"How could there be such a coincidence? You bought a few bronze figures and happened to find the one my school lost? If there really were such a thing under heaven..."
Elder Hua grumbled at Ye Yuan as he turned to examine the four bronze figures.
When he saw the bronze figure that was clearly far more worn than the others,
he froze as if struck by lightning, unable to continue.
Ye Yuan followed Elder Hua's gaze.
Elder Hua's eyes were fixed on the bronze figure Ye Yuan had salvaged from the sea.
Could this really be the one from Elder Hua's school?
The hope Ye Yuan had lost flared back to life.
Elder Hua somehow produced a box of Silver Needles.
Then, with great care, he took one out and inserted it into the Fengchi point on the worn bronze figure.
The instant the needle went in, Ye Yuan heard a creaking sound from inside the figure.
Elder Hua heard it as well.
His eyes lit up. Then, Baihui, Xiaguan, Sibai, Dicang, Tianzhu, and several other acupoints were pierced with Silver Needles in succession.
As one needle after another went in, Ye Yuan clearly saw something strange happen inside the bronze figure through his perception.
With each needle that landed, the bronze figure closed off some of its acupoint channels.
By the time Elder Hua had inserted all six needles into the figure's acupoints,
an astonishing sight appeared.
Aside from the dozen or so acupoint holes that remained open for needles,
the other three hundred-plus acupoint holes had all closed shut.
When Ye Yuan saw this, his mouth fell open.
He now understood why Elder Hua had used Silver Needles on the bronze figure's acupoints.
Elder Hua must have been performing the first six needles of Bian Que's Nine