Earth Master Girl: Battle Against Shadowy Corpses

Chapter 5

Liu Xiong looked at me with a complicated expression, his skepticism warring with a newfound respect. His tone was much more polite than before.

“This… Master Qiao, we Hong Kong people are scientific about our Feng Shui, but is this ‘Death Qi’ of yours also part of it? This seems a bit too far-fetched.”

“Master Chen, have you ever heard of this theory of Death Qi?”

Chen Zhen also looked bewildered.

“There is such a thing as Death Qi in Feng Shui, but it mainly refers to a house having too many turns, causing the airflow to stagnate in a certain position. If a person lives in such a place for a long time, they will fall ill. That is what we call Death Qi. As for this kind of Death Qi that can enter the human body… I have never heard of it.”

I shot Chen Zhen an annoyed glare.

“Is this all your father taught you? You’re truly a disgrace to the Sanhe Sect!”

Normally, when someone is terminally ill or elderly and frail, a faint aura of Death Qi clings to them. In the countryside, if an old person approaches a child and causes them to cry uncontrollably, people say the elder doesn’t have long to live. This is because children are naturally sensitive to such auras. As they grow into adults, their spiritual perception dulls, and they can no longer sense it.

However, the Death Qi on Liu Xiong’s body had been forced upon him by an external power. His body was still very healthy and vigorous, and its resistance had prevented the Death Qi from circulating through his entire system. Instead, the energy had coalesced into a concentrated mass.

Death Qi first erodes Yang energy. Since the kidneys store the Primal Yang, Liu Xiong had been unable to lead a normal life with his girlfriend for the past few days.

“Your constitution is good; you shouldn’t have died so soon. But the position where this mass of Death Qi has settled is too dangerous. It’s very close to your brain, and it’s gradually spreading.”

“However-fortunately, there is still a continuous stream of vitality within your Life Gate. If I use external force to stimulate the power of the Life Gate, I can buy you a few more days.”

As I spoke, I pinched my fingers together and jabbed them hard into Liu Xiong’s navel.

The human body has Life Gates and death points. The navel, also known as the Shenque Acupoint, is the seat of the body’s life energy. During the embryonic stage, humans absorb energy from the outside world through the umbilical cord. After the cord falls off and forms the navel, it still contains immense energy that can be stimulated using special techniques.

Caught completely off guard, Liu Xiong let out a miserable scream from the jab.

He clutched his stomach and hunched over, but then he felt a warm current surge from his navel, flowing through his limbs and bones until it permeated his entire body. The chill in his lower back vanished instantly, the ache in his neck subsided, and the heavy sensation in his legs disappeared. His whole body felt revitalized.

It was a sensation of relief so profound it was difficult to describe. Liu Xiong had never experienced anything like it in his life, and he was instantly convinced.

Thinking of the mass of Death Qi on his neck, Liu Xiong’s face went pale.

His knees buckled, and he dropped to the floor, grabbing my legs in a desperate hold.