Xiao Yi Xian

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Physician of Qingshan Town

Xiao Yi Xian worked as a physician at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. Her presence helped it grow from one of Qingshan Town's four major medicine shops into the town's largest, surpassing even the local Lu Merchant Guild's medicinal-ingredient business. She regularly entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to gather herbs under mercenary escort 4.

Her Woeful Poison Body had awakened long before she understood it. Its uncontrolled poison had caused numerous deaths, including her mother's. She only learned the nature of her constitution after obtaining the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture from a cave in the mountains 6.

She discovered that cave while exploring with her Blue Eagle companion, Xiao Lan, and later investigated it with Xiao Yan. Mu Li attempted to seize their discoveries but failed. Xiao Yan subsequently hid in the mountains while Xiao Yi Xian returned to the pavilion on Xiao Lan; both the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and the pavilion's owner, Mr. Yao, coveted her treasure 4 8 12.

Leaving with Lu Yuan

Lu Yuan visited her repeatedly for pulse examinations, using their physical contact to complete the Fortune Catalog's first replication of her physique. The copied power converted his lingering poison into cultivation energy, allowing him to break through to Dou Zhe in front of her. Xiao Yi Xian initially suspected that he had merely concealed his true cultivation 5 6.

When Lu Yuan named the Woeful Poison Body, she stopped her consultations and took him to a private room. He presented his copied physique as an acquired constitution and claimed that his secret method could also weaken hers, offering a way to delay or escape its fatal outcome. Already preparing to leave Qingshan Town because of her worsening poison cravings, she agreed to accompany him 6 8.

Before leaving, she asked him to address the people threatening her. Acting on Lu Yuan's orders, Zhang Qingqing forced Mr. Yao to surrender the pavilion's property to Xiao Yi Xian and leave town, then killed Mu She and more than twenty core members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. Lu Yuan's steward subsequently managed the takeover 8 9.

Secluded Cultivation

Supported by a steady supply of poisons, Xiao Yi Xian quickly reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe. Although she initially asked Lu Yuan to remove her constitution, she accepted his advice to retain its cultivation benefits while a safer solution remained possible. His stronger copied physique reassured her that he could eventually help her 10 11.

She brought Lu Yuan, Qing Lin, and Zhang Qingqing to a secluded valley she had discovered with Xiao Lan. During three months there, she advanced to Seven-Star Dou Shi. Her relationship with Lu Yuan also became romantic after he kissed her to draw out excess poison that had put her to sleep 12 14 15.

She later fought alongside him to help Qing Lin contract the Fourth-Order Azure-Feathered Flame Snake, then paralyzed a Fourth-Order Earth Nether Rock Turtle while Lu Yuan established his own contract 16 17.

Salt City and the Poison Pill Method

After the Heavenly Snake Mansion abducted Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian reported the attack to Lu Yuan. Unable to help pursue such powerful opponents, she left for Salt City on Xiao Lan with the injured Zhang Qingqing. The incident sharpened her determination to become strong enough to stand beside him 27.

In Salt City, Lu Tong Zhou demanded that Lu Tong Xuan surrender her to the Mo Clan's grand elder. Xiao Yi Xian later explained that the elder appeared interested in her constitution. Lu Yuan resolved the clan confrontation and reunited with her at his courtyard 40 42 43.

Lu Yuan formally acknowledged Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun as his Dao companions, and all three accepted his commitment. He also told Xiao Yi Xian that he had learned of a Poison Pill Method that could help when she was ready to break through to Dou Zun. The method had not yet been obtained or used 43.

Appearance

• Face and bearing: Initially described as cool and refined; her features become increasingly delicate as her Woeful Poison Body develops 5 43.
• Hair: Has transformed to silver by the end of the valley training period 15.
• Eyes: Gray-violet 15.
• Build: Slender-waisted 15.

Personality

Xiao Yi Xian is perceptive and cautious. She questions Lu Yuan's motives, initially doubts his explanation for his sudden recovery, and asks him to demonstrate his promised protection before committing to leave with him. She also prepares poisons for her own defense rather than relying entirely on others 6 8 9.

Her fear of the Woeful Poison Body is rooted in the harm it has caused. She initially wants it removed outright, and when Lu Yuan claims that delaying removal could endanger him, she immediately urges him to act sooner. Nevertheless, she wants to grow stronger and accepts retaining the constitution once she believes its risks can be managed 11.

