Human Nature Got the Better of Her

Thunk.

"Ouch!"

Lu Yao clutched her head with both hands, tears welling in her eyes. She looked utterly pitiful.

Lan Cai'er cheerfully said, "You know a bit about the Witchcraft Gu Saint Physique? Indeed. People with this physique are poisonous from head to toe. Anyone below the Celestial Platform Third Order who dares to have physical contact with me, skin to skin, will die."

The moment those words left her mouth, everyone's hearts turned cold.

Who wouldn't be afraid of that?!

It was terrifying.

"However~"

Lan Cai'er changed her tone. With a light tug of her fingertips, she removed a pair of gloves as thin as cicada wings, revealing the original appearance of her right hand.

It was pitch-black! Countless tiny living things seemed to be crawling across it, making anyone who glanced at it feel their scalp prickle with dread.

"How about I pinch you right now?"

Lu Yao looked as though she was about to cry from fright. "(ΩДΩ)???"

"B-Blue Sister Lan, perhaps you should forget it. I was only joking, only joking."

"Heh."

Lan Cai'er gave a self-deprecating smile. "Everyone says the Witchcraft Gu Saint Physique is powerful. Everyone fears it tremendously and dares not approach."

"Actually, I'd rather be an ordinary person—someone who could marry, raise children, and live the life of an ordinary woman."

She shot Su Ye a glance. He immediately swallowed, not daring to make a sound.

Only then did he remember that Lan Cai'er possessed the Witchcraft Gu Saint Physique.

People with the Witchcraft Gu Saint Physique were poisonous from head to toe. Even a casual touch against their skin could poison cultivators below the Celestial Platform Third Order to death.

If they ever stepped into the Celestial Platform, their poison would become even more vicious...

A partner like this—cough—seemed to be