"Who did you hear that from?" Emma coldly asked, her thoughts startled. At the same level of profound strength, the life expectancy of members of Joyful Flower Palace was shorter than other people's by a large amount. This was the cruel truth. Even within Joyful Flower Palace, this was a secret that had always been suppressed by the Joyful Flower Palace's leadership.
The reason why Emma knew about it was because her master had absentmindedly mentioned it to her after one of her breakthroughs. Furthermore, she told her that this was Joyful Flower Palace's biggest flaw and strictly ordered her not to tell anyone, including her fellow disciples. Yet here, Danny had readily said it out loud.
"If I were the master of the Joyful Flower Palace, I would use all my might to hide this 'flaw' and prevent outsiders from finding out. Do you think I could've possibly heard this from anyone?" Danny said, curling his lips: "I really came to this conclusion from measuring your pulse, that's all. From your reaction, it seems that everything I said was right."
"I don't believe you!" Emma resolutely shook her head. To be able to infer Joyful Flower Palace's biggest secret just from a pulse? That's ridiculous. If it was that easy, with the countless number of spirit doctors in Black Water Empire, Joyful Flower Palace's secret would have been exposed who knows how many years ago.
However, everything Danny had just said went straight to the crux of the matter, without any flaws at all. There was no way Emma would not be bewildered.
"I knew that you won't believe me." Danny picked up the medicinal pot and package from the ground and walked into the house. "Follow me."
Emma's gaze swept over the items held in his hands. After a bit of hesitation, she followed him into the room and closed the door behind her.
After setting down the medicinal pot and package, Danny ordered Emma: "Sit down."
"What do you want to do?" Emma looked at him with suspicion.
"Obviously, I want to treat you."
"There's no need." Emma immediately shook her head.
"Whether it's necessary or not, it's best if you wait until afterwards to decide… Hey! You shouldn't be unwilling to even try it, right?"
He let out a sigh, a look of frustration and disappointment appeared on his face: "I know you basically don't believe anything I say. But at the very least, I don't have the ability, nor any reason, to hurt you. The reason I retrieved these things from the infirmary early in the morning is only because I wanted to make a transaction with you, that's all. If it works, then that's good, if not, you still won't lose anything… Since you don't want to believe me, and don't want to give it a try, then forget it. Just pretend it's unrequited affection."
Danny's words startled Emma and a bit of guilt grew in her heart… It was true that what he said before, and what he was saying now were all to help treat her. He didn't request anything from her or raise any conditions. He also, as he said so himself, had no reason or ability to harm her… No matter what the result, to outright reject him was really a bit excessive.
Emma let out a sigh in her heart and then sat down next to Danny : "How are you going to treat me?"
"… You're willing to receive treatment?" Danny gave her a look and then turned his face away with a snort.
His attitude of a wronged child left Emma unable to decide whether she should laugh or cry and her voice relaxed: "I want to see how you'll treat me."
"En, now that's more obedient." When Danny turned his face back, his expression was all smiles. This caused Emma to stare distractedly at him… This guy's mood swings were really too quick!
"Extend your hand."
Danny sat in front of Emma. Emma also accordingly extended both arms, resting them horizontally on the table. Her red sleeves pushed up to her elbows, exposing a pair of creamy, snow white arms.
Danny extended his left hand. Surprisingly, their was a golden glow in his palm.
"Palm Arts… Don't tell me you are going to use Massage techniques?" Emma's moon like brows raised.
"Eh? You actually know Massage Techniques?" Danny gave her a somewhat surprised look.
"Of course I know. I also know that to be skilled in massage techniques requires a lot of time. You need tens of years to have even a little bit of success. I've never heard that you were studying Massage techniques, not to mention acupuncture. Also, your room doesn't have the smell or mark of traditional oil. What exactly are you going to do? Don't think of taking smal advantages otherwise .. " Emma's eyes all along were wary and suspicious.
Danny : "Whether or not I know how to perform massage, you'll immediately find out. Of course, if you feel that there's something wrong, or feel that I'm playing around, you can have me stop whenever you want."
"What's that golden glow, I don't feel any Ki strength from it?" Emma's gaze fell upon that small bottle.
"its too weak for you to feel it, don't sweat the details." Danny responded without thinking, his gaze fell upon Emma's snowy arms. his left hand grabbed the right wrist of Emma.
Danny's movement was exceedingly fast, so fast that Emma couldn't react. When Danny's left hand rested on her right wrist, … accurately landing on the Yang Ki acupuncture point.
There was no pain, it could be better described as no feeling at all. If it weren't for the fact that she was staring blankly at Danny's palm, she wouldn't have known that there was a palm on her wrist at all. Emma was moved… So light? No, this was weightless! skillful! A kind of skill that had reached an astonishing level, to the point where it could be said to be at its peak!
