Fen Ling turned to the group, her crimson eyes serious.
"I will allow you to examine him. But please be careful... the plague is highly contagious through spiritual energy contact… especially around the soul sea."
Lan Suyao nodded as she stepped forward first, placing her hand above the Emperor's chest and channeling her spiritual sense.
"Excuse me..."
But after a few moments, her brows furrowed slightly.
She withdrew her hand and reached into her storage ring before taking out a strange, ancient-looking artifact with a palm-sized crystal compass engraved with intricate Azure Moon Sect runes.
The compass hummed softly as it floated above the Emperor's body, spinning slowly while emitting pulses of pure spiritual energy.
"This is the Meridian Tracing Compass." Lan Suyao explained calmly. "It can map the flow of the malevolent energy through the meridians and detect where the source is anchored."
With that, Lan Suyao began to make some hand gesture and activate the compass.
