Only after his words fell into the ears of his sister did she finally comprehend what she just did and realization had finally downed on her, she looked at her own feets and legs and saw that she was indeed standing again after a whole year, she was able to stand again and move on her own .
The girl found herself suddenly stammering, unable to muster any words to say, she actually suddenly collapsed on the floor, there wasn't much issue with her physical body anymore, if I were to voice out my thoughts, I would say that her current issue laid in her Mental Fortitude .
She weren't able to adapt to her regaining the ability to walk, that what made her fell on the floor like that, it would take her some time before she can use her legs as normal as before, she seemed to have become aware of this as well, Lu Jian tried to ask about if she was okay, but she didn't reply directly, tears started to stream down from her eyes .
Those weren't tears of misfortune or sadness, these were actually tears of joy, she was happy that she regained her ability to walk, she shifted her body towards me and said while burying her head on the floor :
Lu Hua own Doctor Tian a lifetime debt of gratitude, I hope that Young Master won't hesitate to ask me anything that in my power to do as to repay the grace he had shown me .
Lu Jian who still hadn't get his questions answered, suddenly prostrated himself behind the girl as well and repeated the exact same words .
Looking at her current sincere attitude, I started to have an improved good impression of her, I told the two of them to rise up, but only after I said :
" You two's feelings have been very much accepted, so if you can get up, I would be more grateful, this was me repaying my own debt and doing a favor to a brother, some ties are now broken while other ties got even stronger, this is how fate works, so please get up .
After I said this, Lu Jian rose up without an issue, it was Lu Hua's reaction that had me baffled, her sobbing increased even more, this time it seemed to be the tears of heartache, similar to the tears I shed back in my old world when I confessed and my feelings got rejected .
I was about to check what in the world might be wrong with her, but then Tu Tu suddenly sprinted into the scene with teary eyes and she yelled while hugging Lu Hua after covering her with a blanket :
Miss, your clothes .
Her shout made me think about something that I had almost forgotten about, the source of her curse and the reason for her torment should lay in that Yin Qi that most likely was now swarming her body completely now, could the same method be used to solve it, I wonder .
" Tu Tu, leave her dressed as she is, if it's a necessary, then I hope that she would something that revealed part of her abdomen, now I will try to break that curse of her once and for all .
As I said this, the two people that had barged into the room just now had suddenly startled expressions on their face, Lu Jian came towards me with a difficult to describe expression on his face and patted me on the shoulder a few times, then said :
Brother Tian, could you please tell me what this is for, hadn't you resolved the issue that was troubling her .
Seeing that he still seem to not understand what I said before, I explained to him that I had just extracted the Yang Qi that was responsible for the meridians and nerves in her lower body get damaged, I hadn't told him about Lu Chiang being responsible for the plan of giving Lu Hua aphrodisiac .
" I had solved the issue with her legs, now I'm more than half certain of my ability to eradicate her curse or at least alleviate her pain, for that I will need to check what exactly was releasing that strong Yin energy in her abdomen, what are your thoughts ? .
He fell silent for a while and seemed to be deep in thought, then he said awkwardly :
Brother Tian it's not that I want to belittle you or anything like that, you are a great benefactor to our family, it's just, the energies and the things you are talking about look to be more advanced than the knowledge that we have, if possible I would like for you to call Master Chen to come here and watch over this process, I'm not willing to see you or my sister get injured by mistake, after all you... .
I agree to let him do it, Tu Tu help me on putting a more suitable wardrobe .
Big sister, this can't be..... .
For some reason, the air around Lu Hua had changed drastically, she suddenly raised herself up and directly said that was willing to take her chances with me, Lu Jian tried to dissuade her into not rushing kind of things .
Yet, the girl demeanor seemed to have become completely different compared to before, she was able to stand steady on her feat and her face was now even more charming than before, something about her icy ink like eyes made Lu Jian involuntarily swallow back his words, he just nodded his head and asked me to accompany him to outside as she take some time to change .
I find nothing wrong with this, nodded my head and allowed him to lead me to the guest room, it seem that the room had been left to gather dust for who knows how many years now, I dusted one of the few seats that seemed to be still durable enough to bear me sitting on it .
Lu Jian disappeared for a bit, then came back with two tea cups that had a unique aroma to them, he handed me a cup and said :
This tea is brewed with a 10 years old Enlightenment Tea Leaves, you should understand its effects after the first sip, cheers .
