A Heaven-Sized Irony

"What's going on?"

Xiao Han's soul perception was exceptional, allowing him to hear Blue Eagle's urgent cries even through the thunderous roar of the waterfall.

Taking the steps two at a time, Xiao Han climbed to the cave entrance. The moment he opened the door, a pungent smell rushed at him.

"Hm?"

Xiao Han frowned slightly and looked inside. The cave was already filled with smoke. Little Fairy Doctor lay motionless on the stone bed within, seemingly devoid of life. Yet in her jade-like hand, she clutched a pouch of pitch-black medicinal powder.

Whoosh—

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Han fired out a wisp of Dou Qi, which transformed into a gust of Gale Wind and blew all the smoke out of the cave. After coming into contact with the smoke, the moss and flowers around the entrance visibly withered at a rapid pace.

Poison?

Could it be that Little Fairy Doctor had swallowed poison to kill herself?

Xiao Han was not that foolish. With God's Perspective, he knew that Little Fairy Doctor possessed an innate poison body—the Woeful Poison Body.

For ordinary Dou Zhe, the only option was to cultivate step by step, gradually condensing Dou Qi within their bodies. If they had some money, they could take medicinal pills as a shortcut. But even pills could not be consumed without limit.

Beyond ordinary Dou Zhe, there were also some extremely special constitutions. Little Fairy Doctor's Woeful Poison Body was one of them.

If Little Fairy Doctor wanted to improve her cultivation, she could only keep consuming poison. This scene was simply an everyday occurrence for a poison master.

Poison masters were a profession that made people turn pale at the mere mention of them.

Familiar with the storyline of Battle Through the Heavens, Xiao Han knew that in the history of the Douqi Continent, there had once been a poison master with the Woeful Poison Body. In a moment of anger, that person had turned an entire empire into a thousand-mile expanse of poisoned land, causing countless deaths and injuries.

The strong had their own rules.

This incident ignited the fury of the strong experts who had emerged from that empire. One after another, they sought revenge against that poison master, only to be slain one by one. From Dou Ling to Nine Star Dou Huang, all of them died tragically at that poison master's hands.

It was worth mentioning that the poison master had only been a Five Star Dou Huang at the time. In the end, a reclusive super expert was drawn out, forcing the poison master to retreat temporarily. Yet although that Dou Zong-level super expert had driven the poison master back, he had paid a terrible price, spending a full ten years purging the poison from his body.

This showed just how terrifying and dreadful a profession poison masters were.

Even more terrifyingly, when that poison master reappeared twenty years later, they had already advanced into a Dou Zong powerhouse capable of stirring the winds and clouds.

Chirp!

Blue Eagle continued crying out anxiously. It would glance at Little Fairy Doctor inside the cave, then nod its little head at Xiao Han, as though urging him to enter the cave and save her.

"Don't worry. She's cultivating. It won't be long before she wakes up on her own." Xiao Han gently stroked Blue Eagle's feathers, soothing it.

In truth, the reason Little Fairy Doctor, as a poison master, had ended up like this was because the poison she had consumed was too potent. She had been unable to absorb it all at once and had merely fallen into a temporary coma.

As Xiao Han spoke, the seven-colored hues on Little Fairy Doctor's face rapidly faded away.

"Ah, I failed to resist the temptation again. How awful of me!"

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Little Fairy Doctor's lips. As a Little Fairy Doctor praised by others for healing the sick and saving lives, she was actually going to become a poison master feared by everyone.

What a tremendous irony!

"You're awake?"

The sudden voice gave Little Fairy Doctor quite a fright. By reflex, she quickly tucked the hand holding the poison into her sleeve.

Only after seeing that the person standing outside the cave was Xiao Han did Little Fairy Doctor let out a sigh of relief. After a brief pause, she hurriedly asked, "You didn't touch me just now, did you?"

"Uh, do I look like the kind of person who takes advantage of others? As a man, I admit I'm a little lustful, but I would never take advantage of someone in such a situation. You can't slander me like that!" Xiao Han looked at Little Fairy Doctor with utter seriousness.

"Uh, no, that's not what I meant. You... you should know what I'm talking about!" Little Fairy Doctor hurriedly explained.

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Han smiled and asked.

"You should know. That thing!" Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Han anxiously.

"Which thing?"

"That thing!"

"Which thing?"

"That thing!" Little Fairy Doctor stamped her foot anxiously. When she noticed the teasing look on Xiao Han's face, she put her hands on her hips and glared at him in anger.

"Hehe... I'm not teasing you anymore. Poison gas at that level can't harm me." Xiao Han smiled, then his expression turned serious as he stared at Little Fairy Doctor for a moment. "Little Fairy Doctor, I think you should listen to my advice."

Little Fairy Doctor froze slightly, her gaze becoming somewhat dejected. Looking toward Blue Eagle and avoiding Xiao Han's eyes, she said, "You're afraid of me too? Are you going to tell me to quit that thing?"

"It would naturally be good if you could quit. But can you?" Xiao Han asked in return.

Little Fairy Doctor smiled miserably, bit her lip lightly, and shook her head. She was already addicted to poison.

"That's exactly it. Since persuading you would be useless, why would I waste my breath? What I want to advise you about is something else."

Xiao Han said seriously, "It's time for you to go to the Chuyun Empire."

"The Chuyun Empire?" Little Fairy Doctor was slightly stunned.

The Chuyun Empire had countless poison masters and could be considered a haven for them. It was not that Little Fairy Doctor had never considered going there, but she was reluctant to abandon everything she had built in Green Mountain Town.

"Yes. You are a poison master. That is a fate you cannot change. Perhaps this place holds many beautiful memories for you. But can you bear to destroy them?" Xiao Han asked.

"Destroy them?" Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Han in surprise.

"Yes. Once your identity as a poison master is exposed, those who once respected you may come to fear you and distance themselves from you. Rather than that, it would be better to preserve those beautiful memories and go to the Chuyun Empire." Xiao Han tried to persuade her earnestly.

"This..."

Little Fairy Doctor's gaze grew somewhat troubled.

"Besides, you should know that the master of the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall is no good person either. If he learns that you're a poison master, he definitely won't keep you around. He might even loot some valuable things from you, then parade you through the streets to draw a clear line between himself and you." Xiao Han dropped another bombshell.

"Alright!"

After an intense inner struggle, Little Fairy Doctor's eyes became exceptionally resolute. Indeed, what Xiao Han had said were precisely the things she cared about and worried over. "I'll listen to you and go to the Chuyun Empire. But can you listen to my advice just this once?"

"Mhm, go ahead."

Xiao Han smiled faintly, his interest piqued. Little Fairy Doctor actually wanted to advise him? At once, Xiao Han became extremely curious about what she was going to say.