Jin Cengran maintained silence and continued to observe Gu Zhiqi.
Meanwhile, Gu Zhiqi busied herself with repairing the mental method, her head bowed as she stared at the phone, her fingers not pausing for even a second.
Even though she felt Jin Cengran’s gaze, Gu Zhiqi did not look up and kept on repairing the mental method.
"Even if you don’t believe it, you have to believe in Second Brother, right?" Thinking Jin Cengran’s silence meant disbelief, Tang Yichen spoke again, "How many years has Second Brother been stuck at the peak of the fourth-order? You know that, don’t you? Just now, he broke through."
He turned his head, his eyes carrying a questioning look, and looked towards Tang Yichen, "Broke through?"
"Yes, he is advancing in the yard right now, with Su Luo acting as his protector."
Originally, he came in to announce this good news. However, before getting to it, he heard some misunderstanding words, and that’s how the conversation wandered off course.
Upon hearing the accurate words of Tang Yichen, Su Yunling glanced outside the door.
No wonder, he had felt an extremely dense Vital Energy just now.
He had thought it was the Vital Energy from a sparring session among the three seeping out.
Turns out, it was a breakthrough.
"Brother Jin, you really have to persuade your old man." Tang Yichen nagged Jin Cengran once more.
Jin Cengran looked somewhat distracted, his gaze cold as he watched the direction of the doorway, unclear if he took in the words.
Half an hour passed quickly, and Gu Zhiqi removed the acupuncture needles on time.
When removing the needles, she did not spend too much time.
Soon, the needles were all removed.
After packing up the acupuncture kit, Gu Zhiqi placed it into her storage bracelet and said to the three, "I’m off."
Then, without waiting for the three to say anything, she walked towards the door.
Seeing this, Su Yunling immediately followed, "What about the matter we discussed earlier? Will you consider it?"
Seeing Gu Zhiqi’s expression, Su Yunling realized she had forgotten and reminded her, "The childhood friend of mine, their family has a few with leg ailments, and I was hoping you would consider treating them."
After listening, Gu Zhiqi was silent for two seconds, then shook her head.
Surprised by Gu Zhiqi’s refusal, Su Yunling questioned her decision.
Was she turning down money?
"If it really is a problem with the mental method, even if I cure it once, it will recur later on unless their family ceases to cultivate two mental methods at the same time," Gu Zhiqi said with a languid expression but her tone carried a hint of seriousness, "Even if it’s your childhood friend, I can’t guarantee that after this cure, their leg ailment won’t come back when they practice cultivating again."
Curing a leg ailment wasn’t difficult, the challenge was to prevent the two opposing forces of qi from clashing again.
Indeed, she could use acupuncture to stop the two forces of qi from repelling each other and coexist.
But, after they cultivate anew and generate fresh incompatible qi, there would definitely be further rejection issues.
When that happens, whether it would cause numbness and weakness in the legs again or lead to leg pain, she didn’t know.
"If the mental method truly has issues, perfecting or modifying the mental method is the root solution to the problem," seeing that Su Yunling didn’t speak, Gu Zhiqi added, "Of course, if they wish, just for temporary relief with acupuncture, I can come with you to have a look."
After all, it was a chance to make money.
Su Yunling nodded slightly to show understanding, "I will let them know about this."
As they spoke, they had already reached the courtyard.
In the yard, Fu Xiyan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, invisible Vital Energy spinning rapidly around him, lifting leaves and dust, appearing as if to form a tornado.
Seeing this, Su Luo, acting as the protector at his side, had no choice but to retreat a few steps.