"It'll give you diarrhea."
Yara's tone was calm. "A Resentful Spirit's Spiritual Energy Fragment naturally contains a great deal of malicious obsession. When you eat it, the crystal's natural melting process will irritate your stomach. As for going mad, you're probably overthinking it. With your constitution, you'd have to eat at least a few hundred before that even becomes a concern."
"...So, would taking some Imodium work?"
After a moment of silence and a quick wisecrack, Su Zhou didn't hesitate. He tossed the gray Spiritual Energy Fragment into his mouth and crushed it with his teeth.
Instantly, a burst of Spiritual Qi, far denser than that of the surrounding environment, erupted in his mouth. Then, carrying traces of obsessive malice, it sank into his stomach.
