At the sight of those words, Lin Xuan's breathing stopped for a moment.
Severance? The Book of Fate had never displayed such an ability before.
Plundering talents, fusing talents, enhancing talents—those were all understandable.
But severing a talent... what did that mean? Perhaps Gu Wuji's greatest calamity was not truly without solution. If the Dust-Cleansing Medicine Body could really be taken away, then Gu Wuji would become nothing more than an ordinary child.
The Gu Family would no longer become a target of public condemnation, and the storm about to erupt across Wuqu Province—even throughout Great Jin—might perhaps be quelled because of it.
Lin Xuan quickly suppressed his emotions.
"Perhaps I have a way to resolve this... do you trust me?"
Gu Lianwei abruptly lifted her head and looked at Lin Xuan in confusion. "You... what did you say?"
Lin Xuan did not answer at once. Instead, he glanced at Gu Wuji, who was staring blankly back at him.
The room suddenly fell silent. Gu Lianwei took a deep breath. "Is that... true?"
Lin Xuan did not make any promises. "I can't guarantee a one-hundred-percent chance of success, because whether it succeeds depends entirely on Gu Wuji's own will."
Hearing this, Gu Lianwei instead calmed down. Looking at Lin Xuan, she asked, "What price must be paid?"
Lin Xuan's heart stirred. This woman truly was sharp.
When others heard there was a solution, the first thing they considered was whether it would work. What she thought of was the cost.
Lin Xuan pondered for a moment. "If it succeeds, Gu Wuji will lose the Dust-Cleansing Medicine Body and become an ordinary person from then on.
"Even his talent for martial arts may decline considerably. I cannot guarantee success."
Gu Lianwei's pupils contracted slightly.
Gu Wuji, however, blurted out at once,