The long, jade-green needle looked much like the needles Shen Tang knew, apart from its color. It radiated a vibrant vitality that soothed the mind. Though Elder Physician Dong was its owner, this was his first time using his qi to form a needle. "In all my years, I've seen others use Word Spirits, and I've seen plenty of warhorses and armor formed from martial qi. But none of it has ever moved me as deeply as this..."
This was an emotion he had never even come close to imagining, no matter how hard he tried. Only by experiencing it firsthand could he know that ordinary mortals really could wield powers once said to belong only to immortals. The moment he gripped the long needle, his qi began to circulate, and an inexplicable confidence rose within him—he could snatch souls from beneath the judge's brush and steal people back from before King Yama's Palace.
The old man's words from his dream surfaced in his mind.
[Bring the dead back to life and put flesh on white bones—what can't be done?]
Elder Physician Dong's thoughts wandered for a few breaths before Shen Tang's curious question brought him back. "Elder Dong, can this be used to administer acupuncture?"
He replied, "Yes, it can."
Shen Tang asked again, "Can it be used to kill someone?"
Elder Physician Dong nearly choked on the question. He'd spent most of his life saving people and had never actually killed anyone. "It can kill, but I've never taken a life..."
Even when he ran into an enemy, the most he'd do was refuse to save them.
As for killing—
Who understood the human body's vital points better than a physician?
A physician could kill someone with ridiculous ease.
But that kind of "ease" applied only to ordinary