17 He will be happy with me

"May I ask what typical physique the child has?"

"Pure Yang body."

Raising his bushy eyebrows in surprise, the old man asked "He woke up by himself?"

"Force the awakening?"

"There were no problems in the process?"

"He lost concentration for a few breaths, but I didn't find any adverse effects or anything that seemed wrong with him."

"Is it possible to touch your son's wrist?"

"Go ahead" Taking Seojun's slender arm, Sujin pulled him closer to the old man and continued "Take your time."

Nodding silently, the old man reached out his trembling hand and grasped Seojun's wrist with his wrinkled fingers, then remained silent for a long time and spoke "Ready."

"Did you find out something?"

"You don't need to worry, everything in your son is fine" Shaking his head, the old man continued "Forcing him to wake up did not cause him any adverse effects and the energy is circulating smoothly inside him."

"How are his acupuncture points?"

"May I know if you nourished his points in any way?"

"Since he was a baby I have been giving him Yin pills and herbs, but lately he started taking nutrition pills. Bones, tendons, meridians, skin and internal organs, everything is feeling nourished by the pills I give him."

"I understand" Nodding, the old man continued "His body is in a perfect state.

"He has large and strong meridians, so he won't have any problems circulating energy. As for your meridians... I'm a little surprised, it's been a long time since I've seen a person with all 300 acupuncture points open. Literally all the extraordinary acupuncture points and the extra-channel ones are nourished and in perfect working order."

"His father had a normal Yang physique, but he had received baptism from the northern palace to open his acupoints... do you think that has anything to do with it?" With surprise in his eyes, Sujin asked.

How could she not be surprised?

Everyone knows that acupuncture points are one of the most important parts of the body and are incredibly difficult to unlock even for great powers like Sujin, who to this day only managed to unlock 293 acupuncture points and is considered one of the most talented women in the long history of the cult.

Generally every human body is different, some will have half of their acupoints unblocked and others may have almost all of their acupoints blocked. 

In a way it all depends on luck and genetics.

And while it is all decided genetically, it doesn't mean that people are sitting on their hands after all, acupuncture points are extremely important when it comes to absorbing external energy and having even one acupuncture point unblocked will give you an immense advantage against someone who has them all blocked.

With that advantage in mind, long ago several methods were devised to force acupuncture points open, but they all share the difficulty of opening each one, having to spend fortunes on rare herbs and a lot of time to nurture each one in order to get it open.

"It may be that his son has inherited that trait from his father" Nodding, the old man continued "There are several records where similar situations are recounted, so he need not worry."

"Then he won't have any problems?"

"His body is extremely healthy, even if he cuts off his Yin energy supplies, he should no longer have any health problems from any possible imbalance, at least until he reaches adulthood."

"Perfect" With a satisfied smile, Sujin stared at the old man in front of her for a few seconds and asked "How long have you been blind?"

"Since I was born."

"It's amazing that you were able to learn this trade while blind."

"Not having vision feeds my other senses a lot."

"Well... from now on you will be my son's personal health care provider."

"Doesn't he already have a doctor?

"The one who saw him when he was born committed suicide on my orders."

"I understand the responsibility" Kneeling down again, the old man continued with reverence in his voice "No information will come out of my mouth and I will accept death with a smile."

"You will understand that it is vital that my son's special physique be kept in the dark."

"..." With a few seconds of silence, the old man asked "May I know if you plan to harvest him as the third heavenly demon did earlier?"

Frowning slightly, Sujin shook his head and replied "He is my son, not an elixir."

The third cult leader, who dominated the central plains for a great amount of time and no doubt has a history that opened many people's eyes.

She used to be a demon general, just another strong woman who was at the top of the cult but didn't have the slightest chance to compete for the position of Heavenly Demon, let alone take a more important position as the leader of a palace.

Her fate was practically sealed and even she herself never thought she would have the chance even in her wildest dreams.

Who would have thought that one day she would go out to explore the central plains and end up meeting a special child in a small village?

Being the first documented subject with a pure Yang body, the boy was studied for a long time by this woman and unfortunately for him, the woman managed to create a method to absorb the boy's essence and nourish her own body.

After returning from her journey, the woman gained enough strength to fight for the seat of the heavenly demon, and after slaughtering all her contenders, she took the throne.

As for the child...

It is said that not even the bones of him were left, and unfortunately he was the first precedent in history that would cause hundreds of men with similar constitutions to be used as miracle elixirs.

"It is my duty to make you understand this... even you would have gigantic benefits if you absorb your son's energy, not only will your energy become more pure, but it will also help cement your foundation and considerably nourish your fleshly body."

