"But the Luo family is facing a crisis right now. Those from the Black Fiend could come at any moment. Is it really okay for us to leave?" Du Wanwu understood what Chu Feng meant, but he was worried about the Luo family's safety.
"Du Wanwu, I've come to realize something about you — you're a fine person in every way, but you're stubborn as a mule and can't think flexibly."
"Even the Luo family understands how important the rise and fall of a clan is. Don't you, Du Wanwu, get that?"
"Think back to how magnificent the Poison Demon once was — daring to stand alone against the Three Palaces."
"Now look at the current Poison Clan. Forget competing with the Three Palaces; any one of the Nine Powers could wipe you out without breaking a sweat."
"And you carry the responsibility of reviving the Poison Clan on your shoulders. That mission is more important than any ancestral precept, because if you die, the Poison Clan will have no hope of ever rising again. That would be the true act of rebellion, the true unfilial piety."
"So rather than protecting the Luo family, you should protect yourself first. You should go get that Gu. Besides, the Luo family is right at the foot of Five Poison Mountain — if anything really happens, we'll hear about it and can rush back immediately."
"If you're still worried, I can set up a barrier formation here," Chu Feng said.
After hearing Chu Feng's words, Du Wanwu's expression shifted several times. He was silent for a long while before his face finally relaxed. He looked at Chu Feng and said, "Chu Feng, I'm really not as good as you."
"Why do you suddenly say that?" Chu Feng asked.
"In talent, I can't compare to you. You understand more principles than I do. Most importantly, you not only understand those principles — you can actually put them into practice."
"My biggest shortcoming is that even when I do understand, I usually can't follow through. You're right — I really am stubborn. That's a flaw, and I need to change."
"But this time, I've already promised to protect the Luo family, and I will keep my word. When Du Wanwu makes a promise, it's worth its weight in gold," Du Wanwu said.
"So what are you saying — are you going to get the Gu or not? Du Wanwu, you need to understand: this is the Poison Clan's affair, not mine," Chu Feng said.
"I'll go. But you have to leave a formation behind to protect the Luo family," Du Wanwu said.
"Even if you hadn't asked, I would have done it. Goudan and the Third Miss are both in the Luo family — I don't want anything to happen to them," Chu Feng said.
After that, Chu Feng laid down layer after layer of formations, enveloping the entire Luo family estate. There were defensive formations, detection formations, trigger mechanisms, and concealment formations.
From the outside, the Luo family estate looked no different from usual. The barrier formations were completely invisible. Yet in truth, the estate was now bristling with hidden mechanisms — not even a Martial King would be safe, and any ordinary half-emperor who dared trespass would surely meet their end.
Once the formations were complete, Chu Feng and Du Wanwu headed toward Five Poison Mountain.
Five Poison Mountain was vast. It earned its name because five Demon Kings had once appeared there — each one possessing heaven-defying abilities and specializing in the use of poison.
Though the tales of the five Demon Kings were mere legend, Five Poison Mountain did indeed harbor countless venomous insects and poisonous beasts.
Those creatures were excellent ingredients for alchemy and worth a fair bit of money, which was precisely why the Luo family had fought to seize control of the mountain all those years ago.
But Five Poison Mountain was far more than it appeared on the surface. Otherwise, the Poison Demon would never have chosen this place to cultivate the Gu that took ten thousand years to complete.
Deep within Five Poison Mountain lay a realm of ten thousand poisons — not a single thing there was free of toxin. It was a forbidden zone that ordinary people dared not enter.
Now, Chu Feng and Du Wanwu had already entered the depths of Five Poison Mountain, following the map straight toward the place where the Gu was being brewed.