Woeful Poison Body

The two remaining mercenaries' expressions changed drastically. Before they could even draw their weapons, two faint glints of cold light flashed in succession.

Their neck bones snapped with muffled cracks!

Two heads flew into the sky, and blood immediately gushed out.

Xiao Yi Xian sat dazedly at the cliff's edge, staring at the black-clad youth who had suddenly appeared.

He held the Emerald Water Sword, his features delicate and his gaze as calm as an ancient well whose bottom could not be seen.

Yet just a moment ago, this youth had slaughtered three formidable enemies with a mere lift of his hand.

His methods were utterly ruthless!

Lu Ze did not look at her. Instead, he crouched down, his gaze falling on the purple-leaf half-demon grass clenched tightly in his hand, then on the black blood at the corner of her mouth and the icy Poison Qi rampaging inside her.

So this is the woeful poison body?

Lu Ze thought to himself.

According to the original story, there was an exceedingly rare constitution on the Dou Qi Continent that required no cultivation. Simply swallowing poison would allow its possessor to convert the toxins into vast amounts of Dou Qi.

However, once the poison body erupted, every living thing nearby would die of severe poisoning, and its possessor would lose all reason, becoming a poisonous creature that knew only slaughter before dying from the poison, bringing disaster to a thousand miles.

In the future, this girl would become the Heavenly Poison Woman, whose very name struck terror into people's hearts, and a large part of the reason was probably that she had obtained some opportunity that resolved the issue of her poison body erupting.

But to Lu Ze right now, Xiao Yi Xian's greatest value lay in the pure, deadly poisonous power erupting inside her, along with the purple-leaf half-demon grass.

He raised his head and looked at the pale-faced, wary-eyed Xiao Yi Xian.

He could not help bursting into laughter.

"Heh heh heh! I wore through iron shoes searching in vain, only to find it without the slightest effort."

"You! And this herb-you're both mine now."

His voice was not loud, but it allowed no refusal.

Xiao Yi Xian gritted her teeth and drew the herb closer to her chest. "I found this first."

"Of course you can refuse."

Lu Ze stood up, his sword angled toward the ground. A drop of blood slid down its blade and fell.

"But these three corpses on the ground show what happens when you refuse me."

The wind wailed at the cliff's edge.

Xiao Yi Xian sat on the ground hugging her knees, looking at the black-clad youth before her who had instantly slain three vicious bandits with a single sword strike.

Her frail body trembled slightly, her eyes filled with fear.

"Who... who are you?" Xiao Yi Xian asked shakily, her voice faint.

"Someone who came to save you, naturally," Lu Ze said indifferently.

Save me? Xiao Yi Xian was bewildered.

"Do you have some sort of illness?" Lu Ze continued, pretending not to know Xiao Yi Xian's identity.

"Your face looks dark, and black Qi shrouds the space between your brows. I'm afraid you don't have long to live."

Xiao Yi Xian's expression changed drastically. How did he know about her illness?

"How do you know about my illness?"

Lu Ze chuckled.

"Heaven's secrets must not be revealed!"

"Besides! This isn't an illness at all."

He crouched down and met Xiao Yi Xian's bewildered, frightened eyes.

"It's a one-in-ten-thousand constitution. You don't need to cultivate. Simply swallowing poison can ease it and convert the toxins into vast amounts of Dou Qi."

"But the price is unacceptable. Once the poison body awakens, your days are numbered. Afterward, you'll die from the poison, with ten thousand poisons eating away at your heart as you perish, leaving not a blade of grass alive within a thousand miles!"

Xiao Yi Xian stiffened, a chill shooting from the soles of her feet to the crown of her head.

Woeful poison body? One in ten thousand? Ten thousand poisons eating away at my heart?

She had always thought she was merely weak by nature and had an intuitive understanding of herbs, especially poisons. She had never imagined that such a monster was hidden inside her.

"You... don't lie to me..." Tears finally spilled from Xiao Yi Xian's eyes.

