A faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips as she pointed to the empty space nearby, "Sit cross-legged."
Mu Rufeng sat down as instructed.
Mu Qianyue quickly took out an acupuncture needle and inserted it into the Guanyuan Acupoint on Mu Rufeng's abdomen. Her slender fingertips flicked the needle tail, immediately causing a slight buzzing sound. Then she took out another needle, inserted it into the Baihui Acupoint at the top of Mu Rufeng's head, and with a twist of her fingers, the needle tail gently trembled again.
This is the Yin Yang Needle Skill, which has been passed down in her family for over a thousand years.
The Yin Yang Needle Skill is an acupuncture technique derived from the Qiankun Eight Diagrams and the Yin Yang Five Elements. As the saying goes, Taiji produces two Yi; two Yi produce four forms; four forms produce eight trigrams. The four forms correspond with the East Azure Dragon, West White Tiger, South Vermilion Bird, and North Xuanwu; akin to the four seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter.
The Five Elements represent metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, corresponding to the body's lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and spleen.
The internal organs are the Yin and Yang of the human body. Yin and Yang are the Tao of heaven and earth, the principles of all things, the father and mother of transformation, the origin of life and death, and the house of divinity. To cure diseases, one must address the root; the fundamental organs of the body correlate with the techniques of Yin Yang, born of heaven's Qi and the Five Elements, containing the soul, spirit, essence, receiving the essence of grains, generating blood, qi, nutrient, and fluid to nourish the body, limbs, and skeleton; thus man is born between heaven and earth.
The Yin Yang Needle Skill consists of eighty-one needles, capable of curing all diseases. Combining them with herbs and Primordial Energy ensures the disease is eliminated. Mastered to the realm of transcendence, it can even resurrect the dead and heal bones!
After administering nine needles consecutively, Mu Qianyue was already sweating profusely, her face pale; evidently, her abilities were too weak. If she possessed the power of a Venerable Martial Artist, it wouldn't be so challenging.
Each application of the Yin Yang Needle Skill consumes a great deal of soul power and energy.
Mu Rufeng's expression at this moment could only be described as shocked.
With the nine silver needles inserted, he clearly felt a sensation in his Dantian, waves of peculiar warm currents spread across his body, bringing unparalleled comfort.
The shattered Dantian gradually showed signs of recovery!
Astonishment and surprise flashed through the narrow, slanted eyes. If there had been any doubt before, now there was none!
Observing all this secretly, countless questions filled Qian Huang's mind. Wasn't it just a few needles? Why was the young lady breaking out in cold sweat?
"Yue'er, take a rest first." Seeing the girl's slightly pale face and her tightly bitten lips, Mu Rufeng said, feeling distressed.
"I'm fine." Mu Qianyue shook her head. Her brother's condition required eighteen needles in total; there were nine more to go. Just a little longer.
During the latter nine needles, Mu Qianyue tapped into the Wood Element in her Life Ring, channeling concentrated and pure Life Qi through the acupuncture needles into Mu Rufeng's body, slowly repairing his damaged meridians and Dantian...
Finally, all eighteen needles were applied, and Mu Qianyue breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly realizing her clothes were soaked through.
"Brother, once I perform the needle application eight more times, your Dantian will be restored. I'll return every seven days," Mu Qianyue said, wiping the sweat off her forehead.
"Okay." Mu Rufeng smiled.
"Brother, aren't you curious about where I learned my medical skills?" She asked, blinking.
Upon hearing this, Mu Rufeng reached out to touch her hair, "Regardless of whether you know medicine or not, you are my sister."
Mu Qianyue smiled softly, feeling grateful for a brother who cared for her. In her previous life, she was an only child, envying those with siblings.
"To fully restore Brother's Dantian to its previous state, a Recovery Pill is needed," she said, noting that this was Tianshuo's advice.
"Recovery Pill?" Mu Rufeng frowned, "I've never heard of this pill. Can Alchemist Lin Xu make it?"
"You don't have to worry about the pill-making, Brother. Just gather these materials." Mu Qianyue said, taking out a piece of paper with various herbs and their ages written on it.
"Yue'er, are you an Alchemist?" Mu Rufeng's usually composed face showed a hint of surprise.
"I'm not an Alchemist, just a Pharmacist, because I can't perform Alchemy, only make some ordinary medicinal solutions," Mu Qianyue replied.
Aside from Martial Artists, another rare profession exists in the continent, known as Alchemists.
To become an Alchemist, one must possess Soul Fire, but not everyone has Soul Fire.
The soul must first contain the Fire Element, and then extract the fire seed from the soul. Only those who successfully extract the seed possess Soul Fire. Besides this, a hint of the Wood Element is needed. Meeting these conditions defines an Alchemist.
In the vast world, few succeed in extracting Soul Fire, making Alchemists rare and esteemed.
Ordinary Pharmacists merely identify and harvest herbs, crafting basic medicinal solutions.
Only those who can perform Alchemy are considered Alchemists!
Although this body's soul power contains Fire Element, extracting it requires a Fire Spirit Fruit; without it, success is impossible. Even with the fruit, the chance is only ten percent, hence why so many fail.
Crafting medicinal solutions doesn't require Soul Fire and can be done with ordinary flames, but controlling the fire and understanding pharmacology are essential, or failure is assured.
Thus, Mu Qianyue is just a Pharmacist.
Yet, what puzzles Mu Qianyue is that Alchemists in this world make miraculous pills but don't understand acupuncture or know about acupoints.
The Yin Yang Needle Skill can save lives and take them too, serving as her trump card.
"I didn't expect our Yue'er to be a Pharmacist too," Mu Rufeng laughed, acknowledging that Pharmacists are welcomed everywhere.
"Brother, since these herbs might be hard to find, you'll need to send more people," Mu Qianyue said.
"Alright!" Mu Rufeng looked at the medicine list in his hand and said, "I'll send people to search for these herbs immediately and inform you once they are gathered."
Mu Qianyue stayed in Feng Garden until evening, accompanying Mu Rufeng for dinner before leaving.
Qian Huang emerged from the darkness, his face showing shock and doubt, "Master, your Dantian?"
He couldn't believe the master's Dantian could be healed so easily, knowing that once a Dantian is destroyed, not even immortals can fix it, could the young lady do it? But seeing the master's astonishment and renewed confidence, he had to believe.
As he watched Mu Qianyue leave, the tenderness in Mu Rufeng's eyes faded, replaced by a cold solemnity, "Today's events must not be leaked out, not a single word! Otherwise, death!"
A powerful and chilling aura emanated from him.
Qian Huang's expression changed abruptly, "Understood!"