Fang Shile was stunned upon hearing this, then he quickly created a barrier to isolate them, enclosing the four of them within it, so that no one could hear their conversation...
"Is there sothing wrong with my father’s poison?" After Fang Shile ford the barrier, Feng Xiaoyao asked Mo Jiuli with concern.
"The person who poisoned your father is probably soone from your City Lord’s Mansion. The poison your father is afflicted with is a slow acting poison, which takes three hundred years from the ti of poisoning to the onset of symptoms..." Mo Jiuli said to Feng Xiaoyao.
"What? Three hundred years?" Feng Xiaoyao exclaid in shock.
"That’s right, it requires constant administration for three hundred years to ensure your father’s condition deteriorates to this point! And this kind of slow acting poison is undetectable until the symptoms manifest. The dark guard ntioned that your father vomited blood half a year ago. I think that was because the person who poisoned him temporarily left your father’s side for more than half a year, hence the reaction. Perhaps it was because your father went into seclusion, making it impossible for the culprit to approach him!" Mo Jiuli said to Feng Xiaoyao.
"How could this be? Who wants to harm my father?" Feng Xiaoyao asked in shock.
"Xiaoyao, I rember you told you have no intention of becoming the City Lord or even the Young City Lord! But the Feng Family lineage has always been sparse in heirs, so even if you don’t want to, it’s expected of you to beco the City Lord, right? Therefore, if sothing happens to your father, and you refuse to beco the City Lord, who is most likely to succeed him? I think this person should be the suspect harming your father..." Fang Shile said thoughtfully.
"He’s right; I think so too! Cultivators have long lifespans, and since the perpetrator has quietly poisoned your father for three hundred years, it’s clear they didn’t want to be discovered. They must have a motive, or they wouldn’t do such a thing!" Mo Jiuli also said.
"So, Xiaoyao, you just need to consider who would beco the City Lord besides you if sothing happens to your father, and you should know!" Fang Shile said to Feng Xiaoyao.
Feng Xiaoyao lowered his head in thought and said, "But it’s impossible, it can’t be him!"
"Who are you talking about, Xiaoyao?" Fang Shile asked.
"It’s my father’s senior brother, Master Ling! Master Ling is not only my father’s senior brother but also my parents’ benefactor. I heard from Dad that when they went for training, my parents and Master Ling got separated, and my parents were besieged by a group of Divine Beasts. If it weren’t for Master Ling leading others to find them, and sacrificing his leg for my mother, being attacked by the beast group and injuring his ridians, resulting in his current limping condition, my mother might have died! So how could it be Master Ling!" Feng Xiaoyao said incredulously.
"Then why do you say Master Ling is the person most likely to beco the City Lord if your father is absent?" Mo Jiuli asked curiously.
"Because the affairs of the City Lord’s Mansion have always been managed by my father and Master Ling! My father’s temperant is sowhat like mine, and he’s not particularly fond of handling the City Lord’s Mansion’s affairs. Although the City Lord’s Mansion in Fenghua City doesn’t ddle with worldly matters, due to its long history and being the foundation of the Feng Family, it’s also one of the top-level forces on the Zhushen Continent. When Master Ling ended up limping due to saving my parents, they feel very guilty about it.
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