As Li Yan was about to complete one Heavenly Cycle, when the spiritual power reached the "Shenfeng acupoint" in his chest, it passed through the meridian with ease, just as before.
However, this time Li Yan still noticed a slight anomaly. The consumption of spiritual power this time was clearly a bit more than usual.
The chest area, Li Yan thought for a moment. Back when he was passing through the white lights of the two-realm barrier, the flesh and blood all over his body were constantly sloughing off and reorganizing.
It was inevitable that this location would be injured. The damage must have occurred then.
After thinking for a moment, Li Yan did not stop the circulation of the Heavenly Cycle. This time, he wanted to thoroughly investigate all the injuries on his body. Perhaps this was not the only one.
Another half an hour later, Li Yan finally completed one Heavenly Cycle, but he did not find any other problems in his body.
Thus, Li Yan once again absorbed a wisp of spiritual energy from the Baihui acupoint and entered another Heavenly Cycle circulation. The speed was the same as before, incomparably slow like a tortoise.
Just like that, Li Yan spent another hour and a half completing the second Heavenly Cycle.
However, he still did not stop and began the third Heavenly Cycle. But at this point, he had basically confirmed the location of the injury in his heart.
This time, the speed of the spiritual energy's passage was clearly several times faster. His Divine Sense was constantly sensing, only slowing down again when it reached the "Shenfeng acupoint" in his left chest...
Three Heavenly Cycles took a full four hours. Li Yan finally opened his eyes.
He had always been cautious. The second Heavenly Cycle, which he had probed at the same speed, was just to confirm that there was no problem with the first one.
And the third Heavenly Cycle was the final confirmation.
"The Shenfeng acupoint is injured, but when the spiritual power passed through it several times just now, there was no stinging pain that should come with an injury at all!"
Li Yan thought to himself, his face expressionless. The next moment, his Divine Sense directly entered the "Shenfeng acupoint" in his left chest.
A few breaths later, something that astonished Li Yan happened. There was no abnormality in the "Shenfeng acupoint" at all. He had checked it bit by bit with his Divine Sense.
"This is strange. Could it be caused by an injury to the surrounding meridians? But there was no problem with the other meridians absorbing spiritual power before."
Li Yan's Divine Sense quickly focused on another place in his body, where his heart was, the closest area that the "Shenfeng acupoint" could affect.
His Divine Sense unhesitatingly probed towards his heart. The result was equally surprising to Li Yan; there was still no abnormality.
Next, Li Yan checked the other organs and meridians near the "Shenfeng acupoint," but found nothing.
At this point, Li Yan even began to suspect that he had misjudged all three Heavenly Cycles just now.
After thinking for a moment, this time Li Yan directly mobilized the spiritual power in his body, causing it to surge towards the "Shenfeng acupoint."
And his Divine Sense instantly split into ten, then a hundred, then a thousand, then ten thousand, in a flash firmly locking onto all the areas around the "Shenfeng acupoint."
When there is no other way, the stupidest method might be the most effective one. And this time, the result did not disappoint Li Yan.
When a large amount of spiritual power converged on the "Shenfeng acupoint," his Divine Sense, which had been locked onto his heart, finally detected an extremely light fluctuation.
This fluctuation was extremely subtle. If not for Li Yan's Divine Sense firmly locking onto the spiritual power attacking the "Shenfeng acupoint," Li Yan himself would have thought he was hallucinating, because it was a matter of a split second.
"It's the heart!"
In an instant, a layer of sweat broke out on Li Yan's body. If something was wrong with this organ, no matter how strong his physical body was, it would be useless. He would have to find another body for Body Seizure.
Li Yan's scattered Divine Sense instantly converged into one and slowly probed towards his heart.
After a full tea's time, Li Yan withdrew his Divine Sense with an ugly expression. Even after a long while, he was still sitting cross-legged, but his face was so gloomy it was frightening.
Under the observation of his Divine Sense, when he urged his spiritual power to continuously converge into the "Shenfeng acupoint," a spot on his heart would occasionally squirm slightly.
The heart was already beating all the time. If he hadn't confirmed that there was a problem with his heart, even if you held it in your hand, you wouldn't think there was anything abnormal, just the tremor caused by normal beating.
Li Yan carefully observed that spot with his Divine Sense for a long time and finally confirmed that there was indeed an extra red thing on the surface of his heart, the color of which was exactly the same as his heart.
The two were completely fused together. Only when it squirmed did it slightly "arch" up like a meridian.
Something extra had appeared in his body without his knowledge.
"A hidden Demonic Beast!"
This was Li Yan's first thought. He thought of the White Demon Clan Nascent Soul cultivator who had saved him; she was the only one who had touched his body.
"She left a contingency in my body!"
Was it to monitor him, or did she want him to die silently?
Li Yan's face was so gloomy it seemed like water could drip from it.
Just now, he had tried to use condensed spiritual power and Divine Sense needles to force that thing out, but he had almost made his own heart explode directly. The pain caused his body to be covered in cold sweat.
That thing was already completely integrated with his heart. If one was destroyed, both would be.
"Fortunately, I discovered it in advance. Is this forcing me to abandon this body!"
For a time, Li Yan's face was uncertain, constantly changing.
Not only had this body of his cultivated the "Qiongqi Purgatory Art," but it had also fused with the Essence Blood of the "Undead Nether Phoenix." Even if he seized another body, he didn't know how many years it would take to cultivate to this level again.
At the same time, he didn't know if the "Undead Nether Phoenix" Essence Blood could be refined and extracted again.
His strength would drop to a terrifying level for several years, or even decades.
