Two years passed in the blink of an eye. Eight-year-old Lin Yu had grown considerably taller, reaching nearly 1.6 meters, making him exceptionally outstanding among his peers.
In these two years, Lin Yu's soul power had increased by seven levels, now reaching the nineteenth level Soul Master.
In addition, he discovered a function of his second spirit, which, though not yet equipped with a spirit ring, could promote plant growth.
After discovering this ability, whenever Lin Yu woke up and looked out the window at the clearing overgrown with Blue Silver Grass between the stream and the house, he felt an urge to cultivate it.
Therefore, Lin Yu used his spare time to clear the more than 500 square meters of land.
After clearing away the Blue Silver Grass, Lin Yu had cleared five plots, each about five meters wide and twenty meters long.
Fortunately, Lin Yu's location was relatively secluded, and no one noticed.
The only time he was seen was by Qian Renxue, who, in a bossy tone, gave him a severe scolding.
Of course, Qian Renxue was mainly worried that he would become obsessed with playing games and neglect his duties. After all, in the world of Soul Masters, Soul Power is the most fundamental thing, and she didn't want to ruin her little brother whom she had only recently taken in.
Especially at this time, with the First Prince Xue Luochuan still alive.
Xue Qinghe, who could only lie low at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, would come to Lin Yu's place almost every day.
Besides checking whether Lin Yu was cultivating diligently, he also wanted to ask when Xue Luochuan would finally die.
The front door was tightly shut. Sitting in the front hall, Qian Renxue stared intently at Lin Yu with her slightly slender golden phoenix eyes. "Will your method even work? If it doesn't, I'll do it myself."
Lin Yu chuckled awkwardly. "Well, Young Master, don't worry. You saw Xue Luochuan's condition; his physical strength has declined drastically in the past two years, and
he's almost at his breaking point." Qian Renxue was naturally aware of this, but she was somewhat puzzled. She bit her thin red lips lightly. "Xiao Yu, there's something I don't understand. Why are you so knowledgeable about plants? Xue Luochuan is a Soul Master, after all. In just two years, you've turned him into something unrecognizable."
Lin Yu simply smiled at Qian Renxue's question. "There's nothing I can do. Xue Luochuan eats so well. Besides the necessary staple foods, all the other dishes are wild delicacies from the Star Dou Great Forest. I only slightly altered his menu."
In his previous life, Lin Yu majored in medicine, supplemented by nutrition, and was familiar with food incompatibilities.
After learning more, he realized that while food incompatibilities might exist, discussing toxicity without considering dosage is utterly irresponsible!
Humans have been domesticated for far too long; even if some food is toxic, it's practically impossible for it to cause any harm.
But Xue Luochuan is different. As the eldest prince of the Heavenly Dou Empire, he eats plants from the Star Dou Great Forest that grow naturally and possess certain special properties, or even the meat of soul beasts.
These are more like medicinal herbs than food.
Although food and medicine share the same origin, the effects of medicinal herbs are far superior to those of food. Therefore, consuming incompatible herbs could truly cause serious problems.
Lin Yu, with his expertise, learned of Xue Luochuan's diet from Qian Renxue and, after a period of research into the plants of the Star Dou Great Forest, summarized some principles of mutual restraint and interaction.
He then gave this knowledge to Qian Renxue, asking her to prepare a new diet for her "good older brother."
After Xue Luochuan's diet was changed, his health initially improved day by day. However, within two or three months, his condition changed drastically.
This led Xue Luochuan to initially suspect that he had been poisoned, and that it was the Third Prince, Xue Haicang, who had poisoned him.
As for why he didn't suspect anyone else, it was mainly because Xue Qinghe had been too well-behaved and had rarely returned to the palace in the past two years, so no clues could be found.
The remaining avalanche, whose martial soul had only awakened yesterday, was naturally overlooked by him subconsciously.
"Your Highness, this old minister has examined Your Highness's symptoms. It is more a case of physical weakness, with no toxins in the body!"
With support-type soul masters present, external injuries and toxins can be healed in no time, which has led to the slow development of the medical profession. The understanding of medicinal herbs in the entire Douluo Continent is quite limited, let alone the principles of mutual generation and restraint between medicinal herbs.
After receiving the imperial physician's reply, Xue Luochuan's face darkened horribly. "I'll ask you one more time, what exactly are my symptoms?!"
The imperial physician's face instantly turned deathly pale, but he still insisted on his point of view, "Your Highness, you suffer from a deficiency of constitution. It's not..."
"Guards, drag him out and behead him!"
The imperial physician, who already held little status in the palace, was immediately dragged away. After the imperial physician's voice faded, a ruthless glint flashed in Xue Luochuan's eyes. "Xue Haicang, since you're so heartless, don't blame me for being ruthless too. I almost forgot, that good-for-nothing Xue Qinghe must also be dealt with as soon as possible!"
Xue Luochuan and Xue Beng were, after all, siblings from the same mother, so he didn't intend to kill Xue Beng. It was
just that Xue Qinghe, who had no background and was mediocre to the point of being ordinary, was completely incidental. He couldn't let Xue Qinghe benefit from his fight with Xue Haicang, could he?
Therefore, Xue Qinghe miraculously ended up on Xue Luochuan's kill list.
The Third Prince, Xue Haicang, was also unaware that Xue Luochuan, who had always been on the same level as him, now harbored murderous intent towards him.
While pondering how to resolve the issues with Xue Haicang and Xue Qinghe, Xue Luochuan was still contemplating how to remove the "toxins" from his body.
Indeed, Xue Luochuan still attributed the changes in his body to poisoning.
He had previously sought treatment from a support-type Soul Master, but the symptoms recurred shortly after, leading him to suspect poisoning.
After some thought, a resolute glint flashed in Xue Luochuan's eyes, "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Sect Master Ning, I hope you won't disappoint me."
(Note: Royal power struggles never require evidence)...
Meanwhile, Lin Yu, having passed his studies test, left the Heaven Dou Royal Academy together in Xue Qinghe's private carriage.
Lin Yu had even made a special trip to the Academic Affairs Office to request leave.
Seeing Lin Yu leave the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xue Qinghe was quite curious, as she knew how much of a homebody he was; he would never leave the academy if he could stay there.
Therefore, she also requested leave and accompanied Lin Yu to Heaven Dou City.
Lin Yu, looking at Xue Qinghe sitting opposite him, was truly at a loss. To prevent her from taking her anger out on him, he decided to explain beforehand, giving her a heads-up, "Brother Qinghe, let me make this clear first: whatever I buy later, don't worry about it."
"Okay, no problem, but I'm quite curious too."
(End of Chapter)