Dragon Emperor, Martial God
Chapter 51: Nearly Embarrassed

Miracle Doctor Xue could only laugh bitterly as he saw that his granddaughter was persistent on getting to the bottom of things, “Of course, she came to look for me. It wasn’t just me, she went to meet your grandmother by herself too.”

“Ah?” The Little Demon Girl was a little stunned. This…

“I’m also unaware of the outcome of their discussion. The only thing I know is that ever since Miao Fenghuang went back to Miaojiang, your grandmother never once mentioned her to me, right up to her death!”

Ling Yun was secretly mocking at the side as he thought to himself, Keep lying old man, I don’t believe you two have never argued about Miao Fenghuang. You probably argued until all hell broke loose!

Xue Meining pondered in silence before asking again, “Grandpa, so why didn’t you look for her after grandmother passed away? You two were already so old, what else could have possibly mattered?”

Ling Yun thought that this Little Demon Girl’s thinking was indeed peculiar. As if her grandfather would have the cheek to go and beg Miao Fenghuang after wasting her entire life.

*Cough cough cough* Miracle Doctor Xue was extremely embarrassed by his granddaughter’s question and his face was already as red as a tomato. He tried to cover up for it by pretending to cough while signaling at Ling Yun simultaneously.

Ling Yun immediately jumped out to his rescue, “Alright, no point talking about irrelevant stuff. I’m about to begin on my acupuncture, you head on out and help out with the doctrine enforcement.”

“Wh…What? Doctrine enforcement?” Xue Meining was in a daze as she heard those mystical sounding words.

Another slip of the tongue!

“Yeah, it’s just keeping an eye out for us and not letting anyone in to disturb us, understand?”

Ling Yun tried to cover his tracks.

Little Demon Girl was unhappy the moment she heard that Ling Yun wanted her out the door. She turned around, looked at the locked entrance and pouted, “I just locked it, who’s going to be able to come in and disturb us?”

Ling Yun glared at her and said, “What if someone knocks on the door? Are you going to be held responsible if something goes wrong?”

Miracle Doctor Xue smiled as he watched the two children bicker as if he was not at all nervous about the acupuncture procedure.

“I mean, don’t you guys need help?”

Little Demon Girl was slightly lacking in confidence after Ling Yun managed to scare her, but she really did not want to miss this golden opportunity.

Ultimately, being able to witness the legendary Nine Needles of The Spiritual Pivot was an opportunity that was hard to come by.

Of course, one of the reasons was also that she was worried about Ling Yun.

Treating and saving lives was serious business. It was one thing to talk about it, but another to be capable of executing successfully.

Was it not just a living example of Zhao Kuo’s idiom, ‘All theory no practice’?

Miracle Doctor Xue finally opened his mouth and lightly coughed before speaking to his granddaughter lovingly, “Little Ning, Ling Yun is going to carry out the Nine Needles of The Spiritual Pivot and he’s definitely going to be piercing the needles into my major acupuncture points. It’s inconvenient for you to be around, so I still think it’s better for you to head out!”

He truly was a miracle doctor, getting straight to the point. If Ling Yun really allowed his granddaughter to watch as he, a 70-year-old old man, undressed to his underwear, what kind of situation would that be?

As expected, Xue Mei Ning did not refute. “Yes, grandpa,” she uttered before she scurried towards the entrance. Before she stepped out the door, she turned around to remind Ling Yun, “Brother Ling Yun, be careful when you’re placing the needles on my grandpa, okay…?”

Ling Yun was sprawled on the table, hastily doing his last-minute preparations by absorbing the jade box’s spiritual energy. He heard a voice as sweet as honey calling “Brother Ling Yun”, which almost made him lose his step and fall on the table!

I guess this Little Demon Girl really cares about her grandfather. As much as we argued and bickered before, she actually changed and started calling me “Brother” right when the serious stuff is about to unfold.

Just as he wanted to respond, he heard the Little Demon Girl’s voice again, “If you fail to treat my grandpa, just know that a lot of people will be looking for you to get even…”

Right as she finished her sentence, she gave Ling Yun a gaze that was hopeful yet filled with warning before finally bursting into laughter and walking out while closing the door.

Little Demon Girl was actually right. Miracle Doctor Xue was China’s national treasure, if Ling Yun really failed to treat him, the number of people who would come after him could probably fill up the entire Qingshui Lake!

Of course, if Ling Yun treated Miracle Doctor Xue successfully…

“Elder, as it turns out, Little Ning is pretty filial to you…” Ling Yun flashed a smile at Miracle Doctor Xue as he praised his granddaughter.

“I guess my love and care for my granddaughter weren’t wasted! Sigh, it’s also my fault for spoiling her. Please do tolerate and give in to her when you two spend time together in the future, take it as your respect for me.” *Cough cough*

Miracle Doctor Xue had already decided that regardless of whether Ling Yun was successful, he would treat this youngster, who was going to be placing needles all over him on their first meeting, nicely and with respect.

There is a saying that goes ‘A single incident can change you completely’. Because of Xue Meining’s admiration for Ling Yun that stemmed from him running 4400 meters while carrying a punching bag, along with her kindness and natural instinct to worship the strong, she had introduced Ling Yun to her own grandfather.

Who would have known that a single incident would save the best doctor in China?

Ling Yun did not bother to think about the underlying meaning of Miracle Doctor Xue’s words before casually nodding his head. Right when his body could no longer contain any more spiritual energy released from the jade box, he reached his hand into the jade box and grabbed all nine of the gold needles.

Miracle Doctor Xue’s heart ached as he saw how Ling Yun casually grabbed the gold needles. He had always treated the nine gold needles with the utmost respect, it was no wonder his heart ached when he saw how Ling Yun handled them.

