The System's Task

Although giving up using poison to gain strength could avoid such a tragic ending!

To those with the Calamity Poison Body, the more potent the poison, the greater its allure.

Some people would even kill and rob for a vial of deadly poison.

Because to them, deadly poison was like Heavenly Flames to alchemists. They would pursue it by every possible means; even if it meant rushing into the flames like moths, they would still throw themselves in without hesitation... Asking them to give up taking poison was simply far too difficult!

If they never consumed poison, then the Calamity Poison Body would never awaken. But once they took poison, even by accident, the Calamity Poison Body would truly awaken! Once it awakened, there would no longer be any chance to undo it all!

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian's condition at this moment, Chu Yang knew that she had truly awakened her Calamity Poison Body this time.

And seeing her suffering as though she would rather die than live, Chu Yang could not bear it either!

"I told you not to come over, you..."

Although Xiao Yi Xian had warned Chu Yang, he rushed over in an instant and pressed his hand against a certain part of her body.

"I..." Xiao Yi Xian hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

But Chu Yang silenced her with a single sentence. "Don't move."

Then, as Chu Yang's hand pressed against a certain spot on her body, Xiao Yi Xian felt herself becoming much more comfortable. Compared to the pain caused by the Calamity Poison Body earlier, it was like the difference between heaven and hell.

Afterward, she helplessly accepted the kneading and pressing of Chu Yang's hand against parts of her body, until she finally fell asleep in comfort like an infant.

Once Xiao Yi Xian had temporarily fallen asleep and was no longer in pain, Chu Yang finally let out a breath. Exhausted himself, he sat down beside her to stand guard.

Chu Yang understood in his heart that the reason helping Xiao Yi Xian had left him so exhausted was entirely because he did not possess the Medicine Emperor's true abilities!

If he had possessed the Medicine Emperor's earth-shaking abilities, he could have cured Xiao Yi Xian's condition with a mere puff of breath. Would he have needed to exhaust himself like this?

As for the Medicine Emperor's true abilities, now that Chu Yang had transmigrated here, he had no easy path ahead of him. He would have to complete the system's missions again and again, then exchange rewards for them bit by bit.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission. You have been rewarded with one Lucky Draw and one hundred check-in points!"

Just as Chu Yang was feeling somewhat dejected, the System's Loli Spokesperson suddenly spoke.

"Ah—"

Chu Yang had forgotten about this for a moment and was somewhat surprised, but he quickly became overjoyed.

So he had completed the mission just like that!

Originally, Chu Yang had thought completing the mission would be very difficult.

At this moment, Chu Yang wanted to say something to the System's Loli Spokesperson, but she seemed to know what he was thinking and immediately replied with a heartless line, "This system does not provide casual conversation. Handle your own affairs!"

Fine, then... Chu Yang had wanted to curse, but he immediately remembered that his lifeline was in someone else's hands, so he forcibly swallowed his anger.

He planned to slowly figure out a way to make the System's Loli Spokesperson speak more in the future.

"Host, the one hundred check-in points have been deposited into your personal card pack. Would you like to use your Lucky Draw now?" The System's Loli Spokesperson unexpectedly continued speaking to him.

"Of course I do! Why wouldn't I?"

Because of the Medicine Emperor's abilities, Chu Yang now understood that he had to complete missions bit by bit to earn Lucky Draw chances and check-in points, then use them to buy things from the system.

Right now, he was practically a pauper with nothing. How could he let any opportunity slip away and wait willingly?

The System's Loli Spokesperson said nothing more. But soon, a roulette wheel appeared in the mental world within Chu Yang's mind, similar to the prize wheels he had played with on Earth.

He did not even need to press anything with his finger. With a light mental command, the wheel immediately began spinning according to his intention to draw a prize.

For this Lucky Draw opportunity obtained from his first mission, the items on the wheel had not been labeled.

Chu Yang guessed that the prizes from the first draw would not be too valuable, so the system could not even be bothered to display them for him.

He thought that there was nothing he could do about it anyway. Whatever he drew, he drew; it was still better than getting nothing. The System's Loli Spokesperson had a strange personality, and he could not exactly argue with her.

Very soon, the pointer stopped and landed on a spot. That spot immediately lit up, revealing the prize's name.

"Medicine Emperor's Basic Alchemy Technique!"

Chu Yang could not help reading it aloud. What he saw was a book on alchemy.

As soon as he finished speaking, the roulette wheel in his mind vanished.

That alchemy manual was also stored within his mental space. In an instant, a huge torrent of information flooded into his mind, making his head ache.

Then Chu Yang understood: he had now mastered some of the Medicine Emperor's basic alchemy techniques.

In other words, he could now refine some low-grade medicinal pills!

This Lucky Draw was not bad at all! Chu Yang sighed inwardly.

He knew what the Medicine Emperor represented on the Dou Qi Continent! Even in Battle Through the Heavens, not a single alchemist had reached the level of Medicine Emperor!

Although Chu Yang could currently only refine some low-grade medicinal pills, judging by the Medicine Emperor's standards, those so-called low-grade pills should still be enough to stir up a storm in a small place like the Jia Ma Empire! But how would they compare to Gu He, the sixth-tier alchemist renowned throughout the Jia Ma Empire?

"Come to think of it, I should have transmigrated into the territory of the Jia Ma Empire, right?" Chu Yang muttered to himself.

That was his own deduction from Xiao Yi Xian's current situation.

Unfortunately, the System's Loli Spokesperson—the person currently closest to him—would not chat with him about anything beyond formally issuing missions.

Anything he wanted to say to her would be wasted.

"Congratulations, Host. You have received the system's second mission: when Nalan Yanran goes to the Xiao Clan to break off the engagement, prevent Xiao Yan from showing off!"

"The reward for completing the mission is one Lucky Draw, plus five hundred check-in points."

Chu Yang had just been dealing with the system's little loli spokesperson when the system suddenly issued a second mission.

To be honest, Chu Yang was startled in that moment, because it was completely unexpected.

He had originally thought that after completing Xiao Yi Xian's initial system mission, he would have to wait a long time before receiving the system's second mission.

This time... could that little loli have helped him?

Chu Yang's heart suddenly skipped a beat, but then he felt that it was impossible. He had always felt that the little loli was cold toward him, utterly devoid of emotion.

But at this moment, his excitement was real!

Stop Xiao Yan from showing off! Having thoroughly read Battle Through the Heavens, Chu Yang naturally knew exactly how Xiao Yan had shown off when Nalan Yanran came to break off the engagement. He had even spoken the timeless words, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never belittle a poor young man." It was like the famous line Cao Zhi had recited when Cao Pi drove him to the brink: "The beans are boiled over a fire of bean stalks; the beans in the pot weep." It moved Cao Pi, who had intended to kill him.