"Wasn't she afraid Xiao Ting would discover her?"
Yun Yun was a rational person. At the very least, after serving as the Misty Cloud Sect's leader for so many years, she had always handled matters with composure and prudence.
After repeatedly verifying the authenticity of the Notebook Copy, she guessed that she was not the only person on the Dou Qi Continent who possessed a copy. After all, even the World Observer who owned the Notes was not unique.
Thinking of how the prerequisite for receiving a Plane Blessing was being frequently mentioned by Xiao Ting in the Notes, she guessed that those who possessed Notebook Copies needed to have had their names written by Xiao Ting.
Xiao Yi Xian's "abnormal" appearance was precisely confirmation of her guess.
"So someone has already made a move."
Yun Yun was not the only clever person. Cao Ying had arrived at much the same conclusion.
Restricted by her age and strength, she feared she could not reasonably appear before Xiao Ting anytime soon.
"Hehe, perfect. You can set an example for me first."
"If there's any risk, I can avoid it in advance."
"If there are benefits, this young lady will find a way to approach Xiao Ting ahead of time."
"Someone got ahead of me."
Feng Qing'er's thoughts were completely different from Cao Ying's.
Once she realized that Xiao Yi Xian might also possess a Notebook Copy and had deliberately come to approach Xiao Ting early, an unhappy expression appeared on her face.
The facts proved her guess: this opportunity of obtaining a Notebook Copy was not unique to her alone.
"However, I will definitely be the one who makes the best use of this opportunity."
Xiao Ting naturally had no idea that a few lines he wrote in the Notes had drawn so much attention.
Nor did he suspect that there was anything unusual about Xiao Yi Xian appearing in Wutan City at this time.
After all, the Plane Blessing had made it perfectly clear that she had come with Wan Yao Zhai to sell medicinal herbs.
[Xiao Yi Xian should currently be serving as a resident physician at Wan Yao Zhai in Qingshan Town.]
[Her appearance in the story came when Brother Yan, after completing Jia Nan Academy's entrance assessment, took two years off to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.]
[Her role in her first appearance was to coincidentally share a cave dwelling on a cliff with Brother Yan, indirectly bringing the Flame Emperor a fortune, medicinal herbs such as Ice Spirit Flame Grass, a Xuan Tier high-grade Flight Dou Technique Purple Cloud Wings, and the first Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.]
The women:!
Sure enough, stories came from life.
Worthy of being a Child of Luck. With just this encounter, he gained medicinal herbs, wealth, a rare and precious Flight Dou Technique, and a fragment map related to the third-ranked Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
"So there were so many things in that cave dwelling." Xiao Yi Xian's heart pounded wildly. Then she shook her head with a self-deprecating smile. "In the end, I was just making a wedding dress for someone else. I'm merely a courier of fortuitous encounters."
Xun'er was amused by her words. Did she think she was a Plane Blessing?
"Has Sister Xiao Yi Xian found that cave dwelling already?" Xun'er gracefully lifted her teacup.
"I discovered it a few days before coming to Wutan City, but I haven't had the chance to explore it yet. I obtained the Observation Copy not long after finding the cave dwelling." Xiao Yi Xian had no intention of hiding this from Xun'er.
Not to mention Xiao Ting might write about it in the Notes, there was no need for her to conceal it.
As for the things inside the cave dwelling, they were extremely precious to her, but not worth mentioning to Xun'er.
[Brother Yan is not the type to eat the meat himself and deny others even soup. On the surface, he split the cave dwelling's gains evenly with Xiao Yi Xian.]
[Although Xiao Yi Xian discovered the cave dwelling, without Brother Yan, she would not have been able to obtain a single item within it.]
[A magical beast, the Rock Snake, lurked before the cave dwelling. If she rashly explored it, she would face grave danger.]
[Moreover, she did not know that her personal maid had long been bought off by Mr. Yao and the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.]
[Out of caution, she repeatedly scouted the site and made preparations early on, but her personal maid discovered the information and sold her out.]
"It seems I can leave Qingshan Town without any attachments." Xiao Yi Xian smiled bitterly.
"You can know a person's face but not their heart. If they deliberately plotted against you, it isn't your fault, Sister." Xun'er comforted her, then immediately teased, "As for Brother Xiao Ting, you can be completely at ease. You can know his face, know him as a person, and know his heart especially well."
