Urban God of War: The Live-in Son-in-law-Chapter 474 - 471: Who is Behind the Scenes?_2

The four individuals lying on the stretchers appeared incredibly frail, their faces were pale, and their bodies shook uncontrollably; each person's eye sockets were deeply sunken.

"Your Majesty, what kind of sickness have these four contracted? How did they end up like this, and moreover, all four have the same condition!" Xiao Chuanqi couldn't help but ask.

Ye Feng remained silent, suddenly reached out to take their pulses, and after checking all four, he finally let out a long sigh, "They are not sick."

"If it's not sickness, then what is it? They don't seem to be injured!" asked the three elders of the Divine Doctor Sect, their medical skills naturally couldn't compare with Ye Feng's, let alone knowing the causes and consequences.

"They have lost too much of their innate essence, or to put it another way, their Essence, Qi, and Spirit have depleted severely," Ye Feng said in a grave voice. By now, he understood everything—it was all the doing of that little baby girl. However, there was one thing Ye Feng couldn't grasp: during that time, two maids were also in the courtyard, so why were those two unharmed?

"Could it be that the little baby girl only absorbs the Source of Luck from those with cultivated abilities?" Ye Feng pondered silently to himself.

The three elders from the Divine Doctor Sect said, "So it is a severe loss of innate essence that caused this. No wonder they look like this. Such a condition is not easy to treat, beyond the help of common medicine or stones, and even if they recover, their Martial Arts might not return to their peak."

Ye Feng did not respond to the three elders. As for how to treat these four individuals, that could be discussed later. At the moment, he must ascertain the specific condition of that little baby girl, otherwise, the threat of keeping her close was too great.

Based on the information he had at hand, this little baby girl was too terrifying, or rather, the person behind the scenes who arranged this was too terrifying. Ye Feng had never heard or seen such methods. The people from the Nine Great Sects of the Ancient Clans absolutely could not execute it, and even within the Four Great Ancient Clans, only those with profound cultivation could possibly do so.

"Could it be someone from the Four Great Ancient Clans?" Ye Feng thought, but he quickly shook his head. When he had brought the little girl back from the Fallen Dragon Valley, the people from the Four Great Ancient Clans had not yet made an appearance, and Ye Feng had also not had any conflicts with them, so it was not likely.

"From this, it seems that within the kingdom, only Mu Tian, that mysterious individual, could possess such methods. Of course, foreign powers could not be ruled out," Ye Feng mused to himself.

Xiao Chuanqi, seeing Ye Feng deep in thought and seemingly distracted, stepped forward and quietly asked, "Your Majesty, how should we arrange for these four?"

These four individuals were trusted aides secretly trained by Ye Feng. Although they were not of a high Martial King Level, they were extremely loyal; naturally, Ye Feng would not fail to save them.

"First, settle them in the Divine Doctor Sect. And find a more secluded place—I have questions for them," Ye Feng instructed.

"As you command, Your Majesty!" Xiao Chuanqi said, and immediately took action. They were quickly settled, and although the three Divine Doctor Sect elders were curious, seeing that their Sect Leader did not wish to elaborate, they naturally did not ask further and dispersed.

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At this moment, these four guards were all lying in beds, but they were incredibly weak and couldn't even get up to pay their respects to Ye Feng.

"The four of you, why wasn't such an incident reported?" Ye Feng asked sternly.

One of them managed to speak with difficulty, "We admit our mistake, please punish us, Your Majesty."

Ye Feng waved his hand, "You have not erred. What angers me is that you fell ill and did not inform me earlier, allowing it to reach this state. Don't you realize that if it were delayed another ten days or half a month, you could very well have lost your lives!"

All four were at a loss for words, and of course, they still didn't know why they had become ill out of the blue, only feeling that there must be something strange about it.

Ye Feng said, "Rest assured, now that I have discovered it, I will not sit idly by. I will surely be able to save you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The four spoke in succession.

Ye Feng waved his hand and said, "Tell me specifically, during your time guarding that courtyard, did you notice anything unusual?"

The guard replied, "Not at all, since receiving Your Majesty's orders, we have been diligently guarding inside the courtyard, and haven't even stepped half a foot outside in the past six months. Moreover, we four are split into two teams to take turns guarding, and we spend the rest of our time practicing martial arts."

"So you didn't notice anything unusual?" Ye Feng raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we find it strange, too, how we could suddenly fall ill given that we are all Martial Kings. Initially, we only felt a little tired and didn't take it seriously, but then the condition progressively worsened, until we were completely drained of strength. By that time, it was already too late to realize, so we simply asked for leave to go home and regulate our breathing, only to find that it had no effect," said the guard.

Ye Feng nodded slightly. "Rest well here for now, and I will heal you shortly. With me here, your lives are not in danger." With that, Ye Feng turned and left the bedroom, then went to his study and fell into deep thought.

Considering the situation, it was undoubtedly an issue with that infant girl, but he couldn't understand how exactly the little girl was managing to continuously devour and absorb the essence of these men's luck.

"That's right, back at Northern Cloud Residence, the servants caring for the little girl were mostly ordinary people, and even Hong Qingyan hadn't begun cultivating yet; she was just an ordinary person. Therefore, there was no effect on those maidservants," Ye Feng thought to himself.

As for Ye Feng and the others, although they did occasionally visit the backyard, they did not stay long, so even if there was an effect, it wouldn't be severe.

"Furthermore, there's another point, which is that as the little girl continues to grow, the strength with which she devours and absorbs the source of luck seems to be intensifying!" Ye Feng's heart chilled at the thought.

"Who could have employed such a ruthless and insidious tactic?" Ye Feng's expression gradually darkened. Suddenly, a bold idea sprang to his mind, which was to use his Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll to see if he could find the strangeness in the little girl's body.

But upon further consideration, he dismissed the idea, because he wasn't completely sure, and such action could likely endanger the little girl's life.

"It seems there's no good solution at the moment. However, I mustn't assign anyone with cultivation level there anymore. At most, I can only arrange for surveillance and alert around the area. I would like to see who exactly is behind this!" Ye Feng clenched his teeth in determination.

Then he returned to the guards and began to heal them. Although they were only regular guards, they had fallen into this state due to obeying his orders, so naturally, he couldn't leave them to die. However, the healing process was somewhat troublesome. He needed to utilize the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll, bit by bit transferring the luck essence from the scroll to them.

It took a full four hours to finish.

"Okay, I will heal you again tomorrow, and afterward, I'll have the Divine Doctor Sect prepare some Strengthening Foundation and Cultivating Vitality medicines. With these, you can begin to slowly recover," Ye Feng exhaled lightly, his face now covered in sweat—clearly from fatigue.