Chapter 1788 — Powerless

"Ah? Oh!" Shen Yushu snapped fully awake and hurriedly laid her hand on Wei Zhao's body, and at that very moment the color of Wei Zhao's skin faded considerably, while Little Shu's own complexion shifted from white to red.

"Little Shu, the man Grandpa Lin sent for has arrived. Work with him and let him examine Wei Zhao, to see just what has gone wrong!" Tang Yun said to Shen Yushu.

"Oh, all right." Shen Yushu nodded, but her eyes kept stealing glances at Wei Zhao, and she secretly felt a little regret—had she really fallen asleep yesterday? Ugh, if only something had happened between her and Arrow Bro, then she would have become the true and rightful wife Shu, and neither Tang Yun nor Feng Xiaoxiao could compare with her...

But yesterday she had been so sleepy and worn out that she dropped off the moment she lay down; naturally, nothing could have happened.

"Little Shu, what are you looking at like that?" Gu Mengyao had caught Shen Yushu's little movements and scolded her.

"Oh... nothing..." Shen Yushu naturally would not admit it.

"I saw it all, and you still won't confess?" Gu Mengyao glared at her.

"Well, if you looked too, why am I not allowed to?" Shen Yushu retorted.

"I..." Gu Mengyao was somewhat speechless. She thought: I looked by accident, you looked on purpose—how can that be the same? Besides, my eyes certainly did not stray to those private parts... But at this thought, Gu Mengyao could not help her curiosity, and her gaze naturally drifted toward Wei Zhao...

"Oh! Sister Yaoyao is so naughty, she wants to look too—caught you red-handed!" Shen Yushu said.

Gu Mengyao was instantly furious and wanted to tear Shen Yushu's mouth off, but then she suddenly remembered the heat of Shen Yushu's body and stopped her hand, shaking her head helplessly. "Don't talk nonsense, I wasn't!" she huffed.

"All right, all right, so she looked—let it go. Why not first let this gentleman help examine Wei Zhao's condition?" Tang Yun was caught between laughter and tears at Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu; Wei Zhao had been looked at, and he himself had said nothing, yet the two of them were quarreling over it.

And just as Tang Yun spoke, Mo Kongwen had already walked up to Wei Zhao and raised his hand to feel Wei Zhao's meridians. A moment later his brows knitted, and he let out a cry of surprise: "Hm?"

"How is it?" Old Man Wei asked hurriedly.

"Little girl, take your hand away—let me have another look!" Mo Kongwen said to Shen Yushu.

"If I take it away... he'll be very hot... don't get burned, sir!" Shen Yushu warned, but she released her hand as told.

The instant Shen Yushu's hand left, Wei Zhao's body turned crimson red once more, yet Mo Kongwen seemed utterly unconcerned. His hand remained on Wei Zhao's meridians, showing not the slightest intention of moving away, and his expression did not change at all, as though he could not feel the heat of Wei Zhao's body in the least...

Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun were astonished, but Old Man Wei seemed to regard it as only natural and showed no surprise whatsoever.

"There must have been a mishap in his cultivation—he has suffered qigong deviation!" After a long while, Mo Kongwen finally spoke. "The true qi within his body is in chaos, yet there is nothing wrong with his meridians—these are the symptoms of qigong deviation."

"Qigong deviation?" Though Old Man Wei had considered this possibility before, hearing Mo Kongwen say it with his own lips still struck him as odd. "How could there be qigong deviation? The Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art—was it not left behind by that personage...? How could there be a mishap?"

"The cause is not yet clear, but one thing is certain: there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art itself," Mo Kongwen said with conviction. "The problem must lie elsewhere!"

"Then it is...?" Old Man Wei asked hesitantly.

"For now, it is still unclear." With that, Mo Kongwen turned to look at Shen Yushu. "Little girl, your constitution seems rather peculiar?"

"Oh, I don't know either—anyway, I'm very heat-resistant..." Shen Yushu said.

A faint, barely perceptible smile flickered at the corner of Mo Kongwen's mouth. His eyes swept over Shen Yushu, and then he said, "For now, cool Little Yi down for him. Little Yi's condition will not bring other problems for the time being, but if it drags on, there's no telling whether the fever might leave aftereffects. So your ability to cool him is the best possible palliative measure—we'll discuss everything else once I have found the cause!"

"Oh... all right..." At the moment Mo Kongwen had gazed at her, Shen Yushu felt a thrill of alarm, as though she had been seen clean through! She had not felt such a thing in many years. True, Wei Zhao sometimes saw through her little disguises, but this sensation of having her inner world laid bare was an entirely new experience...

Could it be that he had seen something? Had he learned her secret?

But seeing that Mo Kongwen had only instructed her to cool Wei Zhao and said nothing further, Shen Yushu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Lin, would you tell me in detail the whole course of Little Yi's return this time?" Mo Kongwen looked away from Shen Yushu and turned to Old Man Wei.

"Very well!" Old Man Wei dared not hesitate. He pondered a moment, marshaled his words, and then began from the very moment Wei Zhao came home, telling Mo Kongwen how Wei Zhao had obtained the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art and begun tempering his body, and then how he had begun his cultivation...

Of course, because Tang Yun and the others were present, Old Man Wei did not mention the matter of the cave; but even if he had not, Mo Kongwen knew of it all the same.

"I know the cause now..." Before Old Man Wei had finished, Mo Kongwen cut him off. "In the prescription for body tempering, not a single ingredient may be substituted. Although the Fruit of Repose can be replaced by other herbs that calm the spirit and quiet the mind, if the dosage is off by even a fraction, there will be a mishap! And Little Yi's present condition is precisely the result of failing to suppress the true qi of the second layer. The true qi of his cultivation is of the utmost yang; once qigong deviation occurs, his whole body will burn with a frightful heat!"

"So that was the cause..." At once a look of remorse came over Old Man Wei's face. "Had I known there would be trouble, I would never have let him substitute other medicines for the Fruit of Repose..."

"That is the cause!" Mo Kongwen nodded. "However..."

"How can it be resolved?" Though Old Man Wei was filled with regret, what concerned him most now was how to cure Wei Zhao's qigong deviation.

"I had not finished what I was saying... I meant that although I know the cause, I... am powerless to help..." Mo Kongwen's expression looked somewhat resigned. "I... have not yet reached that level... If the master, or Little Yi's cultivation, were here, there should be a way!"

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