Xiao Yi Xian's Crisis

The remaining three hundred points were not enough to raise his cultivation by another star, but Mo Tang still planned to use them to improve his Blood Beast Body Forging Art once he encountered a suitable Demonic Beast...

This secret art was no less effective than raising his cultivation when it came to improving Mo Tang's current combat strength.

With Mo Tang's current cultivation as a six-star Da Dou Shi, the speed he could unleash was no weaker than that of a peak Da Dou Shi. Even his strength and physical toughness had greatly improved!

All of this was thanks to the Blood Beast Body Forging Art.

"For the Blood Beast Body Forging Art, I should still use the blood essence of Wind Attribute Demonic Beasts for cultivation..."

It was not that Mo Tang had never considered trying other attributes...

For example, Earth Attribute strength and defense, Fire Attribute burning and explosive power—each could greatly enhance one's combat strength.

But Mo Tang still harbored deep concerns about it.

That was the incompatibility between beast bloods...

Although he had already fused the blood essences of two different Demonic Beasts without encountering such a problem, Mo Tang still did not dare let down his guard.

Especially between different attributes—if something truly went wrong, it would be too late for regrets!

After staying in Black Rock City for roughly half a month and taking care of the miscellaneous matters at hand, Mo Tang brought the Purple Gold Card he had prepared for Xiao Yi Xian, along with several strange and highly poisonous medicinal ingredients he had bought for her at the cost of tens of thousands of Gold Coins...

Speaking of those poisons, they were actually more expensive than many rare medicinal ingredients. Their uses were too limited, and they were difficult to find on the market. So despite wasting quite some time and paying a high price, he had not managed to buy much.

Mo Tang found it hard to imagine what a spendthrift Xiao Yi Xian would become if, in the future, she also had to spend money buying poison to cultivate like he did...

Thinking of Xiao Yi Xian's rise in the original work, it only began after she reached the Chuyun Empire, where poison masters were famous.

Moreover, with Xiao Yi Xian's cold temperament at the time, the fact that she had actually established a force like the Poison Sect was likely something she had been forced to do in order to provide herself with cultivation resources.

In this world, talent was important, but resources were equally important!

Relying on one person's strength alone made it impossible to rise quickly in this world. This was a truth Mo Tang had realized while reading novels in his previous life.

So from the very beginning, his target had been the Mo Clan, the overlord-level family of the Eastern Province!

Three days later, Mo Tang arrived in Qingshan Town once more.

He first went to a weapon workshop in Qingshan Town to see whether the five hundred Black Dragon Iron Spine Arrows he had commissioned there were finished.

The Black Dragon Iron Spine Arrow was an arrow with a flattened, snake-spear-shaped arrowhead. It possessed great penetrating power and could easily be coated with potent poison at the tip.

Because the shafts of these arrows were forged from refined iron, while their arrowheads were repeatedly tempered iron essence, each arrow cost fifty Gold Coins...

If he had not just made a fortune, Mo Tang would never have been willing to use such extravagant arrows!

After several days, only one-fifth of the five hundred arrows had been completed. The speed left Mo Tang helpless.

There was no helping it. To ensure the arrows' quality, Mo Tang could not rush them. After checking on the progress, he headed straight to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion to find Xiao Yi Xian and see how her study of the Poison Scripture was progressing, and whether she had found a poison formula that met his requirements.

But what he had not expected was...

The moment he entered the rear courtyard manor of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, a flurry of panicked cries suddenly rang out.

Judging by the direction, the incident had occurred in the courtyard where Xiao Yi Xian was staying!

Seeing this, Mo Tang did not spare another thought for anything else. He immediately leaped into the air, crossed several walls, and landed directly in the courtyard where Xiao Yi Xian lived.

Inside the courtyard, Li Fei, the assistant who was usually with Xiao Yi Xian, was running out in a panic. She collided head-on with Mo Tang as he vaulted over the wall.

There was no time to savor the delight of a woman falling into his arms. Mo Tang immediately gripped Li Fei's shoulders and urgently asked, "What happened? What's going on?"

"In... in the room... Miss Xiao Yi Xian... Miss Xiao Yi Xian..."

Listening to Li Fei stammer, Mo Tang immediately frowned. A stream of Dou Qi flowed from his hand into her body, jolting her and finally calming her down.

"Miss Xiao Yi Xian... fainted!"

"What?"

Mo Tang was startled, thinking of something ominous. Ignoring propriety between men and women, he immediately prepared to rush into the room.

"Don't! There's poison in the room..."

Li Fei hurriedly stopped him.

Her words only confirmed Mo Tang's suspicions. Without wasting another moment, he ordered Li Fei, "Guard outside the courtyard. No one is allowed in! If anyone asks, tell them I gave the order. Whoever dares to force their way in, I'll kill them!"

Calamity Poison Body!

From Li Fei's words, Mo Tang was certain that Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body had awakened, and that some unexpected change had caused it to erupt...

Although Xiao Yi Xian was still too weak for the outbreak to be particularly dangerous, ordinary Dou Zhes and even Dou Shis would likely be poisoned to death if they came into contact with her in her current state...

However, Mo Tang was not stopping others from entering because he feared they would be harmed. He feared that someone would leak Xiao Yi Xian's condition and expose her identity as the owner of a Calamity Poison Body!

If that happened, Xiao Yi Xian's life could very well be in danger!

After sending Lin Fei away, Mo Tang came before the door and viciously kicked the wooden door, sending it flying.

Having kicked the door open so roughly, Mo Tang hurried inside, only to be choked into a violent fit of coughing by the smoke floating through the room...

The moment he felt dizzy after merely inhaling the smoke, Mo Tang's expression changed. He quickly struck out with his palm, and fierce Dou Qi surged from it, sweeping the smoke out through the window.

Just as Mo Tang had expected, the Poison Mist was not very powerful at the moment. Otherwise, Li Fei would not have had the chance to escape.

As the smoke in the room gradually dispersed, Mo Tang finally saw the situation inside...

Behind the azure curtains, Xiao Yi Xian lay there with her eyes tightly shut. Her once rosy face was now stained with an eerie seven-colored hue.

"As expected...!"

Mo Tang's heart sank.

"The Calamity Poison Body has truly awakened... Sigh!"

At that moment, Mo Tang did not even know what he was supposed to feel.

From one perspective, if he could truly enter Xiao Yi Xian's heart under such circumstances, then in the future, he would certainly gain a powerful helper, just like Xiao Yan in the original work.

But...

Watching such a kind and gentle girl, a girl who dreamed of becoming an alchemist...

Slowly be forced by her inborn constitution to become the Heaven Poison Girl, a woman who killed without mercy, filled his heart with reluctance.

It might seem overly sentimental, but it was also exactly how he truly felt at that moment.