Chapter 1981: Chapter 1963: Battle in the Mountains

"This Five Poisons Cult is a thoroughly evil organization, but I don’t understand how Linghe Village got involved with them," Chen Yang said with some confusion.

This wasn’t just his confusion; it was Ma Jiantao’s confusion too.

The people of the Five Poisons Cult are elusive and difficult to catch any clue about.

It’s also unclear why they would target ordinary people.

If they were truly violent by nature, every time they released a disaster, it was always in small, localized areas.

Isn’t this self-contradictory?

"The Five Poisons Cult releases disasters not due to some human reasons or other factors; in fact, they are conducting a selection," Chen Tianmin suddenly spoke up, squinting his eyes.

"Huh?" Chen Yang was somewhat surprised: "Selection? Uncle, do you know the reason behind this?"

"I once met an old man, and from his words, I learned some secrets of the Five Poisons Cult," Chen Tianmin fell into reminiscence.

After pondering for a while, he said, "The Five Poisons Cult, extremely sinister and evil."

"All their followers cultivate a profound technique called the Five Poisons Evil Technique."

"And the highest level of this technique, I’ve heard, requires cultivating with people of different body constitutions to achieve great success in the technique."

"Every time the Five Poisons Cult appears and releases disasters in small areas, they are selecting people with different body constitutions."

After Chen Tianmin finished speaking, Chen Yang immediately had an epiphany.

So that’s how it is.

With this, everything makes sense.

No wonder the Five Poisons Cult always releases disasters in small areas and doesn’t make a big fuss.

"I see."

Chen Yang nodded in realization, then asked, "Uncle, do you know what kind of constitution they are selecting for?"

"That I don’t know. The old man didn’t elaborate at the time," Chen Tianmin shook his head, then added, "But I suspect that if the Five Poisons Cult is suddenly selecting in our town, it means there is definitely someone around here with the constitution they need."

"So before anyone goes missing, we must not let our guard down."

"I understand, Uncle." Naturally, Chen Yang knew this logic.

After chatting with Chen Tianmin for a while, Chen Yang left the Green Cloud Taoist Temple.

The matter of the Five Poisons Cult was being handled by the secret bureau, so he wasn’t too concerned.

As long as Linghe Village stayed safe from any disasters, it would be fine.

After leaving the Green Cloud Taoist Temple, Chen Yang didn’t go anywhere else but returned directly to the medical clinic to study the medicinal recipes and improve his strength or something.

The next day, the town mayor called with good news.

Saying that today all the patients’ mental states were much better, and everything was moving in a positive direction.

"As long as everything is good, if there are any other issues, you can call me anytime, and I’ll come over to check."

"Alright, thank you very much, Chen Yang, for handling the disaster. Once this is over, I must commend you on behalf of the town."

Chen Yang chuckled, said a few simple words, and then hung up the phone.

Afterward, he decided to take advantage of the good weather today to make a trip into the mountains.

The home supply of medicinal herbs was running low; he needed to go up the mountain to gather some.

Additionally, he could also try his luck up the mountain and see if he could come across anything valuable.

After all, staying at home was just staying at home.

At nine-thirty in the morning, he went into the mountains alone, not even bringing Wangcai with him.

A little past eleven, he had entered the depths of the mountains.

Or rather, particularly deep within.

Previously, he had never ventured this far into the mountains.

Roughly estimating, he was now at least thirty or forty li (about 9 to 12 miles) away from Linghe Village.

This was already quite deep into the mountains.

The surroundings were unfamiliar environments; he had never ventured this far before.

In the past, no matter how deep he went, it was at most a little over ten li.

This time he had gone two to three times further. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Without prior cultivation, I only knew the depths of the mountains were dangerous. Now it seems still dangerous."

Chen Yang stood on a rock, observing the towering trees and the traces left behind by spiritual beasts in the dense forest.

In the depths of these mountains, there were many spiritual beasts.

Moreover, judging by some unique traces, those spiritual beasts’ cultivation was not low.

At least they were Qi Cultivation Realm spiritual beasts, and some higher ones even had the residual aura of Spirit Gathering Realm spiritual beasts.

The depths of the mountains not only had the aura of spiritual beasts’ activity but also, due to lack of human disturbance, were covered in medicinal herbs.

Everything maintained its original state.

Chen Yang picked a few relatively precious herbs and put them in his pouch.

As for some other herbs, he didn’t touch them.

Because taking them out wouldn’t have much significance.

Having gathered some herbs, Chen Yang chose not to venture further but instead moved around the vicinity.

After some walking, Chen Yang discovered that every corner of the deep mountains was full of surprises.

After just a few steps, precious medicinal herbs would appear.

Just one plant could sell for tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands in some cases.

"If Uncle and the others come to gather more and sell them outside, it really would be a good way to make money."

Chen Yang, just like before, didn’t choose to pick everything but instead picked some herbs he currently needed.

In the depths, not only were there many medicinal herbs, but there were also many spiritual beasts and ordinary animals.

Apparently, it was a scene of a paradise on earth.

Boom!

Hmm?

While Chen Yang was leisurely walking, a sudden muffled sound came from afar, grabbing his attention.

Looking in that direction, he saw that on a distant mountain top, something had happened, causing a large area of trees to collapse in an instant.