King Galad did not respond right away, he just continued to stare at the scales on YuYan's cheek. Then he preceded to pull back the collar of her robe to reveal her left shoulder.?"What do you think your doing!" Li FuJin screamed in anger. His heart is about to burst with fury thinking that King Galad is trying to take advantage of YuYan.?He was about to attack but Zhiyuan immediately held him back. Before he can struggle, Li FuJin was stunned. His eyes fell on YuYan's exposed left shoulder, it is covered with dark ice scales.?Li FuJin's heart almost stopped beating watching King Galad covering YuYan's shoulder. His eyes fixed on her shoulder as if he could still see it through her robes.?Frowning, King Galad turned his head to look at Li FuJin whose face is pale. "Other than me, no one can touch her for now otherwise the scales will catch onto your skin and die after seven days."?Everyone: "!!??" What?!?Everyone is stunned. Their hearts almost stopped beating after hearing King Galad's words. The idea of dying after seven days horrified them.?"But.. She was just fine.." Zhiyuan's voice is shaking. His heart is filled with apprehension, fearing that something is wrong with YuYan for the king to make such a warning. "How is it possible.."? ?"You have lived for a thousand years. How can you not even recognize this situation?" King Galad said, regarding him with contempt. "Have you ever thought of what could have possibly happen to her if you did not come to this world?"?Zhiyuan: "..."?Zhiyuan's face instantly turned pale, his voice trembling. "I... I did not expect this to happen.. It has been a thousand years when..." He choked, no longer able to continue his words.?"What exactly is happening to her?" Li FuJin asked coldly. His heart keeps on being twisted at not understanding YuYan's situation. He has a bad feeling about it.?With a poker face, King Galad turned his attention to Li FuJin and finally explained. "This is called Dark cold poison. It is a disease that took many lives few thousand years ago."?Everyone: "!!!"?"It is a result of using not just one elements at the same time. That includes blending it without having high mentality to control both in one's body." King Galad added, "It will degenerate the functionality of the body and slowly kill it."?There was a sudden silence from everyone like they were hit by a thousand lightning. Thinking about King Galad's words, all of them looked at YuYan who is still unconscious with fear that she is actually dying.?As for Li FuJin, his heart skipped a beat while his mind turned blank. King Galad's words kept on ringing in his ears. The fact that YuYan is dying, almost made his soul fly away from his body.?He started to recall the time that they were in the tunnel. The dark scales appeared when YuYan tried to use her powers, but it did not disappear. Worse, she had no idea how to remove it.?Watching everyone's pale face, King Galad added. "Anyone who doesn't have strong healing spiritual power will be contaminated. It will have seven stages of suffering."?"Seven? Wait.. Dark cold poison?" Marlene suddenly spoke, and thought for a second. "The seven signs... Is it.. Scaly skin, being disoriented, malfunction of the internal organs."?She continued, but sounding more horrified. "Weakening of blood vessels causing it to rupture, lost of strength and spiritual energy, freezing of the body... Death." Marlene's voice is shaking.? ?No one ever spoke a word. Each of their faces turned almost lifeless. They returned to their senses when King Galad suddenly spoke, directing his words to Zhiyuan. "How did you end up in Dryadalis?"?Zhiyuan immediately answered. "We were in forbidden mountain to enter the Labyrinth." He thought for a second, trying to recall what happened and explained everything. "Your world has a restriction for outsiders. How is it possible for us to come here?"