Because, just to completely fuse with a new body, he didn't know how much time it would take to achieve a perfect fit between the soul and the body.
During such a long time, it would be very difficult for him to even deal with an initial-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
"Damn it!"
Li Yan gritted his teeth and cursed angrily in his heart. Besides that Nascent Soul cultivator, the only other person who might have touched his body was Shan Yiyuan.
But Shan Yiyuan did not have this ability. He was just a mortal. This was something Li Yan had personally investigated.
Besides, he was already in a coma at that time. The other party could have just acted directly. There was no need to use Divine Sense or the like to remotely control Shan Yiyuan; it was meaningless.
So, it should be that White Demon Clan Nascent Soul cultivator. Otherwise, Zhao Min would not have let others touch his body.
"However, there is another possibility. Could it be that after Zhao Min and the others left, a cultivator quietly snuck into my room while I was in a coma and did something?"
"In that case, Shan Yiyuan, being a mortal, would not have been able to detect it. But what would be the meaning of doing so..."
Li Yan's thoughts surged, chaotic and disorderly for a moment.
"It's nothing more than two situations: either to control me invisibly, or even kill me; or to monitor me!"
But he had been very careful along the way and had not found anyone following him.
At the same time, he had been here for almost half a year. If someone wanted to make a move, they should have already done so.
Thinking of this, Li Yan's Divine Sense instantly spread out from the cave.
After a period of time, Li Yan withdrew his Divine Sense. Within a radius of several thousand li, although there were cultivators, no one was paying constant attention to his side.
Just as Li Yan was withdrawing his Divine Sense, he inadvertently saw the Jade Slip placed to one side. His mind was as if struck by a bolt of lightning.
How could he have overlooked the most unlikely person?
"No, there's still Zhao Min..."
"And in that Jade Slip..."
In an instant, Li Yan thought of Zhao Min's message in the Jade Slip, and the sentence that he had been unable to decipher.
"'Twin Chan Hearts, Opening Chapter', 'Twin Chan Hearts, Opening Chapter'... Chan Heart... Twin... Twin, Shenfeng acupoint..."
"Heart... Heart, it's 'Heart-Entangling', yes, it should be 'Heart-Entangling'!"
In a flash, Li Yan had an epiphany.
"Twin... Heart-Entangling, that's the Heart-Entangling Twin Gu!"
In an instant, Li Yan's mind was buzzing. He thought of something, a legendary Gu-insect from Never-Parting Peak that was born as a companion and was inseparable until death, the "Heart-Entangling Twin Gu."
Over the years in the Malevolent Spirit Sect, Li Yan had read a large number of jade slips and classics. Of course, he had also dabbled in the Gu-insects of Never-Parting Peak.
Although he would not personally raise Gu, he would at least learn to simply refine and control some of them.
Therefore, he basically knew about the more famous Gu-insects in Never-Parting Peak.
The "Heart-Entangling Twin Gu" itself was not poisonous, and its attack power was not strong. But it had a talent skill, which was to hide, to hide in a person's heart.
Once it lay dormant, unless one knew of its existence and deliberately went to check, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would not be able to easily discover it.
This type of Gu-insect was in the shape of a red blood thread. Its biggest characteristic was that at birth, it was a hermaphroditic twin, born together.
They intertwined and were entwined for life, never separating. Until one died, the other would also self-destruct in martyrdom.
After this Gu-insect was discovered by the cultivators of Never-Parting Peak, especially some female cultivators, they were particularly fond of it, liking its devotion and loyalty. At first, it was called the "Twin Gu."
About forty thousand years ago, a Golden Core female cultivator from Never-Parting Peak, in order not to be betrayed by the male cultivator she liked, always wanted to firmly tie him to her side and become her lifelong Dao Companion.
But not only was the male cultivator's cultivation higher than hers, he was also a heaven-gifted prodigy with the hope of successfully achieving Nascent Soul Formation.
Under such circumstances, it was not impossible that he would abandon her, or take others as wives and concubines.
That Golden Core female cultivator of Never-Parting Peak was deeply in love, or rather, extremely possessive. She was unwilling for this to happen and was always thinking about how to make the other party as devoted as her.
One day, when she was feeding the "Twin Gu," she saw that one of the "Twin Gu" she was raising had finally reached the end of its life.
Before her very eyes, its aura slowly dissipated.
This made the Golden Core female cultivator relate to the scene and feel sad. At the same time, under her gaze, after half of the "Twin Gu's" life force had disappeared, the other half self-destructed and died before her eyes.
The grieving Golden Core female cultivator actually stopped her tears. A flash of inspiration crossed her mind.
If she could separate the "Twin Gu," and plant them separately in different people, then when one Gu-insect died, would the other sense it and self-destruct at the same time, causing the other person to die instantly as well?
In that case, wouldn't the two of them be like the "Twin Gu," staying together for life and accompanying each other to the end?
With this thought, the Golden Core female cultivator's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and her sad mood actually became joyful.
Immediately, she fell into a long period of deep thought.
The difficulty here was how to separate the "Twin Gu." This type of Gu-insect seemed to have never existed alone since its appearance.
Secondly, would the separated "Twin Gu" immediately self-destruct and die? In that case, she would not have time to place the "Twin Gu" in different people separately.
But in her mind, the "Twin Gu" should rely on sensing each other's life force aura to determine whether the other existed.
But if it wasn't by sensing the life force aura, but by physical contact, then it would be very difficult to separate the "Twin Gu."
All of the above were her speculations, but as long as the two "Twin Gu" did not die after separation, she thought that self-destruction should not occur.
Only then could subsequent things be done. So, she first had to separate the "Twin Gu."