Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

"That’s right! Did you notice that when Lv Jianzhi was killed, she turned into a puddle of rotten water! This is a characteristic of evil influence! She was the first to become a disciple of Mr. Chengying!"

He Kongyue, who was still unconscious, was completely unaware that he had become the focus of everyone’s suspicion.

Venerable Jiyuan’s eyes turned cold as he lifted He Kongyue again.

"Venerable, please wait!"

"Does the young friend have something to say?"

The old man looked towards You Su, who had stopped him.

"The skill you just used, Venerable, has a certain degree of harm to the body, doesn’t it?" You Su asked with cupped hands.

As someone who experienced it firsthand, he could feel the golden lines flowing through his body, the inexplicable pain. Although it was bearable, it was indeed uncomfortable. Especially after the Golden Needle was removed from his body, he felt even weaker.

"Since we need to test whether you are corrupted by evil influence, naturally, the test must be thorough. This Sedating Gold Needle I have can mobilize the Primordial Qi within the human body. Primordial Qi is without impurity, so naturally, the whole body would have no evil. The Golden Needle piercing the body will consume a little Primordial Qi, but it is trivial and can be restored after some cultivation."

Venerable Jiyuan made no secret of it. Primordial Qi being the most fundamental strength within a person, many people cannot mobilize it themselves, yet with his Golden Needle, he can manipulate others’ Primordial Qi, showcasing his extraordinary Qi Control skills.

"My friend has not yet awoken, and I’m afraid he cannot endure this exhaustion. Venerable, isn’t it better to heal him first and then conduct the test?"

"But if he is indeed possessed by evil, wouldn’t Venerable Jiyuan be healing a person possessed by an evil influence? Once he awakens, who knows what abilities he might have, and if he escapes, what then?"

Someone in the crowd asked back, frightened by the evil influence earlier, now emboldened not to let any possible evil slip by.

Venerable Jiyuan raised a gray eyebrow, took a bottle of radiant elixir from the medicine pouch hanging on his right chest, and tossed it to You Su:

"This is the Nourishing Source Elixir. The seventh elder of your Profound Sky Sect learned this formula from me. It is beneficial for the restoration of Primordial Qi. Keep it, consider it my compensation to you. But as for this person, I must test him first."

Holding the medicine bottle, You Su unexpectedly threw it back.

Everyone looked at him in astonishment, but he straightened his back and said:

"Is it right for the Venerable to arbitrarily mobilize someone’s Primordial Qi while they’re unconscious?"

Hearing this, Venerable Jiyuan’s old eyes flickered with an obscure light.

"I don’t need your charity. If it were you lying there, would you be willing to have your Primordial Qi mobilized without your knowledge?"

You Su surveyed the crowd. Though blind, he made many feel a sense of shame.

Primordial Qi can be regarded as a cultivator’s lifeline, and having it arbitrarily manipulated puts life and death at the manipulator’s whim.

If He Kongyue truly was tainted, it wouldn’t matter — dealing with evil does not require adherence to morality. But if He Kongyue were normal, and missing this bit of Primordial Qi really planted a future ailment, or even took her life, who would be responsible?

Would it be everyone echoing this sentiment here, or Venerable Jiyuan?

"Either heal him first and test later, or don’t test at all." You Su spoke with righteous fervor.

"Can you stop me?" Venerable Jiyuan squinted and asked.

"I can’t right now," You Su remained resolute, seeming to issue a threat.

The crowd was all startled, unable to believe that You Su dared to speak to a Venerable like this.

Who knew that Venerable Jiyuan, rather than being angry, laughed instead:

"Hahaha... Have you considered, my young friend, if he truly tests positive for an evil influence, just based on your attitude, I could easily charge you with harboring evil, aren’t you afraid?"

"I simply don’t want to see my friend lose his life for no reason! Healing him benefits you, me, and him all alike."

Seeing this, Ye Erong grew anxious and began to softly plead with Ye Langtian again:

"Grandfather, He Kongyue also saved me, please help them..."

Ye Langtian looked at the unconscious He Kongyue and shook his head:

"If the future Patriarch of the He Family is involved with evil influences, that’s significant, no favor can justify helping. Our Ye Family cannot falter in facing right and wrong, understand?"

Ye Erong bit her lower lip tightly. She wasn’t a naive girl who knew nothing of family matters. The three major Immortal Families competed openly and secretly. If the one lying there now weren’t from the He Family or the Xiao Family, Ye Langtian would certainly help. But unfortunately, he wasn’t, and he was even a crucial heir to the He Family.

"You seem to firmly believe that your friend is not tainted by evil."

Venerable Jiyuan smiled as he looked at You Su, showing no hint of anger on his face.

You Su, however, was not as assured as he appeared. The knowledge taught to him by Huijun about the powers bestowed on the True Lord’s followers was still vivid in his mind.

He had given Mr. Chengying the blood to drink, turning her into his follower to bring her back to life. And Mr. He was her follower, naturally falling under his command as well.

But Mr. He hadn’t received his Primordial Qi, according to the knowledge learned; he was not like his junior sister and Xueruo, ordinary people, and very likely had evil within him.

If this old physician truly discovered something, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Unfortunately, I’ve practiced medicine and saved people for over three hundred years, and I’ve never saved someone tainted by evil. Today I won’t take that risk either. If he truly gets hurt, I will do everything to heal him. If he dies, I will atone with my life. Of course, provided that..."

"He is not associated with evil influences!"

As soon as the words fell, the array under He Kongyue began to swirl, and the golden line swiftly entered his palm.

"Old fool! How can your life be worth my brother’s life!!"

You Su looked up and roared, his voice piercing the clouds.

Yet his ankles were restrained by a mysterious restriction technique, rendering him limp and immobile.