What kind of poison could there be in the city?
Real poisons are only found in hospitals or laboratories; what circulates among the populace is nothing but low-level types, the kind you use to poison flies and mice.
But having some is better than none, after all, Tang Ming's cultivation technique can use poison to stimulate his body and enhance his strength.
If one doesn't consistently improve their strength, they'll face the consequences of regression instead of progression.
Even some martial artists who have lived in the city for a long time find their strength completely vanished.
Such examples serve as a warning to cultivators that strength is like rowing against the current: one must constantly maintain their cultivation.
After making a few rounds, Tang Ming only found a few pharmacies, but these sold the finished medicine products of legitimate manufacturers; they certainly wouldn't sell poison, probably not even rat poison.