"Miss! Please sit down!"

The Rabbit Heroine turned her head and saw Wuqiu Shidong rushing over to support the Pharmacist’s Wish back to the camp.

The Pharmacist’s Wish still had a face full of green marks, sitting on a rock, focusing on adjusting her breath, seemingly trying to use Qi Blood to suppress and expel the toxins.

Yan Qing observed this and faintly realized the difference between her and the locals—for her, this was merely a poison that would disappear in seven seconds automatically, but for the Pharmacist’s Wish and the others, they needed to metabolize to expel the toxins from their blood.

No wonder Ye Kai was so confident in the Purple Luo Smoke, because in his perception, the Purple Luo Smoke has a very long duration and the poisoning symptoms are quite unbearable, even if he didn’t pursue, the messenger would be poisoned to death. Someone like her who can quickly metabolize toxins without any poisoning symptoms was something he couldn’t even imagine; he must have thought she had some sort of item to weaken the poison.

Little did he know this was just a basic characteristic of a game character.

The Rabbit Heroine handed over a Blood Replenishing Pill, and the Pharmacist’s Wish didn’t hesitate, reached out, and took it.

The Blood Replenishing Pill certainly wasn’t the right remedy, but the messenger had a robust Qi Blood, as long as her health was replenished, she could naturally suppress the poison.

"I’m sorry, sister." Her first words after suppressing the poison were an apology: "I originally wanted to deal with them all, but in the end, it still dirtied your hands."

"This heroine’s sword is meant for this very purpose." The Rabbit Heroine asked, "Do you have a way to suppress the effects of poisoning?"

Yan Qing was quite curious because Ye Kai was very certain that a normal person would suffer unbearable pain after being poisoned, leading to a loss of combat ability, so how was the Pharmacist’s Wish immune?

"There’s no way." The Pharmacist’s Wish said indifferently, "But just some bit of pain, what can it do to me? They believed too much in these minor tricks, which is why you and I could slay them. By the way, are you alright, sister?"

What a strong demeanor! The Rabbit Heroine couldn’t lose either!

"My brother feeds me bitter melon every day, which is much more unpleasant than this poison." The Rabbit Heroine said breezily, "I just let out a fart to expel the poison, if you take a deep breath you might even smell the toxic gas."

Upon hearing this, Wuqiu Shidong immediately went to search the bodies for loot, leaving the Pharmacist’s Wish alone on the rock with her mouth twitching, but she couldn’t think of a reason to escape far away.

"Just kidding, the toxic gas can’t be expelled that easily." The Rabbit Heroine comforted, "I only let out a regular fart." Hearing the first half, the Pharmacist’s Wish subconsciously resumed breathing, but upon hearing the latter half, she immediately started coughing.

Soon the maids returned with the spoils, only two pairs of gloves and a few bottles of Blood Replenishing Pills. The Pharmacist’s Wish glanced at them, and seeing the black glow on the gloves, she shook her head: "Polluted Demonic Path Tokens can’t be used by anyone, just discard them."

This also illustrates why demonic messengers are unwelcome: their tokens become permanently bound.

Even if they die, their most precious tokens are unusable by others, and they just happen to excel at killing messengers. Even if a small military town receives news of a demonic messenger’s appearance, they likely would pretend not to know and ignore it.

The Pharmacist’s Wish suddenly remembered something and earnestly said to the Rabbit Heroine, "Sister, when that demonic thief mentioned the secret technique of artifact refinement, I stopped to deceive him, not because I was truly interested. My goal is to inherit the Foundation Establishment legacy, and then return to the Zhou Kingdom for revenge. I have no intention of following the Demonic Path."

The Rabbit Heroine nodded and asked, "What is the secret technique of artifact refinement?"

The Pharmacist’s Wish hesitated for a moment: "The secret technique of artifact refinement is the trick by which demonic thieves convert tokens into Demonic Path Tokens. Similar tokens may manifest different powers in the hands of different demonic messengers; some powers are more powerful and useful, so they record the conversion process, and successors can likely acquire the power they want by following the steps... That’s all I know."

Yan Qing thought about the Hundred Poison Silk Hand, which indeed has two additional effects: extending poison duration by two seconds and reducing the efficacy of recovery items by 70%, which is quite practical.

But Yan Qing had never heard of such a thing as the secret technique of artifact refinement in the game, nor was it in any player strategy guides. If the added Asura effects were random, players would have cursed the developers thoroughly. Since Yan Qing hadn’t heard of such a trend, the more likely possibility is... that the Asura effects aren’t random for players, and they can select the entries they want in the game.

But for the local demonic messengers, it should be random, which is why this mystical secret technique of artifact refinement exists, probably akin to drawing cards at 4 a.m. having a better hit rate.

The bodies couldn’t be left to draw in wild beasts like that, so as Wuqiu Shidong dug pits to bury them, dawn was already breaking. The Pharmacist’s Wish said, "You all can sleep a bit more, I’ll take the watch for now."

"Are you sure you don’t want to rest a bit more?" the Rabbit Heroine said, "You still don’t look well."

"No need to worry." The Pharmacist’s Wish took out a box from her chest, and from it, she took out a jade earring, its pendant glowed with a faint blue light, clearly a Rare Token: "The Eternal Protection Earrings will suppress abnormal states and speed up my recovery."

Yan Qing blinked. Since you have something like this, why didn’t you wear it earlier? And...

"It’s called the Exorcism Earrings." The Rabbit Heroine said.

The Pharmacist’s Wish paused slightly, then smiled faintly: "Sorry, sister, I still prefer the name Eternal Protection Earrings."

Yan Qing only corrected the name reflexively, and since the Pharmacist’s Wish said so, he didn’t care.

After Wuqiu Shidong went inside the tent, he asked through the Rabbit Heroine an intriguing question: "Since you seek revenge, why not choose the Demonic Path? If you had a Demonic Path Token, even without my help, you could have defeated yesterday’s villain."

"I’m not encouraging you to take the Demonic Path, but my brother once said, if justice cannot be found within the bounds of rules, then crime is no longer a shameful choice."

The Pharmacist’s Wish was silent for a moment: "Your brother speaks well. But my father already rebelled against the king, and if even I become a demonic thief, then wouldn’t our lineage truly become a sinful bloodline? My revenge isn’t just about killing my enemies, I want to restore the Ba River Pharmacist Family’s honor, and return to the Zhou Kingdom with dignity... Revenge is just a trivial beginning, I have greater goals waiting for me to achieve."

Both the Rabbit Heroine and Yan Qing, watching from outside the screen, were captivated listening; the Pharmacist’s Wish’s voice was gentle, her tone neither too fast nor too slow, without much fluctuation, just laying out her thoughts plainly, but so sure of her words that every word carried strength, without needing embellishment and yet full of purpose.

"So, sister, would you like to join me in achieving great things?" She suddenly smiled, turning her head to invite the Rabbit Heroine once more.

"I’m sleepy." The Rabbit Heroine slipped into the tent, and Yan Qing logged off to sleep back into a deep slumber.

The morning breeze blew through the forest, the leaves rustled, taking away the metallic scent in the air.

The Pharmacist’s Wish sat on the ground, leaning against a rock, holding the Soul-Breaking Spear in her arms, staring blankly at the nearly burnt-out pile of firewood.

She reached out to touch the Eternal Protection Earrings, a complex expression appeared on her face.

"Earring, child returns, earring, child returns..." she murmured softly, suddenly chuckled bitterly, the corners of her mouth lifting into a ridiculing arc: "How could such a soft thought exist in the mind of such an old, unyielding soldier..."