Chapter 104: BOSS Seed

  Wu Tong and the others finally retreated, Hua Mei let out a sigh of relief, her bright eyes filled with admiration, and smiled: "Uncle, you're really amazing, you saw through their hidden illness at a glance."

  "I cheated them."

  Nie Kong smiled and said.

  In the ancestral medical skills he learned, apart from those hundreds of acupoints that people are familiar with, there are also nine major hidden acupoints. The "Nine Turns Golden Needle Technique" is established on these nine major hidden acupoints. One of the hidden acupoints used to scare the martial arts students is the "Black Court Acupoint".

  If it were in the previous life, Nie Kong's method would be difficult to work, but here it is different. In this world, the spiritual power between heaven and earth is exceptionally abundant, under the influence of which, even if one cannot cultivate, there will still be a faint wisp of spiritual power within the body, and that "Black Court Hole" is one of the intersections of several spiritual powers. When pressed down with force, the spiritual power appears to be briefly disordered, causing symptoms such as dizziness and numbness in the head and body.

  This is Nie Kong's combination of memories from his two lives, and it can be used to scare people for a short time. However, if the time is prolonged, his lies will be exposed. Moreover, this trick only works on ordinary people and low-level spiritual masters. For spiritual masters above Fusion, poking them won't have any reaction.

  "Ah!"

  "Uncle, so you're saying that the spiritual key and technique they've been cultivating is also flawed? Oh no, oh no! If this gets out and the clan leader and elders find out you're spreading rumors, it'll be trouble!" Her black gemstone-like eyes revealed a worried expression, making her even more endearing.

  Nie Kong smiled lightly and said, "Sister, don't worry. Even if the clan leader and elders find out, they'll at most just scold me. Besides, I've already thought of a way to cure my own illness. By the time Wu Tong and the others learn the truth, my illness might be gone."

  "Really?"

  Her beautiful eyes widened in surprise, staring at Nie Kong in disbelief. Seeing his serious face, she began to believe him a little and exclaimed with excitement, "If there's really a way, that would be great! Father and mother are gone, your brother is also gone, our family only has you left as the only man, you must not have any accidents." As she spoke, two blurry tears welled up in her eyes again, on the verge of crying.

  Seeing her almost in tears, Nie Kong hastily said: "I know, I will definitely live well. Sister-in-law, I'm so hungry now."

  "Look at me, I forgot you haven't eaten for almost two days."

  Hua Mei quickly stood up, looking at Nie Kong's bitter face, and couldn't help but let out a "heh" laugh, with a snort bubble coming out of her nose. Embarrassed, she exclaimed "aiya", her face flushing red, covering her straight nose and saying in a low voice, "Uncle, you rest first, I'll go make porridge for you."

  She rushed out of the room, her figure somewhat disheveled.

  Nie Kong couldn't help but smile. On Earth, most 19-year-old girls were still in high school or college, enjoying their wonderful campus life. But here, they were already married, and some were even mothers of one or two children.

  Thinking of this sixteen-year-old widow, Nie Kong felt a tinge of sympathy. In his memory, Hua Mei was very shy, but the bravery and determination she showed when threatened by Wu Tong and others just now made Nie Kong not only sympathetic but also quite admiring.

  It was a long time before Nie Kong regained his composure. With his eyes closed and his spirit calmed, he quietly sorted out the memories in his mind.

  This is the vast continent known as Tianling, where numerous countries stand tall, and the Great Empire of Da Cheng lies in the southeastern region. In this land with a history of nearly ten thousand years, Spirit Masters have always been the rulers, and even the name of the continent comes from the ninth realm of the Spirit Masters.

  In the spiritual clan of the Dacheng Empire, the actual strength of the Jiyang Nie family can definitely be ranked in the top five.

  For a big family like Nie's, it is especially important to cultivate younger generations in order to carry on the family legacy. In terms of cultivation, direct and collateral lines are basically equal; as long as one has outstanding talent, even if they come from a collateral line, they will still receive attention and care from the family.

  Unfortunately, Nie Kong was not among them.

  For some reason, he and his brother Nie Kong had been plagued by illness since childhood. No matter how hard Nie Qingyang tried to use her spiritual power to heal them, there was no improvement. Taking large amounts of spiritual medicine also did not help, especially when Nie Kong was young, his body was detected to have a wood attribute. Water, fire, wind, thunder, and earth are the five most common attributes among spiritual masters, while wood is extremely rare. However, it's not precious because of its rarity, but rather a garbage attribute that appears only once in a hundred years.

  This is mainly because since ancient times, there have been very few spirit masters with a wood-attribute physique, and the entire continent can't find more than a few cultivable techniques.

  Taking "Mo Lou" in Nie family which collects all kinds of spiritual tricks and skills as an example, there isn't any kind belonging to wood system inside.

