"Traveling all this way, not to save lives, but only to preserve your reputation," Old Jin said with a darkened face. "You people don't deserve to call yourselves inheritors of ancient medicine! What our ancestors left behind is not just medical skills, but more importantly, the spirit of ancient medicine!! If you've lost your soul, how can you claim to be inheritors of ancient medicine?!"
Old Jin spoke with powerful conviction, each word like a blade, stunning Wang Zhongtian and the others into silence.
Yan Shouyi had never seen Old Jin so furious, as if he might draw a saber and attack at any moment!
Just as Wang Zhongtian was about to say something, a group of people suddenly ran towards Old Jin and his companions.
"Old Jin, Old Jin! Something bad has happened!"
Old Jin recognized the approaching group; they were neighbors from the vicinity who had all seen him for medical treatment, so they were quite familiar.
Seeing the panicked expressions of his neighbors, Old Jin no longer paid attention to Wang Zhongtian and his group and quickly asked, "Don't worry, everyone. What happened?"
"Old Zhao's daughter suddenly vomited blood and collapsed. She's unconscious now. Hurry and go take a look!" the neighbors shouted.
Old Zhao was the owner of the shoe shop next door.
He had a five-year-old daughter, plump and very adorable. Old Jin treated her like his own goddaughter.
Just now, as Old Zhao was closing his shop to go home and play with his daughter, the girl, who had been perfectly fine, suddenly vomited blood and collapsed.
The neighbors were terrified and quickly came to find Old Jin for help.
Upon hearing that Old Zhao's daughter was in trouble, Old Jin, without a word, grabbed his medicine box and prepared to go.
However, Wang Zhongtian's disciple grabbed him and said, "Did we let you go? You haven't clarified what you slandered us with!"
Old Jin was not polite at all this time. He kicked the disciple to the ground:
"I don't have time to mess with you now. Whoever dares to stop me from saving someone again, I'll hack them!"
Wang Zhongtian's disciples were all accustomed to being pampered and enjoyed bullying others by association. When faced with a tough character like Old Jin, their cowardly nature was immediately exposed.
For a moment, Wang Zhongtian did not dare to speak, and his disciples were even less likely to stop Old Jin.
But just as Old Jin was about to leave, Old Zhao, carrying his daughter, ran over.
Anxious, Old Zhao could not wait for Old Jin to come to his home. The neighbors had barely arrived before he was chasing after Old Jin with his daughter.
"Old Jin! Old Jin! Please take a look quickly. Duoduo was fine, and then this happened!"
Old Zhao, holding his daughter, cried out, "I don't know what's wrong with her. Her mother died early, and now it's just us father and daughter, all alone. If Duoduo leaves me, I won't live either!"
"Old Zhao, don't worry. Bring Duoduo over and let her lie flat!"
Old Jin turned around and directly pulled out a bed from the medicine shop, instructing Old Zhao to place Duoduo on it.
Yan Shouyi examined Duoduo and found traces of blood around her mouth. Fresh blood had stained her clothes, her complexion was bluish-purple, and her breathing was severely labored!
Before Old Zhao could even steady himself, Old Jin commanded, "The blood has blocked Duoduo's trachea. We must quickly help Duoduo cough out the blood in her airway, or she'll suffocate to death!"
In a proper hospital, there would be instruments for such procedures, but they lacked those conditions here.
And if they called an ambulance, Duoduo would have already suffocated before the vehicle arrived.
Old Jin and the others busied themselves, with even Guoguo and three other boys helping.
However, Wang Zhongtian and his disciples stood aside, doing nothing, even scoffing at Old Jin's efforts to save the child.
To save Duoduo, Old Jin knelt by the bed, looking disheveled, a stark contrast to the demeanor of Wang Zhongtian and his group.
Lu Yan glanced at Wang Zhongtian, then at Old Jin, his eyes suddenly becoming complex.
"Xiao Yan, help me!" Old Jin called out.
Yan Shouyi immediately stepped forward, and Old Jin said, "Use your Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate to help Duoduo breathe."
Yan Shouyi knew some medical skills, but they were superficial. The truly profound knowledge belonged to Old Jin.
However, Old Jin did not know the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate, so he had to rely on Yan Shouyi.
