After putting away the mysterious beast skeleton, Mo Yu clapped his hands in satisfaction and said to the Xiao Yi Xian, "Well then, let's go. I'm just in the mood to try your cooking."
Hearing this, the Xiao Yi Xian was startled, then her pretty face lit up with joy, and a captivating curve appeared at the corner of her lips.
The profession of a Poison Master did not have a very good reputation on the Fighting Qi Continent. Many people were somewhat afraid of dealing with Poison Masters, because their insidious poisoning methods could catch anyone off guard.
It was precisely because of this that people around the Xiao Yi Xian always kept their distance, making the young girl particularly sensitive.
However, Mo Yu accepted all the food and other things the Xiao Yi Xian prepared without hesitation. Therefore, after half a month of getting along, the Xiao Yi Xian's attitude towards Mo Yu became increasingly kind and gentle.
Walking slowly with Mo Yu to the small thatched hut, the Xiao Yi Xian turned her head, smiled playfully at Mo Yu, then squatted down, rolled up her long sleeves, and started a fire under the stone stove. She orderly arranged all the cooking ingredients. In terms of cooking, she was quite a clever and skillful girl.
Looking at the graceful figure bustling about for their dinner, Mo Yu suddenly asked, "When do you plan to leave here?"
Turning her head, the Xiao Yi Xian stared at Mo Yu with puzzled beautiful eyes and softly asked, "What's wrong?"
Mo Yu replied, "I'll probably be leaving here in a few days. You know, I'm going to the Mu Lan Empire."
"That's truly a pity. It's so hard to find a friend as compatible as you." Shaking her head with a hint of regret, a trace of reluctance flashed in the Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes.
"Haha, it's alright. We'll always meet again if fate wills it. I feel like we'll see each other again in the future," Mo Yu chuckled.
"Then I'll take your auspicious words. I hope when you become successful, you won't forget me, whom you met in this small town," the Xiao Yi Xian said with a smile, looking at the simmering pot.
She stretched out her jade hand, took a small bowl from the side, and then scooped a bowl of mushroom soup, handing it to Mo Yu.
Taking it, Mo Yu sniffed the fragrant aroma and chuckled, "Excellent cooking! Whoever marries you will truly be blessed with good food."
"Marry me?" Hearing Mo Yu's words, the Xiao Yi Xian covered her mouth and chuckled, "You should know that due to their dangerous nature, Poison Masters are the profession with the fewest marriages on the Fighting Qi Continent."
"Heh heh, that's not necessarily true. You're a different kind of Poison Master."
"Then if we meet again on the Fighting Qi Continent in the future, you must not dislike me." After dinner, after tidying up the bowls and pots, the Xiao Yi Xian walked towards the small thatched hut. Just as she was about to enter, she paused slightly, then suddenly turned around and chuckled softly at Mo Yu.
Watching the Xiao Yi Xian gradually depart, Mo Yu suddenly realized that she was about to activate her Calamity Poison Body.
In the original novel, Xiao Yan discovered the Xiao Yi Xian's secret in this small valley, and Mo Yu still believed that activating the Calamity Poison Body was for the best.
After all, this is a world where the strong are respected. Love and kindness will only be seen as weakness. What if it makes people afraid? If you are weak, you can only live without dignity.
Moreover, the Calamity Poison Body is not uncontrollable. A mature Calamity Poison Body will certainly secure a place among the strong on the Fighting Qi Continent.
Shaking his head, Mo Yu turned and returned to his room. His Soul Power entered the beast ring, and Purple Fire was still in deep slumber. From the looks of it, he probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon.
As for the Seventh-Order Magical Beast skeleton, Mo Yu perfectly preserved it by freezing it with ice. Mo Yu's current strength was too weak, and he didn't have a good way to deal with the skeleton for now, so he could only preserve it for future use.
Recalling the gradual gains of the day, a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of Mo Yu's mouth, and then, in this pleasant mood, he slowly drifted into dreamland.
The next morning, sitting cross-legged on the rock, Mo Yu slowly absorbed the energy of the heaven and earth in the valley.
After the Seventh-Order Magical Beast skeleton was excavated, Mo Yu could clearly feel that the energy concentration in the valley had become much thinner, and many precious medicinal herbs had also begun to slowly wither.
And as time gradually passed, this hidden small valley, rich in peculiar heaven and earth energy, would become no different from an ordinary valley.
However, both he and the Xiao Yi Xian only used this place as a temporary stop and would not reside here for long, so they didn't feel it was a pity.
Before the heaven and earth energy in the valley completely dissipated, Mo Yu still wanted to try to Breakthrough to a Three-Star Dou Shi.
It was another session of Cultivation under the scorching sun. Sitting cross-legged on the mountain rock, Mo Yu's clothes were completely soaked with sweat. At this moment, he had been fully absorbing the heaven and earth energy in the valley for nearly two hours to Cultivate.
