Chapter-23（Xiao Ning'er）

"I'm going to continue practicing!" Xiao Ning'er coldly stated as she stared at Karan with her bright, clear eyes.

Xiao Ning'er didn't like being disrupted by others. She had an expression that 'pushed people thousands of miles away' on her face, and because she rarely a.s.sociated with the students in cla.s.s, especially the boys, the friendless her seemed somewhat eccentric.

"I will leave, immediately!" Karan said as he faintly smiled. He checked her out from top to bottom.

Xiao Ninger's brows wrinkled.

Isn't the way Karan is looking at me a bit too rude? she thought. She couldn't help feeling somewhat angry. There were lots of boys chasing after her in the Chinmaya Palace, but Xiao Ning'er had always ignored them. She only wants to focus on her training. Therefore, Karan's actions right now was no different from the other boys in the inst.i.tute. It was simply hateful!

"Are you still not leaving?" Xiao Ning'er wasn't happy by her tone. Karan had been disrupting her for quite some time now.

Karan's gaze landed on Xiao Ning'er's neck line. She wasn't covering Her beautiful Beauty bone, and he could see a pair of creamy slender shoulder illuminated by the moonlight, which were slightly red.

He said, "When night falls, don't your body feel as if they're being burned by fire?"

After hearing what Karan just said, Xiao Ning'er was slightly stunned and soon answered, "How did you know?"

Due to the burning heat, when training at night, Xiao Ning'er usually wouldn't usually cover it

"Of course I know," Karan smiled, "Not only this, I know even more. Not only do your shoulder feels painful but both of your legs feel as if they were being burned by fire, your body would be extremely cold. Every night at midnight it would feel as if it was hailing on your body. It would be terribly painful. Even training your soul force wouldn't be possible, would it?"

Xiao Ning'er was shocked by Karan's words. She had been enduring the pain alone and did not tell anyone about this, not even her family members. How did Karan know about it?

Seeing the expression on Xiao Ning'er's face, Karan knew that he had guessed correctly. So Xiao Ning'er's was practicing a cultivation technique not suitable for her body leading to energy imbalance in Body . By training at night, it would often lead to chilled air entering the body, blocking the veins. The Qi imbalance would, in light cases, cause the person to get seriously ill, and in serious cases, it would cause the body to explode.

"In addition to these symptoms, your body should be bruised in certain areas. Those bruises should be extremely painful and not only do they not dissipate, they should also be spreading around the body, " Karan said confidently, "Your Soul power haven't stepped into 1-star Bronze rank yet, but once you do, in the best case scenario, you will get seriously ill and your cultivation will be greatly reduced. In the worst case scenario, you will die."

After hearing Karan's words, Xiao Ning'er was momentarily dazed. Both of her fists were clenched tightly, and her eyes reddened. How could this be? Even though she's very strong, after hearing the news, she couldn't endure the blow.Karan could tell what her illness was with one glance. What he said shouldn't be wrong.

Ever since she was young, her family had been wanting for her to marry into the Sacred Family, by marrying Shen Fei. As she grew up, Xiao Ning'er gradually learned what kind of person Shen Fei was. Because she didn't want to get married to that playboy, she started practicing very hard with hopes of getting rid of this cruel fate. Unfortunately, the heavens didn't seem to want to let her do so, since she who would soon reach 1-star Bronze rank, suddenly got to hear such news.

Seeing the usually strong Xiao Ning'er in this state, Karan couldn't help pitying her.

"Karan, since you know what kind of illness I have, you should know how to treat it, right?" asked Xiao Ning'er. Frightened by what Karan said, she unknowingly dropped her strong guard that she had up against him and pleaded, "Can you help me?"

She was, after all, only a thirteen year old girl.

Xiao Ning'er had a strong personality and rarely asked others for help. Karan, after listening to her pleas, suddenly felt his heart soften. He was silent, only for a moment, before he said, "This illness can be treated. You can look it up in the Chinmaya Palace's library. The illness is caused by Body qi imbalance."

"Really?" replied Xiao Ning'er. Her hopes were raised, "How can it be treated?"

"The acupuncture technique must be used , but body Qi imbalance has been affecting your body for some Body . So it can only be done in regular inteval. Medicine made from combining Golden Striped Gra.s.s with Imperial Sky Gra.s.s must be consumed daily, with your situation, for roughly a month or so. In the best case scenario, ten days could be enough for you to be fully recovered from the illness," Karan said. This was indeed the method to treat Qi imbalance Disease.

"In addition to these treatment methods, you must also make sure to not train your soul force through this cultivation technique in the future," Karan said as he stretched his hand out towards Xiao Ning'er. He followed up with, "Take out your cultivation technique, and let me have a look at it."

Xiao Ning looked up at Karan. If a stranger were to ask her to take out her cultivation technique, she'd feel that they're simply trying to swindle her. But she, after seeing Karan's expression, couldn't help feeling a sense of trust towards him in her heart. Karan had told her so much already, so she had decided to place her complete trust in him. She retrieved her cultivation technique from her interspatial ring and handed it to him. It was a piece of slightly aged parchment paper, with a bunch of densely packed words written on it.

As Karan received the parchment paper from Xiao Ning'er, he accidentally touched the back of her jade white, creamy hands, but Karan didn't mind. Instead, he was carefully reading the paper.

After her hands were touched by Karan , Xiao Ning'er quickly withdrew her hands and felt her heart flutter. Her mood was in a mess. She thought, what if Karan was trying to blackmail her? And what if he had impure thoughts about her?

