Wuxia Across the Heavens: I Collect Side Effects

Yin Li, who was standing to the side, had already curiously approached the table and was standing on tiptoe to examine the brocade box. But the moment Su Xin opened the lid, she was so frightened that she shrank back and quickly hid in Su Ying's arms.

It only dared to peek out its little head, opening one eye, looking at the spider in the box with a mixture of curiosity and fear.

It was a colorful spider the size of a billiard ball, its colors even more vibrant than the larvae, with a ghostly blue glow on its toes, making it a sight to behold and inspiring fear.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xin took a deep breath, slowly extended his right hand, and reached his fingertips toward the adult flower spider.

As if sensing the fresh blood and energy, the spider instantly became agitated, leaping up and biting Su Xin's fingertip hard. Its sharp mandibles pierced the skin, and a trace of dark blue venom instantly spread along the wound.

Hiding in Su Ying's arms, Yin Li's heart leaped into her throat. She gripped Su Ying's sleeve tightly with her small hands and whispered in alarm, "Brother Xin!"

Su Ying also clenched her hands subconsciously, her eyes filled with tension. She wanted to go forward to check on her, but Su Xin raised his hand to stop her: "Aunt, it's alright, I'm fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Xin closed his eyes, resumed his cultivation posture, focused his mind and guided his internal energy to gradually refine the toxin injected by the flower spider.

The system's pain shield was still effective. He only felt a slight coolness at his fingertips, without any stinging pain. With the system's assistance, the domineering toxin had become much milder, slowly flowing into his dantian along his blood vessels and gradually merging with the internal energy and toxins already in his body.

Su Ying stood to the side, her gaze fixed on Su Xin, barely daring to breathe, watching his expression while comforting Yin Li in her arms.

Yin Li gradually relaxed, still nestled in her mother's arms, but staring intently at Su Xin with her two round eyes, her gaze filled with admiration.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn passes in the blink of an eye. A faint, ethereal blue halo appeared around Su Xin, which then slowly dissipated.

He slowly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. The toxins in his body had completely merged with his internal energy without any leakage. The internal energy in his dantian was also more abundant than before, and his cultivation of the "Thousand Spider Poison Hand" had quietly taken another step forward.

As soon as he stood up, he felt a burning gaze fall on his face. He looked up and saw Su Ying leaning forward, carefully examining his eyebrows, eyes, and cheeks. Her fingertips even subconsciously wanted to touch his skin, her face full of disbelief.

Su Xin's face was still as handsome as jade, fair and radiant. There were no dark spots caused by the toxins, not even a trace of dullness. On the contrary, his complexion was even better than before he started cultivating.

Su Ying was filled with amazement, thinking to herself: The Thousand Spider Poison Hand has truly become different in my nephew's hands!

An ordinary person cultivating would have had their appearance eroded by the toxins by now, but he was completely unharmed. Could it be that her nephew possessed a special constitution that she had never known before?

Perhaps, he is the true chosen one of the Thousand Spider Poison Hands, the most suitable person to cultivate this technique.

Yin Li, standing beside Su Ying, imitated her, tiptoed closer to Su Xin, frowned slightly, and meticulously examined his face, from his forehead to his chin. After a while, she finally smiled sweetly and said in a clear voice, "Brother Xin, you're so handsome!"

Su Xin laughed at her words and reached out to ruffle her hair: "You're so good with words."

Su Ying also came to her senses, a relieved and excited smile on her face, her tone full of emotion: "I never thought that you, Xin'er, would be such a genius in cultivating the Thousand Spider Poison Hand! If I had known this earlier, I should have given you the manual sooner, so that you wouldn't have wasted a year of your time and suffered in vain."

She paused, then explained in detail: "This Thousand Spider Poison Hand is a family martial art of our Su family, with boundless power. When you cultivate it to the Hundred Spider level, your fingertips are poisonous, and the skin touched by it will immediately turn blue and purplish and fester. Even a first-rate master can be severely injured by you. When you cultivate it to the Thousand Spider level, it is even more deadly. Unless you are a top-notch internal energy master, you will not be able to escape. At that time, when you unleash your internal energy, you can also form a poison barrier similar to sword energy, combining offense and defense. The most valuable thing is that this martial art has no upper limit. As long as you are willing to put in the effort, you can continue to cultivate it indefinitely."

Upon hearing this, Su Xin felt a surge of joy and nodded repeatedly.

In this sense, aside from its original side effects, the Thousand Spider Poison Hand is actually an advantage for him. Everything else about it is top-notch, perfectly suited to his system, and will allow him to quickly gain enough strength to protect his aunt and Yin Li.

What delighted him even more was that he could refine toxins and cultivate techniques much faster than ordinary people.

Others would need several days to cultivate a fully grown flower spider, but he only needed a quarter of an hour. Such talent, without the system's support, would probably be unbelievable even to himself.

He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had known earlier that the Thousand Spider Poison Hand could be adapted to him and could be transformed into an advantage by the system, he wouldn't have wasted this year after his rebirth, worrying every day about those internal cultivation methods that he couldn't practice, and suffering a year of powerlessness and frustration for nothing.

Suppressing his emotions, Su Xin looked at Su Ying with a firm gaze and said solemnly, "Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely cultivate this family martial art well, practice diligently, and never let this skill down, nor will I let you down."

Seeing the determination in his eyes, Su Ying felt even more gratified. She nodded vigorously and said solemnly, "Good! Good child! From now on, I will fully support your cultivation, find more colorful flower spiders, and help you improve your cultivation as soon as possible, so that you can reproduce the divine power of the Thousand Spider Venomous Hands of our Su family ancestors!"

Since the day Su Xin refined into a variegated flower spider and advanced his cultivation, Su Ying has been completely at ease and has devoted herself to helping Su Xin collect variegated flower spiders.

She used all her connections in the Yin family and asked people to search for them in the mountains outside the city, hoping to find enough flower spiders as soon as possible to help Su Xin speed up his cultivation.

And Su Xin did not disappoint Su Ying's painstaking efforts.

With the system's support, he was able to refine the flower spiders at an astonishing speed, almost ten a day, rapidly absorbing their toxins and essence and transforming them into his own internal energy and poison cultivation.

In just a few days, his internal energy increased several times over, his Thousand Spider Poison Hand technique steadily improved, and his disfigurement skills quietly upgraded. Not only were the poisons more potent, but the scars left behind were also more difficult to remove.

Such astonishing cultivation speed could not be hidden in the end, nor did the three of them intend to hide it.

The servants in the mansion were talking about it. Some said that Su Xin was exceptionally talented and was a martial arts prodigy who was a once-in-a-century talent.

Some people privately speculated that Su Ying wanted to use the Su family's martial arts to gain a foothold in the Yin family and even rival the second aunt.

These rumors naturally reached the ears of the second aunt.