Dugu Yan's voice was very soft, carrying a deep sense of suppression:
"I'll only reveal a few things. Don't ask any more after this, Junior Chen Yuan. My grandfather and I are indeed afflicted by a deadly poison. This poison comes from our Martial Souls. As we acquire more Spirit Rings, it erodes our bodies as well. It is like a curse, incurable by any medicine. Only death can bring release."
Seeing how despairing she was, Chen Yuan considered his words before comforting her.
"Actually, there's no need to be so hopeless. I've done some research on Martial Souls. A Martial Soul is another self, the other side of our One Body, Two Sides. Perhaps that is why the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's poison corrodes the body."
"A Martial Soul can bear deadly poison, but the body will be eroded by it. In that case, find a way for the body to bear the poison as well. Senior, if you had a poison-type Spirit Bone, then when you absorbed Spirit Rings in the future, you could filter out the poison and store it in the Spirit Bone. That way, the poison in your body should no longer worsen."
"Although Spirit Bones are rare treasures, it shouldn't be completely impossible for Dugu Your Majesty to obtain one. A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone should be enough to keep Senior out of mortal danger for the time being. But as your strength rises and the poison grows more potent, one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone definitely won't be enough. At that point, you'll need a second, a third..."
As Chen Yuan's words fell, Dugu Yan's eyes grew brighter and brighter. Hope actually arose in her once-desperate heart. If she could live, she did not wish to die.
Looking at Chen Yuan, Dugu Yan