In Darkness

Softening

AN: Dong Hua Dijun's segment in this chapter is very brief but it's for the next chapter. He's basically loitering around to try and find BFJ.

Mo Yuan sits on the bed beside his sleeping wife. Looking up when he senses the Medicine King moving Bai Qian's arm to rest back under the covers, he watches him closely.

It wasn't easy to send her into a deep enough slumber to allow her to be examined. 

He's left with an underlying feeling of dread as a result.

"Her highness's cultivation is showing signs of corruption. It appears as though most of it may need to be removed."

"Removed?"

"More than half of the cultivation present within her body appears not to belong to her. She appears to have the cultivation of a close relative within her body. Whoever it is, their cultivation appears to be the only thing protecting her from becoming demonic. However, there is also..."

"Then I must ask you to help her put her plans to rest. I won't lose another child to them." 

Bai Mei Rong. It must be her cultivation. 

"... I'm incompetent, Heavenly Lord. Given the royal seal placed inside of her body and her heart's blood, her cultivation shouldn't be corruptible. At the pace it is deteriorating, I must suggest we remove the demonic cultivation as soon as possible to preserve as much as we can."

The hand that had been stroking her hair in order to soothe her clenches into a fist.

This isn't right.

There must be something missing.

"Heavenly Lord, the best option we can take now is to remove the problem at the root and ensure no more of her cultivation is corrupted. It appears as if the protective seal inside of her body has corrupted and is actively turning her celestial cultivation into demonic cultivation. Although I cannot be sure of the cause, it must be removed before the demonic cultivation harms her body."

Closing his eyes, he tries his best to block out the putrid smell of alcohol coming from her body. His hand stretches out, powers prickling at the edges of his fingertips as he delves into her body, searching her restlessly.

It was indeed the case that the Medicine King laid out before him. Bai Qian trusts this doctor. As untrusting and suspicious as she can be, she explicitly trusts this Celestial with the future of herself and any children she may have.

He's not Zhe Yan, but Mo Yuan's options were already limited. 

"Do it. Remove whatever is required, but know that if she is damaged in any other way as a result of this, I will not leave you free from blame."

"As you wish, Heavenly Lord."

He'll need to do this alone, without others buzzing around him.

Mo Yuan speaks again as he leaves his spot by her side, "I will be posting most of my disciples outside of this room and will close off the mountain until my return. Call any one of them if you need assistance. If she survives this, Si Yin's eyes must be returned to her. She likely won't be strong enough to see with her cultivation anymore. Su Jin has been raised pampered. We'll need to give her a set of fake eyes."

"This old man will send his student to take care of Heavenly Consort Su Jin's matters." The Medicine King lowers his head out of respect before returning to his patient.

"I will go deal with her on my own. Be careful with my wife."

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Mo Yuan didn't care for Su Jin's cries.