With her cultivation and her recent understanding of human martial souls, she naturally knew what these two wanted. The Nine Heart Begonia lineage passed down through a single line, and no more than two people with it could exist in the world at once. To ensure the next generation could appear and have enough time to be found, this often required an elder to take their own life. For anyone who cherished their loved ones, this was surely an unacceptable tragedy.
People with the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul could clearly live very long lives, yet they had to shoulder this mission of perpetuating the lineage. Thus, many of them never had children and lived out their lives in loneliness, because there was no telling when they might have to sacrifice themselves for their martial soul to continue.
Dugu Yan's problem was even simpler. In plain terms, she was poisoned. This poison originating from her martial soul penetrated directly into her blood. Within a few years, it would develop into an extremely painful illness, but treating it was easy: a round of purification from Ah Yin would do.
"What problem?" Remembering the inexplicable pain she sometimes felt, Dugu Yan had a bad premonition.
The pain was not intense yet; in fact, it was practically negligible. Still, this pain of unknown origin had always left her with an uneasy feeling. When she asked her grandfather, he seemed to know everything but simply refused to say anything.
Now, the Ice Empress's deliberately mysterious manner deepened the fear in her heart even further.
"You'll find out soon." Naturally, the Ice Empress would not answer her directly. Ignoring Dugu Yan's further questions, she led them straight to the Girls' Dormitory and left once she had delivered them.
At that moment, Leng Xiyue was drinking