Chapter 300: Chapter 267: Blessing in Disguise

"If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have been groping around for years without making any progress..." Baili Bingyun sighed.

Lin Miao deliberately sold this favor to Baili Bingyun, even if he couldn’t cure her, this secret would prevent her from harboring resentment against him.

As for this secret, it didn’t hold special value for him; even if Baili Bingyun found out, she probably wouldn’t casually disclose it to others.

"Mr. Lin, do you have a way to save my mother? I’ll agree to any condition." Baili Yuyao blurted out.

Lin Miao was also somewhat troubled, he had been pondering a solution, but medicine might prove ineffective. Only acupuncture might still offer a possibility.

Moreover, this acupuncture couldn’t be performed with ordinary techniques; a special method was needed, as certain techniques would be unbearable for normal people.

Some points, when applied to ordinary people, might cause death if slightly imbalanced, but could produce different effects on martial artists.

However, he hadn’t experimented, so he didn’t know what the consequences would be.

"Yuyao, don’t trouble Mr. Lin. Your mother’s condition, she herself understands." Baili Bingyun said.

"Madame, there is a method worth trying, but it involves some offenses, so whether to try or not, it’s up to you." Lin Miao said.

To apply needles, one mustn’t wear clothes, especially for some points, where gauging through clothing would cause serious consequences if mistaken.

"Offenses?" Baili Bingyun’s face slightly changed.

"Madame, don’t misunderstand. The offense I spoke of is that during the needle application, I need you to remove most of your clothing, except for the private areas." Lin Miao explained.

"Applying needles?"

"It’s a therapy method, ordinary people can stimulate their inner energy to fight against illnesses. Once the inner energy surpasses the evil, it achieves the effect of expelling illnesses. The detailed principle I can’t explain in a short time, but I’ll let you experience it. If effective, we can proceed to the next step. How do you find it?" Lin Miao said.

"This..." Baili Bingyun’s face eased slightly; Lin Miao seemed too young to be a lecherous womanizer, and most likely wouldn’t use this chance deliberately to have thoughts about her.

Actually, she was being conceited; despite being almost fifty, before her paralysis, she was as radiant as a thirty-year-old woman. Now, though beautiful, she lacked that charm.

Lin Miao hadn’t seen Baili Bingyun in her previous state, so why would he have improper thoughts about her? If Baili Yuyao, that would be more likely.

Young and beautiful, full of youth and vitality.

"Mother, why not try it?" Baili Yuyao persuaded.

"Alright, I’ll give it a try. If it’s not effective, we’ll leave it." Baili Bingyun, being a child of the martial world, naturally didn’t shy away, agreeing to it.

"Good, let’s begin." Seeing Baili Bingyun agree, Lin Miao immediately brought over the medicine box and took out the needle bag inside.

"Madame, please remove your outer garment, revealing half of your arm." Lin Miao instructed.

With Baili Yuyao’s help, Baili Bingyun took off her outer garment, leaving only a layer of silk, which Lin Miao asked her to remove.

At this point, Baili Bingyun’s cheeks turned slightly red; it had been years since she had exposed her arm in front of a man.

Even if that man...

Lin Miao had no intention of minding Baili Bingyun’s inner thoughts; his gaze was entirely focused on her arm.

This arm, Baili Bingyun couldn’t move, losing the fineness and luster of the past, but it was nevertheless the arm of a Peak Meridian Passage Realm expert, the muscles and membranes had been highly tempered and strengthened, unlike ordinary people.

Lin Miao was considering how to apply the needle and select the acupoints; this was a profound knowledge. Fortunately, Baili Bingyun’s arm was out of her control, with only some peripheral nerves still able to react.

The first needle, Taixi, then Shaoshang, Tianfu, Yunmen!

The four needles were applied almost simultaneously, as fast as lightning. Even Baili Bingyun couldn’t fully track their trajectory, while Baili Yuyao saw nothing but four silver needles piercing her mother’s arm.

The second needle, Jugu, Shouwuli, Quchi, and Yangxi.

Also applied simultaneously.

The third needle, Jiquan, Shaochong, Shenmen, and Shaofu.

The fourth needle, Chengfeng, Xiaohai, Yanggu, and Shaoze.

The fifth needle, Tianchi, Quze, Neiguan, and Laogong.

The sixth needle, Tianjiao, Tianjing, Waiguan, and Yemen.

Six needles in total, selecting twenty-four points.

These twenty-four points belong to the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, Hand Shaoyin Lung Meridian, Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, and Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian.

When these twenty-four points were applied, the meridians of this entire arm were temporarily sealed.

By sealing these four meridians, one could extract that foreign inner energy from Baili Bingyun’s meridians, which indeed was her own energy, only beyond her control to refine and master.

How to extract? That’s the job of acupuncture techniques. The effectiveness depends on the following needle application.

Lin Miao attached a strand of his inner energy to the silver needle entering Baili Bingyun’s body; once Baili Bingyun’s internal energy encountered Lin Miao’s, it turned to flee, but Lin Miao’s other silver needle blocked its exit.

