Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 303 - 302: Stabilizer

Chapter 303: Chapter 302: Stabilizer

"What is the Dantian?" Zuo Xing’er was quite puzzled and turned to ask Xiao Manxuan by her side.

This question was overheard by Dean Miao, who looked around at the other people. Seeing a few others were also confused, he explained, "The locations where the young brother just performed the acupuncture are the upper, middle, and lower Dantian. The Dantian is where a person’s essence, Qi, and spirit are stored; it is vitally related to one’s life activities."

The crowd was still confused after hearing this explanation. The concept of Dantian is indeed profound and mysterious, and modern science cannot explain it, yet it truly exists.

"Since it’s so important, then why did Brother Lin needle the Dantian? What if he damaged it?" Zuo Xing’er still didn’t understand and curiously asked, feeling a bit worried about her uncle, but she felt ashamed thinking she doubted Lin Tian’s capabilities.

Dean Miao watched Lin Tian performing acupuncture, thought for a while, and finally shook his head, saying, "Why the young brother is doing this, this old man really can’t tell."

While others were discussing, Lin Tian also heard them, but he was concentrating on monitoring the changes in Zuo Hongyi’s internal condition and did not answer their questions.

After performing another round of acupuncture, Lin Tian straightened his back, temporarily retracted his gaze, and turned his head to see several curious individuals whose eyes were filled with an endless desire to know. Even Zhang Lingyu, this mysterious little girl, looked perplexed.

Taking advantage of the break, Lin Tian explained, "The locations of the upper, middle, and lower acupoints are the Dantian. The Dantian is the place where the Qi of the meridians is generated, transformed, and stored. I first targeted these three areas. There are two purposes; one is to stimulate the acupoints, generating Qi and blood so that Mr. Zuo’s internal Qi and blood can become vigorous, preparing for the next step of resolving the cranial blood clots."

"Oh, like you just said, to wash away the pile of dirt in the river, you need enough water flow, is that right?" Zi Yan suddenly understood and seriously said.

"Sister, you are truly wise. To learn and apply knowledge so adeptly, intelligent, and beautiful..." Lin Tian did not need to think before a suite of compliments flew out, portraying her as the embodiment of beauty and intelligence.

After all, flattering doesn’t cost taxes. I usually compliment you a bit more so that when I, as your junior, seek help from you as my senior in the future, it wouldn’t be too good for you to refuse, Lin Tian thought to himself as he prepared for future interactions.

However, despite the barrage of compliments, Zi Yan didn’t react at all; it seemed she didn’t fall for such tactics. Instead, she attracted glances from others with not-so-good intentions, implying he would be in trouble if he went off-topic again.

"Uh, let’s continue with the second purpose." Lin Tian, thick-skinned and able to adjust freely, saw that the audience was not giving face, touched his nose, and continued, saying, "These three silver needles serve another function called the stabilizer."

Zi Yan was stunned. She had never heard of such a term before and curiously asked, "Stabilizer, you mean the three silver needles are now stabilizers? The key should be in the word ’stabilizer’, but why have I not seen this mentioned in the Nine Needle Technique?"

This beautiful sister was definitely not just for show. She caught on quickly, though her understanding wasn’t complete, the gist was pretty much there. Lin Tian’s earlier compliments about her intelligence and beauty were not misplaced; he was truly impressed with Zi Yan.

However, Lin Tian still purposely said seriously, "Sister, you cannot see it because you haven’t fully integrated the knowledge of the Nine Needle Technique. Why do I call it the stabilizer? Because under my full force of acupuncture later, Mr. Zuo’s internal Qi and blood will reach a peak state, and the major circulation of Qi through the body will be like a surging ocean."

"And as I said, his cranial vessels and meridians are not yet healed and cannot withstand too strong an impact, so the three silver needles are needed to stabilize the sea of Qi and blood. By controlling the three needles, I make the impact stronger when needed and weaker when needed."

"Oh..., so that’s how it is." Everyone simultaneously expressed their enlightenment.

However, a distinctive voice rang out, Zhang Lingyu suddenly said, "Isn’t that just three regulating valves."

This little girl, talking about valves, how pleasant the term ’stabilizer’ sounds. Ignorance is indeed scary, she needed to be looked down upon, Lin Tian thought. However, Lin Tian had forgotten that he too had just used a pile of dirt as a metaphor.

"Uh, okay, I’m going to start the acupuncture, don’t disturb me," Lin Tian felt it was about time, and ended his speech.

Glancing at the neatly arranged silver needles on the rack, Lin Tian thought he had indeed chosen the right assistant. With a flourish of his hands, he had already picked up a silver needle and without hesitation, pierced the Bai Hui acupoint on the top of the head.

The speed and decisiveness of picking up, piercing, and manipulating the needle startled Zi Yan and Dean Miao, who were all too aware of the critical importance of the Bai Hui acupoint. If the acupuncture was not done properly at such a vital acupoint, it could lead to serious issues: the patient might fall into a coma at the least or suffer nerve damage, causing paralysis and other complications at worst.

Even veteran acupuncturists would feel for the bone to determine the exact acupoint location, but Lin Tian pierced directly as if he already knew where the acupoint was. Beyond their astonishment, Zi Yan and Dean Miao felt a deep admiration for Lin Tian.

Before they could calm their nerves, Lin Tian’s movements became even faster. His hands slid over the silver needles, and between his fingers, he now held four silver needles. With a swift motion, he pierced four acupoints around Zi Hongyi’s head at the Frontal Acupoint.

Located about an inch around the Bai Hui acupoint, there were four acupoints, followed by Lin Tian piercing the Frontal Acupoint and the Shuigou acupoint. With this, all the acupoints on the head were handled.

Lin Tian plucked at the needles rhythmically while his penetrating gaze observed the changes in Zi Hongyi’s blood and Qi. Stimulating the head’s acupoints promoted the flow of blood which hastened the movement past the blood clots in the skull. Moreover, numerous tiny blood vessels opened, slowly suffusing with blood and Qi, collectively assaulting the blood clots.

However, this was still not sufficient. Lin Tian continued, starting to needle the acupoints on the upper and lower limbs. The upper limbs included the shoulder and Elbow, Qu Pool, Hand Three Li, Outer Gate, Union Valley, and Eight Evils. The lower limbs were comprised of the Encircling Leap, Wind Market, Yanglingquan, Zu San Li, Xuanzhong, and Taichong, among others.

Whether leaving the needles in or manipulating them before removal, Lin Tian’s speed increased progressively, and soon all the sterilized silver needles on the rack were used up.

"Nurse Xia, sterilize them again," Lin Tian instructed without turning his head.

After several rounds of needling, some used silver needles were set aside.

"Mr. Lin, they’ve been sterilized already," as soon as Lin Tian finished speaking, Nurse Xia immediately responded, also addressing Lin Tian respectfully as ’teacher.’

Lin Tian had grown numb to various appellations by now, such as Master Lin, Brother Lin, scoundrel, jerk, and so forth, with ’teacher’ now added to the list. Who knows what other honorifics might appear in the future.

However, the little nurse was truly professional; she had already sterilized the silver needles without being asked. Lin Tian looked at her appreciatively.

At this moment, under the acupuncture, fine beads of sweat appeared on Zi Hongyi’s body, his skin turned slightly red, and those close could feel waves of heat emanating from him, a miraculous scene that once again astounded everyone.

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