And just as Xia Xi was locked in a fierce struggle with the little game in his own world...
To everyone else, he had already begun to act.
After carefully washing his hands, he sat beside Lady Ruka's bed, rested three fingers lightly on the pulse at her slender wrist, and closed his eyes in concentration for a long while.
After taking her pulse, he took a stethoscope from Shinobu Kocho's medicine chest and listened to her heart and lungs through her thin clothing, using gestures to guide her to vary the depth of her breathing.
His movements were steady and focused.
Ever since Xu Liyin, a concubine-born princess with no backing whatsoever, had won the emperor's affection, Xu Luoning had made trouble for her at every turn.
Of course, a celestial body like this certainly had no space suitable for life, and its mineral resources had been all but exhausted. It had little of its lifespan left.
If his guess was right, this person had to be the mysterious priest Xu Hongyi had mentioned, the current power holder of Lingyin Village.
Many known performance-enhancing drugs had virtually no effect in professional basketball games, so there was no need to test for those substances, only the main ones that would directly affect a player's performance.
Lu Ling looked at An Ruo with a gentle gaze, as though An Ruo would wake up smiling in the next moment. He still vividly remembered the scene when An Ruo had grabbed Luo Cang's arm to buy him time. Things turned out well after all. An Ruo, you'll be able to see me very soon.
Ye Zifan chuckled and raised his hand to touch Maizi's belly, but he was afraid he would use the wrong amount of pressure, so his hand hovered in the