User blog comment:Bennlimos/HxH Questions & Thoughts Discussion 8/@comment-5780397-20141015164354/@comment-5780397-20141015164815

2) If I get the meaning of your question, Youpi would have had to be able to determine exactly which of his cells were poisoned and which were not. I don't think this is possible. Even if he had known of the poison, he would have tried to save his king, in the hope that the toxin would not kill him.