The First Perfect Skill Appears

"We let the Qingzhou deserters escape last time and didn't finish off Wang Meng, letting him get away with his life. Now tonight, he's back to ruin our plans."

Mister Li pondered solutions in his mind. "Attacking Wang Meng in Dongsheng Town is too risky. Too many people live near his house. If word gets out and his Captain brother finds out it was me, he'll go mad, and no one will be able to stop him."

"Old Tang, go to the storeroom and get two hundred taels of silver. Give it to Wang Meng and ask him to cooperate."

"If he absolutely refuses, send two men to stake out his house for twelve hours. They are to report back to me immediately if anything happens. I don't believe those two can hide in Wang Meng's house forever."

"Yes, Master!"

Bang, bang, bang.

Hearing the knocking at his door, Wang Meng opened it to find the same group of people.

"Are you guys sick? Staying up all night? Bringing so many people to guard my door, are you my doormen?"

Butler Tang, hearing Wang Meng's complaints, smiled and took out a bank note from his breast pocket.

"Captain Wang, this is a small token of my master's regard. Please, Captain Wang, grant us some convenience. I promise, we'll just take a quick look inside and leave."

Wang Meng took the bank note and shut the door in their faces.

"Go back and tell your master I accept his token of regard, but he can forget about searching my house."

Butler Tang's face darkened at Wang Meng's audacity. Knowing he couldn't search Wang Meng's house tonight, he turned to the guards.

"Leave two men to watch here. Report any situation in the courtyard to the master immediately. The rest of you, follow me."

Hearing the footsteps gradually recede, Wang Meng, holding the two hundred taels of silver, walked to the room where Luo Yi and the other were staying. He placed the bank note in front of Luo Yi and smiled.

"Little Yi, you're truly my lucky star! People are rushing to give me money late at night."

Seeing the two hundred taels, Luo Yi was surprised. So much? He then remembered the "Demon Soul Pearl" that had fallen from "Elder Qi's" belly and guessed that the people who sent the silver were likely accomplices of the demons.

He quickly asked, "Uncle Wang, who sent this silver?"

"It was sent by Mister Li's butler. Little Yi, you look like you've thought of something?" He pointed to Second Qi, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog.

"Uncle Wang, three of them ambushed me tonight. I killed one of them, and a dark, inky bead fell from his corpse." He omitted the part about the system panel absorbing the "Demon Soul Pearl."

"As soon as I got the bead, it emitted a black smoke, and a figure with a pained expression flickered within the mist."

"Uncle Wang, do you know what this bead is?"

After hearing Luo Yi's description, Wang Meng's face changed drastically.

"Little Yi, the bead you're talking about is called the 'Demon Soul Pearl,' also known as 'Human Pill.' This thing is a great tonic for demons."

"Some stronger demons will plant it inside a martial artist's body."

"Once the 'Demon Soul Pearl' enters a martial artist's body, it will constantly devour the martial artist's essence and vitality, feeding itself. Over time, the host martial artist will gradually be drained dry. When the martial artist's remaining value is completely extracted, the demon will reclaim the pearl."

"Besides you, has anyone else seen this black pearl?"

Luo Yi shook his head. "No!"

"That's good! That's good! They don't know yet that you've discovered their collusion with demons. They shouldn't be desperate enough to attack me tonight."

"However, we also need to prepare in advance. A demon capable of condensing a 'Demon Soul Pearl' must be at least a fifth-tier demon, equivalent to the 'Five Viscera' realm for martial artists."

"The 'Five Viscera' realm? Uncle Wang, if such a powerful demon attacks us, won't we surely die?"

Seeing Luo Yi's panicked expression, Wang Meng quickly said, "Why would a fifth-tier demon care about this run-down place? This demon chose to cooperate with someone like Mister Li, which means the demon is likely heavily injured."

"However, even a heavily injured fifth-tier demon is still beyond the ability of us 'Skin Refining Realm' martial artists to fight."

"With such a terrifying demon hiding in town, the entire Dongsheng Town is unsafe."

"Fortunately, Mister Li sent this two hundred taels of silver. Little Yi, as soon as it's dawn tomorrow, we'll move to Yunlu County first."

"Okay, Uncle Wang."

Luo Yi nodded, feeling that Dongsheng Town was too dangerous now and his own strength was too weak. He needed to leave this place of trouble.

After the two discussed their plan, Wang Meng went to the next room and woke his sleeping wife and son, packing all the valuable items in the house.

Seeing Wang Meng packing, Luo Yi looked at Second Qi, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog. Since I know the identities of these people, I can't bring this person with me when we flee tomorrow.

Luo Yi prepared to examine Second Qi to see if he also harbored a "Demon Pearl" in his belly. Since this was Wang Meng's home, to avoid staining the room with blood, Luo Yi carried Second Qi to a corner of the courtyard, drew the dao from his waist, and with a crack, brought it down with full force.

Second Qi's entire chest was ripped open. Poisoned, Second Qi died without even letting out a "Wuhu!"

Looking at the organs scattered on the ground, Luo Yi directly reached in and started rummaging.

After a while, in Second Qi's stomach, he felt a round, hard object.

Picking up the Dao beside him, he cut open the stomach containing the Demon Soul Pearl. The pearl dropped out.

Looking at the pearl that fell on the ground, as soon as Luo Yi grabbed it, the Demon Soul Pearl turned into a black smoke and drilled into his body.

At the same time, a prompt popped up on the system panel: Energy Points increased by 10.

Looking at the 20 Energy Points on the panel, Luo Yi directly used one Energy Point to add to Introduction to Poisons.

The originally black mist floated out of Luo Yi's body, turning into specks of starlight that flowed into Luo Yi's brow.

As the starlight continued to pour in, Luo Yi felt his mind clear, and countless complex pharmacological knowledge flooded his mind, like a divine revelation.

Host: Luo Yi

Age: 16

Realm: Skin Refining Great Perfection

Skills: Basic Archery (Great Perfection 125/400)
        Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique (Great Perfection 1/400)
        Introduction to Poisons (Novice 1/20)

Traits: None

Energy Points: 19 points (1 Energy Point adds 10 skill progress)

Introduction to Poisons is already at Novice level?

Looking at the dead-as-he-could-be Second Qi beside him, who hadn't even woken up before dying.

Luo Yi felt the importance of mastering poison arts even more. In the future, when wandering the jianghu, he would inevitably encounter opponents who used poison.

Looking at the panel, only 20 progress points were needed to upgrade Introduction to Poisons again.

He directly maxed it out, spending 10 Energy Points to raise Introduction to Poisons to Perfection.

Vast amounts of knowledge about identifying herbs and poisons, methods for concocting and using poisons, and even refining methods for pills used in the Body Refining realm, continuously poured into his mind.

At this moment, Luo Yi felt as if he had been immersed in the path of poison for decades, studying intently.

He was now intimately familiar with the knowledge in the book Introduction to Poisons, even able to extrapolate and develop some new poisons and antidotes.