CHAPTER 242: CHAPTER 242: AM I NOT EXPOSED?

The elixirs specifically meant for detoxification weren’t in Jiang Yuan’s inventory. Currently, he only had two bee venoms that could be used for poison counteracting poison, but it was clearly safer to have some sort of continual anti-poison effect to approach the Spiders Valley.

However, the considerate System Mall was already prepared.

When the home was upgraded to Level Three, the Privilege Mall added a batch of pill formulas awaiting unlocking, which require money to purchase and unlock before use. Among them, there really was an antidote pill, with a detailed introduction stating that after consumption it could sustain anti-poison effects; if the poison is deep, it could considerably alleviate it, and effects of similar elixirs cannot be stacked.

Moreover, the higher the elixir level, the stronger the detoxifying effect.

Correspondingly, the level at which elixirs can be crafted is linked to the level of the Alchemy Room, and for crafting higher-level elixirs, more types and quantities of spirit plants are required.

And purchasing this pill formula requires 1.5 million spirit stones.

Previously, after "plundering" the Bloodthirst Hall and gathering Yin Demon Pearls along with the savings from selling elixirs before, the spirit stone account was nearly empty after buying the antidote pill formula.

Jiang Yuan pondered that the batch of Second Grade Spirit Core Pills in the Alchemy Room was almost ready, and by tonight they could be sold at the Golden Carp Lake Market. Even if spirit stones were zeroed out, currently, there weren’t any other places urgently needing money, so the pill formula for crafting the antidote could probably be purchased.

By the way, check the efficacy at the time; if the detoxifying effect is good, he could consider taking two over to the old dragon because it’s quite random whether he can get bee venom. Recently, around the World Tree, he hasn’t seen any Phantom Bees...

"Sniff sniff!"

Hu Zhile slightly leaned forward to carefully sniff the scent carried in the wind and said gravely, "Venerable Family, the danger emanating from the Spiders Valley is quite intense. Besides the spider webs containing toxic seals covering the entire valley, during the war of extermination thousands of years ago, the invading enemy troops used massive toxins, making the mixed poison within very perilous."

"Ah! Third Miss is right!" Little Eight remembered after hearing this, "I heard from mom that her mom told her when the Spiders Valley was under siege, there seemed to be a natural enemy of ours, called bees.

Not only were they highly toxic, but the scary part was they could use our species as hosts, having their spawning larvae absorb our spiritual power and bodies as nutrients. By the time they hatch, all our cultivation would become theirs!"

Jiang Yuan had indeed seen introductions in documentaries, he immediately asked, "Parasitic wasp?"

He couldn’t quite remember what that special parasitic wasp targeting spiders was called, but the documentary introduced them laying eggs on spiders, the larva constantly sucking the spider’s blood during hatching until the host dies.

Because both would coexist for some time, and the parasitic wasp lay eggs where the spider couldn’t touch them, the spider often knows it’s parasitized but can do nothing, only watching itself walk toward death.

Jiang Yuan found this period very impressive when he saw it, unexpected that it was useful in the Otherworld. Despite dealing only with demon beasts and demon cultivators, the entire world seemed like it couldn’t escape being a huge zoo.

"I also don’t know if it’s called that..." Little Eight shook his head, looking puzzled, as young as he was when he separated from his family, and the story about the Spiders Valley was bedtime tales mom told, really couldn’t remember more.

Hu Zhile was busy and had little time for things around his young sister, although they were acquainted, it was the first time hearing her tragic origins. Reflecting on their difficult wandering together, the look he gave her was full of deep pity.

"Mr. Jiang, what are you looking for in Spiders Valley?" Little Eight asked belatedly, in a small voice, "Besides the poisonous web seal there, there’s nothing else. Moreover... even if you can break the seal to find the treasure inheritance of Spiders Valley, you, as a human cultivator, can’t participate in cultivation."

Jiang Yuan answered truthfully, "I need some millennium spider silk, which seems only found in Spiders Valley."

"Millennium... truly so." Her face slightly reddened, rubbing her hands, she whispered, "I can only produce the most ordinary spider silk, but millennium spider silk must be cultivated by the Great Demon for at least a thousand years, however..."

She gazed at the distant Spiders Valley with curiosity, asking, "Those spider silks that seal the valley must be millennium silk and above, but the problem is, they’re all toxic."

Jiang Yuan felt that since he came, he must do something before leaving.

He flipped his hand and took out his most used paper crane and golden eagle from the Storage Bag, blew on them, and they flew toward the snowy Spiders Valley, letting out long cries against the cold wind.

He deliberated that even if he didn’t get away with the spider silk, at least he could try the difference. Moreover, birds perhaps might counteract spider webs, maybe he would smoothly retrieve a few threads to build a Textile Workshop.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the paper crane and golden eagle flew above Spiders Valley, a palpable black mist floated from the web, and within mere breaths, they swiftly became perforated paper corroded from agile origami, disappearing in the cold wind soon.

"My goodness, the sealing array is still active, releasing dense toxic gas to corrode anyone or anything attempting to approach," Hu Zhile frowned upon seeing this, "Venerable Family, it’s best to reconsider how to acquire millennium spider silk, the Spiders Valley is utterly inaccessible."

Jiang Yuan was also stunned; the toxicity was so intense!

Could Level Two antidote pills crafted from a Level Two Alchemy Room handle it?

"Even if you can get close, millennium spider silk can be used to craft fine weapons that are so durable, how can it be safe from toxin contamination to rip down the spider silk?" Little Eight once again posed the question, "It’s already quite challenging to break one thread, with many layers tangled together, the strength would increase more..."

No need to worry about that, since the system indicated Profound Iron Scissors could cut it, it definitely could.

The current concern is the detoxification issue.

"Alright, let’s head back for now," he marked the location so he could teleport here anytime next time, waved his hand, smiled, "I need to hurry back and think of a solution."

The Teleportation Scroll shone with golden light, disappearing the three figures from the mountain ridge to appear in the Cloth Shop’s second floor the next second.

[Teleportation Scroll: Low-level teleportation treasure, energy remaining less than 20%, can use spirit stones in the Treasure Forging Workshop to replenish energy. Note: Each energy replenishment decreases overall storage by 5%, when total storage is less than 5%, the Teleportation Scroll is completely scrapped.]

Hu Zhile just handed the scroll over when Jiang Yuan touched it, triggering a system prompt.

Whoa, this thing can actually "charge"?

Though charging a "battery" weakens it by a degree per time, at least it’s better than a one-time waste. The key is the system prompts low power, preventing the awkward situation of being unable to return after teleporting out.

Thinking of this, he casually said, "Looks like it can’t be used today, needs to recharge the teleportation scroll with some energy first."

"Empower, Empower?" Hu Zhile froze, dumbfounded, "The teleportation scroll can still be empowered? Venerable Family, is what you said true?"

What does it mean? Could it be that for other cultivators, this thing is a disposable item?

Then am I revealing something?

Jiang Yuan pretended to be calm as he counter-asked, "Using the artifact refining technique to inject more energy into the scroll can extend its use. Don’t you know?"