The next second, Li Zhiyan put on a show of wanting to vomit.
Tang Qing, who was by her side, quickly supported her and said slowly, "What's wrong, are you feeling unwell?"
"Senior Brother Tang, don't you know yet... she's pregnant." Lin Xiao said.
"Ah?"
This time, both Li Zhiyan and her husband exclaimed.
Yue Wanwan, who was by their side, was stunned for a moment before quickly saying, "Master, you're pregnant?!"
"You're an old married couple, isn't it normal to be pregnant?" Lin Xiao looked at their reactions, surprised that after so long, they seemed completely unprepared for a pregnancy.
Could it be that this pregnancy was something they hadn't planned for?
"You mean, I'm pregnant?!" Li Zhiyan exchanged a look with her husband, their expressions somewhat excited.
"Yes, I could tell the first time I saw you. It should be about a month now," Lin Xiao said. "Is there a problem?"
Tang Qing supported his wife and said, "Divine Doctor, it's like this, we weren't planning to have a child. Furthermore, the cultivation method in the Hehuan Sect's techniques involves refining essence and qi, and it wouldn't allow for pregnancy."
"Yes, for the past month, my husband and I have been together day and night. Every time after intimacy, I would circulate the cultivation method. How... did this pregnancy happen?" Li Zhiyan was utterly confused.
This was also why she hadn't connected her physical discomfort with pregnancy at all.
Ning Fengzhi was about to say that perhaps Li Zhiyan had been with another man... but he stopped himself. They had been together constantly, and with Li Zhiyan's Hehuan Sect cultivation, pregnancy would naturally be impossible. He didn't need to say such groundless things.
He pondered for a moment and asked, "Perhaps the two of you missed something?"
"There shouldn't be."
After a moment of contemplation, Li Zhiyan and her husband both shook their heads.
"This is strange."
Lin Xiao looked at them with some puzzlement. Did these two have a habit of sleepwalking?
He then said, "Sect Leader Li, don't worry. I'll give you a thorough examination later. Perhaps there's some deviation at this distance."
As for this deviation... Lin Xiao didn't think it would be significant. Given Sect Leader Li's reaction of wanting to gag just now, it was practically a certainty.
"Sect Leader Li, if you're not in a hurry, may I visit the Hehuan Sect first?" Lin Xiao asked.
"Of course, Divine Doctor, please feel free... Wanwan, you'll be the guide for the Divine Doctor." Li Zhiyan quickly arranged for Yue Wanwan to be the guide.
After they left the reception room, Yue Wanwan asked curiously, "Divine Doctor, is my Master really pregnant?"
"Of course."
Lin Xiao nodded with certainty. "I wouldn't mistake it, and there is clearly an additional aura within her body, though it's very faint."
"That's strange."
Yue Wanwan also didn't quite understand. Her Master had explicitly stated that before her cultivation reached completion, she wouldn't have any thoughts of having children. What was going on?
"Perhaps... there isn't necessarily another possibility."
A flicker appeared in Lin Xiao's eyes. In the ancient medical texts, there was a mention of a condition that closely resembled pregnancy but was not actually pregnancy.
If that were truly the case...
It was likely someone was plotting against the Hehuan Sect.