"Alright, let's not waste any more time here. I'll proceed with the acupuncture treatment for Vice Principal Deng's wife now."
Wan Yunting didn't want to waste any more words with Xu Yongbo and the others. He turned to the bedside and said to Gu Luotang, who was carrying the ancient Baiyao medicine chest, "Luotang, take out the silver needles. Vice Principal Deng, please help your wife remove her outer clothing."
"Okay..."
Deng Hongsheng nodded and went to help his wife undress.
"Mr. Joellber, let's observe how they treat the patient with Traditional Chinese Medicine," Xu Yongbo said to Joellber and his companions in English.
Joellber smiled and nodded, watching Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang preparing a set of silver needles for sterilization. He was clearly very interested in seeing how Chinese medicine treated illnesses.
"Huiping, you're awake..."
As Deng Hongsheng was removing his wife's coat, he saw Xu Huiping slowly open her eyes. He said tenderly, "Don't be afraid, we're going to treat you... uh..."
"Give me back my son, give me back my son..."
In the next moment, Xu Huiping's emaciated hands grabbed Deng Hongsheng's neck, letting out sharp, piercing screams. Gu Luotang, standing nearby, turned pale with alarm, and Wan Yunting also turned his head. The two of them immediately rushed forward to grab Xu Huiping's arms and pry her hands off Deng Hongsheng's neck.
"Quick, secure her on the bed..."
Wan Yunting shouted. He grabbed Xu Huiping's wrists with both hands, then got onto the bed, straddling her with his legs spread apart, pressing her wrists firmly against the sides of the headboard.
"Ah, give me back my son..."
However, Xu Huiping was now like a madwoman. Although her hands were held down by Wan Yunting, her legs thrashed wildly. Deng Hongsheng also reacted quickly, rushing to help Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao grab Xu Huiping's legs and stabilize her.
"Bind her quickly..."
Gu Yuanbai looked on anxiously. He walked over and knelt by the head of the bed, taking the leather restraints from the bed to spread Xu Huiping's limbs apart. Her hands and feet were secured to the wooden bed, and despite her emaciated body writhing and struggling, and letting out sharp, piercing howls, she could not break free.
"Senior Sister..."
Seeing Xu Huiping bound to the bed, Qi Miaomiao and Gu Luotang felt incredibly sad and couldn't bear to watch.
"Mr. Joellber, it seems our new drug needs further adjustments."
Xu Yongbo, Joellber, and his assistant, standing to the side, watched Xu Huiping, who was fixed to the bed and screaming wildly. They did not go to help Wan Yunting and the others, but were discussing their new drug issues in English.
They had been administering their new drug to Xu Huiping for the past two days. But seeing that she didn't even recognize her husband, Deng Hongsheng, it was evident that Xu Huiping's condition was very dire. At the same time, Xu Yongbo and Joellber's new drug had not yielded any effect.
"Hey, how are you going to treat her?"
As Xu Yongbo watched Wan Yunting, holding the sterilized silver needles, walk towards Xu Huiping's bedside, he couldn't help but mock, "Do you really think you can cure her mental illness with just silver needles?"
"Can't you?"
Qi Miaomiao saw the annoying fellow speak and glared fiercely at him, saying, "This is called acupuncture treatment. If you don't understand, go back and study properly, don't embarrass yourselves here."
"Tch."
Xu Yongbo said disdainfully, "A few worthless silver needles can cure what disease? Chinese medicine is just pretense and exaggeration, fooling those who don't understand."
"That's right..."
"That's enough, Miaomiao. Why are you arguing with him? Don't disturb Brother Yunting while he's treating Sister Huiping." Seeing that Qi Miaomiao was about to retort to Xu Yongbo, Gu Luotang stopped her.
"Heh heh."
Xu Yongbo chuckled coldly. However, his eyes lecherously scanned Gu Luotang, who was dressed in an exquisite Hanfu. He had to admit she was as beautiful as an immortal who didn't eat worldly food, making one unable to look away.
However, Wan Yunting completely ignored Xu Yongbo at this moment. He pinched out a seven-inch long silver needle with three fingers of his right hand and handed the tray in his left hand to Gu Luotang, who was assisting him.
Then he approached the head of the bed and, looking at the deranged and screaming Xu Huiping, Wan Yunting placed his large hand on her emaciated left cheek and slowly inserted the silver needle into the Yifeng acupoint behind her left ear.
Immediately, Xu Huiping's writhing and struggling body stopped, her piercing screams ceased, and her eyelids slowly closed, causing her to fall into a deep sleep.
This scene astonished Joellber and his assistant, Catelynna. They immediately pointed at Wan Yunting and the others and turned to ask Xu Yongbo curiously what was going on.
But Xu Yongbo's expression was stunned. He spread his hands, as he also had no idea how Wan Yunting, with just a single silver needle inserted behind Xu Huiping's left ear, had managed to put her to sleep.
"Tch, calling himself a doctor, yet he can't even distinguish human acupoints."
Seeing Xu Yongbo and Joellber looking bewildered, Qi Miaomiao couldn't help but sneer contemptuously.
"Alright, I will officially begin now."
Looking at the quiet and sleeping Xu Huiping, Wan Yunting raised his head and said seriously to Gu Yuanbai and Deng Hongsheng.