After few minutes Danny Grabbed Emma's left wrist with his right palm . As he leaned towards Emma's right wrist, his wrist shook slightly and the Right palm accurately placed on the Yang Ki acupuncture point. Both of Danny's palm glowed gold and light as air as he massaged the wrists. Each time, his movements were so Skillful that astonishment in Emma's heart also accordingly rose with each cycle of massage.
She didn't know if Danny's "treatment" would have any effect, but Emma fundamentally couldn't believe that this technique, skillful to the point of bewitchment, was performed by a sixteen year old boy.
"Relax your hands and breathe steadily. Under no circumstances are you to use profound strength."
Danny's voice echoed next to her ear. She cooperated with him, her hands loosened and her breath calmed. At this moment, she suddenly felt Yin Ki condense within both hands. Then, as if finding a drain, it quickly rushing towards the both Yang Ki points that had been pierced by silver needles…
Suddenly, wisps of white mist slowly rose above the palms, the Yin air stored within quickly lowering the surrounding temperature. Upon feeling the Yin air fleeing from her meridians and the quickly rising white fog, Emma's snowy face violently twitched.
It took a few minutes for the white fog to completely stop rising. At this time, Danny suddenly reached out and flicked both his hands moving like a mirage.
"This Yin air was even heavier than I thought. It's good that you met me." Danny muttered in a small voice, then closed the silver needle case and said: "Emma my wife, how do your hands feel now?"
Emma raised both of her hands, her eyes wavering. Light, cozy, warm… that was how her hands felt right now. As if she was suddenly freed from some kind of heavy restraint. It was the first time since she started cultivating the Joyful Flower Sacred Arts that she had felt this kind of warmth in her palm and arms. She lifted her eyes to look at Danny, asking in astonishment: "What exactly is this?"
"It's actually really simple. I just released the yin air inside your hands meridians and Yang Ki points. At the same time, I unblocked the clogged meridians. That's all." Xiao Che humbly said: "Your Joyful Flower Palace's profound technique can allow profound Ki to become Yin cold and thus greatly increase your power. The reason the Yin cold profound Ki is more powerful is because cold air is very harmful to people… Your enemies are people, but you are also a person. Before harming someone else, you inevitably harm yourself first. This is a very obvious principle."
"This morning, when I touched your palm, I found that your palm's temperature was much colder than that of a normal person. Perhaps the members of your Joyful Flower Palace really believe that this is the expected result of cultivating the Joyful Flower Arts, but from a medical standpoint, it would be weird if this kind of body temperature was considered normal!! Normally, when you don't use your profound strength, the profound strength collects in your profound veins and won't influence your body. However, as soon as it's used, the Joyful Flower profound Ki links with your entire body, injuring it when it's released. When it's circulating, it will also harm you! You should not have been cultivating the Joyful Flower Arts for more than a few years but a large amount of Yin cold air has already permeated your five viscera, six bowels, blood, bone marrow, and dantian, and it is still accumulating. Over time, it will continually cause severe harm to your internal organs, it would be strange if it didn't shorten your life!. Due to the heavy Yin Ki in your Yang Ki Points it causes you to have your periods earlier then expected and be in heat for one day in every period cycle! These negative effects really are things you would never come across normally."
Emma: "…"
"In addition, under the Yin cold air, the body's many meridians will frequently spasm and then close up, greatly affecting your ability to use profound qi. You can try to transfer profound strength to your hands and see how it compares to before." Danny spoke with a stern face.
Danny's confident opinion was stated reasonably from start to finish and was presented with cause and effect. Not only that but the reasoning was so easy to understand that even an idiot listening could understand. Once Danny's earnest reactions were added, it was basically impossible to question or refute him.
As Danny was speaking with that stern face, his heart was actually grimacing… because while everything that he had just said was actually true, but it was both true… and yet also nonsense!
That Yin cold air amassing within would harm the body was true. The fact that it would close the meridians was also true… but if the Joyful Flower Arts were as unbearable as he stated, how would Joyful Flower Palace be worth anything? Not to mention being at the peak of the Black Water Empire, it wouldn't even be able to last another eight hundred years. After cultivating the Joyful Flower Arts for a while, the body will have completely gotten used to it. Then, the cold air in the body, while it used to be harmful, would not only stop harming them, but also provide assistance. The congested meridians would also naturally clear.
However, Emma has only been cultivating the Joyful Flower Arts for three or four years. She naturally couldn't be at the "completely adapted" phase. With his words combining with her own experiences up to now, in addition to the feeling after the "treatment", Danny's arguments sounded fundamentally flawless to her.
"Treatment", was only an excuse. The Joyful Flower Arts' "flaw" was also only an excuse. What he wanted to accomplish, only he knew.