Zhu Zi hates Yin Laogui the most, but his most desired opponent is Hua Xiaolou.
Yin Yu's poison-making skills were quite good a decade or so ago, and he could innovate from time to time. However, in the last ten years or so, he has not been able to develop a new type of poison. Of course, Lao Gui would not tell the truth to outsiders. He has been researching poison all along, and every year at the gathering, Lao Gui would show off the new poison.
The Hidden Branch has rules: whether it's the sect leader or a disciple, everyone must focus their main energy on developing poison techniques. They must achieve results every year, and gather once a year to showcase their accomplishments.
The higher the position, the higher the requirements. Yin Yu is the sect leader. If he can't even develop a new type of poison every year, his subordinates will never be convinced. Countless people want to sit in the position of sect leader.
In fact, the Hidden Branch was quite disciplined in its early days. Although it was a poison sect, it was just a hobby and they would not abuse poison to harm people. If any disciple was found to be causing trouble outside, they would be severely punished upon their return.
The most severe punishment is being thrown into the Hidden Sect's Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
The Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons is a treasure left by our ancestors, where countless poisonous insects are cultivated, including centipedes, scorpions, toads, venomous snakes, spiders, and more. They are not only large in size but also come in a wide variety of species.
These poisonous insects live by cannibalizing each other. The Ten Thousand Poison Cave is actually a perverted and twisted biological poison chain. Although food is provided every day, the amount is not large. To survive, one must fight and devour each other. Those who can eat the food are the strong, or they devour their own kind and enemies.
This not only limits the number of poisonous insects in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, but also allows the insects to evolve and obtain the purest venom.
Those disciples who made mistakes would be given a medicine before being released. This medicine would spread throughout their bodies, producing a substance in their skin and blood that was repulsive to poisonous insects and also made them resistant to poison.
So once released, the disciples who made mistakes would be eaten by poisonous insects. They would only take one bite and then stop eating. However, there were thousands upon thousands of poisonous insects in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave. Each bite would cause the disciple to wish for death, but no matter how painful it was, the disciple would not die.
Once, a disciple made a mistake and was only in the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave for three days. When he was rescued, he was no longer human. Although he survived, his face was completely disfigured, and his eyes, nose, and ears were all crippled. He was more terrifying than a ghost, and his body was also destroyed. He lingered on for a few years before dying a painful death.
Because of this cruel punishment system, the disciples of the Hidden Sect had always stayed peacefully in the deep mountains, married and had children, living a peaceful and happy life, until Yin Yu appeared. He was ambitious and vicious, killed Zhu Zi's father and the old sect leader of the Hidden Sect, and took control of the Hidden Sect. After that, the Hidden Sect changed.
Yin Yu not only tempted his disciples to commit numerous evils, but also changed many of the old rules, turning the Hidden Sect into a chaotic mess. Some people protested, but these people would all suffer accidents afterward, and gradually no one dared to resist him anymore.
However, it won't be easy for Yin Laogui to hold onto the position of sect leader. The most important thing is that he needs to demonstrate the poisons he has developed every year. As the highest leader of the Poison Sect, if he can't even guarantee his professional competence, who will respect him?
The poisons that Yin Yu has displayed over the years were actually developed by Hua Xiaolou.
Zhu Zi had already investigated and found that Hua Xiaolou was indeed exceptionally talented in drug production, which was why he was the last to join the class, yet the most valued.
Without Hua Xiaolou, Yin Laogui wouldn't be able to secure his position as sect leader.
Fan Li was very wary of Zhu Zi. His body trembled, and he shook his head in alarm. "I have no dealings with my eighth junior brother. He is very arrogant and looks down on me."
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