Chapter 116: There’s No Aspect Like No Aspect
Benton went to the orphanage to check on little Jin LiJuan and found the girl up on her feet, a good sign. He scanned her.
Name:Jin LiJuanAffiliation:Prosperous Gray Forest Village OrphanageAge:12Cultivation:NoneTechniques:NoneSpiritual Roots:F-Qi Aspect:None
There was only one small change to her status since the last time he’d read it, but that change had major implications. F- spiritual roots meant she should be able to cultivate.
She stared at him with big, hopeful eyes, and he wanted to tell her the good news. Unfortunately, there was another part of her status that confused him. Why was her qi aspect listed as none?
“May I touch your hand for a moment, Li’er?” Benton said.
She shyly held it out to him. “Is there something wrong, Master?”
“I’m not sure. Give me a moment.”
His first instinct had been to soft peddle his answer and tell her that things were fine, but even though he considered her to be a child, she’d been through a lot. She at least deserved the courtesy of being told the truth.
As he grabbed hold of her finger, he dived his senses into her and found a mess. Her channels, her meridians, her dantian. All the important components of her body’s cultivation system were all muddled and clogged and just a … mess. That was the only way to describe it.
As far as his considerable System-granted expertise told him, however, she was healed. Kind of.
“Congratulations, Li’er,” Benton said. “You can now cultivate.”
She grinned.