Xiao Yi Xian Advances to Dou Master, Pill King Gu He's Death Shocks the Imperial Capital

Seven days later.

Xiao Yi Xian sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed in the wooden cabin, the ancient scroll in her hands having been turned over countless times. The cultivation method of the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture posed almost no obstacle to her.

Cultivation routes that others might need months or even years to open were thoroughly cleared by Xiao Yi Xian in just three days.

Over the remaining four days, she tried each of the poison-energy control techniques recorded in the manual one by one, mastering every one of them with remarkable speed.

Lu Heng sat on the steps by the door, idly spinning a jade bottle in his hand and glancing back at her from time to time.

"Almost there."

Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes and exhaled a cloud of grayish-purple mist. The instant it emerged from her lips, she drew it back into her body, so precise that not a trace leaked out.

Lu Heng turned around and tossed the jade bottle in his hand to her.

"A Yuan-Gathering Pill. After taking it, you should be able to advance directly to a One-Star Dou Master."

Xiao Yi Xian caught the jade bottle and removed its stopper. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted out. She glanced at the round, full pill inside and swallowed it without hesitation.

As the medicinal power entered her stomach, the poison energy sealed by the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill remained completely still. The Yuan-Gathering Pill's effects spread gently through her meridians, swiftly absorbed and transformed by the poison Dou Qi within her body.

Xiao Yi Xian's aura began to rise.

The barrier of a Nine-Star Dou Zhe barely lasted ten breaths beneath the pill's impact.

A muffled bang sounded from within her body. Her Dou Qi vortex abruptly expanded, and liquefied Dou