Looking at Lin Yuan's teasing expression, the Little Fairy Doctor narrowed her eyes, and a hint of danger flashed within them as she said coldly,
"Lin Yuan, oh Lin Yuan, it seems you still think of me as the girl I was two years ago—the little woman you could bully however you pleased."
As she spoke, a concealed yet powerful aura surged from her body.
However, Lin Yuan seemed like an unfeeling block of wood. His gaze swept lightly over her snow-white hair, and the smile on his face became even brighter, carrying a trace of cunning.
Finally, just as the Little Fairy Doctor was on the verge of exploding, he quickly withdrew the teasing expression from his face.
"Mm, not bad." Nodding, Lin Yuan straightened his expression and said softly, "Little Fairy Doctor, it's been two years, and your temper has certainly grown. However, when you're angry like this, you seem far more alive than you did just now."
"I still prefer this expression of yours. That dejected look from earlier doesn't suit you at all."
'Was he doing this on purpose again? Just to cheer me up?'
Hearing this, the Little Fairy Doctor sighed inwardly, feeling as though she had punched a ball of cotton.
She glared fiercely at Lin Yuan, rubbed her forehead, and said helplessly, "Lin Yuan, you're still as skilled as ever at making me angry. Fine, I'll let you off this time. But if you do this again, I'll beat you into a pig's head!"
"Many thanks." Lin Yuan nodded slightly before asking, "Let's talk about something serious. Little Fairy Doctor, have you found any clues regarding a method to solve the eruption of the Woeful Poison Body?"
The moment the topic turned serious, the expression on the Little Fairy Doctor's face also became solemn.
She shook her head and said gravely,
"Although Chu Yun is considered the holy land of poison masters and I've destroyed many sects and obtained countless records, I still haven't found any clues. And my Woeful Poison Body isn't far from erupting."
"Oh? Then that's wonderful," Lin Yuan said.
"Hm?" The Little Fairy Doctor looked at him, danger appearing once again in her eyes. "And what exactly is that supposed to mean?"
Seeing her reaction, Lin Yuan waved his hand and explained,
"I mean that my efforts weren't wasted after all. I've already obtained the method to solve the Woeful Poison Body!"
"What? You found the solution?"
The Little Fairy Doctor was immediately startled.
She frowned slightly and stared deeply at Lin Yuan's handsome face. Yet, her heart inexplicably calmed down, because she could see that his eyes were extremely serious. He didn't look like he was joking.
After a moment, she asked in a low voice,
"You're not joking, are you? If you're joking about something like this, I really will get angry."
There was both hope and hesitation in her voice.
She understood Lin Yuan's personality, but no one knew better than she did just how troublesome the Woeful Poison Body was.
"Of course I'm not joking," Lin Yuan replied with a smile.
As he spoke, he flipped his hand, and a dark gray scroll appeared in his palm.
He handed it to the Little Fairy Doctor and said seriously,
"The method to solve it is in here. Take a look. However, prepare yourself mentally. The materials mentioned within are still rather difficult to gather."
Hearing this, the Little Fairy Doctor took the scroll. A trace of excitement flashed through her eyes as she carefully unfolded it and began reading.
"The Poison Pill Method. Gather all the accumulated toxins within the body and condense them into a Poison Pill. Once the Poison Pill is formed, the Woeful Poison Body will truly become a terrifying physique."
As time passed and the contents of the scroll entered her eyes, the excitement within them gradually dimmed.
Just as Lin Yuan had said, gathering all the materials required for the Poison Pill Method was simply too difficult for her.
The greatest issue was time.
Her Woeful Poison Body had already matured, and she did not have much time left. To gather three Heavenly Flames, the Bodhisattva Transforming Body Saliva, and the Magic Core of a seventh-tier Heaven Scorpion Venom Dragon Beast within the limited time remaining.
That was simply too difficult.
"Heh…"
The Little Fairy Doctor smiled bitterly and sighed.
"Fate truly enjoys toying with people. It let me obtain this method, yet it refuses to give me enough time."
Seeing her dejected appearance, Lin Yuan gently patted her shoulder, conveying comfort without the slightest hint of frivolity.
"You are the possessor of the Woeful Poison Body. You are someone destined to struggle against fate itself. How can you speak of giving up so easily?"
