Bab 943: rules of bad luck

Even though he half expected the question to come, even if not today, Ma Yuan's pupils couldn't help but tremble vividly as he felt his heart come to a standstill from Yang Qing's questions.

Seeing his reaction, Yang Qing couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It was a question he didn't want to ask, but there was no avoiding it. Ma Ling's treatment had progressed faster than expected.

Tan Jie's earlier evaluation had the treatment lasting for a year with the bulk of the time catered to completely cleansing her of all remnant effects of the removed memory gu and restoring her soul to what it was. Tan Jie had expected it to take about seven months, but it ended up taking four. 

Yang Qing could guess part of the reason the time got shortened had to do with the 'environment' of his abode. It was filled with his vitality-rich aura which experienced a subtle spike in quality ever since the changes with his peerless yin-yang jade nature bones physique.