Sha Zhu's Rebirth in the Courtyard: Starting with Hitting Someone in the Head

Chapter 97 Nighttime Practice

At ten o'clock that night, all the houses in the courtyard turned off their lights. He Yuzhu leaped out of the courtyard and walked along the shadows of the outer wall of the courtyard. He would find Bang Geng first; it didn't matter if he crippled him, as long as the ungrateful wretch didn't die.

He walked around to the outside of the central courtyard, stood at the base of the wall, and probed into the space with his spatial awareness. Banggeng was sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the inner room, breathing lightly and evenly.

With a thought, He Yuzhu simultaneously produced two embroidery needles behind Bang Geng's ear, targeting the Yifeng and Fengchi acupoints. The needles pierced the acupoints instantly, causing Bang Geng's breath to catch in his throat, his mouth to open slightly, and saliva to trickle down his chin.

He Yuzhu withdrew the needle and waited for a long time, while the stick remained motionless in that position.

Next door, Jia Dongxu was snoring loudly, yet Qin Huairu was able to sleep soundly. Jia Zhangshi was also snoring in the inner room.

He picked up a broken tile from under the wall and used his spatial abilities to smash it against the base of the west wing window with a crisp clang. Madam Jia Zhang turned over, mumbled something, and continued snoring. Qin Huairu sat up in bed to listen, but hearing no second sound, she lay back down and went back to sleep.

Bang Geng lay there unresponsive. He Yuzhu inserted a needle into his Yongquan acupoint, and surprisingly, he didn't wake up from the pain. It worked. Children's meridians are shallow, so needling both acupoints simultaneously is very effective.

Let's try Jia Zhangshi again. This old sow has lost a lot of weight, but she's still fatter than most people, so the depth of the needle insertion is different. The layer of fat on her neck is thicker than others, so the same depth might not be enough to penetrate.

He Yuzhu switched to a sewing needle, and simultaneously pierced Yifeng and Fengchi acupoints with both needles, penetrating them much deeper than the stick. Jia Zhangshi's snoring stopped, and she seemed to have been disconnected from her power source, her breathing becoming deep and long.

He stabbed the Yongquan acupoint again with the sewing needle, until the needle tip was sticking out from the instep, but there was still no reaction.

It's done. If the fat is thicker, you need to prick it an extra half inch. It looks like a thicker needle will be more effective.

He went around to the front yard. Yan Bugui and Yang Ruihua were lying side by side, seemingly unbothered by the heat of the summer.

Yan Bugui's left thigh was broken by him years ago, and the set point was crooked, causing him to walk with a limp. He Yuzhu picked up a small stone from the ground and knocked it against the Yan family's window with a crisp crack.

Yan Bugui sat up abruptly and reached for the edge of the bed: "Who? Who's outside?" Yang Ruihua rolled over in the inner room, muttered "maybe a cat," and then fell silent.

Yan Bugui sat by the bed and listened for a long time. There was no sound in the pitch-black night, so he slowly lay down again.

His alertness was not low. With a thought, He Yuzhu simultaneously placed two embroidery needles behind Yan Bugui's ears, targeting the Yifeng and Fengchi acupoints. The two needles were inserted at the same time, several degrees deeper than the stick.

Yan Bugui tilted his head to the side, lay completely flat, his breathing slowed down noticeably, his mouth opened slightly, and he made a soft snoring sound.

He Yuzhu withdrew the needle and waited for a while, but Yan Bugui remained motionless in that position. He had been awakened by a pebble tapping on the window earlier, but now he was fast asleep.

The last case was Liu Haizhong. He Yuzhu went around to the shadows of the outer wall in the backyard, but hadn't started the experiment yet.

Liu Haizhong got up. It was hot, and he was fat. He had drunk half a tank of cold water before going to bed, and now he was woken up by the urge to pee.

In his senses, Liu Haizhong sat up in bed, groggily groped for the urinal under the bed, relieved himself by the bedside, and bent down to put the urinal on the ground. The instant he put the urinal down, He Yuzhu had a thought, and two sewing needles simultaneously pierced Yifeng and Fengchi.

Liu Haizhong's body went limp, and he slumped to the ground, his hand still resting on the urinal handle. His body slowly slid down, eventually lying on his side on the floor beside the bed, the urinal overturned, his head tilted to one side, his lips directly over the urinal opening.

