Chapter 1268: Chapter 1268

"Come on, am I scared of you?"

Tang Ming smirked slightly, secretly amused. Right now, he needed poison, and the SNB poison Nangong Tianyue mentioned could be used to enhance his cultivation.

It was known that Tang Ming’s cultivation technique could be enhanced as long as there were poisons. Previously, he used various poisons to elevate his cultivation to that of an Eight-star Martial Master. Now retracing his steps, it was incredibly difficult to find a poison that could help boost his cultivation again.

It happened that SNB was the most potent poison he had encountered so far. If he could absorb it in large quantities, his cultivation could increase infinitely, which was a great boon for him.

"In that case, I won’t bother with trivialities."

Nangong Tianyue snorted coldly and opened the microphone on the table, "Everyone, take your positions and immediately prepare for the experiment."

As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of people wearing lab coats and Medicine Sect disciples entered the laboratory, starting to operate various instruments.

"Tang Ming, I’ll give you one last chance. Hand over the Tianxuan Nine Needles right now, or once the SNB is released, it will be too late even if you want to cooperate."

Once everything was ready, Nangong Tianyue looked at Tang Ming again, earnestly warning him.

"Enough with the nonsense, just use whatever skills you have."

Tang Ming sat motionless on the ground. Seeing that his cultivation could be enhanced soon, he would not leave there even if he could.

"Start the experiment."

Nangong Tianyue cursed angrily, reaching for the red button on the table.

In the next moment, a whirl of black gas poured into the ventilation area of the laboratory ceiling where Tang Ming was located.

Seeing this, Tang Ming immediately took a deep breath and held it.

"Heh, let’s see how long you can hold your breath?"

Seeing Tang Ming holding his breath, Nangong Tianyue immediately mocked him, while quickly operating the computer in front of him, adjusting the SNB dosage.

Nangong Tianyue knew Tang Xin’s cultivation had been destroyed, and facing such a useless person, he dared not overuse the drug, so he started with the lightest dosage with the intention of a long-term experiment.

If the test subject were to be killed immediately, it would be a disaster.

As time passed, the laboratory filled with SNB gas, and Tang Ming’s entire face turned crimson in comparison.

"I can’t hold it anymore, if I die, so be it, but I can’t hold it."

Not knowing how much time had passed, Tang Ming started gasping heavily, inhaling a great amount of SNB.

"Finally gave in? Let’s see how you detoxify yourself."

Nangong Tianyue laughed and then stared intently at the various data on the computer.

"Hmm, it doesn’t seem painful at all."

After a while, Tang Ming stood up, puzzled, and began to move around, raising his head to look at Nangong Tianyue, "Hey, is this the so-called Divine Medicine that can enhance human capabilities and improve genes? I feel no reaction whatsoever."

"How is this possible?"

Nangong Tianyue looked at Tang Ming, bewildered, and then turned to the other staff, "What’s going on here?"

"Reporting to the young master, we also don’t know. According to our testing instruments, once the SNB entered the test subject’s body, it disappeared."

The staff immediately responded.

Nangong Tianyue widened his eyes and stared at the computer in front of him. Tang Ming’s body data showed completely normal conditions, with no reaction to the inhaled SNB.

"Now you should believe I wasn’t lying, right?"

Tang Ming laughed smugly, "I told you your SNB has no effect on me. Just absorbing the poison from the poisoned person’s body into mine can detoxify it."

"How can there be such a thing, it’s too uncanny?"

Nangong Tianyue swallowed hard. Since engaging in this project, he hadn’t encountered anything as bizarre as this.

"Young master, the test subject absorbed the SNB as if it were air, with absolutely no response. What should we do now?"

A group of staff looked uncertainly at Nangong Tianyue.

"Increase the dosage by two percent and immediately draft a plan to improve the molecular formula of SNB. We can use his body to continually refine SNB!"

Nangong Tianyue said expressionlessly, "His body may indeed possess some degree of poison immunity. Currently, this level of SNB can’t overcome his resistance."

After a brief shock, Nangong Tianyue became excited. Although many experiments had been conducted previously, those test subjects would immediately react once SNB was ingested.

The staff didn’t even have time to make improvements. Now that Tang Ming’s body could withstand SNB, it was the perfect test subject for methodical observation and refinement.

At this moment, Tang Ming inside the laboratory was also filled with confusion. As the SNB was absorbed into his body, it promptly surged into the Dantian filled with the Mutated Dust Gu, and was completely absorbed by it.

Originally, he planned to use this SNB to enhance his cultivation, but now the SNB he inhaled couldn’t even satisfy the Dust Gu, leaving him with no opportunity for cultivation.

"Sigh, I guess I can only take it step by step."

Tang Ming sighed helplessly, continued to meditate with closed eyes, and secretly circulated his cultivation.

Thus, Tang Ming and Nangong Tianyue engaged in a standoff. Nangong Tianyue continually increased the SNB dosage to test Tang Ming’s body’s tolerance threshold.

Tang Ming, on the other hand, allowed the Mutated Dust Gu to absorb and swallow the SNB virus into the Dantian.

Both were fully aware of one thing — that Tang Ming’s body certainly had a critical point.

Nangong Tianyue sought to find the zero-point at which SNB could elicit a reaction inside Tang Ming’s body.

Tang Ming knew that once the Mutated Dust Gu was satisfied from absorbing and swallowing, it would be his turn to withstand the pain and impact caused by the SNB. However, he didn’t know when the Mutated Dust Gu would be satisfied.

While the outside world was in tumult, Tang Ming was locked inside the Medicine Sect, treated as a test subject for research experiments.

On the sixth day of Tang Xin’s disappearance, it was the day to commemorate the "deceased" Tang Ming with the burning of offerings.

The day of Sanqi is particularly significant in the rites for the deceased. Since Tang Ming had truly disappeared, those aware that Tang Ming was actually Tang Xin had no outlet for their grief. They united, planning to burn offerings for "Tang Ming" on the day of Sanqi, praying for blessings.

Presided over by Chen Cang, Liu Mengting, Li Xiaoli, Zhou Jian, and Zhou Dafu among others gathered together to pay their respects to "Tang Ming."

Before this solemn commemoration, Chen Cang discreetly spread the news, seeking to discern how many of the forces that previously clung to Tang Ming’s family still remained loyal versus those who were schemers.

Chen Cang drove to the cemetery entrance and found that at this time, many luxury cars were already parked at the cemetery gate, with groups of people gathered at the entrance, whispering amongst themselves.

"Looks like Ming-ge’s discernment was right. Officially, Ming-ge has passed away, yet so many are willing to come to commemorate him on Sanqi."

Getting out of the car, Chen Cang couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.