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"Wang Tuozi calmly said, 'This is my own business, and I will handle it myself. You don't need to worry about it. Can you treat it or not? Otherwise, why would I come all the way to this godforsaken place?' Remembering the crow droppings from earlier, Wang Tuozi felt a wave of nausea wash over him.
Peng Bai chuckled, 'As long as there's breath left, even if the Three Souls and Seven Spirits have left the body, I, Peng Bai, can bring back a soul and a spirit. It's just that this eye...'
Wang Tuozi's heart sank. 'What about it?'
'The eye is a bit tricky...'
'Can it be treated?' Wang Tuozi blurted out.
'It's not that it can't be treated; it's just that this matter is indeed quite complicated. Here's the plan: I'll first stabilize his body, and discussing the eye now would be pointless.'
Wang Tuozi thought to himself, 'It seems that's the only way.'
'Qiqi, come over and lend a hand,' Peng Bai called Qiqi over and turned Wei Ning onto his back. 'There's no time to waste. I'm going to prepare now. Qiqi, you set up the altar. As for you...' Peng Bai suddenly gave Wang Tuozi a strange smile.
'Damn it!' Wang Tuozi cursed angrily and spat on the ground in frustration.
Before long, Qiqi set up an Eight Immortals table and hung a portrait of Taiyi Jiu Ku Zun above it. After arranging tea, wine, flowers, and other offerings on the table, Peng Bai finally dressed himself properly. After performing three bows and nine prostrations, he recited the Taiyi Golden Light Incantation seven times. After burning Longevity Gold, he proclaimed loudly, 'I respectfully invite the great compassion of Taiyi Jiu Ku Zun, Medicine King Sun Zhenren, Jiu Xuan Niang Niang, and all the celestial masters to bless me and support me, Peng Bai, in demonstrating divine power.'
After reciting the incantation three times, Peng Bai began drawing talismans. He placed the talisman on incense and circled it three times clockwise before burning it in half a bowl of water. He then chanted over the talisman: 'Earthly deity, human separation is difficult; may all calamities turn to dust.' He had Qiqi support Wei Ning while he infused the talisman into him before they both tidied up the altar.
At that moment, Peng Bai peeked out the window and saw Wang Tuozi squatting on the ground with a cloth covering his mouth and nose, diligently digging for earthworms. He couldn't help but stomp his feet in laughter.
'Damn it! I hope you don't need anything from me,' Wang Tuozi cursed furiously.
Peng Bai pulled out a bag of silver needles from somewhere; each one was as fine as a sheep's hair brush—there were nearly a thousand of them—and handed them to Qiqi. 'From now on, you'll be the one to administer acupuncture. I'm getting old; my eyesight isn't what it used to be, and I can't locate acupoints as accurately anymore.'
Qiqi's face flushed slightly. 'Isn't that a bit inappropriate...?'
Peng Bai rolled his eyes. 'Stop with the nonsense; just do as you're told.'"
Qiqi remained silent.
From that moment on, Peng Bai would perform rituals to cure Wei Ning, while Qiqi administered acupuncture. With the addition of Peng Bai's special herbs, Wei Ning's pulse gradually stabilized, no longer as chaotic as it had been at the beginning.
A month later, Wei Ning finally began to awaken. The first thing he saw was Qiqi's half-hidden face. Looking down at his nearly naked body, he instinctively pulled up the blanket.
"Don't move," Qiqi said calmly. "I'm giving you acupuncture. If you move around and I hit the wrong acupoint, don't blame me if something goes wrong."
It was then that Wei Ning noticed his body was covered in silver needles, resembling a hedgehog. Qiqi took out another needle and gently touched his abdomen before inserting it.
"Why does this girl always have such a serious expression? If she smiled, she would look really beautiful," a strange thought suddenly crossed Wei Ning's mind. He felt like he had seen her somewhere before but couldn't recall where. "I wonder why such a pretty girl covers half her face; I can't help but wonder if her entire face is as beautiful."
Wei Ning remained silent, and Qiqi did not speak either. The atmosphere in the room maintained an eerie silence until Qiqi inserted the needle three inches below Wei Ning's navel.
