However, they both decided to push the matter of being kindred spirits to the side, to focus on the matter at hand.
"When I joined the Shao family is when I discovered the Golden Duck Platter restaurant, which had already established itself as one of the pri locations within Silent Willow County.
It had garnered the love of all the residents of the county from all walks of life and the reputations they had made for themselves was high, even higher than the royal family of the Jadebrook kingdom.
Even though their prices are a bit high, they offer quality als that would attract those who enjoy good-tasting food or those who would want to use it as a source of cultivation resources.
The ingredients used are all high quality, and the chefs who make them are the best at what they do.
In all my years of frequenting different establishnts, few can match the als served at their restaurant, so when I discovered how good they were, I was over the moon about it.
When I wasn't cultivating or practicing my spear skills, I would spend all my ti at the restaurant sampling different dishes.
Without
knowing, I've spent twenty-eight years there in complete bliss. However, about thirteen years ago, I began to notice slight changes to my body."
Li Shu, whose mood was light and brimming with excitent and life, llowed down, as he stared at her palms.
"My fingertips started growing numb at different tis, mostly at night. I'd feel short stinging pains that ca and went away.
When it started, I thought nothing of it and assud it was brought about by
being overenthusiastic in spear training regin.
But then, the symptoms slowly progressed over the years and it wasn't just numb fingertips anymore.
My muscles started stiffening, then my body temperatures kept rising at certain tis especially when there was a strong wind, I'd feel like the wind was fanning flas on my skin. After the sudden surge in body temperature, then ca sudden bouts of dizziness, and then finally my qi started getting affected.
Every ti I'd try to complete a circulation, it would turn sluggish, or suddenly turn berserk which resulted in a few minor injuries to my ridians.
Then later it wasn't only my qi that got affected, I could feel my whole body was different. It was heavier, and when I scanned my body with my spiritual sense, I noticed foreign substances in there, which no matter how many tis I tried to expel them, clinged to every part of , whether it was my qi, ridians, blood, blood vessels and internal organs.
The only place it had not invaded yet was my dantian and ntal sea."
Li Shu showed visible fright as she said this with a trembling voice.
"At the ti I thought I was poisoned, so I went and consulted so of the alchemists of the Shao clan.
They did all sorts of tests on , along with giving
a few potions to try out, but none of what they gave or suggested seed to work, and they too were stumped on what affected .I think you should take a look at
Seeing that they seed to struggle with identifying what was wrong with , I decided to pay a visit to a friend of my late benefactor..."
A look of sadness flashed in her eyes. Yang Qing knew the benefactor she was talking about was the Shao clan elder who had once helped her when she was injured and then passed of old age a few years after taking her in the Shao family.
"The alchemist's na is Pan Xin and my benefactor Senior Shao Qing thought very highly of him, to the point he attributed, that all he knew was because of Alchemist Pan Xin.
Senior Shao Qing though had a poor talent in cultivation, when it ca to alchemy and relevant knowledge, there was no one in the whole Shao clan who could best him. And seeing how he managed to nurse
to health despite my injuries, I assud anyone he sang this much praise for was bound to be a gifted alchemist.
Despite the costs I knew would co with consulting an experienced alchemist, I decided to seek him out. Which wasn't hard because he was the vice palace master of the Blue River Cauldron Pavilion, a rank 4 alchemy organization located in the next county over called the Snow Plu County.
Thanks to my being acquainted with benefactor Shao Qing, he agreed to see
at half the cost. After conducting several tests, he ca to the conclusion that I had suffered pill poisoning due to overconsumption of potions and pills.
I rembered how stupefied I was when he told
that. It made no sense. Believing I was poisoned made so much sense than
having pill poisoning..."
Li Shu's facial expressions showed even now, she still had qualms with the diagnosis she was given.
"Ever since I was small, I haven't been using pills except for the occasional injury. Even when it ca to fasting pills, I haven't consud more than 100 in my whole life.
It doesn't make any sense how I'd end up with pill poisoning. I don't consu pills, and I don't craft pills and potions either, where I'd get it via contact poisoning.
But even then, as a core formation expert more so one who works in refining her body due to my cultivation art, I'd like to think I have a firm control and understanding of my own body's senses.
This was why I was surprised when senior Pan Xin told
that it looked like I had built up the poison over ten years.
How could that have happened without
noticing anything over all those years?
Despite my disbelief, all I could do was accept it," Li Shu said with an exasperated sigh escaping from her lips.
"Senior Pan Xin was kind enough to explain the symptoms to , which though hard to accept, I finally ca to terms with.
But then ca the question, where did I get pill poisoning from? Like I said I barely consu any during my cultivation. Even when it ca to the resources provided by the Shao family, i only accepted spirit stones, and a few herbs here and there as my monthly quota as their guest elder.
Even though they are not here, and want no involvent in the case, the elder in charge of logistics can attest to that much at least.." said Li Shu.
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