Lu Jun's Abnormality

A trace of unease rose in Gu Yue Na's heart. No longer hesitating, she immediately summoned Leng Yulai through her communicator.

A moment later, the door was pushed open, and Leng Yulai rushed in briskly. The sunglasses she usually wore were already clutched in her hand.

She ran straight to the bedside, bent down, and extended her slender fingers. Faint Spiritual Power tinged with a trace of darkness lingered around her fingertips as she gently touched Lu Jun's forehead, brow, wrist, and other vital points, carefully examining his condition.

After a while, Leng Yulai's brows drew tightly together, her face filled with confusion.

"Strange... All his bodily functions are normal, his Soul Power is circulating steadily, and it's even a little more active than usual."

"His Sea of Consciousness is somewhat dim, but that's only a sign of deep sleep. There are no traces of external intrusion, injury, or curses... No matter how you look at it, he's merely... mentally exhausted and asleep."

She raised her head to look at Gu Yue Na, disbelief in her voice.

"But... at his current level of strength, even if he forged without rest for three days and nights and suffered immense mental depletion, there's no way he'd sleep for an entire day—and sleep like... like a dead pig that can't be woken up, right? This really is a little abnormal."

Hearing that Leng Yulai had reached a similar conclusion, Gu Yue Na was instead relieved. She patted her chest.

"So my perception isn't malfunctioning, and he hasn't subconsciously blocked me."

She had thought Lu Jun might have some protective mechanism she did not know about that had deliberately shielded him from her probing.

"This is becoming troublesome." Leng Yulai crossed her arms and paced twice beside the bed, her expression grave. "Lu Jun