Chapter 441 - Traversing The Body (2/2)
”Very well. I will also check to see if you are doing it right. I will forcefully stop you if something goes wrong,” Alex said and put front his wrist.
Luo Mei took a deep breath to calm herself and started pouring in her Qi. Alex used his spiritual sense to look at where she was going, but she didn't make any mistake at the beginning.
'Oh, she knows a little,' he thought. As it went on for more and more, he realized that she truly had learned a lot.
'She didn't slack off after all. Makes sense given her father's life is on the line,' Alex thought.
Luo Mei carefully navigated through his blood vessels. She looked like she would stumble at some places and Alex was ready to destroy her Qi inside of his body, but she found her footings and fully revolved her Qi before it came back to the wrist once more and left.
”Yes! I did it. Haha, see?” Luo Mei proclaimed loudly.
”Congratulations, sister,” Alex said.
”Hehe,” Luo Mei was really happy. ”Wait, does this mean I can become a medical examiner too?”
”No,” Alex said as he shook his head. ”Learning how to send in your Qi is to check for the problems. You need to know what you are looking for, what you are not looking for, other forms of diagnosis, as well as general knowledge of alchemy to cure someone's illness.”
”Oh… then I won't be able to reach your level even if I have spiritual sense huh? That sucks. Whatever, let's proceed with your back then,” Luo Mei said.
”Urghh… sure,” Alex said and laid on the bed on his chest.
”Um, you are sleeping?” Luo Mei asked.
”It's better if I don't move, so I laid down. You should have uncle do the same thing when you do it as well,” Alex said.
”Alright… I just have to reach the stomach right? How do I know what's the stomach? Do I use spiritual sense?” she asked.
”You don't know what blood vessel is connected to what organ, do you?” Alex asked.
Luo Mei shook her head.
”Sigh, alright. You just start and use your spiritual sense to follow around. Unlike the wrist, you might not be able to immediately tell where you are starting from,” Alex said.
”Okay,” Luo Mei said and lifted Alex's robes. His pristinely smooth back showed itself to Luo Mei for the first time, and she immediately got to searching for the blood vessel.”
”I think this is it,” Luo Mei said.
”Can you tell me what you think it is?” Alex asked.
”It's the vessel that immediately goes towards the intestines and from there I take a branch to the stomach,” Luo Mei said.
”Um… just try a little bit. I will tell you if you are correct,” Alex said.
”Okay, here it goes,” Luo Mei said and started using her Qi to enter Alex's body. She had just touched onto Alex's blood vessel when he immediately shouted.
”Stop! Stop!”
Luo Mei stopped pouring in Qi and dispersed what remaining there was. ”What? Was I wrong?” she asked.
”Yeah. That's the vessel that goes directly to my heart,” Alex said. ”Try again.”
”Hmm… how about this one?” Luo Mei asked and chose another blood vessel around the same area.
”That one goes to my legs,” Alex said.
”This?”
”That one goes to the stomach, but it first goes through the lungs,” Alex said.
”What about this one?”
”Legs.”
”Damn, why are there so many blood vessels in one small place?” she got angry.
”I told you, sister. That's why we use the wrist,” Alex said.
”Sigh, what about this one?” she asked.
”Oh, right that's it,” Alex said. ”You got it.”
”Did I? Okay I will start now,” Luo Mei said and sent in her Qi. This time, however, she sent in her spiritual sense as well.
”Woah! Why are your meridians so multicolored? What's this… like 6 colors?” she asked.
”7, the yellow and gold colors are hard to differentiate at a glance, but they are there,” Alex said.
”Woah, is this what all meridians look like? Mine is just one single deep blue color,” Luo Mei said.
”That's because you have the Superior Water roots, sister,” Alex said. ”Mine is many, meaning it's not that good of a spiritual root.”
”Ah, I see,” Luo Mei said.
”Anyway, sister. Focus! I don't want you messing up my innards okay?” he said.
”Stop worrying so much. I can split my attention quite easily,” Luo Mei said.
She proceeded to send her Qi to the intestine and from there found a blood vessel she could travel up to the stomach.
”That's it,” Alex said. ”That's right around where you will find your Qi disappearing.”
”So, that's where the parasite is stuck?” Luo Mei asked.
”Yes,” Alex said.
She immediately stopped all of her Qi from moving anymore and dispersed it. ”Okay, let me try once more,” she said.
Alex sighed and nodded. She practiced on him for a little longer before deciding to leave and find her father.
She wanted to practice on his body for a while so she could be comfortable when it was her time to bring the True Qi from the other people up to the parasite.
Alex left too and thought about what he needed to do. ”Hmm… I should go find sister Xing.. She might be able to help me understand more about formations.”