Chapter 458: Chapter 458 Flying Needles
"Poisoned? Are you saying that her condition is a result of poisoning?"
"Yes, based on initial judgment, that should be the case, so there’s no doubt about it,"
"But if it is poisoning, then shouldn’t others have been poisoned too? Haven’t you thought about it? She has been eating and drinking with the people on the construction site, and what they eat, she eats the same thing. Why don’t the others show any symptoms at all, while on Jia Xin, the reaction is so violent?"
"That’s exactly the puzzling part. Moreover, if ordinary people were to check, they definitely wouldn’t start with her food and water, because you simply wouldn’t find anything there. After all, everyone else is fine, and only she has been poisoned."
"Could it be that Jia Xin ate something that no one else has? If that’s the case, then it really is quite troublesome."
"No, that’s not it. She didn’t eat something; she must have been injected with some liquid."
"What did you say? Injected with poison? That seems highly unlikely. Old man, you must not know that most people at the construction site are workers, and if someone were to come into contact with Jia Xin, her defenses would definitely be strong. How could she just be injected with something like this? So, I think that might not be the case. Could it be, could it be that the poison was introduced into her body in some other way?"
"Other methods, I’m not convinced, but the most direct way of introducing poison is through an intravenous injection, and only through this route can the maximum effect be ensured. If it were introduced by any other method into the body, then it simply wouldn’t have such an effect."
"Via injection? How could Jia Xin have been so careless to be secretly injected without knowing? If that’s the case, how should we proceed with our investigation?"
"Actually, this isn’t as simple as you might think. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of an ancient Chinese technique called ’Fei Zhen’ in traditional medicine?"
"Fei Zhen?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Zheng just furrowed his brow slightly. He had heard of this technique from his grandmaster, who had told him that ’Fei Zhen’ was indeed a long-lost method.
This Fei Zhen technique was typically used to block meridians and nerves.
However, because it was rarely used and the technique was quite unique, Liu Zheng had not chosen to learn it at the time.
But Liu Zheng had never imagined that after so many years, he would encounter this technique again. So, this was a very, very surprising development for him.
"I’ve heard of it before, but I’ve never come into contact with it. Now it seems, could she have been using the legendary Fei Zhen skill? Then, the poisoned needle was inserted into her body, without Jia Xin feeling anything at all?"
"This Fei Zhen is called a secret technique because when it enters the body, there’s no sensation at all. It’s an extremely fine needle, so even if it’s thrown from a distance, there will be no detection of its entry."
"If there’s no detection, then there must be some evidence of it on her body. Are we unable to find even the slightest trace on her body?"
"There certainly is evidence, but it requires careful observation. Perhaps, we might find the source. She was likely struck by a long-distance Fei Zhen, so the selected points would be the exposed parts of the body, like the hands, head, face, or even the neck, which are more prominent."
After hearing this, Liu Zheng just nodded in agreement, as he seemed to have begun to notice that if they pursued these traces, they might uncover some practices. At the very least, they wouldn’t be continuously led astray by these relations.
Finally, the two of them began to examine the area carefully. Just two minutes passed when Liu Zheng was surprised to find a distinct small red dot at the back near her ear lobe on her neck.
"Old man, I think I’ve found something."
As soon as Liu Zheng saw it, he got excited and looked up to tell the old man, who simply nodded in approval and then came around to that side to take a closer look.
"This spot should be where the Fei Zhen entered. It seems we’re on the right track, aren’t we? It definitely was inflicted from a distance,"
"Who could it be? And how could someone inject her so accurately from such a distance? Moreover, this person must be highly skilled in using poisons. Additionally, old man, you’ve always said it’s a dreadful poison. What exactly is it? Have you encountered it before?"
"I remember, it must have been about 20 years ago when I followed my master into the mountains. He introduced this substance to me, and this secret technique, apart from me, was also mastered by my master. Even though I learned some, I still can’t control it when shooting from such a distance even now."
"So, you’re saying that in this world, only your master or you could wield such a unique secret technique?"
"That’s right. Indeed it is so."
"Then it’s highly unlikely. I want to ask, if this matter has nothing to do with you, old man, who else could be involved? Could it be related to your master?"
"Ha, my master had ascended to the heavens 10 years ago. How could it still relate to him?"
"Aside from you, has anyone else learned this? Do you have any fellow disciples? If so, could they also possess such a skill?"
"I do have a fellow disciple, but he was expelled from our school by our master more than 20 years ago. Moreover, he indeed was my junior, but as his skills were not refined and he dabbled in many unorthodox methods, my master did not approve of him and expelled him early on. Normally speaking, our master would not have passed on the secret technique to him."
