Chapter 76: The Most Benevolent Healer

He really isn't good at lying.

Xiao Yixian is also a physician; she had originally investigated why the townspeople were poisoned, including looking into Yao Boss and Mu She.

But after her investigation, Xiao Yixian found that neither of them possessed the strength to concoct such a secretive poison.

Moreover, Xiao Yan claimed he learned from interrogating them that they had poisoned the water source—if that were true, then all the residents of Qingshan Town should have been poisoned, not just some.

Xiao Yan rubbed his nose, a hint of bitterness on his face—he couldn't help it; he wasn't some smooth-talking scoundrel skilled at deceiving women, and hastily fabricating a lie naturally left many gaps.

Xiao Yixian herself had vaguely sensed that all the evidence actually pointed to her. Precisely because all evidence pointed to Xiao Yixian, Mu She and Yao Boss had decided to join forces against her.

They truly wanted to force Xiao Yixian to hand over the Seven Color Poison Classic and various medicinal materials from the Cave, but they never framed her.

"From the Seven Color Poison Classic, I learned that there exists a peculiar constitution called the Eternal Calamity Poison Body. This constitution can convert poison into Poison Dou Qi simply by ingesting poison, thereby enhancing cultivation."

"Moreover, when someone with this constitution refines medicine, it alters the medicinal properties of herbs—no matter what medicine they make, it ultimately turns into poison."

Xiao Yixian's beautiful eyes fixed on Xiao Yan's, their gazes meeting as she slowly voiced her inner hypothesis.

Refining medicine with the Eternal Calamity Poison Body is like an Alchemist refining a Pill—the reason not everyone can refine Pills is because it requires a mixture of Fire Attribute Battle Qi and Wood Attribute Battle Qi; when an Alchemist refines a Pill, the Wood Attribute Battle Qi mixed with Fire Attribute Battle Qi acts as a catalyst, altering the medicinal properties of the herbs.

That's why Pills are so Shen Mi Zhi Yi.

If Xiao Yan's Spiritual Soul is exceptionally strong and he is a born Alchemist, then the Eternal Calamity Poison Body is a born Poison Master.

Hearing Xiao Yixian's words, Xiao Yan finally understood why her cultivation realm had risen so quickly—perhaps while refining healing medicine, she had tested some herself, inadvertently ingesting poison and rapidly boosting her Poison Dou Qi.

That was also how the townspeople had been unintentionally poisoned.

"After ingesting poison, the Eternal Calamity Poison Body causes the face to display seven colors. This Seven Color Poison Classic may be a Poison Classic specifically designed for the Eternal Calamity Poison Body to cultivate." Xiao Yixian pulled out the Seven Color Poison Classic, which gave an extremely detailed account of the Eternal Calamity Poison Body.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan understood many things—he suspected the Cave had not been accidentally discovered by Xiao Yixian, but rather had been guided to her by her unawakened Eternal Calamity Poison Body.

How could there be so many coincidences in this world? Precisely because Xiao Yixian was a born Eternal Calamity Poison Body, and the first stone box in the Cave was specifically left for the Eternal Calamity Poison Body's cultivation—the Seven Color Poison Classic—was why she found the Cave.

This was no coincidence—it was inevitable.

The scroll of the Seven Color Poison Classic itself was a deadly poison; ordinary people who touched it would die instantly, but only Xiao Yixian, as an Eternal Calamity Poison Body, could touch it without harm—and instead, it awakened her Eternal Calamity Poison Body.

When things reach their extreme, they reverse—perhaps only the kindest physician's heart in the world could give birth to the most poisonous Eternal Calamity Poison Body.

Xiao Yixian had always wanted to become an Alchemist, yet because of her Poison Dou Qi, she could never become one. She wished to be a healer for the world, yet she herself was the most poisonous Eternal Calamity Poison Body in existence.

Looking at the woman before him, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel sympathy.

Xiao Yixian had now lost everything.

"What, are you suddenly telling me all this because you want to kick me out?" Xiao Yan feigned annoyance, hands on his hips.

"I'm not—I just… are you not afraid of me?" Xiao Yixian looked at Xiao Yan timidly, asking with a hint of unease.

Xiao Yan crossed his arms, gave her a flat look, and snorted: "Hmph, is being born with the Eternal Calamity Poison Body that impressive? I'm an Alchemist—I was born with a Spirit Body."

"If I were afraid of your little poison, what kind of Alchemist would I be? Let's see—whose poison is stronger, yours or my Pills." Xiao Yan spoke with unmistakable arrogance.

Seeing Xiao Yan's proud little expression, Xiao Yixian's eyes inadvertently glistened, and a genuine, warm smile appeared on her face.

"Thank you, Xiao Yan."

Xiao Yixian pointed her slender finger to a thatched hut nearby and smiled: "This is where I used to live—let's stay here for now."

"Oh wow, it's just a thatched hut, but with a beauty as company, life's almost as blissful as a god's." Xiao Yan glanced at the hut, nodded, then turned to look at Xiao Yixian's jade-like, smooth cheek and couldn't help but tease with a grin.

Hearing this, Xiao Yixian's face flushed crimson instantly; she gave him a playful glare and flicked her tiny fist, huffing: "Don't you dare think I'm weak just because I'm not strong—my poison isn't weak either; watch out, I'll make you lose some function."

Xiao Yan swallowed hard and raised his hands in surrender.

Watching Xiao Yixian walk into the thatched hut, Xiao Yan's bright smile instantly vanished.

Having read countless Spirit Stone Formulas and Ancient Texts, Xiao Yan naturally knew of the Eternal Calamity Poison Body—and he knew Xiao Yixian had concealed its most critical information.

The Eternal Calamity Poison Body will kill Xiao Yixian.

This poison body can indeed increase Poison Dou Qi by consuming poison, but once accumulated to a certain point—so much that even the Eternal Calamity Poison Body can no longer suppress the internal Poison Dou Qi—the agony of ten thousand poisons devouring the body will slowly kill her in excruciating torment.

Seeing that Xiao Yixian hadn't told him, Xiao Yan guessed she intended to control herself from ingesting poison, so as not to accumulate too much Poison Dou Qi.

Perhaps Xiao Yixian truly is the best physician in the world.

Bone Spirit Cold Fire was born beneath the ice of the Nine Underworlds; Sea Heart Flame was born in the ocean; even Void Swallowing Flame, a fire meant to illuminate darkness, was born in darkness—the only unique fire without light.

When things reach their extreme, they reverse—that too is a fundamental truth of the Dao.

Xiao Yan took from his storage ring a Fourth-Rank Pill Formula—Cang Ling Pill.

This was the Fourth-Rank Pill Xiao Yan had long planned to refine, because it was a Pill for breakthrough.

The Cang Ling Pill can allow the user to break directly from Nine Star Dou Shi to Great Dou Shi, and as a Fourth-Rank Pill, its effects go far beyond mere breakthrough.

After the breakthrough, the remaining medicinal power solidifies the cultivator's Battle Qi foundation, preventing Battle Qi from becoming hollow due to Pill use, while also soothing the Meridians and healing latent injuries accumulated from cultivation, laying groundwork for future breakthrough to Dou Ling, increasing the success rate by twenty percent.

If one only wished to break through to Great Dou Shi, a Third-Rank Pill could achieve it—but Xiao Yan was not satisfied with a simple breakthrough; breakthroughs via Pills easily cause hollow Battle Qi.

"There are many medicinal materials here—perfect for practicing Alchemy until I can refine the Cang Ling Pill before leaving."

"Sigh, a Seven-Rank Alchemist—how long will that take? I hope I make it in time."