While Lu Yuan was hurrying to Ye Qingyue's residence, at that very moment...
Inside Ye Qingyue's residence.
Drip!
A bead of cold sweat slid down from Ye Qingyue's forehead.
"I was clearly just a tiny bit away. Why is this bottleneck so hard to break through?"
Ye Qingyue couldn't help furrowing her lovely brows, growing somewhat anxious.
Suddenly, she seemed to realize something.
She opened her eyes and looked down...
Her arms, chest, and thighs were all covered in a thin layer of black scales.
The black scales covered her skin, and visible black smoke rose from them.
"Damn it, wasn't it supposed to be at least a few more years? How could it happen now...?"
Ye Qingyue's expression gradually darkened.
This was the hidden illness her grandfather, Ye Mo, had contracted many years ago.
Ye Mo hadn't taken it seriously.
After all, he had plenty of hidden illnesses.
But unexpectedly, this one was different from the others. It could even be passed down to the next generation...
However, the illness had an extremely long incubation period.
Ye Qingyue had already been born before Ye Mo's body finally began to show an abnormal reaction.
That was, his body became covered in a layer of black scales.
He didn't feel anything wrong with his body; he still felt perfectly normal.
But instinctively, Ye Mo knew something was wrong.
So...
At first, Ye Mo had sought out all kinds of rare treasures and called in numerous wood-element Great Grandmasters, even Saints, but none of it helped much.
Even bringing in Xiao Chengjun, the strongest person of that era, had been no use.
As the black scales continued to spread,
one day, Ye Mo suddenly felt the vitality within his body rapidly draining away.
He had no choice!
Ye Mo could only charge