Seven-Colored Poison Scripture

"Look at me!"

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian like this, Xiao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pulled her hands down.

Xiao Yi Xian stared at him, her eyes blank.

"Do I look like an idiot?" Xiao Yu asked with a stern face.

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head.

Then she realized that what she'd just done was basically burying her head in the sand. A faint blush rose on her cheeks.

"Xiao Yu, I promise I won't tell anyone about you. Can I swear to you?" Xiao Yi Xian pleaded.

Xiao Yu shook his head. "I don't believe in oaths. If you don't want me to kill you to silence you, it's simple: stay by my side from now on. Only by keeping an eye on you will I know whether you're spreading my secrets."

After a brief pause, his expression turned serious. "You've lived in Green Mountain Town for a long time, so you should know what a sensation it would cause if word got out that I'd gone from a Three-Star Dou Zhe to a Dou Master in less than a year."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded repeatedly.

If news like that got out, it wouldn't just cause a sensation. It would bring all sorts of trouble, too.

Especially considering Xiao Yu's past: it had taken him only a year to go from the Third Stage of Dou Qi to a Three-Star Dou Zhe. That alone had made plenty of people curious.

If they also learned that Xiao Yu had advanced to Dou Master in less than a year, people would surely grow curious and wonder whether he had some kind of treasure.

The Jia Ma Empire was vast. There were plenty of good people, but even more ill-intentioned ones.

"So you'd better be good and do as I say. I don't want a pretty girl like you to die, either."

Xiao Yu threatened her in a cold voice.

The two began searching for the cave dwelling, which didn't take long.

As they approached, a Tier 2 Magical Beast suddenly charged out. Xiao Yi Xian turned pale with fright and screamed, nearly losing her grip on the vines and falling.

At the critical moment, Xiao Yu knocked the beast down with one punch and caught Xiao Yi Xian's hand.

When they reached the platform outside the cave entrance, Xiao Yi Xian still looked shaken.

It took a little while to open the entrance, and then the two went inside.

A large heap of flourishing medicinal herbs in the corner made Xiao Yi Xian's eyes light up. She ran over in delight.

"Ahem..."

Just then, Xiao Yu's cough came from behind her. She stopped in her tracks.

Meeting Xiao Yi Xian's gaze, Xiao Yu said, "Someone just said, right in front of me, that she didn't want anything in the cave. Remember?"

Xiao Yi Xian's face fell. "Can't you share just a little with me?"

She was the one who'd found this cave in the first place!

"I'm teasing you. You can have it all," Xiao Yu said with a laugh.

"Really? Xiao Yu, you're so nice!" Xiao Yi Xian cheered.

Xiao Yu went on smiling. "Besides, you belong to me now. Aren't your things mine, too?"

"Hmph!"

Xiao Yi Xian puffed out her cheeks in anger, her teeth grinding as if she wanted to bite the boy to pieces.

He was just too infuriating!

Ignoring Xiao Yu, Xiao Yi Xian gathered up all the herbs.

Then their eyes fell on three boxes beside a skeleton.

Xiao Yi Xian found the key and handed it to Xiao Yu.

He stepped forward and opened all three boxes at once.

Xiao Yi Xian had been worried there might be something dangerous inside and wanted to warn him, but Xiao Yu had moved too quickly.

"Why weren't there any poison arrows?" she thought, a little disappointed to find there was no danger.

"Three scrolls. These are good stuff," Xiao Yu said.

Xiao Yi Xian hurried to his side. "Let me see what they are."

Xiao Yu tossed them over. Xiao Yi Xian caught them in a fluster and glared at him in annoyance.

These might all be treasures left behind by a senior. How could he toss them around like that? What if they hit the ground and got damaged? Then she might not be able to cultivate them!

Seeing that Xiao Yu wasn't paying her any attention, Xiao Yi Xian examined them on her own.

She opened a black scroll first. It read: Black-Rank Advanced Flying Dou Technique: Eagle Wings.

"Flying Dou Technique? What's that?"

Xiao Yi Xian had never heard of a Dou Technique with that name before.

Dou Techniques were generally divided into attack, defense, and movement techniques.

She set it aside and examined the other, blue scroll.

Black-Rank Advanced Dou Technique: Mad Lion Roar.

"Another Dou Technique scroll." Xiao Yi Xian was surprised.

Both were Black-Rank Advanced.

If techniques of that level appeared in Green Mountain Town, they'd cause a mad scramble and could even lead to rivers of blood.

"Too bad these two techniques are no use to me." Xiao Yi Xian shook her head regretfully and turned her attention to the last scroll.

It was a scroll with a seven-colored surface.

"Seven-Colored Poison Scripture?" Xiao Yi Xian said, startled, and slowly opened it.

"The Woe Poison Body is a peculiar poisonous constitution. It can rapidly increase its strength by devouring poison. To identify a Woe Poison Body, look at the lower abdomen, where a thin seven-colored..."

Just as Xiao Yi Xian was reading intently, someone suddenly snatched the scroll from her hands.

"I haven't finished reading! Give it back!" Xiao Yi Xian reached for it.

Xiao Yu didn't return it. He put all three scrolls into his Storage Ring, along with the herbs.

"Come on. Take me to Soul-Severing Ravine." He tossed the whistle back to Xiao Yi Xian and headed outside.

Besides the herbs and scrolls, there were also some things like gold in the cave. Xiao Yu took everything. He even pried the Moon Stone from the wall.

Xiao Yi Xian followed behind him, looking dazed. Her mind kept circling back to the words she'd just read.

A seven-colored line... Didn't I have one on my lower abdomen?

Could I be a Woe Poison Body?

Damn it, he snatched it away before I could read the rest.

Xiao Yi Xian glared viciously at Xiao Yu's back.

"What are you standing there for?" Xiao Yu urged her when she was beside him but made no move.

"I want to discuss something with you. Would that be okay?"

"You want to read the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture?" Xiao Yu asked, looking at her with an amused smile.

Had he guessed?

Xiao Yi Xian paused, then nodded. "There's something in it that's very important to me."

"But if I remember correctly, you've always wanted to become an alchemist. Everything in the Poison Scripture is related to Poison Masters."

Xiao Yu asked.

"It's not that easy to become an alchemist." Xiao Yi Xian's eyes dimmed.

Xiao Yu said, "Don't be so sure. There's a saying: 'A master shows you through the door; the rest is up to you.' Maybe I can help."

"You?" Xiao Yi Xian looked doubtful.

"Hey, don't look at me like that. Do you really think nothing I say is believable?" Xiao Yu shouted.

Xiao Yi Xian didn't answer this time, but she nodded very firmly.

"I'm an alchemist, too. All the medicine for the Xiao Clan came from my hands." Xiao Yu stuck out his chest and looked at Xiao Yi Xian. "If you become my apprentice, I can teach you."

Xiao Yi Xian took out her whistle and blew hard. Its shrill sound rang through the mountains and woods.

Becoming an alchemist wasn't as simple as having a master show you the way. You also needed the right aptitude.

She knew very well that she didn't have it.

"What would it take for you to let me read the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture?" Xiao Yi Xian asked.

"Forget it. I'm not letting you read it."

Xiao Yu said it with absolute certainty.

Cultivating the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture would turn her into a poison person. It was bad enough that such a pretty girl would suffer from cultivating that thing; people would also shun her.

He didn't want Xiao Yi Xian to become someone like that.

That's right. I'm absolutely not lusting after her body!