Chapter 1205: Chapter 1196: Pale and Powerless
Xiao Yifei ignored it, applying force with his middle and ring fingers together, instantly shooting the remaining main needles into the other three paws of the Blood Skin Tiger.
The Blood Skin Tiger let out a strange wail, then completely frozen, could only maintain its cold gaze, staring intently at Xiao Yifei, but to the blood-covered Xiao Yifei, it seed so pale and powerless.
Xiao Yifei spat to the side, and exclaid, “Isn’t it ti for to beat you up now?”
Xiao Yifei understood well the saying about a starved cal being bigger than a horse, and to prevent the Blood Skin Tiger’s desperate counterattack, he took out the auxiliary needles hidden in his right sleeve, circled around the main needles to pin down, thoroughly sealing the ridians of those main acupoints.
Xiao Yifei tightly grabbed the top fur of the Blood Skin Tiger with his left hand, freeing his right hand to lift a not-so-big but powerful fist, using all the remaining strength in his body, and punched towards the Blood Skin Tiger’s abdon. He struck about thirty to fifty punches, with blood gushing from the Blood Skin Tiger’s eyes, nose, and ears, leaving only weak breath coming from its mouth.
Even then, it wasn’t over. Xiao Yifei released his hands, lifted his right foot, and launched a frenzy of kicks towards the Blood Skin Tiger’s face, kicking it fifty or sixty tis, until the Blood Skin Tiger didn’t even have the strength to wail, its eyes turned white, and it completely passed out.
Xiao Yifei withdrew the silver needles from the Blood Skin Tiger’s body and attempted to clean them before imdiately trying to insert them into his own ridians, but he was unable to muster the strength, as he had exerted all his energy, leaving his limbs limp.
He called over the dazed Ci Xin, “What are you standing there for, hurry and help seal the ridians, or else all my blood will run out.”
Ci Xin finally snapped out of it, walked over, and according to the thod Xiao Yifei taught her, inserted the silver needles into Xiao Yifei’s ridians, sealing the relentlessly bleeding wounds.
Xiao Yifei lay in her arms, watching her finish everything, and smiled brightly at her, “How about it, not bad, right?” and then fainted.
Ci Xin looked at the blood-covered Xiao Yifei and thought, “More than just not bad.”
It turned out that the Blood Skin Tiger was a rare tiger that even Ci Xin had only heard of but never seen.
Legend has it that out of ten thousand, one Blood Skin Tiger is born. At birth, it is already a combat-ready tiger, but after going through forty-nine days of bloody battles, its fur becos dyed red with its enemies’ blood, evolving into a Blood Skin Tiger. This type of tiger is extrely ferocious, never leaving any threat alive within a ten-mile radius of its territory, slaughtering beasts and humans alike.
A mature Blood Skin Tiger requires at least three Golden Elixir Stage masters to handle. If it weren’t for Xiao Yifei’s quick thinking in using the Biwei Silver Needle against it, the outco might have been very different.
Ci Xin sighed softly and carried the unconscious Xiao Yifei toward a safe place.
Three days later, Xiao Yifei woke up. Although Ci Xin had treated his wounds simply, she wasn’t a professional dical personnel, so she couldn’t achieve the optimal healing effect.
Furthermore, only two days had passed since the battle, and Xiao Yifei’s wounds hadn’t significantly improved. The imnse pain made it impossible for him to stand.
Xiao Yifei tried using Qi to heal his body, but after that battle, his body was depleted of Qi, and during his days of unconsciousness, it hadn’t been replenished at all, leaving him unable to help himself.
He didn’t dare to remove the Biwei Silver Needle sealing the ridians, fearing that once the main needles were removed, the clotted blood in the ridians would be released, causing the wounds to bleed profusely again.
He had no choice but to instruct Ci Xin on a few herbal dicines, asking her to search for them in the deep mountains to speed up his wound healing. Once fully healed, he could absorb the natural Qi to replenish his empty Dantian.
“Astragalus, wolfberry, these two herbs are quite common, should be easy to find in the mountains. They can help replenish blood and Qi, promote blood circulation, and resolve stasis. The spleen and stomach are the sources of the body’s vital energy, postnatal essence. The spleen’s physiological functions mainly include transporting and transforming water and grains, generating Qi and blood, and supporting the muscles and limbs. Get so corydalis roots too, as I need to replenish the deficiency in my spleen and stomach. By the way, if conditions allow, bring the Blood Skin Tiger’s gallbladder, it should greatly aid in my body’s recovery.” After saying all this, Xiao Yifei closed his eyes and lay beside her, focusing on recuperation.
Left astonished, Ci Xin muttered, “Hah, when did it beco your turn to boss around, you brat? Just wait until you’re healed, you’ll get what’s coming.”
Xiao Yifei was delighted about stepping up from the oppressed, which greatly lifted his spirits.
After Ci Xin left, Xiao Yifei began to recall the details of that day’s battle. Having faced life-threatening situations several tis, his understanding of combat increased dramatically, and his body began forming a kind of muscle mory for fighting. Thanks to half a month’s training with Ci Xin, his skills improved significantly, otherwise, he would have been dead in that battle for sure.
Xiao Yifei also recalled a detail from the battle, which was during the final phase when he infused Qi into the Biwei Silver Needles. They emitted a faint azure glow, seemingly enjoying it, and resonated with his Qi, complenting each other. Xiao Yifei thought that once his Qi was restored, he must explore the secret of these fourteen needles properly.
Before long, Ci Xin returned with the herbs Xiao Yifei ntioned to their resting place. For a strong person like Ci Xin, as long as she released her Qi and sensed carefully, she could search for herbs nearby, mainly because a girl like her wasn’t fond of the violent martial world gas, so she invested more in sensing Qi than in Body Energy.
Xiao Yifei accepted the herbs with gratitude and began to arduously prepare the herbal redy. He eagerly desired a peak state to continue his training and help Ci Xin find the passwords of the five great families, so he could return to Beijing and assist the Hua Family in eliminating external threats.
With the materials in hand, the herbal decoction process beca much easier, and Xiao Yifei endured the difficulty of taking his self-prepared dicine and asked, “What about the tiger gallbladder? Did you get it?”
“Of course.” Ci Xin turned her delicate hand over to take out a cloth pouch from her bosom, containing a gallbladder as large as a fist, showing a dark green color, clearly indicating that Ci Xin’s skills weren’t very good, as traces of flesh remained on the extracted tiger gallbladder.
Xiao Yifei gasped in amazent, thinking, “This tiger gallbladder itself is a precious dicine capable of treating severe injuries, loss of appetite, blockages of all kinds, even blood stasis in the heart, saving patients on the brink of death, reputed to have Resurrection effects. Given that the Blood Skin Tiger is a tiger among elites, who knows what amazing effects consuming this tiger gallbladder might have.”
With this thought, Xiao Yifei couldn’t help but gulp greedily.
A surge of nausea suddenly overwheld Ci Xin as she cast a look of disdain towards Xiao Yifei and said, “Do you have a habit of eating raw organs?”
Xiao Yifei retorted, “What do you know, this Blood Skin Tiger’s gallbladder might have extraordinary replenishing effects. Normal people wouldn’t even get to see it in their lifeti, let alone eat it. If I could consu this, maybe my physique would improve drastically. Didn’t you say only approaching human limits allows one to break through to the Golden Elixir Realm?”
Ci Xin suddenly understood, thinking, “This boy surviving such an intense battle would naturally enhance his physical qualities, and combining it with this could-be precious Blood Skin Tiger gallbladder, it might just work.”
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