Master, What Dao Do You Cultivate?-Chapter 29: Yin-Yang Polar Extremes Palm

Seeing that the device in the man's hand was indeed a Neural Sensory Repairer, the red-eyed girl couldn't hold back in her urgency and shouted,
"Hey, wait a minute!"
"I've already given you the bedroom, what more do you want?"
"Uh… I was really hit by an Electromagnetic Soul-Severing Needle."
Ji Qinglin still didn’t turn around.
"So what?"
The red-eyed girl could tell that this man obviously already knew, and was just deliberately making her give in. But at the moment, she really had no other choice. So, after taking a deep breath to suppress her emotions, she softened her tone and said,
"Sorry, I was overly cautious. Thanks for helping me shake off the Security Task Force earlier. My left leg is completely numb from the Electromagnetic Soul-Severing Needle. Could I borrow your Neural Sensory Repairer?"
Hearing this, Ji Qinglin finally returned to the bedroom.
"Now that’s more like it. Let’s talk about the price then."
The red-eyed girl was caught off guard.
"Price? What price?"
"Hey, are you playing dumb with me? What I did earlier was just a favor—you owe me one for that. But why should I let you use the Sensory Repairer for free?"
Hearing this, the girl felt both helpless and angry.
"You… you already touched me just now. You should know I don’t have any money on me right now. How about this—when I leave tomorrow, my contact will bring the money to you. Deal?"
"An empty promise isn’t trustworthy. Besides, even with one disabled leg, the Security Task Force couldn’t catch you. If I let you recover, how would I have any leverage over you?"
"Then what do you want?"
"At least pay a deposit first."
As Ji Qinglin spoke, he stroked his chin and glanced at the red-eyed girl lying on the bed, as if he had an idea.
The girl immediately pressed her hand against the bomb at her waist.
"What are you trying to do!"
Ji Qinglin chuckled.
"Don’t bother trying to scare me with that bomb. I know it’s real, but I also know you won’t actually set it off. Based on the Electromagnetic Soul-Severing Needles used on you and the level of effort they put into tracking you down, the company obviously wants you alive. That bomb is probably just a last resort—a way to threaten the company with your own life if necessary.
But unfortunately, your life is no threat to me. And as long as I don’t sell you out to the company, no matter what I do to you, you wouldn’t detonate it."
A flicker of panic flashed through the red-eyed girl’s eyes. Because what he said was absolutely right. And from the way he spoke, it sounded like he was really planning to act recklessly.
But just as she was about to tense up, Ji Qinglin suddenly changed the subject and asked,
"Do you know any cultivation techniques?"
The red-eyed girl hadn’t expected him to think for so long and then ask such a random question.
"Uh… yeah, I do. Why?"
"Show me one, and I’ll give you the Sensory Repairer."
That’s it?
The red-eyed girl looked at him suspiciously.
"Why do you want to see that?"
"To learn."
Thinking he was just ignorant about modern cultivation, the red-eyed girl replied,
"Without the corresponding cultivation modules, meridian sets, or technique software installed, you won’t be able to learn anything just by watching."
Besides, if he had them installed, he wouldn’t need to learn from someone else.
Ji Qinglin wasn’t about to explain, so he kept it simple.
"One question—do you still want the Sensory Repairer or not?"
Although the red-eyed girl wanted to tell him it was pointless, she was desperate to get the device. So, she had no choice but to comply.
Fine,
she thought.
I’ll just show you something so you can open your ignorant eyes. Maybe that’ll keep you from underestimating me again and stop you from having any more improper thoughts.
But since she had just evaded the patrols, she couldn’t make too much noise and risk drawing attention again. Plus, her left leg was still numb. So, she could only perform an upper-body technique.
After a brief moment of thought, she pressed down with both arms and calmed her breathing.
Ji Qinglin, meanwhile, had already activated "Divine Perception" with "Dao Recognition" and was watching closely.
