"Hmm."

  Scoffs, even if slight, still exist. Zi Qi smiled and glanced at Hua Rou, thinking that she had overestimated her and was even more convinced that the poison was completely ineffective earlier.

  Lingling looked at Hua Rou sympathetically, apparently she didn't even have a hint of spiritual energy on her body, and was even weaker than herself.

  Tang Jiuer looked at Hua Rou without saying a word, but her expression was clearly filled with unbelievable surprise, as if she was surprised by Hua Rou's utterly unaccomplished performance.

  It wasn't until seven or eight seconds later that Tang Jiuer stared at Hua Rou and said in a low voice, "You wait for me in the courtyard tomorrow morning."

  Tang Jiuer left without a word, no comment, no guidance, only her usual coldness and indifference.

  "Look at you practicing every day so diligently and laboriously, I really thought you had some skills."

  As soon as Tang Jiuer walked far away, Zi Hua rushed to Hua Rou and clicked her tongue in ridicule: "Tsk tsk, it turns out that even enlightenment can't be done, it seems that it won't take long before you can roll out of the poisonous room."

  "Trash is trash, no matter how hard you try, it's still trash."

  Zi Qi dropped a sentence and turned back into the house, Zi Hua naturally followed behind.

  Linlin looked at Hua Rou and then at the two sisters in the east wing, sighed, and slowly moved back to the east wing.

  Hua Rou bowed her head again and looked at her own hands.

  Not a single ray of light, could it be... I have failed? Was the direction of my enlightenment wrong?

  She began to doubt herself, but didn't notice Tang Jiuer's hand trembling as he pushed open the door.

  ……

  Night, deep and intoxicating.

  Under the candlelight, I used scissors to cut the sweat towel that covered my face into half-inch long fragments. Then, piece by piece, I ignited them with the candle flame and burned them into handfuls of ashes.

  Flickering flames illuminated the cautious and contemplative look in Mu Jun's eyes.

  Tang Jing looked at it and it was definitely not a shoe, but probably a footprint. The room had a mechanism laid out, so I would be waiting in vain for a short time, and I couldn't sneak out again at night.

  Tang Liu mentioned that Wang Hua Rou was not surprised, it seems that not only has he mentioned it multiple times, but also paid attention to it for a long time. How did he know about my affairs? It should be Tang Ji, and what Tang Ji obtained should come from the Du Hun Fang... It seems I still need to improve myself and strive to become a disciple of the Du Hun Fang as soon as possible to investigate all this.

  However, I was too careless and thought that the Tang Sect was a place isolated from the world. Now that I've acted in this way, it's possible that I've already exposed myself. I still need to think of a foolproof plan to cover up my identity.

  While thinking deeply about you, I carefully remove the old soil from the surface of the flower pot in the house, then turn over the soil underneath and mix in the black ash that has been burned out of the handkerchief. After tidying up the flower soil and straightening the plants, I cover them with a thin layer of old soil again.

  The flower pot that showed no signs of being moved was back in the corner of the room, and Mu Junwu lay on the bed with a faint gaze after washing his hands.

  ……

  The morning light is faint, and the birds are singing clearly.

  "Venomous skill, put simply, is a skill that uses poison as its method. Since you three have enlightened to the Three Pure Spirit Scripture, it's time for you to learn venomous skill."

  Tang Jiuer stood in front of the hall door and swept her gaze over her four disciples.

  "Poison can give life and poison can kill. How you use it is unknown to me. So before I teach you, there will be a test."

  "What test is this, Master?"

  Tang Jiuer glanced at Zi Hua and said slowly: "Of course... Let's see if you are worthy of the Poisonous Cultivation Method. Follow me!"

  The four of them followed Tang Jiuer out of the poison room and passed through the courtyard gate of the trap room, also passing through the courtyard gate of the firearms room...

  "Master, where are you taking us?"

  "Prison, bitter jail."

  Ku Lao, Hua Rou had heard it for the first time, but she was walking at the back and clearly saw Zi Qi and Zi Hua. After hearing these two words, their bodies obviously paused for a moment.

  This place, isn't it some kind of terrible prison, a painful cage?

  Hua Rou guessed and followed along the way.

  Tang Jiuer led the people into the hall of punishment, where Tang Zhan, the master of the hall of punishment, was sitting in the courtyard reading a book. He glanced at them briefly and then lowered his head to continue reading without saying a word.

  The backyard of the prison, Hua Rou had never been here before, and as soon as she stepped in, she was stunned by the scene in front of her.

  Under a few sparse trees, weeds grew as long as a foot, with no one to tend to them, and a faint sour smell wafted through the air.

  Is this the bitter prison?

  Hua Rou looked around in confusion, while Tang Jiu'er led them into the tall grass.

  "Ah!" Her foot kicked against a protruding stone and Hua Rou stumbled forward, but was caught by Linlin: "Be careful."

  Hua Rou nodded her head in thanks and began to pay attention to the ground, only then did she discover that among the weeds there would occasionally be several stone arches protruding, and on the sides of these stone arches, which were no more than half a palm high, were chiseled several small holes about an inch long, most of which had spider webs attached.

  Is this an air raid shelter? Is there a basement underneath?

  Hua Rou frowned in thought, and Tang Jiu'er suddenly pulled out an iron chain from the weeds behind her.

  A patch of ground covered with weeds was turned over, revealing a flight of stone steps leading down.

  Tang Jiuer walked in silently, followed by several disciples. As Hua Rou walked further in, a strong sour smell wafted up, making people feel nauseous.

  The underground dungeon was devoid of sunlight, with only a few faint rays of light from the air vents mixing with the dim candlelight, making it impossible to see clearly and eerily frightening.

  Hua's shoulders shrank, and she couldn't help but let out a tremble. She could feel the damp chill seeping into her skin.

  They walked for just a few steps and then the five of them stood in front of a stone gate.

  Tang Jiuer took out four porcelain bottles from her bosom and placed them on a small table beside the stone gate.

  "In here are some disciples of the Tang Sect who are to be punished. Today's test is for you to use poison to punish them."

  What?

  Tang Jiuer's words made Hua Rou and Lin Lin stare with wide eyes, while Zi Hua and Zi Qi exchanged a calm glance, as if they had expected this to happen.

  "I'm giving you just one minute."

  Tang Jiuer finished speaking and turned around to leave, leaving them here.

  Zi Qi and Zi Hua didn't hesitate, each taking a porcelain bottle to push the stone gate. Lin Lin saw this and stepped forward excitedly, blocking the stone gate: "Two senior sisters, this is poison! Even if the people in the bitter prison are wrong, they are still fellow disciples. Is it suitable for us to use poison as punishment?"

  "Are you confused?" Zi Hua impatiently pulled Linlin to one side: "Master is testing us, if you don't have the guts to use poison, then she won't teach you poisonous skills."

  Linlin was taken aback by his words.

  "You've been waiting outside the gate for so long, haven't you ever heard that a poisonous house must have this one trial?" Ziqi's supplement made Linlin frown: "I thought everyone in prison was a vicious and evil person, who would have thought they were just fellow disciples who made mistakes, I... I couldn't bring myself to do it."

  Ling Ling finished speaking and ran out.

  Zi Qi and Zi Hua looked at Hua Rou together.

  Hua Rou didn't say anything and turned around to walk out.

  Zi Qi sneered: "Bastard!"

  "With such little guts, you still want to learn poisonous skills?"

  "Let's go."

  Zi Hua and Zi Qi entered the stone gate. When Zi Qi walked to a prison door with a cold face, ready to poison, she glanced inside and stopped for a moment. A few seconds later, she smiled gloomily.

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