The last girl's name, written on the label beside her tank, was Chen Duo.
Chen Duo seemed more naturally attuned to the poisons than the other children, much like Wang Shan's affinity for the elements. If she hadn't been captured and turned into a human medicine vessel, she might have discovered the existence of qi on her own one day.
Unfortunately, she had been taken to the Medicine Immortal Society. Although qi had formed inside her, it had been contaminated. To protect her, her qi had become somewhat attuned to poison. If Wang Yue cured her of the poison now, she would lose this ability.
Seeing Wang Yue hesitate over the last child, Xia He asked in confusion, "Brother, is the last child difficult to help?"
Wang Yue explained the situation, then said helplessly, "Qi has already formed inside her, and it's fused with the poison. Even if she gets rid of the poison, as long as she has qi, she'll produce more. The poison in her body will, in turn, accelerate the formation of qi. Sooner or later, she'll lose control and erupt.
"But if I purge the poison, her qi will be ruined too, and she'll become an ordinary person. It would be a real shame."
As a girl, Xia He understood what he meant. She comforted him, saying, "As long as she can stay alive, that's what matters. You could protect her another way. I naturally bring out other people's lust, but you gave me the Ice Purity Art, didn't you? You could teach her a technique that lets her drive out poison. That should be enough to keep her safe."
Wang Yue thought the situation seemed strangely familiar: producing poison while also expelling it. It sounded like a math problem.
Just as he was puzzling over