Chapter 41 Poisoning

Outside the fox clan chieftain's cave—

“Mother, this is Shu Ning, the female of Jin Tong. I invited her to treat Father.” Yue Ying introduced her to Ling Shuang.

Upon hearing Shu Ning's name, I looked up at her.

Upon seeing Shu Ning in person, Ling Shuang's previously tired face flashed with surprise before breaking into a smile.

"Come quickly, child." Ling Shuang stood up, took Shu Ning's hand, and turned to Yue Ying to say.

"You guys are really something. Why did you have to call Jin Tong's female to come and treat her? She doesn't know anything about these things. Isn't this just making things difficult for her?"

Shu Ning looked at Jin Tong's mother in front of her. Her hair and skin were snow-white, like an ice princess in winter. Although her children were married, her angelic face was frozen and showed no signs of aging.

But she was even more beautiful than her daughter, Yueying, and appeared more mature and composed.

Ling Shuang had also heard the rumors about Shu Ning before, so she naturally didn't believe that Shu Ning could treat illnesses.

"Child, don't take their words seriously. They're just grasping at straws in their desperation," Ling Shuang said, turning to pat Shu Ning's hand.

"You must be tired from the journey. Are you hungry?"

“Mother, Shu Ning really knows how to treat illnesses. She cured the eldest prince of the Jiao Clan and A Ting of their Wolf Clan.” Yue Ying stepped forward and said.

“That’s right, sister, we went all the way from the wolf clan to invite Shu Ning here,” Chi Yan chimed in.

Ling Shuang was stunned. "Really?"

“It’s absolutely true, even Jin Tong knows it.”

Ling Shuang looked at Jin Tong.

Jin Tong nodded in response.

"Mother, let me take a look first. I don't know the specifics yet, and I'm not entirely sure, but I will try my best," Shu Ning said to Ling Shuang.

Ling Shuang hesitated for a moment before speaking softly.

"Alright, child, I'll take you there. Just take a look around. We won't blame you if you can't cure it. You've come all this way to our fox clan, and I haven't even properly entertained you yet... sigh..."

"Mother, you don't need to be so polite. I came here specifically for this matter. Jin Tong took good care of me on the way, so I'm not tired."

Looking at such a sensible child, Ling Shuang's prejudice against her vanished instantly, replaced by guilt.

After bringing Shu Ning to Lie Feng's bedside—

"This is Jin Tong's father. He's been lying in bed for several days. We've tried all the medicines the fox clan has, but there's still no improvement," Ling Shuang said in a low voice, looking at Lie Feng lying on the bed, sometimes in pain and sometimes calm.

Shu Ning walked to the front and examined Lie Feng closely—his majestic face was pale, but upon closer inspection, one could vaguely see a dark purple under his white skin, with a deeper purple on his lips, and his body gradually taking on a translucent appearance.

She had no medical training, but looking at his face, she felt it didn't look like he was sick, but more like he was poisoned.

"007, is he poisoned?"

“That’s right,” 007 replied.

It turned out they were poisoned.

It's still unclear whether she accidentally ate something or was poisoned. Seeing that there were many orcs around, she made an excuse, saying, "Mother, I need to concentrate when I'm treating patients. I can't see anything with so many people around."

Seeing this, Ling Shuang did not hesitate to tell them to leave, leaving her, Yue Ying, Jin Tong, and Chi Yan behind.

“Child, you can continue watching. I’ve had them leave,” she said.

“Yes, Mother,” Shu Ning said.

"007, what kind of poison did he take? Is there an antidote?"

"He was poisoned with the Love Poison, a drug administered by someone who had feelings for him. There is no antidote for this poison."

"Isn't there any other way?" Shu Ning wondered to herself.

"To cure him, we need to find the person who poisoned him, throw them into the fire, and then make a cut on the face of the poisoned person so that the poison flies out and merges with the poisoner. When the body is burned to ashes, the poison will be neutralized," 007 replied.

"If the poison is not detoxified in time, it will gradually become transparent and crystallize as it spreads throughout the body, eventually rupturing and causing death in pain."

"After it breaks, a field of flowers will grow around it, it's very beautiful," 007 added.

