Chapter 475 - The Reason For His Condition (1/2)

”By the way, I have over 10,000 years of experience in the field of medicine, and there hasn't been a single patient that I haven't been able to cure since I became a doctor.” Li Shizhen said.

Yuan nodded, ”I will trust you.”

Though it was not like he never trusted Li Shizhen.

Even if Li Shizhen didn't say any of that, Yuan would've still trusted him, as he was someone that Feng Yuxiang trusted enough to approach.

”Great. Now then, why don't you tell me what seems to be troubling you?” Li Shizhen asked him a moment later.

Yuan took a deep breath and proceeded to explain his situation to Li Shizhen without telling Li Shizhen that he was the person on the topic.

”I have this friend who grew incredibly sick out of the blue when he was young, and he has been crippled since then.”

”Everything seemed to be normal for the first seven years of his life, but then he suddenly lost his ability to see, becoming blind. Five years later, his body suddenly stopped functioning, so everything below his neck became useless and numb to feeling, forcing him to stay in the bed.”

”However, when the doctors checked his condition, they weren't able to find anything wrong with his body. They checked his blood, his muscles, and even his bones, but they were unable to find anything.”

”The doctors said that he was perfectly healthy, yet he was unable to move.”

”However, after 5 gruesome years, my friend finally started recovering after he started cultivating. He started feeling his body again, and now he can even move his limbs slightly.”

”He's also a peak Spirit Warrior on the verge of breaking through to Spirit Master, but he still feels as though his body doesn't have any strength to it. He can feel his body overflowing with energy, but he cannot exert any of that energy. Do you have any idea what's wrong with him and if there's any cure that will allow him to recover faster?”

”Hmmm… Give me a moment to think about this…” Li Shizhen said to him before closing his eyes and turning silent.

Many minutes later, he opened his eyes and spoke in a calm voice, ”This is an interesting case— not to make fun of your friend. I have seen many cases similar to this, but there are some distinctive differences.”

”One such case being Qi deprivation. Once a cultivator reaches a certain cultivation base, they are required to continue absorbing spiritual energy to keep their bodies functioning, and if they stop absorbing spiritual energy for long enough, their bodies will slowly lose their functions. They will go blind, and their bodies will no longer be usable until they start absorbing spiritual energy again, just like your friend, but this only happens when the cultivator purposefully stops absorbing spiritual energy.”

”As cultivators, we subconsciously absorb the spiritual energy around us even if we don't actively cultivate, so one must forcefully stop their bodies from absorbing spiritual energy, or something is preventing them from doing so.”

”However, that isn't the case for your friend, as he's only a peak Spirit Warrior, meaning he's not at the level where they can experience Qi deprivation in such a manner. Furthermore, his problem began even before he started cultivating.”