Looking at the True Lake cultivator he had just killed, Mo Wuji felt a tinge of emotion. If they had faced each other head-on, he doubted he could have killed the man. Of course, it would have been equally impossible for the man to kill him.

Fortunately, the man had tried to escape, giving him the opportunity to use the concealment array disk and eliminate him.

"Brother Mo, I was worried for nothing. Turns out you're a True Lake Stage senior..." Pang Qi exclaimed in pleasant surprise, cupping his fists in greeting.

Mo Wuji waved his hand. "We're brothers here, no need for such formalities. Let's go check on Madam Chu..."

The shock in the young widow's heart was indescribable. Pang Qi and the others believed Mo Wuji was a True Lake cultivator, but only she knew that he was, in reality, a Yuan Dan cultivator.

Her Void God cultivation base gave her the confidence that she wasn't mistaken. The man Mo Wuji had killed was a True Lake Stage Level 2 cultivator. For a Yuan Dan cultivator to kill a half-step True Lake cultivator was already considered an extraordinary, heaven-defying challenge. But now, she had personally witnessed a Yuan Dan cultivator kill a True Lake Stage Level 2 cultivator.

Who would believe it if she told anyone? Even across the entire Zhen Mo Continent, there wouldn't be such a heaven-defying expert. When she saw Mo Wuji in the Lost Swamp, she knew he wasn't ordinary. This extraordinary cultivator had actually become so powerful; she couldn't even imagine it.

He looked like an ordinary, even mundane, man, yet was filled with masculine appeal… spoke neither haughtily nor humbly, and his lies were exposed before she could even get them out…

Heavens, where did he come from? Why had no one ever known about him before? Logically speaking, such a strong person should be on either the Human or Earth ranking lists.

"Madam Chu, you seem to be poisoned?" Mo Wuji's voice interrupted her thoughts.

The young widow snapped back to reality, gave a slight bow, and said with a somber expression, "Yes, we were poisoned shortly after leaving Luo Xu. By the time I realized I was poisoned, it was too late… I don't know how Zi Han is doing..."

As she spoke, the young widow's eyes welled up. As a Void God cultivator, she had her own pride. The reason she bowed to Mo Wuji wasn't because he had saved her, but because she was certain that Mo Wuji's future achievements would far surpass hers, no matter how hard she tried to catch up.

Mo Wuji smiled faintly. "Madam, could you describe the circumstances of when you were poisoned, as detailed as possible?"

He said this because he suspected how Madam Chu had been poisoned. It was too cheap if a Void God expert could be poisoned so easily.

The young widow had calmed down. She knew that even if Mo Wuji was heaven-defying, he was still only a Yuan Dan cultivator. Asking him to save Zi Han was the same as sending him to his death. "My name is Chu Qianlou. You can call me by my name from now on. I haven't asked for my benefactor's name yet."

Mo Wuji said casually, "We're just helping each other out. My name is Mo Wuji, just call me Wuji, no need for 'benefactor' or anything, it sounds awkward."

Chu Qianlou nodded and said, "We had just left Luo Xu and were passing through the Luo Xu Wasteland when we saw a Golden-haired Spirit Fox..."

Mo Wuji knew about Golden-haired Spirit Foxes. They didn't have any offensive abilities but were extremely cute and very good at making their owners happy. Not only that, but they were also extremely sensitive to places with spiritual energy. Many people even used them to replace spirit-seeking beasts. Although they were far inferior to spirit-seeking beasts in finding spiritual objects, they were undeniably cute. Because of this, female cultivators had little resistance to them, and Golden-haired Spirit Foxes were extremely expensive.

"Zi Han immediately chased after the Golden-haired Spirit Fox. I thought that with my and Manager Qiu's skills, we could easily catch it. But before we could even make a move, the Golden-haired Spirit Fox burrowed into a tiny hole. The hole stretched for thousands of meters and went straight down. I wanted to tell Zi Han to give up, because it wasn't worth wasting so much time for a spirit fox, but Zi Han disagreed..."

Chu Qianlou sighed here. "I was going to break open the area to force the spirit fox out, but Manager Qiu said we could smoke it out with smoke, as long as we added some Riot Grass to the smoke..."

Mo Wuji nodded as well. He knew this was a good method. Riot Grass could make demon beasts restless and uneasy. If it was added, the Golden-haired Spirit Fox, with its lack of offensive abilities, would definitely become restless and eventually run out of the hole.

Manager Qiu casually grabbed some dry firewood, lit a fire, and started smoking out the Golden-haired Spirit Fox. We were all too focused on the hole, and since we were using the smoke to smoke out the spirit fox ourselves, we didn't notice someone lighting Fallen Essence Incense nearby. In the end, we were all poisoned. With my last bit of willpower, I managed to escape here..."

Mo Wuji's eyes revealed a strange expression as he looked at Chu Qianlou somewhat speechlessly. "Sister Chu, are you saying you were poisoned by Fallen Essence Incense?"

Chu Qianlou nodded. "Yes, all of us were poisoned by Fallen Essence Incense. After being poisoned, we couldn't muster any elemental energy, even our spiritual will became blurred, and we couldn't use any techniques. I was able to escape here because I noticed it early. If I hadn't met you, I probably would have..."

