Poison God's Heritage

Chapter 429 Inner Sect

"Sadly, though your ability is impressive, we cannot go against the Poison Sect's rules. You must go through the battle test, and I hope you can succeed in getting past it. It isn't difficult by any means, but it can be frustrating sometimes." Said one of the elders.

The two elders finished up the matter inside the hospital and asked me to follow them to the next place.

"That's not really medicine," I said. "That's more of a poison than medicine, but it's potent enough to destroy fungi. As for antibiotics, those exist in most foods. Though with smaller concentration thus I needed a lot of materials to have a decent dose." I said.

I don't have great knowledge in regard to medical experience, but this is more basic knowledge.

A few cultivators were sparring in the arena under the watch of a couple of other elders and once we arrived, the spar was paused.

With the request given, the sparring disciples came down from the arena with grumbles, but the elders didn't mind them any heeds.

I looked up to the arena, it was the same person who was acting as a judge for the earlier spar.

I got onto the arena and clasped my hands.

The elder frowned, "A poison cultivator using hand-to-hand combat?" he tilted his head.

"Good," he said and then he pointed his hand at me, "Break his legs."

Two puppets shot from the ground, they seemed to have been hidden in there.

Wooden puppets at that.

They had a sword for the right arm and a mace for the other. And they came at me with great vigor.

But for me, it's pretty advantageous.

The two puppets struck down with the mace in their hand. But I only needed to do a frontal flip to avoid the blow.

Yet my reaction was far faster than the two puppets as I spread my legs open, mid-air causing their swing to miss.

Any other cultivator would think that my action was pretty foolish since I had a good opportunity to deal a great blow instead of sending some Qi into them.

"Thank you for your guidance," I said.

Yet his puppets suddenly started to shudder and shake, then immediately fell down, completely disabled enough for him to turn the frown into a smile.

"A little bit," I replied.

"With all due respect, I wish to refuse your offer, since I already have a master, I cannot go against his will," I said

"Good, congratulations Shen Mo, now you're officially a true member of the Poison Sect. Follow me, we need to get you a Bound," he said.

"Yes, a battling beast," he said.

"Ah... it seems little Mo here doesn't fully know how our sect functions. For outsiders, we're all poison fanatics that use poison to defeat our foes and bring plague and chaos, but the truth is, a Poison Cultivator's martial and battle prows are slightly inferior to a cultivator of the same rank."

"Yes, in large-scale battles Poison Cultivator can be pretty fearsome, but our ability to defend ourselves is rather lacking when it comes to hand-to-hand combat or sword fights. If a Poison Cultivator comes across a well-prepared cultivator of the same rank, the result will be obvious. Since a lot of our poisons can easily be neutralized with Heavenly Medicine and antidotes we find ourselves in a difficult spot when facing a single opponent. Thus our Ancestor had ordered all Inner Sect Disciples to obtain a Bound spirit, training it until it grows strong and formidable to fight alongside you in battle. We have a few Bound spirits in the sect possession, you can choose one of them, or if you're feeling brave. You can venture the Dark Forest to obtain your own," he said.

After all, this is pretty convenient for me, since I wanted to bring the Dark Beast cub out. Now I have a perfectly good reason.

"Very good then," the elder said, "Follow us, you'll have a set of new robes to wear now that you're an Inner Disciple. After entering the inner sect, you'll learn more about the Poison Sect."

At the gate, two disciples wearing black robes clasped their hands to the elders and opened the door for us.

"You'll climb this stair alone, once you're at the top, you'll have to be careful. The inner sect isn't as peaceful as the outer one. It is forbidden to kill anyone there, no matter the reason. All grudges are solved in the Death arena, as for injuring or maiming your opponent, providing enough contribution to the sect can alleviate the punishment. Make sure to make allies who will help you in your time of need. As for your cultivation resources, only your ability will allow you growth. Good luck Shen Mo," he said.

I nodded at the elders and began climbing.

I tilted my head dodging it and took note of the shooter. It was a young male who seemed to be in the company of three other cultivators.

"Tian Hu, take him down!" he said.

"Hah he is frozen in fear!" said the archer while the rest of his company were smiling.

Or to be franker, the eyes of Kyuu who was hiding under my robes.

It then turned on its back revealing its belly.

I took another look at the four disciples who didn't even hesitate to spread in four different directions.

"What a warm welcome," I said and moved forward into the inner sect.