The young maid was already stunned by this scene.
Just as she hesitated whether to speak up and stop it, she saw Xu Ping’an suddenly withdraw his hand and then offer it to her.
Xiao Jing was immediately bewildered.
She looked at her young mistress, whose eyes were hazy and cheeks flushed, then at the gentleman, whose expression was calm as if an old monk in meditation.
She hesitated for a moment, and then… with a blush, she opened her mouth.
Xu Ping’an stared intently at the path the yang energy took.
The silver needle on his fingertip was gently rubbed back and forth, searching for the best angle.
After waiting for a while, the young maid still hadn’t wiped his hand.
“Xiao Jing, what are you doing…”
Before the word ‘ne’ could even leave his mouth, Xu Ping’an saw Xiao Jing put his index finger in her mouth.
Xu Ping’an blinked, and Xiao Jing blinked back.
Li Yu’er, lying on the bed with a flushed face, couldn’t help but widen her eyes as well.
“What are you doing?! Hurry up and wipe my hand!”
“Ah? I… I thought sir wanted me to imitate Miss~”
Xu Ping’an sighed.
“Why would you imitate her? I was just giving her the green lotus leaf to eat.”
“Don’t swallow the leaf yet, hold it under your tongue. I’ll tell you when you can swallow it.”
Li Yu’er didn’t dare to look into Xu Ping’an’s eyes.
That moment of reassurance had already made her understand her feelings.
A young girl in love, hadn’t she always fantasized about marrying a man of her dreams?
Now, lying on the bed, her heart was pounding, and that instinctive reaction just now made her understand why she felt this way.
She had always pretended to be a man since childhood, acting as the heir of the Zhennan King’s Estate.
Although she didn’t encounter much, she did come across some related matters.
Sons of high officials and royal bloodline, many men would have such interests, and occasionally they would talk about these things in front of her.
Naturally, she understood that the scene just now clearly meant she was moved.
“Hurry up and wipe it clean, I still need to continue with the acupuncture.”
“Ah~ Yes, sir.”
Xiao Jing finally realized what she had done.
Her small face turned crimson, not daring to look up, and quickly picked up a towel to wipe Xu Ping’an’s hand dry.
The masculine scent and the large palm made her gaze become lost in thought.
When Xu Ping’an withdrew his hand, Xiao Jing felt a faint sense of reluctance in her heart.
However, Xu Ping’an naturally didn’t notice these things.
Having entered his state as a healer, he was almost entirely focused on treating illnesses and saving lives.
As for Li Yu’er’s reaction, Xu Ping’an was well aware of it.
After all, as someone with the Nine Yin Meridian, suddenly receiving such strong pure yang energy circulating in her Dantian, her body, which was originally dominated by yin energy, would naturally produce a certain kind of impulse.
The so-called balance of yin and yang: yin and yang not only harmonize conflicts but also attract each other.
It’s like two magnets; when they sense each other, they will involuntarily draw closer.
In the past, Li Yu’er would hardly have had such an impulse, because the Nine Yin Meridian created a turbid yin body, which could only be attracted by pure yang.
Pure against turbid, yin against yang; only when both of these matched would her body have some reaction.
The Nine Yin Meridian is so rare that it might not be found in tens of billions of people.
Similarly, a pure yang body is absolutely not easy to find.
Xu Ping’an didn’t continue thinking.
He twisted the needle with his right hand, and dipped his left index finger into a bit of tiger’s blood from the pure bottle’s mouth, dabbing it on Li Yu’er’s smooth abdomen.
Then, he watched as the yang energy in her Dantian slowly moved along the meridians set by the silver needle.
Whenever the yang energy was about to go astray, he would add another needle.
With tiger’s blood as the guide, yang elixir as the root, and lotus leaves as the medicine, these three rare treasures cooperated, counteracted, dissolved, and harmonized the turbid yin energy in Li Yu’er’s body.
As more and more meridians became blocked, the circulation of yang energy grew incredibly difficult.
Fortunately, even a single broken leaf from the lotus leaf, a treasure of chaos, possesses the power to overturn yin and yang.
Soon, guided by each needle, the pure yang energy from the Mountain Lord’s inner elixir began to flow through an acupuncture point that shouldn’t have been connected, forming an entirely new meridian.
This meridian ran through the five vital organs and six visceral organs, guiding the pure yang energy into the internal organs to supplement the previously missing yang energy.
Li Yu’er felt a warm current continuously circulating in her abdomen.
The feeling was so comfortable, as if for a moment, she had returned to her mother’s embrace.
It made her close her eyes, even forgetting the embarrassing scene from moments before.
All she knew was that a gentle, large hand was lightly caressing her stomach, and that warm current flowed continuously with this hand.
Unbeknownst to her, she had become entranced, feeling as if she were floating like an immortal.
“Swallow it.”
Suddenly, a man’s soft voice entered her ears.
Her instincts completely lacked any intention to refuse this voice.
Following his words, she swallowed the broken leaf in her mouth.
Instantly, the warmth that had been flowing in her abdomen spread throughout her entire body.
Even her whole being seemed to become more energetic.
“Phew… this treatment is over. Miss Yu’er, you can have a good night’s sleep tonight.”
Opening his Chaos Golden Eyes and looking at the Mountain Lord’s inner elixir, which was now self-regulating in Li Yu’er’s Dantian, Xu Ping’an finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This particular technique carried some risk, and it wouldn’t have concluded so smoothly had he not possessed so many heavenly treasures.
Another person cured, though this was just the beginning.
With this first step successful, the subsequent steps would naturally follow suit.
He pulled out the silver needles one by one and placed them in the needle bottle.
These needles would all need to be sterilized and cleaned before their next use.
Xu Ping’an felt a surge of joy.
It wasn’t because of the delicate beauty lying before him, but because he had cured another patient.
This sense of accomplishment and satisfaction was what made him never regret becoming a healer.
After all, he had spent so many years in the system-created space, memorizing ancient texts with obscure meanings – it was monotonous, boring, and at times, even worse than death.
He casually took out a jade box and handed it to Xiao Jing, who was standing nearby.
“Inside are ten beans. Starting tomorrow, give Miss Yu’er one every morning. Remember not to touch the beans directly with your hands; there’s a wooden clip inside. Use the wooden clip, and never let them fall on the ground, or they’ll be useless.”
“Yes,” Xiao Jing nodded, taking the box and gently opening it for a look. Inside were ten emerald green beans, each the size of a soybean. Every bean glowed with a faint green light in the darkness.
“What is this?” Li Yu’er glanced at them with a hint of curiosity, but saw Xu Ping’an looking at her with displeasure.
“Beans. They’re just mung beans, understand?”
A flash of brilliance instantly flickered in her peach blossom eyes.
Her pretty face wore a slight smile as she lowered her gaze and nodded.
“If Mister says so, then so it is.”
“Hmm, a teachable child indeed.” Xu Ping’an nodded in satisfaction.
Really, why did this princess have so many questions? Didn’t she know some things couldn’t be divulged to outsiders?
“You rest well. After you finish those beans in ten days, we’ll proceed with the next treatment.”
At the mention of “treatment,” Li Yu’er couldn’t help but blush.
She nodded slightly, uttering a nearly inaudible ‘Mm.’
Seeing this, Xu Ping’an finally got up.
However, just as he reached the doorway, Li Yu’er’s voice came from behind him.
“Mister, you’ve worked hard.”
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