"Doctor, what is your name, please?"
"My surname is Ye."
Mrs. Li bowed to Ye Lingtian. "Divine Doctor Ye, please save my husband! I will take full responsibility for whatever happens!"
"Nonsense! Mrs. Li, why are you listening to this swindler?" accused Doctor Huang, the man in glasses.
"Hmph!" Mrs. Li let out a cold snort and turned to Doctor Huang. "I make the decisions for my own family! If you're so capable, why don't you bring my husband back to life? If you can't save him, stop standing around getting in the way and hindering Divine Doctor Ye from saving my husband!"
The Ouyang family had already reached the limit of their patience. Ouyang Yanan said angrily, "Lingtian, just don't treat him! No good deed goes unpunished—it's so infuriating!"
"Exactly, Second Brother-in-law, let's go. We save people and still get grief, and we have plenty to do besides this!" Ouyang Rui chimed in to stick up for him.
"Let's go, they don't appreciate kindness! And looking at this guy in glasses, I won't be able to stomach dinner this afternoon!" Ouyang Can said with disgust.
"What did you say? Oh! I get it, you're all in this together—a coordinated scam!"
"..."
The Ouyang family looked at the bespectacled man as if he were an absolute moron. Had this fellow's delusions finally acted up?
"Fine, this 'Divine Doctor Ye,' is it? You claim to be a doctor, so where is your practicing license? Take it out and let me see it!"
"I don't have a practicing license at the moment." Elder Hua was supposed to have arranged for this certificate, and he had intended to go and pick it up, but halfway there he was hunted down here by You Luo...
"No practicing license means practicing medicine illegally. You're out here wreaking havoc, and I have every right to call the police!"
"Enough, Doctor Huang! I said I would take full responsibility for whatever happens! And you—you told me you could cure my husband and said it required expensive medication, so I even gave you 100,000 yuan. Actually, I knew you just wanted a bribe, but I figured if you could save my husband, I'd treat that 100,000 as a token of gratitude. Looking at it now, you're the one who's been defrauding people!"
"You... nonsense! The money you gave was indeed used for your husband's treatment! Hmph, ungrateful wretch! I'm washing my hands of this. If anything goes wrong, don't come crying and trying to pin it on our hospital!" Doctor Huang said angrily.
"Tsk, what kind of doctor is this?"
"Really, how can you call yourself a doctor? What kind of way is that to talk!"
"..."
"..."
Because of Doctor Huang's words, he had offended quite a few people. The surrounding onlookers launched into a continuous stream of condemnation. Doctor Huang's face flushed crimson, yet he didn't leave. He wanted to stay right here and watch what parlor trick Ye Lingtian was trying to pull. When the patient died under his hands, he would thoroughly humiliate him and let everyone see what kind of fraud this scammer really was.
Meanwhile, Ye Lingtian had already taken out the Taiyi Divine Needles, preparing to administer treatment.
The commotion here had grown too large, alerting the county hospital's president. Dressed in casual clothes, he had blended into the crowd. While Doctor Huang hadn't noticed him, the president had seen everything that just transpired with absolute clarity. If this young man failed, so be it; but if he succeeded, Doctor Huang's remarks would be equivalent to a fierce slap to the hospital's face, and he certainly wouldn't need to stay here any longer.
"The Taiyi Divine Needles!" The moment he saw Ye Lingtian take out the Taiyi Divine Needles, the president knew this young man was definitely no fraud! The reason the president recognized this set of needles as the Taiyi Divine Needles was because, two years ago, he had the good fortune to attend a medical academic exchange conference in the capital, where Elder Zhang Guodong had taken out this exact set of golden needles for a demonstration. Elder Zhang had said that traditional Chinese medicine masters possessed a formidable technique known as the Taiyi Divine Needles, rumored to be able to bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bones, except that it had long been lost—even Elder Zhang himself didn't know it. Because of this, he had even gone out of his way to look up information regarding the Taiyi Divine Needles! But why was this set of golden needles in the hands of this young man?
