Initial Awakening of the Poison Body

A year later.

Wei Yang had reached the eight-star Da Dou Shi level.

"The time is about right. I can give Xian'er the poison classic now."

Thus, on this day, he handed the Seven-Colored Poison Classic to Ye Xian'er.

"Xian'er, this is the Seven-Colored Poison Classic. Take it and study it."

Now fourteen and growing ever more beautiful, Ye Xian'er accepted the Seven-Colored Poison Classic with her jade-like hands and curiously flipped it open. "Is this the Seven-Colored Poison Classic you told me about?"

"Yes. This poison classic will be very useful to you. It can help your Body of Calamitous Poison grow quickly," Wei Yang said.

"Am I going to awaken my poison body now?" Ye Xian'er immediately seemed somewhat nervous upon hearing this.

"Yes, it can be awakened now." Wei Yang nodded, gently pulling her into his arms as he comforted her. "Don't be afraid. Trust me. Some plans in the future will require sufficient strength to support them, so I need your help."

"Mm." Ye Xian'er nodded, her expression turning resolute.

"Once your poison body is awakened, your strength will enter a period of rapid growth. As long as you have enough poison, there will be no bottlenecks for you."

"However, you must remember this: never blindly pursue the speed of your strength growth. Restrain yourself and try to suppress your advancement. At every realm, temper yourself thoroughly and familiarize yourself with that realm's power and mysteries. Strive to gain perfect control over every bit of power you possess," Wei Yang instructed.

Ye Xian'er nodded seriously.

"Go on." Wei Yang patted her shoulder.

Holding the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, Ye Xian'er walked toward her room. When she reached the door, she turned back to look at Wei Yang.

"Don't be afraid. I'll be right outside," Wei Yang encouraged her.

"Mm." Happiness and reassurance flashed through Ye Xian'er's eyes as she turned and entered the room.

Bang!

The door shut.

As Wei Yang looked at the closed door, his eyes held both heartache and anticipation.

Xian'er was now at the eighth stage of Dou Qi. She had trained for only a little over a year, yet her progress was already astonishing.

Once her poison body awakened, her cultivation speed would become even more astonishing. No, it would be absurd.

Several days later.

A rather formidable aura erupted from Ye Xian'er's room, then quickly subsided once more.

She broke through to Dou Zhe so quickly? Wei Yang, who had been cultivating, abruptly opened his eyes and looked toward Ye Xian'er's room.

He rose and hurried to the door.

The room was silent. Wei Yang did not disturb her and simply waited.

After waiting for quite some time, there was still no movement inside. Wei Yang could not help frowning slightly, growing concerned.

After giving it some thought, he gently pushed open the door and stepped inside.

The moment he entered, Wei Yang smelled a strange medicinal fragrance, and surprise appeared on his face.

Looking carefully, he saw wisps of pale gray-white mist permeating the air. The color was faint, but it filled the entire room.

This was poisonous gas!

Already prepared, Wei Yang quickly held his breath. At the same time, the deep crimson, scorching Dou Qi within his body circulated rapidly through his entire body, burning away every trace of poisonous gas that had entered him.

He had deliberately tested it just now and discovered that the poisonous gas was quite potent. However, given his cultivation, inhaling a small amount did not affect him much.

After all, although Xiao Yi Xian had only just begun awakening her Body of Calamitous Poison, her strength was still weak, so her poisonous gas naturally could not be considered especially powerful.

"Although Xian'er has a gentle temperament and a kind heart, she truly possesses extraordinary talent in refining poison. Judging from the strength of this poisonous gas, if one were unprepared, even an ordinary Dou Shi would likely die from inhaling it."

"It has only been seven days since she received the Seven-Colored Poison Classic!"

Even though she had secretly studied poisons before, her talent for poison refining was still astonishing.

As expected of the Body of Calamitous Poison. She was born to wield poison.

Wei Yang walked past the screen and saw Ye Xian'er in white, seated cross-legged on the floor with her eyes closed. A dense layer of pale gray-white poisonous mist writhed around her body, while her aura continued to slowly strengthen.

Wei Yang estimated that she was already close to becoming a three-star Dou Zhe.

He could not help frowning. This rate of advancement was a little too fast.

