Bai Xifeng sat in a meditative trance, her breath hitching as she felt the raw, unrefined Qi finally penetrate her skin. It was no longer just "thick air"; it was a living current, buzzing beneath her flesh like a thousand tiny sparks.
"Can you feel the resonance?" Baishe asked, his serpentine voice low and expectant.
"Yes... it's everywhere," Bai Xifeng whispered, her eyes squeezed shut as she focused on the internal sensation.
"Good. Now, you must locate the center of your being. Seek out your Sea of Qi, the reservoir where your spiritual energy is stored. Once you find it, let your consciousness submerge into the depths and follow the flow," Baishe instructed, his tone that of a seasoned mentor.
Bai Xifeng followed his guidance without hesitation. As she delved deeper into her own subconscious, the darkness of her mind began to bloom with light. However, what she found there left her utterly bewildered.
"Baishe, you said there would be a sea," Bai Xifeng began, her brow furrowing in confusion. "But I see two of them. They're sitting right next to each other. One is a shimmering, radiant gold... but the other is a swirling, abyssal black."
Baishe froze, his ruby eyes widening in sheer disbelief. 'Two? That's impossible.' In the history of cultivation, a person possessed but a single Sea of Qi. To have two separate reservoirs was a phenomenon that defied the very laws of nature.
Without a word, Baishe shifted into his human form and gripped her hand. He sent a thread of his own divine essence into her body, racing through her meridians until he reached her core. When his spiritual vision finally beheld her internal landscape, he was struck speechless.
There, resting side-by-side in a delicate, tense equilibrium, were two vast oceans of energy. They did not mix; they did not clash. They simply existed together, divided by an invisible, unbreakable line.
'What kind of monster have I found?' Baishe asked himself, his heart hammering against his ribs. 'This girl is far more than a mere reincarnation.'
He cautiously approached the twin seas to investigate. The golden expanse was familiar—pure, concentrated spiritual Qi. But as he turned his attention to the black sea, he sensed something far more sinister. He observed the dark, churning liquid carefully, and after a few tense minutes, the truth dawned on him.
The black reservoir wasn't made of Qi at all. It was the concentrated essence of the poisons she had just "detoxified." Instead of being purged from her system, the toxins had been refined and compressed, forming a second, lethal sea right beside her spiritual one. Baishe withdrew his consciousness from her body, his face pale as he looked at her.
"The golden sea is indeed your Sea of Qi," he began, his voice wavering slightly.
"And the other one?" Bai Xifeng asked, her eyes snapping open. She didn't miss the hesitation in his voice or the way his hands trembled. "Why do you look like you've just seen a ghost? Tell me what it is."
"It is a Sea of Poison," Baishe revealed, his tone a mix of awe and dread. "The antidotes you just consumed didn't wash the toxins away. Instead, your body has performed a miracle of transmutation. It has gathered those poisons and forged them into a second reservoir. In all my thousands of years, I have never witnessed such a bizarre and terrifying development."
"Is it dangerous? Will it kill me?" Bai Xifeng asked, though she didn't sound particularly scared. If anything, she looked intrigued.
"Do you feel any pain? Any burning or corrosive sensations?" Baishe inquired, watching her closely for any sign of distress.
"No," Bai Xifeng said, shaking her head. "I actually feel stronger. More complete."
"Then I suppose, for the time being, we can consider it a blessing," Baishe said, though his worry remained. "But you must promise me: if you feel the slightest bit of discomfort or if that black sea starts to overflow, you must tell me immediately."
"Deal," Bai Xifeng nodded, her mind already racing with the possibilities of having a literal ocean of poison at her disposal.
"For now, you must begin your true education," Baishe said. He gestured with his hand, and several heavy, ancient-looking volumes materialized out of thin air. He passed the stack to her.
"What are these?"
"The Records of the Myriad Toxins," Baishe explained, pointing to the titles embossed in silver. "The ultimate guides to every poison known to the heavens and the earth."
He then handed her a long slip of parchment. "And this... this is the list I promised. It contains every poison currently saturating your blood. You must learn to master and detoxify them one by one. Be warned, Xifeng: the further down the list you go, the more ancient and soul-shattering the poisons become. Your journey has only just begun."
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