Arius suddenly remembered that in his past life, he had heard about Elaine's paralyzed father. Unexpectedly, in this lifetime, her situation was still the same.

But, in this lifetime, Elaine's father was a martial warrior and became paralyzed because of other people's plots.

"Oh right, what about your father's teammates? Don't they know the situation in your family?" asked Arius.

"In the past, they helped us a lot. However, most of their time is spent in Amazon Continent. Sometimes, they might not be able to come back for a few months. This time, they are already away for half a year."

"Half a month ago, my younger sister's illness suddenly flared up. My mom had no choice. With other people's recommendation, she could only borrow money from those people to pay for my sister's treatment fees," Elaine said.

"You still have a younger sister? What illness does she have?" Arius realized that he knew nothing about Elaine's family.

"I always had a younger sister. You just don't know about her. Her illness… sigh, it will be good if we could know what illness it is. That way, we won't be at a loss of what to do." Elaine sighed.

As she spoke, she brought Elaine to the door of another room and knocked. "Claire, I brought a friend over. Can I come in?"

"Come~ in~"

A young lady's faint voice came from the room. The way she spoke was very strange. She spoke a word for word, but there was no break in between the words. She seemed a little feeble and lifeless.

If one suddenly heard this voice in the middle of the night in the dark, they would probably pee in their pants.

Arius felt goosebumps appearing on his skin.

Elaine gave a dry laugh. "Please don't mind her. My sister has always been like this."

She pushed the door open—

Creak~

The wooden door gave a shrill screech due to the friction on the hinges. The room was dark. The curtain was closed tightly, and no ounce of light was able to enter the room.

Arius scanned the room. There was no human in sight at all.

But—

He saw a sea of… bubbles!

What is this?

Arius was dumbfounded in an instant.

Attribute bubbles filled up the entire room. They were on the ground, the table, the chair, the bed, in front of the cupboard…

They were everywhere. The room was densely populated with big and small bubbles.

Arius swallowed his saliva. He couldn't wait to enter the room.

"Don't!" Elaine stopped him in a hurry. Then, she reminded him, "I think you better follow behind me. Remember not to get too close later."

"Why?" Arius was puzzled.

"I'll tell you later," said Elaine in a low voice.

Then, she entered the room first and spoke to a corner between the legs of the bed and the wall. "Claire, Sis is coming in."

Arius followed her gaze and finally saw a young lady hugging her knees in a blind spot at the corner of the bed. Her head was buried between her knees. She had long black hair, flowing straight down smoothly—

The hair was long, black, and straight!

He looked at Elaine. Yes, they looked the same!

Then, his focus turned to the attribute bubbles scattered around him. He was already full of anticipation.

What kind of attribute bubbles are these?

This was the first time he saw a normal person dropping so many attribute bubbles. Even more, these bubbles had dropped naturally. This was very abnormal!

Could it be related to Elaine's younger sister's strange illness?

Arius guessed secretly. Then, he lightly touched the bubbles beside him—

He picked them up!

Poison Spiritual Ki*2

Poison Spiritual Ki*1

Demon Lotus Poison Body*1

Instantly, Arius felt something changing in his body. He sensed a strange, rare Spiritual Ki in this world.

Poison Spiritual Ki!

This kind of force actually existed? Arius was dumbfounded.

After that, the poison Spiritual Ki entered Arius's body. He had never practiced any poison Spiritual Ki skill scriptures before, so the poison Spiritual Ki instantly exploded and started running amok in his body.

Damn it! Arius then started to panic.

If someone observed the skin on his body and his face, they would notice that there was a layer of purple-red color in them.

He looked as though he got poisoned.

However, the occult energy immediately pacified the poison Spiritual Ki and congregated all of it in the Spiritual Ki nucleus. It soon formed an equilibrium with the other three Forces in the nucleus.

The strange color on his skin subsided within a second like the waves of the sea.

"What's wrong with you?" Elaine turned her head and asked.

"Oh, I'm fine." Arius regained his composure and smiled.

At the same time, the young lady squatting in the corner seemed to have sensed something. She raised her head and curiously looked at Arius.

Arius's heart jumped a little when he saw the young lady's appearance.

The frame of her face was very similar to Elaine's. She should be a pretty lady too. However, there were purple-red poison spots on both sides of her cheeks. They covered more than half of her face.

The poison spots were rough and bumpy. They looked extremely disgusting. They destroyed all the beauty on the face and even made it hideous and terrifying. It was hard to look at her face for long.

Arius stared into the eyes of the young lady. His heart skipped a beat, but he didn't feel any loathing towards her.

He just felt that the young lady was very pitiful. She was at the prime of her life, but she could only hide in the darkness of her room. She couldn't live like a normal person.

She didn't even dare to take a single step out of her house. Arius could imagine how much hate and jeers she must have received in the past.

This should be the strange illness Elaine was talking about.

Demon lotus poison body!

This must be a very rare physique. If it wasn't, Elaine's father would have found a cure a long time ago since he was a martial warrior. They wouldn't be at a loss even until now.

If the martial warriors couldn't find a solution for this kind of physique, the current medical industry wouldn't be able to find a cure either.

The martial arts era and the technology era were two different systems. Before the martial arts era started, this illness had never appeared.

Therefore, there were no successful cases of treatment in the medical industry.

The solution might only be found in the Amazon Continent.

"Sister~ who is he?" The young lady sized up Arius again. However, the feeling she had just now had disappeared. A hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

"His name is Arius. He's my friend." Elaine squatted down in front of the young lady, but she didn't get too close to her. There was at least one meter distance between them.

Arius kind of understood why Elaine didn't allow him to get close to her younger sister.

Right now, he could feel poison Spiritual Ki continuously surging out of the young lady's body. The air around her was saturated with poison Spiritual Ki.

If an ordinary person got too close, they would definitely get affected. If the interaction was too long, they would be poisoned. In severe cases, they might die immediately.

This was how horrifying the demon lotus poison body was!

"Is he my brother-in-law~" the young lady suddenly asked Elaine.

Pfft!

"Brother-in-law!" Elaine was dumbstruck. Her entire face turned red within a split second. "Stupid girl, what are you saying! He's not your brother-in-law."

Arius almost burst out laughing. This young lady was such a good wing-man!

"Oh~" The young lady tilted her head and gave an ambiguous response. There were no emotional changes on her face.

Elaine felt helpless. She got up and said to Arius, "This is my younger sister, Claire. Don't mind what she said."

"Why are you so nervous?" Arius made fun of her.

"I'm not nervous!" Elaine got nervous because of his stare.

Arius smiled. Then, he stepped past Elaine and walked towards Claire.

"Don't go over!" Elaine wanted to stop him quickly.

"It's fine!"

Arius waved his hand. Before Elaine could block him, he had already squatted down in front of Claire. He lifted his hand. "Hello!"