Scheming All Along

"Ugh~ Ah—!"

A cry of pain drew everyone's attention.

Ling Yi also turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came, and saw that on the side where Ai'er Timosi had been treating, a young man was curled up with a pale face, and large beads of sweat were seeping from his forehead.

Its lips were purplish-black, and it carried a faint, fishy odor that gradually grew stronger over time.

"Not good--!"

Ai'er Timosi exclaimed in surprise and immediately took a long stride and ran over. As he ran, he opened his right hand, and a milky white light flashed on his body. A milky white beetle appeared in his hand.

"Third Soul Skill - Light's Healing!"

Almost simultaneously, a pale golden halo appeared on the milky-white beetle, then transformed into a stream of light and projected onto the young man who was not in good condition.

As the pale golden light enveloped him, the young man's complexion improved slightly, and his previously stiff body relaxed a bit, but he was still deathly pale, and his breathing became shallow.

It was clear that it was a pain that went deep into the bone marrow.

At that moment, the mere twenty-odd meters had already been crossed by Ai'er Timosi, and he arrived beside the young man.

Not only Ai'er Timosi, but also Lian Lai'en and the others arrived and looked at the young man who was enduring the pain with great willpower.

"Long Long! How are you?!"

Just as Lian Lai'en asked with concern, Ai'er Timosi frowned deeply, took a deep breath, and the fifth purplish-black Soul Ring beneath his feet began to glow.

"Fifth Soul Skill - Holy Light Purification—!"

If the light of the Third Soul Skill before was a faint gold, like sunlight falling from the sky, then the beetle in Ai'er Timosi's hand at this moment seemed to be plated with a thick, bright gold.

The light shone once again on the young man named Long Long on the hospital bed. Visibly, the young man's dark lips faded in a very short time, turning pinkish-white, and finally becoming as rosy as a normal person's.

Similarly, under the golden holy light, the young man Long Long's pain was dissipating at the fastest speed, and his originally curled-up body stretched out.

"Call--"

As the golden light gradually dissipated, Ai'er Timosi flipped his hand and retrieved his Martial Soul "Light Sacred Scarab" back into his body, letting out a long breath.

"Ai'er Timosi ~" Seeing this, Lian Lai'en finally spoke again, asking, "Can't even your Fifth Soul Skill, Holy Light Purification, completely cleanse the toxins in Long Long's body?"

"No." Ai'er Timosi glanced at the young man Long Long, who was also looking at him, shook his head, and replied:

"The poison he was afflicted by Soul Emperor- level Soul Master. Although it was merely the opponent's Fourth Soul Skill, that person's Martial Soul is one of the five most famous poison-type Martial Soul, the ' Purple Venomous Scorpion '!"

"Unlike the ' Jade Phosphorous Serpent's' venom, which is Blood-Sealing Throat, the ' Purple Venomous Scorpion's' venom is more about its Bone-Clinging Gangrene!"

"If it were the ' Jade Phosphorous Serpent ' or the ' Blue Blood Centipede ' among the Five Poisons, my ' Holy Light Purification ' would be enough to cleanse them. But this ' Purple Venomous Scorpion ' is extremely troublesome and hides too deeply!"

"Even if 99.99% of the toxins in Long Long's body are purified, as long as even a tiny bit remains, it will multiply in a very short time and erode the host body once again—"

"During this process, the venom of the ' Purple Venomous Scorpion ' will also devour the Soul Power of the Long Long boy..."

"Then... what should we do?" Lian Lai'en frowned as she listened to Ai'er Timosi's explanation, looking at the young man Long Long, whose face was gradually losing its color again, and asked in a deep voice, "We can't just watch Long Long be tormented by this poison, and just watch him..."

"Well--"

Upon hearing this, Ai'er Timosi sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do now. Let's see if the people we sent to find the old lady of the Ye Family can persuade her to take action."

Long Long, a rising star in the border army, is 23 years old. He Mutated Martial Soul "Mirage Dragon Eye" and is a level 42 Control System Battle Soul Ancestor with two yellow and two purple Soul Ring.

As for the old lady of the Ye Family mentioned by Ai'er Timosi, she is the current head of the legendary "Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family".

With the opponent's Soul Saint level strength, plus the "Nine Heart Begonia" Martial Soul that can be called a "miracle among Martial Soul", purifying the poison of the Fourth Soul Skill of the "Purple Venomous Scorpion" Martial Soul can be said to be an easy task.

At this moment, Ling Yi, who had already obtained information about the young man Long Long from the whispers of those around him, had a glint of light flash in his lowered eyes.

Why was he so cooperative? The Water Wood Duchy sent him all the way to the front lines of these two great empires, and he came. When the border army of the Heaven Dou Empire issued a transfer order, he silently agreed and came to this camp to report for duty.

If Ling Yi truly wanted to stay in the Water Wood Duchy and live a peaceful life, he would have chosen the path of being a lazy bum long ago, instead of intentionally or unintentionally promoting his reputation as a "Great Physician."

Not to mention that during the previous war, he openly displayed his medical skills, all in order to attract the attention of certain people with ulterior motives and thus be "passively" brought into the military system of the Heaven Dou Empire!

Before obtaining the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse," Ling Yi might have held back, waiting until he reached the Soul Elder before leaving the Water Wood Duchy and heading to Gengxin City. He would then join the Star Luo Empire's military through the Blacksmith Association, just as he had done in the Water Wood Duchy's military, leveraging its vast resources to improve his human body information database and Martial Soul information database...

However, Ling Yi, who originally only intended to obtain a basic Storage Soul Tool to carry those important documents with him, unexpectedly bought the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse" of Dugu Bo, who is still Soul Emperor!

This is truly an unexpected delight!

Ling Yi once asked Dugu Bo directly why he sold the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse," Storage Soul Tool with excellent functions that could store living things.

Dugu Bo's answer, however, was exactly what Ling Yi had guessed.

Like almost all the original inhabitants of the Douluo Continent, Dugu Bo didn't really value the function of storing living beings.

Well, in many people's eyes, this feature is the kind that's useless.

Storing living beings? Storing what kind of living beings?

Huahua? Or wild beasts? Soul Beast? Humans?

Do Huahua, and wild animals need to be stored? What's the difference between that and storing pebbles in a sandalwood box?

As for storing Soul Beast, the prerequisite is that you can capture the Soul Beast alive, and the Soul Beast cannot find an opportunity to self-destruct with its Soul Power.

Humans... the slave trade is currently raging in some parts of the Douluo Continent—

Therefore, after obtaining the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse" in the ancient ruins he was exploring, Dugu Bo considered selling it because the internal space of his own Storage Soul Tool was no smaller than that of the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse".

Of course, the price must satisfy Dugu Bo; otherwise, he would rather keep it for himself and give it to his son Dugu Xin in the future.

As for keeping it directly and giving it to his son, Dugu Xin?

For my tenth birthday, I already gave you a three-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool as a birthday present, which is more than enough!

Sometimes, Ling Yi felt that with his arrival, as he gradually extended his reach from the [Water Wood Duchy], the trajectory of destiny on the Douluo Continent was beginning to fluctuate little by little.

Although these are just minor, peripheral changes, Ling Yi knows that if many such changes occur, their impact on the future will likely be significant.

A strange thought flashed through Ling Yi's mind. He looked around and saw that everyone had a worried look on their faces. He said softly:

"How about I give it a try—?"