Journey to Mo City

"Since you've decided to cultivate the Calamity Poison Body, I won't keep anything from you any longer!" Xiao Yu said.

Xiao Yi Xian looked at Xiao Yu and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Yu smiled faintly. "Actually, not only do I know a great deal about the Calamity Poison Body, I also know how to completely control it!"

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Xiao Yi Xian fell into a daze. "Y-you're telling the truth?" she asked only after a long while.

"Of course. Why would I lie?" Xiao Yu naturally knew how the Calamity Poison Body was ultimately controlled, but completely controlling Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body would indeed be somewhat difficult. Fortunately, the Pill Codex also contained a treatment method for it.

There were actually two ways to resolve the Calamity Poison Body. The first method recorded in the Pill Codex was to cultivate the Poison Dissolving Zen Chant, an extremely unconventional cultivation technique, just as unconventional as the Calamity Poison Body itself.

The Poison Dissolving Zen Chant was merely a Yellow Rank technique, but that was not the important part. What mattered was that after cultivating it, one could transform all the poisonous Dou Qi in one's body into normal Dou Qi. However, once the poisonous Dou Qi was dispersed, less than one-tenth of one's strength would remain. This was one of the absurd parts Xiao Yu had complained about. What a joke—first cultivate the Calamity Poison Body to raise your strength, then cultivate the Poison Dissolving Zen Chant when the Calamity Poison Body was about to go out of control? Was this supposed to be fun?

Thus, Xiao Yu immediately rejected the first method. No one but an idiot would choose it. The second method was the Poison Pill method!

The Poison Pill method recorded in the Pill Codex was much more detailed and far more effective. It involved progressing step by step, gradually cultivating Poison Pills—in other words, cultivating different Poison Pills at every stage to control the toxins within the body!

Xiao Yu directly explained the Poison Pill method to Xiao Yi Xian. She said in surprise, "The Calamity Poison Body can actually be cultivated this way?"

Xiao Yu could not help laughing. "You're not the first Calamity Poison Body to appear on the continent. Since people before you had possessed one, they would naturally have left behind some methods of control for reference. In my opinion, cultivating Poison Pills to control the poisonous Dou Qi throughout your body is the safer approach!"

Xiao Yi Xian repeatedly nodded her pretty head. "That's true, but you also said that even if I were to refine a Poison Pill now, I would need at least two Heavenly Flames, the magic core of a Third-Tier Magical Beast, and that Life Spirit Liquid. I've never even heard of the Heavenly Flames or Life Spirit Liquid you mentioned. How are we supposed to find them?" As she spoke, Xiao Yi Xian could not help feeling discouraged.

Xiao Yu said, "As for Heavenly Flames, I happen to have one!" As he spoke, a pale white flame suddenly surged from his hand. A faint coolness emanated from the flames, creating a strange contrast.

"T-this is?" Xiao Yi Xian's adorable expression as she slightly parted her small lips in surprise was quite charming.

Xiao Yu chuckled. "This is a Heavenly Flame, known as the Bone Spirit Cold Flame! As for needing two Heavenly Flames, that isn't a problem. I was planning to make a trip to Mo City anyway. It is said that deep within the desert, there is another Heavenly Flame!"

"You're going to the desert?" Xiao Yi Xian asked blankly.

"Not just me. You'll naturally be coming with me too, right?" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

A flush suddenly rose on Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face as she murmured, "I-I'm going with you too?"

"Of course. What, you don't want to?" Xiao Yu asked.

Xiao Yi Xian hurriedly waved her little hands. "N-no, that's not it. Of course I do!" Her face turned even redder after she said that.

Xiao Yu did not dwell on the matter and continued, "As for the Life Spirit Liquid, I know where to find it too, so you needn't worry!"

The reason Xiao Yu could say that with such certainty was naturally because the Life Spirit Liquid was the essence of the Life Divine Tree within his body. The only troublesome thing was obtaining the magic core of a Third-Tier Magical Beast. Just as he was thinking about it, Little Zi foolishly edged closer.

Xiao Yu stared at Little Zi in a daze. At that moment, Xiao Yi Xian said, "How about we hunt a Third-Tier Magical Beast in the Monster Beast Mountain Range?"

Xiao Yi Xian's words made Little Zi shudder all over. Good grief, the gossip had come back to bite him. While not every Third-Tier Magical Beast possessed a magic core, the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King definitely did.

Just as Little Zi nervously wondered which direction he should run in, Xiao Yu patted his little head and said softly, "Don't worry. Look how badly that scared you. How could I bear to take your magic core?"

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Little Zi lightly shook his head, and the tension in his eyes faded.

Only Xiao Yi Xian was left stunned. "X-Xiao Yu, what do you mean by that? Little Zi is...?"

Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Yi Xian and said, "That's right. Little Zi is actually a Third-Tier Magical Beast, with strength equivalent to a Da Dou Shi. He's essentially here to protect me."

Xiao Yi Xian was utterly dumbfounded by Xiao Yu's words. She had thought having a First-Tier Magical Beast like Little Lan was already impressive, but compared to Xiao Yu, it was nothing at all!

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi Xian suddenly remembered Little White and asked, "Then what about Little White?"

"Little White isn't. It's just a little pet I keep around because it looks cute," Xiao Yu said casually. Fortunately, Little White was currently sleeping soundly in the Herb Garden and did not hear him. Otherwise, it would surely have gotten angry and rolled its eyes at him!

Only then did Xiao Yi Xian relax. If every random creature around him was a Third-Tier Magical Beast, she would be scared to death!

Xiao Yu said, "Since you haven't started cultivating the Calamity Poison Body yet, why not wait until I've prepared all the medicinal ingredients before you begin?"

Xiao Yi Xian naturally had no objections. She nodded slightly and said, "All right, I'll listen to you!"

After all, Xiao Yu was far more familiar with the Calamity Poison Body than she was, so naturally she would follow his lead.

Seeing that she had no objections, Xiao Yu said, "Good. In that case, we'll leave tomorrow. Get ready—we're heading to Mo City!"

"Okay!" Xiao Yi Xian replied.

The night passed quietly.

Xiao Yi Xian used the time to pack everything up. She only needed to bring the important items with her. Xiao Yu had even fewer belongings, so there was naturally nothing much for him to pack!

Early in the morning, Xiao Yi Xian called Little Lan over. Then, holding Little White in her arms, she leaped onto its back. Xiao Yu and Little Zi followed close behind. With a cry from Little Lan, its wings beat once, and it soared into the sky.

Watching the valley and little wooden hut grow smaller and smaller, Xiao Yi Xian could not help feeling melancholy. "After leaving this time, I don't know when I'll be able to return!"

"You will return," Xiao Yu comforted her. "The world outside has even better sights waiting for you!"

"Mm!" Xiao Yi Xian said with a sweet smile.

Little Lan carried them all the way to the outskirts of the Monster Beast Mountain Range before stopping. Xiao Yi Xian said, "Little Lan, this is where we part ways. The outside world is too dangerous. You'll be freer living in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. Go on!"

Little Lan's enormous body moved closer to Xiao Yi Xian, its head gently rubbing against her shoulder as though reluctant to part.