Following a young rfolk nad Xi, Gu Xing and the others navigated through the complex waterways and alleyways of Linhai City.
They arrived at a relatively remote and sowhat dilapidated area.
Xi’s ho was a small house built against the reef.
Pushing open the creaky wooden door, a faint scent of dicine and a damp aroma greeted them.
On a simple bed inside, lay a young rfolk girl, pale as paper and with weak breath.
Her fish tail almost lost its luster; it was Xi’s younger sister.
Snow Woman gracefully stepped forward, crouching down elegantly, and gently placed her slender, jade-like fingers on the girl’s cold wrist.
Her icy blue eyes slightly closed as she carefully perceived the girl’s internal condition.
A mont later, she opened her eyes, a trace of seriousness flashed in her eyes, and she looked up at Gu Xing, solemnly saying:
"It’s poison. A very strange, chilling toxin has already eroded her internal organs and life origin."
"If she weren’t of the Sea Race, with a certain affinity for water attributes and a special constitution, she probably would have already..."
"If we had been a few days later, even I wouldn’t have been able to reverse her fate."
Upon hearing this, Gu Xing understood in his heart.
Since Snow Woman had pointed out the nature and severity of the toxin, it implied she had the confidence to treat it.
It’s just that...
He didn’t imdiately let Snow Woman act, but instead turned his gaze to Xi, who was so nervous he could barely breathe, and calmly spoke:
"We can save your sister."
"But before the treatnt, you need to truthfully answer two questions for ."
When Xi heard the three words "can be saved," his eyes imdiately burst with wild joy, as if a drowning person had grasped the last straw.
With a "thud," he heavily knelt on the ground, disregarding the damp filth, repeatedly kowtowing, his voice trembling with excitent:
"Master! Please, ask! Ask away! I swear I’ll tell everything I know, without reservation!"
"Just please have rcy, save my sister! I’m begging you!"
Gu Xing looked at the nearly uncontrolled Xi, sighed softly in his heart, and a gentle spiritual power quietly lifted him up.
"I keep my word! You just need to answer truthfully."
He reassured him, then posed the first question:
"First question, what exactly happened to you in the South Sea?"
Xi dared not be negligent, quickly recalled, and began narrating with lingering fear in his tone:
"Master, I’m not exactly sure what happened either."
"Our ship had just entered the South Sea territory when we were surrounded by a suddenly appearing, impenetrably thick, strange white fog."
"The fog was very peculiar, completely depriving us of visibility, and even sounds beca blurred."
"Then..."
"Then the brothers on the ship, it was like their souls were sucked out, one by one they collapsed without warning, couldn’t wake them no matter what."
"I... I was terrified at the ti, desperately turned the ship around, and recklessly charged out of the fog area, barely escaping with my life."
"The fog..."
Gu Xing and Snow Woman exchanged a glance, seeing the sa suspicion in each other’s eyes.
Their gaze fell back on the girl lying on the sickbed.
Gu Xing imdiately posed the second question.
"Did these symptoms in your sister only start appearing after you returned from the South Sea?"
Xi nodded vigorously, like a chicken pecking at rice:
"Yes, yes! Master sees clearly! My sister was always healthy before, very lively."
"But ever since I ca back, just a couple of days later, she suddenly fell gravely ill, and beca like she is now!"
"Master, you must save her!"
Hearing this, Gu Xing had already sorted out the tiline in his mind.
That strange thick fog in the South Sea was actually an extrely potent miasma.
Although Xi luckily survived, he must have carried trace amounts of the toxin.
Upon returning and contacting his sister, he indirectly transmitted the toxin to her, whose constitution was relatively weaker.
Even the trace toxin from indirect transmission tortured a healthy rfolk to this extent, the toxicity of the fog itself...
Is rather terrifying!
Then Gu Xing confird with the knowledgeable Grandpa Turtle and Aliya, and they all expressed they had never heard of such a terrifying natural toxic fog in the South Sea.
This further confird Gu Xing’s judgnt—
This fog is likely released by so unknown existence.
With this, the danger level of going to the South Sea has dramatically increased.
Gu Xing naturally wouldn’t easily risk Liu Li and Vera, betting on whether they could withstand this bizarre toxin.
However, there is hope.
Gu Xing and Snow Woman’s gaze focused again on Xi.
This young rfolk could beco the sole survivor, and showed no apparent symptoms of poisoning himself.
His body may naturally have so antibodies resisting this toxin.
Or, he might carry so treasure that restrains the toxin?
There’s no rush to investigate the specifics, they can be explored slowly later.
Hence, Gu Xing gestured to Snow Woman.
Understanding his intent, Snow Woman’s expression turned solemn.
She ford a complex hand seal in front of her chest, and the purest Power of Ice and Snow Origin combined with a powerful Healing Law gently enveloped the rfolk girl on the bed.
The cold poisonous gas pervading the air, faced with this sacred power, quickly lted and purified like ice and snow eting sunlight.
The healing process lasted about the ti it takes an incense stick to burn.
As Snow Woman slowly finished, color gradually returned to the girl’s paper-like pale face.
The feeble breathing beca steady and strong, and the dim fish tail regained a healthy lustrous sheen.
Her long eyelashes fluttered a few tis and she slowly opened her eyes, with a hint of bewildernt but already full of life.
"Sister! You’re awake! This is wonderful!"
Seeing his sister awake, Xi wept with joy and tried to kneel down again to express gratitude, but was stopped by Gu Xing’s gaze.
"Thank you, master! Thank you, masters, for saving her life! Xi is willing to serve as a beast of burden to repay this great kindness!"
Xi’s voice was choked with genuine gratitude.
The awakened girl, under her brother Xi’s incoherent explanation, understood it was these strangers before her who saved her.
She struggled to get up from the bed to pay her respects, weak but sincerely said:
"Yun... Thanks to all masters for your rescue."
Only then did Gu Xing know the girl’s na was Yun.
He waved his hand, his tone calm:
"No need for formalities, rest well. We had an agreent with your brother, it’s our duty."
However, Yun, renewed with life, behaved exceptionally obediently, ignoring her body’s weakness, insisting on playing the host.
Busy serving water and offering tea to Gu Xing and the others, attempting to express her gratitude this way.
Gu Xing tried to dissuade her a few tis but to no avail, seeing her actions were fine, he let her be.
Xi, who went out to prepare the boat, worked swiftly, returning in a quarter of an hour.
"Gu Xing, the boat is ready, we can set off at any ti!"
Hearing this, Gu Xing nodded.
Although it was quite a tumultuous experience, the result was still good.
"Let’s set off!"
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