"I asked Zhang Zidao, but he had no idea how Lin Huan's Blood-weeping Syndrome had flared up." Yu Longting pulled out my phone and snooped through its contents, "You haven't been in contact with Lin Huan either, Wanwan, you couldn't have already met her and been bitten, could you..."
By the time he spoke the last few words, his voice had almost disappeared, growing hoarse.
"Don't scare yourself by imagining things that aren't there. If I had been bitten, could I still be jumping around alive till now?" I replied somewhat helplessly, reaching up to touch Yu Longting's cold, stern face and comforting him.
True to his nature as a man focused on details, he had already become suspicious when I had previously pressed him about Grandfather Sangsang being bitten.
He just withheld his suspicion in the presence of Sangsang, refraining from questioning me on the spot.
Yu Longting pursed his lips tightly, his expression a mix of gloom, as he clenched my wrist to take my pulse, "The Zhang Family has an Art that can suppress the Demonic Qi, hiding it in some corner of the body."
"Yu Longting, I was wrong to call you a heedless shepherd before—it's me!" I forcefully withdrew my hand, the one he used to take my pulse, and held his face with both hands, giving a gentle peck on his lips, "I am the one who knew about Grandfather being bitten by the magical snake, triggering an outbreak of the Blood-weeping Syndrome in his bloodline. The whole thing actually sounds quite fantastical."
"Wanwan." Yu Longting was momentarily subdued by my kiss, his gaze deepening.
His pupils, sharp as needles, gradually relaxed.
It seemed he was truly afraid of the possibility that I could be infected by the Demonic Qi.
I couldn't bear to have Yu Longting worry about me, so I kissed the corner of his lips again.
Then I told him about what happened when we encountered the corpse water at the Ten Thousand Poison Hall after getting off the bus.
I left out no detail, telling everything just as it happened.
With Yu Longting's intelligence, he could immediately understand I hadn't hidden anything from him, "It's because I encountered my grandfather when he was young in the Illusion Realm that I learned some details about his Blood-weeping Syndrome."
After hearing everything, Yu Longting's fierce expression finally eased entirely.
He drew his conclusion regarding the incident when I met Zhang Zidao earlier than expected and was ready to unsheathe his sword to annihilate everyone from the Ten Thousand Poison Hall, "There's a rumor that when the Su Family's Spiritual Eye reaches a certain realm, it can glimpse into the future. What you saw might not be an Illusion; it could very well be... real."
"Are you saying what I saw was something that will happen in the future?" I tilted my head thoughtfully, then quickly followed up, "But I've never experienced it before, so why did my Spiritual Eye see Into the future at that time?"
"The Spiritual Eye has the ability to protect its owner at critical moments. It must have been affected by the Snake Devouring Stele," Yu Longting analyzed gravely, "The Stele is lethal to you. If it didn't warn you to be alert, what happened in the Illusion Realm would've become reality."
With that explanation, all the pieces I couldn't understand before became clear.
The seven Snake Devouring Steles have the power to suppress the snake Sangsang without giving her any chance to retaliate.
The Dumpling in my womb is just a tiny baby, and if the Stele targeted me, I would surely have no place to bury my body. Original content can be found at n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
Therefore, the Spiritual Eye used the Snake Devouring Stele to trick me into entering the Illusion Realm.
Instead, it showed me events that would occur in the future, warning me to avoid such disasters.
I nodded, half understanding, "So the reason I encountered Lin Huan when he was young is because of what?"
"It could be due to the ancestral connection in your bloodline and the overlap between the Demonic Snake's consciousness and your own, leading the Snake Devouring Stele to take you to that period in the Illusion Realm," Yu Longting continued, a faint smile appearing on his lips, "Wanwan, you should have told me sooner, so I wouldn't have misunderstood you."
I sighed inwardly, wrapping my arms around Yu Longting's, puffing up my cheeks, "It's not about whether or not I should have told you earlier. Ever since Zhao Zheng's incident, my credibility with you has been maxed out."
"That's the truth." Yu Longting surprisingly agreed with what I said, tightening his arms around my body as if he hated that he couldn't meld me into his own flesh.