Gong Yuantai thought that he could bring greater benefits to the Qing Sixteenth Team. Even if he could not get the position of captain, if he defeated Li Yan, how could Li Yan have the courage to be the captain? Or he would send someone else, and the higher-ups would have to reconsider the matter.
Although this would certainly offend the higher-ups, for these cultivators who were about to go to the battlefield, facing the bloodthirstiness and brutality of the demon cultivators, all of this was a small matter. They would just wait until they could survive.
Therefore, Gong Yuantai decided to take action.
Many people present did not show any surprise at Gong Yuantai's performance, needless to say the people behind Gong Yuantai.
Among those newly recruited monks, there are also many people with sharp minds. As early as when Li Yan appeared, Gong Yuantai felt some meaning in his words and deeds, "He actually wants to compete for the position of captain."
As for those people watching the fun from the outside, many of them had also temporarily retreated from the battlefield to rest. They basically shared the same idea as Gong Yuantai.
Even their own team would not allow a newcomer to give orders, even if the newcomer was sent by the higher-ups, they would still be reluctant.
Facing Gong Yuantai's approaching step by step, Li Yan just nodded. As a veteran foundation-building master, Gong Yuantai also has his own dignity.
His words clearly stressed that although Li Yan had some fame in the past, Gong Yuantai had no intention of even watching the fight between Qi Condensation disciples. Although Li Yan was now on par with his fellow apprentices, he still had to show his true strength.
"I am sorry for showing off my skills earlier. The little I learned in the sect is very superficial. I hope Senior Brother Gong can give me some advice!"
When Li Yan said this, many people's eyes lit up, but Gong Yuantai's eyes slowly narrowed. Don't be fooled by his rough appearance, he is actually a very delicate person.
What Li Yan meant was that he wanted to learn how he administered poison.
This is often the most common means of competition between cultivators in the Wuliang Sect - a poison fight. Although this method may not necessarily result in bloodshed, it lacks a sense of imposingness and coercion.
At the same time, the poison will not really kill the opponent, but the performance after poisoning is determined by the person who poisons the opponent. Each performance will make the opponent fearful in the future, and may even cause boundless fear psychologically.
The drugged person may be lost in a fantasy, singing or dancing in public, or even naked without knowing it, looking ugly in the eyes of bystanders;
The poisoner can also make the other party suffer extreme psychological and physical pain, and even wait until the other party is on the verge of death before taking action to remove the poison, so that the other party can truly feel the approach of death, so that he will never dare to raise the heart of hostility to himself in the future;
You can also let your opponent watch with horror and screams as poisonous insects burst out of your belly, revealing their spotted bodies...
There are all kinds of bizarre ways to kill people. There is nothing that a poison cultivator cannot do, except what you can't think of.
However, any sect competition or poison fight must ensure one prerequisite: you cannot let the opponent die, but you can humiliate and torture the opponent as much as you want.
Although this is the sect's rule, there have been many cases of people accidentally killing their fellow disciples since ancient times. In the end, the sect has to decide what kind of punishment to give based on the circumstances.
Unexpectedly, Li Yan proposed this way of fighting in a shady way in front of outsiders today.
"Haha, Junior Brother Li is really courageous. I didn't notice any of the various poison methods you used just now. This shows that Junior Brother Li is much more skilled than me.
But since Junior Brother said so, I will accept it. However, we have to set new rules for today's poison fight. As long as the opponent is poisoned and cannot remove the poison within three breaths, then he loses. What do you think?"
When Gong Yuantai saw that Li Yan actually proposed the method of fighting with poison, he couldn't help but look at Li Yan with a higher regard, because it was Li Yan who proposed it, so even if he took the opportunity to make Li Yan unable to get out of bed for several months, it was possible.
"My senior brother has the final say on everything!"
After listening to Gong Yuantai's words, Li Yan finally felt relieved. It seemed that the other party was not a pedantic person who only practiced hard.
Gong Yuantai still took Wei Chongran's anger into consideration, so he proposed a three-breath method to detoxify him. This would provide some buffer. As long as it was not a rare poison that would kill instantly, there would be time to detoxify him without causing any serious damage.
"Then we have set a ten-zhang radius as the poison battle range. If the poison gas overflows ten zhang, whoever controls the poison will admit defeat."
Gong Yuantai glanced around and added more rules.
"Let's follow what Senior Brother said!"
Li Yan still responded with a smile.
Hearing the question and answer between the two people in the field, the monks of the Wuliang Sect all smiled. This was a contest between their Wuliang Sect disciples, and many of them were less hostile towards Li Yan.
In fact, the only people in the entire sect who know Li Yan well are some of the top leaders and those who have a close relationship with Li Yan.
Li Yan has a special physique, and the Wuliang Sect has been hiding some things about Li Yan, except for three types of people.
The first group was the top leaders of the Wuliang Sect, especially the elders who were the first to come into contact with Li Yan;
The second group is some core disciples. They have more or less heard from their masters and elders that Li Yan's physique is somewhat special, but they still don't know much about the "fragmented poisonous body". This is because the Wuliang Sect has few records about the three major poisonous bodies and they are listed as core secrets.
The third is the disciple of Xiaozhu Peak. Wei Chongran has special trust in his disciples. In addition, considering Li Yan’s mixed spiritual roots, he still hopes that Li Wuyi and others will help Li Yan more, so Li Yan’s secret does not exist.
