For eighteen years on Dragon Coil Mountain, aside from the occasional meeting with the beautiful Sixth Master, he hadn't seen any other women. Now, with such a vibrant and alluring beauty holding his hand, Ling Tian's heart raced, and he felt awkward.
Uncle Yi, out of kindness, reminded Wang Bingxia, "Miss, be careful he doesn't have ulterior motives. He might have investigated our Wang family beforehand."
Wang Bingxia's expression turned grim, but she still didn't want to give up hope. She pleaded, "Uncle Yi, the family has been very good at keeping Grandpa's condition a secret. Only a few people knew we were coming out this time, how could anyone else find out?"
As she spoke, a flicker of despair crossed Wang Bingxia's eyes. She gave a self-deprecating laugh, "Besides, what is there for anyone to covet in the Wang family now?"
Her words left Uncle Yi speechless, and he remained silent.
Ling Tian shook his head and said, "I haven't investigated your Wang family. The reason I know this, besides seeing it in your young lady's face..."
"It's also because of this."
Before he finished speaking.
Ling Tian drew a slender silver needle from his sleeve and, before Wang Bingxia could react, deeply inserted it into her back.
"Ah!"
Suddenly attacked, Wang Bingxia couldn't help but cry out.
Uncle Yi's face changed drastically. He took two steps forward, ready to intervene. Ling Tian flicked his wrist, and a silver light shot out, embedding itself in Uncle Yi's chest.
"If you don't want your young lady to lose her life, don't move rashly."
Uncle Yi felt a wave of despair. A silver needle had pierced a vital acupuncture point on his chest. The qi he had just circulated was scattered, surging chaotically through his meridians. He felt powerless, and half his body lost all sensation.
"What kind of monster have I encountered!"
At the same time, with a silver needle in her body, Wang Bingxia felt an icy chill spread through her, as if she had been stripped naked and thrown into a frozen lake in winter.
Ling Tian then drew a few more silver needles and inserted them into several important acupuncture points on Wang Bingxia's back.
Wang Bingxia suddenly felt a surge of warmth rising from her lower abdomen.
With each additional needle inserted, the warmth in her lower abdomen surged more fiercely and moved upwards.
When the last needle was inserted, the warmth had reached her chest. Wang Bingxia's face turned flushed, her eyes hazy, and she couldn't help but moan.
Ling Tian's mind was as still as water. As Wang Bingxia moaned, he struck her back with a palm.
The previously inserted silver needles vibrated simultaneously, then popped out of Wang Bingxia's body and fell into Ling Tian's sleeve.
Hit on the back by Ling Tian's broad and powerful palm, the warmth in Wang Bingxia's chest surged, and she spat out a mouthful of blood with a gasp.
The blood that landed on the ground quickly changed color, soon solidifying into dark brown clots.
Uncle Yi took a long time to regulate his internal qi and barely regained his ability to move. Seeing Wang Bingxia spit blood, he quickly stepped forward to help and check on her.
At the same time, he glared at Ling Tian and said angrily, "You wild boy, what did you do to my young lady?"
After spitting out the blood, Wang Bingxia didn't feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, she felt a sense of relief throughout her body, and the oppression she had felt for days vanished without a trace.
Wang Bingxia comforted Uncle Yi and persuaded him, "Uncle Yi, I'm fine. I feel... this young gentleman seems to be treating me."
"What? Treating you?"
Uncle Yi was stunned and retorted, "Miss, you were never sick, so what is there to treat? Miss, you haven't been bewitched by this wild boy, have you?"
Ling Tian's expression was calm as he said, "If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't need to go through all this trouble."
Hearing this, Uncle Yi's expression tensed. He finally realized.
The young man was telling the truth. With that masterful acupuncture technique just now, he wouldn't even need one move to kill him.
Thus, Uncle Yi once again stood in front of Wang Bingxia, vigilant. The Wang family was in turmoil, and could it be that someone with ulterior motives had sent someone to kill the young lady?
For safety's sake, Uncle Yi said sternly, "May I know your esteemed name, young sir? Where are you from? We Wang family doesn't seem to have offended you, have we?"
Ling Tian removed the silver needle from Uncle Yi, releasing his control over him, and casually said, "No sect, no school. Just call me Ling Tian."
It wasn't that he didn't want to mention his lineage, but he didn't want to live under his masters' protection.
After all, his acupuncture skills were learned from his third master, Ye Changqing.
Ye Changqing, the Azure Robe Medical Sage, had been famous throughout China for decades.
If he revealed it, he might encounter more trouble in the future. It was better not to say anything and live a peaceful life.
While Uncle Yi was lost in thought, Ling Tian bent down, used a silver needle to scrape and pick at the blood clot. A dark, coiled worm was impaled on the needle and placed before the two of them.
Seeing the strangely shaped worm, Wang Bingxia's face showed disgust and fear.
The thought that this thing had been inside her body made her feel nauseous.
While shocked, Uncle Yi asked Ling Tian, "What is this?"
"This is a Yin Gu, specifically parasitic in women with Yin constitutions. In the early stages, it has little effect, at most causing lethargy. In the middle stage, it leads to drowsiness. When it matures, it will consume the host's internal organs and break out of the body. It is an extremely venomous type of Gu worm."
Ling Tian patiently explained, "Once the Gu worm enters the body, it fuses with the flesh and blood. Modern medicine cannot detect it. If I'm not mistaken, your master also fell victim to Gu poisoning."
"Can my grandfather still be cured?" Wang Bingxia asked anxiously.
"Don't worry, Gu techniques are just a small branch of medicine. There is no Gu in this world that I cannot resolve."
Unseen by Wang Bingxia, a fierce killing intent flashed in Ling Tian's deep eyes. "Gu King, huh? Very well, I will use your life to announce the beginning of the Ling family's revenge to the world."
Ling Tian, who already possessed the heart of a parent for his patients, became even more determined to cure Wang Bingxia's grandfather after seeing the Gu poison.
Perhaps this way, he could find a clue to that insidious fellow, the Gu King!
...
The three of them soon left Dragon Coil Mountain and drove towards Jianghai City.
Entering the city, Ling Tian looked through the car window at the passing vehicles and the tall residential buildings along the road. Everything was so new to him.
He had been brought to Dragon Coil Mountain by his masters since childhood and was full of curiosity about everything in the city.
Wang Bingxia, sitting beside him, saw his expression and felt a little smug. She thought, "Although this person's medical skills are superb, he seems to have never seen the world."
The car soon stopped at the entrance of the Wang family mansion. Standing outside the seemingly endless perimeter wall, Wang Bingxia pointed to the imposing Wang family gate and proudly boasted to Ling Tian:
"This is our Wang family's courtyard. It's just a small place, nothing surprising."
Ling Tian looked up and down at the elaborately carved and painted gate of the Wang family, and at the lifelike stone lions at the entrance, and said earnestly, "Yes, it is indeed a small place."
Wang Bingxia was exasperated. She was just being modest, and this fellow directly agreed. The Wang family's courtyard was considered the most high-end residence in the entire Jianghai.
It occupied a vast area, and having such a large courtyard in the city center, where land was as precious as gold, was a testament to their wealth.
Furthermore, to avoid affecting the natural light, there were no buildings over ten stories high on several surrounding streets. In Jianghai, only the Wang family had the strength and ambition to achieve this.
How could it be described as 'indeed a small place' in his mouth?
Just then, a sharp voice broke their conversation.
"Niece Bingxia, where did you find this wild boy? How dare he make such comments about my Wang family?"