"Mom, I'm scared…"
Song Moyi, sitting on the medical bed behind the screen, saw Wan Yunting take out his needle bag and open it, revealing a collection of silver needles of varying lengths. The little girl's face showed fear.
"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt much," Wan Yunting said with a gentle smile as he pulled up a stool to sit beside her.
Ruan Xingwen also quickly soothed her daughter…
"Teacher Wan, let me help you."
Gu Luotang, standing beside Wan Yunting as he prepared the acupuncture supplies, acted as his assistant, placing the needles he needed into the boiling water used for sterilization.
"Have the child remove her top," Wan Yunting said to Ruan Xingwen. He then got up to thoroughly wash his hands before returning. Song Moyi removed her top and lay on the medical bed. Her large eyes nervously watched Wan Yunting enter. He pulled up a stool and sat down. Gu Luotang had already sterilized all the needles in boiling water and neatly arranged them to the side. "Thank you."
Gu Luotang smiled faintly, remaining silent, and stood by to watch as Wan Yunting picked up a four-inch-long filiform needle with his thumb and forefinger. Because Song Moyi was only an eight-year-old girl with a slight build, she appeared smaller than children her age due to congenital heart disease affecting her normal development.
"Don't be scared, Uncle will be very careful and won't let you feel pain. Just relax," Wan Yunting said, gently comforting Song Moyi, who looked nervous and afraid.
"Moyi, listen to Uncle and relax," Ruan Xingwen encouraged her daughter to be obedient.
Wan Yunting held the silver needle, secretly channeling his internal energy from his dantian to envelop the needle with an invisible force. Then, with his left hand, he pressed Song Moyi's Tanzhong acupoint. Using a pinching technique, he slowly inserted the needle to a depth of three fen. "How is it? Do you feel a slight numbness, but no pain?"
Song Moyi, who hadn't dared to look back, turned her head and blinked her large eyes. "Mom, it doesn't hurt."
Seeing this, Ruan Xingwen breathed a sigh of relief, as she had still been somewhat worried.
Next, Wan Yunting continued to insert needles into Song Moyi's other acupoints, including the Wuyi, Shencang, Lingxu, Shenfeng, Tianxi, Tianchi, Shidou, Bulang, and Jiuwei acupoints…
"This is the Nine Revolutions Taiyi Needling Technique!"
Seeing the nine major acupoints Wan Yunting was needling on Song Moyi, Gu Luotang's pretty face showed surprise.
Although this Nine Revolutions Taiyi Needling Technique was not a lost or extinct technique, and her grandfather Gu Yuanbai knew it, Gu Luotang had never been able to perform it because she had not yet learned the so-called internal energy!
To perform the Nine Revolutions Taiyi Needling Technique, the physician must have reached the realm of externalizing internal energy, circulating the qi to the silver needles, and then administering them to the patient for optimal effect.
Therefore, Gu Luotang was extremely shocked to see Wan Yunting perform the Nine Revolutions Taiyi Needling Technique.
Did he, like her grandfather, reach the "Hua Jin" realm of internal energy externalization in martial arts?
Wan Yunting turned his head slightly and smiled at her. He then stood up and said to Ruan Xingwen, "Alright, let her rest here for now. I'll remove the needles in forty minutes."
"Okay, thank you, Teacher Wan."
Ruan Xingwen's tense heart finally relaxed when she saw that her daughter was fine.
"Then you take care of her here. I'll go out to write a prescription," Wan Yunting said, turning to leave. Gu Luotang also nodded to Ruan Xingwen and followed him out, eagerly asking, "Teacher Wan…"
"Doctor Luo Tang, how old are you?" Wan Yunting suddenly asked her age. Gu Luotang's pretty face froze, not understanding the question.
Wan Yunting invited her to sit and then smiled, "Since we're getting along so well, I don't think we need to keep calling each other teacher or doctor. So I wanted to ask how old you are, so we can just use each other's names."
"I'm twenty-five this year, born in September," Gu Luotang said softly, understanding his meaning.
"Then I'm older than you. I'll call you Luo Tang from now on, and you can call me Brother Wan, or Yunting," Wan Yunting said with a smile, not wanting to be called doctor or teacher; it was too tiring.
"I'll call you Brother Yunting."
Gu Luotang's heart leaped with joy, and her almond-shaped eyes gazed at him. Wan Yunting nodded with a smile, "Yes, call me whatever you like."
Gu Luotang sat in front of him and tried, "Brother Yunting, can I ask you something?"
"Ask away."
Wan Yunting was taking out paper, brush, ink, and an inkstone to prepare to write the prescription. Gu Luotang asked, "Do you also practice martial arts?"
"I do," Wan Yunting replied, grinding ink and smiling, "My master taught me."
Gu Luotang nodded and said, "What you performed just now was the Nine Revolutions Taiyi Needling Technique, which requires internal energy to be converted to the silver needles. Administering it this way to a patient will have a greater effect. Does that mean you have reached the Hua Jin realm in martial arts?"
"Yes, I'm in the late Hua Jin stage!" Wan Yunting said with a smile.
"What, late Hua Jin…"
Gu Luotang exclaimed in shock, completely losing her usual calm demeanor. She looked at Wan Yunting incredulously, "My grandfather is in the early Hua Jin stage. He says it's very, very difficult to advance further once you reach this realm. Brother Yunting, how did you do it?"
Seeing Gu Luotang's surprise, Wan Yunting smiled sheepishly. "My master said I am a martial arts prodigy, and maybe he's right."
Gu Luotang's expression was astonished. After a moment, she sighed helplessly, "My grandfather said I have no talent in this area."
"Have you unblocked your Ren and Du meridians?" Wan Yunting asked.
"No."
Gu Luotang looked dejected. "I haven't even touched the threshold, how could I possibly unblock my Ren and Du meridians on my own."
Wan Yunting could see that Gu Luotang was bothered by her lack of talent in martial arts. "If someone can help you unblock your Ren and Du meridians, even if you have no talent, you can still achieve it through later effort."
Gu Luotang raised an eyebrow. "But my grandfather said forcibly unblocking the Ren and Du meridians is very dangerous."
"It is indeed dangerous and difficult, and it also depends on your own physical condition. It would be even more dangerous for people with weaker bodies," Wan Yunting said, observing that Gu Luotang rarely exercised and was somewhat delicate.
"It seems I have no hope," Gu Luotang said, becoming even more disappointed in herself.
Just as Wan Yunting was about to say something, a figure dressed in athletic wear entered. It was Kang Nuolan, whom he hadn't seen in a while. "Teacher, why didn't you answer my call?"
"Hmm, you called me?"
Wan Yunting was startled. He took out his phone and indeed saw several missed calls from Kang Nuolan. "Sorry, I was treating a patient just now, so I turned off my silent mode."
"Brother Yunting, is she your student?"
Gu Luotang looked at the beautiful, outstanding, and cool-tempered Kang Nuolan, and was very surprised to hear her call Wan Yunting "teacher."
"She's my disciple."
Wan Yunting nodded, pointing to Kang Nuolan and smiling at Gu Luotang. "I helped her unblock her Ren and Du meridians with acupuncture, so she's now progressing very quickly in practicing internal martial arts."
"You unblocked her Ren and Du meridians…"
These words astonished Gu Luotang. She looked at Kang Nuolan with great surprise, not expecting that Wan Yunting could help others unblock their meridians. Could she also…
"Nuolan has been learning Taekwondo since childhood, so her physical condition is relatively strong, making it relatively easy to unblock her Ren and Du meridians," Wan Yunting said with a smile. He then asked Kang Nuolan, "Why are you here? Is there something you need?"