He said this and literally siphoned the tea in one full sweep, then he directly started to meditate with his legs crossed, I was a bit confused at what had taken over him all of a sudden, but with the cup of tea in my hand, I determined that I would surely find out after one sip as he said .
The second I drank that tea, my mind suddenly exploded with different kinds of thoughts, my mind become sharper than ever, I almost reached the same state of enlightenment that I hit after perfecting my Mastery over Thunderclap Fist, but it was a little short still .
The second I thought about Thunderclap Fist, I saw that all my thoughts got cleared up, not a single thought appeared on my mind regarding that Martial Skill, the weird state of clarity of mind was still there, I was able to tell because the second I shifted my focus to another Martial Technique, the technique that helped me reach where I am today, the Solid Rock Fist, I felt a turbid insights suddenly starting to be accumulated by me .
Then the next second I felt that I was starting to lose the state of clarity I was in, it seem that it was a temporary mild copy of enlightenment, but my gains are still great without no doubt, I found myself back to normal a few seconds later .
The first thing that came to my mind was the notification from the Panel, reporting that the Decade Old Enlightenment Tea had been completely and perfectly consumed .
So how did you find it ? .
Opening my closed eyes, I found Lu Jian looking at me with a smile on his face, I nodded at him and smiled slightly then said :
" Amazing but exactly how much did it cost ? .
A tael of this tea cost roughly a 10 tael of gold .
I was momentarily dumbstruck by the price and looked at the cup in hand and saw that it somewhat become empty, I should have at least kept some on for some other time, what a huge loss this was .
Seeing me shaking my head, Lu Jian seemed happy with my reaction and suddenly he offered me a bag that shared the same aroma as the tea just now, I couldn't help but widen my eyes at him and ask him bewilderingly, saying :
" What is that ? .
You can't tell just by the scent, well in the bag there are 10 taels of Decade Old Enlightenment Tea Leaves, 10 taels of 5 years old Enlightenment Tea Leaves, 10 taels of Decade Old Fragrant Soul Tea Leaves .
Just hearing about the enlightenment tea leaves he gave me was enough for me to push the bag back and refuse to accept it directly, this bag at least cost a 1000 gold taels, holding it in hand felt like I'm holding a heavy mountain in hand, I can't possibly accept this .
Brother Tian, I call you a brother and yet you don't want to accept my gifts, how can this work ? .
" Well, if you gift was a small fortune then I would accept it easily, but what inside that bag is nothing short of a worth killing for fortune, of course I can't let you suffer such a loss for nothing .
Who said anything about it being for nothing, haven't you already healed Hua'er, let me tell you, you doing this is enough for me to open the family treasure hall for you to pick what you want, but I have my own troubles currently, so I can't propose doing such a thing, for that I'm sorry .
" You don't need to do this, as I said before, I owe the Young Miss a favor and now we are could be considered even, so I hope you take your things back, otherwise people would think that I Tian Long preferred money over paying back what I owed, please .
I pushed the bag back to him and once again he pushed back to my side, I don't know how many times have that happened by now, but it should have happened quite the number of times, since I couldn't clearly remember it, after pushing the bag towards me he said :
I can tell that brother Tian is a great person who would achieve great things in the near future, so you can count this as my small investment in you .
" If that is reason that might even be one more reason to refuse this gift of yours, opportunity coexist with danger, achieving great things might also entice even more great enemies, by then your whole family might be wiped out .
The guy seemed quite frustrated with my blunt refusal and he stayed silent for a while as he held the bag in his hand, I thought that he had finally accepted that I wasn't going to take his gift, but then I saw that his face suddenly cleared up and he looked as if he had realized something, maybe the tea effect was still working on him, he said :
Brother Tian should be embarrassed to take this gift because he think of what it costed me, am I right ? .
Seeing him stating my reason indeed for refusal, I nodded my head and saw that his smile widened even more as he said :
Well, since that is the case, then you can surly accept this gift of mine without any problem .
" Huh, what do you mean by that ? .
He seemed to anticipate my reaction as he directly explained himself, saying :
Well, I hope that you can keep this a secret between us two, but the tea leaves in this bag come from a special hidden place that my father had discovered in the forest outside the city, through that special place, our family had dominated the Tea Leaves businesses and medicinal herbs trade, so you shouldn't feel burdened anymore now that you know that it literally had cost me almost nothing, right ? .
