"Yes." The expert in Xuan Qi responded and quickly left with the sour jujube cake.
"Come, try my dumpling soup." Jiang Bai swept away the gloom on his face and smiled, reaching out to take Chu Nian's bowl and serving her a bowl, and then serving the emperor a bowl as well.
Seeing him reach for the bowl in front of her, Wen Wan was startled and quickly stood up, saying, "Grand Tutor, I can do it myself! I can do it myself!"
Zhang Lie and Baili Xi were in another private room.
These private rooms are not completely enclosed because they are for watching the performances on stage.
The private room where Zhang Lie and Baili Xi were located was rather secluded, but its position was clever. They could see what was happening in Chu Nian's room, but Chu Nian and the others could not see Zhang Lie and Baili Xi.
The two were disappointed to see that Chu Nian hadn't eaten the jujube cake.
A short while later, the Xuanqi expert who had previously sent Jiang Bai away with the sour jujube cake returned and whispered a few words in Jiang Bai's ear. Jiang Bai's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and his fists clenched tightly on his lap.
The young emperor asked in bewilderment, "Young Master Jiang, what's wrong? What happened?"
Jiang Bai immediately put on a smiling face and said, "It's nothing, come on, let's continue eating." After saying that, he winked at the Xuanqi expert, who quickly left.
Chu Nian secretly transmitted her voice to him: "Have you found out the origin of the sour jujube cake yet?"
Jiang Bai replied telepathically, "Zhang Lie arranged for someone to give it to you." This Zhang Lie is truly shameless; he even managed to use someone else to do his dirty work. Fortunately, Niannian knows that she would never serve her anything she doesn't like.
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The night is still and the dew is heavy.
The guards patrolled the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion with exceptional rigor, yet no one noticed that someone had already slipped into the mansion like the wind and gone straight into the Marquis's wife's room.
When Zhang Lie woke up the next morning, he felt something was off. He felt lightheaded as he walked, as if something was missing...
Baili Xi, who was not fully awake, was suddenly startled awake by Zhang Lie's scream. She sat up and asked in surprise, "What happened? What happened?"
Zhang Lie, who was facing away from her, fell straight backward like a zombie, his body stiff. His legs bounced up as he fell to the ground.
When Baili Xi discovered that he was unconscious, she was so frightened that she quickly got out of bed and called out "husband" as she went to help Zhang Lie.
Those who cultivate profound energy generally possess some knowledge of pathology, including some ability to diagnose illnesses and take pulses. When she took Zhang Lie's pulse, she felt it was rather strange—neither yin nor yang, and it was far too weak…
Baili Xi thought for a moment, then curiously pulled down Zhang Lie's pants. What she saw shocked her so much that her eyes widened and her mouth formed an "O".
"How...how could this be?" Baili Xi finally came to her senses, muttered to herself, and quickly helped Zhang Lie onto the bed.
There was a knock at the door, and a maid asked, "Master, Madam, is there anything you need?" She probably heard Zhang Lie's scream.
Baili Xi hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's nothing. I was just disciplining the Lord. Pass down the order that no one is allowed to disturb me and the Lord without my permission."
The maidservant replied "Yes" and went to relay the order.
Baili Xi quickly pressed her hand against Zhang Lie's back, and a stream of pure Xuan Qi flowed into Zhang Lie's body. She was surprised to find that not only was her Xuan Qi flowing smoothly, but she also couldn't sense any Xuan Qi in Zhang Lie's body.
How could such powerful Xuan Qi, reaching level twelve, just vanish like that? It was only one night! She remembered Zhang Lie was perfectly fine when she went to sleep last night, and they had even been intimate. Now, both his Xuan Qi and his manhood were gone…was it haunted?
Baili Xi's face turned deathly pale; she was utterly shocked and terrified, a shock she had never experienced before. She called Zhang Lie's name a few times, and Zhang Lie woke up.
Baili Xi felt that he seemed to be unharmed and unwell, but his Xuan Qi and that thing had both vanished without a trace. This was too strange.
When Zhang Lie woke up and saw Baili Xi, he thought he was dreaming when he looked down and found that his important male accessory was missing. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Madam, you don't know what I was dreaming about. I dreamed that I became a rootless person..."
Before he could finish speaking, he noticed that Baili Xi's gaze was extremely strange, and he was startled, asking, "Madam, why are you looking at me like that?"
Baili Xi: "Husband, are you feeling unwell?"
Zhang Lie: "I just felt weak all over and my legs were limp."
Baili Xi paused for a moment, then said, "Try circulating your Xuan Qi." Perhaps her Xuan Qi was not as strong as Zhang Lie's, so she hadn't detected his Xuan Qi. She knew this was wishful thinking, but she still hoped that she had just checked wrong.
Zhang Lie then tried to circulate his profound energy as instructed, but to his surprise, he found that there was no profound energy in his body at all. Moreover, when he tried to absorb the profound energy from the outside world according to his usual cultivation method, he found that his dantian could not retain even a trace of profound energy.
His face changed drastically, and he exclaimed in horror, "Madam, why is my profound energy gone? And my dantian, it seems to be... also..." He simply couldn't believe what had happened to him.
Baili Xi said in a deep voice, "Husband, let's go back to the Xuanmen Sect and let the elders take a look at you!"
Not only have his profound energy and the pendant vanished, but his dantian is also damaged and unable to store profound energy! It seems Zhang Lie can't even rebuild his cultivation now!
Zhang Lie was just over thirty years old and had a bright future in the Xuanqi sect. He didn't want to become a cripple, so he immediately accepted Baili Xi's suggestion, sent someone to the palace to ask for leave, and then, accompanied by Baili Xi, hurriedly returned to the Tai Xuan Sect to visit his master.
Although the couple tried to keep the news a secret, as the saying goes, "good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast," and the news still spread like wildfire throughout the capital.
Upon hearing this, the young emperor locked himself in his bedchamber for half a day. Zhang Lie's spies thought he had heard the rumors and was worried about Zhang Lie, but in reality, he was patting the bed board behind closed doors to suppress his laughter!
He couldn't help but chuckle softly, afraid that his spies would discover how happy he was after hearing about this, which would ruin his plans with the Empress Dowager and the Grand Tutor.
Seriously, who was so kind as to cripple that ambitious Zhang Lie in every way? Not only was crippling one thing not enough, but his spiritual energy and manhood were also destroyed, haha!
The more the young emperor thought about it, the happier he became. The happier he became, the more afraid he would laugh out loud and be heard by his spies. He felt extremely uncomfortable trying to hold it in.
A few days later, Baili Xi returned from the Ji Xuan Sect with Zhang Lie. Originally, the two of them went to the Tai Xuan Sect to seek help from Zhang Lie's master, but Zhang Lie's master couldn't figure out what was wrong, couldn't tell who had done it, and had no way to treat him.
So Baili Xi took Zhang Lie to the Jixuan Sect to seek medical treatment.
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