My father-in-law immediately pressed a few acupoints on my body to slow the spread of the poison before beginning detoxification.

Although I was poisoned, the silver lining was that one of the Tang Clan’s greatest masters was right beside me.

‘That’s reassuring.’

Having the greatest poison specialist in the Central Plains as my personal physician was definitely a relief.

"Don’t worry too much. I’ll attempt an antidote first."

His calm confidence helped settle my nerves.

Meanwhile, Hwa-eun and Seol, who had been watching Huali’s water tank, turned to my father-in-law and asked,

"Father, we both touched Huali too, so why was only So-ryong poisoned? It’s strange. If all three of us touched it, shouldn’t we all have been poisoned?"@@novelbin@@

"That’s right, Elder. Both Hwa-eun and I handled Huali, but only So-ryong was affected… Could this poison only target men?"

In this situation, the prime suspect was obviously Huali—the newest addition to our ship.

None of us had explicitly said it, but it was clear that everyone was thinking the same thing.

After all, before Huali arrived, nothing like this had ever happened.

And given that I had just breathed out blue flames, mirroring Huali’s fire-eating habits, it was only natural to be suspicious.

However, as Seol pointed out, both she and Hwa-eun had also touched Huali, yet they were completely fine.

Could it be a poison that only affected men?

The thought made me pause.

But then I realized—while we had all touched Huali, the timing was different.

I was the only one who had touched it recently.

Hwa-eun and Seol had only touched Huali twice—once when we first found it at Moonlit Spring, and again when we moved it onto the ship.

After that, neither of them had touched it again.

Since amphibians have sensitive skin, I had told them not to handle it too much.

But I had touched Huali multiple times since then.

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