First Meeting with Xian'er (Please Bookmark and Vote)

"Take it!"

He took out a prepared antidote pill and handed it to Qing Ye.

After Qing Ye swallowed the antidote and regained consciousness, she looked fearfully toward the village.

Has the Calamity Poison Body erupted?

So, Little Fairy Doctor, had you been wandering ever since your mother died, until you reached Myriad Medicine Hall?

Lin Qing had his answer. Shaking his head, he said to Qing Ye and Lin Qi,

"Let's see how many survivors there are first!"

Fearing something unexpected might happen, and with Lin Qi being naive while Qing Ye was frightened, the three of them began going door to door in search of survivors.

Fortunately, they had discovered it in time and administered the antidote promptly, so there were no casualties.

Before long, the three found Little Fairy Doctor and her mother unconscious.

Inside a somewhat dilapidated earthen house, a slender young girl in a plain white dress lay on the bed. Her skin was fair, her waist so slim it could barely be held in one hand. Her eyes were shut tight, and a faint multicolored hue showed through her pretty face. Beside the bed lay a thin woman with a pale face.

"My lord, this is Little Fairy Doctor. That auntie beside her is her mother."

Qing Ye pointed to the two of them, too frightened to step forward. The girl's complexion on the bed was far too strange, completely different from the other villagers'.

"Don't come over. This is the source of the poison. You two go outside first."

After examining them, he found that the woman had merely fallen unconscious from poisoning and was not dead.

"Perhaps the Calamity Poison Body isn't very strong yet."

After all, Little Fairy Doctor had not even begun cultivating. It was hard to imagine that such a delicate girl possessed this kind of constitution and would one day become the renowned Heavenly Poison Woman.

As for the claim that her poison body had only awakened after she came into contact with the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, he found that hard to believe. Medicine and poison were inseparable; perhaps her poison body had gradually begun awakening during her contact with medicinal ingredients.

Lin Qing's expression turned complicated. Fate always loved playing jokes, and it was always especially cruel to innocent, kind-hearted people.

If he had not come this time, this eruption would likely have wiped out her mother and everyone in the village. It would have become a scar she carried for the rest of her life, just like the elderly couple who died in the original timeline.

Someone who wanted to become an Alchemist but could not due to incompatible attributes had chosen to become a physician instead, hoping to heal the wounded and save the dying. Yet fate had insisted on turning her into a poison master and making her lose everything.

Alas. A rope always snapped at its thinnest point, and misfortune always sought out those who had suffered enough.

After supporting the woman and feeding her an antidote pill and a Vitality-Nurturing Pill, Lin Qing used his Dou Qi to help her digest their medicinal effects.

Once he had finished everything, Lin Qing went on to the next house.

Not long after, the woman slowly woke up.

Seeing her daughter breathing evenly on the bed, she finally let out a breath of relief.

"You're awake?"

She noticed that the door was open. A remarkably handsome young man sat at the entrance, with two girls standing before him—one wild and spirited, the other gentle and demure. They were probably both his maidservants.

It was the young man who had spoken to her.

"Um, may I ask... who are you?"

Seeing the young man seated by the door, the woman looked puzzled. After a moment of hesitation, she still approached him respectfully to ask.

Lin Qing looked every bit the young master of a noble house, and his bearing alone made it clear that he was not short on money.

Lin Qing stood up and dusted off his clothes. Glancing seriously at Little Fairy Doctor, who was still asleep inside the house, he said,

"Your daughter has a Calamity Poison Body, and it has already begun awakening. This is only its first eruption, yet it nearly poisoned everyone in your entire village to death. Once it fully erupts in the future, the entire Jia Ma Empire will become a poisoned wasteland, where not even a blade of grass can grow and all life will vanish!"

"The Calamity Poison Body can rapidly increase its strength by devouring poisons. The way to identify it is by the tiny, seven-colored hidden line on the lower abdomen. That seven-colored line will grow according to the concentration of poison power within the body. When it reaches the heart, the Calamity Poison Body will be at its strongest—but at the same time, she will suffer the agony of ten thousand poisons devouring her body."

"I am an Alchemist. I heard elsewhere that your daughter possessed a Calamity Poison Body, so I came specifically today to confirm it. I did not expect to arrive a step too late. Her poison body had already erupted. Fortunately, it has not developed yet, and its poison is not very potent. Everyone in the village has been saved. No one died!"

Lin Qing straightforwardly explained why he had come and laid out the dangers of the Calamity Poison Body.

"Ah? Young master, what should we do?" the woman asked Lin Qing in panic.

"There is a solution. Let's go inside and wait until she wakes up before discussing it."

Lin Qing and the other two followed the woman into the house. The room was small, making it feel rather crowded.

"Who are you?"

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the girl finally woke up and found a delicate-featured girl before her eyes.

"Brother, she's awake."

The girl did not answer her question. Instead, she turned back and spoke to Lin Qing, who was seated nearby.

"Xian'er!"

The middle-aged woman, who had been numbly grieving in the corner, saw her daughter awaken and hurried over to pull Little Fairy Doctor into her arms.

"Mother!"

After the woman explained the situation to Little Fairy Doctor, the news was simply too overwhelming for both of them.

Watching the two discuss it, Lin Qing did not step forward to interrupt. He truly intended to take Little Fairy Doctor away. Whether out of pity or because of her potential, he wanted to bring her with him.

As long as her poison body could be resolved, she was a talent who could become a Battle Saint. In the middle stage of the original timeline, even Xiao Yan, despite all his cheats, could not catch up to her. She was more than worth investing in and nurturing.

As he watched the two of them discuss it, he knew that he had succeeded.

His special trip to find her had not been in vain. Given Little Fairy Doctor's kindness, along with the debt of saving her mother and the future favor of resolving her poison body, she would surely become utterly devoted to him.

He would not let a follower capable of reaching the Battle Saint level slip away. No matter what, if leveraging gratitude did not work, then he would trick her into coming with him if he had to.

"Young master, for your great kindness, Xian'er and I are willing to become your servants and maidservants to repay you."

After saying that, Little Fairy Doctor's mother and Little Fairy Doctor both moved to perform a deep bow toward Lin Qing.

Lin Qing quickly used his Dou Qi to hold them up.

"There's no need to become servants or maidservants. I do have a way to resolve it. Though it will require some cost, it can be solved with some effort and time. So in the future, Little... forget it, I'll call you Xian'er too! From now on, Xian'er will be able to cultivate and live normally as well!"

No, auntie, I do like Xian'er, but I only meant to have her work for me! I never meant anything about making her a maidservant!

On the Dou Qi Continent, a maidservant basically carried the meaning of a concubine, only of even lower status. That was also why he had never wanted maidservants attending him personally in the Xiao Clan.

Little Fairy Doctor's mother shook her head and knelt again. This time, Lin Qing did not stop her.

Because he saw the sincere expression on her face. Then, with a trace of stubbornness, she swore,

"Young master saved our lives, and you will also resolve Xian'er's Calamity Poison Body in the future. From this day on, the lives of my daughter and me belong to you! If you refuse to accept us, then Xian'er will not be able to accept your help in the future!"