Wang Caifeng turned over, mumbled something indistinctly, and fell asleep again.

He Yuzhu was stunned. What a coincidence! He could drink back the urine he had just urinated. Liu Haizhong didn't move again, his mouth was on the urinal, and his breathing was even and deep.

He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard, sat down in a grand chair, and lit a cigarette. All four test subjects responded well. The formula for Xingyi acupoint striking, combined with the location of acupoints in Traditional Chinese Medicine, allowed for direct insertion of acupoints using spatial abilities, achieving a precision even greater than manual acupuncture.

He leaned back in his chair and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke. These beasts were the best test subjects; he had never thought of them before, what a waste.

All four subjects tested effective. He mentally reviewed tonight's data again; these four beasts were of different ages, sizes, and states of consciousness—the data was sufficient.

This combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Xingyi acupressure has great potential.

Xu Damao can't have children, so perhaps I can still treat him.

The Guanyuan acupoint is located three inches directly below the navel. It replenishes vital energy, strengthens kidney essence, nourishes the original qi, and strengthens the foundation. Long-term acupuncture can enhance kidney qi and treat infertility caused by weak sperm.

The Qihai acupoint is located one and a half inches directly below the navel. It gathers Qi and generates essence, strengthens Qi and consolidates the foundation, and is an important acupoint for nourishing the kidneys and cultivating the original Qi in internal martial arts.

The Shenshu acupoint is located 1.5 cun lateral to the Mingmen point on the lower back, one on each side. It directly corresponds to the kidneys and can strengthen the kidneys, store essence, and improve deficiency.

Sanyinjiao (SP6) is the intersection of the Liver, Spleen, and Kidney meridians. It regulates essence and blood, harmonizes the lower abdomen, and helps treat infertility. Taixi (KI3) is the original point of the Kidney meridian. It tonifies the Kidney, replenishes essence, and strengthens the body's foundation.

Brother Da Mao is in luck; even your brother Zhu Zi has become a miracle doctor.

Early the next morning, He Yuzhu came out carrying an enamel mug to check on everyone's aftereffects and whether there were any obvious wounds on their skin.

Madam Jia Zhangshi shuffled out of the house, her head tilted to the side, one hand supporting her neck, her left leg still limping. She muttered under her breath, "I've got a stiff neck, I've got a stiff neck! This lousy pillow made my neck stiff after just one night! And why does my foot still hurt?"

The pheasant ran out shouting that it was hungry, and you couldn't see the needle hole in its eye at all.

Yan Bugui was rubbing the back of his neck at home. He told Yang Ruihua that it wasn't a cat last night; it sounded like someone was knocking on the window, but then he fell into a deep sleep and didn't know anything else. Yang Ruihua said he was dreaming, and Yan Bugui, still rubbing his neck, didn't say anything more.

He Yuzhu sensed that the skin outside the acupoints where Yan Lao was pressing was normal, and no needle marks could be seen.

In the east wing of the backyard, Wang Caifeng got up to find Liu Haizhong slumped on the floor beside the bed, his head against the chamber pot, his lips touching the spout. She was startled for a moment, then quickly went to push him: "Old Liu! Old Liu, why are you sleeping on the floor!"

Liu Haizhong woke up groggily and found that he had slept with a chamber pot all night. He smacked his lips, which tasted salty and had urine stains on them. His face turned a deep purplish-red.

He quickly stuffed the chamber pot under the bed, wiped his mouth, and took out a small notebook to write a few words asking his wife what happened. Wang Caifeng said that he must have gotten up in the middle of the night last night and hadn't finished urinating before falling asleep, sleeping with the chamber pot all night. Liu Haizhong turned to a blank page in the notebook and wrote a line: I fainted, not fell asleep, it was an accident.

He Yuzhu sensed that the skin around Liu Pangzi's Yifeng and Fengchi acupoints was swollen. This Jia Zhangshi is poisonous; no wonder traditional Chinese medicine practitioners disinfect before each acupuncture session.

He strolled around for a bit and came back, placing the enamel mug on the windowsill. He then brewed himself a new cup of tea and took a delightful sip.

The Xingyi acupoint striking technique has been verified; the next step is to settle accounts with Yang Honglin.