At that moment, Ye Lingtian produced an eight-centimeter-long golden needle. Channeling his internal energy with one hand, he guided and propelled the golden needle straight into the major arteries on the left and right of General Manager Li's heart, rapidly halting the bleeding. Next, he produced eight more five-centimeter-long golden needles, inserting them one by one into the acupuncture points surrounding the heart. Using his internal energy to guide the needles, his qi flowed along the golden needles directly into the injured meridians of General Manager Li's heart, swiftly repairing the fractured meridians. The tails of the golden needles vibrated incessantly.
"Guiding needles with qi? Heavens! Is this actually the lost art of guiding needles with qi—lost for hundreds of years?!" The president's pupils dilated in shock, his face a mask of utter disbelief yet surging excitement! A peerless skill that even Elder Zhang did not know!
"Old sir, what is this about guiding needles with qi? Is it some sort of powerful acupuncture technique?"
Hearing the voice, Doctor Huang looked over and immediately hurried over with a fawning expression. "President! Why are you here?!"
"Hmph! Shut your mouth, you're making a complete fool of yourself. I'll settle accounts with you later!"
"Ah, this old gentleman is the hospital president!"
"So that's what the president looks like. I've never seen the president of the county hospital before!"
"Me neither!"
"..."
"..."
Ye Lingtian had no time to spare for what was happening outside; he was wholly and solely focused on repairing the damaged cardiac vessels. By now, beads of sweat covered his forehead and his lips were pale from expending too much internal energy. The fractured heart meridians had already been completely repaired, and the ten golden needles instantly stopped vibrating, standing as still as if they had never moved at all. Ye Lingtian shaped his hands into claws, and with a sweep of his hand, the ten golden needles returned to their needle pouch.
There was still the head injury—a small hole on the left forehead that looked terrifying, though not critically severe. Ye Lingtian drew out three three-centimeter-long golden needles and once again channeled his internal energy. The wound miraculously healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Goodness! Look at his wound, it's actually healing slowly! A divine doctor, truly miraculous!"
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I never would have believed it. It's just like something out of a television show!"
"I never expected this young fellow to actually be a doctor—and a divine doctor at that!"
"..."
"..."
With the wounds fully healed, Ye Lingtian retrieved the needles and packed them away. Feeling completely exhausted and on the verge of collapse, he thought to himself that he needed to step up his cultivation; if his realm were just a bit higher, it wouldn't take this much effort! He closed his eyes, channeled his qi, and conserved his energy.
The Ouyang couple looked at Ye Lingtian with even greater satisfaction, tinged with a hint of admiration! Such a divine doctor turned out to be their daughter's boyfriend! They felt immensely proud and deeply comforted. Yet, when they thought of their own daughter's illness...
The Ouyang couple exchanged a glance, catching a trace of lingering worry in each other's eyes.
Ouyang Rui looked excitedly at his second sister. "Second Sister, Second Brother-in-law is too amazing! From today on, Second Brother-in-law is my idol!"
"That's right, Sis, Brother-in-law is an absolute monster! A real divine doctor!"
Ouyang Yanan smiled gently and said nonchalantly, "I'm going to pour a glass of water."
Seeing Ye Lingtian's unfathomable and miraculous medical skills, Mrs. Li instantly found hope. "Thank you for your hard work, Divine Doctor Ye. My husband, he..."
Ye Lingtian opened his eyes and said weakly, "Rest assured, he's fine now. Go to his ear, call his name, and say, 'Li XX, come back! Repeat it!' Keep calling until he opens his eyes!"
"Okay!"
"Have a sip of water."
The moment Ye Lingtian lowered his head, he saw Ouyang Yanan handing him a cup of warm water. He promptly took it and drank it all in one breath, resting his head against Ouyang Yanan's with a happy smile. "My wife is still the most considerate!"
"Hmph! Who's your wife? Smooth talker!" If you weren't looking so utterly exhausted, I wouldn't have bothered showing any mercy!
"Li Shengqiang, come back! Li Shengqiang, come back! Li..." Mrs. Li called out dozens of times in succession until General Manager Li's eyelids twitched and he slowly opened his eyes.
"Look, his eyes are open!"