Of course, there are a few special people here, such as Wu Shixi and Yu Yiyong, who were the first to bring back Li Yan. They had already been gagged. Unfortunately, Yu Yiyong, a scholar with great ambition, had already died in the secret realm while picking fruits, so there is one less person in the world who knows about this.
Therefore, the Wuliang Sect monks present today looked up to Li Yan after hearing his poison fighting method. They really thought that Li Yan would rely on hard training to fight with poison. Li Yan noticed some changes in their expressions, but he had no psychological burden. The poison he spread was his method.
Gong Yuantai has entered the foundation-building stage for several decades. As a disciple of Laojun Peak, his understanding of poison is far beyond that of Li Yan, who has only been a disciple of the Wuliang Sect for a few years.
Although Li Yan's progress in cultivation was very surprising, Gong Yuantai was definitely an expert in his understanding of various herbs, poisonous insects and poisons.
Therefore, those who knew Gong Yuantai did not think that Li Yan could win, but only thought that his courage was commendable.
As the two men talked, the robes on their bodies began to move without wind. Except for the monks from the Wuliang Sect and some immortal cultivators who were also poison cultivators, the rest of the people had already retreated more than a hundred feet away. They did not want to be affected by the poison that was accidentally released.
However, those poison cultivators who were not from the Wangliang Sect hesitated for a moment after retreating only ten feet away, and then stopped. This was a good opportunity for them to broaden their horizons and they did not want to miss it.
They had only heard of poisonous fights among fellow disciples of the Wuliang Sect before, but this was the first time they had seen it.
Gong Yuantai put his hands behind his back and did not make any movement, but streaks of pale green mist emanated from his body. In just a few breaths, it had spread to an area of 20 to 30 feet around him.
The pale green mist in front of him was already rolling towards Li Yan.
This kind of attack is usually called "poison testing". There is no need to cover it up. It is just an open and aboveboard attack.
The main thing is to sense the other party's detoxification ability first. If the other party can't even detoxify this kind of poison, then there is no need to use the remaining means.
This kind of poison testing is not just a simple test of the opponent. The poison used is usually half of the poison that the poisoner can use.
In this way, he can determine the true strength of his opponent and decide how to fight next.
This is equivalent to using 50% of the poison cultivator's means in the "poison test". If the opponent is slightly weaker, he will be caught in the trap at the first sight.
As the pale green mist rolled towards Li Yan, Gong Yuantai had already raised his other hand and swallowed a light green pill in his hand in one gulp.
Gong Yuantai swallowed the pill now, not to prevent the pale green mist he released from hurting himself, but because the poison could no longer cause any harm to him.
His main concern was to guard against Li Yan's simultaneous attack, so he swallowed the detoxification pill he had made, which had a defensive effect against most common poisons.
The training of poison cultivators is extremely tedious and painful. On the one hand, they have to study various plants and poisonous insects, and on the other hand, they have to test the poisons on themselves. During this period, there are many poison cultivators who accidentally die from poisoning.
On the other hand, after making the poison, an antidote must be prepared. Some poisons may not even be able to be cured by the person who made the poison himself.
Furthermore, in daily practice, poison practitioners have to constantly soak in or swallow different poisons. They try their best to make themselves "immune to all poisons" and to continuously enhance their body's adaptability to poisons.
This way, you will at least be immune to most common poisons, and will not be easily poisoned whether you are practicing martial arts in your daily life or fighting against others.
But they just try their best to meet this expectation. Usually, when they use the most vicious thing in themselves, they have to be extremely careful.
Of course, if Gong Yuantai found that Li Yan was attacking, and he could not judge what kind of poison the other party was using, he would try his best to avoid it instead of taking it head-on.
Although Li Yan had used the "Quicksand Technique" to poison Wang Ning and Wu Ye before, he did not see the method used to cast the technique. However, when he sensed the poisons in the yellow sand that could cause people to become delirious, they were only of average toxicity.
For him, he didn't even need to swallow the antidote. It would be no problem for him to just stand in it and take a dozen breaths. So what he was afraid of was only Li Yan's method of casting the spell.
How could he know how cunning Li Yan was? Even when he used his spiritual sense to assassinate Wu Ye, he still used phantom poison in the "Quicksand Technique" to make some "interested people" perceive that he used the same phantom poison to win twice.
When the people around saw that Gong Yuantai had already taken action, many of them raised spiritual power shields around their bodies. Only a few who recognized the poison Gong Yuantai had used did not do much to defend themselves, but looked towards the center of the venue with interest.
Some of them were knowledgeable and knew that this was just the beginning of the "poison test" in the battle between poison cultivators, and they were still waiting for the next step.
Although Gong Yuantai is confident in the poison fight proposed by Li Yan, he will never underestimate his opponent.
But a scene that he found incomprehensible immediately appeared in front of him. Facing the pale green mist that was coming towards him, Li Yan still stood in the same place, with only a layer of faint black air outside his body.
These black gases did not form a spiritual power shield, they were just simple spiritual power defenses.
Then, in the astonished eyes of everyone, the pale green mist had already pounced on Li Yan, and the faint black air outside his body seemed to have no defense ability, and was swept in by the pale green mist, instantly wrapping Li Yan's whole body.
Many people had a thought in their minds, "This kid is so arrogant. That's a very powerful poison attack that Senior Brother Gong has practiced!"