When I placed my fingertips on Liu Aguai's wrist, the first thing I felt was a damp coldness.

"Miscarriage?"

Less than five seconds later, I asked softly.

Liu Aguai's pulse was weak and scattered, indicating a deficiency of qi and blood, and a cold and stagnant uterus.

This pulse pattern most likely indicates a miscarriage.

"Um!"

Liu Aguai nodded slightly, making a sound as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Ah, how about that? Master Feng is amazing, isn't he? You didn't say anything, but he knew you had a miscarriage just by touching your wrist!" Shangguan Ti flattered him from the side.

Although she was praising me, it sounded awkward to me no matter how I listened. I ignored her and continued taking my pulse, and soon discovered something was wrong.

Her pulse indicates that all three pulses are empty.

The cun pulse is floating, cold, and without root; the guan pulse is congested and stiff; and the chi pulse is deep and stagnant like a cold, still pool. At first touch, there is nothing wrong, but after a while, you will notice that there is no sign of the generation of yang energy.

That's not all; beneath the illusory pulse lies a wisp of extremely fine and yin-like malevolent energy.

This pulse doesn't resemble a natural miscarriage, nor does it resemble the pulse of a surgical abortion in a hospital. Instead, it seems more like a forced uterine rupture, where the fetal resentment hasn't dissipated, and the malevolent energy is turning against the mother.

In a normal miscarriage, the fetal energy is lost with the blood. Although it harms the body, it is only a loss of physical energy and blood.

Liu Aguai's pulse condition was caused by the external force forcibly severing the life force of the fetus and separating it from the mother's body, resulting in the fetal resentment being locked in the meridians and sunk in the dantian, gnawing at her original qi and blood and mind every day.

No wonder she looked unwell, her eyes were vacant, and her hands were wet and cold.

Thinking of this, I let go of her hand and said, "Ah-Girl, you didn't have a normal miscarriage, did you?"

"Um?"

Liu Aguai was startled, and a glimmer of light finally appeared in her empty pupils.

"Master Feng, do we still need to ask these questions? Isn't it enough for us to just get our bodies in good condition?" Shangguan Ti interjected.

"Are you going to teach me how to treat illnesses?" I asked, looking up slightly and staring into her eyes.

"No, no, Master Feng, that's not what I meant!" Shangguan Ti quickly waved her hand.

"Why do you always interrupt?" Fatty Lin frowned and pinched Shangguan Ti again.

"Fatty, I was wrong, I won't interrupt again!" Shangguan Ti grabbed Fatty Lin's arm and shook it vigorously a few times.

"If you interrupt again, I won't let you off!" Fatty Lin released his grip on her face and snorted.

I sighed inwardly. Shangguan Ti's coquettishness gave me goosebumps.

"Ah, I'll ask you one more time, this isn't a normal miscarriage, is it?"

Looking at Liu Aguai, I asked again.

"no!"

Liu Aguai remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Ah-Girl, judging from your pulse, it seems like you were forced into labor before your baby was even a month old, right?" I continued to ask.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Ti's expression changed, and she was about to speak again.

Fatty Lin gripped her shoulder and said calmly, "Don't interrupt, let Ah Guai speak for herself."

Shangguan Ti froze, and remained silent.

Unlike her, Liu Aguai, who had been dazed, trembled when she heard me say this. Her eyes instantly reddened, and tears welled up in them before finally flowing down her cheeks.

"Don't be afraid, no one here will dare to do anything to you. Just tell the truth," Long Nier said. "Not only here, but no one will dare to do anything to you after we leave. If anyone dares to make things difficult for you because of this, come find me, and I'll make them wish they were dead!"

"Yeah, Ah Guai, just tell the truth, don't make it sound like I'm telling you not to!" Shangguan Ti quickly interjected, seizing the opportunity.

Fatty Lin narrowed his eyes and his face darkened.

Long Nier also looked at Shangguan Ti, her eyes filled with impatience.

"Ah-Girl, hurry up and say something!"

Shangguan Ti trembled at the sight of the two people, and her voice trembled with a hint of tears.

"The child was forced into labor!"

Perhaps it was Long Nier's assurance that calmed Liu Aguai down, or perhaps it was the pent-up grievances that finally broke down, and Liu Aguai finally spoke.

She clenched her fingers, her eyes filled with extreme fear and despair, and said in a tearful voice, "The baby is over six months old, already fully formed, with hands, feet, and facial features all grown. It's not time for birth yet, but he forced me to take the medication, forcing me to give birth to the baby prematurely."

"Who is this 'he' you're talking about, and why are you doing this?"

I kept staring at Shangguan Ti as I asked the question.

"Master Feng, don't look at me! I really didn't do this!" Shangguan Ti was about to cry, feeling wronged. She hugged Lin Pangzi's arm tighter and wanted to meld herself into his body.

"It wasn't Sister Ti who did it!" Liu Aguai sniffed and said.

"See, I already said I didn't do it. Am I crazy to do something like this!" Shangguan Ti breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who is that?" I asked.

"My husband!"

Liu Aguai closed her eyes, unable to hold back her tears any longer.

"Who?"

I thought I misheard.

Liu Agui took a deep breath, wiped away her tears, and repeated, "My husband!"

Lin the Fatty and I exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes, and asked, "Did I hear that right?"

"You heard me right!"

Liu Agui sniffed and said, "He really is my husband!"

"Why did he do that?" I asked.

"After I found out I was pregnant, I immediately went to America to tell him. He was very happy when he found out, and even did some divination for me, saying it was a spiritual pregnancy and that I was blessed!"

Speaking of this, Liu Agui choked up as she said, "When I was six months pregnant, he suddenly changed his tune, saying that the fetus I was carrying had extremely pure spiritual energy and a special destiny, making it an excellent vessel for sacrifice. He said that as long as this premature fetus was sacrificed, he could use the fetus's spiritual energy to stabilize his cultivation..."

"Wait a minute!"

Hearing this, I interrupted her and asked, "What does your husband do?"

"My husband is a guru!" Liu Aguai said, sobbing.

"Master?"

Lin the Fat and I exchanged a glance; neither of us had expected this.

The next moment, both Fatty Lin and I looked at Shangguan Ti.

"Yes, Ah-Guai's husband is a guru!"

Shangguan Ti nodded.

Seeing the unfriendly looks from me and Fatty Lin, she added, "This matter of sacrifice has nothing to do with me. Back then, Ah Guai went to America, and we, as her friends, couldn't do anything about it!"

I stared at Shangguan Ti for a moment, then looked away and said to Liu Agui, "He told you to sacrifice yourself, so you did?"

"I didn't, I refused, but I had no right to refuse!" Liu Aguai cried while shaking her head.

"When he saw that I wouldn't listen, he even tried to persuade me, saying that this child would bring me ten years of good fortune, and that the child would come back sooner or later, and that its departure was only temporary!"

"I still disagreed, but then he lost patience and forced me to take medication, induced labor!"

As she spoke of this, Liu Aguai's tears fell like beads from a broken string.

I considered many possibilities, but this was the one I never thought of.

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