Yan Shouyi quickly took out the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate from his satchel, spread them out, selected a correct silver needle, and unhesitatingly inserted it into an acupuncture point in Duoduo's throat.
As soon as the needle entered her body, Duoduo coughed violently, spitting blood onto Old Jin's face.
But Old Jin didn't care. He casually wiped his face with his hand and busied himself helping Duoduo breathe.
Fortunately, Duoduo was finally able to catch her breath.
"That kid is using the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate?"
Wang Zhongtian looked at Yan Shouyi in surprise, more accurately, at the set of silver needles in Yan Shouyi's hand.
The Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate were the essence of ancient medical techniques, and this set of needles was an priceless treasure. Wang Zhongtian had only heard of them but had never seen them before.
And now, the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate appeared in the hands of a mere youngster!
Wang Zhongtian was both shocked and envious.
"Xiao Yan, thank you," Old Jin said with relief.
Yan Shouyi shook his head, "Is there anything else I can help with?"
"Don't let anyone disturb me."
"Understood."
Yan Shouyi turned around, his eyes fixed on Wang Zhongtian and his group.
The only ones who could still disturb Old Jin were Wang Zhongtian and his followers.
With a life hanging in the balance, if Wang Zhongtian didn't know any better, Yan Shouyi wouldn't hesitate to break their limbs.
Although Duoduo could breathe again, her condition remained precarious. She kept coughing blood, her expression was one of great pain, and she was unconscious, her body convulsing from the pain.
Guoguo said anxiously, "Why don't we just send her to the hospital? We need a CT scan to know the cause of the illness!"
"No, Duoduo's condition is too critical. We can't delay even for a moment!" Old Jin shook his head.
"But we can only see with our eyes; we can't see what's happening inside her!"
"Western medicine cannot, but ancient medicine can!"
Old Jin said with certainty, then suddenly took a small bottle from the medicine shop.
After dripping the pale blue liquid from the bottle into his eyes, Old Jin's eyes began to emit blue smoke!
His expression was contorted, and his demeanor was pained, clearly indicating that the liquid in the bottle subjected Old Jin to inhuman torment.
But even so, Old Jin endured the pain without a sound.
Then, he asked Old Zhao to open Duoduo's clothes and placed his hands on her abdomen.
A miraculous thing happened: the fresh blood that Duoduo spat out automatically formed patterns on her skin.
It was as if a painter was creating a masterpiece on Duoduo's body, and the content of the painting was the path of Duoduo's internal blood vessels!
"What... what kind of skill is this?!" Guoguo was utterly astonished.
Upon seeing this, Wang Zhongtian's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost!
Yan Shouyi stared at Old Jin and murmured softly to himself, "A unique skill of the Qihuang Sect... Meridian Exploration... Old Jin, you've exposed yourself!"
Meridian Exploration was precisely the secret, unpassed-down technique of the Qihuang Sect. Using this secret art, inheritors of the Qihuang Sect could directly see the patient's internal condition with the naked eye and then use their hands to guide the blood to draw the paths of the meridians on the patient's body, or even indicate problem areas or organs!
It was no exaggeration to call this technique a "human CT scan"!
Back then, the Hanshang Sect had massacred the entire Qihuang Sect, largely to learn Meridian Exploration.
However, the inheritors of the Qihuang Sect refused to yield, and not a single one revealed the secret of Meridian Exploration.
Therefore, the Hanshang Sect still had not achieved their desire!
Only inheritors of the Qihuang Sect knew Meridian Exploration!!
Wang Zhongtian's face was grim and shocked. He said in a deep voice, "This person... is actually an inheritor of the Qihuang Sect! I never imagined that such a figure would be hiding in a place like this!"
"Mas-master, is the Qihuang Sect more powerful than our Dongyuan Sect?" Wang Zhongtian's disciple asked with an ignorant expression.
Wang Zhongtian sighed deeply, "More than powerful? It's simply... the Dongyuan Sect is like an infant compared to the Qihuang Sect. In the past, people from our Dongyuan Sect had to perform kowt greetings when they met people from the Qihuang Sect..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Zhongtian's disciples had incredibly varied expressions.
When they looked at Old Jin again, it was as if all the blood and messiness on him had disappeared.
What remained was only the magnificent aura of his status as an inheritor of the Qihuang Sect!