Chapter 226: Chapter 216: Do Your Own Thing
Xia Xue hurriedly handed the Silver Needle to Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin held the Silver Needle in his right hand, while his left hand didn’t leave Liang Feng’s back, continuing to transmit True Qi to Liang Feng. Unlike before, he didn’t quickly insert seven silver needles into Liang Feng’s body in one swift motion. Instead, he aimed at the acupuncture points and slowly inserted them;
Xiao Lin’s face grew heavier. He initially thought it was just an injury to the internal organs and the Sea of Qi, figuring that Liang Feng could hold on this long meant the injuries weren’t too severe. However, he was surprised at how unclear Liang Feng’s consciousness was. After his Nine Dragons True Qi entered, no resonance was created with the residual True Qi in Liang Feng’s Sea of Qi, completely relying on Xiao Lin to guide the flow of True Qi;
Not only were the internal organs and Sea of Qi injured, but the brain also suffered significant trauma, lacking subconsciousness, making treatment quite troublesome. Moreover, time was running short, and Xiao Lin’s expression became more serious;
Seeing Xiao Lin’s serious expression, Xia Xue dared not speak, nervously watching as Xiao Lin inserted the needle. She couldn’t understand why Xiao Lin inserted the needles quickly before, but now the process was agonizingly slow, like a snail;
Although Xiao Lin wanted to insert the needles quickly, given the situation, there was no room for carelessness. The needle was inserted into Liang Feng’s Sea of Qi acupuncture point, and the True Qi transmission was slightly faster, but there was still no subconscious initiative to guide the circulation of the Nine Dragons True Qi that Xiao Lin was transmitting;
At this moment, Xiao Lin heard footsteps stop within thirty meters of the temple. The wind was strong on the mountain, making the transmitted sounds very unclear, difficult to discern what was being said outside. Moreover, Xiao Lin’s attention was only partially focused on the external sounds, with most of his attention on the Silver Needle in his right hand;
"Looks like I need to take a risky move!" Xiao Lin pondered inwardly. Using Silver Needle to enter the Sea of Qi acupuncture point wasn’t effective; Liang Feng’s main issue now wasn’t physical but rather consciousness;
"Right, they came to search here before, didn’t they?" Suddenly, like remembering something, Xiao Lin asked Xia Xue;
"Yes, what is it?" Xia Xue, seeing Xiao Lin stopped inserting the Silver Needle and turned to ask her, asked puzzledly;
"You were outside the cave for a while earlier?" Xiao Lin seemed to have realized something, possibly understanding why Liang Feng remained unconscious;
"Yes, the wind was very strong outside. Before this, when those bandits came to search, Xiao Feng knew beforehand, but during the last time, the weather on the mountain suddenly changed, and a gust of wind blew over. Xiao Feng couldn’t hold up. I’m sure it’s that wind that made Xiao Feng fall unconscious, probably caught a cold. What’s wrong? Is the situation very bad?" Xia Xue asked concernedly after speaking. Xia Xue genuinely liked Liang Feng, an incredibly cool girl she fell for at first sight. On knowing she was Xiao Lin’s comrade’s sister, she cherished her even more;
Since Xiao Lin had previously mentioned coming to Yanjing because of his comrade’s sister, it indirectly brought Xia Xue and Xiao Lin closer, making Liang Feng sort of a matchmaker for her;
Xiao Lin suddenly realized, having been fixated on Liang Feng’s internal injuries, and forgetting the external factors like the weather. Such a simple issue of catching a cold, he had overthought it, and feeling slightly relieved, he said, "It’ll be alright soon. Is there any special cold medicine in the box?"
"Yes, there is! Do you need cold medicine?" Xia Xue opened the box, finding the newly released special cold medicine. Though not yet widely promoted, most hospitals had this medicine, and it was effective;
"Feed it to her!" Xiao Lin didn’t take it himself, picking up another Silver Needle to insert into Liang Feng’s Baihui acupuncture point;
Xia Xue was shocked, saying, "Xiao Lin, doing this..."
