Chapter 1788 — Powerless
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"For now, it is still unclear." With that, Mo Kongwu 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 Kongwu'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 Kongwu 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 Kongwu 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 Kongwu 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 Kongwu 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 Zhi and the others were present, Old Man Wei did not mention the matter of the cave; but even if he had not, Mo Kongwu knew of it all the same.
"I know the cause now..." Before Old Man Wei had finished, Mo Kongwu 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 Kongwu 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 Kongwu'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!"