Xiao Yi Xian could not help laughing.
Xun'er said those words more smoothly than a storyteller.
However, with an Observation Copy of the Notes, she truly could understand Xiao Ting's inner thoughts completely, just as she did now.
[Within this cave dwelling, Xiao Yi Xian obtains many medicinal herbs, a large quantity of gold coins, and the key that begins her life's journey: the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.]
[The Seven-Colored Poison Scripture records many poisons and poison formulas. It was suspected to have been written by an owner of the Woeful Poison Body.]
[Based on the methods recorded in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian confirms that she possesses the Woeful Poison Body.]
"The Woeful Poison Body... it really is me." The heart Xiao Yi Xian had been holding onto finally sank completely, and sorrow welled up in her eyes.
Xun'er had already told her several solutions and promised that once she broke through to Dou Zong, she would provide her with an eighth-grade medicinal pill.
There was no longer any danger to her life, and Dou Zong was a realm she had never even dared dream of reaching.
But the favor she owed Xun'er would never be repayable.
Furthermore, after learning through the Notes just how vast the world was, it was difficult for her to deceive herself and remain a frog at the bottom of a well.
"Sister, there's no need to worry at all." Xun'er held Xiao Yi Xian's hand and comforted her softly. "Brother Xiao Ting knows you possess the Woeful Poison Body, yet he still wants to take you in as a guard."
"The Notes also revealed your information to Brother Xiao Ting as a kind of blessing."
"There must be a solution for the Woeful Poison Body."
Those words struck right at the heart of the matter. Xiao Yi Xian found them very reasonable, her chest rising and falling slightly.
She focused all her attention on the Notes.
[The Woeful Poison Body is a rather bizarre special constitution. It is born with deadly poison; those who touch it die. It must sustain itself by consuming poison, but the more poison it consumes, the denser the toxins within its body become. Once the toxins accumulate to a certain point, they erupt completely, destroying all life within a thousand miles.]
Qing Lin, the only one who knew nothing about the Woeful Poison Body:!
This Woeful Poison Body was practically a disaster inflicted upon countless people.
[For those who possess the Woeful Poison Body, cultivation and techniques are merely icing on the cake. As long as they continuously consume poison, they can grow stronger. The stronger the poison consumed, the faster their strength rises. In theory, there is no upper limit.]
[However, the Dou Qi Continent almost has no poisons capable of harming Dou Zun or Dou Sheng. Even if such poisons exist, they are extraordinarily precious and rare, controlled by top factions and powerful experts. They are not something an owner of the Woeful Poison Body can find, so their upper limit is capped at Dou Zong.]
[Furthermore, under the influence of this constitution, consuming poison becomes addictive. The more toxic the poison, the more alluring it becomes—so alluring that it can make an owner of the Woeful Poison Body lose all reason, even commit countless bloody crimes, or attack their closest loved ones.]
Xiao Yi Xian's pupils contracted!
Her Woeful Poison Body had not fully awakened yet, so the desire to consume poison Xiao Ting spoke of was not especially strong.
Yet even so, whenever she saw certain poisons, she did indeed feel a physiological urge to possess and consume them.
[If that were all, the Woeful Poison Body should be called an Innate Poison Body. The true reason it is called woeful is that once toxins accumulate to a certain degree, one can no longer control the poisonous Dou Qi within their body. When the seven-colored hidden line on the lower abdomen reaches the heart, that is the day of death. After enduring the agony of ten thousand poisons devouring the body, they explode and perish.]
[Before awakening, they unconsciously release poison and harm those around them. After awakening, they are controlled by poisons like a puppet. The faster they grow stronger, the faster they die. Their own death is agonizing, and they will also kill countless living beings.]
[World Observer's spicy take: The Woeful Poison Body is not an Innate Poison Body. It is Innate Woe.]
Xun'er: "..."
Seeing Xiao Yi Xian's face turn deathly pale, Xun'er's lips twitched slightly.
She had finally managed to comfort Xiao Yi Xian and even encouraged her by saying Xiao Ting surely had a better solution.
Yet this World Observer was truly dedicated to its duty. Not only did it observe and record, it even offered commentary.
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