Xue Fuyao's tone was utterly certain.
Because when she discovered the black veins, she had already examined them with the Heavenly Eye.
There was indeed some kind of power inside Lin Yanran's body.
This power had merged into Lin Yanran's meridians, turning all the meridians throughout her body black, except those above her neck.
Now that she no longer held the crystal ball, the black veins had disappeared when Xue Fuyao examined her again. But on closer inspection, there was still a slight difference between the meridians above Lin Yanran's neck and those below it.
These changes were all related to the crystal ball, showing that her guess was correct.
"Whether it's true or not, won't we know once we try?" As Ming Cen spoke, he took the crystal ball with the peach blossom inside and fixed his eyes on Lin Yanran's slender neck.
Under ordinary circumstances, an unmarried man staring at a woman's slender neck would have long since been branded a lecher, but this was a special situation.
Although being stared at made Lin Yanran somewhat physically uncomfortable, she understood the importance of this matter. Perhaps she could find out why the cultivation aptitude of the Crimson Feather Imperial Clan's bloodline declined with each generation.
Others only knew that the children born into the Crimson Feather Imperial Clan had worse aptitude with each successive generation. They did not know that this was merely one symptom.
Her daily enthusiasm for "snapping up overlooked bargains" in the Market was really nothing more than a form of psychological comfort. For the Crimson Feather Imperial Clan, obtaining a treasure that could improve aptitude was quite easy.
Yet no matter what methods they used-spirit medicine, Root-Shaping Flowers, Spirit-Cleansing Pills, Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures, or even digging out other people's spiritual roots and transplanting them