Chapter 0117 – My Eyes Are Swollen, Don’t Cry – Absolute Returns

Liam’s heart was stunned.

She had followed Li An for many years, what kind of scenes had she not seen before? But today, she was too stunned to speak.

Her eyes, which had been hidden under a thick layer of fat, were now trembling with excitement.

“Lee Ann Heart, you’ve finally waited for this day.”

Liam’s heart was thrilled beyond words.

She had never revealed her longing to Liam, but Liam knew, deep down, how much she was looking forward to this moment.

“When does it start?” She asked impatiently.

“Now.”

“Now? I …… I’m not ready ……”

“The opportunity to change destiny always comes unexpectedly. That’s why, in hindsight, it feels like everything was meant to be, all by chance.”

“I …… I’m a little nervous.”

“Don’t be afraid, it’s okay for you to be nervous, I’ll just hold steady.”

Li An deliberately pretended to have a shaky hand and almost dropped the silver needle on the ground.

He tried to ease the tension in Liam’s heart, but she was too excited at the moment to notice that Liam was joking.

Li An wanted to use the “Time and Space Shift Technique” to create a comfortable environment for Li An’s heart, but doing so would consume a lot of his internal energy, which was not worth the effort.

“Go lie down on the bed.”

Liam heart dutifully lay down on the bed and took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.

When she woke up this morning, she never dreamed that she would be lying here, receiving the “marrow and bone washing” technique.

Li An picked up the silver needle and began to administer it to her.

He held his breath and carefully inserted a silver needle, into the acupuncture points of Li An’s heart.

From an onlooker’s point of view, this seemed to be just some simple acupuncture techniques, but in reality, it contained extremely profound skills.

He needed to inject precise internal force, into each silver needle, and sometimes, with a special mnemonic, to maximize the effectiveness of the needles.

The slightest carelessness would lead to a failure in the application of the needle, which could result in damage to the meridians or jeopardize one’s life.

While applying the needles, Li An slowly injected her internal energy into Li An’s heart, guiding the disordered true qi in her body and restoring it to normal operation.

The body temperature of Li An’s heart, began to rise continuously, and bean-sized beads of sweat, rolled down from her forehead.

The intense pain made her moan out.

“It hurts, doesn’t it? It’s normal.”

Li An’s heart tried to speak, but her voice was as thin as a fly, and Li An couldn’t hear what she was saying.

The technique of “washing the marrow and removing the bones” was already extremely painful and difficult for ordinary people to endure.

Li An didn’t dare to slack off in the slightest, he was fully concentrated and carefully completed every step.

After the first round of administering needles, he walked out of the room, sat on his knees, and tuned his breath to recover his internal energy.

Administering the needles is not an overnight process, but needs to be done in multiple stages.

He retrieved all the silver needles and then applied the needles to Li An’s heart again in a different order.

As the application of the needles went deeper, the pain in Li An’s heart, also became more and more intense.

“Ah…”

She finally couldn’t help herself and let out a scream.

Li An’s heart had a tough character and great endurance, but at this moment, she was in unbearable pain.

“Hang on, Liam Heart!”

Li An prayed silently as he injected a steady stream of internal energy into Li An’s heart in an attempt to alleviate her pain.

After the second round of administering the needles, Li An took the large wooden bucket that had been prepared beforehand, filled it with hot water, and then poured the crushed herbs, into the water, and carefully stirred it.

The type and portion size of the herbs must be precise and accurate, otherwise the efficacy of the medicine will be compromised.

Once everything was ready, he once again applied the needle to Liam’s heart.

This is the last round of needle application and the most critical.

“This is the last time, hold on!”

Liam whispered, knowing that Liam’s heart, at the moment, couldn’t hear what he was saying, but he couldn’t help it, he wanted to encourage her.

Li An Heart clenched his teeth and endured the intense pain.

Li An injected his internal energy into her body, soothing her disordered meridians and alleviating her pain.

Finally, all three rounds of administering needles were over, and Li An took Li An’s heart and put it into a barrel filled with medicinal liquid.

He used a long bamboo tube to connect the mouth and nose of Lee Ann’s heart so that she could breathe.

All that he could do had been done, and the rest was left to fate.

Liam Heart had a dream.

She dreamed of herself, as a child.

“In order to protect my son, are you willing to cultivate the ‘Vajra Unbreakable Divine Power’?”

She didn’t know what the “Vajra Unbreakable Divine Power” was at that time, but she didn’t dare to ask her master.

The Master was always stern-faced, unsmiling and intimidating.

“I do.”

“Cultivating the ‘Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill’ will have the side effect that your body will become bloated.”

She didn’t know what “bloated” meant at the time.

“The side effects, moreover, are permanent and cannot be eliminated.”

She didn’t know what “permanence” meant, nor did she know what pain and suffering those three words would bring to her life.

She was, at the time, only eight years old.

“Are you sure you want to practice?”

She was feeling that if she refused, she would be punished by her Master.

But that wasn’t the only reason she said yes.

She wanted to stay by Jian Wuji’s side and wanted to protect him.

From the moment she first met Jian Wuji, she had fallen in love with him.

She never regretted her choice.

Time flew by in the dream world.

She stood in front of a broken bronze mirror, looking at the, fat and ugly girl in the mirror, her heart filled with sadness and despair.

“Why get angry? I’m the one who’s suffering the most ……”

Time continues to pass.

She hid in the shadows, looking at the drunken Jian Wuji, her heart filled with heartache.

“Damn it!”

She knew what Jian Wuji, at this moment, wanted to say the most.

“Where am I not better than big brother?!”

He didn’t dare to say this because he knew that the sect master valued the Grand Duke more, and also, there were rumors all over the jianghu that the Grand Duke would become the next sect master.

Ever since the Heavenly Demon Hall announced that whoever would win would become the next Sect Leader, there were constantly people, in front of Jian Wuji, humiliating him and mocking him.

They thought that by pleasing the Grand Duke, they would be favored.

They all thought that Jian Wuji was bound to lose and would eventually die at the hands of the Grand Duke.

Only she knew how much effort Jian Wuji had put in to gain her father’s approval.

“Bang!”

Jian Wuji slammed his palm on the table, which was instantly split into pieces, and the wine pot fell to the ground and shattered.

She walked over and cleaned up the mess.

“Go for it, Duke!”

She knew that it had been a long time since Jian Wuji had shown her a gentle smile.

He was so focused on becoming the Sect Leader that he had long forgotten the rest.

But she still liked him and still wanted to protect him.

Dreams that took her to another time, another place.

That was the day that changed her destiny.

Jian Wuji returned from the “Divine and Demonic Contest” and stood in front of the bronze mirror, looking at himself in the mirror.

His eyes, changed.

“How am I doing?”

He finally, once again, smiled softly at her.

“You are the most handsome man, in the jungle.”

“It’s no fun.”

“The people who give the monthly paychecks, ask the questions, and the answers are set in stone long ago.”

It had been a long time since they’d been able to joke around like this, easily.

Jian Wuji in the mirror looked at her silently.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Just then, she suddenly woke up.

She opened her eyes and saw the unfamiliar ceiling, her mind reeling.

After a while, she remembered that she was undergoing the “marrow cleansing” technique.