After hearing 007's introduction, Shu Ning's lips twitched violently.

He looked at the clan leader before him. Although not young, he was still handsome, and one could tell from his refined features how dashing he must have been in his youth.

Of course, at this stage, it's no surprise that he can charm a whole host of women.

"007, who poisoned him?" Shu Ning pressed.

After waiting for a while, I still didn't receive a message from 007.

"No one helps someone only halfway!"

Seeing that 007 didn't respond, Shu Ning stopped asking. She knew he was busy, probably answering questions for other hosts and couldn't pay attention to her.

"Child, have you noticed anything?" Ling Shuang asked worriedly as she saw her frowning.

Shu Ning looked at Ling Shuang, then at the others, and said, "Mother, Father isn't sick, he's been poisoned."

"How could it be poisoning? Your father is strict, but he has never mistreated anyone. Who would want to harm him?"

Upon hearing this news, Ling Shuang's voice became low and tinged with suppressed anger.

“Yes, Father is the most considerate of us fox clan members. He is also very charitable when he is away from home. Even when the gray foxes in the northern border were having difficulty surviving, he allowed them to enter our territory and live with us,” Yueying said incredulously.

"Sister Shu Ning, is there any way to detoxify?" Chi Yan asked.

"this…"

Seeing their expectant and sincere expressions, Shu Ning told them about the poison that Lie Feng had been poisoned and how to cure it.

After hearing Shu Ning's explanation, the group of people all looked shocked.

"It seems that only by finding the person who poisoned him can this vicious poison be cured." Ling Shuang looked at Lie Feng, who was lying on the bed in pain, and then looked at Shu Ning.

No wonder she just told her to dismiss everyone.

She recalled what she had just done, and her eyes showed approval of her.

“Mother, it’s not difficult to find the poisoner. The poisoner will also be poisoned after administering the poison. As long as we find someone with the same symptoms as Father, we will know who poisoned him,” Shu Ning added.

"Father's poisoning was so sudden; the poisoner probably didn't even realize we already knew it was poison.

“Ningning is right. Let’s keep it a secret for now. I’ll find another reason to gather the fox clan members and see who has the same illness as Lie Feng,” Ling Shuang said.

"I'll go and instruct the guards to keep a close watch on the entrances and exits, and make sure the poisoner doesn't slip out," Chi Yan said.

“I sent my trusted confidants to conduct a secret investigation, going door to door,” Yueying said.

"Jintong, you stay here and look after Father. Let Ningning go and rest first. I'll go and get busy too," Yueying said to Jintong as she watched the two of them leave.

"Don't worry, sister, I'll take care of Father," Jin Tong said.

After they all left, Jin Tong glanced at Shu Ning. He hadn't expected that this female could actually see through his father's illness.

"I'll have the servants take you to rest," Jin Tong said to Shu Ning.

“Alright, but I’m not tired now. You haven’t rested at all on the way back from the wolf clan. You should go and rest first. I’ll look after Father here,” Shu Ning said.

Actually, she was still a little worried about encountering a seductive fox on her way out.

"That won't do..."

“Wait, Jin Tong,” Shu Ning interrupted him.

"What's wrong?" He looked at her with his golden-red eyes.

"When did your fox clan hear that I could heal?"

“Yesterday, my sister said that…” Jin Tong looked at her, puzzled.

"In other words, your fox clan already knew I could heal yesterday, and if any of your sister's orcs had sneaked back or tipped you off beforehand..."

Upon hearing this, Jin Tong immediately became alert and on guard.

"You mean, it's very likely that someone in the fox clan already knew you were coming today?"

He recalled the fox-like beastmen who had been casting alluring spells on her earlier.

"Wait for me here!"

"Hey, Jin Tong!" Shu Ning watched Jin Tong leave quickly, his fox shadow already gone. Looking back at the cave, only she and Lie Feng remained.

As soon as she sat down, she looked at Lie Feng lying on the bed beside her, his face contorted in pain. She sighed and softly comforted him, "Don't worry, Father, we will definitely find the person who harmed you and then cure you of the poison."

At that moment, a pair of grey eyes were secretly watching from outside the cave...