"Your condition is quite unique, so I may need to employ several different acupuncture techniques for your treatment. The one I am currently using is called Qimen Yin, a sealing technique. This set of needles will temporarily seal your Dantian. Therefore, after I finish the acupuncture, I will need you to release the seal yourself and fully expel that medicinal liquid. This will make my subsequent procedures easier!"
Han Lang's words shocked Liu Xiaoxiao, making her almost forget her current embarrassment.
"But if the medicinal liquid is released into the Dantian, won't it directly erode my Dantian? Isn't that too risky?"
Han Lang replied,
"It's alright. With Qimen Yin continuing to seal it, the medicinal liquid won't be able to escape the Dantian. Moreover, I will deal with it immediately, so there won't be any adverse effects. Trust me!"
Hearing Han Lang's assurance, Liu Xiaoxiao had no other choice but to believe him.
"Okay. Tell me when to break the seal, and I'll cooperate fully!"
"Don't worry!"
Han Lang replied softly and continued with his work.
As the eighteen needles were inserted, Qimen Yin instantly enveloped the surroundings of Liu Xiaoxiao's Dantian.
It was like a golden cage, completely restricting Liu Xiaoxiao's ability to mobilize her spiritual energy.
Then, with a slight movement of his fingers, Han Lang carefully controlled the gate of the cage and urgently said,
"Now!"
Liu Xiaoxiao did not dare to delay.
She quickly closed her eyes and, the moment Han Lang opened the cage door, circulated her spiritual energy to connect with her Dantian, then unhesitatingly released the seal.
As the medicinal liquid poured out, Han Lang quickly closed the cage door.
While preventing the medicinal liquid from flowing out, Liu Xiaoxiao also completely lost her connection with her Dantian.
At this moment, Liu Xiaoxiao felt a sense of unease.
Because her Dantian was isolated, she felt like a cripple, unable to mobilize her spiritual energy at all.
Han Lang seemed to sense Liu Xiaoxiao's worry. While continuing to insert needles, he explained,
"Don't worry. Qimen Yin's sealing technique is very potent. While it isolates the medicinal liquid, it also severs your Dantian, the core of a cultivator. However, once I use Wuli Zhen to shatter the medicinal liquid and then guide it out, we can then release the Qimen Yin seal!"
Seeing Han Lang speak so confidently, Liu Xiaoxiao could only suppress her inner anxiety.
At the same time, deep within her heart, she began to pray.
If there were any errors in this treatment that caused her Dantian to be permanently crippled, it would be a significant blow to her.
Although there was risk, compared to the torment of the medicinal liquid over the years, Liu Xiaoxiao preferred the latter.
To avoid causing Han Lang greater mental burden, she said nothing more, but like a lamb awaiting slaughter, she allowed Han Lang to proceed.
Han Lang was not thinking too much at this moment.
He had anticipated Liu Xiaoxiao's state of mind, but the treatment had already begun.
At this point, he could not afford to overthink anything else.
With swift fingers, he systematically performed the second set of Shennong Eighteen Needles, Wuli Zhen!
"After Wuli Zhen is completed, your Dantian will experience a brief period of intense lightning-like pain. This sensation might be more than ten times worse than your monthly menstrual cramps. Do you need me to prepare anything for you to bite down on?"
Hearing Han Lang mention the female-specific menstrual cramps, Liu Xiaoxiao's face first flushed.
But upon hearing that the pain would be ten times worse, beads of sweat broke out on her forehead.
She gritted her teeth and replied firmly,
"No need! I am a cultivator, and even more so, a warrior! I can endure this level of pain!"
Seeing Liu Xiaoxiao's determined demeanor, Han Lang couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.
Such a beautiful woman, yet she carried such a secret and endured tormenting fear, even having to grit her teeth through pain like Wuli Zhen.
How strong her heart must be!
Though he thought this, he didn't say much.
He simply replied softly,
"Alright! Then you'll have to bear with it yourself. It won't last long. If you really can't take it, you can cry out. There's no shame in that!"
As Han Lang spoke, he completed the insertion of the eighteen needles.
With the completion of the eighteen needles, above the medicinal liquid in Liu Xiaoxiao's Dantian, the scene instantly became like a dark, cloud-covered sky, with rolling thunder.
"Rumble, rumble!"
As bolts of lightning struck, the medicinal liquid, as if being scorched, frantically tried to escape while disintegrating into wisps of gas under the might of the lightning.
Simultaneously, an intense pain shot deep into Liu Xiaoxiao's nerves.
Large beads of sweat slid down her cheeks, veins bulged above her collarbone, and her hands unconsciously clenched the bedding beneath her.
This pain, she thought, was probably more agonizing than childbirth.
This was the only thought that crossed Liu Xiaoxiao's mind as she was losing consciousness from the pain.
Fortunately, this torment did not last long.
After about two or three breaths, the pain slowly subsided, and during this period, Liu Xiaoxiao didn't even let out a single groan.
"Liu Pai, your endurance truly makes me prostrate in admiration!"
Han Lang said with a slight sigh.
Liu Xiaoxiao, however, was somewhat exasperated.
"Stop with the nonsense! Continue quickly. You've made me endure such immense pain. If you don't cure me today, I'll skin you alive later!"
Hearing this, Han Lang couldn't help but tremble slightly.
It seemed that strong-willed women were not to be trifled with.
Though he thought this, Han Lang did not hesitate and immediately began performing the third set of acupuncture techniques.
"Don't worry! Once you get past this hurdle, you'll be fine. The troublesome part is mine now!"
Han Lang was not wrong.
Because next, he needed to carefully guide the medicinal liquid, which had already been shattered by Wuli Zhen, out of Liu Xiaoxiao's body.
This process was not painful for Liu Xiaoxiao, but for Han Lang, who was performing the acupuncture, it required utmost precision.
This set of acupuncture was called Qiansi Yin.
In addition to using eighteen needles to guide the medicinal liquid, it also required making an incision on Liu Xiaoxiao's lower abdomen. Then, using his divine sense, he would control a thin strand of spiritual energy, like a thread, to form a channel similar to a water vortex, to suck out all the medicinal liquid from Liu Xiaoxiao's body!
Watching the originally translucent, hurricane-like spiritual energy thread slowly turn dark green, Han Lang knew that the Qiansi Yin treatment had begun.
He quickly grabbed a disposable cup and placed it at the end of the water vortex to collect the expelled medicinal liquid.
At the same time, he had to be even more focused, controlling the eighteen needles of Qiansi Yin to meticulously clear out every trace of medicinal liquid from Liu Xiaoxiao's Dantian, while also managing the position and flow rate of the water vortex.
Time ticked by.
Under this extreme exertion, layers of fine sweat appeared on Han Lang's forehead.
Just as those fine beads of sweat were about to coalesce and drip down like large drops, Qiansi Yin was finally completed!