Activating the Calamity Poison Body

After explaining various matters regarding the inner sect disciples' grand competition, Yun Yun slowly left the courtyard with Nalan Yanran.

"Alas, the road ahead is long!"

Watching Yun Yun's graceful figure depart, Gu He sighed and shook his head as he returned to his room.

Just as he was about to cultivate, he heard a light set of footsteps outside his door.

"Master!"

The next moment, Xiao Yi Xian's voice sounded from outside.

What did this girl want now?

A trace of doubt flashed through his mind, and Gu He casually said, "Come in."

Creak!

As soon as Gu He finished speaking, Xiao Yi Xian pushed the door open and entered.

"Master..."

Xiao Yi Xian stood prettily before Gu He, seeming hesitant to speak.

"Girl, say whatever you wish."

Seeing the hesitation in Xiao Yi Xian's eyes, Gu He gently reassured her.

"Master, this disciple wishes to activate the Calamity Poison Body within me." Encouraged by Gu He, Xiao Yi Xian finally made up her mind and voiced her inner thoughts.

"Have you thought this through?"

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed in Gu He's eyes. His expression turned solemn as he said, "Once the Calamity Poison Body is activated, there will be no turning back."

Although Gu He had taken Xiao Yi Xian as his disciple precisely because of her Calamity Poison Body,

now that Xiao Yi Xian had voluntarily proposed activating it, Gu He felt no joy in his heart.

Once the Calamity Poison Body was activated, she would become addicted to poison. The more potent the poison, the greater its allure to her.

To one who possessed the Calamity Poison Body, deadly poison was as irresistible as Heavenly Flames were to alchemists. They would throw themselves at it without hesitation, like moths to a flame.

Moreover, consuming poison would bring immense pain and torment.

Looking at the lively and well-behaved Xiao Yi Xian before him, Gu He suddenly could not bear to let her endure all this.

"This disciple has already thought it through."

Yet faced with Gu He's question, Xiao Yi Xian showed no hesitation at all. Her tone was firm.

Activating the Calamity Poison Body was a decision Xiao Yi Xian had made only after much careful consideration.

What had made her finally resolve herself was the deeply moving "heartfelt speech" she had heard from Gu He in the pavilion today.

Her purpose in awakening the Calamity Poison Body was so that she would not disappoint her master.

"Since you've already decided, then follow your heart."

Seeing the determination in Xiao Yi Xian's eyes, Gu He said no more.

Then, he took out a stalk of purple medicinal grass from his Storage Ring.

"This is a second-tier medicinal herb, Purple Heart Orchid Grass. It can be used in medicine, but it also possesses considerable toxicity."

"Use this to activate your Calamity Poison Body." As Gu He spoke, he handed the Purple Heart Orchid Grass to Xiao Yi Xian.

The sole condition for activating the Calamity Poison Body was to willingly consume poison.

Xiao Yi Xian extended her jade-like hand and solemnly accepted the Purple Heart Orchid Grass from Gu He. She silently vowed, Master, this disciple will definitely not disappoint you.

"Master, then this disciple shall take her leave first." Holding the Purple Heart Orchid Grass, Xiao Yi Xian slowly retreated from the room, gently closed the door behind her, and left.

Once Xiao Yi Xian left, the room immediately returned to silence.

Gu He sat cross-legged on the bed and slowly closed his eyes. Then, a wisp of soul power spread out toward Xiao Yi Xian's room.

Though Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Calamity Poison Body and should not encounter any trouble from consuming poison, Gu He still could not put his mind at ease.

After obtaining the Purple Heart Orchid Grass, Xiao Yi Xian returned straight to her room.

Sitting down by the bed, Xiao Yi Xian looked at the Purple Heart Orchid Grass in her hand, determination flashing through her eyes.

The next moment, Xiao Yi Xian picked up the Purple Heart Orchid Grass and brought it directly to her lips.

Her pink lips parted slightly as Xiao Yi Xian placed the Purple Heart Orchid Grass into her mouth and began chewing it carefully.

As a bitter juice entered her mouth, Xiao Yi Xian closed her eyes, steeled herself, and swallowed it.

Then, like a prisoner awaiting execution, Xiao Yi Xian tightly shut her eyes and waited for misfortune to descend.

The effects of the Purple Heart Orchid Grass were slow to take hold. Only after the time it took half an incense stick to burn did Xiao Yi Xian finally feel a little discomfort.

Then, a sudden stabbing pain rose from her abdomen.

"Mm..."

Clutching her abdomen tightly, Xiao Yi Xian could not help but let out a pained groan.

As the toxin of the Purple Heart Orchid Grass fully took effect, sharp, piercing pain surged through her abdomen. Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face turned deathly pale, and she unconsciously fell onto the bed, her petite body gradually curling up.

Yet as Xiao Yi Xian sank into intense agony, she did not know that the seven-colored hidden line at her lower abdomen was emitting waves of incomparably bewitching seven-colored light.

At the same time, wisps of black gas seeped out from Xiao Yi Xian's body and drifted through the room.

An hour later, the stabbing pain within her body finally began to slowly fade.

By then, Xiao Yi Xian was utterly exhausted. She lay directly on the bed and fainted.

After Xiao Yi Xian lost consciousness, nothing remained in the room but the drifting black gas and utter silence.

Creak!

A moment later, the door opened, and Gu He's figure slowly stepped into the room.

The slight movement of air caused by opening the door immediately sent some of the black gas drifting toward Gu He.

Sensing the intense toxicity contained within the black gas, Gu He frowned. Purple Flame rose from his hand and burned away all the black gas that drifted near him.

Then, Gu He walked to the bed. Looking at Xiao Yi Xian, whose brows were tightly furrowed as she lay unconscious, he sighed softly.

Next, Gu He picked up a blanket beside her and covered Xiao Yi Xian with it.

After doing all this, Gu He took one last look at Xiao Yi Xian before slowly leaving the room.

The next day, Xiao Yi Xian's eyelids fluttered as she slowly woke up.

The confusion in her eyes vanished in an instant as Xiao Yi Xian quickly recalled swallowing the Purple Heart Orchid Grass yesterday.

Slowly sitting up, Xiao Yi Xian saw the blanket covering her. Gu He's figure instinctively flashed through her mind, and a mist of tears instantly clouded her clear eyes.

"It seems Master came to see me after I fainted."

A touch of emotion welled up in her heart as Xiao Yi Xian slowly sat upright.

Then, Xiao Yi Xian focused her mind inward, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

Three-star Dou Zhe!

After consuming a single stalk of Purple Heart Orchid Grass, she had broken through two minor realms.

Sure enough, every time the Calamity Poison Body consumed poison, her strength would greatly increase.

Then, Xiao Yi Xian slowly stood up. Raising her head slightly, she saw the faint black gas drifting through the room.

Xiao Yi Xian's expression changed when she saw the black gas.

This black gas had seeped out from her body and contained deadly poison.

If someone inhaled it, that would be terrible!

Suddenly, Xiao Yi Xian thought of the Poison Devouring Pill Condensing Art her master had taught her.