Vile Dominion

Chapter 71: The Poisoned Pact

Three days later.

An incident occurred in the Wei Dynasty that shook the whole royalty, and even the king, Wei Han, was alarmed.

Most of the alchemists started showing symptoms in their whole body. Their entire body showed spots of purple shade, and their health degraded simultaneously.

In fact, it was not a life-and-death situation for those alchemists. They had been ingesting small amounts of poison since they entered into alchemy. Alchemists and Poison Masters are two hostile professions. Thus, alchemists have always tried to gain resistance to poison as much as possible. However, even though it was not a life-and-death problem, it was still able to disable them. They might not be able to perform alchemy ever again in their life if not given proper treatment. It was a strange poison with at least Rank 6 potency. Not only did it harm their bodies, but it also affected their sense of smell, taste, and touch!

The Poison Master is one of the most popular professions in the Divine Spirit Continent because of the ease with which it can be learned. Even a Beginner Warrior can become a Rank 6 Poison Master! However, the difficulty of poison scriptures and various recipes increases exponentially after Rank 6. Rank 7 and Rank 6 Poison Masters have a gap akin to heaven and earth.

The difficulty is so high that there are less than 100 Rank 7 Poison Masters in the entire Divine Spirit Continent, while one can find hundreds of millions of Rank 6 poison masters! A Rank 7 Poison Master and a Rank 7 Alchemist have nearly the same status, but a Rank 6 Poison Master is inferior even to a Rank 4 Alchemist!

At this time, in a certain shop in the capital:

Wu Meng was sitting casually, selling alchemy pills. Since the day he made a deal with Li Gang, he has been working for him. He knows it is a good opportunity. Someone like Li Gang, who is not only demonic in nature but also possesses vast knowledge of alchemy, is a huge asset during a period like this, which has just faced a catastrophe.

Suddenly, a young man came.

He said slowly, "Mr. Wu, there has been no news of Master Ren since he met the king. It's been three days now."

Wu Meng nodded. "You did a good job; you can leave."

The young man left.

Wu Meng narrowed his eyes. "As expected of a Rank 5 Warrior, his shrewdness is not something we beginner warriors can see through."

He took out a scroll from his pocket and wrote a few words in it. As soon as the words were written, they disappeared immediately.

This is yet another means of communication among intermediate warriors. It is similar to sound transmission.

This scroll possesses a small formation, which identifies the words and converts them into certain encrypted signals. This signal is then transferred to the designated area through spiritual essence. The designated area has another similar scroll that attracts this signal when it arrives within its range. Then, this signal is converted back into words. It's important to understand that each pair of such scrolls encrypts the words uniquely to increase privacy in case a higher-class warrior sees through the transmission. The communication token Li Gang used in the Monarch Inheritance also works in a similar fashion.

The border of the Wu and Shu Dynasties is occupied by a large forest.

A few hundred miles away from the border in a southern direction.

There is an ordinary-looking cave, occupied by a Rank 4 Spiritual Beast. Most warriors avoid coming to this place because of the dangers lurking here.

In this ordinary-looking cave, there is a hidden passage that even a Rank 5 Warrior can't find unless they search carefully.