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Chapter Thirty-Eight: Advancement (Silence)
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At this moment, Lin Yao was in a state of mental and physical distress. He was exhausted, his true energy was almost imperceptible, and his mental state was sluggish. His condition was worse than ever before.
The little grass inside the body was also somewhat wilted, because the true energy that provided it with energy was almost completely exhausted. Moreover, this depletion had occurred four times in just over ten hours. Although Lin Yao cultivated and generated new true energy each time, the continuous use of the little grass's ability left it in an environment lacking true energy. Even the medicinal energy that usually enveloped the little grass had become much thinner, and the tentacles that occasionally twitched showed that the little grass had little vitality.
Just as Lin Yao was about to begin his meditation practice, he caught a faint fragrance emanating from the package he carried with him. This medicinal aroma gave Lin Yao a refreshing feeling.
There's hope! Lin Yao immediately realized that the medicinal herbs Situ Hao had given him were all good stuff, and Xiao Cao might just need them.
Eating cordyceps is useless. The small plant only absorbs and stores the medicinal properties of the cordyceps, and its state remains almost unchanged.
Deer placenta and deer heart ear—Lin Yao felt like vomiting after eating these things; they were just too fishy and pungent. The medicinal properties inside were still unnecessary for Xiao Cao, which put Lin Yao at ease. It was good that the medicinal properties hadn't been absorbed by Xiao Cao, since they were originally intended to be used to treat Nannan.
The snow lotus from heaven had some effect. After the little grass absorbed the large, pure white snow lotus, its vitality recovered somewhat, and it released more medicinal energy to protect itself.
The South Sea pearls had no effect; the medicinal vapors were stored away. Lin Yao had even specially prepared a porcelain bottle to hold the South Sea pearl powder he spat out. After the grass absorbed the medicinal vapors, the South Sea pearls turned into a pure white powder, which, mixed with the pure water secreted from Lin Yao's mouth, became a milky white medicinal mud. Fortunately, Lin Yao was able to control the grass to keep only pure water from the various saliva components in his mouth; otherwise, this medicinal mud would have been a mixture of Lin Yao's saliva, making him feel like a swiftlet, providing bird's nest to treat patients. The thought of this sent chills down Lin Yao's spine.
The deep-sea pearl contained the medicinal energy that the herb needed, which was completely absorbed by the herb without hesitation. In the end, only a tiny bit of black medicinal mud remained of this shiny black deep-sea pearl, which Lin Yao was able to preserve.
The last ingredient was toad molt, which Lin Yao also couldn't understand. This ingredient, formed from the natural molting of a toad, was not usually very precious, but the toad molt in his hand was very special. Its bright red color, like fresh blood, was very eye-catching, and the medicinal aroma emanating from it made Lin Yao feel very comfortable. It was definitely not an ordinary product.
When Lin Yao put the toad molt into his mouth, the little grass suddenly released a large number of fine threads that gathered in his mouth, absorbing the medicinal energy around the molt. The amount of this medicinal energy surprised Lin Yao; it was so much that it was disproportionate to the size of the molt.
The grass seemed to recover instantly. After absorbing the medicinal energy, the grass underwent obvious changes. The fine threads decreased, and the tendril-like threads that had been extended became shorter and thicker. It also released a very large amount of neutral medicinal energy, which filled Lin Yao's chest and made him happy.
This joy didn't last long before Lin Yao began to feel uneasy. The medicinal gas released by the grass grew more and more abundant and dense, gathering in his chest and making Lin Yao extremely uncomfortable. The more it continued, the more Lin Yao felt that his body would burst from the pressure of the medicinal gas.
At this moment, Lin Yao's body was completely out of control. He could neither open his mouth to spit out the toad molt, nor use his fingers to pry it out, nor could he even move his fingers. His sense of crisis grew stronger and stronger.
Lin Yao immediately made a decision about cultivation. The medicinal energy generated by the grass could be well integrated into the medical true energy of the Luo family's cultivation method. Only through cultivation could he absorb this medicinal energy and reduce the total amount of medicinal energy.
