National Master Mansion.

A moment later, Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan left first.

Before leaving, Liu Wanwan also reminded Jiang Ning to remember to come for dinner later.

"How do you feel?" Seeing Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan’s departure, Lin Qingyi finally spoke.

"Quite good!" Jiang Ning smiled.

"You can still smile at this!" Lin Qingyi frowned, her expression full of worry.

"Don’t worry about me!" Jiang Ning said.

"Still stubborn!" Lin Qingyi shook her head.

Then she reached out and felt into Jiang Ning’s chest under his clothes.

Her cold fingers touched Jiang Ning’s burning chest.

Lin Qingyi frowned tightly: "Such a gloomy energy! No idea where it originated from, but it is continuously corroding your heart. As time passes, this gloomy energy will keep spreading, corroding your internal organs, damaging your body!"

As she spoke, she frowned at Jiang Ning, then a cool aura flowed from her palm into Jiang Ning’s body.

This aura was full of holiness and purity, capable of purifying filth and dissolving impurities.

As the aura flowed in, Jiang Ning instantly felt a coolness in his chest, and the spreading, corroding gloomy energy inside him was immediately suppressed and gradually cleared away.

As time passed breath by breath, Lin Qingyi’s frown deepened.

For a long while.

A drop of sweat slid down her forehead.

"Enough!" Jiang Ning reached out and grabbed her wrist, taking her hand from his chest.

"No need to waste more of your efforts on me. Don’t worry, this curse won’t take my life," Jiang Ning said calmly. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

And then he wiped away the drop of sweat from Lin Qingyi’s forehead.

"I understand better than you just how troublesome this curse power is!" Lin Qingyi sighed deeply, her expression was full of worry.

She continued: "The key to breaking the curse technique is finding the source! And now we can’t even find the source, and even if it can be found, it’s like a dragon’s den! Unless that Martial Saint is asked to intervene, there’s no hope of resolving the source!"

At this, she shook her head again: "But finding the source through causal lines, now there’s no one in the Royal Capital who has this ability! If it were possible, the current Holy Emperor’s health wouldn’t be worsening."

Then, Lin Qingyi slightly raised her head, looking into Jiang Ning’s eyes, their eyes meeting: "So now to deal with the curse, you can only rely on your body to withstand it! The stronger the body, the greater the vitality, the stronger the recovery, the longer you can resist!"

Then Lin Qingyi added another sentence.

"Also, the Power of Taiyin has a purifying effect, I can help suppress the corrosive force within the curse on you, so I’ll need to stay with you for these days."

...

Elsewhere.

While Jiang Ning and the others were talking.

Xiang Yuan had already set out from his mansion, walking quickly to the Inspection Office where Xiao Wuque was located.

Soon after.

He saw Xiao Wuque walking out from the Inspection Office from afar.

"Youngest Brother!" Xiang Yuan shouted a greeting from a distance.

Though far apart, his voice rang directly in Xiao Wuque’s ears.

The next moment.

Xiao Wuque’s figure moved, instantly vanishing from the front of the Inspection Office, appearing in front of Xiang Yuan.

"Brother Xiang, let’s go check on him at the National Master Mansion!" As he spoke, Xiao Wuque frowned deeply.

"Youngest Brother... do you think that Jiang Ning kid can get through this hurdle?" Xiang Yuan slowly asked.

Xiao Wuque’s walking steps immediately paused.

Then he hesitated for a moment, and slowly shook his head.

"Difficult... very difficult!!"

As he finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, then continued: "The current Holy Emperor suffers from a curse, even our teacher personally investigated, but to no avail."

Then, Xiao Wuque sighed again.

"Curses involve the Great Dao of Causality! Our teacher is invincible in the world in terms of combat, but his understanding and mastery of the Dao is too ordinary! Nowhere near those giants of the Ancient Era, let alone comparing to a Taoist Ancestor or Heavenly Venerate of higher level."

"The Holy Emperor’s curse, even our teacher is helpless, it’s only up to fate, and for him, it’s probably the same!"

"What I feared most before was that before he could grow, those beings would target him, willing to pay a great price to curse-kill him."

Upon hearing Xiao Wuque’s words, Xiang Yuan’s expression was filled with regret.

"It’s a pity that kid didn’t step into the First Grade faster. Had he entered the First Grade Mixed Element Realm, established his own domain, a small world within his body, it could have weakened the curse power by three or five parts."

"You underestimate him!" Xiao Wuque shook his head at Xiang Yuan, then continued: "On the visiting day before the New Year, he came to meet us, and had already entered the First Grade Mixed Element Realm! Now he has long established his own domain, opened up his own small world! So I guess he has some resistance against this curse, and his enduring time might not be shorter than the current Holy Emperor."

"Are you saying, he’s now a Peak of First Grade Martial Arts strong practitioner?!!" Xiang Yuan’s eyes suddenly widened, looking at Xiao Wuque with surprise and doubt.

Xiao Wuque shook his head: "Your reaction is too delayed! Your perception is too blunt!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yuan scratched his head, then said: "He has entered First Grade, formed his own small world, created his own domain, perhaps there is hope for a turnaround!"

"There should be some hope!" Xiao Wuque nodded, continued: "After all, the environment of this era is greatly unified, and the curse power has also been significantly weakened! Plus he achieved the Mixed Element Realm, as if separated by another world, the curse power upon him will weaken by another three parts."