As her trust grows, she becomes playful enough to tease Lu Yuan about his cultivation speed and joke with Qing Lin. She remains shy about romantic affection: after his return to Salt City, she initially greets him from a short distance rather than embracing him unprompted 11 15 42.

Abilities & Skills

Woeful Poison Body

Her innate constitution converts consumed poison into cultivation energy. It permits extraordinarily fast advancement without conventional cultivation bottlenecks, provided suitable poisons remain available 6 8.

• Poison-based growth: Advances simply by eating poison; cultivation methods can further improve the results 6 10 14.
• Poison sensitivity: Possesses heightened sensitivity to poisons 27.
• Breakthrough defense: Releases protective purple poison mist while asleep during a major-realm breakthrough. Even Dou Shi cultivators and Second-Order Magical Beasts may be unable to withstand it 13.
• Poison combat: Supports covert poisoning, wide-area attacks, and close combat 14.
• Compulsive consumption: Awakening creates an increasingly powerful urge to consume poison, potentially eroding the possessor's reason 6.
• Loss of control: Poison can escape involuntarily and kill nearby people, including loved ones 6.
• Terminal danger: Excessive toxin accumulation can cause “ten thousand poisons” to devour the heart, followed by an explosion that poisons a vast surrounding area. The scripture warns that a possessor at Dou Zong can face this outcome at any time 6 8.

Seven-Colored Poison Scripture

Written by an earlier possessor of the Woeful Poison Body, the scripture contains information about the constitution, poison formulas, a cultivation method, and Dou Techniques 6 13 17.

• Cultivation method: Fundamentally High Xuan Tier, but produces Low Earth Tier effects when practiced by someone with a Woeful Poison Body. Its effects can eventually become comparable to High Earth Tier as the physique strengthens 13.
• Poison preparation: Xiao Yi Xian makes poisons from its formulas while still at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion 9.
• Paralysis technique: Uses an unnamed Dou Technique from the scripture to paralyze the Fourth-Order Earth Nether Rock Turtle during its capture 17.

Heavenly Poison Prison Realm

A poison technique she performs jointly with Lu Yuan against the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake 16.

• Temporarily raises their cultivation as purple energy circulates through their meridians.
• Combines their poison mist into a realm more than ten zhang across.
• Produces chain-like restraints while poison penetrates gaps between the target's scales.

Medicine and Herb Gathering

• Holds patient consultations and diagnoses conditions through pulse examination 4 5.
• Gathers medicinal herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and maintains a private room for preparing them 4 6.
• Recognizes the disappearance of Lu Yuan's poison and the sudden transformation of his meridians during his breakthrough 5.

Equipment / Items

• Seven-Colored Poison Scripture — Beast-hide text recovered from the mountain cave; the source of her knowledge about her constitution and her later poison cultivation 6 13.
• Storage Ring — Holds poisons used during secluded training 13.
• Medicinal powder — Keeps powder in her sleeve and prepares to use it when an unidentified flying expert approaches the valley 27.
• Jade bangle — A gift from Lu Yuan that belonged to his mother; enhances soul power and functions as a high-grade storage item 43.

Relationships

• Lu Yuan — Dao companion. Their relationship begins with medical consultations and an arrangement to manage her constitution, develops into romance during valley training, and is formally acknowledged in Salt City 5 8 15 43.
• Qing Lin — Traveling companion and fellow Dao companion of Lu Yuan. Qing Lin calls her “Sister Xiao Yi Xian” and “Sister Xian'er”; they share an affectionate, teasing friendship 12 15 43.
• Xiao Lan — Blue Eagle companion whom she saved when the bird was young and injured. Xiao Lan provides transport and helped her discover both the treasure cave and hidden valley 12.
• Xiao Yan — Friend and fellow cave explorer. He describes them as having shared hardship and good fortune and remains concerned for her safety afterward 4 7.
• Zhang Qingqing — Protector and traveling companion. Eliminates the immediate threats against her in Qingshan Town and later accompanies her to Salt City 9 27.
• Yun Yun — Fellow Dao companion of Lu Yuan; meets Xiao Yi Xian following Qing Lin's abduction and later joins her in accepting his promise of support 27 43.
• Mother — Died because of Xiao Yi Xian's awakened Woeful Poison Body, one of the losses underlying her desire to remove it 6 11.