Chapter 1732: Scenting Poison

Duan Peng collected the corpse of the Flame Centipede, and the group set off again.

Yu Jing looked pleasantly surprised and said, “You reckless boy, you scared Sister Jing to death just now!”

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Just a Flame Centipede, it couldn’t hurt me. But Sister Jing, may I ask, you seem… very concerned about me?”

At first, Ye Yuan only thought Yu Jing was easy to get along with.

But later, he gradually sensed her concern.

Especially just now, when Luo Yong sent him to deal with the Flame Centipede.

Yu Jing sighed and said, “Sister Jing sees you and thinks of my ill-fated younger brother. He’s the same age as you, also young and hot-tempered back then, wanting to brave the Celestial Demon Mountains, but…”

At this point, Yu Jing choked up.

Ye Yuan understood and sighed, “I’m sorry, Sister Jing, please accept my condolences.”

Yu Jing burst out laughing and said playfully, “You little rascal, are you cursing my brother? He’s not dead yet!”

Ye Yuan was taken aback and felt utterly wronged.

I say, sister, with that expression of yours just now, anyone would have thought he was dead!

Seeing Ye Yuan’s aggrieved look, Yu Jing laughed and said, “Alright, alright, it’s all because I didn’t explain clearly. Don’t blame yourself!”

Her manner was utterly charming.

Luo Yong, watching from not far away, saw it as nothing but flirtation.

“Kid, before you left, your father must not have told you that there are people you can’t afford to provoke! Dare to mess with me, and I’ll make sure you die without knowing how!”

In his heart, Luo Yong had already sentenced Ye Yuan to death.

As soon as he had a chance, he would definitely set Ye Yuan up to die!

He had done this more than once or twice.

Through Yu Jing’s account, Ye Yuan learned what had happened to her brother.

It turned out that Yu Jing was not from the Demon-Subduing Imperial City. Her brother wanted to temper himself, so he secretly left home and entered the Celestial Demon Mountains for training.

When Yu Jing learned that her brother had run away from home, she guessed he must have come here, so she rushed to the Demon-Subduing Imperial City immediately.

After much inquiry, she found out that her brother had indeed come here and entered the mountains.

But she waited and waited, only to see her brother return, poisoned with a strange toxin.

Yu Jing searched for renowned doctors throughout the Demon-Subduing Imperial City, but none could cure her brother’s poison. She could only use some special methods to temporarily suppress it.

She dared not leave the Demon-Subduing Imperial City, fearing her brother would die on the road.

So she simply became a hunter here, joining teams to go in and out of the Celestial Demon Mountains to support her brother.

Now, her brother’s poison attacks were becoming more frequent, and he didn’t have long to live.

That was why she was so sad when mentioning him.

Hearing this, Ye Yuan also felt a wave of emotion.

For a woman like Yu Jing to stay in the Demon-Subduing Imperial City for so many years for her brother was truly not easy.

The Demon-Subduing Imperial City was clearly different from other imperial cities; the law of the jungle was more pronounced here.

Without strength, one could hardly take a step here.

Just like before, when Luo Yong forced him to fight the Flame Centipede, no one spoke up for him except Yu Jing.

If he was strong, killing the Flame Centipede was one thing.

But if he lacked strength and really died, then what?

I'm afraid no one will be sad; instead, they will laugh at their own lack of strength.

The people here are all very realistic.

They come together for profit and kill each other for profit as well.

Ye Yuan said, "Sister Jing, don't worry. I'll help cure your brother's poison! Then you siblings can go home!"

Yu Jing showed no excitement upon hearing this; instead, she smiled and said, "Silly brother, I appreciate your kind intentions."

"Overreaching! Even Master Song Yu couldn't cure Sister Jing's brother, and you, a brat with no hair on your chin, what are you butting in for?" Luo Yong sneered.

Duan Peng also laughed, "I didn't expect Brother Ye to be an alchemist, but Master Song Yu is a five-star divine alchemist. If even he can't do anything, I'm afraid you won't be able to either."

Having received the blood condensation fruit and the fire centipede corpse, Duan Peng's attitude toward Ye Yuan improved considerably.

But on this matter, he clearly thought Ye Yuan was exaggerating.

Yu Jing smiled bitterly, "I pulled a lot of strings and finally found a way to Master Song Yu. I just didn't expect that even he couldn't do anything."

The Linyao Imperial City was close to the Tianyao Mountains, where countless martial artists died every day.

In such a place, the alchemy industry was naturally very developed, so it wasn't strange to have a five-star divine alchemist.

Ye Yuan suddenly leaned close to Yu Jing and sniffed hard.

Yu Jing was startled, thinking Ye Yuan was going to take liberties with her. She quickly dodged and said angrily, "Ye Yuan, what are you doing!"

Ye Yuan ignored her, slowly closed his eyes, and said, "Ironwood incense, Lieyun light wind powder, red sandalwood patchouli grass... Hmm... It seems that when your brother's poison flares up, he should alternate between cold and heat, convulsing all over. If I'm not mistaken, he should have symptoms like foaming at the mouth, a sallow complexion, and vomiting blood. Putting it all together, your brother is probably poisoned by the fire cloud ice prism insect, right?"

Ye Yuan closed his eyes and said a whole lot in one breath.

Seeing Yu Jing angry, and combined with Ye Yuan's earlier actions, Luo Yong also felt anger rising.

He sneered inwardly, finally finding an opportunity!

He gave a cold snort and said, "Kid, you want to take advantage of Jing'er and spout nonsense! I'll finish you right now!"

With that, he released his aura and struck a palm at Ye Yuan.

However, he didn't notice that the more Ye Yuan spoke, the more incredulous Yu Jing's eyes became.

She suddenly grabbed Ye Yuan's arm and exclaimed in delight, "You... you're truly amazing!"

Luo Yong's motion came to an abrupt halt; Yu Jing was blocking Ye Yuan, and if he struck down, she would be gone.

"You... you couldn't have just taken one sniff and figured out it was the Fire Cloud Ice Scale Worm, could you?"

Yu Jing was truly shocked!

She had only told Ye Yuan that her brother was suffering from a strange poison, nothing else.

Yet Ye Yuan, just by smelling the scent on her, had described the spiritual medicines with perfect accuracy!

This was simply unbelievable!

Moreover, what Ye Yuan said was exactly the same as Master Song Yu!

After all, Master Song Yu had diagnosed her brother in person, while Ye Yuan hadn't even seen her brother's face, yet his deductions were so precise.

Such skill was beyond her imagination.

Duan Peng, seeing Yu Jing's reaction, was also astonished and said, "Yu Jing, do you mean... your brother really is poisoned by the Fire Cloud Ice Scale Worm?"

Yu Jing nodded and said, "Yes! What Master Song Yu said matches Ye Yuan's words exactly—it's the Fire Cloud Ice Scale Worm! And the symptoms Ye Yuan described are spot on, as if he had seen them with his own eyes!"

The others looked at Ye Yuan as if they had seen a ghost.

What kind of freak was this guy?

Just by smelling the residual medicinal fragrance on Yu Jing, he could deduce such a result.

Such skill was so formidable it was almost absurd!