  As a result, Nie Kong, being a rare species, was unable to cultivate at all, and even Nie Qingyang gave up on the idea of cultivating Nie Kong into a spiritual master. However, Nie Kong refused to give up, and from a young age, he persisted in practicing the most basic universal spiritual technique, "Five Stars Shift Technique", despite his frail body.

  This spiritual formula can be cultivated by anyone with any physical properties. When Nie family children first cultivate their spiritual power, they all start with the "Five Star Shift Formula". Unfortunately, wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel. Nie Kong had been cultivating bitterly for ten years and his cultivation was only at the level of gathering spirit in one product, not even as good as those little kids.

  Three years ago, Nie Qingyang, a ninth-grade cultivator of the Lingshu Sect, died in battle during an operation to capture a spiritual beast. Since then, Nie Kong and Hua Mei have been dependent on each other for survival. Fortunately, the Nie family treats its deceased members relatively well, providing a condolence fee of 50,000 gold coins and a monthly allowance of 500 gold coins.

  The purchasing power of one gold coin here is roughly equivalent to 100 yuan on Earth in the previous life. It was precisely that generous compensation and maintenance fee that allowed Nie Kong, who had no ability to make money, to hold on until today. One has to say that such a family is indeed not bad; if after the father's death in battle, the children left behind were abandoned and ignored just because they had no value to be cultivated, which clansman would still be willing to die for the Nie family?

  "The 50,000 gold coins have been spent long ago. According to the Nie family rules, the maintenance fee is only paid until the age of 18. Perhaps the family will take into account that I am a sickly person and pay for a few more years, but this cannot last forever. For now, it's best to find out what disease this body has first."

  Nie Kong had previously told Hua Mei that he had a way to cure his own illness, although it was intended to comfort her, but most of it was still due to his confidence in his family's traditional acupuncture. As soon as the thought occurred to him, Nie Kong raised his right hand's index and middle fingers, lightly placing them on the pulse gate of his left hand, concentrating on observing the pulse image.

  "...... Indeed, it is meridian obstruction, qi and blood are not circulating, leading to a multitude of diseases...... Hmm, no?"

  Nie Kong furrowed his brow in confusion, for the pulse still hid some strange aspects that made it difficult for him to determine. After a moment of contemplation, he thought of the warm flow that had suddenly burst out when he was unable to move earlier. Nie Kong's heart stirred, and he hastily sat cross-legged, circulating the "Five Elements Shift Technique".

  What is referred to as the five stars are actually the five centers, namely the palmar surface of both hands, the plantar surface of both feet and the crown of the head.

  Nie Kong, although only gathering a single type of spiritual energy, barely qualified as a spiritual master. With the ten years of cultivation experience left in his memory, Nie Kong quickly calmed down and threads of weak spiritual energy like fine silk entered his body from the five hearts, converging on the "Ling Shen San Que" at his lower abdomen.

  Ling Shen San Jiao, in fact, is the Dan Tian that Nie Kong is familiar with. After cultivating the Ling Jue, three whirlpool-shaped apertures will form inside the Dan Tian, arranged in a pinzijin pattern.

  This cave is the foundation of all spiritual masters' cultivation.

  After a moment, Nie Kong was delighted to discover that as the spiritual power flowed in, the situation inside his dantian clearly appeared in his mind. Moreover, under the slight tremble of the three spiritual orifices, the scene that Nie Kong could "see" was constantly extending to other parts of his body.

  This feeling is really mysterious. If I had such a method in my previous life, I estimate that my title of "famous Chinese medicine doctor" would have been upgraded to "divine doctor" long ago.

  "Huh?"

  Not even a few seconds of joy, Nie Kong suddenly exclaimed in surprise. In the central empty space of the "Ling Shen San Que", there was actually a cluster of purple oval-shaped particles. The particles were about the size of soybeans, smooth and round, with intricate patterns seemingly carved on their surface.

  Nie Kong subconsciously concentrated his mind on the purple particle, and instantly, the pattern on its surface rapidly expanded in his brain.

  "Is... is this the legendary Violet Spirit Fragrance?!"

  Even with Nie Kong's calm state of mind, he couldn't help but be shocked. The pattern was none other than the ultimate BOSS from the "Demon" game, only its body had shrunk by countless times.

  Take another look at those purple particles, Nie Kong also has a familiar feeling.

  He had seen the official website of Yao Mo's announcement about the data of Zǐluó Huàn Líng Xiāng, after this BOSS was knocked down, it would explode a large number of precious items, and the first one was a round purple seed, as for the function of the seed, there was no detailed explanation, very mysterious.

  Now, the mysterious BOSS seed in the game is actually in his own belly? Nie Kong's mind became confused, was this world a game or reality?

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