"Ah...!"

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly clutched her chest, a muffled groan of pain escaping her throat.

Black lines surfaced beneath her fair skin. It was as though several venomous snakes had coiled around her body and were slithering across it.

Wherever they passed, the air hissed with corrosion.

Her poison body had actually erupted!

"Damn it!"

"I'll give it up, all right?!" Lu Ze's expression changed drastically as he cried out.

Once the poison body erupted, the consequences would be unimaginable. Even he might die here!

Lu Ze wasted no words. The strength of a Three-Star Dou Zhe could not withstand it at all. Trying would be courting death.

"If you don't want to die, shut up!" Lu Ze barked coldly.

As his words fell, he stood up, extended his index and middle fingers toward Xiao Yi Xian's dantian, and lightly pointed.

"Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger!"

"Imprison Heaven and Earth!"

Lu Ze shouted!

The next instant, Xiao Yi Xian could no longer move.

The essence of the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger's first form was confinement.

He did not need to crush her into powder with gravity as he had when killing his enemies earlier.

He only needed to confine the toxins escaping from Xiao Yi Xian's dantian!

Lu Ze carefully controlled the strength of the gravity, drawing on the experience he had accumulated from killing magical beasts over the past several days.

He controlled the gravity just right, concentrating it precisely inside Xiao Yi Xian's dantian to form an invisible cage.

The wildly rampaging toxins were instantly suppressed and retreated into the depths of her dantian.

Immediately afterward, Lu Ze took out the purple-leaf companion grass, crushed it, and extracted its essence before channeling it into Xiao Yi Xian's body.

"Mm..." Xiao Yi Xian gave a soft moan.

"Don't forget that you owe me a stalk of purple-leaf companion grass!" Lu Ze reminded her.

The intensely cold medicinal power of the purple-leaf companion grass flowed through her meridians and throughout her body, easing the toxins' erosion. Together with Lu Ze's treatment, it forced the toxins out of her meridians and back into the depths of her dantian, temporarily suppressing their spread.

The black patterns roaming over Xiao Yi Xian's body slowed sharply before finally retreating reluctantly.

Xiao Yi Xian collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, exhaustion showing on her face and her body drenched in sweat.

Several wandering black lines gradually dissipated. Lu Ze watched them curiously, and with a thought, the panel appeared, absorbing, refining, and purifying these impure toxins.

[Absorbed free-floating deadly poisonous power. Deduction Points +1]

Delight stirred in Lu Ze's heart.

Not bad, not bad. It can even absorb deadly poisonous power. Doesn't that mean that if Xiao Yi Xian's woeful poison body really erupts, the system might be able to absorb that too?

Although he had gained only one Deduction Point, it was better than nothing.

It was an unexpected bonus anyway, and Lu Ze was not greedy.

"It's over."

Lu Ze spoke softly and dispersed the gravity field.

Xiao Yi Xian struggled to get up. The fear in her eyes as she looked at Lu Ze had vanished, replaced by gratitude, admiration, and relief at having survived a brush with death.

If this youth had not suppressed that power with that incredible method just now, her body would probably already have exploded, killing her.

"I, Xiao Yi Xian, thank you for saving my life, Senior!" Xiao Yi Xian said gratefully.

Lu Ze waved a hand.

"It's only temporarily suppressed." Lu Ze dusted off his hands.

"The medicinal power of the purple-leaf half-demon grass only lasts a month. Even with the gravity field suppressing it, it's merely a matter of several months."

Xiao Yi Xian's face paled.

"But don't worry. If you're willing to stay by my side, I can help suppress it once every day. As long as you behave, serve as my physician, and work part-time as an herb, that's enough."

Lu Ze smiled. "Well? Think it over. I'll also help you find a way to resolve the problem of your woeful poison body completely."

Xiao Yi Xian fell silent.

"I cannot thank you enough for helping me like this, Senior. But do you truly only need me to follow you?"