"Heh." Mo Wuji chuckled. "Sister Chu, while I'm not a very powerful Pill Refiner, I do have some experience with the Dao of Pills and various spiritual herbs and poisons. Fallen Essence Incense has a big name, but if a Void God cultivator can be taken down by Fallen Essence Incense, then that Void God cultivator is too trash."

Chu Qianlou's face flushed slightly. Although she had been independently supporting the Chu family for some time, and her experience had gradually increased, compared to the many experts, her experience was really not enough.

Seeing Chu Qianlou's expression, Mo Wuji knew that she had misunderstood, so he quickly said, "Sister Chu, I'm not talking about you. It's just that Fallen Essence Incense can't restrain a true Void God expert, because once this fragrance enters the spiritual channels, it will be detected by the Void God expert and expelled immediately."

"Maybe I was distracted by the smoke, so I didn't notice. By the time I noticed, I was already exhausted," Chu Qianlou sighed.

Mo Wuji shook his head directly. "No, because you were not poisoned by Fallen Essence Incense at all."

Mo Wuji was a Grade 5 Spirit Pill Refiner, and since he had been poisoned before, he was most afraid of being poisoned. It could be said that his research on poison was no less than his research on the Dao of Pills. He could tell what most poisons were just by smelling them. He could concoct thousands of poisons himself.

"Ah..." Chu Qianlou looked at Mo Wuji in shock. "Then what poison did I get?"

Mo Wuji didn't directly answer Chu Qianlou's question, but asked, "Sister Chu, is that manager who was with you also from the Chu family?"

Chu Qianlou replied, "Yes, Qiu He has been in the Chu family for nearly ten years and is loyal to the Chu family. After the Chu family had an accident, he still stayed in the Chu family and did his best to help. He has helped me a lot over the years."

Mo Wuji didn't want to ask what had happened to the Chu family. "Sister Chu, do you know what material the cultivator's clothes that Manager Qiu was wearing were made of?"

Chu Qianlou shook her head. How could she care about the clothes of a Chu family manager?

Mo Wuji replied, "Manager Qiu's clothes were made of Kindlewood."

"Is there anything wrong with that?" Chu Qianlou asked in confusion.

She didn't understand the Dao of Pills and spiritual herbs, but she knew that cultivator's clothes made of Kindlewood were actually very precious. These cultivator's clothes could not only repel some mosquitoes and other demon insects, but also block evil energy. In a place like the Lost Heaven Ruins, these cultivator's clothes were like an extra layer of protection.

Mo Wuji sneered, "There is naturally nothing wrong with making cultivator's clothes with Kindlewood alone. Many people like to wear these cultivator's clothes. But if cultivator's clothes made of Kindlewood encounter smoke from burning Iceshadow Grass, it will produce a kind of aura. This aura can cause cultivators to lose their elemental energy within twelve hours, and at the same time, they will not be able to use any techniques. It looks like the effect is exactly the same as Fallen Essence Incense, but this is a completely different concept.

After being poisoned by Fallen Essence Incense, you must detoxify it, or use some means to force out the poison. But the aura produced by the burning smoke of Kindlewood and Iceshadow Grass does not require any pills to be taken. As long as within twelve hours, it will definitely dissipate automatically."

"You're saying that I was poisoned by the fusion of burning smoke from Kindlewood and Iceshadow Grass..." Chu Qianlou's face turned pale.

Mo Wuji sighed, "I can't be sure either. Iceshadow Grass is extremely precious and hard to obtain. I can get you a plant to take a look at."

As he spoke, Mo Wuji had already taken out a withered spiritual herb. The surface of this spiritual herb was covered with a faint layer of white, which looked like it had been frosted.

"It really is Iceshadow Grass..." Chu Qianlou looked at the spiritual herb in Mo Wuji's hand and muttered to herself, "But why would Manager Qiu want to harm me..."

If what Mo Wuji said was true, then the previous poison was indeed inflicted on her by Manager Qiu. She saw Manager Qiu casually grab a handful of dry grass from the side. She didn't look closely at that handful of dry grass, but if there really was Iceshadow Grass, it must have been in that handful of dry grass.

"Sister Chu, is the spiritual energy in that Luo Xu Wasteland very abundant?" Mo Wuji asked again.

Before Chu Qianlou could answer, Pang Qi, who was on the side, replied, "The Luo Xu Wasteland is extremely vast and is on the periphery of Luo Xu. To get to Luo Xu, you must pass through the Luo Xu Wasteland. In fact, the spiritual energy in the Luo Xu Wasteland is not dense, and can even be described as thin."

That was right. If the spiritual energy was very dense, how could it have the name of a wasteland? Mo Wuji said with even greater certainty, "The favorite place for Golden-haired Spirit Foxes is not the wasteland, but a place with abundant spiritual energy. In a place like the Luo Xu Wasteland, it is rare for Golden-haired Spirit Foxes to appear under normal circumstances."

Without Mo Wuji saying it, Chu Qianlou completely understood. She sat down, somewhat listless. Some things can be clearly understood with just a little prompting from others. At this time, how could she not know that Qiu He was plotting against her? Qiu He was the manager of the Chu family and had been in the Chu family for so many years, always doing his best. Why would he want to harm her?