Chapter 356 - Healing
Benton gladly left the trio of teenagers behind as he Teleported to the Healing Pavilion, where he greeted Pan Xiaolian.
“How goes the training?” he said. “Have two of you reached Mastery yet?”
She cupped her hands. “Apologies, Sect Leader, but only I have reached that level. Two others are at Large Success.”
That wasn’t good. Acupuncture was a medical procedure that required skill. He didn’t want to put either twins’ health in the hands of someone who hadn’t even mastered the technique.
He told Pan Xiaolian his concerns.
“I share your hesitation, Sect Leader,” she said. “I would not be comfortable having anyone other than me perform such an important procedure.”
Benton frowned. “You mean consecutively? The process is quite lengthy and labor intensive, is it not?”
“The old woman you inducted into your sect absolutely would not have had the required stamina, Sect Leader, but that woman is no more, replaced by one who is young of heart and who possesses the strength of a cultivator in the seventh minor realm of Qi Gathering and who is at the peak of Bronze Body Cultivation. I can handle sticking some needles into my patients.”
True. He experienced little cognitive dissonance when seeing youngsters performing superhuman feats after advancing a few minor realms, but for some reason, it was harder for him to accept that people as old as he had been gained the same abilities.
“Besides,” she said, “if I don’t feel that my stamina will hold out, we’ll simply do the procedures on different days.”
He tensed at that suggestion. Due to the nature of them being twins, they seemed to have a metaphysical bleed-over effect where one influenced the other. Ideally, they’d both undergo procedures at the same time. He told her as much.
“There are only three choices, Sect Leader. One, proceed as I have suggested. Two, wait until another from the pavilion advances to Mastery. Or three, call in an outside expert.”