"He's alive, he's alive!"
"He actually brought him back to life!"
"A divine doctor!"
"Where am I? Huh? Wife? Did you die too?" General Manager Li looked around and asked.
Doctor Huang was terrified. "How is that possible? Such a severe injury, and it was cured just like that? Is he even human?" Suddenly, Doctor Huang felt a twinge of fear toward Ye Lingtian and didn't dare meet his gaze. The gap between them was too vast; he lacked the courage to look him in the eye—the guy was simply too monstrous!
"I told you before, you're just ignorant!" And it certainly wasn't "just like that"—Ye Lingtian's internal energy was completely depleted; without three days of rest, he wouldn't recover!
"Darling! You're finally awake, I thought... I thought... Wuwuwu..."
"I'm not dead? What's going on? I remember getting into a car accident, and then I didn't know anything else!"
"Darling, you were seriously injured in a car accident. A rib punctured your heart, and your cardiac meridians were severed, leaving you with only one breath left. The hospital even told us to prepare for the end! It was this Divine Doctor Ye who saved you! Hurry up and thank Divine Doctor Ye!" As she spoke, she looked toward Ye Lingtian.
"Thank you, Divine Doctor Ye... Wait? You're... you're that expert who went to buy a house earlier!" General Manager Li scrambled up, knelt before Ye Lingtian, and cried, "Divine Doctor Ye, back at the real estate office you said my 'life palace was darkened by misfortune' and that I would face calamities within a day or two. Not even a thousand meters out the door, the accident happened! You truly are a divine being!"
"So this Divine Doctor Ye can also read physiognomy and tell fortunes!"
"He's truly young and promising!"
"You really can't judge a book by its cover."
"Tsk, and you were just calling Divine Doctor Ye a fraud!"
"I... how was I supposed to know..."
"..."
Ye Lingtian helped General Manager Li up and said with detachment, "A doctor's heart is benevolent, dedicated to saving lives and healing the wounded. As long as I cross paths with them, I will save whoever it is, regardless of who they are. It is merely fulfilling the duty incumbent upon a doctor."
"Well said by Divine Doctor Ye!"
"Divine Doctor Ye is truly a great doctor!"
"Exactly. If all doctors were like Divine Doctor Ye, how wonderful that would be—unlike certain people who have neither skill nor sense, yet go around shouting blindly..." With that, a large crowd cast disdainful and reproachful glances at Doctor Huang, and some even spat in his direction.
Nervously, Doctor Huang stammered, "Pr—President! I..."
"Still not getting lost? Making a fool of yourself!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Doctor Huang stammered as he fled in panic.
The president, well over fifty years old, stepped forward with a look of deep reverence and addressed Ye Lingtian, "Divine Doctor Ye, this old man is Hua Youwei. Though unworthy, I am the president of this hospital. My subordinate acted offensively just now, and I take the blame for failing to maintain strict discipline. I sincerely apologize!"
Ye Lingtian cupped his fists slightly and said, "Someone lacking such medical ethics shouldn't be kept in the hospital. He's a pest."
"Rest assured, Divine Doctor Ye, our hospital would never dare employ such a person again. I wonder if Divine Doctor Ye might be interested in taking up a consulting position at our hospital?"
"Sorry, I don't have the time!"
"Divine Doctor Ye, don't rush to refuse just yet. You wouldn't need to come every day—only when there's a condition our hospital can't resolve and we need your assistance! A monthly salary of 50,000!" The president was a quick-witted man; with a divine doctor holding down the fort, wouldn't patients flock to the hospital like bees? And if he drummed up some publicity on top of that, wouldn't he get twice the result with half the effort?
Ye Lingtian pondered for a moment. "I'll consider it."
"Divine Doctor Ye, here is my card. Give me a call if you decide to take it up."
"Mm."
"Divine Doctor Ye, it's just about time for dinner, shall we go grab a bite? I also started out in traditional Chinese medicine and would love to seek your guidance! What do you say?"
"No need, I have things to do this afternoon. Let's make it another day!" Ye Lingtian refused without a second thought.
"Ah, very well then!"