Ji Yuanchi put the things aside, then reached out and touched her head, finding it alarmingly hot. Under normal circumstances, a person in spiritual cultivation wouldn't experience such a high fever, a condition usually associated with serious injury.

"Yueyue, wake up!" Ji Yuanchi shook her body, trying to wake her, but the person on the bed did not move for a long time. She hurriedly ran out of the door. Pu Erge had not gone far outside the courtyard. He had just lingered with Ji Yuanchi at the door for a while. "Second Brother! Something bad has happened. Yueyue has suddenly developed a high fever for some reason."

Pu Erge's face darkened as he followed Ji Yuanchi into the house. Xu Yuehuai's face was even redder, which was quite abnormal. She herself didn't feel anything, only that after she fell asleep, the air around her felt hot, but she showed no signs of wanting to wake up. She was trapped in a dim world, with nothing around her. She walked in one direction, trying to find a trace, but she didn't know how long she walked before she got tired and lay down to rest. She also didn't know how much time had passed.

Upon learning of this, Elder Zisang rushed over immediately. Xu Yuehuai was one of his more promising disciples, and he absolutely could not afford to let anything happen to her. He sat by the bedside, continuously channeling spiritual energy into Xu Yuehuai. He frowned slightly, noticing something amiss, and turned to look at Ji Yuanchi, "Has she been acting strangely lately?"

Ji Yuanchi shook her head. "No, she's been with us these past few days. After we arrived at the academy yesterday, our senior sister gave us the library tokens and then went to the library alone for an afternoon. She didn't come back until very late. When I checked this morning, there was nothing wrong, but it turned out like this when she came back."

As Ji Yuanchi spoke, Elder Zisang's expression grew increasingly grave. "The tokens were given to you so you could read them in your spare time. The books inside are all sealed with seals. She spent the whole afternoon reading them; how could she feel good about it!"

As he spoke, he pointed to a disciple and said, "You, go and call the Fifth Elder over. Tell him to hurry up and tell him it's a matter of life and death!"

The disciple did not hesitate and immediately left the room and headed towards the library. Elder Zisang instructed everyone who did not need to leave to leave, leaving only Ji Yuanchi and Brother Pu in the room.

He had been channeling spiritual energy into Xu Yuehuai. Logically, after doing this for so long, Xu Yuehuai's body should have some kind of reaction. But so far, the person lying on the bed hasn't changed at all; her face is just not as red, but this change is negligible.

Ji Yuanchi looked on anxiously, "Elder Zisang, why isn't Yueyue getting any better? Could something have happened to her?"

She remembered that her eyes were red. She had already examined Xu Yuehuai before Elder Zisang arrived, but she couldn't find anything wrong with him. She had no choice but to ask for help.

Pu Erge patted his younger sister on the shoulder and comforted her, "It's okay, don't worry. If Yueyue wakes up and sees you like this, she'll probably be worried."

The Fifth Elder was quickly brought over, still cursing, "I said you better really have something important to do, otherwise I'll definitely crack your skull open! If anything happens to my library during this time, it will all be your responsibility, you old codger! You'll have to compensate me for the books then!"

The Fifth Elder had a bad temper, and his voice could be heard before he was seen. Elder Zisang ignored him, but after seeing him, he raised his chin toward Xu Yuehuai lying on the bed and said, "Look, it must have happened in your library yesterday."

Then, Elder Zisang looked at the two people standing to the side and said, "There's nothing for you two to do here. Go out and cultivate."

Ji Yuanchi wanted to stay, but Pu Erge pulled her away by her sleeve.

“There are two elders inside, Yueyue will be fine. We can’t help by standing there, and we’ll only get in the way,” Pu Erge said softly as they went outside.

Ji Yuanchi did not completely lose her temper; upon hearing this, she gradually calmed down.

Inside the room, the Fifth Elder slowly walked to Xu Yuehuai's side. He immediately recognized the pretty little child in front of him as the one he had scolded so harshly in the library yesterday. He touched his nose somewhat awkwardly.

He pointed at the person on the bed, puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong with her?"

"I suspect it's because I read too much yesterday and it backfired." Elder Zisang couldn't figure out the specific reason, but he deduced this result from what Ji Yuanchi said.

However, the Fifth Elder immediately retorted, "That's absolutely impossible. I was watching this little girl all day yesterday, and nothing happened to her. It's impossible for her to be in the situation you described. Moreover, she reads very quickly, finishing a small section of the book in just one hour. Her mental strength is strong enough that the marks on those books could not possibly cause her any backlash."

After saying this, the Fifth Elder felt Xu Yuehuai's pulse and found it to be weak. If one were not careful, one would almost think that the person in front of him was dead. Seeing this, the Fifth Elder's expression became solemn.

He probed Xu Yuehuai's body with his spiritual power and found that her body was severely depleted. He scolded Zi Sangyi, who was sitting to the side, "You've been sitting here for half a day and haven't transferred any spiritual power to her?"

Zisangyi immediately retorted, "Impossible! Do I look like the kind of person who would treat a disciple like that? Ever since I sent someone to fetch you, I've been continuously transmitting energy to her, but it hasn't been working. What's wrong?"

Zisangyi could tell from the Fifth Elder's expression that something had happened, and it was no simple matter.

"She has no spiritual energy at all; she is completely depleted." The Fifth Elder was not exaggerating at all. Xu Yuehuai's dantian was completely dry at this moment, unlike when it was normal and was covered with a layer of white mist.

"Help her up." The Fifth Elder sat on the bed and began to help Xu Yuehuai up with one hand. Zisang stepped forward to help.

The Fifth Elder continued to treat Xu Yuehuai from behind, placing his hands behind Xu Yuehuai's back with a focused expression. Seeing this, Zisang set up a protective barrier around him, quietly protecting him from the outside.

Half an hour passed, and there was still no movement inside. Even Ji Yuanchi, who was usually very composed, began to panic. "Could Yueyue be seriously injured? But she didn't make a sound when she came back last night. If I had found her in time, would she be alright now?"

Ji Yuanchi felt guilty. At this moment, she felt like she had turned back into the sensitive and fragile little girl who always followed Xu Yuehuai around when she first met him.

Seeing this, Brother Pu was also filled with worry, but all the two of them could do at the moment was to stand guard outside and do whatever the people inside told them to do immediately. There was nothing else they could do.