I Could Even Try Seeing How It Feels Cold

Qingshan Town was a small town on the eastern outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. The entire town depended on the mountain range for survival.

Here, mercenary was the most prestigious profession, and every shop in town relied on these mercenaries to stay in business.

Among them, the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, which sold all manner of healing medicines, did the largest trade in medicines. It was also the only force in all of Qingshan Town that could stand on equal footing with the three great mercenary companies.

At the entrance to Qingshan Town.

Xiao Ce stepped out of the spatial passage, his figure fully emerging. His white robes made him look handsome and refined, the very image of a noble young master.

He stepped onto Qingshan Town's bluestone road and entered the town. He soon drew the attention of the mercenaries there, and greedy gazes settled on him one after another.

The gilded Storage Ring and platinum shield ring on his hand, along with the Golden Pill pendant hanging against his chest, all looked like extremely valuable treasures.

Still, these mercenaries made their living in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. The caution in their bones made them suppress their greed rather than act rashly, and they merely kept sizing Xiao Ce up.

Xiao Ce snorted coldly. His spiritual power, far stronger than an ordinary person's, turned into invisible needles that stabbed into the souls of those mercenaries who had cast greedy looks at him.

Their eyes instantly widened in pain. They curled up on the ground and only recovered after quite some time.

By the time they raised their heads, Xiao Ce had long since left and gone to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion at the heart of Qingshan Town.

Walking into the shop, Xiao Ce swept his gaze around. It lingered briefly on the display case containing Yellow Lotus Essence before he approached.

Seeing his luxurious clothes and extraordinary bearing, the shop assistant immediately realized a big customer had arrived and spoke with tremendous enthusiasm.

"Sir, what would you like?"

Xiao Ce casually took a gold card from his Storage Ring. "I'll take all the Yellow Lotus Essence in this case."

The assistant's eyes lit up, and he immediately accepted the gold card. "Certainly, I'll pack it up for you right away!"

Xiao Ce waved a hand, unconcerned about revealing his Storage Ring. He opened the display case and casually put away the Yellow Lotus Essence.

At once, the same greedy looks that had appeared at Qingshan Town's entrance appeared inside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Several people in matching clothes exchanged glances and left the Myriad Medicine Pavilion together.

"Never mind. I'll wipe out the whole nest in a bit." Xiao Ce glanced at them, then withdrew his gaze.

He was in a fairly good mood right now.

The Blood Lotus Essence from the original story had not disappeared because of the butterfly effect. It had still appeared in the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, mixed in among all the Yellow Lotus Essence he had just bought.

He had no need for the Blood Lotus Pill refined from Blood Lotus Essence. With Emperor Flame, absorbing Heavenly Flames would only cause him pain, not endanger his life.

Fortunately, Blood Lotus Essence was the main ingredient of the Fifth-grade Pill, the Blood Lotus Pill. Its value could not be low, so selling it would not be difficult.

"Senior, what are you doing here?" Xiao Yi Xian's voice sounded beside him.

Before Xiao Ce even saw her, a faint medicinal fragrance, along with the sweet, fishy scent of poison, flooded his nose.

"Long time no see, Xiao Yi Xian." Xiao Ce smiled faintly. "Did you come looking for me over the past month or so? Did you see the letter I left?"

Xiao Yi Xian said, "I did. You said you were leaving and wouldn't be back for at least a month."

Xiao Ce nodded. "Then did you come looking for me because you had a problem?"

Xiao Yi Xian glanced at the assistant, who appeared to be doing something else but was actually eavesdropping, and at the other customers in the shop. She asked quietly, "Senior, could we speak somewhere else?"

Xiao Ce had no objection. "Then take me to your room."

Xiao Yi Xian blushed, twisting her fingers together bashfully as she reluctantly said, "All right."

The two left the shop, leaving behind a crowd of mercenaries infatuated with Xiao Yi Xian, frozen in place with ashen faces.

Only after reaching Xiao Yi Xian's room did Xiao Ce learn that she had already begun to grasp the basics of alchemy. Without a teacher to guide her, however, she had questions about controlling flames and forming pills.

Xiao Ce was not stingy either, offering suggestions and methods for improvement suited to Xiao Yi Xian's current level.

Xiao Yi Xian listened attentively, then bowed to Xiao Ce in gratitude. "Thank you, Senior."

Xiao Ce did not answer. Instead, he looked Xiao Yi Xian up and down.

His gaze traveled from her delicate, innocent face to her slightly swelling cleavage and willow waist, its curves beautiful enough to steal one's breath, then to her two fair, lovely legs. He nodded slightly.

Xiao Yi Xian's heart thumped. Under the scrutiny of Xiao Ce's deep eyes, her whole body began to heat up and her heartbeat quickened. She could not help stammering, "S-Senior... what are you going to do?"

Xiao Ce suddenly said, "Come work under me from now on. I can teach you alchemy, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques. Once you've grown stronger in the future, just help me get things done."

Xiao Yi Xian froze, her pink lips parting in disbelief. "Why? I clearly don't have much talent, and as an Alchemist, you have no use for my medicine-mixing skills.

"Why would you take an interest in me?"

Xiao Ce extended a finger and pointed at Xiao Yi Xian. "Your constitution is very unusual."

In Xiao Yi Xian's mind, those words automatically became: He's taken an interest in my body?

Xiao Yi Xian folded her arms over her chest, covering her cute little fried eggs, and shook her head in refusal. "Senior, we've only met a few times. There's absolutely no way I could just do that with you... if you insist, I'll definitely kill myself afterward!"

Xiao Ce gave an exasperated laugh, and a filthy remark slipped out. "Wouldn't I have already had my fun by then? I could even try seeing how it feels cold."

Xiao Yi Xian took him seriously. His words felt so utterly explicit that images even appeared in her mind, and her body grew hotter still.

"N-No... don't do that. How could you be that sort of person!" Xiao Yi Xian shook her head, lightly biting her lip, unable to believe it.

"If you know I'm not that sort of person, why are you letting your imagination run wild?" Xiao Ce flicked Xiao Yi Xian's forehead in exasperation.

"Ow." Xiao Yi Xian felt a twinge of pain, but she was considerably reassured.

"Do you have seven-colored lines on your lower abdomen?" Xiao Ce asked.

Xiao Yi Xian's pupils contracted. "How did you know?"

Xiao Ce had no desire to waste words and directly told Xiao Yi Xian about the Woeful Poison Body.

Swallowing poison increased her Dou Qi, and once the poison lines spread to her heart, the poison body would erupt.

The staggering information was difficult for Xiao Yi Xian to accept all at once.

"H-How could this be..." Xiao Yi Xian did not suspect Xiao Ce of lying to her, because there was simply no need.

Besides, she knew better than anyone just how close an affinity those poisons had with her.

When she occasionally ingested poison by mistake, her Dou Qi had indeed increased. None of that could be false.

Could she really have this Woeful Poison Body, and would she die once the poison lines spread to her chest?

Xiao Yi Xian held her head despondently. She had only just obtained the Child Flame of the Mysterious Yellow Flame and gained the possibility of becoming an Alchemist. How could this happen... she did not want to die yet...

"Nothing in this world is absolute. The Woeful Poison Body doesn't mean certain death either. Follow me, and your poison body won't be a problem." Xiao Ce spoke confidently, not treating the Woeful Poison Body as anything significant.

No matter what, he had the Poison Pill Method as a final fallback. What was there to panic about?

Xiao Yi Xian sniffled, the tip of her nose red. "Senior, then I'm yours from now on."