How Could Kind Xiao Yi Xian Poison Anyone?

After taking the wealth and cultivation resources from the cave, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian buried the skeleton together, then leisurely left the cave.

After learning that Xiao Yan intended to continue cultivating in the Monster Mountain Range, Xiao Yi Xian wanted to take him back to camp.

"I know a place that's perfect for your cultivation, but you'll have to master the flying Dou Technique first."

It was still too early for her to encounter the injured Blue Eagle. Thus, if she wanted to fly into that secluded little valley, she still had to rely on the flying Dou Technique.

"Alright. Then let's return to Green Mountain Town first. Once I've mastered the flying Dou Technique, I'll go to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion to find you."

Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"There's no need to make things so troublesome. Just come back to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion with me."

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head and spoke seriously.

"Ah?"

Xiao Yan looked somewhat puzzled.

"Don't worry. Mr. Yao from the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion and I are quite close. Since you're my friend, he'll treat you well."

Xiao Yi Xian said with a bright smile.

If Mr. Yao heard that, he would probably cry himself to death.

You called nearly killing me "quite close"?

"Alright, I'll listen to you."

Xiao Yan nodded. He then led Xiao Yi Xian around several magical beasts hunting at night and quietly returned to camp...

"Hiss? What's going on?"

As soon as they approached the camp, they smelled a thick scent of blood.

If not for the droppings of several high-tier magical beasts scattered around the camp, magical beasts would likely have followed the scent and attacked the camp by now!

As they drew closer, they found quite a few people gathered outside a tent bearing a wolf-head emblem, all talking over one another.

"Go distract them first. I'll go back and change clothes."

Xiao Yi Xian whispered.

"Alright, I'll go take a look. Be careful too."

Xiao Yan nodded at her words. He then emerged from the forest, unhurriedly walked to the edge of the crowd, squeezed his way in, and loudly asked, "Brothers, what happened?"

"Little Brother Xiao Yan? Are you alright?"

Several mercenaries who had grown familiar with Xiao Yan during the day immediately crowded around him and asked with concern.

"I'm fine. What happened here? Did something happen to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group? Where's Mu She?"

Xiao Yan asked with an innocent expression.

He truly was innocent, so no one thought he was putting on an act. At once, many voices responded:

"They're all dead! It seems Mu She suddenly went mad and killed everyone in the tent. He exhausted himself and died too. He probably went berserk during cultivation?"

"Pah, serves him right! That bastard should have died long ago. And those beasts from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group were no good either. Good riddance!"

"Exactly. If you ask me, there's no need to deal with these corpses. Just leave them out in the wilderness!"

"Indeed!"

"Dead?"

Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised.

Wasn't this death a little too strange?

"What happened?"

Xiao Yi Xian's slightly weary voice sounded from outside the crowd. Immediately afterward, the crowd parted, and Xiao Yi Xian, dressed in white and looking tired, walked into the center.

The mercenaries then began eagerly explaining the situation to Xiao Yi Xian. As for the genius Little Brother Xiao Yan, naturally, no one paid him any attention.

"Let me take a look."

As the one responsible, Xiao Yi Xian naturally knew everything. But how could kind Xiao Yi Xian possibly poison anyone?

It had to be Mu She going berserk during cultivation!

She walked over to Mu She, grabbed his wrist, lifted his eyelids, and carefully examined him. At the same time, she retrieved the poison from his body before saying with some regret:

"It does appear that he went berserk during cultivation. Please bury the corpses where they are. It would be bad if they attracted magical beasts."

With the cause of death confirmed by Xiao Yi Xian, the camp's only physician and most respected person, no one raised any objections. They immediately got to work burying the corpses.

More than half the night had been wasted, making everyone despise the Wolf Head Mercenary Group even more. When they woke the next morning, they were all filled with resentment heavier than a ghost's.

However, after taking the Antidote Pills Xiao Yi Xian handed out, that resentment vanished without a trace.

The Antidote Pills were supposedly meant to prevent the mercenaries who had touched the corpses from contracting disease.

But in truth, Xiao Yi Xian was worried that traces of poison might still leak out and affect other innocent people.

Xiao Yan knew nothing about this and did not particularly care.

Everyone knew he was strong, and everyone knew he was at odds with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. Expecting him to collect the corpses for the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was clearly impossible.

As for Xiao Yi Xian's actions last night, Xiao Yan had not paid much attention to them. He did not know much about poison techniques and had not noticed anything suspicious.

Old Yao was even less interested in such matters. A mere Dou Zhe had died; so what?

Back then, even the aftermath of his battles could shake Dou Wang experts to death. A mere Dou Zhe was not worth his notice.

However, he knew perfectly well that a Dou Zhe killing people because of going berserk during cultivation was utter nonsense.

Going berserk during cultivation was a problem only those with some actual cultivation had the right to consider.

What kind of berserk cultivation deviation was a Dou Zhe going mad?

Based on Old Yao's experience, it seemed more like poisoning.

But he had no interest in investigating some Dou Zhe poisoning incident.

After Xiao Yan obtained the Seven-Colored Poison Manual last night, he tossed it to Old Yao and asked him to examine its contents and see whether there was anything useful.

Old Yao was rather disdainful of concocting poisons.

However, the Woe Poison Body mentioned within caught Old Yao's attention.

Back then, he had fought against someone with a Woe Poison Body.

Relying on his own formidable strength and the power of the Bone Chilling Flame, he had gained a slight edge. Yet because of that, the Woe Poison Body had left a deep impression on him.

As an alchemist, one needed the spirit of believing, "There is no problem in the world that my pills cannot solve."

Yet the Woe Poison Body was one such exception!

When the owner of that Woe Poison Body had died in the end, Old Yao had even seen them off on their final journey.

The Seven-Colored Poison Manual contained a rather detailed introduction to the Woe Poison Body. It was the perfect opportunity for him to study it carefully and see whether there was any way to resolve the negative effects the Woe Poison Body had on its owner.

If he encountered another person with a Woe Poison Body in the future, he would then have a way to deal with them—or help them.

Xiao Yan had also studied the Seven-Colored Poison Manual closely with Old Yao last night. It gave him the strange feeling of following his advisor in graduate school research.

Once the herb-gathering party successfully finished collecting herbs, everyone set out on the return journey. Without having to worry about the Wolf Head Mercenary Group stabbing them in the back, Xiao Yan acted quite freely several times on the way home. His clean, decisive, thunderous methods earned the admiration of many mercenaries.

By evening that same day, the group returned to Green Mountain Town without incident.