Zhu Yanyi always acted this way. If others were sincere, she would protect everything with equal sincerity.
Xi Muzheng heard Zhu Yanyi’s words and a flicker of surprise crossed her eyes. She knew that by saying this, she was telling them she had her own methods and absolute confidence. No matter what, she decided to follow her and see for herself.
"We locked Qiu Qi in the innermost cell. He is simply too large, and only that room fits him," Xu Xingtian said with a helpless expression.
Zhu Yanyi didn’t understand. Ouyang Tianyun looked at Xu Xingtian. "Uncle Xu, did you put her in that cell to make her lose weight?"
Hearing this, Zhu Yanyi became even more curious. She looked at Ouyang Tianyun, who smiled helplessly.
"Fifteen, you don’t know. That cell is huge, but because it is so big, it is very empty and quiet. Since it is large, using other lighting would be a waste. So, there is only a window the size of a palm at the top. That is the only place where one can see sunlight from outside. The rest is dark."
"(⊙o⊙)…" Zhu Yanyi didn’t know what to say. No light, no sound. That life would be hard.
Xu Xingtian walked in front, and the others followed. Soon, they arrived at the cell.
Xu Xingtian opened the door. The ball—no, it should be called Qiu Qi—stirred. Seeing the visitors, his eyes were full of terror. The ball seemed smaller. It seemed his weight loss over the past few days was very successful.
Zhu Yanyi looked at Xu Xingtian. Xu Xingtian walked up to Qiu Qi. "Qiu Qi, your brother Qiu Zheng has visited. She has agreed to the terms and will come to pick you up tomorrow. However, one condition is that you must dissipate part of your cultivation, returning to the Foundation Establishment stage. This prevents you from harming others in the future."
"No!" Qiu Qi’s face was full of terror. His cultivation was built up with pills. If he lost it now, becoming a Golden Core cultivator again would be impossible.
"Then you can stay locked here forever," Xu Xingtian said calmly. "But we are not here to raise people. Starting tomorrow, you will work."
"No, I want to go home." The man, over a hundred years old, began to cry. He looked particularly pitiful.
"Then dissipate your cultivation." Xu Xingtian glanced at Qiu Qi calmly. She did not wish to speak further and merely nodded slightly to Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi walked up to Qiu Qi and smiled. "Don’t worry. Dissipating your power will not hurt, and there will be no aftereffects. You just need to sleep."
As she spoke, her hands moved. Two golden needles pierced her Tianmen and Tianfu acupoints. Qiu Qi had already fainted from fear.
"So easily scared," Zhu Yanyi muttered, tapping her head slightly.
Her hands did not stop. She produced five more golden needles. Using seven needles simultaneously, she plucked one slightly. Qiu Qi’s youthful face began to age slowly, looking older for a moment, but it stopped quickly, settling at the appearance of a middle-aged man.
Zhu Yanyi put away the golden needles. She took out a Spirit Nourishing Pill and placed it in Qiu Qi’s mouth. Then she said to Xi Muzheng and the others, "It is done. The cultivation has been successfully dissipated."
Xi Muzheng was slightly stunned. He walked over and checked Qiu Qi’s pulse. Indeed, Qiu Qi’s cultivation was now only at the peak of Foundation Establishment. However, breaking through to Golden Core in this lifetime was unlikely, as his body contained much pill toxicity. This proved his cultivation had been accumulated through pills.
Xi Muzheng nodded slightly to the Pill Elders, confirming that Zhu Yanyi was correct.
The Pill Elders also came over and checked Qiu Qi’s pulse. Finally, they all confirmed that Qiu Qi had truly dissipated his cultivation.
"Fifteen, does the needle technique you just used have any special characteristics?" Xi Muzheng asked after leaving the cell.
Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile. "Yes. This is the second needle of the Yanluo Nine Needles, passed down from the Azure Sovereign Qingdi. It is the Dissipation Needle."
"Passed down from the Azure Sovereign Qingdi? You have the Azure Sovereign Qingdi’s inheritance?" Xi Muzheng was slightly stunned.
Zhu Yanyi tilted her head and smiled. "I am the heir of the Azure Sovereign Qingdi’s inheritance. Otherwise, do you think my medical skills would be so good at such a young age? Even though my master is Old Man Yao, known as a divine doctor in the mortal world, you know how her medical skills are, don’t you?"
"I see. However, do not tell anyone that you are the heir of the Azure Sovereign Qingdi for now, to avoid being coveted," Xi Muzheng nodded seriously. He was happy in his heart. Having an heir of the Azure Sovereign Qingdi in the academy was very good news for the Sage Academy.
"I know. I haven’t said it. I was just wondering if you are interested in learning the Yanluo Nine Needles?" Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly.
"However, so far, I have only learned seven needles. I have not learned the last two. I suppose it still requires opportunity."
Zhu Yanyi said with a smile.
"Can you teach the Yanluo Nine Needles to others?" Xi Muzheng asked.
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Any healer who can save people can learn it. However, people in the mortal world have no cultivation, so they cannot use the Yanluo Nine Needles. Therefore, I taught them the Thirteen Needles of Reviving Withered Wood.
It is different here. Everyone has cultivation, so learning the Yanluo Nine Needles is possible. However, whether one can learn it depends on personal comprehension."
Zhu Yanyi could not guarantee that everyone would definitely learn it.
Xi Muzheng said, "Submit your Yanluo Nine Needles to the Merit Hall as your karmic merit. Then, if others want to learn, they must go to the Merit Hall to exchange for the secret manual or complete tasks to obtain it. If we give it to them too easily, they may not cherish it."
Things are often like this. When you do not cherish something, it is everywhere. When you want to cherish it, it is gone. Relationships are the same. Some people have this attitude in love. When those feelings are by their side, they do not cherish them. When those feelings are lost, they cherish them.
People should not live so recklessly. People should learn to understand what to do at what time.
Healers are the same. When it is time to learn, one must study hard. When it is time to act, one must act well. Now that I have the Yanluo Nine Needles, when it is time to pass them on, I must pass them on.
Medical arts exist for all people in the world, not to be hoarded. Therefore, many medical arts are better left unspoken if they are to be hidden.
Zhu Yanyi did not have the mind to hide things. However, at this moment, her state of mind broke through further. She knew that if she consciously released the seal, her cultivation would rise rapidly. But accumulating it like this for now was also not bad.