Let Me Examine You...

"By the way, would it be convenient to tell me what you planned to do next?"

Following up on their earlier conversation, Wu Yong asked Xiao Yi Xian.

"I don't have any other plans for now."

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head and asked with a smile, "What, are you planning to see me off?"

"I was thinking about it. When you arrive somewhere new, having me there to establish your presence could spare you a lot of unnecessary trouble later on."

Wu Yong nodded, then abruptly changed the subject. "More importantly, you're one of my few friends. I don't want to be unable to find you once I graduate."

"Graduate? You should be a student of Jia Nan Academy, right?"

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes lit up as she began to guess Wu Yong's identity.

An eighteen-year-old Dou Wang expert—where besides Jia Nan Academy could such an outstanding genius be cultivated?

"Smart!"

Wu Yong gave her a thumbs-up and praised her generously. "And among the students of Jia Nan Academy, I'm the strongest one."

"I think that must be true too. After all, you're so impressive that even Jia Nan Academy couldn't produce a second person as remarkable as you."

Xiao Yi Xian returned the compliment. Since her friend was so exceptional, he was surely one of a kind.

The two simply looked at each other, and the clinic suddenly fell silent.

"Ahem. You're not older than me, are you? Have you considered going to Jia Nan Academy?"

They turned their heads away at the same time, and Wu Yong was the first to break the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

At those words, Xiao Yi Xian's faintly flushed face instantly turned pale, and she returned to a state of utter rationality.

Turning her head, she looked at Wu Yong, with his short black hair and tall, handsome figure, and certain thoughts in her heart vanished without a trace.

You have the Woeful Poison Body. Sooner or later, you'll die in the most hideous way possible. What right do you have to become friends with a genius youth like him?

Your existence would be the greatest stain on his perfect life, without question!

"Hey, are you all right, Xiao Yi Xian?"

Wu Yong waved a hand before her eyes. What was wrong with this girl? Hadn't they been chatting just fine a moment ago?

Xiao Yi Xian, whose face had suddenly gone deathly pale, came back to her senses and found herself unsure how to face Wu Yong.

"I suddenly don't feel very well. Let's talk again tomorrow."

Wu Yong fell thoughtful. He had heard a little about women's issues. It was not something that happened punctually at midnight on a fixed few days every month, but more like a sudden attack.

Xiao Yi Xian must have just been ambushed by it, then?

"Then hurry back to the inner room and rest. I'll keep watch out here for you."

"..."

Hearing Wu Yong say that only made Xiao Yi Xian feel worse.

Yet she could not think of any excuse to drive Wu Yong away, so she could only return to the inner room, considering how to part from him gracefully and never see him again.

But the more she thought about parting from Wu Yong, the more violently her memories surged.

They had known each other for less than two days, yet he had already become so unforgettable in her memories.

"So it was true that people could feel like old friends at first sight..."

Wu Yong's deliberately lowered voice as he spoke to patients outside reached Xiao Yi Xian's ears, making her suffer even more.

She wanted to spend her life with this friend, but she would bring misfortune and poison everyone around her to death.

Just like the elderly couple who had once taken her in and treated her like their own granddaughter. In the end, they too had fallen into a state of suspended death after taking poison she had made, and she had unknowingly poisoned them to death.

Besides, he was so outstanding. He could choose from any number of proud daughters of heaven across the Dou Qi Continent. There were countless choices better than her.

Her fate was to walk toward death. Since that was the case, why let him see her ugly appearance when she died?

For several days in a row, Xiao Yi Xian hid in her room and used feeling unwell as an excuse not to meet Wu Yong.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

When he heard that Xiao Yi Xian was still feeling unwell, Wu Yong suddenly realized something. How could this sort of women's issue last a whole week without getting better?

And this was the Dou Qi Continent. Xiao Yi Xian was also a Dou Zhe; her physical condition was far beyond that of an ordinary woman.

"Come out. Let me take your pulse."

"No need. I just don't feel well. Leave and go take care of your own business."

"It's precisely because you don't feel well that I need to check on you. If you're sick, you take medicine and get treated. Do I have to teach you even that?"

"No, I'm really fine. I'll get better after resting for a while."

"Is that so? I don't believe you."

"...?"

Xiao Yi Xian froze. She had not expected Wu Yong to be so unreasonable.

"I'm coming in."

"Hey! Wait... I-I'm not wearing clothes!"

"Then get dressed now, and I'll come in afterward."

"...I don't feel well, so I don't want to wear clothes." Blushing, Xiao Yi Xian came up with what sounded like a fairly reasonable excuse.

Some people simply liked sleeping without clothes.

"Then cover yourself properly with the blanket."

"No! I'll get dressed right now. Wait!"

As expected, Xiao Yi Xian's voice sounded remarkably full of vigor?

Having noticed the issue, Wu Yong also had the wind inspect the situation in the inner room for him. This girl was clearly hiding something from him.

Once he confirmed that she had gotten dressed, Wu Yong walked straight in.

The room was very neat, not messy at all.

Leaning against the doorframe, Wu Yong watched Xiao Yi Xian coldly as she realized her lie had been exposed.

"Feeling unwell?"

"I..."

"You'd better be able to convince me. Otherwise, I'm going to spank you."

"No!"

"Why not? You fooled me like I was an idiot. Is that how you treat a friend?"

"I... That's right! This is how I treat my friends. If you don't like it, then don't be friends with me. Let's end our friendship!"

Xiao Yi Xian hesitated for a moment, then a thought rose in her heart. Perhaps ending things like this would not be so bad.

Two black lines dropped down Wu Yong's face. This girl really had been treating him like an idiot!

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!

"Now, tell me what you've been hiding from me. Whatever the problem is, we'll face it together. If you dare say something like that to me again, I won't use Dou Qi. A thin bamboo switch would work quite nicely."

Xiao Yi Xian knew he meant the kind parents used to discipline disobedient children.

"I'm not a child anymore!"

"Heh..." Wu Yong cast her a disdainful glance. Everything was understood without a word.

Remembering what she had just said, Xiao Yi Xian's face turned bright red. What she had said really did not sound much different from a child throwing a tantrum.

She still wanted to find some excuse to muddle through, but when she saw Wu Yong's amber-like eyes, she fell silent.

Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, Xiao Yi Xian decided to be honest with this friend.

"I have the Woeful Poison Body—the Woeful Poison Body recorded in that poison scripture, the Woeful Poison Body that will eventually poison even its own bearer to death."

Wu Yong glanced at the method for identifying the Woeful Poison Body recorded in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, then looked at Xiao Yi Xian.

Those with the Woeful Poison Body had a seven-colored thread on their lower abdomen. When that colored thread reached the heart, it would be the height of the Woeful Poison Body's power—and also the moment of death.

"Could you have mistaken it? Come, let me examine you."