Chapter 133: Emotional Outburst Has a Hidden Story
Bai Xiao had just turned to leave when he suddenly stopped. He frowned, slowly turned back, and stared sharply at Yuwen Che.
"wrong……"
Yuwen Che was already in a bad mood, and being stared at by him only made him more irritated: "What are you muttering about?"
Bai Xiao ignored his impatience, stroked his chin, and said to himself, "Although you are... half a tyrant and have never had a good temper, you have changed too much in the past three years. You are more easily angered and more paranoid than before, especially when it comes to Su Luoxue and the two children. You are almost paranoid about everything."
He took two steps closer, staring intently into Yuwen Che's eyes: "I had a feeling something was off before, but I thought it was because you had Cheng'an and Tingxue, and you had more things to worry about, or those old fogies were finding ways to annoy you and make you upset. Until today... you lost control to the point of attacking her, this is so strange, Yuwen Che, this is not like you at all!"
Hearing these words, Yuwen Che felt a splitting headache, and the nameless anger in his heart seemed to be rising again. He pressed his temples and said in an unfriendly tone, "What exactly are you trying to say? I'm not in the mood to listen to your riddles!"
Looking at him like this, Bai Xiao almost immediately confirmed a certain guess in his heart. With Yuwen Che's shrewdness and ability to control his emotions, he should have been alerted and reflected on his own by now, after things had come to this point. How could he still be so slow to react and just be agitated?
Something unusual must be going on!
Without further hesitation, Bai Xiao suddenly grabbed Yuwen Che's wrist, wanting to take his pulse.
Yuwen Che instinctively tried to shake him off, using his inner strength to resist, and shouted, "Bai Xiao! How dare you!"
However, to his surprise, the internal force emanating from Bai Xiao's hand firmly suppressed his resistance, gripping his wrist tightly!
This surprised even Bai Xiao himself.
He actually... managed to keep Yuwen Che in check?
Although their martial arts skills were evenly matched, he knew that Yuwen Che's internal strength was profound and domineering. In previous sparring sessions, he could barely withstand a hundred moves at most, and it was impossible for him to suppress Yuwen Che so easily in a pure contest of internal strength as he was now!
Bai Xiao was shocked and immediately realized that it wasn't his own power that had increased, but rather that Yuwen Che's internal energy... had a problem!
Without further hesitation, he swiftly placed his fingertips on Yuwen Che's wrist pulse and examined it intently.
Upon this inquiry, Bai Xiao's expression instantly turned extremely solemn.
Seeing his sudden change in expression, Yuwen Che's irritation was replaced by a hint of unease. He asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong? I know my body well. It's just that I've been busy with state affairs lately and am a little tired..."
"Exhausted?" Bai Xiao abruptly interrupted him, raising his eyes with unprecedented seriousness and suspicion. "Yuwen Che, haven't you noticed yet? Your pulse is weak and hollow, and your internal energy seems surging, but in reality, its foundation is unstable. It's as if something is forcibly pushing it forward, or as if... something is secretly eroding it! This is definitely not just a simple case of exhaustion!"
He gripped Yuwen Che's wrist tightly, staring intently at him: "Have you been in contact with anything unusual lately? Food, incense, medicine, or... have you seen any unusual people?"
Yuwen Che was stunned by his question. He tried to recall, but his mind was in chaos. Only Su Luoxue's tearful face and the words "You are no longer my A-Che" kept echoing in his mind.
He shook off Bai Xiao's hand. "My food is all tested for poison by special people, and I am extremely cautious about using incense and medicine. Bai Xiao, are you mistaken?"
"Mistaken?" Bai Xiao laughed angrily. "Yuwen Che! I, Bai Xiao, would not dare to say that my medical skills are the best in the world, but your pulse is obviously abnormal. How could I be wrong! Think carefully, besides being easily angered and out of control, have you also recently experienced palpitations, night sweats, or occasional stagnation when practicing your internal energy?"
Yuwen Che's expression changed slightly. He had indeed been experiencing these symptoms that Bai Xiao mentioned recently, but he had always thought they were caused by overwork and had not investigated them further.
Seeing the change in his expression, Bai Xiao's heart sank even further: "As expected! Yuwen Che, listen to this, this is definitely not a small matter! Someone may have tampered with you, and their methods are extremely sophisticated and covert, even managing to hide it from your and the Shadow Pavilion's routine checks!"
He took a deep breath and said, word by word, "You must immediately stop taking or coming into contact with anything that might be suspicious, including the calming incense you usually use! Also, this matter must not be made public for the time being; investigate it secretly. The other party has gone to such lengths; their ambitions must be considerable!"
Yuwen Che stood there, the night wind blowing his black dragon robe, making it flutter. He looked down at his hands, those hands that were once as steady as a rock, holding the world in their hands, now felt somewhat unfamiliar.
Could it be... his recent loss of control over Xue'er?
Or... is someone really manipulating things from the shadows?
Thinking of Su Luoxue grieving alone in the warm pavilion, and recalling his own outburst of anger with a slap, Yuwen Che's heart clenched painfully. If... if his emotions had truly been secretly influenced by someone...
He abruptly looked up, his eyes regaining the coldness and sharpness befitting an emperor, and said to Bai Xiao in a deep voice, "Investigate for me! Use all the resources of the Shadow Pavilion to conduct a thorough investigation in secret! I want to see who has the audacity to make trouble for me!"
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