Chapter 2184: Treating Feng Jiuge's Illness

Having experienced the three worlds of the Master Continent, the Firmament, and the Divine Realm, Zhang Xuan understood the differences between them.

The spiritual energy grew increasingly dense, especially in the Divine Realm. Not only did the flow of time change, but more importantly, the spiritual energy there was countless times richer than that of the Master Continent, not even on the same scale.

Because of this, the beings of the latter could be born at the Pseudo-God realm and become deities with just a little cultivation.

The alien spirit race, with their dense killing aura, gave off a sense of agitation, but absorbing the mercury spiritual energy of the Firmament could alleviate it, making them like normal beings. This was even more true in the Divine Realm.

Liu Yang, as the emperor of the alien spirits, after arriving in the Divine Realm, no matter how he reversely operated the Heaven-Refining Art, he remained the same as ordinary people, without any peculiarity.

This indicated that the隐患 of the killing aura had been completely eliminated.

Why then did this young man before him still have it?

Full of doubt, he looked toward the mansion ahead. People came and went at the gate, and guards stood watch. After observing for a while, he could confirm that these people shared the same bloodline as Feng Jiuge, yet they too lacked the killing aura.

"The Spirit God is the ancestor of the Phoenix Clan, the Undying Heavenly Phoenix, and also the deity of the alien spirit race... It's normal for his descendants to have a killing aura..."

He speculated inwardly.

The alien spirit race revered the Undying Emperor as the Spirit God, so it was not surprising that the Undying Emperor's descendants also possessed a killing aura, just like the alien spirit race.

But...

Why did only this one have it, while the others did not?

After watching for a while, unable to discern anything with his Eye of Insight, Zhang Xuan hesitated, then picked up his wine jug and strode over to the other's table.

He sat down opposite, said nothing, and simply drank as well.

Feng Jiuge frowned, showing displeasure: "If you were sent by Feng Chao and Feng Xiang to continue mocking me, please leave! I may be a waste now, but that doesn't mean anyone can taunt me!"

"I heard about the clan competition and came specially, overhearing your story. I have no ill intentions; I just wanted to share a drink with you..."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

"Are you also from the Fire Phoenix Clan?"

Feng Jiuge asked suspiciously.

"More or less," Zhang Xuan said without explaining, looking at him curiously. "I see you have a good foundation and no serious injuries, so why is your cultivation level gradually declining?"

"Hmph!" Having felt some goodwill, Feng Jiuge's face darkened at Zhang Xuan's words, which seemed to deliberately touch on his sore spot.

Though his cultivation had declined, his discernment remained.

The cultivation of the man before him was even stronger than his own peak, otherwise he would have turned hostile long ago.

"Don't misunderstand. I am not only a member of the Fire Phoenix Clan but also a skilled physician. Seeing your unusual condition, I couldn't help but ask; perhaps I can help you!"

Sensing his hostility, Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and handed over his token for the Great Teleportation Array.

Though it was for teleportation, it also marked the owner's achievements in a certain field.

Feng Jiuge's pupils contracted. He looked again, his previous hostility gone, replaced by excitement.

As a clan member, he knew very well how difficult it was to obtain permission to use the Great Teleportation Array. Even at his peak, he couldn't get it. This man had earned it through medical skill...

Without a doubt, his medical expertise must rank among the highest even within the Nine Heavens.

"I don't know what's wrong either," Feng Jiuge set down his cup and shook his head. "Since that trial, my body has become like a sieve. No matter how much spiritual energy I absorb, I can't store it. My cultivation can't be maintained and keeps dissipating... In just two years, I've become like this!"

"Can't store it?"

Zhang Xuan frowned. "Can you throw a punch for me to see?"

"Why not?" Knowing the man was a skilled physician, Feng Jiuge dared not hold back. He clenched his fist and thrust it forward.

Like a dragon emerging from the sea or an eagle leaving its nest, it gave a sense of immense crushing force. But... halfway through, the punch stopped, as if his strength had failed him, unable to execute the normal martial technique.

His face turned pale, and Feng Jiuge let out a muffled groan.

In the past, he could casually unleash such a martial technique, throwing hundreds of punches in one breath without feeling weak. Now, he couldn't even complete one punch. The frustration in his heart was about to explode.

The man he was two years ago... indeed no longer existed.

No matter how unwilling he felt, there was nothing he could do.

"Sorry, let me prepare again..." He sighed and looked at the young man.

"No need..." Zhang Xuan interrupted him, focusing his mind on the library.

A book had already appeared, recording the details of the other's condition.

"According to the flaws recorded, none of them can affect his cultivation..."

Zhang Xuan frowned deeply.

The book recorded many flaws in Feng Jiuge's body, but none related to the decline in cultivation. In other words, the library had not detected the reason why he couldn't cultivate and his cultivation was decreasing!

This was strange.

After arriving in the Divine Realm, the library had upgraded and could see through the flaws of even a Sealed Divine King. Why couldn't it detect his?

"Would you mind if I check your pulse?"

Since the library couldn't find anything, Zhang Xuan looked at him.

"Thank you. I'm used to it anyway. If you can't solve it, it's fine..."

Seeing his expression, Feng Jiuge's hopeful eyes dimmed again, and he shook his head with a bitter smile.

After his injury and cultivation decline, he had consulted countless physicians, even the most famous ones in the Undying Heaven, but none had found the cause.

Though this man's medical skill was formidable, it would probably be the same as before, with no significant change.

"Just a look; it won't cost you anything," Zhang Xuan said.

"That's true... I have nothing left to lose now..." Feng Jiuge shook his head.

His status as a clan member had been stripped; from now on, he was alone with nothing more to lose. With the other's strength, if he wanted to harm him, a single thought would suffice; there was no need for such courtesy.

With that, he extended his wrist.

Zhang Xuan placed his fingers on it, and with a thought, a strand of Heavenly Dao Qi silently seeped in, flowing through the blood vessels and meridians.

Sizzle!

The moment his fingers touched the other's wrist, Zhang Xuan immediately felt the Heavenly Dao Qi traveling along the meridians until it reached a certain point, as if it had discovered something. It suddenly stopped, and he was about to see what was happening.

Whoosh!

The Qi dissipated, vanishing without a trace, as if it had never existed.

"This..."

His pupils contracted, and Zhang Xuan's face changed.

Heavenly Dao Qi had always been invincible, and when converted to the Heaven-Indifferent Art, its power was even greater. Yet now, upon entering the other's body, it had directly vanished, as if neutralized by something. What was going on?