Chapter 347: Poisoned?!
âYes? What is it, Yunfei?â Puzzled by what Bai Yunfei wanted, Chu Qingxue slowed as she turned to the table. Sitting down, she waited for Bai Yunfei to respond.
A moment was needed for Bai Yunfei to put away his spear and to think. âAuntie Xue, I just wanted to ask how you have felt ever since you started wearing those soul armaments I gave you.â
âYou mean these accessories?â Chu Qingxue touched the bracelet on her left hand. âThanks to these useful accessories, I feel much better now.â
âAuntie Xue, please dispense with the courtesies with me. I wasnât asking about that, but rather about your old injury⊠is it better?â
Accessories that could improve the strength of the wearer werenât all that important to a Soul Ancestor like Chu Qingxue. Plus, Bai Yunfei wasnât asking about that.
âMy old injury?â Chu Qingxue clarified, âItâs getting better. Ever since you gave me that one earring, I can feel myself getting better. These past few days have beenâŠâ
âAuntie Xue, I might not have been clear enough with my question.â Bai Yunfei cut her off, âWhat I wanted to ask is: after wearing the accessories I gave you, do you feel yourself growing physically stronger? For example, does your old injury hurt as much as before after wearing the earring? Or is your injury not flaring up as much now that you have the other accessories?â
âIâŠâ The eyebrows on Chu Qingxueâs forehead creased together in thought. âI havenât felt that with the accessories.â She shook her head, âbut I did after wearing the earring. My wounds have gotten weaker rather than stronger, but what do you mean, Yunfei?â
She was confused by what Bai Yunfei was getting at, but the fact that Bai Yunfei didnât immediately answer her made her even more suspicious.
âYunfei, what is it? Is there something wrong?â
âAuntie Xue, how did you⊠get that injury?â He asked carefully after a moment of consideration.
âHowâd I get it? What brought this up, Yunfei?â Chu Qingxue hesitated to answer since she hadnât expected to be asked such a auestion.
Bai Yunfei caught her hesitation and moved to correct himself. âIf auntie Xue doesnât want to talk about it, then please let me ask another question. Do you know what kind of injury was inflicted on you?â
âWhat kind of injury? The elemental power of an enemy seeped into my body and started to injure me, especially in the area around my shoulder. It targeted the acupoints located there. Thatâs why I have occasional breakouts from the wound. Iâve tried many treatments in the past, but for some reason, none of them worked. After some time, I decided to give up on a cureâŠâ
The pensive look on Bai Yunfeiâs face prompted Chu Qingxue to ask again, âWhat is it? Why have you asked me such a question, Yunfei?â
âAuntie Xue,â Bai Yunfei began, âI need to tell you something. Itâs my belief that your injury isnât what you think it is. Itâs possible that youâve been⊠poisoned!!â
âPoisoned!?â His answer only served to astound the woman, âIâve been poisoned? What do you mean, and for what reason?â
Still looking as grave as ever, Bai Yunfei began to explain his reasoning, âAuntie Xue, the earring I gave you isnât capable of increasing the strength of its wearer. It has a special effect⊠by wearing it, any person will find their resistance to poison increased! Youâve said that you felt better after wearing it, so I had my suspicions before about your injury. It wasnât some sort of long-lasting wound, but rather, it was the symptoms of being poisoned!â
âBut⊠but how could this earring be capable of something like that? And⊠poison? How could that be?â The blood drained from Chu Qingxueâs face because of her shock. She looked like she was trying to remember the situation behind her injury.
The Detoxifying Earring
Equipment Grade: Mid Human
Elemental Affinity: Wood
Upgrade Level: +10
Attribute: +160 Strength
Additional Attribute: +90 Strength
Soul Compatibility: 10%
+10 Additional Effect: Increase poison resistance by 15%.
Upgrade Requirement: 75 Soulpoints
Bai Yunfeiâs suspicions of Chu Qingxueâs wounds first began when she mentioned that she was feeling better after wearing the earring. The additional strength granted by the earring wouldnât have been significant enough for a Soul Ancestor to even mention. A paltry increase of over two hundred points of strength wouldnât have been enough to help her get better that fast.
Only one conclusion could be drawn: it was the additional effect of the earring that was helping her!
If a fifteen percent increase of resistivity to poison was helping Chu Qingxue feel better, that could only mean that she had been poisoned!
Bai Yunfei didnât dare mention this possibility to her without the facts. That is why he gave Chu Qingxue a set of accessories to improve her strength. He then observed her physical recuperation after that. With this experiment, Bai Yunfei was able to slowly confirm his hypothesis and find the answer to his question.
As of right now, he was more than ninety percent sure that Chu Qingxue had been poisoned!
Obviously, the only time he could ask Chu Qingxue was when she was alone. He didnât want to worry Tang Xinyun nor did he know if Chu Qingxue was keeping it a secret from her. Hence, it was better to confirm it himself before he did anything else.
Bai Yunfei wasnât necessarily afraid of letting the effects of the earring be made known either. As long as no one knew that it was him that had made this earring go from having ânoâ effect to having âanâ effect, he would be safe. If anything, he could pretend that it was the inherent ability of the soul armament just like how the Violet Soul Ring and the Violet Soul Bracelet had their own special effects.
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Chu Qingxue went through a period of internal debate and silence before finally looking back at Bai Yunfei, âYunfei, Iâd like to ask something from youâŠâ
âEh? What can I help you with, auntie Xue? Do you have any clues about how you were poisoned?â
âItâs not that. I would like to ask you to not tell Xinyun about this.â
âOh, you donât want her to know? I can promise that I wonât tell her for now, but since you were poisoned, I really feel that you shouldâŠâ
âItâs best that you do not look into why I was poisoned, okay?â
âWhat?â
He hadnât expected that.
âAuntie Xue, what did you say?â
âIâm saying that I know about this matter now, but you shouldnât look into it, okay, Yunfei? I will handle this myselfâŠâ
He was stunned. He had thought that after he had learned the truth behind her wounds, heâd be able to find a way to help her treat her wounds, but asking Bai Yunfei to ignore the matter wasâŠ
He still had plenty of questions he wanted to ask, but the look in Chu Qinguxeâs eyes was more than enough to make him think twice about asking. Freezing up before anything more could be said, Bai Yunfei gave a slow but silent nod.
âI understand, auntie Xue. Iâll do as you sayâŠâ
The older woman was clearly afraid of talking about something. If Bai Yunfei had to put his finger to it, she looked concerned, even afraid.
With the situation in an unknown state, Bai Yunfei could only agree to Chu Qingxueâs request. However, he was already secretly thinking about trying to make some accessories that could further increase oneâs resistance to poison.
That way, heâd be able to help treat Chu Qingxue.
Even after Tang Xinyun came back, Bai Yunfei kept his promise with Chu Qingxue. Without the slightest indication that anything was wrong, Chu Qingxue smiled when her daughter returned so that Tang Xinyun wouldnât be able to tell that she was concerned about being poisoned.
Like the interlude to a musical piece, this event hadnât changed anything in the slightest between Tang Xinyun and her mother.
Just like that, the warm and peaceful days went by without further incident.
Soon, two months had passed since Bai Yunfei and Tang Xinyun had arrived in Mo City. On the twenty-fifth day of the tenth month, the two crafters finally decided to return to the Crafting SchoolâŠ
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