Calamity Poison Body? Leave It to Me!

Inside the stone chamber, candlelight flickered.

Xiao Yao carefully stored the ancient map scroll in his storage ring, his deep eyes gleaming with thought.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, possesses the terrifying ability to purify all things. Now that I have the first fragment, it's a good start.

He calculated, According to the original plot, the second fragment should be in Hai Bodong's possession in the Tagor Desert.

But the remaining two... one is in the Central Plains, and the other is in the Black Corner Region! There's still a long time before the plot officially begins. I can't wait that long!

Xiao Yao frowned slightly.

I need to find a way to pinpoint the locations of the remaining map fragments!

With a thought, he connected once more to the Daoist Immortal System in his mind.

Merit... exchange... His gaze swiftly swept across the vast sea of exchange options before finally settling on a supreme Divine Ability called the Great Heavenly Secret Technique!

[Great Heavenly Secret Technique: A supreme Daoist divination Divine Ability that can calculate all karma, perceive heavenly secrets, and control fate. Exchange cost: 10,000 merit points]

Ten thousand merit points! Xiao Yao drew a deep breath and searched again, unwilling to give up. Sure enough, he found something.

[Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique: A weakened version of the Great Heavenly Secret Technique. With a cause, one may deduce the result. Exchange cost: 1,000 merit points]

Looks like I need to find a way to obtain a batch of merit points first!

Just as he was deep in thought, Xiao Yi Xian's delighted cry came from beside him.

"Wow! We're rich! Xiao Yao, come look!"

She had already excitedly opened the three treasure chests. One contained a Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, while the other two each held an ancient scroll.

"The Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, a high Xuan-tier Flight Dou Technique, Eagle Wings, and a Xuan-tier Dou Technique, Roaring Lion Chant!" Xiao Yi Xian hugged the treasures, her pretty face flushed with excitement.

Xiao Yao merely smiled calmly. These Xuan-tier Dou Techniques, which ordinary people could only dream of, were already worthless scraps in his eyes.

"If you like them, take them all." Xiao Yao waved his hand casually.

"No!" Xiao Yi Xian pouted, her attitude exceptionally resolute. "We agreed to split everything equally. I can't let you lose out! This... this poison scripture is the most important to me, so I'll take it and these medicinal herbs. The two Dou Techniques, especially Eagle Wings, are the most valuable since it's a Flight Dou Technique. They should belong to you!"

Without allowing any argument, she shoved the scroll containing Eagle Wings into Xiao Yao's hand.

Seeing how insistent she was, Xiao Yao no longer refused. His fondness for this kind-hearted girl rose once again.

"Fine."

He was indeed somewhat interested in this famed Flight Dou Technique from the original work.

Taking the scroll, he sat down cross-legged on the spot and immersed his divine sense within it.

Xiao Yi Xian hugged the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and sat down nearby, curiously flipping through its pages.

For a time, the stone chamber fell silent.

Yet only moments later, Xiao Yao suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing through them!

Eagle Wings, mastered!

Not only that, but he had improved it with the knowledge of immortal cultivation methods! What had originally been merely a high Xuan-tier Dou Technique had been completely transformed in his hands. Its power had soared, enough to rival an ordinary mid-tier Earth-tier Dou Technique! Its speed had increased severalfold as well!

But at the instant he finished, he sharply sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere beside him.

He turned his head and saw that Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face, once full of joy and curiosity, had gone deathly pale without a trace of color! Her clear eyes were fixed on the poison scripture in her hands, filled with panic, disbelief, and... a despair that ran to her very bones!

In the end, all those emotions turned into a desolate, miserable smile.

Xiao Yao understood at once.

She had probably learned the truth about her Calamity Poison Body.

He sighed inwardly and smiled gently. "What's wrong? You look like you're about to cry."

At the sound of Xiao Yao's voice, Xiao Yi Xian's body trembled violently.

She slowly raised her head. Her beautiful eyes had reddened, misted over with tears. Biting her lip, she asked in a trembling voice, "Xiao Yao... if... if I became a great poison master, someone who would hurt everyone who came near me... would you... would you be afraid of me?"

Seeing the tear stains on her face, Xiao Yao's heart ached.

He rose to his feet and walked before her, meeting her fearful, uneasy eyes directly. Then, word by word, he spoke with utmost sincerity:

"No matter what you become, in my heart, you will always be the kind, innocent Xiao Yi Xian from Qingshan Town, the one who healed the sick and saved the dying."

"Waaah—!"

Those warm yet steadfast words instantly shattered the last line of defense in Xiao Yi Xian's heart!

Unable to suppress her fear and grievance any longer, she suddenly threw herself into Xiao Yao's arms and burst into tears!

"Wuwuwu... Brother Xiao Yao, thank you... thank you for liking me... But you should leave! Stay away from me! I'm an omen of misfortune. Everyone who gets close to me becomes unlucky! I... I'll get you killed!"

She wept so hard that she looked like a flower drenched in rain, as though she wanted to vent every bit of loneliness and repression she had endured.

Xiao Yao said nothing. He simply held her quietly, allowing her tears to soak his clothes. Reaching out, he gently stroked her soft dark hair and whispered in the gentlest voice by her ear:

"Silly girl, why are you crying?"

"Isn't it just the Calamity Poison Body? What's the big deal?"

"I can solve it."

His carefree tone made it sound as though he were talking about something as simple as eating or drinking.

The crying in his arms abruptly stopped.

Xiao Yi Xian suddenly lifted her head, her tear-streaked face full of incredulous shock!

"You... how did you know?!"

Xiao Yao affectionately tapped her delicate nose and smiled. "I told you not to underestimate me."

He slowly explained, "The Calamity Poison Body is an exceptionally poisonous physique, one found in perhaps one in ten thousand. Its characteristic is seven-colored poisonous markings on the lower abdomen. The more poison and toxic substances its bearer consumes, the faster her strength grows. But in the end, she suffers the tragic fate of having ten thousand poisons consume her heart. Am I right?"

Hearing Xiao Yao describe every characteristic of the Calamity Poison Body without the slightest error, Xiao Yi Xian was completely stunned!

"But," Xiao Yao suddenly changed his tone, his voice brimming with absolute confidence and dominance, "before me, this so-called calamity physique is nothing at all."

He raised two fingers in a sword gesture. A wisp of golden magical power curled around his fingertips. With lightning speed, he tapped several points in the air over Xiao Yi Xian's lower abdomen!

"Seal!"

Xiao Yi Xian felt a warm yet vast power instantly pour into her body! She could clearly sense that the strange feeling within her, which had begun to stir after she read the poison scripture and filled her with an urge to devour deadly toxins, was forcibly and completely suppressed by that golden energy at this very moment!

That craving born from her soul vanished!

"Th-this..."

Xiao Yi Xian was overjoyed beyond measure, so excited that she could hardly contain herself! She clung tightly to Xiao Yao as though she would never let go again!

Xiao Yao also enjoyed the soft, fragrant body in his embrace, unable to stop his thoughts from wandering.

But at that moment, his divine sense swept toward the cave entrance, and his sword-like brows lifted slightly.

"Bold indeed!"