Woe Poison Body Form

"My plan is to deliberately awaken the Woe Poison Body, then search for a way to control it while I cultivate."

"Will you live in constant fear, barely scraping by as you wait for the Woe Poison Body to eventually erupt, or will you deliberately unleash it and fight to the death? The choice is entirely in your hands!"

As Xiao Lei finished speaking, a voice appeared out of nowhere in his mind.

[Copy successful.]

[Target: A Physician of Some Renown]

[Cultivation: Eighth Stage Dou Qi]

[Technique: None]

[Dou Technique: ...]

...

[Constitution: Woe Poison Body (Unawakened)]

"Copy constitution."

[Copy successful. The host's attributes conflict with the Woe Poison Body. Automatically repairing... The ability to cultivate by consuming poison will be retained, and the Woe Poison Body will be converted into a special Dou Technique belonging to the host. When used, the host can transform into the Woe Poison Body form. While the technique is active, the host's Dou Qi attributes will transform into poison, and the host will suffer the pain of poison ravaging the body...]

"Turning the Woe Poison Body into a Dou Technique, then changing forms when I use it. That's pretty interesting!"

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

[The host's poison is essentially formed by transforming the host's Fire Attribute Dou Qi. As long as the host's Dou Qi remains stable, the poison body will not erupt.]

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

Xiao Lei grinned. Other people's cultivation became unstable after breaking through with pills, but the cultivation he copied with the System was exceptionally solid!

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

"You don't have to make a decision about something this important right away. I'll come back in a few days. If you choose to cultivate the Woe Poison Body then, I'll give you a present."

After saying that, Xiao Lei rose and left. Just like Yao Chen, he wouldn't make the choice for Xiao Yi Xian, though he would still guide her with his words. After all, it suited his interests better if Xiao Yi Xian deliberately awakened the Woe Poison Body.

Xiao Lei headed for the door. Seeing that the line outside was still stretching on, and that even those who had left earlier had returned, he paid it no mind.

Amid the crowd's fiery glares, he strolled away, whistling, in high spirits.

Before long, just as everyone was expecting Xiao Yi Xian to return and resume seeing patients, her assistant came out instead.

"Xiao Yi Xian isn't feeling well. Please come back tomorrow!"

"Isn't feeling well? She's not feeling well? Wasn't she perfectly fine just now?"

The crowd obviously couldn't accept that excuse.

"Xiao Yi Xian was fine a moment ago. How did she suddenly feel unwell right after that Xiao Lei went in?"

"That Xiao Lei looked awfully pleased with himself when he left..."

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

"That beast! Does being handsome mean he can do whatever he wants? Does being an alchemist mean he can do whatever he wants?"

Sorry, but if Xiao Lei wanted to, with his Da Dou Shi cultivation, he really could do whatever he wanted in Green Mountain Town.

"Beat him up! We have to beat him up!" the mercenaries plotted loudly, fuming with indignation.

"But that kid's an alchemist!"

"Come on, let's go to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and tell Mu Li what happened! Let Mu Li figure out how to deal with him."

Among three people, there was bound to be one with a bright idea!

Of course, Xiao Lei knew nothing about any of this. He was already getting ready to enter the mountains!

"A cliff. The original story doesn't say much about the cave on the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. But judging from the strength of the herb-gathering party at the time, it probably wasn't far from Green Mountain Town or the mountain trail. Otherwise, Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation was so low, she wouldn't have been able to reach it."

With those details in mind, Xiao Lei searched methodically along the way, occasionally killing a few Magical Beasts for practical training.

It was already dark by the time, after checking several cliffs, Xiao Lei finally reached the right spot.

"This should be the place!"

Standing at the cliff's edge, Xiao Lei looked down at a spot jutting out from the rock face below.

Xiao Lei now possessed the soul strength of a Second-Rank Alchemist, just enough to detect the cave hidden beneath the thick vegetation.

"No Rock Snake! Otherwise, I'd find a few burly men and make sure it learned its lesson..."

After finishing his grumble, Xiao Lei didn't hesitate any longer. He crouched down, pressed one hand against the cliff face, then jumped off without a second thought.

Sucking Palm activated, his palm stuck fast to the cliff as he rapidly descended.

By controlling the flow of Dou Qi, Xiao Lei could control his rate of descent.

He landed steadily, then hurried to the stone door and struck it with Eight Extremities Collapse.

Boom!

A deep impact rang out, and the stone door collapsed.

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

Xiao Lei looked around and found gold coins piled everywhere. By his rough estimate, there were already several hundred thousand—enough to keep him spending for a long time.

There were also plenty of medicinal herbs, planted off to one side.

"Whoa, there are medicinal herbs that don't need photosynthesis? That's incredible!"

Xiao Lei marveled to himself. Another world really was another world!

Without wasting a moment, Xiao Lei went to the tomb owner's dry bones and pulled out the key and Fragmented Map together.

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

Only after he had finished all that did Xiao Lei turn around and follow the method in his mind, carefully picking every last medicinal herb.

Xiao Lei had copied Guni's alchemy skills, which had also given him all of Guni's knowledge of alchemy, including how to harvest medicinal herbs.

It had to be said that although Guni wasn't very skilled at alchemy, he had lived a long time and knew a great deal about it.

That was what qualified him to serve as an appraiser for the Mittal Auction House.

These herbs weren't particularly precious, but they were better than nothing. Among them was an Ice Spirit Flame Grass, which could be used to refine a Blood Lotus Pill.

Of course, Xiao Lei wouldn't use that pill himself, because he wasn't going to risk his life trying to devour a Heavenly Flame.

That was a job for someone else. Xiao Lei would just swoop in and take what he wanted—copy it and steal it outright!

Xiao Lei wasn't about to put himself through even a little hardship!

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

While Xiao Lei was thoroughly pleased with himself, a certain clown in Green Mountain Town was so furious he was nearly going mad.

"Xiao Lei—!"

Mu Li listened to the mercenary before him and tightened his grip. The teacup in his hand looked ready to give way.

"Xiao Yi Xian! Hmph! That ungrateful woman—how could she not know how I feel about her?"

"We've known each other for so long, and she won't give me the time of day. Now some pretty boy shows up, and she practically throws herself at him!"

"Someone, go keep an eye on that kid. The moment he shows up in Green Mountain Town, report to me. I'm going to cripple him with my own hands, then toss that dead dog in front of Xiao Yi Xian!"

Mu Li's face was twisted with rage, his teeth clenched. If Xiao Lei had seen him like that, he probably would have pointed at his nose and asked:

"Do you have a cold? Why is your nose so red?"