"This spot... let's skip it..." Wei Ning's face turned bright red as he covered that area with his hand, looking extremely embarrassed.
"Move your hand away; if you don't want to die, take your hand off," Qiqi said coldly, her tone as unyielding as iron.
"This..." Wei Ning wished he could find a hole to hide in, unsure of what to do.
"Fine, suit yourself. I'm leaving." With that, Qiqi stood up to leave. Wei Ning quickly called out to her, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace. "Be gentle."
"Take your hand away!" Qiqi surprisingly showed no hesitation and rubbed her hand over Wei Ning's private area. Instantly, he reacted, standing up as if saluting Qiqi, feeling utterly mortified.
"Not bad," Qiqi remarked as she pressed down with the needle.
After Qiqi left, Wei Ning was left blushing furiously when Wang Tuozi walked in.
"Master," Wei Ning called out hurriedly.
"Don't be ridiculous," Wang Tuozi said, his face cold as Frost. "I can't bear the burden of this. If you call me that, Wei, aren't you just shortening my life?"
Wei Ning was taken aback. "Master, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Wang Tuozi replied. "You, Wei, are so powerful; how could you possibly regard an old man like me? I wouldn't dare to be your master; that would be asking for my own demise."
"Master, what's going on? Don't joke with me like this."
Wang Tuozi sneered. "Alright, let me ask you this: secretly taking someone else as your master to learn Dao Techniques, all for a woman, and you're making such a fuss about it. You, Wei, have quite the talent! Tell me, do you still see me as your master?"
Realizing that Wang Tuozi was here to settle accounts, Wei Ning wanted to stand up and kneel before him, but his body wouldn't allow it. He timidly said, "I didn't take him as my master; I only learned his Five Thunder Palm. Besides, the Five Thunder Palm is a family heirloom of the Wei Family. Learning it doesn't go against my sect."
Wang Tuozi's voice turned icy. "The Five Thunder Palm is a family heirloom of the Wei Family? Whose is it?"
"His," Wei Ning replied softly.
"Who is he? What's his name? Which school does he belong to? What kind of Dao techniques does he practice that allows him to use the Five Thunder Palm?"
Wei Ning was suddenly speechless. Indeed, he hadn't even figured out the old man's name and had already started learning the Five Thunder Palm from him.
"Can't answer that now, can you?"
Wei Ning tried to defend himself softly. "But what he taught me is indeed our Wei Family's Five Thunder Palm; that's not wrong."
"The Five Thunder Palm belongs to your Wei Family? Is that so? My Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms is a family heirloom of the Wang family; do you believe that?"
Wei Ning was left at a loss for words and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't the Five Thunder Palm ours in the Wei Family?"
Wang Tuozi snorted coldly. "The Five Thunder Palm is a Forbidden Technique. Decades ago, the Taoist Sect established a rule: anyone who secretly learns the Five Thunder Palm can be executed without question. You have now become a target for all; let's see how long you can keep dancing around!"
"Then, how could this happen? Why did he pass on the Five Thunder Palm to me? Could it be..." Wei Ning suddenly realized, exclaiming, "He wants to kill me!"
"Is your brain not even as sharp as a pig's yet?"
"Which other girl named Lin could it be? Back when he was in Phoenix, he aimed to harm both you and me. Didn't you notice? This time, you were tricked again, losing an eye in the process. Good, good, very good. A lovesick fool, encouraging one."
At this moment, Wei Ning was filled with regret and couldn't care less about Wang Tuozi's sarcastic remarks. He said bitterly, "Master, don't worry. I will never have anything to do with that Enchantress again!"
"Really?"
Wei Ning recalled Lin Lingsu's resolute face from that time and declared fiercely, "Really!"
"Do you dare to swear?"
"Fine."
"Good. If you continue to have any dealings with that Girl..."
"Then," Peng Bai suddenly popped up from somewhere, continuing Wang Tuozi's words, "if you two get married and have a son, he will be a slave for generations; if you have a daughter, she will be a prostitute for generations... Haha, isn't that vicious? That's how it goes in books... Hey, Wang Laoge, why do you have a worm on your shoulder?"
As soon as Wang Tuozi heard the word "worm," he immediately clutched his stomach and ran to the window, vomiting uncontrollably.
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