Xiao Yi Xian

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Power Progression

Background / History

Physician of Qingshan Town

Xiao Yi Xian says she has neither a father nor a mother and has not used her original name for a long time. By the time she teaches Xiao Yan, she has worked with medicinal substances for ten years. She dreams of becoming an alchemist, but her Dou Qi attribute prevents her from refining medicine 23 24 26.

As the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's physician, she earns exceptional respect among Qingshan Town's mercenaries. According to a local shopkeeper, almost every mercenary has received treatment from her. She also blends the tea sold by the neighboring teahouse and organizes guarded expeditions into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to gather herbs 19.

Hidden Cave Expedition

During an herb-gathering expedition, Xiao Yi Xian encounters Xiao Yan while collecting a Red-Eye Fruit beside a cliff. When he notices her concealed Sleep Powder, she attacks him to protect the secret of a cave she discovered below. After he withstands the powder and overpowers her, they agree to explore the cave after dark and divide its treasure equally 21.

Xiao Yan carries her down the cliff and saves her from a Flying Rock Snake. Inside, she operates a Formation Disk to open a sealed stone door. She agrees to teach him medicine in exchange for the medicinal herbs found in the chamber, and receives the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture from one of its locked boxes 22 23 24.

Mu Li follows them after obtaining information from her assistant, Feili. His attempt to seize the treasure ends when Xiao Yan reveals his Da Dou Shi strength and kills the attacking mercenaries, then pursues and kills Mu Li. Frightened by the violence and the prospect of retaliation, Xiao Yi Xian persuades Xiao Yan to return to Qingshan Town with her 25 26.

Teaching Xiao Yan

Back at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian gives Xiao Yan an illustrated medicinal-herb compendium and teaches him ingredient properties and basic remedies. Their nearly constant companionship sparks jealous rumors among the town's mercenaries. Four days after their return, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group surrounds the pavilion and demands their surrender 26 27.

After the group's destruction, Xiao Yan gives her Mu She's Storage Ring and its remaining cultivation methods, combat skills, and miscellaneous belongings. During the following peaceful half-month, she discovers a poison formula requiring a third-tier poison-type magic core and asks Xiao Yan to obtain one. He secures a suitable core from a Demon Fusion Flower during his mountain journey 29 30.

Poison Crisis and Departure

While Xiao Yan is away, poisonous mist erupts from Xiao Yi Xian's body inside the pavilion, killing several people and leaving others unconscious. He returns to find her apparently lifeless, but her heartbeat resumes. Protected by the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, he rescues her as mercenaries burn down the building 46 47.

They retreat to a secluded valley, where she explains the Woeful Poison Body and its fatal limit. She chose poison-based cultivation because her ordinary cultivation talent was poor and she wanted to see more of the world. The resulting danger to innocent lives conflicts directly with her desire to heal people 47 48.

Xiao Yan promises to seek help from Pill King Gu He at the Misty Cloud Sect, although he does not know whether Gu He can cure her. She promises to stay alive and postpone consuming poison for as long as she can. After approximately a month together, she recovers, reaches Nine-Star Dou Zhe, and gives him a handmade herbal sachet before he departs 48.

Appearance

Xiao Yi Xian is introduced as a slender young beauty who appears one or two years older than Xiao Yan 19.

• Clothing: A white dress and light veil; the veil protects her from sunlight and insects without fully concealing her face 19.
• Features: Dark eyes, fair skin, and a notably narrow waist 19 21 48.
• Constitution mark: A seven-colored hidden line on her abdomen, resembling a blood vessel 48.
• During the poison crisis: Deathly pale skin, an eerie seven-colored facial glow, and black poisonous particles around her mouth and beneath her nails 46.

Personality

Xiao Yi Xian's kindness extends to both people and magical beasts. She treats injured mercenaries and heals Little Lan, the Blue Eagle that subsequently becomes her companion. When gathering the Red-Eye Fruit, she carefully preserves its roots and stem so it can grow again 20 21 26.

Her benevolence does not make her naïve. She carries concealed poison powders, guards her discoveries, and argues that self-protection is compatible with saving lives. With Xiao Yan, her initial suspicion gradually gives way to teasing familiarity and trust 21 24 29.

