong felt this trip had been very worthwhile, as she too benefited this time.
“Jiang Tang, thank you for saving me,” Dugu Yan’er, with her own intentions, would use her family’s Worm Insects.
She was a person who dared to love and hate fiercely, and had the courage to take responsibility for her actions.
“Jiang Tang, it’s really great to know you,” Lin Dandan, who rarely spoke among the women, now looked at Jiang Tang with grateful, affectionate eyes.
“Jiang Tang, I heard about you from my big brother.
The pills my brother brought back were distributed among our clan members, I didn’t get any, which is why my clan sent me to invite you,” Su Feifei spoke, reminding Jiang Tang of the brother she mentioned, who must be his sworn brother, Su Chang’an.
“Miss Su, there’s no need for thanks.
Your brother and I are sworn brothers, which makes us siblings as well.
Saving you was only right; your brother has saved me many times.”
“I don’t want to be your sister; my brother is my brother, and I am me,” Su Feifei, upon hearing Jiang Tang calling her his sister, refused to accept the role.
“Such a cute sister, haha.”
“Hate it…”
At this moment, Tang Yanhong received a message from the Family Head, asking her to lead the guests into the clan.
“Jiang Tang, our family invites you inside for breakfast.”
“Tang Yanhong, you’re not planning to invite us in and then poison us, are you?” Yuan Baozhu looked at Tang Yanhong warily.
“Miss Yuan, even if they poison us, it doesn’t matter.
You just detoxified yourself; even if they place poison in our food, you won’t be affected.”
To ease the women’s worries and to expedite the visits to each family, Jiang Tang spoke words to soothe their hearts.
“Roar, Tang Yanhong!
It’s truly pleasing to know there’s someone your poison can’t touch in this world,” Dugu Yan’er, who had been slighted by Tang Yanhong before, still held a grudge.
“Dugu Yan’er, didn’t you just take back your worm for Jiang Tang?
We are both outperformed here, don’t laugh at the misfortunes of others; we’re in the same boat,” Tang Yanhong was not one to spare anyone with her words.
Previously fearful of Tang Yanhong and her family’s poison, they now admired the scenery of Tang Family under the faint light of the dawning day.
Here, every spot was planted with exotic flowers and plants, the names of which they could not pronounce.
Tang Yanhong was in a good mood and introduced them, pointing out in the garden which plants were poisonous and which were antidotal; beside every poisonous plant or herb, there inevitably grew a plant that could serve as an antidote.
They had heard about being poisoned and were unaware that the Tang Family had such a tactic.
Jiang Tang truly witnessed the potency of the Poison Sect Tang Clan.
He also saw the notorious Love Flowers, small and brightly colored blooms, tiny and beautiful, enhancing the beauty of the garden, yet frightfully potent in their effects.
Jiang Tang also saw for himself the most deadly of poisons, the Intestine-Breaking Grass, that appeared to be nothing more than an ordinary little weed.
He was also grateful that during that encounter with danger at the Hell Palace, and in that space, he found a Vitality Spirit Flower, which might very well be a Spirit Grass planted by the Immortals from The Upper Realm.
To be able to survive in a space refined by an Immortal, it indeed was no ordinary item.
At this moment, Jiang Tang was also thinking about another type of grass, the Nourishing Soul Grass, and wondered whether there were more types of Spirit Grass that he needed inside the Hell Palace?
This thought made him want to ask the Artifact Spirit within the Hell Palace, but upon second thought, he wondered if the Artifact Spirit would suspect he wasn’t the owner if he asked?
Jiang Tang dismissed this idea and decided to send an Avatar into the Hell Palace to search and explore, eager to know if the demonic beasts and ghost cultivators inside were behaving and if that master and disciple had been punished.
He had too many things to take care of during this period, so he chose to temporarily give up on taking revenge on them.
Jiang Tang then instructed his avatar to deliver Spirit Pills daily to his relatives and those cultivating within the light circles of the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space.
Jiang Tang met the Tang Family Master from the Poison Sect Tang Clan, rumored to be a fearsome figure.
Under the leadership of Tang Yanhong, they arrived at a mountain stream that appeared to be a secluded paradise from the outside; under Tang Yanhong’s guidance, they entered the area.
He discovered that this was merely an illusion; the actual buildings within were majestic.
They were not dwelling in caves by the mountain stream, nor did they reside along the slopes of the stream.
“Young friend Jiang Tang, welcome to our Tang Family as a guest.”
Jiang Tang made a junior’s bow to the middle-aged man speaking in the center, who was accompanied by several men about the same age as him.
Their cultivations seemed not too different from his own, at the Soul Sea Stage, and the Tang Clan did not appear weak.
In addition to their use of poisons, their own cultivations were this high, and if so many of them attacked him, he really didn’t know if he would have any chance of victory.
The middle-aged man seemed very astute, and after Tang Yanhong’s trial, it seemed there would be no significant actions – perhaps this was a sign of sincerity from a collaborator!
“Tang Family Master, it is an honor for me to meet you.”
Jiang Tang said this sincerely, for how could he meet such a character if he were not so powerfully capable?
“Young friend Jiang Tang, please have a seat with these young ladies you have brought along.
We have invited you to our family this time to discuss our potential collaboration; have you considered how you might work with us?”
Jiang Tang confidently found a chair to sit in, and the rest of the women sat down as well.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
“May I ask how Tang Family Master wishes to cooperate?”
“Young friend Jiang Tang, we are looking to barter, exchanging goods for the supreme elixirs you craft.
How does that sound?”
“Well, that is possible, but I would like to know what kind of items you would offer in exchange?”
“We cultivate both poisonous and antidotal herbs here.
Do you find them useful, young friend Jiang Tang?”
“They can be useful.
I can also craft stronger poisons and antidotes based on the medicinal herbs you supply,” Jiang Tang confidently stated, causing everyone in the hall to look at one another until the Family Master nodded in agreement.
“Initially, we simply wanted you to craft supreme elixirs for us, including those two most powerful elixirs you auctioned; we are in great need of them.
If you can craft stronger poisons for us, that would be even better.”
“Hmm, Tang Family Master, feel free to provide me with a sample of your poison and its alchemy prescription, and I will craft a stronger poison for you.”
No sooner had Jiang Tang finished speaking than Xuanyuan Mengting pulled at his sleeve and whispered,
“Jiang Tang, don’t be reckless.
You wouldn’t really craft stronger poisons for them to harm others, would you?”
After hearing Xuanyuan Mengting’s words, Jiang Tang calmed himself.
“Tang Family Master, I can refine the alchemy prescription for you, under one condition you must agree: you are not to use the poison crafted from my improved prescription to harm others.”
“Young friend Jiang Tang, I can only promise you that we will not deliberately harm people.
If others offend us or act like those terrorists in Immortal Venerable City, if they dare come to our family, we will not be polite,” the Tang Family Master promised with a serious expression.