"That's right, that's what I mean, the toxicity isn't particularly strong, just a very gentle sort of poison. Hold on, I've just thought of something."
As Liu Zheng muttered to himself, he suddenly turned his head as if a scene from a few days prior flashed through his mind—in the village, indeed, there had been some cases of poisoning.
Their bodies had certainly been tainted with a toxin, but it wasn't very potent.
Now, within this old lady's body, that same toxin has appeared, equally mild. Yet, when combined with some substance from the outside world, it elicited such a strong reaction. Perhaps, the one who administered the poison did not anticipate all of this happening today.
"What did you think of, Master?"
"Oh, nothing much, perhaps I'm overthinking it. These incidents probably don't have much essential connection to each other, but I now have the antidote. It's just that I'm not clear on how this old lady managed to ingest this poison."
