Treating Xue Ye

Xue Ke gripped Su Ling's hand tightly.

"Do you mean my father can still be saved?"

Not only Xue Ke, but even Emperor Xue Ye rose excitedly.

"My worthy son-in-law, is everything you said true?"

Father and daughter each held one of Su Ling's hands, leaving him rather embarrassed.

"That's right. Although the poison afflicting Your Majesty is quite rare, my Martial Soul is special, so a complete cure isn't impossible. But this is a slow-acting poison. For Your Majesty to be poisoned this deeply, this ice could not have formed in a single cold day."

At this, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Emperor Xue Ye's back, plastering his nightclothes against it.

Terrifying when you thought about it!

"Do you mean someone has been poisoning me?"

"What?"

Xue Ke was startled too. All along, they had believed Emperor Xue Ye had fallen ill from overwork.

But if it was poisoning, the implications were far too extensive.

"How do you intend to clear the toxins from my body, my worthy son-in-law?"

Emperor Xue Ye was eager to try. His steadily deteriorating health had exhausted him in body and mind. Although he was no mighty expert, he certainly shouldn't have been like a guttering candle in the wind at his age.

Su Ling summoned his Planet Martial Soul. The planet was no longer a dull gray stone.

Instead, it was a blue-and-green planet brimming with life and the vitality of spring.

Even the widely experienced Emperor Xue Ye had never seen such a Martial Soul. His instincts, honed over so many years as emperor, told him that this Martial Soul was certainly no ordinary sphere.

When his spiritual power touched Su Ling's Martial Soul, it was as though it had struck a powerful Titled Douluo. It could not even rebound before being annihilated outright.

"Blue Silver Domain! Life Infusion! Soul Bone Skill: Blue Silver Revival!"

The three skills took effect on Emperor Xue Ye, who felt warmth spread throughout his body.

The so-called slow-acting toxins were merely heavy metals. Because medicine in Douluo was undeveloped and relied entirely on healing Soul Masters, they had been helpless against Emperor Xue Ye's condition.

Su Ling's method was Soul Power filtration, similar to dialysis.

This method sent vast quantities of his Soul Power surging into Emperor Xue Ye's body. Without the Blue Silver Emperor's vitality as a safeguard, Emperor Xue Ye would simply have died from the pain.

Even so, the pain brought on by Soul Power filtration could not be underestimated. Emperor Xue Ye gritted his teeth and forced himself to endure until the end.

Four hours later, Su Ling withdrew his Martial Soul, and Emperor Xue Ye let out a long breath.

He had nearly fainted from the pain, but his daughter was watching right there, after all. He couldn't let her think he was useless.

Emperor Xue Ye's complexion had improved considerably, losing its earlier sickly look. However, his body was still thin and would need a good deal of time to recover.

Moreover, Su Ling had not only expelled the toxins from his body, but also cleared his blocked meridians.

"Thank you so much. From today onward, you are an honored guest of the Heaven Dou Empire. As long as you're willing, I'll arrange your engagement to Xue Ke right now!"

"Father..."

Xue Ke's little face flushed red, and she no longer dared look at Su Ling.

She had learned her earlier behavior outside from an illustrated book sold by the roadside. It was called something like A Titled Douluo Fell in Love with Me, a Soul Grandmaster, and its publisher was someone named Yu Dagang.

"Urgh~"

Su Ling had just been about to speak when the stench nearly made him vomit. The impurities from Xue Ye's body had all gathered on its surface, giving off a foul smell.

Xue Ke actually vomited all over the floor, then grabbed Su Ling's hand and swiftly fled the scene of the crime.

Emperor Xue Ye was left alone, disheveled in the wind. He even raised his arm and gave it a careful sniff.

"Urgh~"

"Someone, come quickly! I want a bath!"

"Want a taste?"

Holding Su Ling's hand, Xue Ke jogged all the way to her room.

The moment she returned, she eagerly took off her shoes, revealing little feet with skin like ice and bones like jade, and even waved them before Su Ling's eyes.

Su Ling caught them and moved them aside, then declared righteously,

"What kind of person do you take me, Su Ling, for?"

Seeing how serious Su Ling looked left Xue Ke rather unsure of herself.

If she hadn't just felt him stroke her sole twice, she really would have believed him.

"You touched it?"

"No!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission 'Help Treat Emperor Xue Ye's Illness.' Reward obtained: Blue Silver Emperor evolution!"

Ah Yin, who was following Tang Xiaosan as they wandered lost in Star Dou Great Forest, suddenly felt an enormous power pour into her body.

She could feel her cultivation constantly increasing.

Her true form evolved from a Blue Silver Emperor with golden markings into a towering tree.

The Life God Tree!

Ah Yin's cultivation also rose to three hundred thousand years.

The increase in Ah Yin's cultivation also affected Su Ling. He could feel his body's strength increase by another substantial margin.

"Ding! Xue Ke has obtained the mission's Triple Reward. Reward changed to triple Martial Soul Evolution!"

This is bad, Xue Ke thought. If her Martial Soul evolved here, Su Ling would inevitably discover it.

But the evolution had already begun. Xue Ke could feel her Martial Soul about to awaken ahead of time, beyond her control.

Thinking quickly in her desperation, she threw herself onto Su Ling.

She kissed him on the lips.

A few seconds later, Xue Ke pulled away from Su Ling, leaving saliva all over his face.

"What are you doing!"

Suddenly, Xue Ke's Swan Martial Soul automatically possessed her, radiating a dazzling light.

"Swan Martial Soul, first evolution: Healing Swan."

"Swan Martial Soul, second evolution: Emerald Swan."

"Swan Martial Soul, third evolution: Life Swan."

Of course, Su Ling did not witness the entire process of the three evolutions.

Having taken a flashbang to the face, Su Ling saw only the final evolved form.

Wdf?

Kissing me can do this too? Looks like I'll have to protect myself when I'm out and about from now on.

"Thank you, Su Ling!"

Xue Ke licked her lips, still wanting more, but the gesture looked particularly incongruous on a four-year-old child.

"You... aren't you only four? How have you already awakened your Martial Soul?"

"Maybe... seeing you made me want to grow up faster so I could marry you sooner."

Su Ling was just about to retort, but then he saw Xue Ke staring at him with her big, round eyes, and swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

"Damn it!"

Quite a few young women peeping from behind the Screen clenched their fists.

"Why is every last one of them such a scheming little innocent!"

"Su Ling... likes... little girls!"

"What kind of takeaway is that? Sister, don't jot down nonsense!"

"Teacher, why don't you find someone younger to approach Su Ling?"

"No! He's surrounded by children like this right now. Na Na, if you go, you'll definitely have him wrapped around your finger!"

"Then why don't you go yourself, Teacher? With your looks, you'd surely have him wrapped around your finger without even trying!"

"Na Na, it seems Teacher wasn't thorough enough when examining your body last time."

Knock, knock, knock.

Following a series of knocks, Xue Ke's door was forcibly broken open. The newcomer was none other than the fourth prince, Xue Beng!