Su Hong saw Li Yan look toward her after he finished speaking. She had not fully grasped the meaning of his words, so she asked hesitantly.
"You mean we can find them this way? But didn't you say the expelled poison is already colorless and odorless? What would we use as a basis to find it?
"And... and since those two fled, even if only to lie low, they would hide in a prepared secret chamber and activate an array to conceal themselves.
"The expelled poison simply would not be able to disperse. Wouldn't that leave us even more at a loss as to where to begin?
"And by your reasoning, we do not actually have much time. At most, three days—perhaps only one.
"We may not even truly understand this poison, and with so little time, I fear we may not be able to find a solution in time!"
Su Hong's earlier agitation had begun to subside. Li Yan had explained things in great detail, but she had immediately spotted the problems involved. If those issues could not be resolved, Li Yan's line of thought would be of little use.
However, since Li Yan had raised it, she knew he might have a way to solve those problems. She simply could not think of any method that could accomplish it. Li Yan nodded.
"Your concerns are valid. That is why I said there might be a possibility, not that I was highly confident we could find them.
"If someone were poisoned, then took an antidote and vomited up the accumulated poisonous blood from their stomach, how do you think they would dispose of it?"
Li Yan first made clear that he was only saying there was hope, lest she set her expectations too high. Then he suddenly asked Su