As he entered the Cultivation state and his breathing became steady, faint energy currents swirled around Mo Yu's body, and whenever they came into contact with his skin pores, they were greedily swallowed, like liquid touching a sponge.
As the Cultivation continued, the energy surrounding Mo Yu's body became increasingly dense, showing no signs of decreasing. And with the influx of this heaven and earth energy, Mo Yu vaguely felt that he had touched a barrier, a familiar sensation that he recognized well.
"Am I about to Breakthrough to a Three-Star Dou Shi?"
Thinking of this, Mo Yu's face lit up with joy, and he immediately increased his absorption of the surrounding heaven and earth energy. As the young man accelerated, after a brief silence, a faint energy current suddenly surged mysteriously from around his body, then furiously poured into his body.
As more and more energy poured in, a faint silvery-white light appeared on Mo Yu's body surface. His handsome face was like warm jade. After a long while, his eyes suddenly opened, and a substantial gleam shot out from his dark, starry eyes.
"Three-Star Dou Shi!"
Mo Yu stretched his body, then closed his eyes and looked inward, finding that his Qi vortex had grown a little more. He smiled in satisfaction, then stood up and lightly jumped.
After half a month of continuous Cultivation, he had finally Breakthrough another star, reaching the strength of a Three-Star Dou Shi. This speed was probably quite astonishing.
As Mo Yu's mind moved, the Dou Qi within his body began to circulate rapidly. On the surface of his body, silvery-white Dou Qi gradually emerged from his body, finally forming a silver Dou Qi gauze cloak on his body.
Transforming Dou Qi into an energy gauze cloak that attaches to the body is a symbol of a Dou Shi expert. This energy gauze cloak not only enhances the master's defense speed and attack but also allows for better absorption of energy from the outside world to replenish the master's internal consumption.
Since breaking through to Dou Shi, Mo Yu had not yet used this move in combat with an enemy. And Mu She's strength before did not require Mo Yu to display his Dou Qi gauze cloak.
With the Dou Qi gauze cloak unleashed by Mo Yu's profound foundation, coupled with his Lei Gang Body, his physical defense alone would likely be able to contend with a Five-Star Dou Shi without defeat. Adding in the young man's other methods, even without relying on Soul Power, he could handle ordinary Six-Star or Seven-Star Dou Shi.
Even if Mo Yu returned to the Xiao Family now, his combat strength in the Family would probably only be below a few Great Dou Master.
Feeling his surging strength on the mountain rock again, Mo Yu saw the midday sun and thought of the Xiao Yi Xian who was still waiting for him. His body trembled slightly, and the Purple Cloud Wings immediately shot out from his back. He leaped directly towards the valley below.
A fierce wind roared past his ears. When he was still twenty-odd meters from the ground, Mo Yu's wings vibrated slightly, and his rapidly falling body immediately slowed down.
Then, his feet landed steadily, Mo Yu's body trembled slightly, and he retracted the Purple Cloud Wings. After a moment, he straightened up and walked towards the small thatched hut in the valley.
Slowly approaching the small thatched hut, Mo Yu's brows furrowed slightly. Usually by this time, the Xiao Yi Xian would have started preparing lunch, but today it was still so quiet. Could it be?
Thinking of a certain reason, Mo Yu's expression immediately became a few shades more serious. He slowly approached the small thatched hut and gently knocked on the wooden door. But there was no sound from inside, so he kicked the wooden door, sending it flying.
Upon entering the room, he was choked by some floating smoke and coughed violently a few times. He quickly extended his right palm, and a fierce surge of Qi burst forth from his palm, instantly sweeping the smoke out of the thatched hut.
As the smoke in the room gradually dissipated, the Xiao Yi Xian was seen lying on the bed with her eyes tightly closed. Her originally rosy face was now a strange seven-colored hue.
Seeing this, Mo Yu immediately understood something and turned his gaze to the Xiao Yi Xian's palm.
In her palm, she held a small bag of dark medicinal powder. Mo Yu, a few feet away from the Xiao Yi Xian's hand, sniffed the scent emanating from the powder a few times.
In an instant, his head suddenly felt dizzy, and his chest felt tight. After using the Vermillion Bird Sky-Burning Lightning to clear the toxins from his body, that feeling slowly faded. He whispered, "What a potent poison. Even a Dou Shi, if not careful, could be poisoned to death."
If I'm not mistaken, the Xiao Yi Xian must have taken this bag of poison, preparing to activate her Calamity Poison Body."
His gaze moved from the Xiao Yi Xian's hand again, finally resting on her luscious red lips. Sure enough, there were still traces of black powder remaining on their rosy edges.
