CHAPTER 1045: CHAPTER 1045: THE TIME TAKEN AWAY

Wu Yi was knocked unconscious, and the dark prison instantly fell silent.

Gu Zhiqi took out a brush and a dish of cinnabar, squatting on the ground to start drawing the formation diagram.

Seeing this, Lok Gui squatted down beside Gu Zhiqi and asked softly, "Miss Gu, is it this person who took away my cultivation level?"

But he had no interaction with Wu Yi, not even spoken much with him.

Gu Zhiqi listened and simply replied with a hum without looking up.

Lok Gui felt bewildered upon hearing this, "But how did he do it? We don’t meet often."

Moreover, during the time his cultivation level began to regress, he wasn’t even at the Medical Alliance or in contact with Wu Yi.

Gu Zhiqi: "Five years ago, did you suffer a serious injury?"

Gu Zhiqi asked while drawing, gripping the pen to continue sketching the formation diagram on the ground.

Lok Gui nodded, responding with a "Yes."

It was also after that injury that his cultivation level began to decline.

He always thought it was because that injury affected his foundation.

However, what he couldn’t understand was that not only was his ancient martial cultivation level regressing, but also his alchemy level was deteriorating.

"For some Mystic Masters, they only need to know your birthdate and time, and can take your things away when you are most vulnerable."

Behind Wu Yi should be a very powerful Mystic Master.

Listening to Lok Gui and Xie Yann’s conversation, Xie Yann also scooted over to Gu Zhiqi’s side and asked in a low voice, "Master, is that how my talent was taken too? But I’ve been useless since I was little."

Xie Yann has always had self-awareness; he has been a martial arts failure for nineteen years now.

A few days ago, someone suddenly approached him and told him his ancient martial talent had been taken by someone else, which he found utterly absurd.

At first, Xie Yann didn’t believe it at all, assuming the other was a fraud, he even suspected they were hired by someone who disliked him to mock him.

But later, the person somehow convinced his mother and elder sister, and both packed him up overnight, handing him over to the people of the Medical Alliance to forcibly bring him there.

It was not until arriving at the Medical Alliance that Xie Yann started to believe a bit that the person who brought him there wasn’t a fraud.

However, he still didn’t quite believe that his talent could be taken.

Until meeting Gu Zhiqi, Xie Yann began to somewhat believe that his talent might indeed have been taken.

Nevertheless, Xie Yann had other doubts in his mind, ones concerning Xu Nuo.

Xu Nuo was indeed his fiancée, and the Xu Family’s heiress in Yan City.

However, this time they weren’t together by mutual agreement.

Xu Nuo was also brought by the Medical Alliance’s people, from what Xu Nuo implied, it seemed her fortune had been taken.

This puzzled Xie Yann quite a bit; he remembered Xu Nuo being quite unlucky as a child, but starting two years ago, nothing really unfortunate had happened to her.

In fact, her luck seemed quite good.

How... could her fortune have been taken?

Without knowing Xie Yann’s doubts, Gu Zhiqi simply replied to his question, "Your talent was taken at birth."

Upon hearing that, Xie Yann was stunned.

Taken at birth?

That early?

"When I was little, lots of unlucky things often happened to me, was my fortune also taken at birth?" Xu Nuo suddenly spoke up and asked Gu Zhiqi.

As soon as Xu Nuo asked, Gu Zhiqi slightly turned her eyes to glance at her.

In an angle unseen by the others, a hint of azure light swiftly flashed in Gu Zhiqi’s eyes as she scanned Xu Nuo from head to toe.