Lin Xiaotian said with a smile, "You've already endured for over three minutes. If you can hold on for another minute, I'll let you go directly and walk out of this courtyard."
"You can't even endure such a short amount of time?"
The man with triangular eyes, lying on the ground, somehow found the strength to struggle to his feet and knelt before Lin Xiaotian.
His eyes were filled with extreme pleading. He kowtowed heavily on the ground, crying out in pain, "Immortal, please cripple me directly. I don't want to endure this pain for even a second longer."
"Please, turn me into a cripple. Even if you slap me to death, I don't want to continue suffering."
"Not for another second!"
By the last sentence, his voice was almost hoarse from screaming.
The pain had reached its extreme. He believed that in his current state, he definitely wouldn't last five minutes.
Moreover, the pain wasn't constant; it intensified with time. He was sure Lin Xiaotian wouldn't let him off so easily, so by the time five minutes were up, he might very well be dead.
He didn't want to die. As long as he was given a chance to live, even if it meant being completely crippled, he was willing, as long as he could keep his wretched life.
Lin Xiaotian said with a half-smile, "This puts me in a difficult position. You've already made your choice, and now you want to go back on it."
"I already told you not to push your luck, but you didn't take my words seriously. Now, this makes me very unhappy."
"Not only will I cripple you, but I will also make you continue to endure this. The pain will subside on its own after five minutes. This will serve as a small lesson, and it's also a chance to spare your life."
With that, Lin Xiaotian stomped his foot down, landing heavily on the Dantian Qihai acupoint of the man with triangular eyes.
"Ah..."
A miserable scream erupted from the man with triangular eyes. His eyes were contorted in extreme agony.
"Lin Xiaotian, you broke your promise! Didn't you say you'd give me a chance? Why are you crippling me now and not even resolving my condition?"
He roared furiously at Lin Xiaotian, his voice hoarse.
Lin Xiaotian's smile completely vanished. His gaze was calm and indifferent. "I believe Wu Gaoyang must have reasoned with you thoroughly before, but did you listen to him?"
"Or perhaps, you found tormenting him to be a source of amusement?"
"Now, I'll show you how Wu Gaoyang recovers, right in front of you."
After speaking, Lin Xiaotian walked over. He no longer had to worry about the man with triangular eyes escaping. The silver needles would inflict extreme pain. Although the pain would lessen after five minutes, it would still persist. Under such circumstances, no one could stand up and flee.
Lin Xiaotian helped Wu Gaoyang up and then inserted a silver needle into his Renzhong acupoint.
Wu Gaoyang slowly woke up. His eyes were bloodshot, but before he could even get a clear look at his surroundings, his pupils contracted violently, and he instinctively prepared to defend himself. But in the next second, he felt the severed meridians within his body and the shattered Dantian.
His gaze instantly dimmed. Although he only wished to be a slacker and had no grand ambitions, the internal energy he had cultivated for over twenty years disappearing so suddenly left him feeling deeply unwilling.
Just then, he saw Lin Xiaotian's face gradually break into a smile. "I knew Young Master would come to save me."
"Where is that guy? How dare he cripple me! I'll kill him with my own hands."
"From now on, I'm a complete cripple. I'll need Young Master to support me."
Lin Xiaotian said with a smile, "You wish! You could have had stronger abilities and made a living with your skills, but you'd rather I support you. I don't keep idlers here."
"To prevent you from becoming an idler, I'll work hard to provide you with precious medicinal ingredients so you can break through to higher realms next time, so that some random nobody can't just cripple you."
"He spared your life this time because he stood to gain. If it were purely for revenge, you'd be dead by now, wouldn't you?"
Wu Gaoyang chuckled bitterly. "Young Master, haven't you noticed my injuries?"
"In my current condition, even if I did nothing but cultivate every day, I wouldn't be able to cultivate even a trace of internal energy. After all, one-third of my meridians are broken, and the worst is the Dantian, which is completely shattered and irreparable."
"I'll be a cripple for the rest of my life. However, I can still appraise antiques for Young Master. But without my own strength, the success rate of appraising antiques might be much lower. I'm afraid Young Master will find me a nuisance."
"With me here, even if all your bones were dismantled, as long as you have a breath left, I can guarantee you'll be restored to your original state."
Lin Xiaotian smiled faintly and took out a pill from his person. "Open your mouth!"
Wu Gaoyang didn't know what Lin Xiaotian was going to do, but he could see that Lin Xiaotian intended to help him heal. He wanted to tell Lin Xiaotian not to waste such a precious medicine, as it would be useless to him.
After all, up to this point, he had never heard of anyone truly being able to repair a shattered Dantian and broken meridians.
But the moment he met Lin Xiaotian's gaze, he saw the concern in his eyes. A smile appeared on his face. It was just a pill; it was nothing to his Young Master.
As he swallowed the medicine, he immediately felt a warm current slowly spreading in his stomach.
Without any need for his own guidance, the potent medicinal power began to spread throughout his entire body, rapidly repairing his damaged meridians. Especially the Dantian Qihai acupoint, which required the most medicinal power, with half of it flowing towards the Dantian.
In just a few minutes, he felt that his chaotic physical condition had greatly improved. The internal medicine had completely unleashed its efficacy at this moment.
Once the medicinal effects were fully absorbed, his cultivation would immediately recover.
At this moment, his face couldn't help but show excitement. "Young Master, what kind of divine medicine is this?"