Chapter 73: She's Sick!
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Taking advantage of a rare holiday, Lin Mo and Ye Lingling left the academy together and returned to the Ye Family Medical Hall in the city.
On the way back, Ye Lingling seemed to suddenly remember something. She turned to look at Lin Mo and asked curiously, "Why were you always dragging Yu Tianheng out to spar a while ago? But over the last 10 days or so, it seems you haven't gone looking for him again."
Lin Mo was looking down at the hopping Charmander by his feet. Without even raising his head, he replied casually, "Oh, that's because I already got what I wanted. Since I got it, there was naturally no need to keep fighting him."
"Something?" Ye Lingling immediately caught the odd part of his words and frowned slightly. "You went to spar with him with a purpose?"
As soon as she finished speaking, it was as if Charmander was deliberately answering her question. The little fellow suddenly let out an excited low growl and raised one of its small claws.
A layer of crackling, bright yellow lightning instantly wrapped around that tender Dragon Claw. A sharp and violent aura spread out from it, and the sight was quite striking.
Ye Lingling's footsteps stopped at once. Her purple eyes widened slightly as she stared at Charmander's lightning wrapped claw in disbelief.
Although she had already prepared herself mentally for Charmander's abnormal talent when it came to so called Self-created Spirit Skills, seeing with her own eyes that it had mastered yet another brand new skill, and one that was clearly lightning attributed at that, still shook her deeply.
A fire attribute Spirit had actually managed to learn the power of a lightning attribute Spirit Master through repeated sparring.
This completely exceeded her usual understanding of Spirits and Spirit Abilities.
Looking at Ye Lingling's shocked expression, Lin Mo smiled and patted her shoulder. "Stay calm, Sister Lingling. Remember to keep this secret for me."
A sly look appeared on his face. "I don't have the habit of serving as a free sparring partner. There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world."
If not for the chance that Charmander might gain something from Yu Tianheng's lightning, how could Lin Mo have spent so many days repeatedly sparring with him?
Thinking of that, Lin Mo focused his attention on Charmander, and the panel only he could see immediately appeared before his eyes:
[Martial Soul: Charmander]
[Talent: Entei]
[Spirit Power: Lv29 (Shared)]
[Mastered Spirit Abilities: Scratch, Growl, Ember, Smokescreen, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Rush, Flare Blitz, Metal Claw, Molten Body, Dragon Breath, Fire Fang, Flame Vortex, Flame Charge, Slash, Dragon Dance, Flamethrower (Lv24), Scary Face (Lv28), Dragon Claw, Lightning Palm]
Looking at that long and dazzling list of skills, especially the newly added Lightning Palm at the very end, Lin Mo could not help but feel a sense of satisfaction.
The gains from being a "sparring partner" during this period had indeed been excellent.
Just then, Ye Lingling spoke again, changing the subject rather stiffly. Her tone sounded casual, but her eyes secretly glanced at Lin Mo's profile.
"Speaking of which, during this time, you seem to have been paying a lot of attention to Dugu Yan."
Lin Mo froze for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Lingling with a mischievous smile. "What? Sister Lingling, are you jealous?"
Ye Lingling's fair cheeks immediately flushed a little. She let out a cold snort and turned her head away.
She refused to look at him, but she also did not deny it directly.
Seeing her like this, Lin Mo quickly stopped teasing her and immediately restrained his smile.
Then he explained seriously, "Don't overthink it. It's just that, from my intuition as a doctor, I feel like she is sick."
As soon as he said that, Ye Lingling's pace noticeably quickened, leaving him half a step behind.
Clearly, when she first heard his explanation, her instinctive reaction as a girl was disbelief.
Who would pay such attention to a girl for that reason? And saying someone was sick was so rude.
But after calming down and thinking it through carefully, she had to admit that most of the time Lin Mo looked at Dugu Yan, his gaze really did resemble the way he looked at patients in the Medical Hall, carrying a kind of professional observation, as well as pity and sympathy.
In the end, her rational side chose to believe his explanation.
Even so, that subtle trace of discomfort in her heart still refused to disappear.
Just then, a familiar voice came from ahead.
"You're back?"
The two of them looked up and saw Old Man Ye standing at the entrance of the Medical Hall, looking at them with a faint smile.
Ye Lingling quickly walked to her grandfather's side.
Ye Linyuan patted his granddaughter on the shoulder, and a trace of emotion flashed through his eyes.
This was the first time his granddaughter had been away from home for so long, and he realized that he had missed her even more than he had expected.
Of course, he definitely was not going to say those words in front of the two of them.
"Come on in. Dinner is already prepared," Ye Linyuan said as he turned and walked inside.
At the dinner table, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Lin Mo and Ye Lingling took turns talking about what had happened at the academy.
Lin Mo had just stuffed a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth and was about to boast to Old Ye about his glorious feat of defeating Yu Tianheng when Ye Linyuan cut him off first.
"Alright, I already know most of what has been going on at the academy."
Lin Mo and Ye Lingling were both stunned and exchanged a glance.
Lin Mo reacted quickly and immediately asked, "Did Director Xue come by again afterward?"
Ye Linyuan picked up some food with his chopsticks and nodded. "He was the one who told me that your spirit power had broken through to Rank 29."
Lin Mo gave an "oh" of understanding. Then his eyes rolled, and that crafty smile reappeared on his face.
"Then... you definitely don't know that I beat Yu Tianheng, right?"
Ye Linyuan's chopsticks froze in midair. He looked up, and for the first time, an obvious look of shock appeared on his face.
"You beat Yu Tianheng? I remember that when Young Xue came by last time, he specifically told me that Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had already reached the level of a Spirit Elder."
"That's right!" Lin Mo slapped his thigh and laughed triumphantly. "And it was one against two. I even dealt with Graphite, the defense system member of their team!"
Seeing the disbelief on Old Ye's face, Lin Mo felt so satisfied that it was even better than drinking ice water in the middle of the hottest days of summer.
Still acting stern all the time. Now your jaw dropped too, didn't it?
Of course, Lin Mo only showed such an easygoing side in front of Old Man Ye and Ye Lingling.
That night, Lin Mo lay on the familiar hard wooden bed with his hands behind his head, staring at the dark ceiling.
He had not come back for a month, and now the bed actually felt a little too hard to him.
His thoughts drifted back over the gains of this past month.
Charmander had successfully mastered Lightning Palm, which could now be counted as another trump card, and its spirit power had also been steadily improving, getting closer and closer to the Rank 30 threshold.
Most importantly, he had already basically confirmed Dugu Yan's condition. Just as in his memory, she was indeed suffering from poison backlash without knowing it.
"The backlash of Jade Phosphor Serpent poison, huh..." Lin Mo muttered softly.
If he could use this opportunity to make contact with Dugu Yan, then there was a high probability he could also make contact with the person behind her, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.
But this matter could not be rushed. It had to be handled slowly, waiting for the right opportunity.
He turned over, closed his eyes, and stopped thinking.
Sleep first. Tomorrow's matters could wait until tomorrow.
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