The room was dimly lit.
Qiao Meng lay on the bed, her face pale and her breathing faint.
Her eyes were closed and her brows slightly furrowed, as if she were having a bad dream.
Li Yun walked to the bedside and sat down.
He said nothing, only watched her quietly.
After more than a year apart, she had grown thin.
Qiao Meng had never been plump, but she had once looked healthy and rosy-cheeked.
Now her cheeks were hollow, faint shadows ringed her eyes, and she had grown thin beyond recognition.
Li Yun reached out and gently took her wrist.
He sent his True Qi into her.
He examined her injuries carefully, inch by inch, overlooking nothing.
A moment later, his brows lifted slightly.
Qiao Meng's injuries had indeed healed.
Zhao Gongnian had treated her in time. No internal injuries remained.
By all rights, she should have woken long ago.
Why was she still unconscious?
Li Yun continued his examination, guiding his True Qi deep into her meridians and then into her Apertures.
Then he froze.
Two hundred and forty Apertures?
Qiao Meng had already opened two hundred and forty Innate Apertures!
Before he had last left Blue Star, Qiao Meng had not even reached Body Tempering Ninth Level. She had not opened eighty-one Apertures.
In just over a year, she had opened two hundred and forty Innate Apertures?
That cultivation speed was scarcely slower than his own had been.
Apart from him, she was the fastest.
Could the Five Elements Creation Heavenly Art he taught her really be that incredible?
Li Yun suppressed his shock and continued examining her.
He soon found the problem.
Six of Qiao Meng's Innate Apertures had been pierced through.
All six were in her back, among the most vital Apertures in the human