"Besides, don't you still have me as your friend? Since I've come here, I naturally intend to help you solve this matter."
After a pause, he continued, "Although the materials required for the Poison Pill Method are difficult to obtain, I have either already acquired them or at least have clues regarding them."
"What?"
The dimness in the Little Fairy Doctor's eyes instantly vanished.
"Is that true?" she asked hurriedly.
"It's true." Lin Yuan nodded and smiled. "At the very least, we've already gathered the three Heavenly Flames. I possess two Heavenly Flames and a Heavenly Flame Seed. Together with your Nether Poison Flame, the first requirement has already been fulfilled."
"You possess two Heavenly Flames and a Heavenly Flame Seed?"
The Little Fairy Doctor was stunned.
She was no longer ignorant of cultivation. How could one person possibly possess multiple Heavenly Flames?
"Heh, you'll understand in the future. It's not actually that difficult."
Lin Yuan smiled gently.
"You already know about the Green Lotus Core Flame. As for the other Heavenly Flame and the Flame Seed, let me show you."
As he spoke, his finger moved slightly.
A deep blue flame accompanied by a concealed wave of Spiritual Strength emerged from the Soul Ring in his hand.
"This is the fifteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame, the Sea Heart Flame."
Immediately afterward, another invisible flame emerged from the place where his Dou Qi meridians converged.
"This is a Flame Seed of the Fallen Heart Flame."
Seeing this, joy surged into the Little Fairy Doctor's eyes.
"I never imagined you would possess so many Heavenly Flames. That's wonderful."
"And it seems your strength isn't as simple as it appears on the surface either. What a pity, I really thought I had already surpassed you."
The moment Lin Yuan released the Sea Heart Flame, the Little Fairy Doctor, standing so close to him, sensed the aura of the Blood Soul.
That aura was not inferior to her own in the slightest.
"Heh, young lady, keep working hard."
Lin Yuan withdrew the Heavenly Flames and chuckled.
"It's not so easy to surpass me."
"If you truly want to surpass me, then first condense your Poison Pill and completely gain control of the Woeful Poison Body."
"I will!"
The Little Fairy Doctor nodded, her tone becoming much more spirited.
"What about the other two materials?"
"The chances of obtaining the other two are quite high."
Lin Yuan nodded steadily.
"You don't need to worry about the Bodhisattva Transforming Body Saliva. I've already reached an agreement with a powerful expert and a major faction. They'll give me two portions."
"As for the Heaven Scorpion Venom Dragon Beast's Magic Core, I've already discovered the location of a seventh-tier Heaven Scorpion Venom Dragon Beast. It's in the Fallen God Ravine of Central Plains."
Hearing this, the Little Fairy Doctor looked at Lin Yuan's faint smile and couldn't help but feel stunned.
Those three nearly impossible materials are almost all gathered already?
Could I truly condense this Poison Pill and successfully overcome the fate of the Woeful Poison Body?
For a moment, she was speechless, not knowing what to say.
However, Lin Yuan had not finished speaking.
"Besides that, I have another piece of good news for you, about the path of your future cultivation…"
Thus, he told her about the Woeful Poison Ancient Tomb in the Central Plains.
After hearing Lin Yuan's explanation, the Little Fairy Doctor fell into deep silence.
Yet deep within her violet-gray eyes, a trace of warmth appeared.
Is this what friendship feels like? Or perhaps something else?
"Why?" The Little Fairy Doctor asked softly. "Whether it was investigating all this information or preparing these materials, both required an enormous amount of effort. Why would you go this far for me?"
"Uh…" Lin Yuan pondered for a moment before saying, "Aren't we friends? Isn't this what friends are supposed to do?"
The Little Fairy Doctor did not reply. She merely stared at Lin Yuan.
She was not a fool, and Lin Yuan was definitely not the kind of person who valued friendship to such an extent. At the very least, he would never do this much solely for friendship.
Seeing her expression, Lin Yuan scratched his cheek and admitted frankly, "Alright then, I'll be honest. There are many reasons. I'm attracted to your beauty, I'm attracted to your talent, or perhaps it's simply because of fate. That's all."
"Fate, huh?" The Little Fairy Doctor smiled brightly and said firmly, "Then let's say it's because of fate. Thank you, Lin Yuan. From now on, your business is my business."
Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly. "So only the reason of 'fate' sounds acceptable to you, and you've completely ignored the others?"
However, he wisely chose not to press the matter and merely nodded calmly.
"For now, let's leave it at that, Little Fa—"
Just as Lin Yuan was about to continue, a little head suddenly squeezed between him and the Little Fairy Doctor.
"Brother, you two are chatting so happily. Did you forget about me?" Zi Yan said gloomily.
Lin Yuan smiled awkwardly and pulled Zi Yan in front of him, wrapping his arms around her neck as he introduced her.
"Little Fairy Doctor, let me introduce you. This is the little sister I've mentioned to you before, Zi Yan!"
"Zi Yan, this is the Little Fairy Doctor that Qing'er and I have told you about."
The Little Fairy Doctor looked at Zi Yan and smiled warmly.
"Hello, Zi Yan. You're really adorable. No wonder Lin Yuan was so proud whenever he mentioned you."
"Hehe!" Hearing the compliment, Zi Yan immediately grinned proudly, and her impression of the Little Fairy Doctor improved.
"Hello, Big Sister Little Fairy Doctor! You're just like Sister Qing Lin said very gentle!"
"Gentle...?" The Little Fairy Doctor was momentarily stunned.
She could only smile bitterly inwardly. If the people of the Chu Yun Empire heard this, there would undoubtedly be an uproar.
After all, the Poison Lady had never been associated with the word "gentle." The words that accompanied her were iron-blooded, cold, and indifferent.
"But Qing Lin..." The Little Fairy Doctor turned toward Lin Yuan.
Sensing her thoughts, Lin Yuan explained before she could ask.
"Qing'er originally insisted on coming with me this time, but she's already entered the state of breaking through from a Dou King to a Dou Emperor, so I firmly refused her."
"However, she asked me to bring you some gifts. She bought them while traveling and hopes you'll like them. Here."
As he spoke, Lin Yuan took out the Recording Stone and two exquisite boxes from his storage ring and handed them to her.
"Is that so?" The Little Fairy Doctor put them away in her storage ring and sighed softly. "That timid little girl is about to become a Dou Emperor as well. I really don't know whether time has passed slowly or quickly..."
"Indeed." Lin Yuan also felt somewhat emotional. "In just two years, all of us have undergone earth-shaking changes."
Meanwhile, Zi Yan had withdrawn her gaze from scanning the Little Fairy Doctor's figure, and an odd, triumphant smile appeared on her face.
"Hehe! This Big Sister Little Fairy Doctor is on the same level as Sister Qing Lin. She's far inferior to my 'Big Zi Yan Mode,' so she's completely harmless. As expected, the only one who can compete with me is Big Sister Xi Yue."
Suddenly, the Little Fairy Doctor felt a strange chill and hostility. Instinctively, she locked onto Zi Yan and asked curiously,
"Little Sister Zi Yan, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing the Little Fairy Doctor's gentle expression, Zi Yan's heart trembled.
"Nothing, nothing! I was just thinking about what we're going to eat later!"
As she spoke, she hurriedly looked up at Lin Yuan and changed the topic.
"Brother, will Big Sister Little Fairy Doctor become my next sister-in-law after Big Sister Xi Yue?"
"Uh..." Lin Yuan pressed down on Zi Yan's little head and said teasingly, "You little girl, why are you blurting out the truth?"
"Next one? Xi Yue?" Hearing Zi Yan's words, the Little Fairy Doctor narrowed her eyes slightly and cast Lin Yuan a calm glance.
'So that's how it is. This fellow is definitely not some pure and innocent gentleman. He's a predator with very clear goals.'
Lin Yuan paid little attention to what she was thinking and continued asking about the Woeful Poison Body.
"Little Fairy Doctor, can you sense exactly when the Woeful Poison Body will erupt?"
The Little Fairy Doctor pondered for a moment before answering seriously,
"As short as one year, or at most two years."
Hearing this, Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly, and his brows furrowed.
"So urgent?"
"It shouldn't have happened this quickly." The Little Fairy Doctor spread out her hand, and a wisp of purple-gray flame carrying a dense aura of death rose gently in her palm.
"But after subduing the Nether Poison Flame, my Woeful Poison Body also underwent changes."