"Just focus on your task, don’t worry about anything else!" Xiao Lin’s face grew solemn, knowing that to make Liang Feng recover quickly, strong medicine was needed. It had to awaken her promptly, even if not fully healed, at least let her regain some capabilities;
Feeling a bit wronged, Xia Xue replied softly, but seeing Xiao Lin’s serious demeanor, she felt sweet inside. The saying goes that men who work earnestly are most charming, and Xiao Lin’s handsome appearance made this even truer;
Xia Xue skillfully fed Liang Feng the medicine. Though there was no water, she threw the tablet into Liang Feng’s throat, and Liang Feng naturally swallowed it;
"Alright, ready the Silver Needle!" After Xia Xue fed the medicine, Xiao Lin’s Silver Needle in his right hand was warmed up enough. He aimed at the Baihui acupuncture point, slowly dropping the needle;
Xia Xue watched Xiao Lin tensely. Xiao Lin looked severe and even more worried, yet she wasn’t foolish enough to interrupt. Although she had known Xiao Lin for only a week, she believed she didn’t need to worry about his actions, especially since this was his comrade’s sister. If he wasn’t confident, he wouldn’t be doing this;
Even though Xia Xue wasn’t primarily trained in Chinese medicine, she knew the Baihui acupuncture point was a life-threatening area—any slight force would result in serious harm. Using Silver Needle to stimulate the acupuncture point like Xiao Lin wasn’t just unseen but unheard of, leaving many questions, though now wasn’t the time to ask;
The Silver Needle in Baihui acupuncture point didn’t penetrate deeply but stopped at about a millimeter. Xiao Lin then rotated the Silver Needle slowly, using Nine Dragons True Qi to gently stimulate and nurture the acupuncture point;
After about ten seconds, Liang Feng’s body suddenly trembled slightly. Xiao Lin was overjoyed, knowing he made the right bet. Actually, using Silver Needle to stimulate the Baihui point didn’t directly enter it but reached the outermost layer by piercing the scalp, conducting Nine Dragons True Qi through the Silver Needle to stimulate the acupuncture point, thus awakening the unconscious mind;
Sure enough, after Liang Feng’s response, the transmission of Poison Dragon’s True Qi from her left palm to the Sea of Qi gradually accelerated, slowly integrating with the residual True Qi inside, no longer showing the resistance it had before.
"Xiao Feng, use your Liang Family’s Inner Cultivation Heart Method to guide Poison Dragon’s True Qi to repair your damaged meridians. If you hear me, speed up the process!" Xiao Lin said softly.
Liang Feng’s eyelids twitched slightly, and Xiao Lin sensed that Poison Dragon’s True Qi in Liang Feng’s body was speeding up, reaching the previously untouched Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Seeing the treatment was effective and fairly successful, Xiao Lin felt relieved, withdrew the Silver Needle from the Baihui acupoint, handed it to Xia Xue, and kept his right hand busy, pushing against Liang Feng’s back heart area, quickly repairing her damaged meridians.
Watching Xiao Lin relax and seeing Liang Feng seemingly react, Xia Xue also relaxed and felt more admiration for Xiao Lin. Liang Feng had been at a loss in her hands, and if not for Xiao Lin’s arrival, Liang Feng might have been done for today.
Meanwhile, the Poison Dragon Gang members were about to gather, with core disciples reporting to Cheng Fei and Li Nan, who were stationed on the main road outside the temple, arranging incoming disciples and tallying the numbers.
"The numbers don’t seem right!" Li Nan frowned and looked at Cheng Fei, saying, "How many did you notify to come?"
"What’s wrong? Tonight a total of seventy-three were sent out, with twenty-three from the leader’s guard team, the rest being inner hall disciples!" Cheng Fei asked perplexedly.
"Not that, just now you said there were twenty arranged on the perimeter, those twenty inner hall disciples aren’t counted, but when I distributed manpower just now, I counted only forty-eight disciples present, with twenty-three guards only having twenty reporting in. Two inner hall disciples are also missing!" Li Nan said clearly.
Cheng Fei hadn’t expected Li Nan to remember so accurately, but now the missing numbers was a significant matter, so he hurriedly asked, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I’m sure!" Li Nan affirmed confidently.
"I knew these people weren’t disciplined, I’ll go check who’s missing!" Cheng Fei said, preparing to leave.
"Slow down, it might not be as you think!" Li Nan stopped Cheng Fei.
"Isn’t it? Acting on the boss’s guard status, disobeying orders!" Cheng Fei looked at Li Nan.
Li Nan shook his head seriously, saying, "It might not be that simple. If it’s just three guards not reporting in, then it could be as you said, acting on the leader’s guard status and disobeying orders, but the two inner hall disciples also didn’t report in, there might be an expert here!"
"You mean someone passed through our defenses into the temple?" Cheng Fei became serious, realizing that if this were true, the person must be an expert, as the middle of North Mountain was essentially monitored by Poison Dragon Gang, yet there was no signal from any disciple indicating an outsider had entered.
"This possibility does seem higher!" Li Nan nodded.
"No matter who it is, they won’t escape today. I don’t believe it, gathering most of our elite forces and setting up a trap, even bringing firearms, no matter how skilled, today they’re destined to meet their end on North Mountain!" Cheng Fei said viciously.
"Better be cautious. The other side managed to injure five of us within our setup, unnoticed. If it weren’t for my habit of always keeping track, we’d still be oblivious now!" Li Nan said seriously.
"I know this. Looks like it’s not just the injured woman; have the brothers stay sharp, keep their eyes peeled. I want to see who dares challenge us!"
However, at this moment, the communicator in Li Nan’s pocket suddenly rang. Li Nan took it out and checked, it was from the inner disciple stationed at the North Mountain perimeter. He opened it and asked directly, "What’s the situation?"
"Master Li, bad news, Yanjing Special Police Team has arrived!"
"What? Yanjing Special Police Team has arrived?" Li Nan exclaimed in shock. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)