National Preceptor's Residence.
A moment later, Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan left first.
Before leaving, Liu Wanwan reminded Jiang Ning not to forget to come for dinner later.
"How do you feel?" Only after watching Jiang Li and Liu Wanwan depart did Lin Qingyi speak.
"Pretty good!" Jiang Ning smiled.
"And you can still smile at a time like this!" Lin Qingyi's brows were tightly furrowed, her face full of worry.
"Don't worry about me," Jiang Ning said.
"Still putting on a brave front!" Lin Qingyi shook her head.
Then she reached into the front of Jiang Ning's robes, toward his chest.
Her cool fingers soon touched Jiang Ning's burning-hot chest.
Lin Qingyi frowned deeply. "What sinister, murky energy! I don't know where it began or where it came from, but it is constantly corroding your heart. As time passes, this murky energy will continue to spread, corroding your internal organs and damaging your bodily functions!"
As Lin Qingyi spoke, she frowned at Jiang Ning. Then a cool breath flowed from her palm into his body.
That breath was filled with holiness and purity, capable of purifying filth and dissolving impurity.
As that breath entered him, Jiang Ning immediately felt waves of coolness in his chest. The spreading, corroding murky energy within him was instantly suppressed and gradually cleared away bit by bit.
As breath after breath of time passed, Lin Qingyi's brows drew tighter and tighter.
After a long while.
A bead of sweat slid down from the corner of her forehead.
"That's enough!" Jiang Ning reached out and caught her wrist, pulling her hand from his chest.
"There's no need to keep exhausting yourself on my account. Don't worry, a curse like this won't kill me," Jiang Ning said calmly.
Then he casually wiped away the bead of