Afraid he might have displeased Lei Jun, he hurried to add, "I suppose I've only just recovered from illness, my body is still a bit weak, but really, it's nothing."
"Mm, since the Imperial Physician traveled with you, I suppose there shouldn't be any major problem, just rest well." Lei Jun raised his hand, "However, you're all guests from afar, as a Taoist I cannot just stand by and do nothing."
Meng Shaojie replied apologetically, "The student has been discourteous, Elder Lei, please forgive me."
He offered his own wrist, and Lei Jun placed his fingers on Meng Shaojie's pulse, a strand of mana gently probing.
Earlier, Lei Jun had even wondered if this Meng Shaojie was secretly handpicked by the Empress, playing dumb beside the Crown Prince.
But once he tried it himself, Lei Jun knew that, at least, the man's root bone and talent fell between upper-middle and the best tier of the normal fifth-class aptitude, but no higher — he did not have the Spiritual Body root bone.
