The entire mountain has been hollowed out, and in its center lies a large pool, filled with dark yellow liquid, with so people soaking inside.
Around it are many separate stone caves, each containing a pool filled with liquids of various colors.
From the sll alone, it is discernible that all the liquids here are dicinal, and many of the pools contain venomous dicine liquids.
That’s why the sll here is even more suffocating.
Gu Qingheng couldn’t help but cough.
"General Gu, are you alright?" Fla asked with genuine concern.
"It’s nothing," Gu Qingheng shook his head, "Just choked on my own spit."
Fla was noncommittal.
"Why soak them?" Gu Qingheng pointed at the people in the large pool.
"The newcors are re mortals; they must soak in the large pool for three days, using venomous toxins to temper their flesh and bones. Those who survive prove their excellence and are then eligible to enter the smaller pools," Fla stood with one hand behind his back, speaking as if discussing the morning’s breakfast rather than life and death.
The people in the pool groaned in agony, but tied with chains and unable to climb out or even stand, their survival instincts kept them struggling. Yet slowly, the struggling movents grew sluggish until they gradually sank into the pool.
If soone remains subrged for about fifteen minutes without resurfacing, others would co to pull up the chains, bringing the person out with them.
"These useless ones won’t be wasted even in death," Fla seed pleased, guiding Gu Qingheng past the pool.
They passed through another door, entering a small canyon, above which a small circle of sky was visible.
In this small canyon, iron bars enclosed a large area, housing seven or eight monstrous beasts that charged at Fla upon sight, roaring loudly.
"These creatures love eating the flesh of those soaked in dicine," Fla waved a hand.
The beasts imdiately lay down obediently.
Gu Qingheng looked at the beasts; huge, resembling dogs or wolves, yet their fangs appeared boar-like, an odd sight indeed, with large red eyes akin to quail eggs, tinged with purple-black.
As they spoke, two n in black tossed a corpse freshly pulled from the pool inside the iron bars.
The beasts pounced with widened eyes, and in just a mont, the entire body was gone, leaving not even bones, only faint traces of blood hinting at the presence of a dead man.
The seven or eight beasts, having shared a al, were far from sated; instead, their appetites were aroused. Perhaps because Fla was there, they dared not act unruly, rely letting out low growls as if reminding Fla to bring more food.
"Originally, these were regular dogs, but after years of feeding on dead herbalists, they have grown into this," Fla chuckled lightly, "Co, let show you how to train dicinal Soldiers."
Gu Qingheng couldn’t help but glance back, the beasts bared their teeth and growled at him, so still had remnants of blood on their teeth, looking utterly terrifying.
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