"How does the soul bone feel?"
Xiao Se grinned as he sheathed his sword, watching the giant spider-scythe fade from Xiao Yixian's hand.
"It's great! If I run into those two old fossils from the Jia Ma Empire again, I could beat either one of them until they cry for their ancestors." Xiao Yixian laughed sweetly.
Xiao Se rolled his eyes. "A girl should at least pretend to be ladylike. Keep talking like that and no one will want to marry you."
"I learned it from you." She stuck her tongue out at him, then muttered softly, "Besides… I still have you, don't I?"
"Oh? Then you're my little wife from now on."
Her words caught Xiao Se off guard for half a second—but then a mischievous smirk spread across his lips.
"I'm a poison master, and the host of the Calamity Poison Body. Even if I dared to marry, you wouldn't dare take me, would you?" Xiao Yixian teased, covering her smile with delicate fingers.
Xiao Se didn't answer.
He moved.
He slid an arm around her slender waist and, before she could react, pressed his lips to hers.
It was Xiao Yixian's first intimate contact with the opposite sex. Her heart pounded uncontrollably, her mind turning to mush. Despite two years of life as a cold poison master, beneath it all she was still a girl untouched by worldly affairs.
And she was being kissed.
The warm, masculine scent enveloped her senses. Her nerves tingled. Her mind went blank.
Xiao Se's technique wasn't exactly "master level," but his ability to imitate—especially after learning from his… hands-on lessons with Ya Fei—was frighteningly good. Drawing from countless "action scenes" from his previous life, he applied every classic kissing move with surprising ease.
Within moments, Xiao Yixian was completely overwhelmed—her heartbeat chaotic, her eyes hazy.
Three minutes later, she collapsed against his chest, gasping softly for breath, her cheeks glowing a vivid blush.
"From now on, you're my little wife," Xiao Se whispered gently into her ear. "Don't even dream of running away."
Her body trembled. The flush spread from her cheeks to her neck. She almost nodded… but then—
"Then what about Zhu Qing? And Long Kui? Don't tell me you really treat her as just a sister. And what about that woman from another world who gave you the soul bones, Bibi Dong? She waited for you so many years. Oh, and your childhood sweetheart cousin… don't you dare pretend you forgot her."
"Uh—"
Xiao Se's smile froze.
Her soul-level interrogation left him speechless.
He looked away, pretending to admire the sky.
"Ahem… nice weather today."
"Pfft. Scumbag."
Xiao Yixian stomped hard on his foot with her heel, spun around, flashed a sly smile, unfurled her pale violet wings, and dove off the cliff.
Xiao Se stared after her disappearing figure and sighed.
"The path of building a harem… truly long and difficult."
Right then—
Ding! One month has passed. Congratulations, host, you have obtained one exchange opportunity. Congratulations, host, you have obtained one lottery spin!
Hearing the system's voice, Xiao Se smirked. "Another month already? Looks like Canaan Academy's recruitment is coming up soon."
He pulled a small pouch of powder from his storage ring.
"System, exchange this pack of laxative powder."
He had originally prepared it years ago when stealing from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair. Since it was just gathering dust, he might as well use it as a sacrifice.
Ding! Congratulations, host—
You have obtained: One Stage of Xiao Yan's Dou Qi!
"…What the—"
Two years after obtaining Flame Mantra, he had once again stolen wool from Xiao Yan.
Xiao Se cursed loudly.
Meanwhile — Wu Tan City, Xiao Family
Inside a dim, quiet room—
Xiao Yan sat in a massive wooden bath barrel, forming the hand seals for cultivating Dou Qi. Pale white streams of energy drifted into him as he finally—
broke through to four-stage Dou Qi.
"Four-stage already? And in under a month. Faster than I expected. At this rate, reaching seven-stage within a year shouldn't be a problem."
Yao Lao floated above him, smiling with satisfaction.
"Hehe, all thanks to Teacher's Foundation Elixir. Teacher, about that mysterious technique you mentioned before—the one even more terrifying than a Heaven-rank method—when are you giving it to me?"
Hearing Yao Lao's voice, Xiao Yan stretched lazily, joy bubbling in his chest as his confidence returned.
"Flattery won't get you anywhere. Even if I gave it to you now, you couldn't cultivate it before reaching Dou Zhe. Instead of dreaming, think of how you're going to earn money. That Foundation Elixir only lasts one month." Yao Lao snorted.
Xiao Yan nodded, thinking hard.
But just as he was about to speak—
His body trembled violently.
His face instantly turned ghostly pale.
A wave of dizziness hit him.
After several seconds, he finally recovered.
"Little one, what's wrong?" Yao Lao frowned.
"Teacher… my cultivation just dropped… back to three-stage Dou Qi." Xiao Yan whispered in disbelief.
"Three-stage?"
Yao Lao blinked and immediately scanned Xiao Yan's body. His expression grew serious.
"It really dropped… but your body isn't harmed. How could your Dou Qi suddenly regress?"
Seeing Yao Lao puzzled, Xiao Yan's eyelid twitched.
A dangerous thought flashed across his mind.
"…Teacher, did you drain my Dou Qi again?!"
"Nonsense! You've acknowledged me as your teacher—how could I steal your Dou Qi without your consent?" Yao Lao huffed angrily.
"Then how did it just disappear out of nowhere?!" Xiao Yan's face darkened visibly.
Just as he finished complaining—
Xiao Yan's pupils contracted.
His stomach churned violently.
"Teacher—! I can't hold it—!"
He leapt out of the bath bucket, desperate to run for the toilet.
But this was Xiao Se's custom-made laxative—
strong enough to incapacitate even a rank-three magical beast.
How could a measly three-stage Xiao Yan withstand it?
Before he even landed—
PFFFFFT!!!
A horrifying thunderclap exploded from his lower half.
The bathwater instantly turned a deep, sickly yellow.
The stench filled the entire room.
Yao Lao stared, stunned speechless.
This day became a memory neither master nor disciple would ever escape—
the day they were utterly defeated by… poop.
(End of Chapter)
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