Musclebound Necromancer?! Are You Kidding Me?

Chapter 30 – Ancient bluestone well

In the Ten Thousand Poison Den tribe, Fang Xun and his two companions looked at Qiao Yu in awe.

They had just witnessed Qiao Yu eating an entire toad, along with centipedes, snakes, scorpions, and geckos, all with garlic.

Qiao Yu didn't feel much about it. As long as he didn't think about these things being poisonous, they actually tasted quite good with garlic.

As the saying goes, eating meat without garlic is like losing half the flavor.

After finishing the soup, Qiao Yu glanced at his Attribute Panel and said, "The Five Poison Soup really works, my poisoned state is gone!"

Fang Yuan was silent for a moment and then said, "Qiao Yu, after seeing you eat the Five Poisons with garlic, I wouldn't be surprised if you punched a giant rock into pieces, or even killed the World Serpent with one punch."

"Qiao Yu, you're like a cow riding a motorcycle—absolutely badass!" Fang Xun gave a thumbs up.

"You guys should drink it too and recover quickly; who knows what dangers lie ahead," Qiao Yu said, eyeing the large pot with some reluctance.

"Yu, how does it taste?" Yang Xiangdi asked.

"Well... actually, not bad. The toad and snake taste like tender chicken, the centipede and scorpion are like crispy chicken fillets, and the gecko... have you ever had jelly? It's similar in texture," Qiao Yu replied.

"Ugh!"

Hearing Qiao Yu's description, Fang Yuan couldn't hold it in and ran out, covering her mouth.

Yang Xiangdi's eyes lit up after hearing this. So the Five Poison Soup tastes that good?

"Dad Xiao Dong, I want garlic too!"

Yang Xiangdi started eating with big bites, revealing his foodie nature.

"Yu, you weren't lying, it really tastes good!"

Watching Yang Xiangdi eat heartily, Fang Xun and Long Chang exchanged glances, confirming that like attracts like.

Friends of a weirdo... are usually not normal people either.

In the end, to detoxify, the other three could only pinch their noses and drink the Five Poison Soup.

They weren't as bold as Qiao Yu and Yang Xiangdi, only daring to swallow it directly without chewing.

Fang Yuan was even gagging while forcing herself to swallow it.

The little adult-like Xiao Dong came over, checked the wrists of Qiao Yu and the others, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, the Heavenly Silkworm Poison is gone, you're safe now."

"Xiao Dong, can you tell us about the origin of your Ten Thousand Poison... Ten Thousand Spirits Den tribe?"

Seeing Xiao Dong's expression tighten, Fang Yuan quickly corrected herself.

Their second task was to eliminate all poisonous insects, and Fang Yuan just wanted to finish it quickly and leave this cursed place.

Fang Yuan silently vowed in her heart that she would never touch any dungeon related to poison again!

"I don't know the origin of the tribe, only that the chief requires us to stay hidden and forbids us from using poison techniques casually," Xiao Dong said, spreading his small hands.

"Now that you've detoxified, please leave quickly. Our Ten Thousand Spirits Den tribe doesn't welcome outsiders," Xiao Dong's mother said somewhat apologetically.

"Oh, mom! How could you!" Xiao Dong said angrily.

"We finally have some people from outside, why are you trying to drive them away!"

Xiao Dong's mother gave an awkward smile and said no more.

Xiao Dong turned to Qiao Yu and the others, showing a smile with small tiger teeth.

"Don't worry, don't listen to my mom. You can stay as long as you want."

"Then we'll trouble your family. We've just detoxified and aren't in the best shape," Qiao Yu said, nudging Yang Xiangdi under the table with his foot.

"Ah, yes, yes!" Yang Xiangdi quickly agreed.

"Yay! The handsome brother is staying! Yay!" Xiao Dong cheered, jumping up and down as he ran out.

Xiao Dong's mother looked a bit conflicted, opened her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately said nothing.

She simply arranged accommodations for Qiao Yu and the others.

"Do you two have any leads on the Ten Thousand Poison Den tribe?" Fang Xun asked eagerly as soon as they entered the room, bombarding them with questions.

"Yi Lianen said the Ten Thousand Poison Den is a very evil tribe, but I haven't seen anything evil about them. They even helped us detoxify."

"And the system task is to eliminate poisonous insects, but apart from the initial Heavenly Silkworm Poison, we haven't seen anything else."

"We don't even know what the Heavenly Silkworm Poison looks like, so how are we supposed to eliminate all the poisonous insects?"

Yang Xiangdi was displeased upon hearing this and retorted, "Don't you have a brain? We're your teammates, not your parents!"

Clearly, the grudge-holding little fatty hadn't forgotten Fang Xun making him drink the Five Poison Soup first.

"Didn't we smell something fragrant before we got poisoned? This means that poison techniques aren't that mysterious, and poisonous insects need certain conditions to enter our bodies," Qiao Yu said, rubbing his chin.

"As for other information, we'll have to investigate further tonight."

The system says this is the Ten Thousand Poison Den, but Xiao Dong calls it the Ten Thousand Spirits Den. There must be some secret here that they don't know.

As night fell, the moon appeared unusually bright, casting a silver veil over the buildings of the Ten Thousand Poison Den tribe.

Several sneaky figures appeared in the alleys between the buildings.

"Yu, are you sure covering our noses and mouths and blocking our ears will work?" Yang Xiangdi, wrapped like a cocoon with only his eyes exposed, asked.

"If poisonous insects need a medium to spread, then as long as we don't expose our skin, it won't be easy for them to enter our bodies," Qiao Yu said, also wrapped in cloth.

"As for whether it works..."

Qiao Yu hesitated for a moment.

"I'm not really sure, we'll just have to rely on luck."

Qiao Yu and his companions circled the Ten Thousand Poison Den tribe and found that it was arranged in a circular pattern, with an ancient well made of bluestone bricks at its center.

Qiao Yu sneaked over to take a look and found the well to be deep and dark, with no visible bottom.

As for their target, not only did they not find any poisonous insects, they didn't even see a single mosquito.

"Qiao Yu, do you think it's possible we found the wrong place? Maybe there are two tribes on this mountain, the Ten Thousand Spirits Den and the Ten Thousand Poison Den, and the one filled with poisonous insects is elsewhere on the mountain?" Fang Xun asked, unable to contain his curiosity.

"Xiao Dong might lie, but the Inner World system's prompt won't," Qiao Yu replied.

"Look over there!" Fang Yuan exclaimed.

Following Fang Yuan's voice, they saw that hundreds of people had gathered around the ancient bluestone well, all members of the Ten Thousand Poison Den tribe.

Xiao Dong's parents were among them.

They were all kneeling and bowing to the well, chanting as if performing some mysterious ritual.

At the forefront was an exceptionally beautiful woman in a dark purple dress, standing in the night.

With a slight smile, the night wind lifted her long hair, revealing a chilling grin. Qiao Yu noticed that her fingertips were dripping blood!

The woman let her blood drip into the well.

The next second!

A swarm of poisonous insects surged out from the ancient bluestone well!

The well was actually a nest for poisonous insects!