“Your Highness, are you certain that it’s a poison?” the bespectacled Mistchild asked.

Lu Yin shook his head, as even Ming Zhaoshu himself wasn’t sure of that detail. However, only a poison could deplete one’s life force without causing any sort of injury.

“If it’s a poison, there’s no cure aside from using rare treasures that are able to directly replenish one’s life force,” the bespectacled female Mistchild answered with confidence. 

Lu Yin frowned. “So there’s no cure?” 

The bespectacled female Mistchild nodded. “Some people fall unconscious after being poisoned, as the poison has attacked their brain. This means that they’d need a medicine that can heal their brain. Some people’s bodies rot after being poisoned, and they would need a medicine that heals their body. Similarly, in the case of a poison that depletes life force, one can only replenish the person’s life force. 

“There must be something that’s stealing that life force,” Lu Yin insisted.

The Mistchild adjusted her glasses. “If you can find that, then we would be able to target the root cause. However, Your Highness already said that there were no signs.” 

Lu Yin fell silent.

“Your Highness, this poison is very aggressive, and it must be very valuable as well. Even Enlighters wouldn’t be able to remove this kind of poison. Who is it that’s been poisoned?” the...