"I can’t quite name this specific poison, but I can tell you it’s an ancient poison."

Tang Xinhai explained earnestly.

"Poisonous insect poison? No way, I’ve studied it, this thing has no life force."

Tang Ming shook his head doubtfully.

"Not ’gu’ like in gu worm, but ’gu’ as in ancient. If I’m not mistaken, this poison is a toxin extracted from ancient creatures, possessing powerful mutation and enhancement functions."

Tang Xinhai glanced around, explaining quietly, "There have been rumors of people using ancient poisons to develop drugs that could evolve humans, though it wasn’t verified until the Li siblings from the Netherworld Road rose to power, confirming this matter."

"Wait a minute, what does this have to do with the Netherworld Road?"

Tang Ming quickly interrupted Tang Xinhai, his face looking a bit grim. The Netherworld Road was his arch-enemy; it seemed that Mo Liuye and Ye Liuxing were from there, though both had died or been gravely injured.

"It seems you really know nothing."

Tang Xinhai looked at Tang Ming sympathetically, "According to the intelligence I’ve gathered, the mastermind behind this medical competition is the Netherworld Road. Although the rise of the Netherworld Road is rather recent, they probably took over other forces researching this project.

Legend has it that the Li siblings were hunted by the entire martial arts world because they killed Yun Potian. They disguised themselves as participants in a particular medical competition, coming here and after passing many tests, managed to absorb a tiny bit of ancient poison crystal core energy, greatly increasing their strength, leading to their sudden rise and the establishment of the hidden force, the Netherworld Road."

"Good heavens, this is big news."

Tang Ming swallowed, eyes widening in disbelief. The old madman had recovered and was pondering revenge against the Li siblings, but had never mentioned it to him, unfortunately unable to find their whereabouts and thus never made a move.

Unexpectedly, as a disciple, he had stumbled into the territory of the Netherworld Road. Could it be that fate is predetermined?

"Cough, cough, cough!"

After calming down, Tang Ming pretended to be composed as he looked at Tang Xinhai, "Using poison to enhance cultivation, aside from poison cultivation, it seems it wouldn’t work for others, right?"

"Not so, not so. If it only worked for poison cultivation, it wouldn’t draw so much attention to the matter."

Tang Xinhai shook his head with a smile, pointing to a fashionable, handsome young man not far away, "Do you know who that person is?"

"That person seems to be called Jin Zizai, not weak, and he’s not from our country either." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Tang Ming looked at Jin Zizai in confusion, "He seems to be an exchange student from the Peninsula Country, why?"

"That’s just his superficial identity. This guy’s true identity is a member of the overseas Heavenly Wolf Palace, a Martial General."

"I..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Ming’s face changed slightly, quickly scrutinizing Jin Zizai.

Heavenly Wolf Palace, huh!

That powerful existence above the Lonely Wolf Organization, Tang Cha had warned him not to provoke the Heavenly Wolf Palace, unexpectedly encountering one here was truly surprising.

As Tang Ming observed Jin Zizai, the latter sensed it immediately and looked at Tang Ming with a polite smile, resembling a shy, bashful university student, not at all showing his true strength as a Martial General.

"And that guy called Shao Wuchou,"

Tang Xinhai pointed to another expressionless, dark-skinned young man, "he’s from the Dragon Group."

"The Dragon Group is here too."

Tang Ming widened his eyes, quickly looking at Shao Wuchou, finding him vaguely familiar.

"Shao Wuchou? Good heavens, could he be Shao Wuyou’s brother?"

Tang Ming considered a possibility; they had never seen Shao Wuyou’s brother.

Shao Wuyou himself said he was coming to the medical competition, but apparently after separating in the Imperial City, that guy ran off to fool around with women, never showing up, naturally unable to identify Shao Wuchou.

"Moreover, among this group, several others are hiding their identities, all Martial Generals, coming for the ancient poison source."

Tang Xinhai then pointed out several more people.

"How do you know so much?"

Tang Ming swallowed, looking at Tang Xinhai momentarily.

"Because I came prepared, so during the Goose City qualifiers, I carefully observed everyone and focused on investigating the top fifty candidates. After a few days of monitoring and observation, I found out they maintained contact with the outside world to some extent, and from this, I naturally deduced the conclusion."

Tang Xinhai smirked confidently, skeptically looking at Tang Ming, "Didn’t you know that Dust Gu also has surveillance capabilities?"

"It does?"

Tang Ming stared blankly at Tang Xinhai.

"I..."

Tang Xinhai’s expression froze, "It seems your master might truly not be someone from the Ancient Tang Sect; if he could control Dust Gu, he wouldn’t possibly not tell you how to use it."

With that, Tang Xinhai raised his finger, squeezed out a blood bead, threw it into the air, and began sealing.

The next moment, the blood bead turned into a wisp of red mist and dissipated into the air.

After a while, Tang Xinhai beckoned in the air, gathering a small cluster of red mist in his hand, and finally condensed a blood bead, integrating it into his body.

"This actually works?"

Tang Ming was bewildered, watching Tang Xinhai’s actions. He just observed carefully; he knew Tang Xinhai manipulated the Dust Gu to leave his body and float around a certain range, eventually retrieving the Dust Gu.

"Do you understand now why Dust Gu is considered more top-secret than the Thousand Evil Poison Technique in the Ancient Tang Sect? Its function is incredibly potent, able to transmit sensed objects to the host within a certain area... you can understand it as a wireless nano surveillance device, and very difficult to detect."

"I’ve learned something new. I’ve been carrying the Dust Gu for so many years and didn’t know it had this use."

Tang Ming swallowed, becoming alert immediately, "Does this mean you’ve also monitored my actions?"

"Yes! But every time I manipulate the Dust Gu to check your room, you’re just fooling around with women on the bed, making you the least rewarding one."

Tang Xinhai looked at Tang Ming disdainfully; others would do some things privately that didn’t match their public persona, but Tang Ming was just busy with sex, truly leaving one speechless.

"You pervert, actually watching my live broadcast."

Tang Ming’s face turned sour.

"Tch, there’s nothing worth watching between men and women."

Tang Xinhai dismissed it with a curl of his lips, "Now you know this medical competition is no simple affair, don’t you? Many forces have come to intervene, the most frustrated should be the God and Ghost Sect’s Zhang Chuming from the Artifact Sect, who, despite meticulous disguise, was eliminated by you, not making it to the finals, coming to this secret base."