Chapter 343 - 341: The Secret of the Soul-Stealing Three Needles
"Why are you doing this? Trying to shorten my life?"
Chen Tianlong helped Hua Xiaona up, and without wanting to say much else, said, "Second Senior Sister, um... teach me the upgraded ultimate skill of the Soul-Stealing Three Needles, seeing you can conjure nine needles is really impressive."
Hua Xiaona bitterly laughed for a moment, thought about it and decided, since he’s the Sect Leader, she might as well tell him.
This matter was unknown even to Senior Sister Li Bingshuang. It was because she overheard a conversation between Yan Nanfei and his wife that she learned of the effects of Soul-Stealing Three Needles.
But because of this, Yan Nanfei found out and expelled her from the sect, and eventually she met Ouyang Xiu. At that time, Ouyang Xiu was heartbroken over the loss of his beloved wife, and Hua Xiaona kept him company through his grief, and later they found shared goals and fell in love and married.
Over time, Hua Xiaona felt that Ouyang Xiu increasingly pampered the daughter of his ex-wife, Ouyang Meijia, while often ignoring their own son, Ouyang Jian, which saddened her greatly.
So, seeing Chen Tianlong’s remarkable skills and being her fellow disciple, she thought of urging him to kill Ouyang Meijia.
"Alright, actually it’s unrelated to techniques. As long as you can do Bone Marrow Cleansing once, then you can achieve the secondary principle, which is the Life-taking Nine Needles."
Fang Xiaojian explained.
"What is Bone Marrow Cleansing? And... what’s this secondary principle?"
Hearing these unfamiliar terms, Chen Tianlong instantly felt overwhelmed. What are these things, they sound like family planning concepts, secondary principles, planning principles and all that stuff.
"Bone Marrow Cleansing, simply put, is clearing all impurities from your body, especially the turbid substances in your blood and meridians."
Fang Xiaojian continued: "The reason you haven’t been able to execute the secondary principle is that the Qi of the Dantian, when concentrated in your hand, has already diminished and can’t achieve the effect of Needle Qi. The additional six needles you see are merely the Needle Qi transformed from the three needles, but the effect is almost the same."
"Hiss..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Tianlong was both surprised and excited, never imagining that the Soul-Stealing Three Needles could have such an extraordinary effect.
"Then Second Senior Sister, how can I do the Bone Marrow Cleansing, do you know how?" Chen Tianlong’s interest was piqued, and he asked eagerly.
"No!"
"..."
Chen Tianlong was speechless. After talking for so long, Second Senior Sister actually didn’t know. But suddenly, Chen Tianlong thought of a question: then how did she learn the secondary principle?
"Senior Sister, you must be lying to me, there isn’t any Bone Marrow Cleansing at all, is there?" Chen Tianlong glanced at Hua Xiaona, then sat back on the sofa and continued puffing his smoke rings.
"It stinks, Sect Leader, can’t you refrain from smoking in front of Senior Sister, show some respect, will you?"
Hua Xiaona was obviously a bit unhappy, this guy was so impolite, wasn’t he? I’m still considered his elder, and while putting up with him crossing his legs and all, he’s deliberately puffing smoke rings to choke people, isn’t this my bedroom after all?
After mumbling for a while, Hua Xiaona turned and said, "Why would I lie to you, you’re my Sect Leader, I wouldn’t deceive you for fun. I previously took the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill given by Ouyang Xiu, but that thing is extremely rare, there was only one at that time, I don’t even know where it came from."
Chen Tianlong frowned, since Second Senior Sister seemed to have no reason to deceive him, he nodded, "Thank you, Senior Sister, I’ll be going back now, sorry for interrupting your sleep... Also, Senior Sister, you still maintain a good figure."
With that, Chen Tianlong vanished in a flash, jumping off the balcony. It was the second floor, so it was no issue.
Damn!
"Little punk, don’t leave, watch me not beat you to death!"
Upon hearing Chen Tianlong’s last sentence, Hua Xiaona was practically exploding with anger, how dare he tease his Senior Sister.
Yet outside the balcony door was already empty, clearly Chen Tianlong had already run far.
Indeed, after jumping down from the building, Chen Tianlong was perfectly fine and went back to his room. It was now past eleven, with a slight chill outside, and returning inside felt snug and warm.
So, after climbing into bed, Chen Tianlong soon fell asleep.
Not much else happened that night; early next morning, the three gathered in the hall, where Ouyang Xiu, as the head of the family, made an early appearance to bid farewell.
"Master Ouyang, we’re heading back now. Thanks for taking care of us these days."
Chen Tianlong didn’t like saying much at farewells, so he casually said this, ready to leave.
As for the matter of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, Chen Tianlong didn’t ask further, leaving it to fate since the thing is said to be very expensive and even if they did have it, he had no excuse to ask for it.
Today, Ouyang Meijia was exceptionally quiet, not saying a word. And Chen Tianlong could tell she was not in a good mood, the key being she always seemed a bit hesitant to look at Chen Tianlong.
Chen Tianlong smiled bitterly, having no idea what was up with this girl. He was about to leave soon, and didn’t want to ask any more questions.
"Alright, I’ll see you off then." Elder Ouyang smiled slightly as he said.
"Dad, let me send them off."
Ouyang Meijia, who had been silent, finally spoke, forcing a faint smile onto her face.
Ouyang Xiu nodded. He wasn’t very close with Chen Tianlong, no real acquaintance, it was simply that Chen Tianlong and he had a cooperative agreement.
Before long, the group left the hall, with Wu Mengting and Liu Ting walking hand in hand ahead, and Ouyang Meijia walking next to Chen Tianlong.
Perhaps Wu Mengting was doing it on purpose, the two in front didn’t turn back, seemingly creating space for Chen Tianlong and Ouyang Meijia.
"Chen Tianlong, will we meet again?"
Ouyang Meijia finally voiced what had been on her mind for a long time.
"Haha, if we’re destined, we’ll meet even over a thousand miles, I’m at South Sea No.1 Middle School, if you want to visit over there, you can find me."
Chen Tianlong didn’t catch the meaning of Ouyang Meijia’s words, as she was reluctant to part while he was thinking of a playful meeting.
"Okay."
Ouyang Meijia said no more, but felt somewhat empty inside.
This man had inadvertently barged into her life and was now silently disappearing, and thinking about it made Ouyang Meijia a bit sad.
"Thank you, Meijia!"
Chen Tianlong showed a smile he hadn’t for a long time, glanced at Wu Mengting and the others up ahead, and without looking back, suddenly turned to hug Ouyang Meijia.
At that moment, Ouyang Meijia was stunned.
She never expected Chen Tianlong would act this way. If it were someone else, she might punch them, as this was clearly taking advantage.
But it was Chen Tianlong, the man who made her have unusual feelings.
"Don’t be surprised. I don’t know why I wanted to hug you, that’s all." Chen Tianlong held her for three seconds before quickly letting go, then smiled and said, "Alright, accompanying someone thousands of miles still ends in farewell, let’s part ways here."
"Alright, then... goodbye!"