"Elder, this is Zhang Xing, my benefactor. This is Brother Black Treasure..."
Hearing Ming Yuezhao's introduction, the elder nodded in greeting.
The fact that they were able to barge in unscathed showed how powerful they were.
Even though Zhang Xuan had no idea what they were up to, he knew that they were guests.
This was a branch of the Poison Hall, and there were many experts here. It was unlikely that they would be able to cause any trouble here.
Along the way, Zhang Xing noticed a strange phenomenon. The attitude of the people in the Poison Hall toward the elder was a little weird.
On the surface, they bowed respectfully and addressed him as Elder Tute, but there was no respect in their eyes.
Elder Tute didn't mind it at all. He led the group to his residence, a stone house that was around thirty square meters in size.
Upon entering the room, Zhang Xuan felt a little awkward. There were only three stone stools, a bed, and a table.
The eight of them were cramped, and there was no place to sit.
This was the first time Zhang Xuan had seen such a small room for an elder. Could it be that the price of the room was ridiculously high due to the large number of people in the Poison Hall?
That was impossible. They had seen quite a few spacious rooms on the way here.
"Jin Bao, take a walk outside!"
Zhang Xing shot a glance at Jin Bao and the others.
Understanding their boss's intentions, they were just about to leave when Elder Tute stopped them.
"You can't go too far. You can only walk around the market. Outsiders aren't allowed anywhere else."
At this point, Elder Tute paused. Clearly, he didn't want to explain too much.
"Elder, there's no need to worry. These friends of mine are all on our side!"
Ming Yuezhao explained.
After a moment of hesitation, Elder Tute began speaking.
"The Poison Hall is no longer the same as before. We are like stray dogs now, hiding from one place to another. It wasn't easy for us to find a good place to settle down, and we don't want to be exposed to the outside world so soon.
"I don't know when it started, but a storm of resistance against poison masters appeared on the Shenglong Continent.
"They say that poison masters concoct poisons and sell them for money, harming others and themselves.
"Those so-called righteous men have been trying to exterminate us, but to no avail.
"One is the protection from the headquarters, and the other is our constant migration to find a new place to settle down in the wilderness."
"You were discovered as soon as you entered the tunnel. You don't look like spies, and you aren't afraid of poisonous insects. This piqued my curiosity …"
After hearing those words, Zhang Xing and the others finally understood why there were no Poison Hall branches in Tier-1 and Tier-2 Empires.
So he was hiding.
Just like this place, it was hidden so well that even if they discovered it, they wouldn't be able to send a large force to attack.
There was only one way in, and there was poison everywhere. If it weren't for Dragon Fifth, it would have taken him a lot of effort to deal with it.
As for the others, they basically never returned.
What they saw were only two types of poisonous insects. There were also large numbers of poisonous bees and centipedes that had yet to be released.
Elder Tute thought that they were new disciples from one of the sub-palaces, so he didn't give the order to attack and let them in.
Otherwise, there would be a concealment array through the fog. According to Elder Tute, they wouldn't be able to see what was going on inside even if they stood outside.
In addition, the gate outside the valley was designed to make it even harder for people to find it.
Even those who were proficient in formations wouldn't have thought that the gate of the Poison Hall was actually a natural rock mechanism.
Following which, Ming Yuezhao told them about what his father had told him before his death ten years ago. He also said that the reason they were here was to search for the ancient domain, and he hoped to find something useful.
As for the matter regarding the Poison Body, Zhang Xing had instructed him not to mention it to anyone.