Xiao Yi Xian

A night passed.

"Whew..." Su Yun woke from his cultivation.

He had broken through to the strength of a Nine Star Dou Zhe two months ago.

After cultivating during this period, the Dou Qi within his body had filled to the brim and reached its peak, to the point where it could no longer grow.

Clearly, after these two months of cultivation, he could already attempt to break through to Dou Shi!

Su Yun rose, loosened his muscles and bones, and prepared to return to Green Mountain Town.

His time of fierce battles with Magical Beasts had come to an end. Breaking through to Dou Shi was the urgent matter at hand.

There was no need to remain in the Magical Beast Mountain Range any longer.

Su Yun walked out of the cave and headed toward Green Mountain Town.

The outskirts of the mountain range were still some distance from Green Mountain Town. After walking for two hours, Su Yun was about to leave the range of the mountains.

"Ah..."

"Hm?"

Su Yun stopped.

Not far ahead, three First Rank Bone-Eating Wolves were eyeing a little girl like tigers watching their prey.

The three Bone-Eating Wolves bared their teeth and spat out long, blood-colored tongues, green light gleaming in their eyes.

Despair covered the little girl's face. Her eyes were tightly shut, and tears had soaked the front of her clothes.

He did not choose to stand by and watch. That girl was only around nine years old, and he could barely sense any Dou Qi fluctuations from her body.

On the Douqi Continent, the weak were prey to the strong, and good people did not live long.

But she was only a child. If his kindness happened to flare up and he saw it, then he might as well save her.

Without hesitation, Su Yun took out a former spoil of battle from the System Space.

Holding Azure Edge, he swung the long sword.

Ice Shattering Jade!

Three blue sword lights, carrying a chill, hissed as they tore through the air and attacked the Bone-Eating Wolves.

The Bone-Eating Wolves sensed the danger and let out a howl, darting away into the distance.

But the sword light was faster than they were.

The sword Qi entered their bodies, and a layer of frost appeared across their surfaces.

"Awoo..."

They let out mournful cries, struggled on the ground a few times, and did not live past a chapter.

Putting away the long sword, Su Yun did not pay any attention to the girl either and continued toward Green Mountain Town along his original path.

They had never met before. Making a move to save her was already the limit of what he could do.

The girl at the side widened her eyes, stunned by the scene before her.

Just as Su Yun put away his sword, an extra pendant appeared on his leg.

Su Yun frowned. Looking at the girl's pitiful appearance, a faint trace of compassion stirred in his heart.

But it was immediately suppressed.

He could hardly look after himself right now. How could he bring along a burden?

Su Yun crouched down and spoke softly.

"Little sister, where are your family?"

Tears shimmered in the girl's eyes, and her voice choked. "I'm an orphan. I used to live in a small village. When I was three, everyone in the village died. Mother died there too, and only I was left."

Su Yun fell silent.

On the Douqi Continent, there were no few killings born of hatred, and homicidal maniacs were not rare either.

In his view, the village where the little girl had lived before had likely encountered a murderous madman.

Su Yun subconsciously used the scanning function to scan the girl.

"Scan."

"Ding, scan successful."

Name: Mu Lingxian

Gender: Female

Cultivation: None

Constitution: Poisonous Body of Misfortune

Attribute: Poison

Cultivation Method: None

Dou Technique: None

Items: None

Su Yun raised an eyebrow.

The constitution column that had not been displayed on the panel before had appeared. Poisonous Body of Misfortune!

A name flashed through Su Yun's mind. Xiao Yi Xian!

What a small world.

Su Yun overturned his deduction that the village Xiao Yi Xian had stayed in had encountered a murderous madman.

Now that he knew the little girl's identity, how could he not know the truth of the matter?

This still-young girl did not yet know that the lives of the entire village, including her mother's, had all ended because her Poisonous Body had awakened...

"Big brother, can you take me in?"

Just as countless thoughts churned through Su Yun's mind, the girl's voice sounded by his ear.

The little girl's hands, wrapped around Su Yun's leg, tightened, as though terrified Su Yun would disappear.

Listening to the girl's words, Su Yun appeared calm on the surface, but in his heart, he shouted.

So damn good!

Su Yun did not immediately answer the little girl's question. Under her nervous, uneasy gaze, he only picked her up into his arms.

"If you don't mind, then follow me from now on."

Two days later, in Wutan City.

Su Yun had not chosen to stay in Green Mountain Town with Xiao Yi Xian.

He was about to attempt to break through to Dou Shi.

After becoming a Dou Shi, the Dou Qi within his body would surge along with it, and the previous restriction of only being able to refine First Grade Pills would disappear.

In the original work, Xiao Yan participated in the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Grand Meeting under the identity of Yan Xiao, and refined the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill at the level of a Dou Shi.

Liu Ling and Yao Yue had also both refined Fourth Grade Pills. From this, it could be seen just how great the help to alchemy was after reaching Dou Shi.

He possessed all of Medicine Elder's Memories. As long as he broke through to the Dou Shi realm, the status of Fourth Grade Alchemist would not be far from him.

Was this where big brother lived?

The still-young Xiao Yi Xian was led by Su Yun by the hand into the small house where he had lived before.

The name Xiao Yi Xian was one Su Yun had given her the day they met. He said it was to forget the sorrow of the past and welcome a new future.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded solemnly, hoping the grief of the entire village being slaughtered would never happen again.

She hoped big brother would be healthy, free from illness and disaster, and live to a hundred.

When Su Yun heard those words at the time, he looked extremely gratified on the surface, but inwardly, he scoffed.

One had to know that on the Douqi Continent, after reaching the Dou Zun realm, lifespans were measured in the thousands...

Looking at the dusty little house before him, Su Yun also felt a few stirrings in his heart.

His parents in this life had still treated him very well. It was only a pity that time waited for no one. Back then, he had been only a young child and could not do anything.

On the Douqi Continent, once the soul scattered, there was no method to revive my beloved.

Su Yun put away the thoughts in his heart and hoped they would live happily in their next life.

Su Yun gave the house a simple cleaning and set up a small bed for Xiao Yi Xian.

"Xian'er, have you ever come into contact with cultivation before?"

Xiao Yi Xian blinked and shook her head.

Su Yun understood. It seemed the village Xiao Yi Xian had stayed in before was somewhat remote, and her parents had not paid much attention to matters of cultivation either.

As for the possibility that they did not know the cultivation method for the Dou Qi stage, Su Yun had never considered it. Cultivating Dou Qi did not require a cultivation method and was also extremely simple. It was widely known across the continent, so that possibility was not high.

Seeing that the child was still young, they had likely not wanted her to cultivate too early, so the greatest possibility was that Xiao Yi Xian's parents had not handed her the cultivation method.

After all, they were people from a small village. Their own talent was lacking, and they would not have placed too high an expectation on their child's talent either. It was understandable for them to let Xiao Yi Xian cultivate a little later.

"Then today, I'll teach you the cultivation method for the Dou Qi stage."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded adorably.

She would listen to big brother. Xiao Yi Xian would be obedient.

Afterward, Su Yun explained the method to Xiao Yi Xian.

Regarding Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation, he had already considered it about thoroughly over the past two days.

Although he was letting Xiao Yi Xian begin cultivating now, Su Yun did not intend to let her use Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid to cultivate.

He had a sense of the cultivation speed of the Poisonous Body of Misfortune. He had to grow stronger before Xiao Yi Xian's poison body erupted. He had to obtain three kinds of Heavenly Flames, as well as a series of materials. Otherwise, once the poison body erupted, it would be too late.