"Okay, Vice Chairman Wan, I'll leave it to you."
Deng Hongsheng stared at him, his heart filled with tension. His only hope now was that Wan Yunting, the sole inheritor of the Ghost Hand Medical Saint, could cure his wife's illness.
"Tch."
Xu Yongbo beside them couldn't help but sneer.
But Wan Yunting paid no attention to them. Looking at Xu Huiping lying on the bed, his gaze became completely focused. Then, with his right hand, he picked a four-inch long, sterilized silver needle from the tray held by Gu Luotang.
"First Needle: Gui Gong!"
Then, Wan Yunting pressed Xu Huiping's Renzhong acupoint with his left thumb and inserted the four-inch long silver needle obliquely from bottom to top into the Renzhong acupoint, to a depth of three or five fen.
At this scene, Gu Yuanbai couldn't help but step forward, standing behind Wan Yunting and watching him closely perform the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate.
Gu Luotang, who was assisting, and Qi Miaomiao watched intently. Xu Yongbo and Joellber and his assistant Catelynna, standing at the foot of the bed, also curiously watched Wan Yunting as he prepared the second needle. He had Deng Hongsheng release Xu Huiping's right hand, picked up her right hand, and inserted a needle into the Shaoshang acupoint on the outer side of her thumb, near the nail edge, also known as the Guixin acupoint!
"Second Needle: Guixin, also Shaoshang, inserted three fen..."
Using an inward-outward needling technique, Wan Yunting slowly inserted the four-inch long silver needle into Xu Huiping's right Shaoshang acupoint. At the same time, he had Deng Hongsheng release her left hand and inserted a needle into the Shaoshang acupoint on the edge of her left thumb as well.
"Putting on a show..."
Watching Wan Yunting methodically perform acupuncture on Xu Huiping, Xu Yongbo, though he didn't understand, was full of disdain and discussed with Joellber and his assistant in English.
"Hey, can you guys stop talking so loudly? It will disturb Brother Yunting's treatment." Hearing their discussion, Qi Miaomiao turned and glared fiercely at Xu Yongbo and the others, reprimanding them in a low voice.
"Fine, I won't say anything."
Xu Yongbo crossed his arms and sneered at Qi Miaomiao, "We'll see how long he can keep up this charade."
Gu Yuanbai, Deng Hongsheng, and Gu Luotang completely ignored them and continued to watch Wan Yunting intently. He then picked out the third silver needle and went to the foot of the bed. On Xu Huiping's right foot, he located the Yinbai acupoint, which is on the inner side of the toe, one fen from the corner of the nail. The silver needle was inserted directly inwards for two fen.
The same was done for the left foot. These were the third needles, Gui Lei, also Yinbai, inserted two fen!
Next, Wan Yunting continued with the fourth needle, Guixin, which is Daling! This is located at the center of the transverse crease of the palm, the Daling acupoint. The silver needle was inserted directly inwards for five fen, on both hands.
The fifth needle, Guilu, also Shenmai, is on the Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang, one of the eight confluent acupoints. It is located on the outer side of the foot, in the depression directly below the external malleolus. The silver needle was inserted directly inwards three times, on both feet.
The sixth needle, Guizhen, also Fengfu!
Jiang Chen asked Deng Hongsheng for help to turn Xu Huiping onto her side. The needle was inserted directly inwards for two fen into the Fengfu acupoint, located one cun directly above the midline of the posterior hairline on the neck, directly below the external occipital protuberance, in the depression between the trapezius muscles.
The seventh needle, Guichuang, also Jiache! This is located on the cheek, about one finger's width in front and above the angle of the mandible, where the masseter muscle bulges when the teeth are clenched. This is the Jiache acupoint. The silver needle was inserted directly inwards for five fen, on both cheeks.
"Good, lie flat..."
Wan Yunting asked Deng Hongsheng to lay Xu Huiping down, but asked him to support her neck because there was still a needle in Xu Huiping's Fengfu acupoint.
Wan Yunting's left finger was already pressing Xu Huiping's Chengjiang acupoint, the eighth needle, Guishi!
The Chengjiang acupoint is located in the center of the depression in the philtrum of the face. The silver needle in Wan Yunting's hand was inserted directly inwards for three fen!
Instantly, Xu Huiping's eyelids twitched. Deng Hongsheng's heart tightened. Wan Yunting said, "It's fine, it means she's reacting. Continue..."
Then, under the watchful eyes of Gu Yuanbai, Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, Xu Yongbo, and the curious Joellber and his assistant Catelynna, Wan Yunting continued to prepare the ninth silver needle, the ninth needle Guiku, also Laogong! This is located in the center of the palm. The silver needle was inserted directly for five fen.
The tenth needle, Guitang, also Shangxing!
Located on the head, directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline, Wan Yunting inserted the four-inch long silver needle directly for three fen, which could penetrate to Shaohai and the opposite side of Quchi.
Then Wan Yunting continued. At this moment, he was completely focused, and fine beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead. This was the first time he had used the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate beyond the tenth needle.
Not only that, but with each needle inserted, he also infused vital energy into Xu Huiping's acupoints, thus consuming the internal energy within Wan Yunting's dantian.