Chapter 1568: Solution

If that were indeed the reason, Commander Yong truly found it hard to forgive himself.

Jiang Chen didn't specifically point it out but continued to say, "Eternal as heaven and earth, the metal qi you cultivate continually harms the wood qi within your wife's body. Wood qi governs the vitality of life. It symbolizes thriving growth. When wood qi is abundant, a person's vitality is strong; when wood qi is weak, vitality falters. Ordinarily, the five elements within a human body have their own cycle. However, since your lady is not a cultivator, she cannot replicate the operation of the small heavens within, as martial dao practitioners do. Hence, she lacks the natural ability to neutralize your aggressive aura. Over time, her vitality has progressively weakened. This is the root cause of your lady's illness."

This rationale reverts to the original principles of life.