Departure and an Encounter with Ling Ying

Clearly, now that her Woeful Poison Body had been dealt with, her mood had brightened considerably. The shadow that had once haunted her smile was gone, leaving only pure joy.

Qin Chen finally came back to himself at Xiao Yi Xian's teasing. Pointing at the waterfall of dark hair behind her, he asked, "Xiao Yi Xian, how did your hair turn black again?"

"Oh, my hair."

Seeing how curious he was about the change, Xiao Yi Xian explained, "It turned white before because the source poison of my Woeful Poison Body was acting up."

She paused and gently stroked the long black hair falling beside her. "Now the Poison Pill newly formed inside me has absorbed every last bit of that source poison. Without the poison body's power interfering, my hair naturally returned to its original color."

"So that's it!"

At Xiao Yi Xian's explanation, Qin Chen understood at once.

In the original story, Xiao Yi Xian's hair had failed to turn from silver back to black after she formed her Poison Pill because the Magic Core she used for the Poison Pill Method had come from a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast that was only an Eight-Star Dou Zong.

A Magic Core of that level could not absorb all the poison inside her.

That was why her hair had remained silver until she obtained the complete inheritance of the Poison Pill Method's creator in the Woeful Ancient Tomb. Only then had she fully suppressed and controlled the poison left inside her.

This time, however, things were entirely different. The Magic Core used for the Poison Pill Method had been taken from a High-Rank Dou Zun Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, and the Netherworld Poison Flame had helped control it.

Thus, when Xiao Yi Xian formed her Poison Pill, the