Bitter Fate and an Unlucky Ghost

"My father is the leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He's a Dou Master. You can't kill me," Mu Li said fearfully as Xiao Yun walked toward him.

His internal organs had been shifted out of place by Xiao Yun's blows. Blood kept spilling from his mouth, and speaking those words had already taken the last of his strength.

Xiao Yun paid no heed to Mu Li's words and ended his life with a single palm strike.

Even until his death, Mu Li could not understand why Xiao Yun had killed him without the slightest hesitation, as if he had no fear of Mu Li's father at all.

After dealing with Mu Li, Xiao Yun flicked out several streams of Dou Qi toward the mercenary group members still wailing on the ground.

Little Doctor Fairy's expression did not change much as she watched Xiao Yun kill. A woman who had survived in a place with such terrible law and order as Green Mountain Town was no innocent flower.

"You killed Mu Li. His father definitely won't let this go. What are you planning to do next?" Little Doctor Fairy asked, looking at Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun shrugged and smiled. "He's just a mere Dou Master. I don't think much of him."

There was a storage ring on Mu Li's hand. Its space was small, but it was enough to hold the rest of the treasures in the stone chamber.

Xiao Yun removed it, stuffed the gold coins and other items from the stone chamber into it, then handed it to Little Doctor Fairy.

"Here, for you."

Little Doctor Fairy froze for a moment. "Half of these gold coins are yours. You don't want them?"

Seeing that Xiao Yun had not taken half the gold coins for himself and had instead put them all into the storage ring before giving it to her, Little Doctor Fairy was somewhat surprised.

Xiao Yun tossed the storage ring to Little Doctor Fairy. "I don't need gold coins. They're yours."

Little Doctor Fairy accepted the ring and joked, "You don't want gold coins? Do you want me instead?"

Xiao Yun laughed a few times, then suddenly turned serious as he looked at Little Doctor Fairy. "To be honest, I really came to Green Mountain Town for you."

Xiao Yun's words startled Little Doctor Fairy. She had not expected her casual joke to somehow draw out Xiao Yun's confession.

Although she had some favorable feelings toward Xiao Yun, they had not reached the level of love. She said, "Sorry, Xiao Yun. You're a good person."

"..."

Xiao Yun's mouth twitched. He knew Little Doctor Fairy had misunderstood something.

"Don't flatter yourself. I'm not confessing to you."

Xiao Yun shook his head and continued, "Little Doctor Fairy, you should know that you're special. I came for your Calamity Poison Body."

The Calamity Poison Body, also known as the Innate Poison Body, could increase its strength by consuming poison. However, whenever the toxins within its body accumulated to a certain level, a poison tide would erupt.

It could be identified by a thin, hidden seven-colored line on the lower abdomen. This seven-colored line would grow along with the concentration of poison power contained within the Calamity Poison Body. When it extended to the heart, the Calamity Poison Body would reach its strongest state.

Yet once the Calamity Poison Body reached its peak, it would also backlash against its owner, inflicting the pain of countless poisons devouring the body. In the end, the person possessing the Calamity Poison Body would die in agony.

Xiao Yun revealed everything about the Calamity Poison Body. Little Doctor Fairy's face turned pale after hearing him out. Still unwilling to accept it, she looked at Xiao Yun and asked, "How do I know you're not lying to me?"

Xiao Yun pointed at the scroll in Little Doctor Fairy's hand. "The Seven-Colored Poison Scripture should contain records of this constitution. You can take a look."

Half-believing and half-doubting, Little Doctor Fairy checked the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. Sure enough, she found an introduction to the Calamity Poison Body within it, and it was even more detailed.

Only then did Little Doctor Fairy finally believe that she possessed the Calamity Poison Body.

She looked at Xiao Yun, her expression ugly as she gave a bitter smile. "This constitution will turn me into a pool of poison. Once it erupts, it'll poison everything around me to death. Did you come to kill me?"

Little Doctor Fairy had never imagined that she possessed such a terrifying poison body. For a moment, she felt that she should never have come into this world.

She remembered how her mother had suddenly died of poisoning when she was young. Now, it seemed that her mother had been poisoned to death by her poison body.

Gradually, a death wish appeared in Little Doctor Fairy's eyes.

"Xiao Yun, I'm happy I met you. Come on, give me a quick death."

Xiao Yun was completely dumbfounded. What was this supposed to mean? Why did she suddenly want to die?

"Um, did you misunderstand something again? I'm not here to kill you."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yun said, "I have a way to let you fully control the Calamity Poison Body and eliminate its drawbacks, turning it into a weapon for your cultivation. Within a few years, you'll become a powerful expert."

Becoming a powerful expert held immense temptation for people on the Dou Qi Continent, but that did not include Little Doctor Fairy right now.

She laughed at herself. "Does someone like me deserve to become strong?"

Seeing the death wish in Little Doctor Fairy's eyes grow stronger, Xiao Yun hurriedly said, "Little Doctor Fairy, pull yourself together. There's no hurdle in life that can't be overcome. Why seek death over such a setback? Besides, isn't there a way to solve this?"

Seeing Xiao Yun's anxious expression, a warm current flowed through Little Doctor Fairy's heart, but she still could not get past that barrier in her mind.

"Xiao Yun, do you know? My mother was poisoned to death when I was little. I saw how miserable she looked, so I dreamed of becoming an alchemist."

"Because if I became an alchemist, I could help many people. But I didn't have that talent, so I only became a small-time physician."

"But even so, I was happy. Yet now I know that my mother's death from poisoning back then was because of me!"

"Even if it wasn't my intention, I killed my mother. I killed my only family! How am I supposed to get past a past like that? How can I?"

The questions she threw out one after another let Xiao Yun understand Little Doctor Fairy's past, leaving him speechless for a time.

How could one possibly get past a past like that?

Xiao Yun did not know how to answer and fell silent.

Seeing that Xiao Yun still did not move to kill her, Little Doctor Fairy took a silver needle from her body and thrust it toward her head.

Xiao Yun was startled. He rushed forward and grabbed her hand, shouting angrily, "What are you doing?!"

"Xiao Yun, let me go. I don't want to live anymore. There's nothing left in this world worth living for," Little Doctor Fairy said sadly.

A surge of fury rose within Xiao Yun. In the thirty years since he had come to this world, this was the first time he had felt such intense anger.

"You think just because you don't want to live, you can stop living? Who gave you the right to do that? Your mother gave you life. Did she give it to you so you could kill yourself?"

"Once, there was an unlucky bastard who fell down the stairs and still fought desperately to live, but he died. Meanwhile, you can clearly live, yet you want to die. What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"Stop putting on this act about wanting to die. Your life's just been a little bitter. You've had it far better than that unlucky bastard. Before your mother agrees to let you go down and accompany her, just try dying!"

After Xiao Yun roared at her like that, Little Doctor Fairy stood there blankly, her eyes filled with confusion and helplessness.

After a long while, Little Doctor Fairy said through sobs, "I don't know. I don't know, Xiao Yun. Tell me, how am I supposed to live? I don't know!"

Little Doctor Fairy dropped the silver needle in her hand and threw her arms tightly around Xiao Yun. She had not cried for a long time since her mother's death, but now tears streamed down her face.