Chapter 441 - Traversing The Body (1/2)
”No, no, no, no, no. I can't do it. I-I don't know how to do it. I'm not so talented like you,” Luo Mei said as she walked into her room.
”Sister!” Alex called out, making Luo Mei turn around. ”You have True Qi right?”
”Y-Yes,” Luo Mei said.
”How much?” he asked.
”Uh... About 30 percent I would say,” she said.
”Then you have to do it,” Alex said.
”Bu-But why can't you do it?” Luo Mei asked.
”I don't have True Qi,” Alex said. ”Common Qi won't be able to handle 5 people's True Qi by itself. So it has to be True Qi that shows the way.”
”If it could, I wouldn't make you do it,” Alex said.
”But… I don't know the human body as you do. Will I be able to know how blood vessels are even placed in the human body? In the first place, are blood vessels the same as Meridians?” Luo Mei asked.
”They overlap in most of the places but there are a few places they vastly differ,” Alex said.
”For example, the origin and end of blood vessels is the heart, while the meridians don't have an origin or ending as far as I can tell. Although, there is something weird in the naval area, but I don't know what that is exactly,” Alex said.
”So how can I who knows nothing about blood vessels help navigate them then?” Luo Mei asked.
”Don't worry, I will teach you,” Alex said.
”Sit down, I will show you by sending some in through your own body. You can use your Qi and spiritual sense to check it out,” Alex said.
”O-okay,” Luo Mei said and sat down.
”Alright, give me your hand,” Alex said.
Luo Mei put forth her hand, but then questioned, ”Aren't we doing it from the back for father?”
”For uncle's treatment, the back is the only thing that makes sense. But for now, since you are learning, we will start with the easiest way, the wrist,” Alex said.
”To start with, you need a clear idea of where the blood vessel is. You cannot just prick your Qi into anywhere you want. So, places that had more of an exposed blood vessel like the wrist is the easiest one to start with.”
”For uncle's back, we will have to spend a few minutes searching for one that is the closest to the parasite,” Alex said.
”Alright, do what you want,” Luo Mei said.
”Okay, releases your Qi around my fingers with your left hand. I will take them inside,” Alex said.
Luo Mei nodded and released an almost cool feeling Qi onto Alex's hand.
Alex nodded too and released his own vibrant yellow Qi. The yellow Qi was definitely influenced by his Yang; there was no question about that. But he sometimes wondered if his Supreme Metal root also influenced its yellow color. After all, Metal Qi was golden in color.
”Phew,” Alex softly released his breath and said, ”Here I go.”
He slowly started grabbing onto the Qi next to his hand with his own Qi and started dragging it. He could suddenly feel a lot of weight on his Qi, but it was nothing his robust Qi couldn't handle.
In fact, he felt like he could carry about 10 of such Qi before his connection with the Qi thread broke. He didn't know how accurate his assumption was though.
”Watch with your spiritual sense,” Alex said without looking at her and slowly pierced through the wrist's blood vessel.
The moment it entered, he started sending his Qi up her hand. However…
”AH! AH! Ouch! Stop, Stop, Stop, Stop STOP!!!” Luo Mei started crying out. Alex's attention was broken and he immediately released his Qi which faded into her body.
”What's wrong, sister?” he asked.
”Ouch,” Luo Mei cried as she held her hands. ”What the hell was that? Why did it burn my hand so much? Is it supposed to hurt like that?”
”Hurt?” Alex was surprised for a moment. ”Wait, no, you said burned right? Hmm… is my Qi too hot for your body then?” Alex wondered.
”What was that about?” Luo Mei asked.
”Ah, I think my Qi might be… um, too Yangful for you,” Alex said.
”It has too much yang? You have a yang-focused spiritual root?” Luo Mei asked as she massaged her wrist. ”Thank god I have a water attribute Qi so I can cool my burnings. Imagine you do it on someone with spiritual roots that could not handle it.”
Luo Mei had just said it when she remembered, ”Ah! Father. You must've hurt father too.”
”Shouldn't be,” Alex said. ”Uncle is in True Realm, he should be able to handle common yang Qi.”
”I see. Well… what do we do now? Our plans flopped though. What do we do now?” Luo Mei asked.
”Hmm… ah right,” Alex thought as he brought out a book. ”This book has the stuff about blood vessels. Try to read it and just understand a general level of knowledge on it.”
”You really just need to remember how they are arranged. Once you do that, I will give myself up as a guinea pig for you to try on. Or, you can test on yourself as well.”
”For now, I think I will just go and get some rest. I spent all night thinking about Uncle's problem,” Alex lied.
”Oh, okay. I will read it by the time you are rested,” Luo Mei said.
Alex said his goodbyes and walked out of her room before making his way into his own room. Finally, he logged out of the game.
The day did not differ from any other day aside from the fact that Hannah took away some of his money to pay rent.
He didn't care about it much though. He had enough retirement funds and could earn some more money from the games if need be.
Besides, his stock in the Deva Corp shares was growing every day, along with the other ones.
He logged back into the game after he returned home and went directly to Luo Mei's room.
Luo Mei had read all she could and was gaining a bit of confidence.
”Come here quick. I think I can do it,” Luo Mei said happily.
”Sure,” Alex walked up to her. ”Do it slowly though, or I might have problems.”
”Of course I'm going to take care. I'm not going to ruin my talented junior brother's cultivation. Don't worry, just give me your hands,” Luo Mei said.