"Ah, thank you, thank you. I'm getting on in years, and this old body of mine really can't take much more. Oof!"
Qi Weiwen couldn't withstand the strain of the hypnotic secret technique Spirit Monkey Ascends the Mountain Forest, either. While he was transformed into a monkey, he felt nothing at all, but once the hypnosis wore off, the side effects of overexertion gradually began to show.
"Quickly!"
Great Dean Zhou pointed at Professor Qi and gave Li Bai a meaningful look.
Couldn't he take a hint?
"Huh? Didn't you say it was some crooked, unorthodox practice?"
Li Bai hesitated. True Man Zhou had just given him a thorough dressing-down!
"It's righteous when used for righteous purposes, and wicked when used for wicked purposes. I'm asking you to do something proper, not get up to all that nonsense."
Great Dean Zhou thought Li Xiao Bai was arguing with him. It was obvious he simply didn't want to take responsibility.
"Fine, then!"
Li Bai gathered his Gang Qi again.
"Wait, wait! What are you doing? Don't go messing around. I'm already too old to handle you young people putting me through all this."
The moment he saw Li Bai's opening gesture, Professor Qi Weiwen, who had been about to eat, was so startled that he dropped his chopsticks. He was completely panicked.
Li Bai answered quite frankly, "I'm going to loosen your muscles and improve your circulation."
"Loosen my muscles and improve my circulation? Hypnosis can do that?"
Qi Weiwen had never heard of such a thing.
"It's not hypnosis. It's a martial artist's qi-training technique. Give me your hand—either one."
Li Bai sent a strand of Gang Qi into him, treating Professor Qi just as he had Great Dean Zhou.
"Ow! It's hot! Hot! Hot, hot!"
It was Professor Qi