At this time, Lin Yao's realm was at the peak of the first level of Qi, and he was unable to break through to the second level of Qi for a long time. At this time, the amount of medicinal Qi was too large. Lin Yao only guided a small part of it and broke through the barrier of the Tianchi acupoint in one fell swoop, and began the operation of the "Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian".
Before he could even celebrate reaching the threshold of Qi Rank 2, Lin Yao focused all his attention on releasing and guiding the medicinal energy. His sense of crisis grew stronger and stronger. He could only pray that he could deal with the medicinal energy in time, otherwise the consequences might be unbearable for him. At this moment, the little grass seemed to have gone mad and no longer obeyed Lin Yao's commands. It only continuously absorbed medicinal energy from the toad molt and released its own medicinal energy.
The acupoints of the entire "Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian"—Tianchi, Tianquan, Quze, Ximen, Jianshi, Neiguan, Daling, Laogong, and Zhongchong—were breached by a massive amount of medicinal energy. Lin Yao quickly reached the second level of Qi cultivation, and true Qi began to be generated in his second meridian. This true Qi immediately and rapidly absorbed the medicinal energy to replenish itself, and the content and concentration of true Qi increased rapidly. Lin Yao felt that his sense of crisis had decreased a lot, but the continuous stream of medicinal energy generated by Xiaocao still made him very worried.
Continuing, Lin Yao noticed that the rate at which the true qi in the second meridian absorbed the medicinal qi was slower than the rate at which the small grass released it. He immediately made a decision: he could only focus on the third meridian. The more one cultivates the Luo family's techniques, the greater the amount of true qi, and the stronger its density and power become; presumably, its ability to absorb medicinal qi would also increase.
After reaching the second level of Qi cultivation, Lin Yao's ability to guide and control medicinal Qi greatly improved, as did his mental strength. However, Lin Yao was completely unaware of these changes at this moment, as he was entirely focused on controlling the medicinal Qi. He guided more medicinal Qi from his chest through his heart and lungs, directly to the Jiquan acupoint in his armpit. With a boom, Lin Yao seemed to hear the sound of a barrier breaking through his body. The medicinal Qi successfully broke through the Jiquan acupoint and began circulating through the "Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian."
The acupoints on the meridians, such as Jiquan, Qingyun, Shaohai, Lingdao, Jinli, Yinsha, Shenmen, Shaofu, and Shaowei, were opened one by one, and the true qi of the third meridian was quickly generated. At this time, the density of the true qi was higher, and the speed of absorbing medicinal qi had exceeded the speed of the grass releasing medicinal qi.
As the concentration of medicinal energy in the body gradually decreases, the amount of true energy in the three Yin meridians of the hand, which have already been opened, increases to its peak. The three meridians are immediately connected, and the three types of true energy are rapidly assimilated, quickly absorbing the medicinal energy released by the herb, and gradually reaching the true energy nature of the third meridian, the "Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian".
At this moment, Lin Yao felt relieved. The medicinal energy in his body was no longer a threat, and he calmed down to carefully observe the changes in the grass.
The little grass had changed drastically. Except for the tentacles that stretched out to its mouth, all other tentacles had disappeared. The small herbaceous body on its chest had also been tightly rolled into a dense sphere by short, thick threads, giving it a sense of immense power, no longer the fragile feeling of jellyfish tentacles it once had.
"This should be a good thing, right?" Lin Yao thought to himself. He was already on a sinking ship. Even if he could get rid of the parasitic weed inside his body, he would never do it. The weed was now inextricably linked to his fate. All Lin Yao could do was try his best to help the weed grow and use its abilities to realize his own ideals.
By the time Lin Yao was able to control his movements, the little grass had stopped absorbing and releasing the medicinal vapors. Lin Yao was surprised to find that the toad molt in his mouth had completely disappeared; he couldn't even scrape off a trace with his fingers. He hadn't swallowed anything! Could the toad molt have been formed entirely from the medicinal vapors?
Stink, stench! Lin Yao suddenly smelled the stench emanating from his body, and his skin was covered with a thin layer of black grease, as if he had just eaten grass. This was yet another baptism of fire.
