The cure for spirit poison is expensive and has to be applied quickly, but it is possible to cure it. This has reduced the threat of spirit poison to corpse cultivators. After all, it is the only poison that can affect them, so they always have an antidote prepared for it.
This is why the people from the Black Bones sect didn't take the threat seriously and could even challenge the Purple Flower sect without fear. They have very little to lose if they do.
The elders from the Blood Skull sect also didn't take the threat seriously even though the normal poisons of the Purple Flower sect can affect them.
No one needs to bring out the spirit poison to threaten the people from the Blood Skull sect because there are less valuable and more varied poisons to affect them.
But the myriad poisons that the Purple Flower sect possesses are not enough to deter them, so something like the spirit poison won't either. After all, if they can kill a target before it can use poison, then poison won't be a threat.
Besides, the core disciples of the sect who have cultivated either the Everlasting Wood Art or the Divine Lightning Armament are not afraid of poison.
This is why the people from the Blood Skull not only didn't take the threat seriously, they didn't even acknowledge it by making any response to it.
They didn't sneer or say anything in disdain. They just watched on as the elders from the Purple Flower sect tried and failed to warn everyone not to help the Red and Blue Fire sect.
The elders spoke for a while longer. Then they dispersed.
The leading elder of the Blood Skull hadn't gone too far before he was waylaid by the elder from the Purple Flower sect who made the threat earlier.
She appeared in front of him and blocked his way. So he raised his eyebrow at her and asked, "What is it? Do you want to fight?"
She rolled her eyes. "What is with you people from the Blood Skull sect? Is everything all about fighting for you?"
He grinned as he replied, "Not everything. But we are always prepared to fight. Besides, what else am I to think when you approach me like this?"
She smiled and said, "What if I want to propose sex to you?"
He shook his head immediately. "No. I would rather fight you. That way I'll have a chance of surviving your poison."
She sighed and said, "Forget it. Anyway, I came here for more important things."
He asked in confusion, "What could be more important than fighting?"
She chuckled as she replied. "This time you're right. I did come to you about fighting."
The elder's eyes lit up when he heard that. He said, "Oh. Tell me about this fighting. Who are to fight?"
She didn't keep him in suspense. She replied, "The target is the Red and Blue Fire sect?"
He calmed down after hearing who the target was. He lost his enthusiasm for fighting because the target is someone who is equal to the Blood Skull sect in many ways.
The Red and Blue Fire sect is a sect from upstream in the world of Ethera. They lost their rank 6 patriarch, so they became unable to maintain control of their secret realm. This caused them to look for a place to settle down in.
The place that the Red and Blue Fire sect chose to settle in is the Five Veins region, and the people they chose to replace are the Purple Flower sect. They chose the Purple Flower sect because they are a sect of alchemists.
The Blood Skull sect is a sect of artifact forgers and formation masters, while the Purple Flower sect is a sect of poison alchemists. So it is just right for the Red and Blue Fire Sect to choose the Purple Flower Sect.
As alchemists, the members of the Red and Blue Fire sect are adept at making medicinal pills and antidotes for various kinds of poisons. So of all the five sects in the region, the Purple Flower sect is the sect that the Red and Blue Fire sect can bully.
This is the origin of the calamity that has befallen the Purple Flower sect. A sect with many rank 5 cultivators wants to eliminate them while they only have one cultivator at rank 5.
Not only is their greatest strength, which is poisons, going to lose the upper hand, but even their top combat will lose. So it is clear that in terms of quality and quantity of power, the Purple Flower sect is at a disadvantage.
The elder from the Blood Skull sect knew these things, which is why he wasn't surprised that the Purple Flower sect was reaching out for help. But that didn't mean that he was going to offer help.
He asked her, "Why should we help you in this fight? What do we have to gain, and what do you have to offer?"
She asked in confusion, "Don't you like fighting? I hear that you guys are always looking for an opportunity to fight. This is an opportunity here for you. We will let you have it for free. We are that generous."
He sneered and said, "We are not dogs. You will not throw us a bone and tell us to fetch it for you."
"And we are not stupid brutes who only know to fight. Don't insult us by insinuating so. Now, if you don't have anything compelling to say, step aside."
She chuckled and said, "You can't take a joke."
The atmosphere didn't ease off because he wasn't appeased by her statement.
He said coldly, "This matter concerns the existence of entire sects. I don't think it is a joking matter. It is especially not an opportunity to make a joke as unfunny as the one you just made."
She sighed and shook her head. "Forget it. Let me get straight to the matter. We are willing to pay you to fight for us."