Blood Sable Drinks Poison

The black Aura of Fortune surged into the tip of Lin Yi's nose, bringing with it a foul stench of sorrow and resentment.

Lin Yi knitted his brows tightly. He disliked this feeling.

But this was the manifestation of his own Destiny.

It could also be considered another kind of warning belonging to him.

"Forget it..." Lin Yi thought silently. "Now that Xiao Dong has a Destiny, his standing in the martial arts school will rise. It'll be hard to see him after this, anyway. I'd best keep my distance from him."

"It's here! It's here! The Xuanchi Water is here!" Bai Qiqi hurried over, carrying a large bundle of things.

Once everything had been set out, there were four items.

A jade bottle, a small square cauldron, a bag of precious incense ash, and a stack of Huanglu Paper.

Lin Yi watched closely.

He could take the opportunity to learn how to observe a Destiny, too.

Master Yuan placed the Huanglu Paper inside the cauldron and said, "Put your hand on this paper."

Xiao Dong obediently did as he was told, pressing his hand against the Huanglu Paper.

"Keep it there. It'll hurt a little in a moment. No matter what happens, don't move," Master Yuan said.

"Mm." Xiao Dong gave a low hum.

Master Yuan scattered a thick layer of incense ash across the back of Xiao Dong's hand.

The incense ash was made from the ashes of precious herbs and rare medicines burned during pill refinement, mixed together with the ashes of sandalwood incense.

Next, a strand of True Qi condensed at Master Yuan's fingertip, taking the shape of a small dagger.

"True Qi taking form—that's the Qi Entry Realm!"

"The methods of a seventh-grade Qi Refiner."

Lin Yi's heart grew solemn.

To him, such an ability was already beyond the realm of ordinary people. It was truly extraordinary.

The dagger condensed from True Qi at Master Yuan's fingertip lightly sliced across the back of Xiao Dong's hand. His blood vessel was cut, and blood immediately gushed out.

The instant the blood touched the incense ash, a miraculous sight appeared.

The ash seemed to come alive, merging with the blood.

Starting at the back of his hand, it crept along his forearm, as if forming some kind of strange pattern.

"It moved, it moved! He really has a Destiny!"

"Look, what kind of pattern is that?"

"It kind of looks like a cat?"

"A cat? I think it's a wolf!"

"Why does it look like a bird to me?"

As the ash and blood flowed together along Xiao Dong's arm, the shape of the pattern gradually became clearer.

The pattern revealed two somewhat abstract creatures.

One had a long, slender body, short legs, large round ears, and a fluffy tail...

The other was emerald green, with long tail feathers, a sharp black beak, and a slender neck...

"A Destiny! He really has a Destiny!"

The crowd cried out in astonishment.

Master Yuan couldn't hide his delight, either.

At last, the pattern gradually came into focus.

Master Yuan finally took out the jade bottle.

"Hold on!" Master Yuan barked.

Xiao Dong nodded firmly.

The next second, Master Yuan abruptly poured all the Xuanchi Water from the jade bottle over Xiao Dong's wrist and the back of his hand.

Sizzle!

A corrosive sound that made everyone's scalp tingle rang out.

The instant the Xuanchi Water struck the pattern of blood and ash on Xiao Dong's arm, a vast amount of white mist rose into the air.

The intense burning, corrosive pain made Xiao Dong's face go deathly pale, but he still bit down hard on his lip and made no sound.

The white mist rose and gathered in midair. Even the strong wind couldn't disperse it for a long time.

After a moment, the white mist began changing color at a visible pace. Before long, it split into two clouds.

One cloud was as crimson as blood, the other as emerald as poison. Rising simultaneously from the east and west, they met at the zenith and entwined like a pair of necking birds, as if two doomed beasts had clung together before falling to their deaths.

Lin Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, a glint flashing in their depths.

No one else had seen it.

He had.

More precisely, his Know Heavenly Fate had seen it.

Blood Sable Drinks Poison!

This Destiny was called Blood Sable Drinks Poison!

[Observe Heavenly Fate to Inspect]

[Destiny: Blood Sable Drinks Poison]

[Effect: Absorb the blood essence of all living things at will, strengthening one's source; impure blood essence confuses the mind. The body bears blood poison and harbors a poisonous root, leaving it weak and depleted.]

In plain language, its effect was—

The blood essence of any living creature could be absorbed directly to strengthen one's own blood essence. The drawback was that this impure blood essence would affect one's mind.

It could also nurture a poison unique to its bearer, but cultivating the poison would weaken the bearer's constitution.

The effects didn't seem weak.

It could use blood essence to aid cultivation and nurture blood poison for a sneak attack.

If not for those two side effects, it would seem pretty good.

However, compared with his own Know Heavenly Fate and Corpse-解解—

However, even so, the crowd instantly erupted.

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!"

The originally grave gaze of Yuan Fubai finally turned feverish despite himself. He praised Xiao Dong again and again, looking at him as if he were a priceless treasure.

"Child, what's your name?"

Xiao Dong trembled, overwhelmed with excitement. "Master Yuan, this junior is Xiao Dong!"

Yuan Fubai said, "Xiao Dong, are you willing to become my fifth personal disciple?"

Yuan Fubai's words caused an even greater uproar below the stage.

Everyone else had fought tooth and nail and spent their entire fortunes.

Only after breaking through the Martial Pass and becoming a Martial Artist could they barely get by at the martial arts school as ordinary disciples.

But what about Xiao Dong?

Just by having his Destiny revealed, he had Master Yuan—a great Martial Way expert of the Qi Entry Realm—competing to take him on as a disciple, and a personal one at that.

Every Martial Artist was exceedingly cautious when choosing personal disciples. Once they took someone on, that disciple was practically a son in name.

Everyone stared at the flushed, excited youth on the stage, their envy plain to see.

He had practically ascended to the heavens in a single step!

"This disciple is willing! I'm willing!"

Xiao Dong kowtowed excitedly.

At that moment, the onlookers around them all turned to Yuan Fubai and shouted, "Congratulations, Master Yuan, on gaining a beloved disciple!"

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!"

Yuan Fubai was overjoyed and patted Xiao Dong deeply on the shoulder.

In the crowd, Lin Yi had seen Xiao Dong's Destiny and quickly left.

Xiao Dong also looked toward the crowd below. When his gaze fell upon Lin Yi's familiar back, a trace of satisfaction flickered in his eyes—something he himself was unwilling to admit...