Perfect Suppression Through Marrow Cleansing! Little Fairy's Disaster Poison Body Crisis Temporarily Lifted!

"You little brat, still cracking jokes at a time like this."

An Yi gave a helpless bitter smile. Not daring to delay in the slightest, he immediately sat cross-legged and pulled Little Fairy tightly into his arms.

The incomparably pure Gengjin Dou Qi within him burst forth without reservation, flowing continuously through their pressed-together skin and into Little Fairy's body, carefully guiding and soothing the violent drop of essence blood that had entered her stomach and was about to emerge from its cocoon.

Boom!

As the pill's outer coating dissolved in her stomach acid.

That drop of essence blood finally erupted within Little Fairy's body, unleashing its terrifying, world-destroying power!

"Mm—!"

Little Fairy's entire body trembled violently as she let out a pained groan.

Her face instantly turned as pale as paper, and beads of cold sweat broke out across her forehead.

Yet she clenched her lower lip tightly. Even when she bit it until it bled, she did not let out a single scream. Instead, she used every ounce of her strength to clutch the man before her.

Watching Little Fairy's agony, Xiao Yan, who had been observing all along, could not help asking within his Mind Sea:

"Teacher! Why does she look like she's in so much pain? Could it be... the essence blood conflicted with her body, and the transformation failed?!"

"No! On the contrary, it was an enormous success!"

Medicine Elder's voice carried the excitement of someone witnessing a miracle. "Just as I expected! To fuse the essence blood of a magical beast containing its own will into a frail human body, this boy, its original owner, must personally use Dou Qi of the same origin to soothe and assist it!"

"If she had forcefully swallowed it, the essence blood's will would already have gone berserk by now. Not only would she have failed to absorb it, that Geng Metal Qi would have shredded her into pulp from the inside!"

"Then why is she still in so much pain?" Xiao Yan asked in confusion.

"Did you think changing one's fate against the heavens and fusing with a magical beast's bloodline was as easy and comfortable as eating candy?!"

Medicine Elder scolded him in exasperation. "Although that drop of essence blood's resistance has been reduced to the minimum under An Yi's guidance, the energy it contains has not diminished in the slightest!"

"At this very moment, the essence blood is madly invading, tearing apart, and reconstructing her internal organs! Every inch of her meridians and every bone in her body is being forcibly widened and reshaped by that tyrannical Geng Metal Qi!"

"This is marrow cleansing! This is rebirth!"

Medicine Elder looked at the white-robed girl gritting her teeth in silence, and a trace of deep admiration flashed through his eyes.

"This pain is even more terrifying than being sliced by a thousand blades! An ordinary grown man would likely have been either tortured to death or driven mad long ago. This little girl... her resilience and strength of will are far beyond those of ordinary people."

The darkness of night receded, and the first light of dawn appeared.

That brutal and perilous essence blood transformation continued for nearly several hours within the cave behind the waterfall.

When the final trace of golden-red light completely sank into Little Fairy's body, the girl, who had been pushed to her limit, finally exhausted the last of her strength. Her body went limp, and she fainted in An Yi's arms.

Medicine Elder dispersed the soul force he had kept protecting Little Fairy's heart meridian with and stepped forward to inspect her carefully.

"The transformation... succeeded."

Medicine Elder withdrew his hand, his tone carrying a hint of disbelief. "Her body has indeed undergone a peculiar change. The Poison Dou Qi that had once been chaotic and unruly due to the Disaster Poison Body has now all been suppressed into perfect obedience, orderly and stable!"

"But you need to understand that even I cannot predict how long this transformation will allow her to cultivate safely. After all, this drop of your essence blood takes the path of tyrannical suppression. And whenever something is suppressed, there will inevitably come a day when it breaks free and erupts even more violently."

An Yi lifted the unconscious Little Fairy into his arms and looked at her sleeping face. Though pale, it was no longer contorted in pain. He let out a long breath. "We'll deal with the future when it comes. At least for now, she's all right."

When Little Fairy opened her eyes again, dazzling sunlight had already streamed through the window lattice and filled the room.

It was already noon.

An Yi had long since brought her back, without a sound, to the secure guest room at the Mittel Auction House.

Little Fairy blinked in confusion. The moment she turned her head, she saw An Yi lying on his side before her, seemingly already asleep.

