Yunxi kept at it until the third Body Forging movement, then could no longer hold on. Her bones even let out a series of "cracks"—she had clearly exceeded her body's limits.
Dian Dian, who had been watching its master from the side, was also deeply curious. Seeing her perform all sorts of strange movements, it felt as though she was about to twist herself into a climbing vine. Yet once each posture was set, white Starlight Force would flow into her body.
Once its master finished her cultivation, Dian Dian shuffled over and asked:
"Master, what cultivation technique are you practicing? It looks like the way great demons absorb moonlight and Starlight Force."
Yunxi wiped the sweat from her brow before rubbing Dian Dian's little head and saying:
"This is my personal Body Forging Art."
"Oh!"
Dian Dian twitched its ears to show that it understood, then wrinkled its nose and said:
"Master, there's a strange smell on you."
After hearing this, Yunxi sniffed herself but could not detect any scent. She said to Dian Dian:
"Find where the smell is coming from."
"Yes, Master! Dian Dian's nose is the sharpest. Please wait."
With that, it began sniffing around Yunxi. In the end, it stopped at her ankle, wagged its tail, and said:
"Master, it's here."
Yunxi nodded in understanding. This was where she had previously been bitten by a little emerald-green snake. Fortunately, she had listened to advice and promptly swallowed the two Detox Pills she had kept in her mouth, preventing her entire body from becoming paralyzed.
She sat down on the ground and rolled up her pant leg, revealing the injured ankle. Two black spots the size of yellow millet grains were seeping out from the puncture wounds.
Dian Dian immediately leaned closer to sniff them, then