"No, she is not dead." Lou Liwei explained patiently, attempting to calm the panicked, trembling mother before continuing further into the complicated, highly dangerous technicalities surrounding the nature of the dark curse. "If her entire soul had disappeared completely from her vessel, her physical body would have already collapsed into decay by now. As you can see for yourself with your own eyes, her body is still alive and continuing to function normally because the remaining half of her soul is desperately, fiercely sustaining it."
He slowly glanced toward the unconscious Ji Gu Niang before continuing solemnly, gesturing lightly toward her fragile, pale, and completely unmoving form resting beneath the sterile hospital sheets.
