Chapter 1697: Chapter 1697: A Fierce Slap in the Face
What does âeffortless graceâ mean, what does âdancing gracefullyâ meanâas long as you watch Luo Zilingâs acupuncture performance, you will understand the meaning of these two words. Moreover, you will also know what real speed of the hand means.
âSuch handsome movements, ahhh, Zilingâs hands are so beautiful, Iâve fallen in love just by looking at his hands, not his face.â This is what a lovestruck girl posted on her social media when she saw Luo Zilingâs slender fingers dancing with the silver needles during the livestream. The post includes a photo of Luo Zilingâs face and a screenshot of him holding the needle.
After the social media post was published, it immediately garnered a lot of likes, along with many similar comments.
âIs this the legendary Flying Dagger skill?â This is what a male student posted on his social media.
Many people liked it again, but someone quickly corrected: âDude, youâre wrong, this isnât the Flying Dagger, itâs the Luo Flying Needle.â
âNext time I meet Luo Ziling, Iâd better be careful, he might injure someone with his flying needle,â posted by one of Luo Zilingâs classmates on social media.
âHehe, if Junior Ziling were to do embroidery, that would be very handsome too,â posted another lovestruck girl on social media.
In reality, many people have witnessed Luo Zilingâs acupuncture skill, but that was for treatment purposes, which couldnât be as fluid as a flying needle.
During treatment, the speed is not fast, but the movements are quite fluid.
Now, itâs a performance, which doesnât need energy for needling, so itâs only required to hit the acupuncture points and withdraw the needle, making the speed naturally dazzling.
Ling Ruonan, Yang Qingyin, and Luo Yuqing, the three women, were seeing Luo Ziling perform acupuncture in this manner for the first time, and they were all amazed by his technique. Their original worries were completely gone, only joy and astonishment remained.
Luo Yuqing even decided that when they returned, she would ask Luo Ziling to perform the acupuncture once more so she could take close-up photos to show off on social media.
Gu Jianâan was also dumbfounded. The last time he competed with Luo Ziling, he didnât clearly see Luo Zilingâs technique, but one thing was certain: Luo Zilingâs acupuncture then wasnât this fast. However, he suddenly realized that Luo Zilingâs acupuncture speed had increased dramatically, definitely related to practicing on the acupuncture bronze man during this time. After obtaining his bronze man, Luo Ziling certainly practiced diligently, naturally improving his speed.
The other âmastersâ who were defeated by Luo Zilingâs acupuncture skill watched him with wide-open eyes when they saw his fluid technique.
The acupuncture skill of Luo Ziling that they had witnessed before wasnât like this at all. This was clearly not the Taiyi Divine Needle technique, but another skill they hadnât seen before. The Taiyi Divine Needle doesnât emphasize speed, and itâs safe to say that no acupuncture skill is judged by speed.
The value of acupuncture skill lies in its therapeutic effect, so they disagreed with todayâs competition standard.
After the competition began, they understood that Xu Chongzhi wanted to exploit Luo Ziling by comparing speed. Elder Xu had spent a lot of time on the acupuncture bronze man, practicing countless times, and could accurately hit the acupoints with his eyes closed. When competing with Luo Ziling in speed, many people sympathized with him, thinking Elder Xu would be disadvantaged due to his age in terms of speed.
After many people had such thoughts, they naturally overlooked the fact that Elder Xu practiced daily on the acupuncture bronze manâhowever, this time, Elder Xuâs cleverness backfired as Luo Zilingâs speed was no slower than his, and his accuracy was not lower.
The team members who originally thought Luo Ziling would lose, changed their minds immediately after watching for a few seconds, becoming as excited as if they had been injected with adrenaline. They watched the big screen without blinking.
They were completely certain that this was a technique Luo Ziling had kept hidden, never demonstrated to anyoneâokay, specifically, not to them.
These peopleâs guesses were correct; the acupuncture technique Luo Ziling performed was indeed never shown in front of others.
Originally, he didnât intend to use this speed and hand-feel practice method, which he had developed together with his grandfather Luo Liansheng, focusing not on effect, but on speed and accuracy in needling. When dealing with Gu Jianâan and other old folks, he won with commonly used techniques, but today, seeing Xu Chongzhiâs nearly perfect technique, he had to give his all.
Luo Ziling knew that today his grandfather would be watching the livestream from in front of the TV, so he wanted to make his grandfather proud.
By using a practice method to win against Xu Chongzhiâs fast needling, Luo Ziling felt his grandfather would be very happy too.
In the audience, when the Korean spectators saw Luo Zilingâs acupuncture technique, many felt uneasy, and the noise gradually started. After half a minute, the noise grew louder, and there were even whistles and screams. In the last ten seconds or so, the noise became even bigger, the entire venue was chaotic, and some people even started singing their national anthem.
When Xu Chongzhi was performing, the whole scene was almost silent, with neither Korean nor Huaxia audiences making noise, trying their best not to disturb Xu Chongzhiâs acupuncture.
But unexpectedly, when Luo Ziling took the stage, the Korean audience intentionally disrupted, trying to disturb Luo Zilingâs acupuncture with noise. Many people were angry, but they didnât explode on the spot.
They knew that if they protested or did anything else at that time, it would disturb Luo Ziling even more, so they temporarily held back.
The TV audience couldnât hold it back, and many viewers watching the live broadcast jumped up immediately to denounce the Koreansâ meanness when they saw them deliberately making noise to interfere with Luo Ziling. Since they couldnât disturb Luo Ziling, they vented their discontent in various ways.
The viewers watching the streaming broadcast expressed their opinions through bullet comments, condemning the Koreansâ meanness.
A minute is very short, and everything passed quickly.
After the host announced that time was up, Luo Ziling immediately stopped.
After stopping, he pulled off the black cloth covering his face, placed both the cloth and the needles he was holding back onto the tray held by the pretty lady beside him. After elegantly finishing all this, he bowed to the audience and humorously mocked the Korean audience a bit.
âThank you for providing accompaniment during my acupuncture performance, but maybe you didnât expect that the noise you made didnât disrupt my focus, it actually stimulated my reactions. If youâre interested, you might want to watch the videos carefully. After watching, youâll find that after you tried to disturb me with noise, my needling speed and accuracy actually increased. So, I still have to thank you! If Old Mr. Xu loses, you bear a great responsibility.â
Having said this, he bowed in several directions again, with a very sincere attitude.
The Korean audience was stunned by Luo Zilingâs words and actionsâŠ