When she raised her head, however, she saw that Karan hadn't even noticed her reaction when their hands touched, and felt relieved. Karan's expression, when he looked at the parchment paper, was especially serious. This caused Xiao Ning'er to be a little absent-minded. She reacted only a moment later. She lowered her head and began to think about something.

"A huge and powerful n.o.ble family's direct bloodline actually practices this kind of incomplete cultivation technique. It's no wonder her Body Qi is in imbalance …" Karan.quietly murmured.

"What did you just say?" Xiao Ning'er widened her eyes and looked at Karan. She only heard some of the words Karan murmured, but she couldn't hear it clearly.

"Nothing," Karan faintly laughed, "This cultivation technique is incomplete. it'll damage the meridian as one practices it. The reason behind your illness can be largely attributed to this cultivation technique. Change this part from 'psychic mind' to 'heavenly psychic' and change this to 'soul and spirit merge'…" Karan continued to talk, altering the soul force cultivation technique beyond recognition.

Xiao Ning'er, while listening to Karan as he altered her soul force cultivation technique, felt somewhat unconvinced. This cultivation technique was pa.s.sed down by her ancestors. It was ranked six in the family's collection of cultivation techniques. How could it be altered on a whim by Karan ? Regardless, Xiao Ning'er still listened to Karan's words. She was, after all, a pract.i.tioner of this cultivation technique, so she had some experience on some matters regarding it. Gradually, Xiao Ning'er realised that the modifications Karan did to it were reasonable. In fact, the modifications made the Originally incomplete technique to a complete technique.

Xiao Ning'er's eyes widened and an incredible look was in them as she stared at Karan.

"Karan, can you repeat it again? I need to remember what you just said!" Xiao Ning'er said quickly.

"Okay," Karan slowed his speech, repeating the modification for the cultivation technique. After training her soul force, Xiao Ning'er got the ability to memorize anything without forgetting it. Even though she could only comprehend some of the modifications, she still managed to memorize what Karan said. The more she looked at it, the more she realised how much more powerful the cultivation technique that was modified by Karan was.

Xiao Ning'er's gaze towards Karan initially had a hint of confusion in it, but it was soon turned into one filled with admiration.

How much knowledge regarding soul force must one have in order to change this high-ranked soul force cultivation technique to such an extent? Even Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualists wouldn't necessarily be able to do such a thing. Could Karan's understanding of cultivation have long surpa.s.sed a Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualist's, even reaching towards the Legend rank Demon Spiritualist's realm Or Dantian Rank Fighter?

Treating it as a treasure, Xiao Ning'er deeply memorized all the modifications that Karan did to her cultivation technique in her heart. She couldn't tell what her feelings towards Karan were: awe, wors.h.ip?

Karan's age was the same as hers, but Xiao Ning'er realised that there was a wide gap between them. It was ridiculous that she used to think that Karan was the 'tail of the cla.s.s'. She realised just how ignorant Teacher Shen Xiu and the other students were as they ridiculed Karan. She was completely convinced that what Karan previously said in cla.s.s about becoming a powerful Legend rank Demon Spiritualist was all true!

Ever since she was young, no matter if it's talent or intelligence, Xiao Ning'er had far surpa.s.sed her peers. This was the first time she looked up to someone her own age.

Karan had said before that he would marry the most beautiful girl in Glory Kingdom. When she thought of that, Xiao Ning'er's thoughts got messy. She speechlessly lowered her head. All of a sudden, a figure appeared in her mind. It was Ye Ziyun. Although Xiao Ning'er was confident in her looks, she had to admit that she might not necessarily be able to compete with Ye Ziyun.

"What are you thinking about?" Karan asked, looking towards Xiao Ning'er. He was puzzled since her expression was a bit strange.

"No, Nothing…." Xiao Ning'er quickly shook her head, expelling all the thoughts she had in her head and asked, "Karan, do you know the Acupuncture technique?"

"Of course I do," Karan nodded his head and continued, "But the Acupuncture technique requires direct contact with the bruised area. It wouldn't seem appropriate if I were to be the one doing it."

Xiao Ning'er looked up at Karan's chiseled cheeks. He had sharp eyebrows, and deep lights flashed in his black pupils. He had a bit of a handsomeness aura around him, which was slowly merging with the image she had in her heart.

She lowered her head and said, "I don't mind. Weren't you just treating me? I don't want to turn into a useless person."

That last sentence Xiao Ning'er said was to comfort herself.

In front of Karan, Xiao Ning'er dropped the cold guard she had up against him.

"Uh..." Karan went silent for a moment.

'Even if she's a girl and doesn't mind, if I were to refuse I'll be too petty.'

His heart already had Anju. He only had a small impression towards Xiao Ning'er. He did not think much about it and said, "Okay then, I'll help you with the Acupuncture technique to treat your illness after three days. Do what I just told you when you go back. Eat those herbs and you will be fine."

"En," replied Xiao Ning'er, nodding in silence.

"Where's your bruised area?" Karan asked.

Xiao Ning'er's cold cheeks slightly blushed and pointed to the back of her foot and neckline.

"There's one here."

Karan lowered his head to look at it. He saw a patch of deep purple on the top of one of Xiao Ning'er's silky white feet. The bruise was already this serious.

"So serious," said Karan. He frowned and continued. "Luckily it's only on the foot and neck, otherwise it would be a little troublesome elsewhere. It's a lot more convenient, since it's at the top of the foot. I will be done soon."

"Till then ,don't cultivate Soul cultivation technique for the time being . You can cultivate Body cultivation technique ,and remember to take that medicine regularly ."