Looking at the handsome face so close to her own, Little Fairy's cheeks flushed faintly. She did not make a sound to disturb him. Instead, she habitually closed her eyes and sensed the state of her body.

The moment she did, she froze.

What a strange feeling!

Before, the Poison Dou Qi within her had been like hedgehogs ready to hurt someone at any moment, filled with restlessness and unease. It had never been entirely under her control, and it would even occasionally rampage through her meridians, causing her unbearable pain.

But now! That Poison Dou Qi was like the most obedient flock of sheep, circulating steadily and smoothly through her meridians according to her will, without the slightest sign of turbulent backlash!

"It worked...?"

Little Fairy opened her eyes, and her eye rims instantly reddened as tears welled up within them.

Looking at the sleeping An Yi before her, the gratitude and love in her heart nearly overflowed.

She cautiously leaned forward and, like a kitten stealing a taste of something delicious, lightly kissed An Yi's handsome face.

Just as she was about to pull away.

"Oh? Sneaking kisses again? You little female hooligan."

An Yi's sky-blue eyes opened without warning. There was not the slightest trace of sleepiness in them, only triumphant amusement.

"Ah!"

Little Fairy was startled badly and shot upright like a frightened deer. Her cheeks instantly turned so red that they seemed about to drip blood as she stammered out an excuse.

"I-I didn't! When, when did you wake up?!"

"I woke up when you were staring at me like a little puppy."

An Yi sat up as well and stretched, looking at her with concern. "How do you feel? Is there anywhere you feel unwell?"

Little Fairy guiltily pinched the edge of the blanket and said softly, "Pretty good... It feels like the poison inside me has become very obedient."

"Feelings alone aren't accurate enough." An Yi rubbed his chin and suggested, "How about you take some poison now and test it? Let's see how the Poison Dou Qi conversion and control are really going."

Little Fairy hesitated for a moment, then felt that it made sense. She immediately got out of bed, took out a packet of highly toxic powder she usually used for cultivation from her Storage Ring, gritted her teeth, and swallowed it.

Very soon, as the poison took effect inside her body, her Disaster Poison Body began, as usual, to automatically and frantically convert those lethal toxins into Poison Dou Qi.

Little Fairy nervously closed her eyes and focused completely on sensing the circulation of Poison Dou Qi within her body.

One breath, two breaths...

No turbulence! No rampaging! No agonizing impact that felt as though her internal organs were about to be corroded away!

The newly converted Poison Dou Qi became instantly docile the moment it encountered the faint golden essence blood power hidden deep within her meridians. It flowed through her meridians entirely according to her will, completely under her control!

Little Fairy abruptly opened her eyes, which brimmed with incredulous ecstasy.

"It really worked?!"

Unable to suppress her emotions any longer, she threw herself into An Yi's arms and hugged him tightly. Like a child who had finally escaped death's shadow, she burst into loud sobs.

An Yi said nothing. He merely gently patted her slender back again and again.

After quite a while, Little Fairy's emotional breakdown finally gradually subsided. With reddened eyes, she lifted her head and looked at An Yi, her face streaked with tears.

"An Yi... thank you."

An Yi rubbed her head irritably. "You're practically my wife already. Why are you still saying such distant things to me?"

Little Fairy laughed through her tears and did not refute him. She only buried her face more tightly in his embrace. After clinging to him greedily for quite some time, she finally let An Yi go with reluctance.

An Yi pulled her to sit beside the bed, and his expression gradually turned serious.

"Although this is certainly something to be happy about, I still need to pour some cold water on it. This success is only temporary."

"After all, this is merely a tyrannical method of suppression. It cannot truly resolve the problem of the Disaster Poison Body eventually backfiring and erupting at its root."

An Yi stared intently into her eyes and warned her word by word, "So when you use poison to cultivate in the future, you must always pay attention to the saturation of Poison Dou Qi in your body!"

"If one day you discover that the Poison Dou Qi has once again become difficult to control or begins showing signs of rampaging beyond suppression, you must stop cultivating immediately! You absolutely must not touch any more poison!"

"Once I find a way to completely eliminate the hidden danger of your poison body, you can continue cultivating. Your life is what matters most. Safety comes first, all right?"

Looking into An Yi's eyes, filled with worry and concern, Little Fairy nodded heavily and answered softly, "All right. I'll listen to you."