Chapter 21: Feelings Secretly Bud! Xiao Yan Arrives!

Xiao Yixian was lowering her eyelids, head bowed as she earnestly gathered medicinal herbs.

Fine strands of long hair fell against her sides; her expression was earnest, and she looked exceptionally beautiful.

Yet, such a pure young girl...

Gu Fei closed his eyes; he knew that Xiao Yixian possessed the Woeful Poison Body.

At present, Xiao Yixian did not yet know of this matter.

And the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture she had just obtained contained descriptions regarding this very constitution.

Once Xiao Yixian finished with this business and read that Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, she would know of it.

The Woeful Poison Body is something feared by countless people throughout history, yet also yearned for by many who wish to walk a crooked path.

Because these people, needing almost no cultivation, can rapidly increase their own cultivation level simply by consuming poison.

However, poison is, after all, poison.

While the cultivation level increases rapidly, it also damages one's own body.

Moreover, this process of cultivation advancement is filled with agony.

Furthermore, the Woeful Poison Body will erupt at irregular intervals; once a person fails to endure an eruption and becomes a slave to the Woeful Poison Body, they will lose their sanity and begin a killing spree, until finally losing their life.

Consequently, many who have been immersed in possessing the Woeful Poison Body ultimately end up killing those close to them with their own hands, ending in a painful suicide.

The Woeful Poison Body chose Xiao Yixian; this is the fate that belongs to Xiao Yixian.

Her Woeful Poison Body has not yet had its Seal broken, so naturally, she can act as if nothing has happened.

Pretend that nothing today was discovered, return to the plain yet happy life in Qingshan Town, and live out an ordinary life.

Of course, one could also, driven by a thirst for power, break the Seal and face the unknown other side.

Gu Fei would not overly interfere with her choice.

How she chooses, whether to activate or not activate this constitution, is entirely for Xiao Yixian to decide for herself.

Moreover, although the Woeful Poison Body is terrifying, it is not entirely without a way to be saved.

At the very least, Gu Fei remembered that in the original story, Yao Lao had a way, and by relying on this method, he even saved Xiao Yixian's life.

He remembered it was by utilizing the Poison Pill Method to eliminate the hidden dangers of the Woeful Poison Body.

To let the Woeful Poison Body have no side effects, leaving only the positive power.

Gu Fei was leaning against the side of the cave, eyes lowered in thought, his gaze unfocused, but he was startled awake by Xiao Yixian's brisk voice.

"Young Master, these medicinal herbs are all collected, for you!"

While Gu Fei was deep in thought, Xiao Yixian had already happily walked over holding a pile of herbs.

Her eyes were sparkling, and a few crystalline beads of sweat had seeped onto her forehead from gathering the herbs.

Her purple hair was dampened by sweat, sticking stickily to Xiao Yixian's neck and both sides of her cheeks.

Like a lotus rising from the water, the gentle-looking young girl's beauty added a touch of charm.

Gu Fei's lips curled up, and he took the pile of herbs into his Storage Ring, not refusing again.

"Mm, then let's return to the herb-gathering team; we've been out too long, I fear someone will grow suspicious."

Xiao Yixian remembered that she and Gu Fei had been out for too long, and that Muli and his group from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had also been missing for a long time.

If they didn't appear soon, she feared they would suspect her and Gu Fei, so she spoke hurriedly.

Gu Fei nodded, then walked behind Xiao Yixian, letting her lead the way in front, and the two of them left the cave one after the other.

They arrived at the platform at the bottom of the cliff; this time, Gu Fei still directly held Xiao Yixian's slender waist and flew up.

He was very gentlemanly, holding her loosely, but fearing Xiao Yixian might struggle and fall, he also used a bit of skillful force.

【Xiao Yixian experiences feelings of enjoyment, Emotion Value +100】

The time spent flying up was very brief.

Yet Xiao Yixian actually had a feeling of enjoyment appear; Gu Fei couldn't help but secretly glance at her.

This girl's small face was flushed, her lips curled up, and her whole body was very relaxed.

When she was placed on the ground by Gu Fei, she still looked at that hand with some reluctance before withdrawing her gaze.

After this incident, Xiao Yixian's favor for Gu Fei was extremely deep.

She herself had not noticed it, but the reality was that this favor had already faintly crossed the boundary of friendship.

It had even begun to sprout some romantic feelings between a man and a woman.

When the two of them arrived back on top of the cliff, only Muli's cold corpse lay there.

Muli seemed to have died with his eyes wide open, but from now on he could only be left in this dense forest, never again having the chance to breathe, and perhaps even being eaten by wild beasts before long.

Those members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group whose cultivation Gu Fei had crippled earlier had already run away as soon as Gu Fei and Xiao Yixian went down to the bottom of the cliff.

They didn't dare linger here at all, and didn't even dare return to the team.

The young leader Muli was dead, and they didn't dare collect his body, so they could only leave him there alone.

Because they hadn't protected the young leader well, if they returned to the mercenary group, it would also mean death, and the leader's methods of torture were even more terrifying.

Therefore, the only thing left for them to do was to desperately escape the Magical Beast Mountain Range at this moment and be ordinary people from then on.

Gu Fei, however, did not care about these things, nor did he deign to care.

He acted as if nothing had happened, returning to the herb-gathering team with Xiao Yixian, his expression unusually calm.

It was Xiao Yixian's first time doing such a thing; although her acting was a bit stiff, she fooled the mercenaries.

Although some people discovered that many of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group were missing, they didn't suspect them.

On the yellow dirt road a hundred miles away from Qingshan Town, a youth in black was struggling to move forward.

His face still appeared slightly immature, yet his eyes were extremely resolute.

Looking closely, one could see that on the black-clad youth's back, he was actually carrying an extremely massive black giant sword.

However, rather than calling it a giant sword, it would be better to describe it as a thick, heavy iron ruler without a point or edge.

The black giant sword also lacked a tip; at the end of the giant sword, it looked as if something had sliced it in half at the waist, revealing a cross-section as smooth as a mirror.

On the surface of that pitch-black giant sword were drawn some somewhat blurry, strange patterns, which spread all the way to the hilt, covering almost every part of the sword body.

The strange patterns, combined with the archaic pitch-black color, looked quite mysterious.

The length of the strange giant sword exceeded the height of the youth.

It looked as if the giant sword would crush the youth at any second.

This strange combination made some people who occasionally passed by while traveling unable to help but cast curious glances at him.

This person was none other than Xiao Yan.

"Teacher, you previously said you wanted me to cross the Magical Beast Mountain Range? I don't know what the true intention is; could it be that you want me to stand in a dangerous situation so as to erupt with the body's true potential?"

Xiao Yan stopped and spoke as if talking to himself, but the answer he expected did not appear.

"It seems Teacher has not yet awakened; all of this can only rely on myself..."

After a long while, Xiao Yan sighed and continued moving forward.

(End of chapter)