Chapter 216: Passing the Buck? Who Can’t?

Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Passing the Buck? Who Can’t?

Yun Sheng sneered inwardly.

She lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly. The expression on her face shifted from horror to bewilderment, and then from bewilderment to panic, as if she were terrified.

"I... I don’t know what happened either. Major General Qi was just talking to me, and then suddenly..."

Yun Sheng paused, as if she had suddenly thought of something. She snapped her head up, her gaze fixed directly on Lin Yueyao.

"Sister Yue Yao, could it be that the guidance from before... had some problems? Aren’t you S-Class? How could Major General Qi’s condition have worsened after you guided him all night?"

The clamor in the tent came to an abrupt halt.

Zhao Heng’s gaze swept between Yun Sheng and Lin Yueyao, his brow tightly furrowed.

A few Sentinels exchanged glances, a hint of doubt in their eyes.

’That’s right. After being guided by Miss Yue Yao all night, Major General Qi should have been getting better, logically speaking. How did he get worse instead?’

Yun Sheng was F-level, and no matter how injured Qi Yao was, he was still an S-Class Sentinel. No normal person would think she had the ability to harm Qi Yao.

Meanwhile, Lin Yueyao had just spent the entire night providing guidance to Qi Yao, and not only had he not improved, he had worsened to the point of passing out.

’If this wasn’t Lin Yueyao’s fault, whose could it be?’

Yun Sheng’s gaze swept over them, and the corners of her lips curved slightly.

’Just shifting the blame, wasn’t it?’

’As if anyone couldn’t do that!’

Lin Yueyao’s expression changed abruptly as she felt their gazes upon her.

She looked at Yun Sheng and raised her voice. "Sister, what do you mean by that? Are you suggesting Ah Yao’s injury has something to do with me?"

Yun Sheng quickly shook her head, a terrified look on her face.

"Sister Yue Yao, that’s not what I meant. I just find it strange... I’m an F-level Guide. If I were the one providing guidance to Major General Qi and it had no effect, that would be normal.

But Sister Yue Yao is S-Class. Even if Major General Qi couldn’t recover completely all at once, he should have at least shown some improvement. But now..."

"You... When I left, Ah Yao was already much better!" Lin Yueyao immediately retorted.

Yun Sheng blinked, her face a mask of innocence. "Then why is Major General Qi unconscious now?"

Lin Yueyao opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but realized that the more she spoke, the more it would sound like she was defending herself.

And the Sentinels standing to the side were already starting to look at her differently.

"Yeah, with guidance from an S-class Guide, how could the Major General still..." a Sentinel muttered in a low voice, trailing off, but his meaning was obvious.

Another Sentinel tugged lightly at his sleeve, signaling him to be quiet, but his own gaze toward Lin Yueyao was also clearly filled with suspicion.

Seeing the number of people whispering amongst themselves grow, Zhao Heng finally spoke up.

"Enough arguing. Let’s have the doctor take a look first."

The words had barely left his mouth when Old Zhou rushed in with a doctor.

The doctor strode to Qi Yao’s bedside, crouched down to check his pupils and pulse, then used an instrument to measure the fluctuations in his spiritual power.

The tent was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Everyone held their breath, watching the doctor’s every move.

After a long moment, the doctor stood up, his expression grim.

"Major General Qi’s spiritual power is even more chaotic than before; it’s completely out of control. This situation..." He hesitated for a moment before saying gravely, "it seems to have been caused by another’s spiritual power invading his spiritual landscape and... doing something."

Everyone’s expression changed drastically at his words.

Zhao Heng lunged forward, his voice urgent and heavy. "Doctor, are you saying that someone deliberately invaded the Major General’s spiritual landscape to murder him?"

"Well..." The doctor stammered, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. "It wasn’t necessarily a deliberate attempt to murder him. It could just be..."

"Just what! Doctor, tell us!" Old Zhou grabbed the doctor’s arm anxiously.

The doctor sighed and wiped the sweat from his brow.

"The Major General’s condition was already severe. The cracks in his spiritual landscape were constantly expanding, and his spiritual power was in serious disarray. In a situation like this, if a guide’s guidance is timely and precise, it’s possible to stabilize him.

But... but if there’s a problem with the guidance, not only will it fail to have a soothing effect, it will actually worsen his condition, and could even trigger a complete collapse of his spiritual power."

The tent fell silent for a moment.

The gazes of several Sentinels fell on Lin Yueyao in unison.

Zhao Heng’s brow furrowed even tighter, and a complicated expression crossed Old Zhou’s face.

Standing by Qi Yao’s bed, Lin Yueyao could no longer maintain the gentle look on her face.

"What are you trying to say?" Her voice was slightly strained, but she was still trying hard to maintain her composed demeanor. "Are you suggesting there was a problem with my guidance?"

The doctor quickly waved his hands. "Miss Lin, that’s not what I meant. I was just stating the possibilities, I wasn’t..."

"Then are you doubting me?"

Lin Yueyao’s voice rose, her eyes turning slightly red as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"I rushed here overnight from the Capital Star, consuming so much of my spiritual power, all to provide guidance for Ah Yao. And now you’re saying there was a problem with my guidance, that I harmed him?"

Confronted by her questioning, the doctor was momentarily at a loss for how to explain himself, and his expression grew increasingly tense.

"Miss Yue Yao, the doctor was only speaking of possibilities, he wasn’t targeting anyone. The most important thing right now is to figure out the Major General’s condition. Please, calm down."

In the end, it was Zhao Heng who stepped in to smooth things over.

The atmosphere in the tent eased slightly, but the suspicious gazes on Lin Yueyao didn’t completely disappear.

Yun Sheng stood off to the side, her eyes lowered, not saying a word.

Her lips were pressed into a thin line, her expression a perfect picture of worry and confusion, but inwardly, she was sneering.

’Let’s see what Lin Yueyao does next!’

At this point, Zhao Heng turned back to the doctor and said urgently, "Doctor, what do we do now? Can the Major General’s condition be stabilized?"

The doctor shook his head. "The conditions here are limited. My recommendation is to send him back to the Capital Star immediately. The medical equipment at Star Alliance Headquarters is more advanced, and they have more Advanced guides. Only there is it possible to stabilize Major General Qi’s spiritual landscape.

Also, it would be best for Miss Lin to go back as well. It will help the doctors there get a clearer understanding of Major General Qi’s situation."

Zhao Heng nodded. "I’ll arrange it at once."

He shot a look at Old Zhou, who immediately headed outside.

Lin Yueyao bit her lip, her expression shifting again and again.

She looked at Zhao Heng, then at Qi Yao lying on the bed. Suddenly, she whipped her head toward Yun Sheng, her voice laced with a sense of grievance and unwillingness to be defeated.

"Then Sister Yun Sheng should go back as well. After all, she was the last person to see Ah Yao. Who knows, maybe she did something that affected his condition, too."

"Sister Yue Yao, that’s not right, is it?"

Yun Sheng immediately refuted her, her tone even carrying a hint of self-deprecation.

"I’m just a piece of F-level trash. With my tiny bit of spiritual power, I couldn’t even enter Major General Qi’s spiritual landscape. What could I possibly do to affect his injuries?"