The Poison Is Hard to Cure, But Not Impossible

Putting back on her veil, she carefully observed her surroundings. Only after confirming everything was safe did she leave with peace of mind.

"Without Qian Renxue, life is truly comfortable!"

Ye Yunxi hummed softly, darting rapidly across the rooftops. With the aid of Lingbo Microsteps, she moved like a dragonfly skimming the water, her jade feet tapping lightly to cover vast distances.

On the other side, the weightlifting competition had concluded, and many could not forget Ye Yunxi's appearance and her shy demeanor.

Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar, in particular, were lingering and unable to tear themselves away.

"San, you wouldn't happen to be...?" Xiao Wu questioned Tang San.

"Don't worry, Xiao Wu, I am very restrained." Tang San promised repeatedly; it was impossible for him to be so bewitched by a woman.

"That may be so, but that woman is truly beautiful, like a femme fatale, as if she doesn't belong in this world."

Xiao Wu even had a feeling: was the other party a transformed soul beast?

"Xiao Wu is right, that woman is truly beautiful." Ma Hongjun chuckled, "If I could be with her..."

"Forget it, Ma Hongjun." Ning Rongrong couldn't help but tease, "She is so beautiful, one look and you can tell she isn't from an ordinary family!"

"A man can at least fantasize, right, Boss Dai?" Ma Hongjun laughed.

Dai Mubai glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, but still had to say, "That woman is very beautiful, we all felt it. Don't talk about me; as girls, aren't you moved?"

As Dai Mubai's voice fell, the three girls all blushed slightly. To say they weren't moved would be a lie; at just one glance, they felt their hearts pounding.

She was simply the perfect woman.

At this moment, Ye Yunxi's figure was like a startled swan, darting across the grey-tiled roofs of Tiandou City. Her jade feet tapped lightly, covering several yards at a time, landing without a sound like a cat stepping on snow, leaving no trace.

Far from the noise of the bustling city, she found a quiet alleyway to land. The mouth of the alley connected to a clear stream outside the city, where the vegetation was lush and few people ventured.

Just as she let out a sigh of relief, her nose suddenly caught a faint, fishy-sweet scent of poison. The poison was chilling and bone-piercing; once it coiled around the meridians, it was like a maggot in the bone—domineering and difficult to shake off.

Ye Yunxi's eyes narrowed slightly as she looked up.

On a bluestone by the clear stream leaned an emaciated old man. His hair and beard were white, his complexion was a sickly greenish-black, and a faint jade-green poisonous mist swirled around him. It was none other than Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.

Standing beside him was a charming young girl with delicate features, though her face bore a sickly pallor and her lips were a cyan-purple. It was Dugu Yan.

The grandfather and granddaughter were both shrouded in thick, toxic miasma, and the plants around them had withered and curled from the poison's touch.

Dugu Yan was supporting Dugu Bo as he regulated his breathing. Her face was deathly pale and cold sweat beaded on her forehead; clearly, his poison addiction had flared up again, and her entire body was trembling.

Ye Yunxi's gaze swept over the pair. Without stopping her pace, she spoke coldly and calmly, her voice clear and devoid of ripples: "You are poisoned; do you not know how to detoxify?"

As the words fell, the poisonous mist around Dugu Bo surged violently. His jade-green soul power churned, and his withered palms clenched tightly. His turbid eyes instantly shot out chilling, sharp light, locking onto Ye Yunxi's figure.

A terrifying pressure belonging to a Title Douluo swept over like a mountain or a sea, engulfing the entire stream and causing the vegetation to wither into ash instantly.

"Stop!"

Dugu Bo flickered, blocking Ye Yunxi's path. His withered finger pointed directly at her brow, his tone ice-cold and filled with extreme vigilance and killing intent: "Little girl, what do you mean by that?!"

His Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison was peerlessly domineering. In this world, very few could see that he was afflicted by such a strange poison, let alone see through the source. This woman, hiding her face behind a veil, was only a Soul Ancestor, yet she had pointed out his hidden ailment in a single breath. He could not help but be shocked!

Dugu Yan also tensed up, unable to understand why the woman before them would say such a thing.

Ye Yunxi did not fear; instead, she laughed. The corners of her lips behind the veil curled into a cool arc, her peach-blossom eyes cold as frost. Her voice was unhurried, each word clear, striking like a thunderclap in the ears of Dugu Bo and his granddaughter.

"Your poison flares up at noon and midnight, each time lasting at least an hour. Every time the third watch arrives, you feel a needle-piercing pain in your Baihui acupoint on your head and your Yongquan acupoint on your soles, followed by full-body spasms and convulsions. That feeling is worse than death, and you must endure it for at least half an hour before you can recover."

Dugu Bo's entire body shook violently. His emaciated frame shuddered, his pupils contracted to pinpricks, and his face turned as white as paper!

That's right!

Not a single detail was wrong!

This was a secret he had hidden for decades; even the Title Douluos of the Martial Soul Hall could not detect it. Yet, this young girl before him had spoken it out in one sentence!

"You..." Dugu Bo's voice trembled. His palms, still swirling with poison, shook slightly. The killing intent faded, leaving only extreme shock and urgency.

Ye Yunxi's gaze swept over Dugu Yan, whose face was growing paler by the second. Her tone remained indifferent, yet every word was heart-piercing, striking at the very core of the two.

"Your beautiful granddaughter is the same."

"She may not have your perseverance to endure this suffering that grows worse with each passing day. Her poison will only flare up more violently than yours."

"That is because, from the moment she was in the womb, she was thoroughly soaked in the origin poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent."

Boom!

This sentence was like a bolt of lightning, striking Dugu Bo's heart with brutal force.

Dugu Yan stumbled back two steps, her face instantly drained of all color. Her lips trembled, and her eyes were filled with disbelief. She only knew she had been afflicted with a strange poison since childhood, but she never knew it had been with her since she was in the womb!

The poisonous mist around Dugu Bo completely stagnated, and his jade-green soul power became frantically chaotic. He stared fixedly at Ye Yunxi, his withered fingers clenching until they cracked. His eyes churned with a monstrous storm—shock, ecstasy, urgency, and a trace of disbelief.

He rasped, his voice trembling as he stared at Ye Yunxi: "You... can you cure it?!"

Ye Yunxi nodded faintly, a trace of detachment passing through her peach-blossom eyes. She stepped lightly with Lingbo Microsteps, shifting her body to avoid his pressure. Her voice was as clear as the wind: "Everything in this world has a poison, and thus it has an antidote. Your poison is difficult to cure, but it is not incurable."

As her voice fell, she tapped her toes on the ground and prepared to dash away, not lingering for even a moment.

Dugu Bo would not let her leave so easily. With a flicker of his figure, he blocked her path once more. This time, however, the poisonous mist surrounding him retracted completely, and his gaunt face revealed a hint of pleading as he spoke in a hurried tone, "Young lady, please stay! As long as you can cure the poison afflicting my granddaughter and me, this old man is willing to pay any price!"

Dugu Yan bit her lip and bowed deeply toward Ye Yunxi, her eyes filled with desperate entreaty.

Ye Yunxi halted her steps. Behind her veil, her peach-blossom eyes remained cold and detached, though a faint curve tugged at the corners of her lips.

The favor of a Poison Douluo was a priceless treasure.

This was a deal that would not result in a loss.

It was also time to head to the Sunset Forest.

"I know how to cure it, but I need Senior Dugu to take me to a certain place."

"What place?"

"The Sunset Forest!"