Woe Poison Body Form

"My idea is to actively awaken the Woe Poison Body, then search for a way to control it while you cultivate."

"Whether you live in fear, waiting for the Woe Poison Body to eventually erupt, or choose to actively unlock it and fight for your life—the choice is entirely in your hands!"

As Xiao Lei finished speaking, a voice appeared out of thin air within his mind.

[Copy successful.]

[Target: Renowned Physician]

[Cultivation: Eighth Stage Dou Disciple]

[Cultivation Method: None]

[Dou Technique: ...]

[Constitution: Woe Poison Body (Unawakened)]

"Copy constitution."

[Copy successful. Detected conflict between host's attributes and Woe Poison Body. Auto-repairing. Retaining the Woe Poison Body's ability to cultivate via poison consumption. Converting Woe Poison Body into a special Dou Technique for the host. Upon activation, the host transforms into the Woe Poison Body state. While the technique is active, Dou Qi attributes convert to poison, and the host suffers the pain of poison devouring the body...]

"Turning the Woe Poison Body into a Dou Technique that changes my form upon activation—that's quite interesting!"

"So, System, will my Woe Poison Body erupt?"

[The host's poison energy is essentially transformed from the host's fire-attribute Dou Qi. As long as the host's Dou Qi remains stable, the poison body will not erupt.]

"Then that means it won't erupt at all!"

Xiao Lei smiled. Others who used medicinal pills to break through had unstable cultivation, but the cultivation he copied using the System was exceptionally solid!

While Xiao Lei was still cheering over his poison body form, Xiao Yi Xian was plunged into an endless dilemma.

"You don't need to make such an important decision right away. I will return in a few days. If you choose to cultivate the Woe Poison Body by then, I will give you a gift."

After saying this, Xiao Lei stood up and left. Like Yao Chen, he would not make the choice for Xiao Yi Xian, but he would still provide verbal guidance; after all, Xiao Yi Xian actively awakening the Woe Poison Body better served his interests.

Xiao Lei arrived at the entrance and saw that a long line still remained, with even those who had left earlier having returned.

Xiao Lei paid no mind. Amidst the fiery glares of the crowd, he whistled and walked away leisurely, looking completely at ease.

Not long after, just as the crowd expected Xiao Yi Xian to return soon to continue seeing patients, her assistant walked out instead.

"Xiao Yi Xian is feeling unwell. Everyone, please come back tomorrow!"

"Unwell! Unwell? Wasn't she perfectly fine just a moment ago?"

The crowd clearly could not accept such a reason.

"Xiao Yi Xian was fine just now. How could she suddenly be unwell after that Xiao Lei went in!"

"That Xiao Lei looked so satisfied just now..."

"No! My goddess—!" A mercenary clutched his head in disbelief, tears streaming down his face.

"That beast! Does being handsome mean you can do whatever you want? Does being an alchemist mean you can do whatever you want?"

I'm sorry, but if Xiao Lei wanted to, with his cultivation as a Dou Grandmaster, he could indeed do whatever he wanted in Green Mountain Town.

"Beat him! We have to beat him!" the mercenaries plotted loudly in indignation.

"But that brat is an alchemist!"

"Let's go to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and tell Mu Li about this! Let Mu Li find a way to deal with him."

Where there are three people, there is bound to be a mastermind!

Of course, Xiao Lei knew nothing of this; he was already preparing to enter the mountains!

"A cliff, the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. The original description of the cave wasn't detailed, but based on the strength of the herb-gathering team at the time, it can be inferred that it's not far from Green Mountain Town, and not far from the mountain path, otherwise Xiao Yi Xian's low cultivation wouldn't have allowed her to reach it."

With these characteristics in mind, Xiao Lei searched along the way, occasionally killing magical beasts to use as practical combat training.

By nightfall, after checking several cliffs, Xiao Lei finally arrived at the correct location.

"This must be it!"

Xiao Lei stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at a spot protruding from the cliff wall below.

Xiao Lei's soul power was now at the level of a second-tier alchemist, barely enough to detect the cave hidden beneath the dense vegetation.

"No Rock Snakes! Otherwise, I'd have to find a few big men to teach it a lesson..."

After grumbling, Xiao Lei didn't hesitate. He crouched down, pressed one palm against the cliff wall, and jumped off without a second thought.

Activating the Sucking Palm, his palm clung tightly to the cliff face as he descended rapidly.

By controlling his Dou Qi output, Xiao Lei could regulate his speed of descent.

Landing steadily, he walked quickly to the stone door and struck it with an Eight Extremities Collapse.

BOOM!

A low, muffled impact echoed out, and the stone door collapsed with a crash.

Xiao Lei raised a torch and walked inside. Passing through a long, narrow passage, he arrived in a stone chamber.

Xiao Lei scanned the surroundings and discovered piles of gold coins everywhere. A rough estimate suggested there were already hundreds of thousands, which should be enough to sustain Xiao Lei for a long time.

Beyond that, there were many medicinal herbs planted to the side.

"Whoa, there are actually herbs that don't require photosynthesis; truly miraculous!"

Xiao Lei sighed to himself; an otherworldly realm is indeed an otherworldly realm!

Without wasting any breath, Xiao Lei approached the skeleton of the tomb's owner and fished out both the key and the remnant map.

He turned to the stone box, opened it, and took the Eagle Wings, the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, and the Mad Lion Roar from within.

Only after finishing all this did Xiao Lei turn to carefully harvest all the medicinal herbs according to the methods in his mind.

Xiao Lei had copied Guni's alchemy skills, and thus gained all of the latter's knowledge regarding alchemy, which naturally included how to harvest herbs.

It had to be said that although Guni's alchemy ability was not strong, having lived for so many years, he possessed a vast amount of knowledge related to alchemy.

This was also the very condition that supported his role as an appraiser for the Mittal Auction House.

Although these herbs were not particularly precious, they were better than nothing, and among them was a stalk of Ice Spirit Flame Grass, which could be used to refine the Blood Lotus Pill.

Of course, Xiao Lei would not use this pill, because he would not gamble his life by swallowing a Heavenly Flame himself.

That was a job for someone else; Xiao Lei would just pick up the ready-made results, directly copying and stealing them!

Xiao Lei did not want to suffer even a bit!

After sweeping all the gold coins piled around into his Storage Ring, Xiao Lei left the cave in high spirits.

While Xiao Lei was feeling satisfied, a certain clown in Green Mountain Town was so angry he was about to go mad.

"Xiao Lei--!"

Listening to the mercenary before him, Mu Li exerted sudden force, causing the teacup in his hand to groan under the pressure.

"Xiao Yi Xian! Hmph! That ungrateful wretch, how could she not know my intentions toward her!"

"We have known each other for so long, yet she ignores me, and now that some pretty boy has arrived, she rushes to throw herself at him!"

"Someone, go! Keep an eye on that brat. The moment he appears in Green Mountain Town, report it to me immediately. I will personally cripple this brat, and then toss this dead dog in front of Xiao Yi Xian!"

Mu Li's face was twisted and ferocious. If Xiao Lei were to see him gnashing his teeth like that, he would likely point at his nose and ask:

Are you catching a cold? Why is your nose so red?