Greatest Legacy of the Magus Universe

437  Experimented

Despite Elysande's vehement protests, Adam finally convinced her of the fact that it was absolutely imperative for Lord Flynn to be without clothes during the treatment process.

But the eldest daughter of the Flynn Family only agreed to this on one condition - Lord Flynn was to keep his undergarments on.

There was no way she was going to see her father naked; it was simply too embarrassing!

Adam had to relent. His treatment procedure would become a little harrowing because the undergarments would cover a few acupuncture points that he aimed to work with.

But it wasn't something that he couldn't deal with.

After placing Lord Flynn at the center of the formation, Adam looked toward Rosalind and humbly asked, "My Lady, might I make a request?"

"Go ahead," said the wood spirit clan leader.

"Is it possible for you to tranquilize Lord Flynn here? I don't want him to abruptly wake up in the middle of the ritual and disturb the whole process."

Rosalind glanced at Adam and asked flatly, "Do you not have a strong sedative?" n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I do, but I'm afraid it won't affect him," Adam smiled wryly.

"Hmm." Rosalind nodded before she conjured a small vial and threw it at Adam.

The youth caught the item and noticed that it was barely the size of his nail. There was sparkling dust inside that shimmered with an ethereal light.

"Sprinkle just a little bit in his nostrils. If you use too much, he might die," Rosalind warned.

Elysande's eyes widened as she panicked. Die?! Just what the hell is that dust? What is he planning to do with Father?

Seeing the nervousness on Elysande's face, Adam assured her. "Don't worry. This is to ensure that your father feels the least amount of pain as possible."

"Pain?!" Elysande blurted out. "Just what are you planning to do with him?"

"Trust me," Adam smiled amiably. "I'm a professional."

However, that smile resembled anything but assuring in Elysande's eyes. She couldn't help but wonder if she had made a mistake calling Adam here.

Adam then focused on Brigham, who was now lying down at the center of the ritual formation in a t-pose.

Then, he weaved a series of hand gestures that caused the formation to light up and the materials on each of the five points to burn brightly.

The youth then took out over a dozen acupuncture needles from his earring. "Yavia, purify these please."

"Got it!" The little wood spirit solemnly muttered. She bounced off of the youth's shoulder and hovered before his palms that were holding the needles.

Then, she covered them with her wood-elemental mana. After a few minutes, she stopped after Adam's instructions.

"When I pierce his flesh with the needles, I need you to immediately heal those areas, okay?" Adam said with a serious expression.

"But here's the thing. Don't heal it completely, leave some space for the toxins to be extracted. This will require great concentration and accuracy from you."

Yavia clenched her fists and nodded. "Leave it to me!"

"Alright then." Adam stood over Brigham's body and coated the needle in his hand with his pristine white mana.

Then, he hurled it toward the old man's acupuncture points.

Seeing this, Elysande couldn't help but yelp in alarm. "What're you doing?!"

She was about to step forward but was immediately stopped by Rosalind. "Let him continue."

"B-But…" the lady protested but immediately quieted down when the wood spirit matriarch began speaking.

"All living beings, whether they are creatures from the spirit world or the material world, have a set of primary meridians and extraordinary meridians inside their bodies."

"You mean to say…" Elysande glanced at the wood spirit in shock.

"Yes." Rosalind nodded. "Although the locations of these meridians are different in all species, I can tell that the young man is accurately piercing the needles in your father's meridians."

"But wouldn't that severely harm my father?!" Elysande couldn't help but voice out her concerns.

"Not if the Herbalist in question has high accuracy." Rosalind's lips curled up into a smirk.

"You see, human, the art of herbalism doesn't care for sophisticated techniques. So what if the methods are crude? As long as it is efficient and gets the job done, all is good."

On the other side, atop the ritual formation, Adam had already pierced the needles in Brigham's vital meridians. Meanwhile, Yavia was healing these points with rapt focus, leaving just enough space for the toxins to seep out.

"In a human, these twelve primary meridians are related to a person's life force, whereas these eight extraordinary meridians are connected to the mana channels," Adam explained to Yavia as he pointed at several locations.

"Of course, a wood spirit's anatomy is vastly different from a human's, so you have to do thorough research before you even think of implementing this technique in the future."

Yavia nodded her head from time to time, memorizing everything Adam had just said. Seeing Brigham's almost naked body covered in needles and blood, she couldn't help but frown.

"What now, Adam? Why isn't the poison coming out?" She asked.

"Hehe, you have to force it to come out," Adam chuckled. "Now watch closely."

The next moment, Adam weaved another series of hand signs. This time, the process was lengthy and extremely complicated. Yavia did her best to study the hand movements that had now turned into a blur.

Almost about a minute later, the youth finished the physical component. Then, the ingredients that were burning on the five points of the pentagram turned into molten liquid and slithered their way along the formation lines and into Brigham's body.

Brigham's body intensely twitched when the liquid from the five magical ingredients seeped inside his body.

Seeing her father violently convulse on the ground, Elysande's eyes turned teary. She really wanted to step forward and stop everything this instant.

But the Rank 3 Magus hovering before her prevented her from doing so. It almost felt as if this wood spirit was curiously watching a new herbalism technique being experimented on a live specimen.

After the molten liquid had entered Brigham's body, Adam's pupils constricted. He coated his palms in mana and pressed them against the ground.

Following that, the ritual formation lit up with an even more blinding light, greedily sucking the ambient energy from the surrounding and forcing the toxins out of Brigham's body.

Finally, after a few moments, black poison started to gush out from the tiny holes on the old man's body caused by the acupuncture points!

Adam's voice turned solemn and he loudly instructed, "Yavia, now!"

Thanks for reading!

Esenel