"Don't disappoint me, okay?"
Expectation filled Zi Yan's golden eyes.
Tonight she had been wandering the Inner Academy's back mountains, marking heavenly materials. Her luck was poor. As she decided to soak in an underground hot spring, an ancient book appeared and blocked her path. Before she could probe it, the book turned into a stream of light and entered her soul. Countless pieces of information surged in. She rarely stayed quiet, but she read the "book" seriously to the end, forming her own understanding of the Journal's contents: Xiao Ting knew her true identity and origins.
She didn't care about Plane Blessings or Heavenly Flames—none of that could be eaten. She only knew Xiao Ting had a deep understanding of the Battle Qi Continent and recognized her as a "story character."
"I want to know my identity and origins."
"I want to know if I'm really an orphan. If not, where are my parents?"
"Ever since I can remember, I've been in the back mountains, bullied by magical beasts and suffering. Why didn't my parents appear?"
"I want to know everything."
Zi Yan looked carefree and heartless but had obsessions inside. In the past she didn't know whom to ask. Su Qian didn't know her past either, so her doubts stayed hidden. Now that someone like Xiao Ting had appeared, she couldn't hold back.
…
Rustle, rustle—past the middle of Zi hour, the Journal foretold.
Plane Blessing: [Seven Days of Heavenly Seal Cultivation Experience]
Xiao Ting's proficiency with this low-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique increased significantly. Combined with his accumulated experience, he reached Great Success and could execute the third layer of the Transforming Dragon Seal.
"Not bad, keep going." Xiao Ting grinned and sank into cultivation.
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At the same time, in the northern Central Plains, Feng Qing Er—who had just left the Wind Lightning Mountain Range and was cultivating in a certain city—opened her eyes.
Plane Blessing: [At the southern end of the mountain range south of the Wind Lightning Mountain Range, a Wind Lightning Spirit Fruit nurtured by heaven-and-earth energy will appear in one day. It will be trapped in the Wind Lightning Spirit Transformation Array set up by the Wind Lightning Pavilion. For seven days, no one will claim it, and in the end the array will absorb it.]
"Good stuff."
Feng Qing Er decided to claim the Wind Lightning Spirit Fruit first. The Wind Lightning Spirit Transformation Array wasn't advanced; the Wind Lightning Pavilion set dozens of them throughout the range to densify wind and lightning spiritual energy.
The array swallowing the fruit would be wasteful.
"So this is what a opportunities looks like." Feng Qing Er gained a new understanding of Plane Blessings.
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Elsewhere, in Xun Er's small courtyard bedroom, Xun Er sat cross-legged cultivating.
The Journal copy sent a message: Plane Blessing [Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame perfect fusion progress increased by a trace].
Exactly how much "a trace" was, Xun Er didn't know. But accumulated day by day, water droplets pierce stone—eventually she would achieve perfect fusion. Fusion differed from refining; since the Journal called it a blessing, there must be many benefits.
"I wonder what harvest Big Sister Little Fairy Doctor has." Xun Er opened her eyes and looked toward the guest room. Her pupils shrank.
The Gold Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame inside her emerged on its own, forming a protective layer around her.
"Poison!?" Xun Er's expression changed. She immediately headed toward Little Fairy Doctor while ordering: "Perform a spatial seal on my courtyard."
"Yes, Miss." Ling Qing's voice sounded. Under the night sky, an invisible spatial fluctuation enveloped Xun Er's courtyard, forming isolation.
…
"Hm?"
In a nearby courtyard, Yao Lao—using a secret method inside the ring to devour spiritual energy and recover his Soul State—showed a puzzled look.
"Was it an illusion?" After thinking, Yao Lao stopped paying attention. Spatial sealing is a method only high-tier Dou Ancestor experts can perform; if someone in the Xiao Family used it, it was definitely related to that ancient clan girl. He was a remnant soul and could do nothing against such an expert.
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Bang!
Xun Er pushed open the guest room door and rushed in. Little Fairy Doctor's originally rosy face had taken on a strange seven-colored hue. Her red lips carried a bewitching purple. Her jet-black hair had turned silver and seemed to glow under the moonlight. Her features had become extremely refined.
"She has fully awakened the Woeful Poison Body!" Xun Er reacted immediately.
At that moment, Little Fairy Doctor opened her eyes.
The seven-colored patterns receded and hid into a faint seven-colored glow appearing on her lower abdomen. Her jet-black eyes had turned gray. Little Fairy Doctor sensitively sensed Xun Er's gaze and turned.
"Three Plane Blessings stacked, perfectly awakening the Woeful Poison Body." Little Fairy Doctor told Xun Er her harvest, cheerful.
"Perfect awakening?" Xun Er noticed the wording and smiled. "Is there anything special about it?"
"Normal awakening of the Woeful Poison Body happens after accumulating enough poison through consumption and passively awakening during sleep." Little Fairy Doctor explained. "Although it releases poisonous gas as protection, a Dou Grandmaster who can condense Battle Qi armor can still approach and kill me."
"After passive awakening, the desire to devour poison grows stronger and stronger as one keeps eating poison, until finally one becomes a puppet crazily devouring poison. When no more poison can be found, one suffers ten thousand poisons devouring the heart and explodes in agony."
"Perfect awakening lets me control the progress of the desire."
Xun Er finally understood why Little Fairy Doctor was overjoyed. Being able to control the desire to eat poison meant she no longer had to worry about losing her mind, becoming a puppet, or periodic outbursts that would harm those around her. Although the limit of accumulating poison and the risk of eventual collapse still existed, for current Little Fairy Doctor it was a huge relief.
This "disaster" had been greatly reduced.
"Congratulations, Big Sister Little Fairy Doctor." Xun Er sincerely congratulated her. With Little Fairy Doctor able to control her desire and fully awakened, following beside Xiao Ting would make Xun Er much more at ease.
"Thank you." Little Fairy Doctor smiled brightly, beautiful as a celestial immortal. Her features had become more three-dimensional, skin like jade, silver hair dancing—the ethereal temperament now carried a sense of danger. She had been a rare beauty; now she was an absolute beauty. Even Xun Er was momentarily dazed.
Once she recovered, Xun Er sighed: It benefits Big Brother Xiao Ting.
"Big Sister Little Fairy Doctor, don't get too happy yet." Thinking of Xiao Ting, Xun Er sighed lightly. "You should first think about how to explain your appearance when Big Brother Xiao Ting sees you tomorrow."
Little Fairy Doctor: !!!
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