Upon reaching the third level of Qi cultivation, one can appropriately release true Qi outwards, allowing it to travel through the three interconnected meridians to designated acupoints before leaving the body. At this point, it can be released through the Shaoshang acupoint at the tip of the thumb, the Zhongchong acupoint at the tip of the middle finger, and the Shaochong acupoint at the tip of the little finger, similar to the circulation path of Duan Yu's Six Meridians Divine Sword.
Even more powerful than Duan Yu's technique is that this healing energy can be released from the Laogong acupoint in the palm and the Shaofu acupoint in the center of the palm. From now on, there's no need to painstakingly release a tiny amount of energy to treat patients through vigorous slapping; simply pressing the palm lightly on the patient's body will release more energy, and there will be no more exhaustion from treatment.
After taking a bath, Lin Yao had a sudden inspiration. He tried to control his true energy and release it onto the medicinal herbs in his hand, allowing the small grass to absorb it outside his body. When he did this experiment, the quiet grass reluctantly cooperated and extended a tendril to the Shaoshang acupoint.
As the energy left the body, it instantly surged from the Shaoshang acupoint on the thumb to the wild ginseng in the hand. The tendrils that the grass had extended had become much thicker, and they were also enveloped by the energy as they rushed out from the Shaoshang acupoint. After circling the wild ginseng once, they immediately returned to the body.
Ah! The grass can leave the body! Lin Yao was overjoyed. The grass's absorption ability also became even more powerful, absorbing all the medicinal energy from the wild ginseng in just an instant.
Lin Yao was immersed in immense joy. He completely disregarded how much medicinal energy he had absorbed from the wild ginseng, only thinking that he would finally no longer have to be a vampire drinking the blood of patients, an act that had always tormented him. From now on, he could examine a patient's condition simply by touching their blood with his fingers, or perhaps even just by touching their skin.
When the excitement had finally subsided, Lin Yao regained his senses, packed up his smelly clothes, and checked the time on his phone.
At 10 a.m., it was time to head out to the airport to pick up the people Ye Zhaoxian had brought. These were the key figures in the success or failure of the matter, and they absolutely could not be neglected.
The two text messages were from Long Yihun. The first said he had boarded the 6 a.m. long-distance bus and would arrive in Chengdu around 5 p.m. The second was asking if he had received the text message, as he was bored on the bus.
Lin Yao quickly replied with a text message: "Text received. I'm busy. Let's talk after I get to Chengdu. You can sleep if you're bored, but you might not even have time to sleep after you get to Chengdu."
Long Yihun's arrival can not only help with many things, but there is also one thing Lin Yao can accomplish through Long Yihun: find an excuse to hand over the six million given to him by Situ Hao to his father, Luo Jimin.
With a severe shortage of funds for production and sales, Lin Yao could tell at breakfast that his parents had barely slept all night. Excitement and worry were troubling them. Although they spoke cryptically about the funding issue because of the presence of an outsider like Ge Yong, Lin Yao knew they were having a very tough time.
Now is not the time to confront my parents. If they find out I'm charging patients exorbitant fees without any regard for medical ethics, my father will definitely beat me severely, and my mother probably won't help me either. My only option is to ask Long Yihun to sponsor or lend them the money. I'll tell them the truth later, a truth I'll keep hidden, once their views have changed. Although Long Yihun's family is poor, his incredibly wealthy and powerful grandfather and uncles can at least explain the source of the huge sum of money; my parents probably don't have the ability to investigate.
After tidying up the clutter, Lin Yao opened the door and said to Lin Hongmei in the living room, "Mom, we need to get ready to go to the airport to pick someone up. Are you ready?"
"I've been ready for a long time, just waiting for you, you lazybones," Lin Hongmei replied with a smile. Her mood improved after things went smoothly, and although she was sleep-deprived, she was in excellent spirits.
"Yao'er, what's that smell in your room? It stinks so badly. Did you poop in there?" Lin Hongmei asked curiously, covering her nose.
Lin Yao felt a chill run down his spine; how could his mother come up with such a reason?
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