After some forty minutes, a staff member brought over the property deeds. Once the relevant procedures were completed, Ouyang Yanan handed the deeds and paperwork to her mother, Wan Feng, saying, "Mom, you know how careless I am with things—I'd never be able to keep track of these valuable items. I'm leaving them with you!"
Wan Feng smiled and said, "You child! Alright, I'll keep them safe for you for now, but when you want them back, I guarantee they'll be in perfect condition!"
"Hehe, thanks, Mom!"
Lifting her wrist to check her watch, it was 4:37 PM. Ouyang Yanan said, "The house is successfully bought! Since it's still early, let's go shopping for some new daily necessities!"
Ouyang Can said excitedly, "Great! I haven't been shopping in ages!"
"Me too, Second Sister!"
"Let's go, then!"
After walking for about fifteen minutes, Ouyang Yanan and her family happened to arrive at the entrance of the county hospital, where a large crowd had gathered. There were sounds of weeping and conversation.
Ye Lingtian had already heard it from a distance and said, "It looks like something happened up ahead!"
Ouyang Yanan, who always loved a lively crowd, said, "Let's go take a look!"
As the Ouyang family drew closer, they saw a man in his thirties with glasses, a square face, yellowish skin, and a pea-sized black mole at the corner of his mouth pushing a stretcher bed. Beside him was a delicate-looking nurse in her twenties. Lying on the stretcher was a person whose face was covered in blood, with clothes from the chest to the abdomen also stained red. It looked like a severe chest injury, and he appeared to be dead!
This man was none other than General Manager Li, the one who had caused trouble when the Ouyang family was buying their house. With his face covered in blood, the Ouyang family did not recognize him.
Being a curious soul, Ouyang Yanan asked an older man nearby, "Mister, what happened to this person?"
The older man replied, "Car accident. He's dead!"
Passerby A: "This guy's car collided with a truck!"
Passerby B: "I heard it was drunk driving!"
Passerby C: "It wasn't drunk driving! I was there. That truck drove right into this guy's car! As soon as I saw it, I called the police right away!"
Ouyang Yanan's favorable impression of Passerby C shot up: "Mister, you have such a kind heart, such positive energy!"
Passerby C: "Small matter, small matter. It's just making a phone call. When you see something like that, you've just got to help out!"
Ouyang Yanan asked, "Mister, then why is he like this?"
Passerby C: "Alas, the doctors said he couldn't be saved. Blood clots in the brain, severed heart meridians, pleural effusion—he was just hanging on by a single breath on the way to the hospital! Oh, what an unpredictable world!" With that, he shook his head and sighed.
"So pitiful!"
"Doctor Huang, my husband still has one breath left! Please save him, I'm begging you to save him! I'll kowtow to you!" a woman cried out, and immediately dropped to her knees before the doctor.
"I already said, he can't be saved. With injuries this severe, even an immortal couldn't bring him back!" Doctor Huang said with a frown.
Unable to bear it, the delicate young nurse stepped forward to help the woman up. With reddened eyes, she said, "Ma'am, we did our best! Please calm down! While he still has some awareness left, spend a little time talking to your husband."
"Wuu wuu wuu... Darling, how could you bear to leave us widows and orphans behind? Wuu wuu wuu..."
"Dad, Dad, open your eyes and look at me! I didn't let you down—I got accepted into a tier-one university, Yunnan Normal University! Didn't you say the best job for a girl is to be a teacher? Dad! Wuu wuu wuu..." A girl in her twenties threw herself over the side of the "deceased," her face streaming with tears.
"I want my Daddy! I want my Daddy... Wuu wuu wuu..." A boy of five or six wiped his tears with both hands.
Passerby D wept openly: "How heartbreaking, these poor orphans and widow..."
The Ouyang family's eyes welled up with tears as well. Thinking that her daughter had only two years left to live, Wan Feng gripped Ouyang Yanan's hand tightly, tears streaming endlessly down her face. Ouyang Yanan thought to herself: *If I were to die unluckily, how heartbroken would my parents and family be?*
People around them averted their gazes, unable to bear watching any longer.
Suddenly, Ouyang Yanan remembered something. She grabbed Ye Lingtian's arm and said excitedly, "You're so good at medicine—can you save him?"
Ye Lingtian countered with a question: "This is the General Manager Li who gave us a hard time just now at the house purchase. Do you still want to save him?"
Ouyang Yanan raised an eyebrow: "It's him?!"
"It's him?" Wan Feng asked in surprise.
"How could it be him?" Ouyang Can marveled.
"It really is! That guy seems to be wearing the exact same outfit!" Ouyang Rui said.
"Should we still save him?" Ye Lingtian asked again, wanting to test the Ouyang family's attitude and character.
"Save him! Of course we save him—those are two completely different things!" Ouyang Yanan said firmly.
Wan Feng said, "Xiao Tian, if you can save him, go ahead. It's so tragic."
Ouyang Rui also chimed in: "Second Brother-in-law, even though this guy isn't very likable, his family is innocent. Please help them!"
Ouyang Fan said, "Xiao Tian, as the saying goes, 'Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.' If you can save him, do your best!"
The Ouyang family's reaction deeply satisfied Ye Lingtian! The Ouyang family loathed evil like bitter enemies, but they drew a very clear line between right and wrong, and they possessed genuinely kind hearts!
The conversation among the Ouyang family was heard by everyone around them, as well as General Manager Li's wife. Passerby C asked in disbelief, "Little brother, are you a doctor too? From what you guys were saying, does he still have a chance?"
As if she had caught a lifeline, General Manager Li's wife rushed over and dropped to her knees right in front of Ye Lingtian: "Doctor, I'm begging you, save my husband!" With that, she moved to kowtow. Channeling his inner Qi, Ye Lingtian gently lifted the woman up with one hand.
