Winning over Xiao Yi Xian

"What else can I do? I've got no home left. I can only wander from place to place."

Xiao Yi Xian responded dejectedly, the light in her beautiful eyes gradually fading.

When she had first come to Qingshan Town, she had thought she could start a whole new life.

But she had never expected her past to have already been exposed.

Even an unrelated faction like the Wolf Head Mercenary Group could easily find out where she was, to say nothing of the entire Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Qingshan Town was no longer safe.

And she had no face to go back.

Besides, she had also killed Mu Li.

He was the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

If his father, Mu She, found out, he probably wouldn't let her off either.

Mu She was the only Dou Shi expert in Qingshan Town. His strength was formidable, and she was no match for him.

The Myriad Medicine Pavilion wouldn't offend Mu She for her sake, either.

Now that she thought about it, she seemed to have reached the end of the road.

"Don't say that. Don't you still have me?"

Xiao Yan took her hand and placed it over his heart as he spoke earnestly.

But Xiao Yi Xian's face was full of hesitation. "What on earth is the matter with you?"

The girl petulantly pulled her hand back and looked at him with a complicated expression, her tone faintly reproachful as she said:

"I don't know why you're so good to me, but I can't accept your love. You should give up!"

Xiao Yan, however, showed no sign of discouragement. He smiled and said:

"I have a way to solve the problem with your constitution. Come with me. I'll cure you?"

The girl's beautiful eyes flickered at his words. A mist of tears quickly gathered at their corners, and she choked out softly:

"You really don't need to do so much for me. We hardly know each other, and I'm not worth treating so well..."

Xiao Yi Xian crouched down and covered her face, continuing to pour out her feelings and telling Xiao Yan what she thought of him.

"You're a good-natured and outstanding person..."

"You're so young, yet you're both a Dou Zhe and an alchemist. You shouldn't waste your time on a cursed woman like me."

"To tell the truth, I want to accept your help too, but I can't repay the debt I owe you anymore!"

"All this time... you've been looking after me. I don't have the face to keep troubling you!"

"Please, just let me fend for myself..."

The more Xiao Yi Xian spoke, the more agitated she became. She gradually broke down, tears streaming uncontrollably down her cheeks.

Years of loneliness had given her a self-reliant nature.

She had worked at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion all these years to become independent.

Who could have imagined that she would run into trouble with Mu Li?

Now her life was ruined, she had no permanent home to fall back on, and she didn't know where to go.

After hearing her out, Xiao Yan also crouched down, meeting Xiao Yi Xian's eyes as he said earnestly:

"Don't say that. Your constitution may be a curse, but it also gives you tremendous fighting power."

He firmly reached out and pulled her hands away by the wrists, then said with a serious expression:

"I'm not counting on you marrying me anymore..."

"I'm building a faction right now, and I need talented people like you to join."

"I deliberately confessed to you in the first place because I wanted to recruit you, so..."

The young man paused, then continued:

"Are you willing to join us?"

Xiao Yan was actually very reluctant to say this.

He didn't want to turn his sincere confession into an approach with an ulterior motive.

But he had to find a reason to persuade Xiao Yi Xian to stay, or she would sneak away just as she had in his previous life.

Xiao Yi Xian hesitated for a moment before finally stopping her tears. With reddened eyes, she asked:

"Really?"

She didn't dislike Xiao Yan, but she didn't like owing favors either.

So when Xiao Yan made his request, she wavered.

Whatever his purpose, she at least felt that Xiao Yan genuinely wanted to help her.

If joining his faction could solve the problem with her constitution, help Xiao Yan, and let her repay those favors, she was naturally willing.

A smile curved the young man's lips. He reached out, brushed a finger down the bridge of Xiao Yi Xian's nose, and said gently, "Of course!"

Caught off guard by Xiao Yan's intimate gesture, Xiao Yi Xian blushed and said reproachfully:

"You're awful. You just love taking advantage of me."

The girl shyly lowered her head, the pink flush spreading from her cheeks down to the depths of her neck.

Her face was flushed, but she looked up and said firmly:

"Then I'll accept without standing on ceremony. I can join your team, but you have to give me the treatment method first."

