Chapter 724: Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis

"Kill! You are all demons, I will kill you!"

Gu Qing, sensing someone's arrival, instantly became violent, struggling with all her might to break free from the iron chains.

Seeing this, Ye Yuan also furrowed his brows slightly.

"Kid, I've prepared the Dream Soul Incense for you. Do it yourself?"

With that, He Shuming tossed a short stick of incense to Ye Yuan.

However, Ye Yuan did not reach out to catch it, letting the incense fall to the ground.

Dream Soul Incense is a spice that induces sleep, with the effect of calming the soul and focusing the mind. For an illness like Gu Qing's, it is difficult for an alchemist to take her pulse, so the Dream Soul Incense naturally came in handy.

Seeing Ye Yuan's reaction, He Shuming was furious: "Kid, what do you mean by this?"

Ye Yuan said calmly, "Miss Gu is currently in a state of发作, and many things related to her condition will naturally be exposed. If you use Dream Soul Incense to put her to sleep, what if it leads to a misdiagnosis? You don't even have this basic common sense; I really wonder how you became a Saint Alchemist!"

He Shuming was momentarily speechless. This kid actually doubted his strength as a Saint Alchemist!

But everything Ye Yuan said made sense, and he couldn't refute it.

Even Gu Changshun and Jun Tianyu, who didn't understand, nodded inwardly. Clearly, this argument was quite tenable.

Gu Changshun couldn't help but glance at He Shuming. When he had diagnosed Gu Qing, hadn't he used Dream Soul Incense to put her to sleep?

"Nonsense! Without Dream Soul Incense, I'd like to see how you take her pulse!" He Shuming sneered.

Feeling Gu Changshun's gaze, He Shuming's face burned. But without putting Gu Qing to sleep, how could he take her pulse?

"Then open your eyes wide and watch!"

Ye Yuan stepped forward a few paces, getting closer to Gu Qing. Then he extended his index finger, and a faint yellow thread flowed from it.

This thin thread was actually condensed from Yuan power!

Seeing this, He Shuming's expression changed drastically, and he blurted out, "Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis!"

Gu Changshun didn't know what Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis meant, but from He Shuming's expression, he could tell that Ye Yuan's technique seemed impressive, and he felt a glimmer of hope.

Gu Qing was the daughter of him and his first wife, with whom he had a deep bond. However, his wife had passed away shortly after Gu Qing's birth.

Moreover, Gu Qing looked almost exactly like his first wife, so Gu Changshun had always doted on her.

Who would have thought that Gu Qing would contract such a strange illness, one that even He Shuming couldn't diagnose?

If Gu Qing were to leave him as well, Gu Changshun would truly break down.

Thus, he didn't hesitate to agree to Ye Yuan's terms, offering the Huixiang Tower as payment for curing Gu Qing.

At that moment, the thin thread emitted from Ye Yuan's body gradually extended to Gu Qing's arm, then probed into her meridians.

Seeing this, Gu Changshun's face showed a hint of surprise.

Although he didn't understand Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis, Ye Yuan's technique alone was enough to demonstrate his extraordinary skill.

Martial artists typically release Yuan power for greater destructive force, with a rough control over it.

But Ye Yuan's technique required extremely fine control over Yuan power.

This was something even he, as a Heavenly Enlightenment realm martial artist, could not achieve!

Such a technique could only be mastered through thousands of refinements.

As for He Shuming, his shock was even greater than Gu Changshun's.

Gu Changshun didn't understand, but He Shuming was a Saint Alchemist!

The only Saint Alchemist in Gufeng City!

Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis was an extremely advanced pulse-taking technique, with nearly perverse requirements for controlling Yuan power and soul power.

He Shuming had once tried to master this technique but ultimately gave up due to its difficulty.

Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis wasn't just about condensing Yuan power into a thin thread and probing into a martial artist's body; if it were that simple, he could do it too.

The hardest part of Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis was the exploration inside the martial artist's meridians after probing!

In this process, the control of Yuan power must not deviate in the slightest, or the effort would be wasted, and the martial artist's body could even be harmed.

This was the first time He Shuming had seen Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis performed by a mere Alchemy King!

As far as he knew, everyone who had mastered this technique was at least a Saint Alchemist!

This kid must be putting on an act; there was no way he could probe Yuan power into Gu Qing's meridians.

Yes, that must be it!

After a moment, Ye Yuan withdrew his Yuan power, and the Yuan power thread dissipated.

Gu Changshun asked hopefully, "Master Ye, how is my daughter's condition?"

Ye Yuan frowned and said, "It's a bit troublesome!"

He Shuming perked up at this and sneered, "Heh, if you can't diagnose, just say so. Stop pretending! I knew it—Yuan Silk Pulse Diagnosis isn't so easy to master. I almost let you fool me!"

Gu Changshun's face fell, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

Ye Yuan, however, said calmly, "Is that so... When I say troublesome, it's not because I can't handle it, but because some fool tied Miss Gu to this ice bed! That fool had no idea about Miss Gu's condition and assumed that this Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Bed could suppress the heart demon. Not only was it useless, but it actually worsened her condition! Huh? Why are you glaring at me? I wasn't talking about you."

The more Ye Yuan spoke, the darker He Shuming's face became.

Ye Yuan's skill at indirect criticism was truly masterful!

Who else could that fool be but He Shuming?

"Kid, I admit your tongue is sharp! Since you say the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Bed is useless, then tell me what's wrong with Qing'er!" He Shuming said darkly.

Ye Yuan said in surprise, "Oh, it really was you? Did you buy your Saint Alchemist title with Flower Earth Crystals? When an alchemist treats a patient, pretending to know what you don't is a major taboo. Don't you even know that? You didn't even understand her condition, yet you dared to have the Gu family tie her to the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Bed. I admire your courage! Were you trying to save her or harm her?"

He Shuming was about to explode with rage. If not for Jun Tianyu's presence, even if Ye Yuan truly could save Gu Qing, he would have struck him dead!

Unsurprisingly, Gu Changshun gave him another meaningful glance.

"Kid, you can be arrogant all you want, but wait until you've identified Qing'er's cause. You keep dodging the question and diverting the Patriarch's attention. You probably haven't found the cause at all, have you?" He Shuming sneered.

Ye Yuan shook his head and sighed, "Honestly, I think your Saint Alchemist title is too watered down. You don't even know some basic alchemist etiquette! When other alchemists are treating a patient, shouldn't you withdraw? I didn't leave because I was afraid you'd steal my technique! But with your intelligence, even if you tried to steal it, you'd never reach the level of a true Saint Alchemist! Oh well, if you want to steal, go ahead. I'll tell you: Miss Gu's real cause is... there is no cause!"