Adam slowly opened his eyes after practicing a round of mindfulness. Seeing that his mana reserves were back to normal, the youth nodded. However, he couldn't help but wonder in surprise, Even with the increase in my mana reserves thanks to Val, I still ran out of mana…
This just went on to show how taxing the operation he was conducting truly was. If Berger wasn't there to help, he would have never been able to cure Elia. Not until he became a Rank 2 anyway.
He looked at Berger and saw that the old gnome was curiously looking at the placement of the needles on Elia's body and jotting down notes in his grimoire. He thought in amusement, Hehe, look at him act like a little child. Alright then, let's switch the roles of Teacher and Apprentice.
"Old man, now that the impurities have been removed, I'm going to unblock the acupoints where life force has remained stagnant for all these years." He got to his feet and explained to Berger.
Viktor chimed in. "Kid, how did so many impurities accumulate inside Elia in the first place?"
He glanced at the pungent, murky, black substance inside the tub with apprehension.
"A person is tainted with impurities the moment they are born. The air we breathe in, the food we eat, and the ground we touch, all have differing levels of impurities that our body accumulates as we grow older."
Adam explained as he walked toward Elia. He crouched down and started to take out the needles from her body. "Magic potions are said to contain a great amount of impurities. No matter how skilled a Herbalist is, they cannot extract all the impurities from their potions."
Viktor clenched his fists as his heart was gripped by guilt. Seeing him like this, Adam reassured him, "But worry not, I've extracted over ninety percent of the impurities inside of her."
"Does that mean she's going to be fine?" Viktor asked, his eyes brilliantly flashing with hope.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})"Well, not yet." Adam shrugged. He then looked at Berger and started to explain the procedure to him. Besides, it looked like the grumpy old gnome was desperate to learn his technique.
Adam stood over Elia and readied a new set of needles. He coated them with mana and patiently waited.
"When a child is inside a fetus, it absorbs nutrients through the placenta," Adam began.
"But Elia doesn't have one. It should have already been pushed out after giving birth to Edward," Berger added matter-of-factly.
"Correct." Adam nodded. "However, the damage is already done and has been spreading ever since. The life force has been blocked in many places, especially in the abdominal region."
"Hmm…" Berger had a thoughtful expression.
Adam continued, "So I'm going to apply the acupuncture technique to the large and small intestines, stomach, spleen, bladder, kidney, and finally the liver."
The youth's eyes narrowed and he launched the needles at the locations he had just mentioned. Berger paid rapt attention as he saw the needles penetrate the skin and come in contact with the organs.
Following that, Adam weaved a series of hand gestures and pointed his palms at the needles. A large amount of mana gushed out of him and transformed into tiny threads. These threads then accurately pierced the needles!
Seeing such fine control of mana, Viktor was shocked. Such precision!
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})As Adam continued to pour mana into the needles and unblock the acupoints, slowly and steadily the life force that had been blocked for so many years was now beginning to flow.
"How fascinating!" Berger could feel the flow of life force in Elia's abdominal region. He realized that the technique itself was simple, but it was the diagnosis that was the hard part.
Without proper diagnosis, Adam would never have learned just where to use his acupressure techniques.
More than half an hour later, Adam felt that the points had all been unblocked. Noticing that he still had mana left, he removed the needles from Elia's abdominal region. Then, he took out a new set of needles and hurled them at her.
This time, however, the needles penetrated different locations.
Seeing this, both Berger and Viktor were taken aback. After all, the points that the needles had penetrated were precisely the mana channels!
Adam explained, "I'm guiding the mana in her extraordinary meridians to flow smoothly. Just like her life force, the mana has also stagnated all these years."
After another thirty minutes, just when Adam's mana reserves were about to deplete, he was finally done. His knees buckled and he fell down right beside Elia.
He lazily lay down on his back and stared at the ceiling, his lips curling up into a faint smile "It's done."
Viktor's body trembled when he heard that. He knelt down beside his wife and gently grabbed her hand. Her hand no longer felt as cold as it used to and her skin was no longer pale. Her breathing was stable and a ruddy complexion had returned to her face.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Tears streamed down his face as he struggled to mutter, "She… she will live?"
Adam replied weakly, "Yeah, she'll live. But someone still has to help guide the life force in her primary meridians and make sure she doesn't relapse."
The youth sat up and then thought for a while before continuing, "I think twice a week for the next year should suffice. After that, she'll be completely fine without external help."
Viktor was in tears. He was so emotional that he couldn't even speak. He sobbed incessantly as he gently caressed his wife's cheeks.
"Oh, by the way," Adam added nervously, his eyes darting around the room. "You know how everything has a price? So, like, yeah… I wasn't able to stabilize her Magus rank. Uhm, I don't know what level she was before giving birth, but now… uh, well, she's a mortal now."
Afraid that Viktor would get mad, Adam hurriedly explained, "But don't worry. It's not like she can't practice magic ever. She just needs to start from scratch—"
However, his words abruptly came to a halt. All of a sudden, Viktor tightly grabbed his shoulders. He looked at the youth as tears endlessly streamed down his face.
"Thank you," he said from the bottom of his heart.
Adam was stunned. But then he nodded and smiled gently.
"You're welcome."
