The Poison Body

[Ding! Successfully checked in at the Small Mountain Valley of the Monster Mountain Range. Reward obtained: one Poison Dragon Inner Core, one drop of Poison Dragon Blood.]

Poison Dragon Inner Core: The Blood Burning Poison Flood Dragon, a seventh-tier Demonic Beast, failed to transform into a Poison Dragon, but its inner core had already transformed into a Dragon Core.

Poison Dragon Blood: Blood shed by a Poison Dragon. It could strengthen the body and grant immunity to all poisons.

Looking at these rewards, Xiao Tian fell into deep thought, because the Transcending Calamity Poison Scripture contained a method that could help someone with the Calamity Poison Body completely control their poison body.

After cultivating the Transcending Calamity Poison Scripture, one would devour the Poison Dragon Inner Core, then use the Poison Dragon Blood to stimulate the Origin of the Calamity Poison Body. Finally, one would use an extremely powerful Heavenly Flame and three kinds of Spirit Thunder to dissolve the Origin into poison power, then guide it into the inner core to form a Poison Core, thereby controlling the poison body.

"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Yi Xian asked, looking at Xiao Tian in confusion.

"I was thinking about how to spend this period of time with a great beauty." Xiao Tian came back to his senses and smiled.

"Have you thought of anything?"

"Not yet, but I have something to tell you about yourself." Xiao Tian restrained his smile and spoke seriously.

Seeing Xiao Tian suddenly turn serious, Xiao Yi Xian also became nervous and asked, "About me?"

"Yes. You must have read what was recorded on the last page of the Seven Colored Poison Scripture, right? You also know that you have the Calamity Poison Body, right?"

"How do you know about my Calamity Poison Body?" Hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian's body stiffened. Then she said miserably, "Are you also afraid of me, someone whose whole body is poisonous? Will you hate me too?"

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian like this, Xiao Tian could not help but feel his heart ache. He embraced her and comforted her, "No matter what you become in the future, I will never hate you. I know because I also have a special constitution and can sense yours. Besides, I have a way to help you control the poison body within you."

"Then it's settled. You can't hate me, or I'll be very sad." Xiao Yi Xian spoke seriously. "No wonder your gaze was so strange when you saw that Seven Colored Poison Scripture in the cave."

"Mm." Xiao Tian nodded seriously.

"You said you can help me control the problem with my body? You're not lying to me?" Xiao Yi Xian left Xiao Tian's embrace and asked doubtfully.

"Yes. Everything I said is true." Xiao Tian spoke with certainty. A black scroll appeared in his hand. "This is a cultivation technique suited to your constitution: the Transcending Calamity Poison Scripture."

Xiao Yi Xian took the scroll. Her body instinctively sent out a wave of longing. She opened the scroll and glanced at it. When she saw the method of control written on it, she could not help opening her mouth wide. "The things this requires are far too outrageous. I haven't even heard of them before."

"I have the Heavenly Flame, Poison Dragon Inner Core, and Poison Dragon Blood. I've only finished condensing one Spirit Thunder so far, but the other one is almost ready. As for the third, it should take about half a year. For now, cultivate this technique first and increase your strength." Xiao Tian looked at Xiao Yi Xian as he spoke.

"You've prepared everything for me. How should I repay you?" Xiao Yi Xian asked with tears in her eyes.

Before Xiao Tian could speak, a soft, warm sensation touched his lips. Before he could react, Xiao Yi Xian turned and left. "I'm going to cultivate for a while. Go wander around on your own."

Xiao Tian watched Xiao Yi Xian leave, then touched his lips and smiled.

Xiao Tian casually found a clean spot and sat down cross-legged. He circulated the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Art with all his strength. Because of their earlier dual cultivation, his body had absorbed a trace of Yuan Yin Power, and his realm was close to a breakthrough. He frantically absorbed the Heaven and Earth Energy drifting through the air, and the Aura around him gradually grew stronger.