Her greatest fear is becoming a source of death rather than a healer. During her uncontrolled poison release, she warns Xiao Yan not to touch her because he might be harmed. His refusal to reject her allows her to open up completely; their relationship becomes closer than ordinary friendship without yet becoming that of lovers 47 48.

Abilities & Skills

Medicine and Pharmacology

Her expertise comes from ten years of working with medicinal substances rather than formal alchemist status 26.

• Recognizes most medicinal ingredients below the fourth tier 26.
• Prepares an antidote that rapidly neutralizes Fallen Leaf Snake venom 20.
• Identifies several ingredients in Xiao Yan's potion by smell alone 27.
• Teaches Xiao Yan enough to prepare basic injury medicines within three days 26.
• Cannot become an alchemist because of her Dou Qi attribute 24.

Poison Preparation

Xiao Yi Xian uses concocted poisons as protection against opponents stronger than herself 21 24.

• Sleep Powder: She claims it can incapacitate seven- or eight-star Dou Zhe, but it fails against Xiao Yan 21.
• Green poison powder: Prepared as an additional precaution before their nighttime cave expedition; its exact effects are not shown 22 24.
• Advanced formulas: Uses the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture to identify a preparation requiring a third-tier poison-type magic core 29.

Woeful Poison Body

Once awakened, this constitution converts consumed poison into poison Dou Qi, enabling rapid cultivation at the cost of increasing toxicity 48.

• Dangerous emissions: Her uncontrolled mist can kill a Dou Shi; even diluted mist can corrode a Dou Zhe's Dou Qi Vortex 46 47.
• Contact hazard: During an outbreak, toxins seep from her skin and threaten anyone touching her. Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame burns them away 47.
• Imperfect control: She struggles to restrain further poison consumption and cannot fully control the toxins within her 48.
• Fatal limit: The abdominal seven-colored line grows as the constitution develops. When it reaches her heart, the accumulated poisons erupt and kill her 48.
• Recovery: Her emissions withdraw as she recovers; after the crisis passes, Xiao Yan can hold her hand without Heavenly Flame protection 47 48.

Little Lan's Summoning

• Calls her first-rank Blue Eagle with a distinctive tune played on a short flute 26.
• Uses Little Lan to carry herself and Xiao Yan out of the mountains 26.
• Earned the eagle's loyalty by healing its injuries; no broader beast-taming expertise is established 26.

Equipment / Items

• Seven-Colored Poison Scripture — Cave treasure containing poison-concoction formulas 24 29.
• Storage rings — Possesses her own ring and later receives Mu She's ring with its remaining contents 29.
• Short flute — Used to summon Little Lan 26.
• Herb-gathering tools and basket — Used during mountain expeditions 19 21.
• Illustrated medicinal-herb compendium — A treasured reference she gives to Xiao Yan 26.
• Handmade sachet — Sewn from valley flowers and herbs and given to Xiao Yan at their parting; she says its fragrance will last ten years 48.

Relationships

• Xiao Yan — Treasure-hunting partner, medical student, protector, and kindred spirit. Their bond develops beyond ordinary friendship, and he leaves to search for a cure for her constitution 21 26 47 48.
• Little Lan — Loyal Blue Eagle companion that follows her after she heals its injuries 26.
• Feili — Her assistant; discloses information about the hidden cave to Mu Li after he wins her confidence 25.
• Mu Li — Unwanted suitor who attempts to seize the cave treasures and kill Xiao Yan while claiming Xiao Yi Xian as his chosen woman 20 25.
• Mu She — Mu Li's father and an enemy who demands that the pavilion surrender her and Xiao Yan after his son's death 27.
• Qingshan Town's mercenaries — Patients and admirers whose esteem makes her one of the town's most celebrated residents 19.

Notable Quotes

“In a world like this, how could a truly innocent woman survive this long? Besides, these ways of protecting myself don't clash with my love of treating illnesses and saving people, do they?” 21

“I'm not like you. I have no talent for cultivation at all, but there are so many things I want to do and so many places I want to see. That's why I took this path.” 48

“Mm. I promise. I'll make sure to stay alive!” 48