In the palace, in the royal study of Emperor Dahao.
All the information about Ning Qingyan was placed on his desk in every detail.
Zhao Zheng looked very slowly, which means he looked very carefully.
Unfortunately, there was nothing unusual in the information collected from the secret guards.
Almost unlike what he had learned from paying attention to the Ning Mansion over the years, Ning Qingyan was just a stupid and useless person.
Except for the appearance that inherits the advantages of his parents, he has nothing good.
The Ning Qingyan he saw now looked exactly like two different people!
"Mr. Xiao..." Zhao Zheng murmured in a low voice.
Since the death of Ning Qingyan's parents, Xiao's mother and daughter have frequently appeared in intelligence.
"Judging from this, I think this Ning family member is not hiding anything." The voice came out suddenly.
Zhao Zheng was not surprised, but he did not agree with what he said. "Master Immortal, there may be some secrets that we don't know."
The owner of the voice stopped speaking.
Zhao Zheng once again summoned the secret guards. "Check the Xiao mother and daughter."
"Here!"
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In that secluded room of Prince Ding's Mansion, no one disturbed what was happening here.
Ning Qingyan sat cross-legged on the ground, and Jiang Bai stood behind her, with his right hand in the shape of a claw, hanging above her head, as if he was holding it.
Buzz——
Invisible Yuan Power formed waves of air and poured into Ning Qingyan's head from the palm of Jiang Bai's right hand.
With her eyes closed, Ning Qingyan felt that her whole body was wrapped in a wave of heat. It was very comfortable at first, but then, a pain began to come from somewhere inside her body!
The pain was just a dull labor pain at first, but as time went by, the labor pain turned into colic and stinging pain...
Ning Qingyan tightened her lips and did not make the slightest sound.
However, her frown still revealed what she was going through at the moment.
Zhao Yun, who stood aside and did not disturb the two of them, kept his eyes on Ning Qingyan.
He could clearly see that her face was getting paler and paler, a thin layer of sweat broke out on her forehead, and veins bulged on her temples.
Buzz!
Jiang Bai suddenly stopped.
The warm force pulling her suddenly disappeared, and Ning Qingyan's body fell to the side.
Before she fell to the ground, Zhao Yun's figure had already appeared behind her and held her in his arms.
The familiar aura enveloped Ning Qingyan in an instant, and the severe pain in her body began to slowly recede.
Before she even opened her eyes, Ning Qingyan felt someone wiping the sweat from her forehead, very gently.
She slowly opened her eyes and realized it was Zhao Yun.
He held a brocade handkerchief in his beautiful hand and was carefully wiping her sweat.
When she opened her eyes, their eyes collided unexpectedly.
Zhao Yun paused in wiping his sweat, and then continued wiping as if nothing had happened while Ning Qingyan watched.
After wiping away the last bit of sweat, he silently took the brocade handkerchief back into his arms.
Ning Qingyan's eyes moved and she slowly looked away.
However, she did not leave Zhao Yun's arms, but leaned against him so boldly and unreservedly.
"Ahem, are you feeling better, madam?" Zhao Yun's body was a little stiff.
It was a moment of urgency just now, but now I was shocked to realize how ambiguous their posture was.
"My whole body is very weak. It's a big thank you that Your Majesty allowed me to lean on you." Ning Qingyan couldn't bear it in his arms.
She is not talking all the time. It is true that she is powerless, but she does not necessarily have to rely on him.
However, when she thought of someone who avoided her like a snake or a scorpion on their wedding night and repeatedly resisted consummating the marriage, Ning Qingyan couldn't help but want to take revenge.
'Don't you want to keep distance from me? I don't!'
snort!
Zhao Yun's eyes moved, but without saying anything, he raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Bai.
Jiang Bai cupped his hands and bent down: "Awakening the spiritual bones will indeed make the body weak for a while, but it will not be a serious problem. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."
"So, my spiritual bones have awakened?" Ning Qingyan stared at Jiang Bai closely.
Even Zhao Yun also looked at him.
Under the gaze of the two people, Jiang Bai slowly shook his head with a solemn expression.
Did it fail?
Ning Qingyan's heart sank.
Is her reincarnated body really that useless?
Spiritual bones?
Thousands of years ago, she traveled across the continent for hundreds of years, but she had never heard of spiritual bones.
Could it be that this theory of spiritual bones only came into being within this thousand years?
"What did you see?" Zhao Yun asked.
These words brought Ning Qingyan back from her thoughts.
Jiang Bai considered it in his heart, then glanced at Ning Qingyan with a complicated expression, and then said slowly: "The spiritual bone is located on the third segment of the spine. Whether it is martial arts or mystical cultivation, it must pass through the spirit bone."
Bones absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and store it in the body."
"The difference is that after martial arts practitioners absorb spiritual energy through spiritual bones, what they convert into vitality is vitality."
"As for Xuan Xiu, what he transforms is Xuan Qi."
"It can be seen that spiritual bones are crucial to both mystical and martial arts cultivation."
When Jiang Bai said this, he took a deep look at Ning Qingyan.
Ning Qingyan didn't pay attention to his glance, but figured out something through his words.
Thousands of years ago, spiritual energy was strong, and cultivation talent lay more in physical fitness and understanding of the great ways of heaven and earth.
But after that battle, the spiritual energy of the mainland collapsed. Even now, the spiritual energy is still not as good as before.
Perhaps it is because of this that spiritual bones appear.
The invisible and intangible cultivation talents are transformed into spiritual bones, just to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth better.
"Master, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." Ning Qingyan did not fail to see the hesitation in Jiang Bai's eyes.
Jiang Bai hesitated and looked at Zhao Yun again.
Zhao Yun nodded almost incomprehensibly.
Jiang Baicai looked at Ning Qingyan sympathetically.
Ning Qingyan was puzzled by his look, and immediately said: "Master, there is no need to do this. It doesn't matter even if the spiritual bones are not awakened."
She really doesn't care.
The reason for wanting to perform the awakening ceremony was more because of Xiao Ruyi's words.
Now that she can embark on a different path from martial arts cultivation, who cares about spiritual bones?
However, when she said this, the sympathy in Jiang Bai's eyes became even heavier.
Even Zhao Yun was staring at her with his penetrating black eyes.
The truth is often crueler!
Jiang Bai sighed in his heart and said to the two of them: "It's not that the princess has no spiritual bones, but that her spiritual bones have been replaced."
"What?" Ning Qingyan was startled.
She never expected that it would be such an answer.
Zhao Yun's eyes became darker, and deep inside where no one could see, cold murderous intent began to slowly gather.
"Can spiritual bones be replaced?" Ning Qingyan was shocked.
In her mind, since spiritual bones are equal to talents, they belong to her, and no one can take them away unless she dies.
Jiang Bai nodded heavily. "Although the process is extremely dangerous, there is indeed a secret method for exchanging spiritual bones."
"Jiang Bai, please make it clear." Zhao Yun spoke at this time.
For some reason, Ning Qingyan always felt that his tone was unspeakably cold when he said this.
Jiang Bai said: "Did the princess feel severe pain during the process just now?"