The Zhuge Family's Probe

Xia Wuji wore a specially crafted Source Stone mask and led the person who had come to seek treatment into a secret chamber.

He was a middle-aged man. His right hand had been corroded by Source Stone aura, and the skin covering his entire arm was dotted with corpse-like blotches that radiated a decaying stench.

"Senior, is my condition easy to treat?" the middle-aged man asked.

Aside from Gu Lei, Gu Changkong, and Zhou Xu, no one knew who had actually cured Gu Changkong.

They did not even know that person had come from the Central Domain.

After all, no one would believe that such a formidable figure could emerge from the Central Domain.

Xia Wuji's voice rang out. "I'll make an exception this once. I won't treat such minor ailments again in the future."

His tone carried an unquestionable authority, like the majesty possessed only by someone who had long occupied a position of power.

The middle-aged man hurriedly cupped his fists. "Senior, please calm down... Then I'll trouble you to treat me."

With that, he raised his right arm, which had been corroded by Source Stone aura.

Xia Wuji merely brought the middle and index fingers of his right hand together, then swept them forward. A wisp of Sword Qi instantly tore open the skin on the middle-aged man's arm.

Immediately afterward, that wisp of Sword Qi burrowed into the flesh and blood of the middle-aged man's arm.

Then, drops of blood tainted with dense Source Stone aura began to flow from the wound.

The corpse-like blotches on the skin of the middle-aged man's arm visibly shrank and faded...

Outside the secret chamber.

Zhou Xu looked at Gu Changkong and asked in a low voice, "Is he really going to be all right?"

He still couldn't believe that