When Douluo's stars shine

Can I touch you?

What the hell is this requirement?Even in the palace of Wang Xing, his face was a bit unbearable.He originally thought that Li Zhen would make some normal demands at best, such as sparing his life, improving the food, removing the handcuffs...

Li Zhen's expression was focused and serious, even a little pious: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in men. I just like the way your meridians look."

Wang Xing shook his head: "Don't even think about it."

"Well, that's a shame."

Li Zhen returned to his normal sitting posture in disappointment.He picked up the quill on the table with his cuffed hands and began to write and draw on the prepared paper.His frivolous eyes gradually became focused, and the pen tip moved on the white paper, making a "rustling" sound.Not long after, a concise and expressive sketch of an arm appeared on the paper, with many meridians and acupuncture points marked one by one by bold lines.

Wang Xing looked at the detailed muscle texture on the painting and nodded: "The painting is good."

"Yeah, I also think I have a talent for painting."

Li Zhen stared at his painting, with a hint of joking in his nostalgic tone: "This arm has been with me for a year, and I still dream about it."

"Really? But it seems a little stunted."

Although the arms in the painting are as complete and lifelike as those in medical textbooks, they are not as plump as they should be. Instead, they appear a little slender and thin, like a dry firewood without nutrition.

Li Zhen said: "Of course. Its owner was a pauper when he was alive, and he usually didn't take one meal after another."

Li Zhen put down the pen and stretched out his hand to stroke along the lines of the bones in the painting, as if he were touching a real specimen.

"When I was seven years old, he fainted from hunger in front of my clinic. My father kindly rescued him and took him in for a few days. At that time, he cried bitterly and said that there would be retribution in the future... haha."

Li Zhen shook his head: "Later, he took the lead in breaking into the clinic and destroying it. I think he was using this behavior to tell me that he wanted to sacrifice for medicine. So after the basement was completed, I was the first to arrest him and use it every year. He was conducting research on an organ in his body. He was quite tenacious and persisted for several years. I am very grateful for his selfless dedication."

Wang Xing said: "It sounds like evil is rewarded with evil."

"Evil? Maybe, but people can do anything in order to survive. Promote kindness and fight against rice. Maybe he can't live anymore. In turn, he will remember my father and do such things. It's meaningless to say this now. ”

Li Zhen looked at Wang Xing: "I'm going too far, let's get back to the topic."

"All ears."

Li Zhen took a deep breath and rolled up her sleeves with her hands clasped together in an awkward manner, exposing the skin under the sleeves.The pale, dead skin was covered with scars and pinholes, making it look hideous and terrifying.

"My talent is not good. My innate soul power is probably only about level five. The most terrible thing is that I got seriously ill when I was a child. My meridians all over my body atrophied and I was almost unable to practice. Fortunately, my family opened a clinic, so I could practice at that time. I see a glimmer of hope.”

"I wonder if my own meridians atrophy, can I transplant healthy meridians from others?"

Wang Xing raised his eyebrows: "Did you succeed?"

"Unfortunately, no."

Li Zhen sighed in disappointment: "I tried to dissect other people's bodies, but I couldn't really find the so-called meridians. I can clearly feel that the meridians are there with my soul power... and let the experimenter transplant other people's body parts, such as arms. At that time, the smooth meridians in the original owner's body withered and blocked as if they were rejected, and deteriorated to the point where they were even worse than a useless person like me."

"In other words, meridians are not actually a real thing, but something between reality and reality, based on our subjective consciousness..."

Wang Xing nodded: "I see, meridians are as idealistic as soul power and martial soul."

"Idealism? We who study medicine don't talk about philosophy." Li Zhen said, "In short, the meridians are not only the channels for the movement of soul power, but also can have various interactions with the body. Today's soul masters are only obsessed with improving My own soul power, but I rarely really study my body, and at most I use crude methods to train it."

Wang Xing said: "It sounds like there are still many things that can be developed in the body?"

"Yes! Wang Xing, do you know how many meridians there are in the human body?"

"Twelve regular meridians, eight extraordinary meridians, extra-meridian extraordinary meridians, and countless small meridians... Generally speaking, only the first two are used in practicing exercises."

Li Zhen nodded: "That's right. Although everyone's appearance is different, the distribution of meridians is exactly the same. When the soul power passes through specific meridians, the density and quantity will be improved. The so-called cultivation method is to It’s just a matter of finding a suitable route through these meridians.”

"Generally speaking, the more meridians involved in Zhou Tian, ​​the better the practice effect will be. The popular exercises cannot even cover the twelve regular meridians, the medium exercises can involve the eight extraordinary meridians, and the top-level exercises have already Go deep into the extraordinary meridians outside the meridians. For example, you, Wang Xing, your technique is very good, and the meridians you cultivate in this way are very beautiful."

Li Zhen works with the human body all day and night in the laboratory. It has become instinctive to identify the meridians through a person's physical characteristics, just like a dentist recognizes a person by his teeth. Sometimes he only pays attention to the meridians structure and ignores the other person's meridians. appearance.

Wang Xing nodded.Ever since he learned from Tang San's techniques, there was probably no one in the world who knew how to practice better than him, at least not in the Spirit Hall and the two great empires.

Li Zhen said: "This kind of exercise is already very good, but it is not enough and it is not suitable for me. My twelve main meridians are too delicate, and I have to continue to explore from countless small meridians. Therefore, I study and practice at the same time , and now he has finally reached the level of Soul Saint."

Wang Xing said: "You should be about 40 years old, right? Innate level five, it is indeed not easy to reach Soul Saint at this age."

"Yes, it is not easy... but that's it. I have developed almost all of my meridians. Unfortunately, my talent is really limited. My cultivation has become slower and slower over the years. I am afraid that I will never be able to achieve Contra in my life."

Li Zhen looked at Wang Xing complicatedly: "A person like you, even if he uses the worst technique, has a 60% chance of breaking through Contra before the age of [-], right? This world is really unfair."

Wang Xing said, "To say it's unfair, wouldn't it be even more unfair for the innocent people you killed? Doctor Li, you're in trouble."

"Kill death? No, no, no, everyone in the world will die once, and it may be heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. If you die for medicine, you will die well. I am just passing them by."

The unwillingness and obsession in Li Zhen's eyes gradually faded away, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.He lowered his head and closed his eyes, murmuring: "All dharmas are empty, life and death are indistinguishable... How many ambitions are there to sacrifice for something. If I don't go to hell, who will?"

Wang Xing took a sip of tea and smiled without saying a word.Soon, Li Zhen came back to his senses and his eyes became clear again: "Sorry, I was distracted. If you want to study meridians, you must first understand the distribution of all meridians. In fact, the number of small meridians in the human body far exceeds that of all other people. To imagine, let’s start with the meridians on the arm.”