Xiao Yi Xian was no naïve girl.

Since she had already decided to join him, she didn't stand on ceremony and stated her condition directly.

"No problem. This is the Poison Pill Method. Take it and study it. I hope it helps you."

Xiao Yan didn't think her request was unreasonable, so he immediately took out a parchment scroll.

After communicating with Yao Lao in his mind for a moment, he quickly used the latter's soul power to copy a solution for the Woeful Poison Body onto the parchment, then handed it to Xiao Yi Xian.

"The Poison Pill Method... Bodhisattva Body Transformation Extension... a Seventh-Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's Magic Core... three kinds of Heavenly Flames... a place of extreme yang..."

Xiao Yi Xian took the scroll and opened it. Closing her eyes as she absorbed the vast amount of information, she even felt a wave of dizziness.

With some effort, she raised both hands to her head and rubbed her temples. Only then did the pain noticeably ease.

After sorting through the information, Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes, somewhat shaken.

She really had been frightened.

Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva? What was that?!

She had never heard of it before.

But from the name alone, Xiao Yi Xian understood that it was probably a very precious medicinal substance.

As for the Seventh-Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's Magic Core, she was even more astonished.

She knew nothing of the Magical Beast's name or origins.

But seventh rank was undoubtedly a measure of a Magical Beast's strength, and the most direct indication of its power.

Xiao Yi Xian was from Qingshan Town, after all, and her experience was limited. Even a first-rank Magical Beast frightened her, let alone a second- or third-rank one.

Even the most powerful Dou Emperor in the entire Jia Ma Empire only corresponded to a sixth-rank Magical Beast.

So... she couldn't even imagine what level the seventh rank represented.

And then there were the three kinds of Heavenly Flames. What could she say?

She had never seen one. She had heard that there weren't any in the entire empire; they were things of legend, and she needed to obtain three kinds...

Xiao Yi Xian imagined how difficult it would be to obtain those things and immediately grew troubled.

It seemed she wouldn't be able to gather them all in this lifetime.

"What's wrong? Have you lost confidence already?"

Xiao Yan teased, a smile curving his lips.

Xiao Yi Xian rolled her eyes at him and said irritably:

"All you do is make fun of me. Those things are just asking too much. There's no way to find them. I give up."

Xiao Yan coaxed her helplessly:

"Don't say that. I can take care of the Heavenly Flames and the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva. As for the Seventh-Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's Magic Core, can't you hunt one yourself once you've grown stronger?"

Xiao Yi Xian snorted and folded her arms.

"Easy for you to say. Do you know what level you have to reach to match a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast? By the time I've grown strong enough, the daylilies will have gone cold."

In any case, Xiao Yan was her companion now, so Xiao Yi Xian naturally didn't stand on ceremony.

At least until she dealt with her constitution, Xiao Yan was the one she could rely on.

The young man held his forehead and smiled wryly.

"You really don't have any confidence in yourself. Do you know what level of constitution the Woeful Poison Body is?"

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head to show that she didn't.

"Not really. I only know that I get a strong urge to eat poison, and then my body goes out of control. I don't know anything else."

Xiao Yan sighed and continued:

"With the Woeful Poison Body, you can grow stronger just by eating poison. There are no bottlenecks when it comes to raising your cultivation."

"Suppose you ate all the poison on the Dou Qi Continent right now. You could probably become a Dou Di expert in an instant, or become a being comparable to one."

Xiao Yi Xian stared at him in surprise, covering her small mouth and widening her eyes as she said in disbelief:

"Huh?! Is it really that incredible?"

But after thinking it over carefully, she felt it made quite a lot of sense.

She was seventeen this year and at the Ninth Stage Dou Qi.

In seven of those years, she had advanced only one stage.

She had reached the other eight before she was ten, which was exactly when she had consumed poison as a child.

That way, everything made sense.

She could grow stronger simply by eating poison.

Didn't that mean that if she ate some poison now, she could reach the Dou Zhe level immediately?

Xiao Yi Xian was also a practical person who acted as soon as she had an idea. She immediately held out her hand to Xiao Yan.

"Xiao Yan, give me all the poison you have on you. I want to try it right now!"