The red-eyed girl extended both arms in front of her, one above the other, pausing just below her chest as if feeling the energy between her hands. Ji Qinglin could see faint black and white light swirling around her delicate hands.
Then, with a sudden burst of motion, she swung her arms outward in opposite directions, drawing a large circle in front of her. The black and white light followed her hands, tracing the path. By the time she had drawn the full circle twice, the light had intensified, forming a clear Taiji symbol.
But in Ji Qinglin’s eyes, it wasn’t just that.
The moment she started moving, a system prompt appeared:
Detected learnable content: Yin-Yang Polar Extremes Palm.
As the red-eyed girl’s arms moved, Ji Qinglin could clearly see the circulation of qi through her acupoints and meridians—like an interconnected diagram of energy flow.
By the time she finished, the half-body-sized Taiji symbol faded into the air. The red-eyed girl lifted her chin proudly.
"Well? What do you think?"
Ji Qinglin scratched his head.
"That’s it? You just… waved your hands around and made a glowing Taiji circle? I could do that with two glow sticks."
The red-eyed girl flared up in anger.
"What do you mean, ‘glowing circle’?! Do you even know what you’re talking about? This is the authentic, rare Yin-Yang Polar Extremes Palm! They say that at its peak, it can defend against and even neutralize all the laws of the world!"
Although she hadn’t mastered the technique to any remarkable level, she had studied it extensively. And now she was even more convinced—this man clearly knew nothing about modern cultivation.
"It looks pretty basic. Got anything else?"
"I already showed you! Now it’s time for you to keep your promise!"
Seeing that she was genuinely upset, Ji Qinglin, who had originally wanted to squeeze more techniques out of her, decided to stop teasing and handed her the Neural Sensory Repairer.
Then, he went to the living room and began practicing based on what had just been recorded in Divine Perception.
First, he had to condense the two types of energy in his hands, then release them through the correct meridians and acupoints. Though the movements were completely opposite, the speed and rhythm had to remain perfectly synchronized.
Jiquan Acupoint, Quze Acupoint, Shaohai Acupoint, Taiyuan Acupoint, Laogong Acupoint…
Tch, too fast. The energy didn’t gather properly…
This time the speed wasn’t consistent… Try again.
Meanwhile, in the bedroom, the red-eyed girl was focusing on regaining sensation in her left leg.
The Neural Sensory Repairer worked by stimulating circulation, forcing the nerves to reactivate. It felt like the numbness from sitting in one position for too long—slowly fading into a tingling, aching sensation as it came back to life.
To distract herself from the discomfort—and to make sure this scoundrel didn’t sneak off to call the authorities—the red-eyed girl kept her eyes fixed on Ji Qinglin as he practiced in the living room.
However, the latter had no hesitation as he continued drawing circles in front of him, seemingly trying to learn the Yin-Yang Polar Extremes Palm.
To the red-eyed girl, this was as pointless as a blind man lighting a lamp. She suddenly found him a little pitiful.
He had none of the necessary conditions, yet he still seemed to have a dream of cultivation, even if just a little.
With that thought, the red-eyed girl continued explaining,
"I already told you, don’t waste your energy. Once I recover and make it back safely, I’ll get you a Cultivation Set if I have the chance, alright? As for the Yin-Yang Polar Extremes Palm, you can forget about it. Even if you installed the software, it would take a long time to actually master.
And besides, this technique’s software isn’t even available for purchase in Bangkok—there’s not even a pirated version. That’s because even after buying it, you still need an invitation-only activation code to use it. Hey, are you even liste—"
Before the red-eyed girl could finish, Ji Qinglin, standing in the living room, spread his arms and traced a large circle in front of him—suddenly forming a massive Taiji symbol, taller than a person, radiating a dazzling glow.
"Tch, so the movements don’t actually need to be perfectly symmetrical. As long as the meridians and acupoints guiding the qi are correct, it works.
Eh? What were you just saying?"