Seeing that Feng Sii was not in good spirits, the elders left. As they were leaving, the second elder’s wife approached Dugu Qianye and said, "You resemble your father so much. When you have ti, co visit us often, and I’ll prepare so delicious food for you."
Dugu Qianye nodded in agreent, and only then did the second elder and his wife depart. Although Dugu Yilan said that the third branch also wanted to beco independent, the people from there were still quite decent.
Feng Sii looked at Dugu Qianye and asked, "How did you think to co here?"
Without answering, Dugu Qianye asked instead, focusing on the corner of Feng Sii’s right eye, "Great-grandmother, have you been feeling increasingly lethargic lately?"
Feng Sii didn’t know why Dugu Qianye would ask that but nodded anyway, "Yes, I haven’t been up for long, and I already feel sleepy again."
Practitioners like herself shouldn’t feel tired even if they didn’t sleep for several days; such symptoms definitely indicated a problem.
"Grandmother, this isn’t normal," Dugu Yilan said.
Rubbing the corner of her eye, Feng Sii said, "I’ve also suspected there might be sothing wrong with my body, but I had Pharmacist He examine , and he found nothing out of the ordinary."
As soon as she realized she was unusually sleepy, she suspected she might have been poisoned by soone from one of the other branches, but the conclusion after examination was that she was not poisoned.
"Pharmacist He?"
"He is the best pharmacist in our family and also an alchemist," Dugu Yilan explained.
"If there’s nothing wrong with the body, how could a cultivator possibly be like this?" Dugu Qianye didn’t believe it and said to Feng Sii, "Great-grandmother, let have a look at you."
"You know dical skills?" Feng Sii looked at Dugu Qianye in surprise.
"A bit," Dugu Qianye replied, moving next to Feng Sii. He placed his hand on her right wrist, examined the corner of her right eye carefully, and finally pricked her finger with a needle to squeeze out a couple drops of blood.
"Indeed, there is a fragrance," Dugu Qianye sniffed Feng Sii’s blood and then inspected the tea she had been drinking. "Great-grandmother, have you always been drinking this tea?"
"This tea was a gift from the second brother’s family two years ago. I liked the flavor and have been drinking it ever since," Feng Sii replied. "Is there sothing wrong with the tea?"
"Does great-grandmother have Midnight Bamboo in your room?" Dugu Qianye asked.
"Yes, the fourth brother’s family gifted a pot last year, and I kept it in my room because it looked beautiful." Feng Sii replied. It was known throughout the family that she liked bamboo, and since Midnight Bamboo was a rare variety, she would definitely keep it in her own room.
"Qianye, is there a problem?" Dugu Yilan asked.
Dugu Qianye took a bit of the blood from Feng Sii’s finger and had Dugu Yilan sll it.
"It slls good," Dugu Yilan said, "Why does grandmother’s blood sll fragrant?"
Feng Sii also slled it herself and, indeed, it was different from the sll of ordinary blood.
"Great-grandmother has been poisoned with an exotic fragrance," Dugu Qianye said.
"Exotic fragrance?"
Dugu Qianye nodded and explained, "The exotic fragrance is an ancient natural toxin, composed of a mixture of certain plants, with many varieties. Different exotic fragrances cause different symptoms, but they all share one thing in common: the blood will have a fragrant scent. The Golden Bridge Tea great-grandmother drinks, when mixed with the scent emitted by Midnight Bamboo, becos one of these exotic fragrances. It slowly saps the body’s functions, making one feel lethargic until one falls asleep and never wakes up, and it’s difficult to detect. Had I not seen this spot at the corner of great-grandmother’s eye, I wouldn’t have noticed it either."
"What?!" Dugu Yilan exclaid angrily, "I can’t believe they actually did that. Qianye, do you have any way to detoxify?"
"There is a way, but it’s rather troubleso," Dugu Qianye replied. "And I still need to prepare so dicinal ingredients."
Feng Sanniang looked at Dugu Qianye, her skilled deanor not at all resembling soone with only a bit of knowledge. "Are you hiding sothing from ? Yilan?"
She had seen through them!
"Uh, this..." Dugu Yilan glanced at Dugu Qianye, and seeing that she showed no reaction, he began to speak, "Well, Grandmother, Qianye is actually Baili Xie."
"Baili Xie?" Feng Sanniang cried out in shock, looking at Dugu Qianye. "You are Baili Xie? So, you can cultivate? Or are you an Alchemist?"
Dugu Qianye nodded and said, "It’s . I concealed my identity because I wanted to see how the family would treat ."
"You girl!" Feng Sanniang scolded, having realized the truth.
"I was also fooled by her at first, and I even nearly killed her," said Dugu Yilan, before recounting what had happened after he t Dugu Qianye.
When Feng Sanniang heard that Dugu Yilan had nearly accidentally killed Dugu Qianye, she said, "No more such foolish actions in future."
Dugu Qianye nodded. She still hadn’t figured out the situation with the other branches, but she now knew where her great-grandmother stood.
"Great-Grandmother, your poisoning can’t be resolved in a short period. We ca today to see how Great-Grandfather is doing," Qianye said.
"Alright, I’ll take you there," Feng Sanniang stood up, and led Dugu Yilan and Dugu Qianye out of the courtyard, to a cave behind the residence. After walking for several minutes, they arrived at a stone chamber at the very back.
"We’re here." Feng Sanniang opened the stone chamber, and Dugu Qianye saw the figure lying on the stone bed.
A resolute face, features that were sowhat similar to Dugu Yilan’s, and a complexion pale from the effects of the Snow Cold Pill and injuries. Even with his eyes tightly shut, one could feel an aura of dominance emanating from him.
"Qianye, co and take a look," Feng Sanniang called Dugu Qianye over, then she stepped aside.
Dugu Qianye approached and felt a chill the mont she grasped his arm. But for her, this was trivial. She channeled Chaos Qi into Dugu Yunheng’s body, took a tour around, and fully assessed his physical condition.
"How is it?" Feng Sanniang asked from the side.
Dugu Qianye let go of Dugu Yunheng’s hand and said, "Great-Grandfather’s condition is very bad. Although the original injury was frozen by the Snow Cold Pill, his other bodily functions were also frozen. And because he’s been taking the Snow Cold Pill for too long, his body has grown accustod to this dormant state. If we don’t remove it soon, it will be difficult to recover. Moreover, his injuries are too severe, so he must be treated imdiately after the Snow Cold Pill is removed. Otherwise, within at most two days, he will..."
"Sigh, using the Snow Cold Pill was a last resort at the ti," Feng Sanniang sighed. "Can you cure him?"
"I am about 80 percent confident," Dugu Qianye answered.
"When do we start?"
"We can start now," Dugu Qianye replied.
"How long will it take?" asked Dugu Yilan. "And is there anything else you need?"
Dugu Qianye shook her head and said, "I have already prepared all the dicinal ingredients, there’s nothing lacking. As for timing, it’s estimated to take one day to begin, and Great-Grandfather will need to be properly taken care of after he wakes up."
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