"I can feel that the Nether Poison Flame and the Woeful Poison Body are gradually fusing together, and both of their limits are expanding simultaneously."
"My cultivation has rapidly increased because of the Nether Poison Flame's thousand years of accumulation and the enhancement brought by the Woeful Poison Body. However, at the same time, the eruption of the poison body is drawing closer at an irreversible pace."
Lin Yuan nodded calmly. Although his expression remained unchanged, his heart sank as he stared at the Nether Poison Flame in her hand.
At this moment, the flame's color was no longer the greenish hue recorded in ancient texts but a dangerous purple-gray.
Moreover, although the twentieth-ranked Nether Poison Flame's aura was inferior to the Sea Heart Flame, it had already faintly surpassed the nineteenth-ranked Green Lotus Core Flame.
'So my previous speculation was actually correct. The poison flame and the poison body have indeed undergone a mysterious transformation.'
'Whether this is a blessing or a curse remains to be seen. In the short term, it accelerates the eruption of the Woeful Poison Body, which is bad. But in the long term, it greatly increases the Little Fairy Doctor's potential, which is good.'
After withdrawing his gaze, Lin Yuan thought for a moment before asking,
"Little Fairy Doctor, what do you plan to do next?"
A cold light flashed in her eyes as she said in a deep voice,
"Go to the Fallen God Ravine in the Central Plains as soon as possible and hunt that seventh-tier Sky Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast."
Lin Yuan shook his head.
"Entering the Central Plains should be considered carefully. The fellow in the Fallen God Ravine is extremely powerful, an eight-star Dou Ancestor with the body of a seventh-tier Magical Beast. If you go there with your current cultivation, there's an eighty percent chance you'll end up becoming his bandit bride."
"You should know that your Woeful Poison Body is incredibly attractive to high-tier poison-attributed Magical Beasts."
Hearing this, the Little Fairy Doctor's eyes narrowed.
"An eight-star Dou Ancestor? That is indeed troublesome. After reaching the Dou Ancestor class, every star is a world apart. His combat strength far surpasses mine."
"And that's not all." Lin Yuan's expression became serious.
"The Central Plains' Ice River Valley has also been researching the Woeful Poison Body. They've already recreated an acquired Woeful Poison Body and are now extremely covetous of the innate Woeful Poison Body."
"If you rashly enter the Central Plains and they discover your condition, you'll definitely be captured and used as an experimental subject."
"Ice River Valley?" The Little Fairy Doctor was startled.
"One of the Three Valleys, the Ice River Valley? The faction with a Dou Venerate overseeing it?"
"Precisely. And the one who covets the Woeful Poison Body is none other than the current Valley Master of Ice River Valley, the Ice Venerate."
After Lin Yuan finished speaking, silence fell over the area.
"Troublesome... truly troublesome..."
At one moment, an uncontrollable trace of killing intent suddenly surged within the Little Fairy Doctor's purple-gray eyes. Her Dou Qi and murderous aura fluctuated violently.
"Anyone who stands in my way must die!"
Lin Yuan noticed her abnormal state almost instantly.
'A mixture of clarity and confusion, is this the legendary poison qi of the Woeful Poison Body eroding her mind?'
His expression changed slightly.
Immediately afterward, his eyes sharpened, and he used the technique of the Eight Dragon Sounds to release a mysterious sound.
"Little Fairy Doctor, wake up."
The mysterious sound entered her ears, and the confusion in her eyes instantly vanished.
After a moment of bewilderment, realization dawned upon her.
"I nearly lost control just now? Sorry. After such a rare reunion, you had to see me in such an unsightly state."
"It's nothing." Lin Yuan shook his head gently.
"Your current condition has some issues. I'll take care of it later."
After a pause, he continued,
"Until we resolve the problem of the Woeful Poison Body, you should travel with me. Coincidentally, I'm also planning to head to the Central Plains within the next two years. We can journey together and look after each other there."
"As for the eruption of the Woeful Poison Body, let's work together to delay it. I can more or less be considered an expert in sealing techniques, so we can give it a try."
"Mm." The Little Fairy Doctor nodded gently and did not refuse.
After all, it seemed she could never repay everything she owed him anyway. It didn't matter if she owed Lin Yuan even more in the future.
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