CH 279

"How does this poison compare to the Weak Water and the Strange Winds?" Fang Yun asked.

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Hua Yuqing replied, "The Weak Water and Strange Winds are very strong, but the skin-eating poison is even more ferocious. The fog before us is light, but once the poison fog doubles in density, the protective poetry of a Presented Scholar level won't last a few breaths. Moreover, the power of an ordinary The Courage to Write cannot resist this poison fog at all. Only when one reaches the great accomplishment of The Courage to Write at the first realm can one barely resist it, and among us, only Yan Yukong can do that. Or if one's The Courage to Write directly ascends to the second realm, then even without expending a bit of the power of The Courage to Write, the poison fog would be repelled."

"But what about what Semi-Saint Wang Chong said, 'A gentleman can avoid the four poisons'?" Fang Yun asked.

"Yes, delicious food, beauty, bravery, and eloquence, though beneficial, are also great poisons that ordinary people should stay away from. If one reaches the second realm of The Courage to Write, they need not fear, which is what is meant by 'A gentleman avoids the four poisons.' If any of us could enter the second realm of The Courage to Write, we wouldn't need to care about this level of skin-eating poison," Hua Yuqing explained.

"If this sixth corridor is like the previous five, where all clans are forbidden from fighting, we could join forces to break through this poison fog. But we not only need to expend energy to avoid these mists, we also have to guard against sneak attacks from the Demon Barbarians. Once a battle starts, even if we aren't killed by the Demon Barbarians, we might be poisoned to death."

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