Hearing the ambiguity in his explanation, I understood that even if I were to ask him to explain a bit more, it would only make the situation awkward, so in the end I accepted the Tea Leaves bag he prepared for me and said that I would share some of it with Chu Jian, which made the other guy laugh .
Brother Chu Jian had already got a tea leaves bag already, so there was no need to share with him, but just so that you are warned, the Fragrant Soul Tea Leaves need to be consumed moderately, consuming more than one cup every three days and you might as well start seeing ghosts in the mid of the day, it have a calming effect on the soul and if taken frequently, there have been cases on letting people awaken as Spiritualist even .
Hearing what he said, I nodded my head and even though I didn't take it to the heart, I let him have the illusion that I did, with the Panel I'm not afraid of any negative effect in this world, I couldn't help but wonder if this kind of tea was the reason for Lu Hua's soul power, maybe it contributed or maybe not, it really doesn't matter .
Oh and also you should better sell some of those tea leaves after you found their effect get weakend due to the body resistance and whatnot .
Young Master Tian, the Miss is ready for you .
The maid Tu Tu suddenly sprinted towards us and she reported that all the preparations have been made, I nodded at Lu Jian and went with Tu Tu towards where her young miss room with Lu Jian on our tail, I joked with the maid on the title she gave herself when she first met me and how was addressing me as a young master now .
She blushed from embarrassment and I decided not to overdo it as my emotions tend to flare up from time to time, due to the turmoil that I had yet to deal with, regarding Master's death, we finally reached the room and the two of them stepped aside and only me was allowed to enter .
This should be enough, right ? .
I heard her ask this in a nervous tone and raised my eyes to meet her and thought to myself, no wonder it took so much for her to change, she styled her hair and had put on perfumes and seemed to even put a little bit of makeup, looking at her now, I saw that even though her expression was cold, her eyes were shifty and her current appearance was enough to move mountains, much less hearts .
She pulled the sheets on her own and I saw that she wore a normal attire but the upper part of her blouse was tidied in a way that left her stomach and abdomen clear to me, but not wanting for neither of us to feel awkward, I activated True Eyes and directly went into inspecting her body .
True Eyes working like an x-ray vision allowed me to see that even though a small amount of time had passed, the Yin Qi actually managed to traverse her whole body, I couldn't help but ask her if she was feeling alright after seeing this, she said coldly :
I'm sensing that I might actually break through soon, why is something wrong ? .
" Well, it isn't that something is wrong, but it is actually the opposite, everything is okay which shouldn't be the case .
She looked bewildered at what I could have possibly meant by that, so I explained what was going on and after hearing what I had to say, she said :
Does this mean I'm already fine ? .
" According to my knowledge, even though this Yin Qi might be a bit weird, but yes, I believe that you should be alright now .
But you seem uncertain about this, could something be troubling you ? .
" With your consent, I still wanted to inspect your body, what are your thoughts regarding this ? .
I thought she would directly kick me out, but surprisingly she nodded her head and laid down on the bed again and said :
I do trust you... your knowledge, I hope that you would share whatever that you found with me after that .
" That's certain .
I extended my hand and touched her abdomen with my cold hand which made her shudder and seem to be giggling a little, I dealt with it as a normal reaction, I stopped using True Eyes and returned to the normal method of infusing Soul Power into her body, then I closed my eyes and began to dash with my Consciousness towards where I sensed the Yin Qi before .
Keeping my Conscious protected from the harmful energy by increasing the output of Soul Power, I finally found something with my Consciousness, a gate of some kind was responsible for releasing the Yin Qi, but her was the issue the gate wasn't fully opened, it was sealed entirely and only a tiny bit of it was actually opened, a small crack .
I gasped of how amazing the situation in front of me was, this sudden fluctuation of emotions suddenly forced my focused state to collapse and I was directly cut of from my Soul Power and returned to reality once again, my mouth opened wide due to shock and that was enough to catch Lu Hua's attention, she hurriedly asked me what exactly did I manage to find out .
I took some time to calm myself down then I turned towards her and said :
" I might have find a way to end that curse of yours once and for all, but let me aske you this, do you know any Cultivation Arts .