Chapter 24: I Want to Join The Palace of Absolute Beginning Too
When Wei Yuan left through the door, he immediately saw Zhang Sheng and Sun Yu waiting for him at a public square.
His master made a grabbing motion, and he felt something lifting him into the air and pulling him over to his side. Then, they both disappeared into thin air.
An instant later, the duo reappeared at a remote and quiet side hall. After putting Wei Yuan back down on the ground, Zhang Sheng began inspecting his disciple’s condition carefully. He circled around him once before bending down to check his pupils carefully. He then squeezed him here and there while firing off question after question, “Do you feel a mild pain affecting your primordial spirit? Do you feel anxious or irritated? You’re not seeing heart devils sprouting like weeds, or experiencing any sort of illusion, are you?”
Zhang Sheng asked eight questions in a row, and Wei Yuan said no to all of them. Still, he couldn’t rest easily. He raised a finger and shot a blue beam into the boy’s forehead. At the same time, his face grew a tad paler.
Sun Yu had followed the duo and so seen everything. He asked, “Is there something you’re worried about? My mentor, Trueman Ning Xi, is well-versed in medicine. If necessary, we can request his aid after we return to the Palace.”
Zhang Sheng sat still and replied, “It’s not a medicinal problem. The otherworldly fortune I gave Yuan’er is not enough for him to use Outlawed by Heaven and Earth continuously, and from what I can tell, he overused it a little. He may seem fine right now, but I’m worried that he would suffer a fortune backlash in the future. That is why I left a wisp of sword qi inside his head. If a fortune backlash did happen, then it would buy him some time.”
Sun Yu was shocked to hear this. “You’re blocking a tribulation for him!! You, you shouldn’t have done it!”
To take another’s tribulation upon oneself was tantamount to defying the heavens. The tribulation they would endure might well be several times greater than that of the person whose tribulation was being borne, and a single misstep could lead to permanent death. That was why Sun Yu had lost his composure.
Zhang Sheng raised a hand to silence him. “I have already made my decision, so do not try to change my mind.”