Ye Lingling hesitated for a moment, then said without hesitation, "I hope you can treat Sister Yan's illness. I know you absolutely have that ability."
Hearing Ye Lingling's words, Dugu Yan finally became certain that she had an incurable illness. "Lingling, do you know there's something wrong with me too?"
"Yes. My grandfather knew something about the illness affecting you and your grandfather. He was even there when your parents were ill and did everything he could. But it was no use. The Jade Phosphorus Snake's life-bound poison is simply too powerful. If anyone on the continent can save you now, it can only be Her Majesty the Empress, or one of Spirit Hall's elders," Ye Lingling said solemnly.
"Life-bound poison?" Dugu Yan shuddered. Although she had never endured any particularly severe torment, she still had a basic understanding of that pain.
It was a horror beyond anything she could imagine.
"Her problem? That's easy to resolve. I can even arrange treatment right now. If you're willing to follow me in exchange, that would count as an equal trade." Leng Xiyue nodded and agreed, but then turned her gaze toward Dugu Yan.
"As for Dugu Bo's illness, that's no great problem for me either. He has more than enough means to pay for having his poison purged. Once you go back, tell Dugu Bo to come find me after we've settled down in Heaven Dou City. I'll discuss his treatment then."
Dugu Yan's heart was in turmoil. When she was little, her parents had died for no apparent reason. Young as she was, she had believed her grandfather's explanation-they had simply contracted a rare, strange illness. If that strange illness was her own life-bound poison, and it could be transmitted through certain things, didn't that mean Tian Heng had already...