Monks at the Mid-Qi Condensation stage cannot develop Divine Sense; only a few cultivators at Qi Condensation Layer 10, by some chance and good fortune, manage to form a Consciousness Sea, though their Divine Sense can still only reach a few meters outside their bodies. Zhao Yi was only at Qi Condensation Layer 5; it was impossible for him to have Divine Sense. Taking the princess's wrist, Zhao Yi sent a strand of Spiritual Energy into Qingyue's body.
Zhao Yi's Spiritual Energy circulated once through Qingyue's body without finding anything unusual. Searching a second time, he finally discovered a very thin, strange meridian near her Dantian. It almost formed a complete circle around the Dantian, as if guarding it. A wisp of energy, as thin as a hair, flowed weakly within the meridian—had he not looked closely, it would have been entirely undetectable. While this still did not reveal the cause of the princess's illness, and perhaps this fell outside his areas of expertise, at least there was an abnormality.
Zhao Yi withdrew his Spiritual Energy, though he did not let go of her hand. Closing his eyes, he thought: The Eight Extraordinary Meridians are completely normal, and the internal organs are functioning properly as well. As for the draining of her vitality mentioned by that Foundation Establishment stage elder, Zhao Yi could not detect it either. Where on earth was this illness originating from? Could it be in her brain? With Zhao Yi's half-baked skills, he certainly di…
Chapter 17