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I think...?

"But..." The trip to the immortal city was over half a year ago! Although Yu Hong had her doubts, she could think of no better explanation. Sect Master was so powerful, who could possibly set her up? Maybe she was... really to tired?

Yi Qing clenched his fists and gazed fixedly at the room. Then, he walked up to the door and pushed it open suddenly.

"Yi Qing!" exclaimed Lonemoon in shock, "Do you want to... die?"

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Huh?

He scanned the room. Oddly, the person lying on the bed had not been aroused by the commotion. He could hear the faint sound of her breathing; it seemed she was sound asleep.

"Master, it's mealtime!" Yi Qing walked up to Shen Ying's bed and gave her a gentle shove.

There was no response from her.

"I cooked your favourite food... assorted meat dishes."

"..."

"There's fried crab, steamed crab, immortal noodles..."

"..."

"Toad fish, Ba Dai fish, spicy wild hen..."

"..."

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He went on to enumerate a whole list of dishes, but still failed to elicit a response from her. An inexplicable feeling of dread overwhelmed him. His head buzzed and his hands trembled. "Master...?"

It was then that Lonemoon realized something was not right. His expression changed. He strode quickly into the room and instructed an obviously panicking Yi Qing, "Quickly, check her pulse."

Yi Qing calmed down a little and proceeded to use his immortal Qi to check her pulse. Everything seemed normal. He repeated the procedure a few times, but could find nothing wrong with her.

"How is it? What's wrong with this foodie?" asked Lonemoon.

"I... don't know," answered Yi Qing, shaking his head.

"How can it be? Let me take a look!" Lonemoon grabbed Shen Ying's hand from him to take her pulse. The expression on his face grew increasingly grim. He too could not find anything wrong with her. He gripped the flute in his hand in exasperation. He thought for a while, then turned to Yu Hong. "Yu Hong, go to Shang Dong immortal abode quickly." Perhaps their cultivation was not strong enough to diagnose the problem. "Tell Xun Shu to come over. Say it's a matter of life and death... Forget it! I'll go instead."

He was about to leave when Yi Qing said, "I'll go!" In a flash he was gone.

Fortunately, to facilitate the production of the immortal weapons, the Invincible Sect and Shang Dong Immortal Abode had already set up a transportation array between them. Within moments, Yi Qing was back with Xun Shu.

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"Hey, why did you drag me here?" Xun Shu, who had been in the midst of weapon refinement, grumbled. "Don't blame me if this immortal sword breaks..."

Midway through his sentence, Xun Shu noticed the person sleeping soundly on her bed. Aghast, he struggled free from Yi Qing's grip and cowered behind the door. Through voice transmission, they could hear his trembling voice as he cursed them, "Hey, you bastards! Are you trying to get me killed!" I thought we were friends? Why did Yi Qing bring me to Shen Ying when they know she's sleeping? Haven't I suffered enough beatings from her?