"What are you thinking about?" the Little Fairy Doctor asked, looking at Xiao Tian with puzzlement.
"I'm thinking about how to spend this time with such a great beauty," Xiao Tian replied, snapping out of his thoughts with a smile.
"So, have you figured it out yet?"
"Not yet. But there's something about you I want to tell you," Xiao Tian said, his smile fading as he turned serious.
Seeing his suddenly solemn expression, the Little Fairy Doctor grew nervous. "About me?"
"Yes. I presume you've already read what's recorded on the last page of the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. You also know that you possess the Calamity Poison Body, right?"
"How do you know about my Calamity Poison Body?" The Little Fairy Doctor's body stiffened. Her voice turned forlorn. "Then… are you also afraid of me? A person full of poison? Will you also dislike me?"
Seeing her like this, Xiao Tian couldn't help but pull her into a tight embrace, gently comforting her. "No matter what you become in the future, I will never dislike you. The reason I know is because I also have a special physique and can sense yours. Moreover, I have a way to help you control the poisonous body within you."
"Then it's a promise. You can't dislike me, or I'll be very sad," the Little Fairy Doctor said seriously. "No wonder your gaze was so strange when you saw that Seven-Colored Poison Scripture in the cave that time."
"Mhm." Xiao Tian nodded earnestly.
"You said you can help me control my body's problem? You're not lying to me, right?" The Little Fairy Doctor pulled back from his embrace, her face full of doubt.
"Yes, everything I said is true." A black scroll appeared in Xiao Tian's hand — one he had obtained from the Eternal Dream Realm, which contained over ten thousand Dou Techniques and treasures like that. "This is a cultivation technique perfectly suited for your physique: the Crossing Calamity Poison Sutra."
The Little Fairy Doctor took the scroll. An eager sensation emanated from her body. She opened it and glanced at the contents. The scroll contained a complete method to control the Calamity Poison Body.
One needed a Poison Dragon Inner Core and a drop of Poison Dragon Blood.
Poison Dragon Inner Core: The core of a seventh-tier magical beast, the Blazing Blood Poisonous Flood Dragon, which failed to fully transform into a Poison Dragon. Its inner core had already become a Dragon Core.
Poison Dragon Blood: Blood dripped from a Poison Dragon, capable of strengthening one's physique and granting immunity to all poisons.
The Crossing Calamity Poison Sutra also detailed how to completely master the poisonous physique. After cultivating the technique, one must swallow the Poison Dragon Inner Core, use the Poison Dragon Blood to stimulate the Calamity Poison Body's origin, and finally employ two extremely powerful exotic flames to dissolve the origin into poison energy. This energy would then be guided into the Inner Core to form a Poison Pill, thereby fully controlling the poisonous physique.
The Little Fairy Doctor was shocked. She couldn't help but gasp. "The things required are too outrageous. I've never even heard of them."
"I have the two exotic flames, the Poison Dragon Inner Core, and the Poison Dragon Blood. So I can help you very easily. But first, you need to cultivate this technique to familiarize yourself with it and enhance your strength," Xiao Tian said, looking at her.
"You've prepared everything for me… How can I ever repay you?" The Little Fairy Doctor's eyes welled up with tears.
Before Xiao Tian could speak, a soft, moist sensation touched his lips. Taking advantage of his momentary surprise, the Little Fairy Doctor turned and ran off. "I'm going to cultivate now. You can explore on your own."
Xiao Tian watched her departing figure, touched his lips, and smiled.
Xiao Tian casually found a clean spot, sat down cross-legged, and fully circulated the Dream God Divine Heaven Harmony Art. Thanks to their previous dual cultivation, his body had absorbed a tiny bit of primordial yin energy, and his realm was on the verge of a breakthrough. He frantically absorbed the free-floating heaven-and-earth energy. The aura around him gradually strengthened.
As night approached, his aura surged to a critical point. The heaven-and-earth vital energy formed a vortex and poured down. A powerful wave of energy fluctuations erupted. Xiao Tian's realm successfully broke through to two-star Great Dou Master.
His aura gradually calmed. Xiao Tian opened his eyes.
"Congratulations on your breakthrough. Are you hungry? Come over and eat something," the Little Fairy Doctor's gentle voice chimed from the side.
Xiao Tian stood up and walked over, sitting down beside her. He looked at the simmering mushroom soup in front of him and sniffed the fragrant aroma. "You've been waiting for a long time, haven't you? It smells so good. How can such a simple mushroom soup produce such a fragrant smell? I wonder who will be lucky enough to marry you in the future."
The Little Fairy Doctor smiled happily at his praise. She didn't speak, but her eyes grew even gentler. She reached out her jade hand, took a bowl, filled it with mushroom soup, and handed it to him.
Xiao Tian took the bowl and gulped it down, praising it as he drank. As for being afraid of mushroom poisoning — don't joke around. With exotic flames, spiritual lightning, and his powerful physique, it would be extremely difficult for him to get poisoned.
The Little Fairy Doctor also served herself a bowl and sipped it slowly while happily watching Xiao Tian, clearly pleased by his trust.
She looked at the ravenously eating young man and asked, "What are your plans next?"
"What? Just because I drank a bit more of your mushroom soup, you're going to kick me out?" Xiao Tian said, picking up his bowl to get another serving.
"No, it's not like that! If you like it, drink more," the Little Fairy Doctor said anxiously.
"Look how flustered you are," Xiao Tian laughed.
Annoyed, the Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but playfully punch him with her small fist. "Be serious."
"As for me, I plan to travel around, explore, and look for opportunities," Xiao Tian replied.
"Then… then this burden also wants to follow you around. Are you willing?" the Little Fairy Doctor asked expectantly.
"I couldn't ask for more! With a beauty as a companion, the journey will be even more wonderful. Haha!" Xiao Tian laughed.
Seeing him agree so readily, the Little Fairy Doctor's face lit up with joy. "Then it's settled. You can't leave me behind and just go."
"No problem. But we still need to stay here for a while. For now, you should continue cultivating, but be moderate with the poisons. Take out all your poison powders and poisonous herbs for me," Xiao Tian said.
"What do you need those for?" the Little Fairy Doctor asked while taking out all her poisonous medicines from her storage ring.
Looking at the pile on the ground — Netherworld Flower, Dreamy Vine, Azure Flame Demonic Grass, and various powders — Xiao Tian looked incredulously at the harmless-looking girl in front of him and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "You're too brutal… so much."
"Oh, as a weak little girl, it's normal to have more things for self-defense," the Little Fairy Doctor said, her face flushing as she looked at the items.
"I'll help you refine these into poison pills. That way, they'll be easier to consume and taste better. There's no need to pour large handfuls of powder into your mouth," Xiao Tian said, waving his hand to collect everything. He couldn't help but chuckle as he imagined her eating poisons.
"You're going to die! Who eats poison in large handfuls? When I use it, it's in small amounts, okay?" The Little Fairy Doctor pounced into his arms, repeatedly hitting him with her clenched fists.
"Hahahahaha~" Xiao Tian let her hit him, laughing louder and louder.
After she hit him a dozen times, Xiao Tian grabbed her flailing hand with one hand and wrapped the other around her waist.
The two teased each other, laughing and embracing. Gradually, their eyes met, filled with tender affection. Their hormones intertwined, creating an ambiguous atmosphere around them.