Two needles performed simultaneously—one pressed and the other dragged.

Finally, Lin Miao managed to pull that segment of internal energy out of Baili Bingyun’s body, and astonishingly, it attached to the silver needle and infiltrated Lin Miao’s body.

Lin Miao’s fingers trembled, nearly snapping the silver needle, but if he stopped now, this strand of internal energy would definitely return.

Since it was just this strand, he could force it out again without much trouble. In an instant, he made a bold decision to accept this strand of internal energy into his own body.

Once this strand entered Lin Miao’s body, it was like an unbridled horse, galloping unimpeded right into his Dantian.

Good heavens, it was like a drop of water in a hot oil pan; Lin Miao’s Dantian exploded instantly, but it only lasted a few breaths before calming down. Lin Miao performed an internal inspection and found no significant changes in his Dantian, only a slight increase in the thickness of his internal energy.

Could it be that this foreign internal energy from Baili Bingyun could stimulate his own internal energy to produce some chemical effect?

Baili Bingyun’s internal energy worked, but what about others’?

He hadn’t absorbed other people’s internal energy before. If it worked, wouldn’t he have inadvertently mastered the legendary "Star Absorption Technique"?

Just this first strand made his forehead break out in sweat.

As he became more skilled, the speed increased significantly. By the time Lin Miao had absorbed all the foreign internal energy from the entire arm, his back was soaked.

By now, nearly an hour had passed.

He lifted his hand and retrieved the twenty-four silver needles.

Baili Bingyun instantly felt her arm return to her body, and she excitedly lifted it...

"Mother, your arm can move!" Baili Yuyao was overjoyed.

"This arm has only temporarily regained movement, but to fully recover, we must remove all foreign internal energy from your mother’s body," Lin Miao said. Removing the foreign internal energy from this arm was exhausting, yet beneficial.

Seeing hope for her recovery, Baili Bingyun, not one to be constrained by etiquette, immediately agreed to let Lin Miao treat her.

Thus, Lin Miao had to stay in the embroidery house, with the simple excuse that Baili Yuyao invited Si Miaoxue to stay overnight.

Since Si Miaoxue stayed at the embroidery house, Lin Miao, as her maid, naturally stayed as well. As for where the maid would stay, who would care?

After dinner, Lin Miao once again went to where Baili Bingyun was in seclusion.

This time, only Lin Miao stayed behind. Baili Yuyao was dismissed by her mother, as the treatment might expose a large part of her skin. Although they were mother and daughter, some awkwardness was unavoidable.

So, Baili Yuyao was sent away.

Moreover, without outsiders, Lin Miao could focus better, which was beneficial for the treatment.

Shedding her outer garments, she removed her sheer undergarments, leaving only a bodice and a piece of lingerie...

Though not fully naked, there was little difference.

Physicians aren’t concerned about this.

Baili Bingyun sat cross-legged.

"Madam, I am starting," Lin Miao said. He could have had Baili Bingyun take Mafeisan, but then some things would be hard to communicate. It was best for him to administer the needles while she was conscious.

As it was a full-body treatment, naturally, it would start with the most complex Ren and Du Meridians.

Clearing the foreign internal energy from the Ren and Du Meridians took Lin Miao a full two hours, followed by the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming, Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin, Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang, and Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin...

All foreign internal energy was extracted and absorbed by Lin Miao.

Once the Twelve Main Meridians were connected with the Ren and Du Meridians, a powerful and alarming aura instantly surged from Baili Bingyun’s body.

This powerful aura was unleashed and couldn’t be suppressed. Anyone with significant cultivation at the embroidery house felt it.

Ordinary people either couldn’t sense it or didn’t feel anything.

Experts in the Meridian Passage Realm were especially sensitive to this suppression, including Si Miaoxue resting in the guest room, other experts in the embroidery house, Mrs. Mei, and the matron.

"Mr. Lin, thank you. Once I overcome this ordeal, I will reward you generously!" Baili Bingyun realized this disaster had turned into a blessing, and she finally broke through to that level.

"Madam, you exaggerate. Saving people is a physician’s duty!" Lin Miao hadn’t expected such a transformation after completely removing the foreign internal energy from Baili Bingyun’s body.

"Mother..."

"The master has been in closed cultivation for half a year, and is about to break through to that level..."

"It’s Baili Bingyun. She has broken through!"

"Now, the skies over Li Hen City are going to change..."

"How could it be her? It shouldn’t be!"

...

In the Heaven-Dominating Tower, Ba Tian opened his eyes from meditation, surprised as he glanced towards the embroidery house. It was Baili Bingyun’s aura. She had ultimately surpassed him and reached that level first.

Duan Xiaolou of the Skull Association also sensed it. Terrified, he rushed out of his room, staring at the vortex anomaly above the embroidery house. His fists clenched, eyes wide open, filled with intense reluctance!