As night approached, the Aura around Xiao Tian rose to a critical point. The Heaven and Earth Energy formed a vortex and poured down into him. His Aura surged, and a wave of energy erupted. Xiao Tian successfully broke through to the 2-Star Dou Shi realm.

The Aura around him gradually settled. Xiao Tian opened his eyes.

"Congratulations on breaking through. You must be hungry, right? Come over and eat something." Xiao Yi Xian's voice came from the side.

Xiao Tian stood up and sat down beside Xiao Yi Xian. Looking at the mushroom soup simmering in front of him, he sniffed its delicious aroma. "Have you been waiting long? It smells great. I didn't know such a simple mushroom soup could be made so fragrant. I wonder who would be lucky enough to marry you."

Hearing Xiao Tian's praise, Xiao Yi Xian smiled happily without saying anything. Her gaze grew gentler as she reached out with her delicate hand, took a bowl from the side, filled it with mushroom soup, and handed it to Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tian took the soup and immediately gulped it down, praising it as he drank. As for worrying about being poisoned by the mushrooms—what a joke. With a Heavenly Flame, Spirit Thunder, and Thunder God Body, it would be difficult for him to get poisoned even if he wanted to.

Xiao Yi Xian also filled a bowl of mushroom soup for herself. She sipped it while watching Xiao Tian eat with a happy expression. She was extremely pleased by the trust Xiao Tian placed in her.

Watching Xiao Tian eat and drink heartily, Xiao Yi Xian asked, "What are your plans for later?"

"What, just because I drank a little more of your mushroom soup, you're trying to drive me away?" Xiao Tian said as he picked up his bowl and prepared to fill it with another serving.

"No, it's not like that. If you like it, drink more." Xiao Yi Xian spoke anxiously.

"Look at how anxious you are." Xiao Tian laughed.

Xiao Yi Xian could not help but angrily pound Xiao Tian with her small fists. "I'm being serious."

"As for me, I plan to wander around and look for opportunities." Xiao Tian said.

"Then... then this burden wants to follow you around too. Are you willing?" Xiao Yi Xian asked expectantly.

"Of course. Having a beauty as a companion makes the journey even better. Hahaha." Xiao Tian laughed.

Seeing that Xiao Tian had agreed, Xiao Yi Xian's brows filled with joy. "Then it's settled. You can't leave me behind and go off on your own."

"No problem. However, we'll have to stay here for a while longer. For now, continue cultivating, but be moderate with the poisons. Take out all your Medicinal Powder and poisonous herbs for me." Xiao Tian spoke to Xiao Yi Xian.

"What are you going to do with those?" Xiao Yi Xian asked as she took all her poisonous medicines from her Storage Ring.

Looking at the poisonous medicines covering the ground—Netherworld Flower, Secluded Dream Vine, Azure Flame Demon Grass, various Medicinal Powder, and more—Xiao Tian stared incredulously at the harmless-looking Xiao Yi Xian before him and wiped the cold sweat from his brow. "You're far too brutal. There are so many."

"Come on, it's normal for a helpless young woman like me to keep a few extra things around for self-defense." Looking at the things on the ground, Xiao Yi Xian's face also flushed.

"I'll refine these into Poison Cores for you. That'll make them easier and more pleasant to consume. Then you won't have to pour handfuls of Medicinal Powder into your mouth." Xiao Tian waved his hand and collected everything. As he imagined Xiao Yi Xian crunching poison pills, he could not help laughing.

"You jerk! Who eats handfuls of poison? Even if I eat it, I take it bit by bit, all right?" Xiao Yi Xian pounced into Xiao Tian's arms, clenched her fists, and repeatedly pounded his body.

"Hahahahaha!" Xiao Tian let Xiao Yi Xian pound him, laughing louder and louder.

After pounding him more than a dozen times, Xiao Tian caught the hand Xiao Yi Xian was waving with one hand and wrapped the other around her waist.

The two teased and laughed as they embraced. Gradually, their eyes met, filled with tenderness and affection. Their hormones continued to intertwine, creating an ambiguous atmosphere that surrounded them.