Chapter 52: Five Poisons
Half a month later, on the third floor of Qiancao Pavilion.

Ji Chang calmed down and focused all his attention on the peeping picture in his mind.

After a moment, Ji Chang slowly opened his eyes and completed the last missing part of the scroll of skills placed in front of him.

However, when he examined the volume of skills in front of him, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"This is not the "Snake Taming Art."" Ji Chang whispered to himself, frowning slightly, and fell into deep thought.

Originally, he thought that Chen Yinghu was practicing the "Snake Taming Art" passed down from generation to generation in the Chen family.

But when he peeked at Chen Yinghu practicing for the first time, he felt something was strange.

I have been immersed in the "Snake Taming Art" for many years and know it very well. How could I not tell that the technique Chen Yinghu is practicing is the "Snake Taming Art"?
So, in the past half month, Ji Chang tried his best to find an opportunity and finally copied down the contents of the exercises practiced by Chen Yinghu.

And now, his previous guess has been confirmed. What Chen Yinghu practiced was not "The Art of Taming Snakes" but a technique called "The Five Poisons Sutra".

Ji Chang carefully read through the newly acquired "Five Poisons Sutra" and compared it one by one with the "Snake Taming Art" which he had practiced for many years.

As time went on, an unconcealable surprise gradually emerged in his eyes.

"This "Five Poisons Sutra" and the "Snake Taming Art" are so similar." He exclaimed in a low voice.

"It can even be said that the Snake Taming Art is just a simplified version of the Five Poisons Sutra, which hides many profound contents and essences."

Needless to say, "The Art of Taming Snakes" is a book on taming beasts, and is best at taming spirit snakes.

The "Five Poisons Sutra" obtained from Chen Yinghu is more complicated. It not only includes the way to tame beasts, but also explores the art of witchcraft and poison in depth.

However, the "Five Poisons Sutra" on Chen Yinghu's body is not complete. It only contains the snake poison chapter. To be more precise, it should be a "Five Poisons Fragments".

In addition to recording in detail the methods of enslaving and cultivating various spirit snakes and monsters like "The Art of Taming Snakes", it also specifically introduces the unique secret method of using these spirit snakes and monsters to refine snake poison.

From this perspective, "The Art of Taming Snakes" was compiled after deleting and modifying the "Five Poison Fragments".

"Perhaps, this "Five Poisons Fragments" is the true core technique of the Chen family."

However, the witchcraft and poison techniques recorded in this technique made Ji Chang think of the Gu Shen Cult.

The style of this technique is really too similar to the techniques of the Gu God Cult.

Ji Chang didn't know much about the Gu Shen Cult, and his knowledge mainly came from the records in Jiaozhou Fengwuzhi.

The Gushen Sect is located in the distant south of the Ten Thousand Mountains. It is a powerful immortal cultivation sect that excels in the art of poison and is in no way inferior to the Huangquan Sect in strength.

Thinking of this, Ji Chang couldn't help but shook his head, trying to put these thoughts behind him temporarily.

"For me, getting this "Five Poison Fragments" is a great thing." Ji Chang's heart was full of joy.

Because the "Snake Taming Art" originated from the "Five Poison Fragments", Ji Chang estimated that he would be able to successfully complete this technique in no more than half a month.

Moreover, after completing the transformation of the technique, there will be almost no loss in the magic power.

Half a month later, Ji Chang opened his eyes, slowly exhaled a breath, and a purple light flashed in his eyes.

"The Fragments of the Five Poisons have been completed." Ji Chang's heart was filled with joy.

Compared with the "Snake Taming Art", the magic power cultivated by the "Five Poison Fragments" is more powerful, and it also contains dozens of poison spells.

Poison magic is a very powerful means of warfare among low-level cultivators.

After all, unlike high-level cultivators, few low-level cultivators can cultivate the methods and secret techniques that allow them to become immune to all kinds of poisons.

Of course, more importantly, after switching to the Five Poisons, Ji Chang's magic power became more condensed. His cultivation also made rapid progress in just half a month, breaking through directly to the peak of the third level of Qi Refining.
This directly saved him several months of hard training.

Three days later, Ji Chang walked downstairs and came to the lobby of Qiancao Pavilion. His eyes went straight to the busy shopkeeper Li.

Shopkeeper Li is a middle-aged man with a kind face and his cultivation is around the initial stage of Qi Refining.

I heard that before he became an immortal, he was the owner of a mortal medicine shop.

Seeing Ji Chang coming, Shopkeeper Li's face immediately broke into a warm smile, and he raised his hand and bowed slightly: "Master Ji, how come you have time to come downstairs today?"

His voice was gentle and kind, like a spring breeze.

Ji Chang also returned the greeting, "Manager Li, you are too polite."

Shopkeeper Li showed some doubt on his face. He knew that Ji Chang was busy refining pills every day and seldom came downstairs.

So he asked, "Master Ji is usually busy with alchemy. Did you come downstairs today to deal with something special?"

Ji Chang smiled slightly and said, "To be honest, I am here to buy the Barrier Breaking Pill today."

Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed across Shopkeeper Li's face.

The Barrier Breaking Pill is an important pill for cultivators in the early stage of Qi Refining to break through the bottleneck of the middle stage of Qi Refining. It can save the cultivators several years of hard work.

Doesn't Ji Chang's words mean that he is about to go into seclusion to reach the middle stage of Qi Refining?

Shopkeeper Li then smiled and said, "Congratulations to Master Ji Dan for his upcoming breakthrough in seclusion. Do you need me to inform Master Mo for you?"

Ji Chang noticed the subtle change in the way Shopkeeper Li addressed him, but his own manner did not change at all.

Ji Chang shook his head and declined politely: "Thank you for your kindness, Manager Li, but there is no need to trouble you. I will go and explain it to Mr. Mo in person later."

Shopkeeper Li nodded: "Then I will get you the Barrier Breaking Pill right away."

"Thank you for your hard work, Shopkeeper Li."

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Li turned and walked towards the counter where the pills were stored.

Soon, the bottle containing the Barrier Breaking Pill was found.

This pill bottle is made of a special kind of jade, which can preserve the medicinal effects of the pill for a long time.

He carefully picked up the pill bottle and handed it solemnly to Ji Chang.

"Master Ji, this is the Barrier Breaking Pill you requested. Please keep it." Shopkeeper Li's voice was full of respect.

Ji Chang took the pill bottle, opened it and took a look. A barrier-breaking pill was lying quietly in the pill bottle.

"Thank you for your hard work, Manager Li." Ji Chang thanked Manager Li again and put the bottle of pills into his storage bag.

Then he took out twenty spirit stones from the storage bag and handed them to Shopkeeper Li.

The Barrier Breaking Pill, which costs thirty or forty spirit stones each, can be purchased by an alchemist like Ji Chang in Qiancao Pavilion for only twenty spirit stones.

For Ji Chang, who worked for the Lingtian Division in the past few years, twenty spirit stones would cost two months' salary to buy.

But for Ji Chang now, it is just half a month's salary.

As the alchemist of Qiancao Pavilion, Ji Chang’s monthly salary is as much as fifty spirit stones.

(End of this chapter)