Urban's Fury: The War Dragon God
Chapter 712: Sealing Needle

Chapter 712: Chapter 712: Sealing Needle

Medical Immortal Zhang Jiufang heard Lin Heavenly Master introduce him so and took a deep breath, the Xu Family of Jingmen.

Having lived for many years, he knew some things not known to ordinary people—the Xu Family of Jingmen were a distinguished family beyond the commonplace.

Zhang Jiufang pondered for a moment, looked at Lin Heavenly Master and Lady Rui, and said, "Seeing the arrangement of silver needles on the young master’s body, along with some revealed needle pricks, I can almost be certain that this is a lost ’Sealing Needle’ acupuncture secret technique."

"A lost secret technique, how could anyone possibly use that?"

Lin Heavenly Master looked at Zhang Jiufang.

Zhang Jiufang sighed, "Indeed, the ’Sealing Needle’ was lost, but by chance, someone discovered an ancient manuscript fragment; after studying it, some of it was deciphered. However, the ’Sealing Needle’ is not a technique for healing or treating illnesses; even the manuscript fragments were destroyed altogether."

"And in the world today, if anyone is familiar with this ’Sealing Needle,’ it’s only the Medical Immortal. I am aware of this ’Sealing Needle’ because my father was a close friend of his. They both studied this set of techniques together."

"I too had the fortune to witness this technique. At that time, it was performed on several death row prisoners to verify this set of ’Sealing Needle’. The symptoms exhibited were exactly like those of your esteemed young master."

"The ’Sealing Needle,’ seals acupoints and cuts off Inner Qi. For people, this ’Sealing Needle’ is an invisible killing technique, continuously causing the loss of qi and inflicting pain unbearable for ordinary people, akin to having tens of thousands of ants biting one’s viscera."

"The death row prisoners subjected to the treatment eventually couldn’t bear it and committed suicide. It can be said that the ’Sealing Needle’ can make life worse than death; it is a terrifying acupuncture technique. After that incident, the ’Sealing Needle’ was destroyed."

"My father knew something but never spoke of it, and the only other person who knew about the ’Sealing Needle’ was the old Medical Immortal. However, this incident happened at least fifty years ago, and the Medical Immortal must be over one hundred years old by now."

Zhang Jiufang did not continue speaking. If the Medical Immortal intervened, then it must be that Mr. Xu did something egregious; otherwise, a respected, benevolent figure like the Medical Immortal would not take such drastic measures.

"The person who acted is called Li Feng. He is merely in his twenties," Lin Heavenly Master said through gritted teeth.

"Eh?"

Zhang Jiufang shook his head, "I do not know this Li Feng. I did meet the old Medical Immortal a couple of times afterward but barely exchanged a few words. After my father passed away, I never saw the old man again."

"As for whether the old man took a disciple afterward, I am also unclear, since he is also a person beyond the ordinary."

Hearing Zhang Jiufang speak so, Lin Heavenly Master frowned slightly. Could it be that Li Feng also had an uncommon heritage?

"Medical Immortal Zhang, since you know about this ’Sealing Needle,’ you should know how to treat it."

Lin Heavenly Master spoke again, and Lady Rui looked towards him sideways.

Zhang Jiufang exhaled heavily, "According to my father and the old Medical Immortal’s guess, the ’Sealing Needle’ should consist of one hundred and eight needles corresponding to the one hundred and eight mortal acupoints on the human body. Among them, thirty-six traverse the viscera, and seventy-two move through the meridians and joints."

"The ’Sealing Needle’ itself aims to seal acupoints and cut off meridians, destroying human vitality and breaking life energy. The thirty-six needles piercing the viscera correspond to the human heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys."

"The five viscera correspond to the Five Elements. According to the ancient theory of medical qi, the five viscera generate each other, hence life (vitality) does not cease. However, the ’Sealing Needle’ can sever the mutual generation of the visceral organs, leading to various ailments all at once."

"Moreover, the ’Sealing Needle’ targets mortal acupoints. Mortal acupoints mean minor touches wound, but heavy strikes kill. These silver needles should not be moved rashly; otherwise, they might cause disordered Inner Qi, impacting the viscera and causing irrevocable trouble."

"Just say if it can be treated or not."

Lady Rui, lacking the patience to listen to Zhang Jiufang’s verbose talk, directly interrupted.

Zhang Jiufang shook his head, "To unlock the bell, the ringer must be employed. Moreover, the ’Sealing Needle’ itself is just a manuscript fragment; perhaps there is truly no way to solve it."

"Forgive me, I am powerless."

"Ah, I’m so hot." At that moment, Xu Ziang in the bed turned over violently, his body trembling intensely, his hand rushing to tear his own clothes.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Ziang had stripped himself completely naked: "I am so hot, it’s killing me...!"

Lady Rui looked at Xu Ziang and quickly stepped forward, "Son, don’t be scared." As Lady Rui stepped forward, Xu Ziang’s eyes were bloodshot, and he lunged forward.

He was about to act like a beast.

"Lady."

"Hurry, pull Young Master Xu away."

Several Xu Family guards rushed into the sickroom and grabbed Xu Ziang, but at that moment, Xu Ziang was full of fighting spirit. Lin, the Heavenly Master, gasped, realizing that his own son, Lin Wanzhou, seemed to have been struck by silver needles as well.

Lady Rui struggled to her feet, her face alternating between shades of light and dark, "Send the young master back to the old Xu family mansion."

"Yes, Lady."

Lady Rui turned her head, her expression cold as ice as she looked at Lin, the Heavenly Master, "I don’t care who caused my son to end up like this, just get the person delivered to the Xu family. If you can’t, hmph."

With a cold snort, Lady Rui turned and walked out.

Lin, the Heavenly Master’s face darkened, not because of Lady Rui. It wasn’t just Xu Ziang affected; his own son was as well, and he only had one son who was expected to carry on the family lineage.

"Li Feng."

On a soft, large bed, Mu Yuyan suddenly woke up from a nightmare. Sitting up, she looked around the room, which resembled the setting of her nightmare. Could it be...

Mu Yuyan quickly pulled off the quilt, checked her clothes, and finally relaxed, letting out a sigh.

"Awake?"

Li Feng entered from the living room, holding a glass of water, "Would you like some water?"

Mu Yuyan’s eyes were sharp as she looked at Li Feng, her mind quickly recalling the past events. She had been almost raped, Li Feng appeared and saved her, and then...

"Why did you knock me out, and what did you do to me?"

Mu Yuyan glared at Li Feng, biting her teeth.

"I was doing it for your own good. You were too emotional, and I was afraid you couldn’t handle it, so I used this method to calm you down."

Mu Yuyan hummed, "The water isn’t drugged, right?"

"If I really wanted to do something, would I need to drug you?" Li Feng looked at Mu Yuyan.

Mu Yuyan glared back at Li Feng.

"Then why didn’t you do anything? Don’t tell me you aren’t tempted by my body." Mu Yuyan bit her lip.

"I wouldn’t take advantage of someone in a vulnerable state."

"I want to drink water."

Mu Yuyan suddenly said, and Li Feng stepped forward to hand her the glass of water. She didn’t take the glass but instead grabbed Li Feng’s wrist tightly and pulled.

Li Feng, going with the motion, fell directly onto Mu Yuyan.

"You!"

Mu Yuyan’s hands were around Li Feng’s neck, "You’re just a scoundrel, pretending to be a gentleman."