The Modern Immortal

Meeting a Friend

As they moved towards the main hall a beauty descended from the stairs, she was wearing a blue top tank and light blue skirt with her hair in a ponytail. 

Seeing Old Jin she ran towards him and embraced him," Grandpa what happened here I was studying upstairs and then I suddenly lost consciousness when I woke up again I heard someone fighting outside but couldn't see it properly because of the smoke, what exactly happened.

Seeing his Granddaughter worried about him made him smile with love and said, " Don't worry Little Ning everything is alright, just some bad guy wanted bro hurt you grandpa but this Mister here saves grandpa's life". While gesturing towards Daemon.

The beauty then looked towards Daemon and suddenly asked, " Daemon what you doing here and how did you save my grandpa".

That's right, this beauty here is one of Daemon's classmates and also one of the campus belle, Jin Ning'er.

Daemon calmly replied," Nothing I was just jogging in nearby area when I here someone fighting here so I came to check, a guy was trying to harm your grandfather I just tackles the guy before he could hurt your Grandfather after that the bodyguards detained the guy and the reason I am here is to cure your Grandfather's alignment." He tried to hide because he didn't want her to know anything about him being a cultivator, he looked towards Old Jin and gave him the warning not to disclose anything about him to which he got a nod for the reply.

"You..You can't even score above C+ in any subjects, how can you possibly know anything about medicine and my Grandpa's dieces is one of a kind, even Doctors from top medical institutes and hospitals can't find the cure how are you even going to cure him. I really appreciate that you saved my Grandpa's life but please don't try something you don't know, it could be very dangerous for both you and my Grandpa", she said while glancing at Daemon.

"Little Ning don't be like that, let Mister Daemon explain first", Old Jin said while defending Daemon as to not make him angry.

"You don't to worry because the method I am going to use is one of the Traditional Methods not the modern one, and besides your score can judge your knowledge", said Daemon while explaining to Jin Ning, the reason why he even bother to reply was because Jin Ning has helped his past left many times in class and sometimes even outside school.

"Mister Daemon,*cough cough* can you please tell me what would you need to begin the procedure", said Old Jin while coughing.

"I would need a set of silver needles," Daemon replied. He could even use it in future for any medical emergencies.

"Mister Daemon, what kind of silver needles do you want? *cough cough* I have many kinds of silver needles indeed. If you tell me, I can get Little Ning to fetch them for you…"

Old Jin's question was actually meant to be a test, he knows that Daemon is strong but he didn't know about his medical knowledge. If Daemon really knew about traditional medicine, he should be able to name a few terms. If that was the case, Old Jin would be willing to spare him some needles and will be at ease that he wasn't giving his life to someone who doesn't have any medical knowledge.

On the other hand, if Daemon was not able to relate to the subject convincingly, Old Jin would definitely not risk his life and just give him the compensation for saving his life earlier.

Daemon proceeded to say unhurriedly, "Old Jin, I need just nine needles, but they are all of unique shapes. I'm not sure if you would have them here... without them I can't do the procedure."

"The first needle is an arrow-headed needle, 1.6 inches long. The second one is a round needle, 1.6 inches. The third one is a magnetic needle at 3.5 inches long while the fourth one is a lance needle, 1.6 inches long. The fifth is a stiletto needle, 4 inches long…" Daemon described all nine needles one by one with their respective requirements, leaving a drastic expression on Elder Jin's face.

Old Jin became more impressed and shocked as Daemon talked more about his needles. His hands started to tremble along with the cup of tea in his hand.

When Daemon said only nine silver needles were needed, Old Jin's expression had changed drastically. Now that Daemon had described all nine needles' individual length and shape, Old Jin was completely stunned!

Because whatever Daemon described was the same needles mentioned in one of the books left by his ancestor.

"...eighth is a long needle, 7 inches long. the ninth is a big needle, 4 inches long." Daemon was busy describing the lengths and shapes of the needles and only looked up after he was done. "Old Jin, some of the needles I need are oddly shaped, may I know if you have any of those here?"

The corner of Old Jin's lips twitched violently.

He actually had those needles, but he only had one set and it was not made of silver, but gold instead!. It was actually a family heirloom, long ago one of his ancestors was a Magical Doctor, these needles belong to him.

Daemon immediately understood that he was asking for too much when he saw Old Jin's face.

It was either Old Jin did not have the needles, or he was unwilling to give them out.

However, Daemon was not bothered. All he needed was a few silver needles for an emergency purpose. By the time he reached the Foundation Establishment, he would easily forge a set of silver needles that he wanted.

"Please wait for a minute I will bring it myself".He then disappeared behind the door and came after a minute, after entering he then carefully opened his safe and took out an ancient-looking rosewood casing.

He held onto the wood casing with both hands cautiously as he walked out of the room before gently setting it down on a stone table.

Jin Ning'er did not have to wait for Old Jin's command before she dashed out to close the courtyard doors and returned to the stone table.

Old Jin got a key out of his undergarments and gently opened up the wood box to reveal a translucent jade box and a Golden Statute.

Spiritual energy poured into every corner of the room!

Daemon's pupils contracted immediately!

Spirit Jade! This statute is made entirely of Spirit Jade! Even though the spiritual energy emitted by this Golden Statue was not as rich as the Stone from the immortal world, it was obviously a lot stronger than the spiritual energy naturally emitted by normal stones.

Staying true to his nature of taking advantage to the fullest, Daemon immediately crouched down towards the Golden Statute and pretended to observe it as he absorbed the emanating spiritual energy to his heart's content.

"What are you trying to do?!" Jin Ning'er quickly yelled as she naturally noticed the change in Daemon's expression.

"Don't be rude, Little Ning!, and besides the Golden Statute is just a gift from myself to Mister Daemon, so it doesn't matter let him inspect it."

Old Jin stopped Jin Ning'er before proceeding to rub his hands together and lift up the cover of the Needle's box.

Under the blazing afternoon sun, the nine gold needles glistened in the sunlight as they laid quietly in the box. The needles had varying lengths and thicknesses, anyone would be able to tell that these needles were exceptional.

"Mister Daemon, come have a look… Are the nine needles like these?" A sense of pride could be seen from Old Jin's expression as he brought out his family heirloom and spoke with much confidence.

"Exactly. May I use these to carry out the acupuncture procedure on you?" Daemon only lifted his head up once he was done absorbing the Golden Statute's spiritual energy. He felt rejuvenated, he picked up the needles box and asked.

"Of course. Otherwise, what's the point of me bringing it out? However, Mister Daemon, you have to at least let me know what your acupuncture procedure is, right? So at least this old man will have a rough idea."

Daemon could tell that the old man was worried but he just maintained his composure and nodded.

"Old Jin, my acupuncture procedure is called the Nine Heavenly Chakra Needles Technique."