Ye Lingyuan was not angry. He knew that the two were worried about him, hence their unintentional actions. "You two should rest early. With Lin'er here, this king will be fine." After speaking, Ye Lingyuan continued his feeding. Although Elder Qin and Aunt Chang did not understand Ye Lingyuan's words, they dared not ask further. They bowed and retreated.
"What, you're not going to say anything?" Zi Lingling looked at Ye Lingyuan with a smile, not intending to pick up her chopsticks. Ye Lingyuan put down his chopsticks and said helplessly, "Can't we eat first before talking?" Zi Lingling shook her head, "I can't eat without understanding the situation." Ye Lingyuan smiled dotingly and said, "Alright then, we'll talk and then eat." Zi Lingling remained silent, awaiting Ye Lingyuan's explanation.
A cold glint flashed in Ye Lingyuan's eyes, and he said, "This king has been poisoned!" Zi Lingling said calmly, "I know that!" The first night she transmigrated, Ye Lingyuan, injured, had barged into her chambers. She had already known when she treated his wounds. Ye Lingyuan nodded; he was not surprised. Zi Lingling had treated his wounds twice. With Zi Lingling's medical skills, it would have been strange if she hadn't discovered his poisoning. He glanced at the full moon in the sky and said coldly, "This poison is called... Moonlit Glaze!"
"Moonlit Glaze!" Zi Lingling was shocked. No wonder she had found the poison Ye Lingyuan had suffered from so familiar that night but couldn't recall where she had seen it. It turned out that Ye Lingyuan had been poisoned by the ancient strange poison, Moonlit Glaze! She had only read about Moonlit Glaze in the incomplete scrolls of the "Great Dao Medical Scripture," also known as the "Emperor's Pharmacopoeia." Moonlit Glaze, as its name suggested, flared up on the night of the full moon. When it flared up, the poisoned person suffered immensely, not just physically but also spiritually. This was because it would dredge up the most painful experiences from the victim's soul and magnify them infinitely. If the poisoned person could not bear it, they would transform into a demon, feeding on blood. Especially when a woman approached, Moonlit Glaze would stir up the deepest desires in the soul and ignite them. Only when the woman who ignited it bled to death would the desire subside.
Ye Lingyuan nodded, a trace of hatred flashing in his eyes. "I was poisoned when I was three years old. My imperial consort also died in a fire. Elder Qin and Aunt Chang rescued me and sent me to the Medicine King Valley." For ease of narration, he did not refer to himself as "this king." Zi Lingling asked with concern, "Is that when you and Situ Yunfeng met?" Ye Lingyuan nodded, "Yes. Situ Jinglei, the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, was highly skilled but could not cure the poison. He could only protect my heart meridians by other means."
Zi Lingling nodded. It would have been strange if the ancient strange poison, Moonlit Glaze, could be easily cured. Including herself, without seeing the antidote in the incomplete scrolls of the "Emperor's Pharmacopoeia," she would have also chosen this conservative method. Although protecting the heart meridians yielded minimal results, it could buy some time for both the poisoned and the rescuer.
A stern look flashed in Zi Lingling's eyes. In imperial families, there was no room for affection. Although she did not consider herself a good person, she disdained harming the weak and vulnerable. However, the poisoner had poisoned Ye Lingyuan when he was only three years old, which revealed the poisoner's ruthlessness. Indeed, within the red walls and green tiles of the palace lived demons who devoured people without spitting out bones. Doctors hated those who harmed others without bottom lines. She said coldly, "What happened next?"
A trace of warmth flickered in Ye Lingyuan's eyes. "Later, my imperial father handled my mother's affairs and only then discovered I was missing. He was furious and almost dug up Dark Night City inch by inch." "It was also a stroke of luck; Elder Qin and Aunt Chang, who carried me from the Medicine King Valley, happened to encounter my imperial father's confidant, and I returned to my imperial father's side." "My imperial father feared I might suffer misfortune again in the palace, so he bestowed a manor upon me and enfeoffed me as the King of Underworld, entrusting me with the elite and mysterious Fengxuan Army for my protection."
Zi Lingling felt a sliver of relief. At least Ye Lingyuan's imperial father genuinely loved him to some extent. She said "to some extent" because this love was not pure. Imagine if someone had harmed her child, Zi Lingling, and she knew who the culprit was, how could she possibly ignore it?
"On the first night I moved into the King of Underworld's manor, I was ambushed again. When the Fengxuan Army had lost over half their men, my master descended from the heavens and saved me." (Su Dan Novel Network) "Then, I don't know what my master and imperial father discussed, but my imperial father actually agreed to let him take me away. My master used his own cultivation to suppress the Moonlit Glaze for me and taught me cultivation techniques, telling me that only by becoming powerful enough could I suppress it myself." "Thus, I diligently cultivated, not only to suppress the Moonlit Glaze but also to avenge my imperial consort. However, even so, every full moon night, the Moonlit Glaze would still flare up on time, though not as fiercely as before."
Speaking to this point, Ye Lingyuan's gaze fell upon Zi Lingling, and his eyes softened. "Ling'er, do you know? The night we first met was a full moon night. And with you by my side, I felt the Moonlit Glaze was surprisingly quiet." Zi Lingling was startled and asked, "How could this be?" Ye Lingyuan shook his head, "I don't know either. It seems to be afraid of you. Is there something in you that it fears?"
Zi Lingling frowned. She had many things within her; who knew what this ancient strange poison, Moonlit Glaze, feared. Wait, that night she had just transmigrated, and besides the Nine Spirit Ring, she had nothing else. Could Moonlit Glaze be afraid of the Nine Spirit Ring? But why? The Nine Spirit Ring was just a spatial ring.
"Girl, that ancient strange poison should fear the 'Emperor's Pharmacopoeia' within you." Elder Du's lazy voice entered Zi Lingling's mind. He knew the true worth of the Nine Spirit Ring and that it was not enough to make Moonlit Glaze fearful.
"Emperor's Pharmacopoeia?" Zi Lingling was astonished. In her eyes, the "Emperor's Pharmacopoeia" was just a comprehensive book. Elder Du said, "The 'Emperor's Pharmacopoeia' is not just a book; it is the nemesis of all poisons in the world." Zi Lingling found it incredible. How could a mere book become the nemesis of all poisons in the world? Elder Du puffed up his beard and rolled his eyes, "Ignorant, don't you know the origin of the 'Emperor's Pharmacopoeia'?" Zi Lingling shook her head. Elder Du rolled his eyes again, "Legend has it that Ancestor God encountered seventy-two poisons during the day and tasted them with his belly. Ancestor God fell unconscious from the poison, but when he awoke, he found that the toxins in his body had cleared."