Chapter 75: Toxin Backlash and Treatment Failure
On the other side, Lin Mo and Ye Lingling were walking toward their respective destinations beneath a small oil paper umbrella.
The rain was not heavy, but it was dense, pattering steadily against the umbrella's surface. The academy's stone paths had been washed clean by the drizzle, reflecting the blurred silhouettes of the surrounding buildings.
They were both heading to the Mimicry Cultivation Environments best suited to their Martial Souls.
For Ye Lingling, whose Martial Soul was the Nine Heart Begonia, those lush environments rich in life force were the most suitable places for her to cultivate. Training there could significantly increase the speed of her spirit power growth.
As for Lin Mo, among the hundreds of Mimicry Cultivation Environments owned by Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he had indeed found one suited to his Body Martial Soul. It was a place the academy called the Blood Soul Grotto.
It was said that the materials used to build that mimicry site had been excavated from an ancient battlefield ruin, and that many Spirit Beast skeletons were buried beneath it. Combined with the fact that the Blood Soul Grotto itself was not very large, the blood qi inside the cave had grown especially dense over the years.
For Lin Mo, who needed to temper his qi and blood in order to cultivate his Body Martial Soul, it was the perfect place.
Unlike the more popular mimicry areas, very few people normally went to the Blood Soul Grotto. It could even be said that no one went there at all.
After all, there were simply too few Spirit Masters whose Martial Souls were related to blood qi.
That suited Lin Mo just fine.
He could close the stone door and have plenty of uninterrupted time to focus on studying the Heart Burning stage of his Blood Burst technique.
As for Charmander's cultivation, he never needed to worry about that.
That was also the biggest difference between him and ordinary twin Martial Soul possessors.
Charmander cultivated its way, and he cultivated his way. Not only did the two not interfere with each other, they even accelerated one another's growth through spirit power sharing.
The fine rain continued to tap softly against the umbrella.
Lin Mo and Ye Lingling walked side by side, planning to drop her off at the plant mimicry area first.
But just as they passed a small path near the poison attribute mimicry area, they unexpectedly ran into someone.
It was Dugu Yan.
She had just come out of the cold mimicry environment suited to her Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, but her current state was clearly wrong.
She was half crouched on the ground, one hand clutching her chest tightly while the other braced against the ground. Her body trembled uncontrollably.
That glamorous and beautiful face was now pale and drained of color, covered in fine beads of cold sweat. Even the veins at her temples and neck stood out distinctly.
She bit her lip hard, clearly trying to endure some unbearable pain. Her entire body was curled up.
Unlike many serpent Spirit Masters, who preferred cold environments, Dugu Yan had never really liked such places.
Because after staying there for too long, her body would always experience an indescribable discomfort.
It was just that this discomfort had never been as intense as it was now.
The moment she saw this, Ye Lingling froze.
Subconsciously, she turned to look at Lin Mo, her purple eyes filled with obvious shock.
She had not expected that what Lin Mo had casually said before, that Dugu Yan was sick, would actually be true.
And from the looks of it, Dugu Yan's condition was far more serious than she had imagined.
In the very next moment, the two of them quickened their pace almost at the same time and rushed to Dugu Yan's side.
Ye Lingling did not hesitate in the slightest.
She immediately raised her hands. A soft light flashed, and the pink white Nine Heart Begonia instantly appeared in her palms.
At the same time, two yellow spirit rings rose from beneath her feet, ready to heal at any moment.
Whether it was from the instincts instilled in her by her medical family, or from the fact that they were classmates, she could not simply stand by and watch Dugu Yan suffer like this.
Although Dugu Yan was in so much pain that she could barely breathe, her mind was still clear.
She saw Ye Lingling and Lin Mo approach. She also saw Ye Lingling summon the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
She wanted to stop them. She wanted to say something.
She knew very well that her condition probably could not be resolved by ordinary healing Spirit Abilities, and she did not want others to see her in such a miserable state.
But the pain was so intense that she did not even have the strength to make a sound. She could only let the warm healing light fall onto her body.
At this moment, the doubts that had slowly taken root in Dugu Yan's heart were finally answered.
She finally understood why her grandfather had always spared no effort to nourish her body with his own spirit power.
He must have discovered her condition long ago.
Yet at this moment, her mind was clearer than it had ever been.
Ye Lingling's treatment would most likely be useless.
If the Nine Heart Begonia's healing had been effective on her, then her grandfather would have taken her to the Ye Family long ago.
Lin Mo silently crouched down beside her.
With one hand, he held the umbrella lower, shielding the two girls from the rain as much as possible.
With the other, he carefully supported Dugu Yan's arm, allowing her to lean against him instead of collapsing to the ground. That also made it easier for Ye Lingling to treat her.
But as Lin Mo looked at Dugu Yan, beyond the pity and sympathy he had always felt, there was now something deeper in his gaze.
Empathy.
He thought of his first life, of that body ruined by an inborn heart deficiency.
How many days and nights had he once curled up like this too, enduring the stabbing pain in his chest?
That feeling of helplessness before one's own pain, that feeling of watching the vitality inside the body slowly ebb away while being completely powerless to stop it.
He understood it far too well.
It was a kind of despair that could carve itself directly into the soul.
Soon, Ye Lingling frowned.
She could clearly feel that the healing spirit power of the Nine Heart Begonia had indeed taken effect. That rich and vigorous life force had entered Dugu Yan's body.
But there was no sign of improvement in Dugu Yan's condition.
Her face remained twisted with pain, and her body's trembling showed no sign of easing.
Ye Lingling gritted her teeth and accelerated the circulation of her spirit power, pushing her output to the limit.
The light from the Nine Heart Begonia grew brighter and brighter, and the healing effect rose to the strongest level she could currently achieve.
But it was still useless.
Dugu Yan's condition did not improve in the slightest. Under the torment of the pain, she even began to let out suppressed whimpers from deep in her throat.
Seeing this, Ye Lingling withdrew her Martial Soul and looked at Lin Mo somewhat helplessly, then slowly shook her head.
This was the first time her Nine Heart Begonia had failed.
Faced with a patient in urgent need of saving, she was actually powerless.
What exactly was going on?
Looking at Dugu Yan's pained state, then at Ye Lingling's bewildered eyes, Lin Mo understood everything perfectly.
The Jade Phosphor Serpent poison was a toxic force rooted in the origin of the Martial Soul itself. It came from the bloodline. How could ordinary treatment possibly resolve it?
Moreover, while the Nine Heart Begonia was indeed peerless in healing, it did not possess any ability to detoxify.
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