"Alright."
Although she had guessed something, Dugu Yan still nodded in agreement. She planned to question them properly once the two had finished talking.
"Come with me."
Dugu Bo led Shi Quan into a room nearby. It was simply furnished and carried a faint medicinal scent.
The room was exceptionally quiet. Neither Dugu Bo nor Shi Quan spoke first.
Only after staring at the documents in his hand for a long while did Dugu Bo speak, praising him. "You're very clever."
"This junior is merely good at learning and thinking," Shi Quan replied respectfully.
Dugu Bo's dark green eyes sent a shiver through one's heart. "Tell me what you truly think."
"From what this junior currently understands, Yan Zi Jie has indeed been poisoned. Like other poison-attribute Beast Spirit Souls, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Soul cannot avoid transferring toxins to its host. However, because of you, Senior, this junior did not believe that conclusion at first.
"But after repeated research, the final answer was always poisoning. That is why this junior specifically came to visit you today: to confirm this matter with you. Only if Yan Zi Jie has truly been poisoned can this junior find a way to help her resolve this problem." Shi Quan respectfully laid out his thoughts.
"You've studied poison as well?" Dugu Bo asked blandly, without the slightest emotion in his voice.
"This junior has not studied poison, only Spirit Souls," Shi Quan said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Spirit Souls?" Dugu Bo slowly rose to his feet. "Do you know my title?"
"Senior's title is Poison. You are famed for poison, the foremost poison user on the continent."
"Then do you think I would let my granddaughter be poisoned?" Dugu Bo's tall figure walked up before Shi Quan. His dark green gaze was like