However, he did not express his uneasiness, instead, he smiled and asked, “Ling Yun, do you want to switch to a different place?”

What he meant was whether they should head into the house where there was a bed, so it would be more convenient for him to get undressed and for Ling Yun to place the needles.

Ling Yun shook his head right away and replied, “It’s alright, it’s brighter out here, just take off your jacket and shoes.”

Miracle Doctor Xue nodded and agreed as he began to remove his jacket and shoes, completely oblivious to the difference in Ling Yun’s voice.

Right then, Ling Yun’s forehead and nose were breaking out in cold sweat.

As Ling Yun grabbed onto the nine gold needles confidently, he realized something was wrong.

He realized that there was no sign of the spiritual energy within his body moving into the nine gold needles!

Ling Yun had tried seven different Qi-Promoting Techniques consecutively, but the spiritual energy was trapped within his body, as if they were soldiers who had fallen asleep, impossible to mobilize!

If he was unable to utilize his spiritual energy, the spiritual energy would be unable to enter Miracle Doctor Xue’s acupuncture points and meridians through the gold needles, how would the treatment work?

Of course, Ling Yun could use the acupuncture techniques themselves to alleviate Miracle Doctor Xue’s symptoms, but without the spiritual energy’s help, it would be impossible to achieve the desired effects.

Ling Yun clearly knew that he had not achieved Level 4 in his Physique Tempering Stage, thus, he was still unable to manually control and mobilize the spiritual energy within his body.

The reason he was still confident was that he understood the functions of silver or gold needles.

Both gold or silver needles were the best conductors for spiritual energy.

To simplify, if spiritual energy was an electrical current, the needle would be a wire; if spiritual energy was flowing water, the needle would be a channel.

According to Ling Yun’s past experience, the spiritual energy within his body would start pouring endlessly from his fingertips into the gold needle the moment he picked it up without the need for him use any techniques at all before he placed the needle into the patient’s body.

It was the same concept as connecting an electrical current or turning on a tap.

Now, the spiritual energy within Ling Yun’s body was completely immobile. It was as if Ling Yun was guarding a fortress filled with treasures but he was unable to use a single one of them!

Ling Yun had miscalculated this time around.

What could he possibly do? Give up on the treatment? Or insisting on carrying out the acupuncture without the help of his spiritual energy?

As Ling Yun poured all his energy into utilizing his Qi-Promoting Techniques, his brain was constantly scrambling for ideas to fix his current situation.

I can’t possibly run ten thousand meters while carrying a sandbag to force my spiritual energy out before treating the old man, right?

That would be beyond entertaining! The little girl outside the door would die of laughter!

That would be too embarrassing, definitely not my style!

As he saw that the old man had already removed his jacket and was removing his shoe, Ling Yun started to panic and look around. Then, his eyes landed on the jade box that was used to store the gold needles, sitting on the stone table!

That’s it!

Hehe, even though you’re a spiritual communication jade, for the sake of treating your master, you will have to be sacrificed! At least your sacrifice will benefit your master, right?

Ling Yun did not bother to let his thoughts trail on as he stuck out his left arm and quickly grabbed onto the lustrous jade box!

Ling Yun held the jade box in his left hand and the gold needles in his right as he began to practice his Qi-Promoting Technique madly while using himself as a bridge!

If it was visible to the naked eye, anyone would be able to see that the spiritual energy contained within the Spirit Jade was rushing into Ling Yun’s body directly!

Ling Yun had been absorbing naturally emitted spiritual energy from objects all along, be it the Shichiyou herb, Ning Lingyu’s innate spiritual body or this piece of Spirit Jade.

But in order to treat this Elder Xue, Ling Yun was not in a position to care much about anything else.

It’s working!

Ling Yun realized that the spiritual energy within him began to move with the help of the spiritual energy that was surging in from the Spirit Jade, along with his frenzied practicing of his Qi-Promoting Technique!

Ling Yun pushed himself even harder with his Qi-Promoting Technique and soon enough, the spiritual energy within his body began to mobilize and combine with the spiritual energy that was flooding in from the Spirit Jade as it circulated through the designated pathways in his body!

It was a complex theory, but simply because both elements were spiritual energy and had the same properties, the spiritual energy couldn’t possibly stay hidden and stationary as Ling Yun poured all his strength into mobilizing it.

The nine gold needles in Ling Yun’s right hand were instantly overflowing with spiritual energy!

Success! Ling Yun was elated!

Right then, Miracle Doctor Xue had just finished removing his socks and shoes and was standing on the pair of old Beijing cloth shoes that he had just removed. He smiled right at Ling Yun, “My little friend Ling Yun, are you done? Can we begin with the acupuncture?”

Ling Yun smiled as he nodded his head. Just in time!

He took a few steps towards Miracle Doctor Xue with his left hand clutching onto the jade box and the nine gold needles in his right.

“Elder, there are two purposes of the acupuncture treatment. One is to keep the Gu Insect inside your body under control, making it impossible for it to cause any harm for the next two months. The second purpose is to nurse your lung meridian and temporarily stop your coughing!”

“It may be really painful in a moment, but please try to stay still!”

After that, Ling Yun stayed completely silent. Before anyone knew it, a four-inch-long needle suddenly shifted from his palm to between his thumb and index finger!

Without looking, Ling Yun pricked the needle into a major acupuncture point on Miracle Doctor Xue’s chest, near his heart!

“One-handed acupuncture?!”

Miracle Doctor Xue noticed that Ling Yun was grabbing onto the jade box with his left hand and applied the needle using only his right hand, which shocked him tremendously to the point that he did not even notice the slight pain from the needle breaking his skin!