"Greetings."
A soft voice emerged from the entrance of the corridor and Xiao Feng raised his head.
A young woman wearing a pale white dress walked gracefully into the hall and bowed slightly toward him.
Her expression appeared calm, while her gentle and ethereal temperament made her stand out from the noisy mercenaries and merchants around them.
She soon noticed Kisara hugging Xiao Feng's arm and surprise flashed briefly through her eyes.
Kisara was beautiful, but unlike Xiao Yixian's gentle and approachable appearance, her beauty possessed a sharp and confident quality.
The way she held Xiao Feng also revealed their intimate relationship.
Seeing the medicine bottle in Xiao Feng's hand, Xiao Yixian approached with a natural smile.
"I am the doctor who prepared that medicinal powder. People here call me Xiao Yixian."
Xiao Feng looked at her and his gaze swept across her body before finally falling upon the slender waist bound by a green belt.
The description from the original work had not exaggerated her famous waist.
If anything, it had failed to properly convey just how slender and graceful it appeared in person.
This waist, it is not an exaggeration to say that I can fall just for this waist.
A hint of admiration flashed through Xiao Feng's eyes.
Before his gaze could remain there for more than a moment, a pair of fingers quietly pinched the flesh on his arm.
Xiao Feng looked beside him.
Kisara continued smiling politely at Xiao Yixian, but the look in her eyes carried a clear warning.
"Ahem!" Xiao Feng coughed and retracted his gaze.
Mistake, I shouldn't have brought Kisara. It would have better to visit alone to admire Xiao Yixian, one of my waifus.
Xiao Yixian looked at the interaction between the two and a trace of amusement appeared in her eyes. She covered her lips and let out a quiet laugh.
The faint tension surrounding the mysterious expert immediately weakened.
"I wonder why this lord wished to meet me."
Xiao Feng looked at her more carefully. This time, he tried to look serious, though his gaze still shifted to her waist from time to time.
"Have you been consuming poison?"
"Huh?!"
Hearing the words, the calm expression on Xiao Yixian's face was instantly swallowed by panic.
Although she reacted almost immediately and attempted to conceal it, the heart beating violently within her chest could not escape Xiao Feng's perception.
This was her greatest secret, she had never revealed it to anyone. How had this person discovered it after merely looking at her?
Could his perception truly penetrate her body and reveal what was hidden inside her stomach?
Kisara noticed the girl's sudden reaction and her teasing expression faded slightly. She did not release Xiao Feng's arm, but her gaze became more attentive.
"My lord..."
Xiao Yixian quickly scanned the surroundings. After confirming that none of the nearby customers were paying attention to their conversation, she managed to calm herself.
"What do you mean?"
She forced a bewildered expression onto her face, "I'm not even twenty years old. I haven't lived nearly long enough. Why would I commit suicide by taking poison?"
No matter what, she had to fool him first.
The powerful young man did not appear hostile. Perhaps he had merely spoken carelessly after noticing some medicinal fragrance on her body.
Before Xiao Feng could answer, Kisara spoke, "He didn't say you were trying to kill yourself. He asked whether you were consuming poison. Those are two very different things."
Xiao Yixian's fingers trembled slightly.
Kisara had spent years dealing with ambitious nobles, dishonest officials, and criminal organizations.
Although she could not sense poison like Xiao Feng, she could easily recognize when someone was deliberately avoiding a question.
Xiao Yixian looked at her cautiously.
Kisara smiled and said softly, "Relax. If we intended to expose you, we wouldn't be discussing this so quietly."
Hearing her words, Xiao Yixian fell silent.
"I can smell it. These substances are extremely familiar to me."
Xiao Feng raised the medicine bottle in his hand. He extended one finger and gently stirred the air between them.
A nearly invisible stream of coloured gas gathered from the surrounding atmosphere. It was so faint that an ordinary person would never have noticed its existence.
"Blood Chrysanthemum Thorns, Poison Ivy, and Snake Scale Powder..."
Xiao Feng identified each ingredient without hesitation.
"These are ordinary materials frequently used in healing medicines. I didn't expect you to combine them into such a potent poison."
Xiao Yixian's talent for making poisons is almost catching up with his talent in cultivation.
All I can say is that every profession has its specialties.
It seemed that she was completely tied to poison in her life, with both her physique and her talent affecting the same aspect.
Kisara glanced at the thin stream of gas and instinctively moved a little closer to Xiao Feng.
Although she trusted that he would not allow it to harm her, her experiences in the Black Bullet world had taught her not to underestimate substances capable of entering the body unnoticed.
Xiao Yixian stared at the poisonous gas gathered above Xiao Feng's finger.
Shock appeared in her eyes.
The poison she had prepared was extremely subtle. Even she could barely detect it once it had dispersed into the air. Yet this man had not only noticed it but had also separated it from the surrounding atmosphere.
His sensitivity toward poison might be even greater than her own.
"This..."
Xiao Yixian's expression became stiff.
"I'm a young woman who frequently enters the mountain range to gather herbs. Isn't it normal for me to prepare some poison for self-defence?"
"What you said about taking poison, I'm afraid you didn't hear rumors from the outside world?"
The exposure to the poison could mean the complete collapse of her identity as a doctor, which she had worked so hard to build up over the years.
It is possible that the entire Qingshan Town will launch a campaign to eliminate the "big poison master" and find a way to get rid of this dangerous element.
If things really come to that point.
There were dozens or even hundreds of mercenary groups of all sizes stationed in the town, and she probably had no chance of escaping.
"Rumors? But now you're spewing poison... I'm not blind, of course, I can see it." Xiao Feng sighed.
He really saw it.
After all, both his cultivation and Alchemy levels are there.
Xiao Yixian suddenly stepped backward and covered her mouth tightly.
A moment later, she realized that she had absorbed and refined the poison extremely thoroughly. There should have been almost no residue remaining inside her mouth.
If the person before her was not merely attempting to frighten her, then his perception was terrifyingly powerful.
It might even be more sensitive toward toxins than her own Woeful Poison Body.
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