Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan tried to approach Xiao Yi Xian after Apothecary told her to make contact, but she struggled to think of a way to start a conversation. She finally intimidated the line at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and asked Xiao Yi Xian if she wanted to become an Alchemist.

• Xiao Yan sensed that Xiao Yi Xian was only at the seventh stage of Dou Qi and wondered whether she really had a special constitution.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Yi Xian treat mercenaries and heard Apothecary tell her to get acquainted with the young woman and lure her away.
• Xiao Yan removed the Heavy Xuan Ruler and approached Xiao Yi Xian, unsure how to strike up a conversation.
• Xiao Yan cut in line, released a trace of her Dou Shi aura to silence the objections, and asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she wanted to become an Alchemist.

Xiao Yan offered Xiao Yi Xian a chance to become her disciple and travel with her, after revealing she was a Second-Rank Alchemist. Xiao Yi Xian accepted the possibility of leaving Qingshan Town, where she felt trapped and vulnerable, while Xiao Yan gave her time to decide.

• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Yi Xian as a talented physician and showed her Second-Rank Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yan offered to take Xiao Yi Xian as her disciple but warned that she would have to leave Qingshan Town and travel with her.
• Xiao Yi Xian readily agreed, surprising Xiao Yan, who told her to think it over before she left town in two or three days.
• The mercenaries and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion worried that Xiao Yi Xian might leave, while Xiao Yi Xian reflected that Qingshan Town was a cage and following Xiao Yan could be her chance to escape.
• The Apothecary teased Xiao Yan for speaking unusually considerately to Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan learned from Apothecary that Xiao Yi Xian had a woeful poison body, which could grant rapid growth through consuming poisons but would eventually kill her. Apothecary offered a way to control the condition or, as a fallback, save Xiao Yi Xian by transferring her soul into a new body.

• Mr. Yao invited Xiao Yan to stay at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and she accepted his best room while dismissing the guards and maids.
• Xiao Yan asked Apothecary about Xiao Yi Xian's constitution, and Apothecary identified it as a woeful poison body that grew stronger by consuming toxins.
• Apothecary warned Xiao Yan that the toxins would eventually overwhelm Xiao Yi Xian and kill her if she could not suppress them.
• Apothecary explained that three heavenly flames, Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and a seventh-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core could control the condition through the Poison Pill Method.
• Apothecary proposed separating Xiao Yi Xian's soul from her body before the poison backlash and placing it in a new body as a fallback plan.

Xiao Yan explained to Apothecary how poison could be used in medicine, inspiring her to develop a new Poison Pill Path and consider Xiao Yi Xian as its ideal practitioner. Wondering how Xiao Yan knew so much, Apothecary put her to sleep and entered her body to investigate.

• Apothecary warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body would make becoming an Alchemist difficult.
• Xiao Yan argued that poison could be used to heal and described how snake venom might provide pain relief or help stop bleeding.
• Apothecary had an epiphany and began formulating a Poison Pill Path, with Xiao Yi Xian as a potential practitioner and test case.
• Apothecary grew suspicious of Xiao Yan's unusual knowledge, made her fall asleep, and entered her body to take a closer look.

Apothecary examined Xiao Yan and found no sign that she had been possessed, then let her sleep through the night before preparing for her training. The next morning, Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left Qingshan Town to gather herbs, and she suspected the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was behind the sudden trip, though Apothecary assured her Xiao Yi Xian was safe.

• Apothecary examined Xiao Yan's soul, ruled out possession, and wondered whether her unusual talent for medicine made her a genius.
• Apothecary let Xiao Yan sleep, moved her from the medicinal bath to the bed, and preserved the bath's remaining medicinal essence for later use.
• Xiao Yan woke the next morning and asked Apothecary why she had fallen asleep, but Apothecary said she had wanted her to rest before training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Mr. Yao told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had left with mercenaries to gather herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan suspected the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had arranged Xiao Yi Xian's trip to keep her from leaving town, and Apothecary assured her Xiao Yi Xian was fine.

Xiao Yan learned that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had confined Xiao Yi Xian and decided to rescue her without risking a direct fight. She reached the guarded courtyard, incapacitated its occupants, and found Xiao Yi Xian asleep at a table.

• Apothecary told Xiao Yan that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had placed Xiao Yi Xian under house arrest.
• Xiao Yan decided to rescue Xiao Yi Xian and pretended to leave Qingshan Town so Mr. Yao would lower his guard.
• Xiao Yan followed Mr. Yao back to a guarded courtyard where her soul power detected Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan scattered medicinal powder that knocked out the guards and Mr. Yao, then entered the bedroom and found Xiao Yi Xian asleep.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, but the two discovered they had each accidentally exposed the other to poison. After Xiao Yi Xian recovered, she revealed a way for them to leave Qingshan Town together.

• Xiao Yan carried the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian to a bed and gave her an antidote after sedating the people outside.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and accidentally threw poison powder at Xiao Yan, who blocked it before realizing who she was.
• Xiao Yi Xian applied her own antidote to Xiao Yan and explained that she had prepared slow-acting poison to protect her room.
• Xiao Yan introduced herself and invited Xiao Yi Xian to leave Qingshan Town with her, while Xiao Yi Xian collected her packed bag.
• Xiao Yi Xian blew a bamboo flute to summon her first-rank blue eagle companion to take them away.

Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian away from Qingshan Town on Blue Eagle and wondered why she had stayed at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion despite being able to leave. Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had waited for Xiao Yan to rescue her, and Xiao Yan resolved not to betray her trust.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew away from Qingshan Town on Blue Eagle, unnoticed by the people below.
• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yi Xian could have left the Myriad Medicine Pavilion on her own and wondered why she had stayed.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she had waited for Xiao Yan to come rescue her rather than leave Qingshan Town alone.
• Xiao Yan understood that Xiao Yi Xian trusted her and decided she would make sure not to betray that trust.