Chapter 60: Breakthrough

I felt the heat prickling on my thighs as Feng Yi pulled my trousers down after untying the laces. My genetics made it so that I had grown hairs on my lower legs, though they weren't so long that they would hinder the acupuncture therapy process.

There were fine muscles on my legs as well, tempered due to a month of training. It might also be because of walking so much in these six days. We had walked a long distance.

As no one in our group was below Body Tempering rank 2 (except for the children who mostly rode the horses), we could walk faster than normal humans and for a very long time as well.

''What are you waiting for? Pick up a needle,'' I ordered. I wanted it to be done quickly.

By now, Feng Yi had become somewhat proficient in the 'art of piercing.' She was still, however, a teenage girl and something just between my two legs was bound to distract her. She averted her eyes. She couldn't refuse me as she had agreed to be ordered around by me for a month.

Feng Yi placed her pointy finger on my left thigh and asked, ''Here?''

''No, go a little higher.''

And so it started. Feng Yi would trace her forefinger across the front and the back of my legs. Her soft hands would stroke some parts of my thighs at my orders, trying to locate the next acupuncture. Her body was already warmed by the sun and her hands were no longer cold.

After much fussing and only two incorrect piercings, my legs were covered in needles. The most awkward of all had been when I told her to poke at my uh… behind. Thankfully, there was no acupuncture located on my 'thing.' I most likely wouldn't open it even if that was the case.

''Move away now Feng Yi, this is the last step.''

I didn't pay attention to her after saying that and instead focused on my body. I used my broken spirit sense and felt the acupuncture points. I could distinctly make out 108 needle tips which had passed through them.

The acupuncture points were small and couldn't be seen with naked eyes. That's why Enei needles were required. 'Enei' meant extremely thin in the language of this world.

As I contracted my muscles, I used the technique which I remembered from Zuifan's memories. The needle tips slowly went back and all of them suddenly catapulted away from my body.

A little farther away, Feng Yi uttered a surprised cry. Thankfully for her, she had maintained an appropriate distance from me. If not, the needles would've hurt her. Of the 120, only 12 remained in the bamboo case that she was holding.

I stood straight at the edge of the cliff. My shoulder blades were visible to her in their full glory. Some blood was on my body, but thankfully there weren't any fatal wounds.

I turned to her in this 90% naked form and took a long breath. I felt myself being more energetic and more aware. As if I'd finally been allowed to breathe after being choked up for a long time.

"You broke through!" She gaped, bewildered.

Indeed, I had reached rank 8. Not just one, I'd simultaneously broken through two whole ranks. Even I didn't expect to get such benefits after having all of my acupunctures opened. I could feel it, cultivation would only get easier with such a body.

"Feng Yi, rub the reagents on my back… no, maybe I should wash myself first." I grimaced, putting water on wounds would hurt a lot.

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Morning was half gone by the time I finished washing myself once again. Feng Yi helped me rub the healing reagents on my back and I did everything else myself.

I went to check on the craoca after donning the same clothes. The stable boy was feeding it the meat given by the merchants.

When I went to QuangQing inn to find Chunu and Ling'er, I was informed that they had gone sightseeing to other villages. I had to stay there a bit longer as the merchants and their guards started asking me when and how I broke through this fast.

Just past midday after lunch, I idly sat on a large rock shadowed by the same cliff from earlier. I took out my flute and started practicing the 16 Breaths of Stillness.

I gently held the flute and blew air across the embouchure hole. I struggled to get the tone right at first but after a while of playing, I got the hang of it.

I sometimes felt the wind move but it was difficult to notice in a place such as this. I repeated the technique three times and finally stopped after an hour. My body was more relaxed now.

"That was a nice tune."

''Hmm? When did you come here?" I was so lost while practicing that I didn't notice Feng Yi sitting beside me at all.

The person who spoke was actually Lou Shila and not Feng Yi. She didn't cover her face this time. At a closer look, Shila looked fairly decent. Maybe because she always stayed in her house, she hadn't gained the tan like the other villagers.

"What is it?" I asked when I found Feng Yi glancing at me. I knew that look… she wanted something from me.

"I'll be practicing for some more time so be out with it, quick." I stood up and tied the flute on my waist.

I felt the need to stretch after sitting for so long and inadvertently yawned. This heat made one sleepy.

"She wants to talk with you," said Feng Yi. I had expected as much. Lou Shila had a different air about her today, a little tense and uneasy.

"Let's go back to the cave."

"No, we must talk here!"

"Hmm?" Now, I was intrigued. Something definitely wasn't right.

"Okay." I sat down. My irises caught a glimpse of Feng Yi's serious expression first before I looked at Lou Shila, waiting for her to speak.

"I… want to leave this village. I mean this, the whole canyon. I want to go somewhere else. Please, take me with you." She put her left palm on her chest and pleaded.

"Huh?" I tilted my head and blinked once. This was interesting but..

"No, I don't even know you.." I flatly rejected her.

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