"Ugh! What a hassle! Just as I thought, I still have to make a trip to the Chu Yun Empire... And why call me when you can clearly solve the problem yourself?" Liuli complained to Xiao Yan as she flew through the air beside him.
"What? Do you hate it there?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile as he looked at the glum Liuli.
"Of course! Who would like a country where the air is full of poison? And it obviously looks like some villainous country..." Liuli said this aloud, but she was actually worried about Xiao Yan.
This time, the Chu Yun Empire had been thrown into great turmoil. A few days ago, the long-established Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had declared war on the newly risen hegemon, the Poison Sect. In less than half a month, the Poison Sect's territory within the Chu Yun Empire had shrunk by nearly seventy percent, and now they were even surrounded at their headquarters.
In the Original Work, Scorpion Bi Yan of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect launched a final counterattack before his death, causing Xiao Yan to be poisoned by a deadly toxin called the Demonic Poisonous Spot. If not for Xiao Yi Xian's seal and the protection of several Heavenly Flames, he would likely have died long ago.
Although Xiao Yan gradually absorbed the Dou Qi within the poison spot to strengthen himself while refining it, the refining process was exceedingly painful. It pained her to see him suffer.
The current Xiao Yan was far stronger than he had been in the Original Work at the same point in time. There was no need for him to harm his body over such petty gains.
When that old scorpion made his last desperate counterattack, she would step in and handle it for