Though no one else noticed, the woman instantly felt that this young and handsome fellow was no ordinary person. It seemed she had met her savior today! Her husband was going to live!
General Manager Li's daughter pulled her younger brother along and hurried over as well: "Doctor, please save my dad!"
The little boy cried, "Big brother, please save my daddy! I want my daddy!"
Reaching out, Ye Lingtian patted the little boy's cheek with one hand and said, "Don't worry, Big Brother will definitely help bring your daddy back to life."
With that, Ye Lingtian walked over to General Manager Li. He flipped back the man's eyelids with his right hand to check his pupils, then placed his left hand on the man's pulse and circulated his Qi. Ye Lingtian probed General Manager Li's injuries and found them to be just as he had anticipated: his heart had been pierced by a broken right rib, and a blood vessel near the heart had ruptured, held together by only the slimmest thread. He could still be saved! But if that single remaining thread of the heart meridian snapped, even with his current abilities, Ye Lingtian would be powerless to help.
The *Taiyi Divine Needles* that Ye Lingtian currently practiced were at the first and second levels: Transforming the Classics and Cleansing the Marrow. His third master had only taught him the first two needles; the third needle, Cleaving the Bone, hadn't even been mastered by his third master—firstly because of limited cultivation, and secondly because practicing the third needle was exceedingly difficult.
The *Taiyi Divine Needles* had been created by Master Taiyi. There were nine needles in total, but his master only possessed the first three. The remaining six needles could only possibly be wielded after breaking through to the fifth stage of Refining Spirit to Return to Void. More importantly, the final six needles had been lost to history. One of Ye Lingtian's objectives in descending the mountain was to find the manual for the last six needles of the *Taiyi Divine Needles*. Even so, having just the first three needles was enough to allow Ye Lingtian to walk the mortal world unhindered.
The first needle, Transforming the Classics: this was the introductory needle of the *Taiyi Divine Needles*. By using mental techniques in conjunction with internal Qi, it could repair damaged meridians. Damaged meridians were the most difficult kind of injury to treat. The first needle was specifically designed to heal such meridian damage. Within the human body, meridians formed a dense, intricate web; alongside the primary meridians, there were countless minute secondary pathways. Once the meridians were damaged, the body would malfunction.
The second needle, Cleansing the Marrow: bone marrow was the source of hematopoiesis in the human body, and blood was the source of life. Once something went wrong here, it affected the entire body. Cleansing the Marrow used internal Qi to repair the bone marrow, restoring its youthful vitality and generating fresh blood. However, there were a few medical conditions that could not be treated with the second needle, such as bone chill caused by the invasion of Yin Qi, which required supplementary medication. This was precisely why Ye Lingtian required the Spirit Bone Grass to treat Ouyang Yanan's bone chill.
The third needle, Cleaving the Bone: this targeted the skeletal structure. Human bones formed the scaffolding of the body. As age increased, bones grew increasingly fragile. Once something went wrong with the bones, no amount of powerful blood circulation would do any good.
General Manager Li's injuries could be completely healed by the very first needle, Transforming the Classics. Naturally, if one wanted to ensure robust health for the future, following up with the second needle, Cleansing the Marrow, to consolidate his recovery would easily allow him to live past a hundred years old!
Confident and assured, Ye Lingtian said, "He can still be saved!" Just as he was about to take out the *Taiyi Divine Needles* to administer treatment, a harsh voice rang out and interrupted him.
"Stop right there! I've heard quite enough—you're nothing but a fraud!" Doctor Huang the bespectacled man barked sternly.
This single sentence exploded through the crowd like a bomb.
"A fraud?"
"Doctor Huang says this young man is a fraud!"
"Most likely. The hospital already announced he couldn't be saved, and some kid says he can still fix him? Isn't that complete nonsense?"
"Not necessarily. Looking at how dead-set this young man is, he ought to have a few tricks up his sleeve!"
"Frauds always love putting on a show!"
"A doctor? This..." General Manager Li's wife wavered for a moment!
With a righteous and stern expression, Doctor Huang said, "Mrs. Li, don't let yourself be fooled by him! I've been in this hospital for so many years—what kind of conditions haven't I seen? His ribs have pierced his heart, and his heart meridians are severed. Keeping him breathing this long is already proof of our hospital's exceptional medical skill! How could he possibly be saved? What utter absurdity!"
"So his injuries are that severe? The heart is the most vital organ in the human body. With an injury that bad, he truly has no chance. If not for encountering highly skilled doctors, he probably would have died long ago!" Passerby E analyzed aloud.
Ye Lingtian calmly replied, "Western medicine can indeed declare him dead! But with Traditional Chinese Medicine, I can still save him!"
"Hahaha, are you a comedian sent here by this scammer? Traditional Chinese Medicine? With an injury this severe, you're telling me you can cure him with Chinese medicine? The guy's going to stop breathing in another minute or two, and you're going to use Chinese medicine? Are you planning to write a prescription on the spot and brew the herbs right here? Your scamming lacks even the slightest bit of technical skill!" the bespectacled man sneered.
"Heh," Ye Lingtian let out a cold laugh. "The world is vast and full of wonders. Just because you don't know something only proves your own ignorance!"
Too lazy to waste any more breath on this idiot—knowing that if they delayed another five minutes, General Manager Li truly would be beyond saving—Ye Lingtian looked seriously at General Manager Li's wife and said, "Mrs. Li, a doctor's heart is like that of a parent. I'll ask you just this once: do you want him saved or not? If we delay another five minutes, even I will be powerless."
Mrs. Li's heart leaped instantly into her throat. After a brief, hard hesitation, she made up her mind and said...
"Save him!"