Brother Howard, Please Save My Father!

"Yes. You were poisoned, so I simply used the silver needles on your acupuncture points to eliminate some toxins in your body. That's why you feel better now."

Clarence nodded and continued, "I didn't say it just now because I feared the poisoning might be related to something shady. I didn't want everyone in the hall to know about it."

Zander's face twisted up upon hearing Clarence's answer. 

"Master Howard, do you have any idea how the poison could've entered my body?" Zander finally spoke after a few seconds of silence.

Clarence thought about it. "Although deliberate poisoning by an enemy is a possibility, one of two things could've happened instead.

"First, your diet might be toxic. If so, then you've accumulated the toxin in your body over the years.

"Second, you could be living in a toxic environment, where the air you breathe in daily isn't clean.