Before long, a suction force burst from Ye Xian'er's body. Like a bottomless abyss, it drew in all the poisonous gas from the surrounding air.

Her realm also stabilized at the peak of the three-star Dou Zhe level.

Seeing this, Wei Yang could not help clicking his tongue. No matter how great one's talent was, before such an unreasonable Special Physique, one could only concede defeat.

It was enough to rival the so-called god-tier bloodlines of those Imperial Clans.

Ye Xian'er slowly opened her eyes. A pale gray-white gleam flashed through them, while a lustrous and captivating glow appeared on her face.

Wei Yang watched with a smile.

Seeing the increasingly pronounced curves of her figure, he could not help sighing inwardly. My little cabbage is growing up so fast!

"Ah!"

When Ye Xian'er opened her eyes and saw Wei Yang smiling at her, she froze for a moment. Then panic appeared on her face, and she said in a trembling voice, "Why did you come in? Hurry and leave! There's poison here!"

As she spoke, she hurriedly rose and backed away. At the same time, she opened her little mouth and desperately tried to inhale all the remaining poisonous gas in the air into her body.

"Don't be nervous." Wei Yang waved his hand. "I'm an eight-star Da Dou Shi. This little residual poisonous gas can't affect me."

"Really?" Ye Xian'er felt somewhat relieved upon hearing that.

"Of course." Wei Yang found it rather amusing. "You don't think you're invincible just because you awakened your physique, do you?"

"No matter how abnormal your physique is, you're only a three-star Dou Zhe right now. Your poisonous gas is indeed strong and poses a threat to Dou Shi, but against a Da Dou Shi, as long as they don't inhale a large amount, it won't have much effect."

"Not to mention this little bit of poisonous gas lingering in the air."

Ye Xian'er finally relaxed and let out a breath of relief.

Thinking about it, that was true. No matter how potent her poisonous gas was, her strength was still what it was.

Wei Yang beckoned to her. "What are you standing there for? Come over."

Yet Ye Xian'er shook her head and took two steps back. "No. I just broke through, and I still can't fully control my aura. The poisonous gas in my body hasn't completely settled yet."

Her voice carried a pleading tone. "Could you go out first? In a couple of days, once I've completely controlled the poisonous gas in my body, I'll come find you."

Seeing her like this, Wei Yang's heart ached. He said softly, "Your poisonous gas can't hurt me. Don't be afraid."

Ye Xian'er still shook her head, her voice slightly choked. "No. I don't want you to see me like this."

Wei Yang took two steps forward, his voice becoming even gentler as he called, "Xian'er."

Ye Xian'er shook her head and slowly retreated two more steps. A trace of sorrow appeared on her face as she bit her red lip and said mournfully, "The Seven-Colored Poison Classic says that the Body of Calamitous Poison is a taboo on the continent. It will bring disaster to everyone around it!"

"In the future, everyone will fear me, avoid me, hate me, and want to kill me! Like a rat crossing the street, despised by all!"

"Will you... will you treat me that way someday too?"

"I won't." Wei Yang frowned, feeling helpless and troubled.

He had already prepared Xian'er for this long ago, yet he had not expected her reaction to still be so intense.

She was too sensitive.

Then again, before Ye Xian'er had met him, she had experienced a past she was unwilling to mention.

She had a gentle temperament and a kind heart. Her greatest wish was to become an alchemist, but unfortunately, she lacked talent in that field.

So she had settled for the next best thing and pursued becoming a physician, saving lives and healing the wounded.

Yet she herself had been born with a poison body, and now she had even awakened her physique, becoming a Poison Master whom everyone hated and feared.

Across the entire Dou Qi Continent, only the Chu Yun Empire in the northwestern region was a nation filled with Poison Masters, a place where they had room to survive.

There, Poison Masters could openly reveal themselves.

But elsewhere, everyone detested, feared, and kept their distance from Poison Masters who could kill without leaving a trace.

Not to mention the Body of Calamitous Poison. It was something everyone wanted to destroy as quickly as possible.

At this moment, Wei Yang could not help feeling some regret. He regretted letting her awaken her poison body so early.

He should have waited another two years.

In the end, Xian'er was still only a fourteen-year-old girl.

She should not have had to face all this at such an age.