426: Chapter 426 Still No Discovery

Jasmine finally didn't tease this time.

She was quiet for a moment and pieced that information together in her mind.

"So... the three of you watched Lin Yun's bridal chamber night up close that night."

"And ever since then, the two of you started having those feelings for Lin Yun?"

King Feiyun gently let out an "Mn".

Ziyi also nodded.

Jasmine's brows slowly furrowed.

"But... Lin Yun didn't do anything."

"He just consummated the marriage with his own wife, and he didn't even know you were peeking."

"He didn't do anything, how could you just—by looking at him... you know... fall in love with him?"

A trace of indescribable complexity flashed across King Feiyun's face.

Ziyi also lowered her head, looking at her fingers clasped in front of her knees.

The two of them remained silent for a good while.

Ziyi then spoke, her voice carrying a confusion that she herself could not explain:

"We came to you precisely because we couldn't figure it out."

"To see if we can find out from you whether King Xuanyin has discovered anything."

Watching the two of them like this, Jasmine completely put away any thought of teasing in her heart.

She sat cross-legged on the soft couch, spread her small hands, and her tone rarely carried a trace of seriousness.

"I'm sorry."

"Everything I know, I've already told you just now."

"That's what she told me that day, telling me to interact more with Lin Yun so I would find out when the time comes."

"As for the rest... I really don't know."

"That fellow Xuanyin has an extremely tight mouth."

"Even if she really found some core secret, she wouldn't tell me in detail."

The room quieted down.

The three of them each harbored their own thoughts.

None of them spoke again.

Jasmine was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke again.

"Wait a minute."

She sat up a bit straighter on the soft couch, her small hands propped on her knees.

"The two of you have known Lin Yun for so long, and the Friendship Tournament with the Tianlang Empire was also something you and King Blood Axe went to invite him for together."

"Did you really not notice anything unusual before?"

The two began to recall.

Lin Yun came to the imperial capital of the Lingyuan Empire to look for the remains of powerful creatures to cultivate a Clone.

The Fertility Holy Body has an extremely small probability of using other biological information to cultivate a Clone.

And it doesn't even need to be complete, just having the genetic information is enough.

So the three of them used the Void Purple Thunder Bamboo as remuneration to invite Lin Yun to participate in the competition.

Lin Yun was very excited after seeing the Void Purple Thunder Bamboo and knew the three were curious about the Fertility Holy Body.

He took the initiative to invite the three to examine his body.

Speaking of this, the two were startled.

What did they see back then...

Ziyi's pupils shrank imperceptibly.

"Origin of Life."

She whispered this word.

King Feiyun thought of it at the same time.

The two looked at each other simultaneously.

Watching their reaction, Jasmine's small body leaned forward half an inch:

"Origin of Life? What did you discover?"

Ziyi took a deep breath and organized the details she recalled:

"When we examined him back then, we found that his Origin of Life was in an... abnormal state."

"What kind of abnormal state?"

"Dispersing," Ziyi said, "His Origin of Life has been leaking outward all along."

"Just like a kettle without a lid, it keeps leaking out."

King Feiyun also nodded:

"His Origin of Life is completely different from ordinary Martial Artists."

"The Origin of Life of ordinary Martial Artists is contained very tightly; the higher the tier, the more rounded and restrained it is."

"By the ninth tier, not even a tiny bit leaks out."

"But he is different; his Origin of Life is constantly dispersing."

"At that time, we thought it was caused by the characteristics of the Fertility Holy Body."

"After all, he has so many descendants; if his Origin of Life didn't disperse, it would be impossible to father so many offspring."

Listening to these words, Jasmine's brows slowly twisted together.

"The Origin of Life is dispersing?"

She repeated the word.

"Doesn't that mean his Origin of Life would drift onto the people around him?"

Ziyi was stunned for a moment; she hadn't thought of this angle before.

King Feiyun also fell silent for a moment, as if extending this line of thought to see how far it could go.

Jasmine continued to deduce downwards:

"If his Origin of Life has been dispersing all along, wouldn't people who have been in close contact with him be contaminated by it?"

"And the two of you only ran into problems after being in close contact with him..."

She stopped there, stunning herself with her own words.

The three of them fell silent at the same time for a moment.

...

Ziyi spoke first, her voice carrying an uncertain tentative tone:

"But... how could a dispersing Origin of Life affect others?"

"The Origin of Life is the most core thing of everyone; even if an external Origin gets attached, it is impossible for it to permeate inside."

"And both of us have checked ourselves, finding nothing."

King Feiyun nodded:

"Right. I checked multiple times, from the Soul to the Physical Body, from the Meridians to the Dantian, and there is no residual external aura whatsoever."

Jasmine stopped speaking again.

She sat cross-legged on the soft couch, rubbing her chin with her small hand, her brows knitted into a ball.

"That's strange then."

"If his dispersed Origin can really make you generate feelings of 'liking', then there must be his aura remaining on your bodies."

"You guys can't find it out... It couldn't be that that thing has completely melted into your bodies and can't be distinguished at all, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the air in the room stagnated for a moment again.

Melted in?

Can't be distinguished?

They really hadn't thought in this direction before.

King Feiyun was silent for a moment, then suddenly closed her eyes and once again sank into introspection.

This time she was more careful than before, as if turning over every inch of her flesh and blood to re-examine it.

Watching her look of closing her eyes in meditation, Ziyi also closed her eyes.

Jasmine sat beside them, not urging, just quietly waiting.

After a good while, King Feiyun opened her eyes first and shook her head: "Nothing."

"Still nothing."

Ziyi also opened her eyes and shook her head similarly: "Nothing on my side either."

The three of them fell into silence once again.

Ziyi looked at King Feiyun and hesitated for a moment:

"Your Highness... How about you examine me?"

King Feiyun raised her eyes to look at her: "What?"

"Your cultivation is higher than mine, and your perception is sharper than mine."

"Your ethereal body is naturally stronger than ordinary people in probing the level of the Divine Soul."

"If you examine me, you might be able to discover something I can't find myself."

King Feiyun was silent for a breath, then nodded: "Alright."

Ziyi walked in front of her, sat cross-legged, and closed her eyes.

King Feiyun raised her hand, her fingertips gently resting against Ziyi's glabella.

A wisp of extremely pure Divine Thought probed into Ziyi's body, flowing slowly along the Meridians, from the Dantian to the internal organs, from the bones to the flesh, from the outer layer of the Soul to the depths of consciousness.

One circle, two circles, three circles.

King Feiyun turned Ziyi inside out thoroughly.

Then she withdrew her hand.

Ziyi opened her eyes and looked at her with a trace of hope: "How is it?"

King Feiyun was silent for two breaths and shook her head.

"Nothing at all."

"Your body couldn't be more normal. The Origin of Life is rounded and complete, with no external aura."

"The Divine Soul is clean and transparent, without any abnormal residue."