"I know the benefits perfectly well, don't go on talking about it" Frowning even more, Sujin continued "He is my son and I don't intend to do anything that could harm him."

"You don't need to harm him to get benefits from his body" Shaking his head, the old man continued "We have the scroll where the ability to absorb a man's Yang is recorded, and I personally have done some research on the subject a long time ago..... I believe it is possible to make a similar method that is not harmful to the man, taking only a small part of his energy little by little giving him the necessary time to recover... although well, the method would be much slower and I estimate that it would take a great deal of time to have the same result as it would if he absorbed it as the third cult leader did."

"Absorbing his Yang energy without harming him? Is that even possible?"

"I can't give you an affirmative answer as we have no record of it being attempted and we don't know if it is actually feasible, but I honestly believe it is possible."

"How would that be done?"

"It is known that after having sex with a man, women are able to get a small part of the Yang energy naturally and it does not cause any harm to men... the method created by the third cult leader is based on absorbing all the energy through sex in a forced and unnatural way... maybe it is possible to only slightly enhance the natural process and thus avoid harm to the man"

"If it's as simple and useful as you say... why didn't anyone take the time to do it?"

"Because if you do that with a normal man the benefits would be almost imperceptible, and even if you do it with an ordinary Yang physique the benefits are not so striking as to waste resources and time on something so banal... almost all normal Yang bodies are mercilessly harvested by whoever finds them, but..."

"My son has a much more special body."

"Exactly, your son has at least 10 times more Yang energy than an average adult with an ordinary Yang body... considering that he is still just a child and if you keep nurturing him this way... I estimate that your son will have up to 50 times more Yang energy than an ordinary Yang body and more than 100 times that of a normal man."

"How sure are you of that?"

"It's just my guess" Shaking his head, the old man continued "It's the first time I have seen someone with your son's constitution and I don't have any record of men who have been lucky enough to survive once they were found, so I can't say for sure if my estimates are correct. Maybe he could have a lot more energy or maybe less."

"..." Lowering her gaze, Sujin stared at her son with a stoic face and remained silent for a long time, then asked, "Is it possible to do a similar method but make it two-way?"

"Two-way?"

"I absorb, he absorbs."

"That would be... complicated" After a few seconds of thought, the old man continued "Keep in mind that your son's Yang energy is very tyrannical. If you absorb his energy even a little bit, you will have to concentrate on that, and if you lose even a little bit of her Yin energy, it may cause her inner imbalance and will cause the Yang energy to end up damaging her."

"..."

"But perhaps the Yin absorption method that the leader of the red palace created can be used, I think perhaps it would be useful to see the feasibility of a double reward?"

"Do you think it could be useful?"

"Of course it would, it would bring enormous benefits to both of you if you do it consistently."

"You... what do you think I should do?"

"I don't have the wisdom of the great heavenly demon, I wouldn't dare decide for you. I'm sorry."

"Just tell me what you think, I won't punish you for your words."

"..." After a short time of silence, the old man answered "In my opinion you should look for someone to do the ritual of union with your son, someone you can benefit from and at the same time assure you that you will not cause harm to your son. You had him, you nurtured him and raised him into adulthood, it is only fair that you reap some benefits."

"What would you do?"

"I already gave you my opinion, I wouldn't let some other person take away my benefits."

"..."

"Only an unfilial son would not listen to his mother in the face of such an important matter, I'm sure that a slight persuasion would be enough to convince a child."

"I don't like the idea of doing that" With a face wrinkled in disgust, Sujin muttered.

"Your son's energy would be very useful in creating another power for the cult, think carefully about what your duties are."

"..." Nodding with understanding, Sujin stared at her son's face as a rare gleam grew in her eyes, then lazily waved her hand and caused the old man in front of her to instantly split into hundreds of pieces of flesh "Shadow, clean this up."

Instantly appearing next to Sujin, Shadow stared at the human flesh lying on the ground and commented "I thought I'd let him live to be your son's personal doctor."

"I had planned to do so, but his words made me nauseous."

"Might I know which part to be exact?"

"He kept saying that I should give my son to another woman" Hugging Seojun tightly, Sujin continued muttering "Why should I do it? I kept him in my stomach, brought him into this world, nurtured and raised him all this time...why should I let another woman reap the fruits I sowed?"

"My mistress... he is your son, not a fruit."

"That is exactly the point" Narrowing her eyes at Shadow, Sujin snorted coldly "He is my son, flesh of my flesh and blood of my blood, I will never let some random woman take him away, let alone do it just for his special physique."

"You plan to leave him locked up all his life? He will want to get married and have children like every man, you know he will."

"He will be happy with me."