"The Calamity Poison Body is truly extraordinary. The Xiao Yi Xian's One-Star Dou Zhe strength being able to resist the erosion of such a powerful poison demonstrates the formidable nature of this Physique," Mo Yu exclaimed, looking at the young girl elegantly lying on the bed.
In his previous life, he had also encountered many special Physiques, but most of them had limited uses, and some even hindered Cultivation.
However, the Calamity Poison Body not only naturally immune to all kinds of poisons but also greatly enhances Cultivation. The Xiao Yi Xian's eventual achievement of Dou Sheng was undoubtedly due to her Physique.
However, everything has its pros and cons. Just like the drawbacks of Mo Yu's Tian Gang Thunder Body, the drawbacks of the Calamity Poison Body are even greater. Its name alone suggests it, as the appearance of this poison body basically brings calamity.
According to Mo Yu's knowledge, Yao Lao once encountered a woman with the Calamity Poison Body.
This woman, in a fit of rage, once turned an entire Empire into a thousand-mile stretch of poisoned land, where hundreds of thousands, or even more, undead Souls hovered.
However, that woman's luck must not have been as good as the Xiao Yi Xian's. Once a Calamity Poison Body owner fails to successfully condense a Poison Pill, they will die from a poison Qi outburst.
Just as Mo Yu was thinking this, as time slowly passed, when Mo Yu looked up again, he found that the seven-colored hue on the Xiao Yi Xian's cheeks was gradually fading.
"Is she about to wake up?"
He murmured, and Mo Yu sat quietly for a moment. The Xiao Yi Xian, who had been lying on the bed with her eyes tightly closed, finally slowly opened them.
Her jade hand moved slightly, and her eyes glanced at the dark poison. A bitter smile gradually appeared at the corner of the Xiao Yi Xian's lips, and then the bitterness gradually expanded. The Xiao Yi Xian suddenly pulled the quilt over her face, and a sobbing, intermittent voice came from under the covers.
"I couldn't control it again... I really deserve to die."
Mo Yu shook his head, then gently patted the Xiao Yi Xian's body wrapped in the quilt.
Sensing a touch, the quilt was suddenly thrown open. Looking at the young man sitting by the bed, the Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes widened considerably. She quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and softly said, "How did you get in?"
"I came in when you were unconscious."
"You didn't touch me, did you?" The Xiao Yi Xian's expression changed, and she quickly asked.
"Are you talking about the poison on your body? Don't worry, that little bit of poison won't affect me. However, have you really decided to activate the Calamity Poison Body?" Mo Yu looked at the Xiao Yi Xian.
Hearing this, the Xiao Yi Xian was first startled, then her delicate body suddenly tensed, and her pretty face stared at Mo Yu with an ugly expression: "You know?"
"I read the Seven-Colored Poison Manual," Mo Yu explained, pointing to the Seven-Colored Poison Manual beside him.
Hearing this, the Xiao Yi Xian was startled, a complex array of emotions flashed across her beautiful face, then she gave a desolate smile, biting her rosy lips tightly as she said, "Then you're afraid of me too, aren't you?"
Staring intently at the Xiao Yi Xian, whose tears were tracing paths down her tender cheeks, Mo Yu chuckled and shook his head, a warm smile gracing his lips.
Gently patting the Xiao Yi Xian's head, Mo Yu chuckled, "What am I afraid of? Don't worry, the poison on you won't affect me at all. Believe me, I won't distance myself from you because of this."
Hearing Mo Yu's confident words, the tears in the Xiao Yi Xian's bright eyes paused, and she looked at Mo Yu with wide eyes: "You're really not afraid of me? Then will you still dare to eat the food I cook for you in the future?"
"Anytime," Mo Yu chuckled.
Looking at Mo Yu's confident and gentle smiling face, a warm current flowed through the Xiao Yi Xian's heart, and she wiped away the tears on her pretty face.
The Xiao Yi Xian looked at Mo Yu, her beautiful face showing seriousness as she said, "Thank you, Mo Yu. Perhaps you will be my only friend in the future."
"But no matter what happens in the future, as long as you still consider me a friend, even if I truly become a Great Poison Master feared by everyone, in front of you, I will still be the Xiao Yi Xian of Qingshan Town."
"However, you must quickly improve your strength and not let me catch up. You know, I have the Calamity Poison Body, and my Cultivation speed will advance by leaps and bounds in the future. By then, I don't want to accidentally poison you." At the end, a playful expression appeared on the Xiao Yi Xian's small face.
Hearing this, Mo Yu smiled, and just as he was about to say something, his Soul suddenly trembled. He then discovered that a natal Thunder origin within his body, like a sleeping infant tempted by delicious food, began to slowly awaken.
And the source that enticed it to awaken was none other than the Xiao Yi Xian in front of him...