"Luo Tang, are you done eating?"
In a restaurant, six people were seated around a round table.
The elder sitting in the main seat facing the door was wearing a gray martial arts uniform. He had short, salt-and-pepper hair, a square face, thick black eyebrows mixed with a few white ones, and a pair of piercing, spirited old eyes that were very sharp. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were not many, his face was ruddy, and he looked nothing like a seventy-year-old man.
"Yes, I'm done," replied Gu Luo Tang, who was sitting to the right of the elder. She was dressed in a ancient-style Hanfu, a short, light blue ruqun. She put down her bowls and chopsticks and gracefully wiped her vermilion lips with a handkerchief, exuding an air of dignified gentleness, clear and elegant, like a lady from a prominent family.
"Master, I'm not done yet," said Qi Miaomiao, her junior sister, who was sitting next to her. Unlike a lady, her mouth was stuffed with two small steamed buns, clearly indicating she was a foodie.
This earned her a scolding glance from Gu Luotang's grandfather, Gu Yuanbai. Knowing his disciple's temperament, he could only sigh helplessly, get up, and say, "Wait for me outside later; I'll go change."
"Okay."
Gu Luo Tang nodded, waiting for her junior sister to finish eating before leaving.
In this large courtyard, only Gu Luo Tang and her junior sister Qi Miaomiao lived with their grandfather.
Of course, Gu Yuanbai also had two sons and one daughter. His eldest son, Gu Wenliang, who was also Gu Luo Tang's father, was developing their Gu Medical Hall in the capital.
His second son, Gu Yingbo, preferred Western medicine. He was still abroad and was a renowned doctor and expert in the international Western medical community!
His daughter was married into a prominent family in the capital. Therefore, Gu Yuanbai's status in the traditional Chinese medicine circles of Huadu, and even on a certain level, was incomparable to ordinary people.
After junior sister Qi Miaomiao finished eating, she and Gu Luo Tang waited at the main gate of the residence. Qi Miaomiao asked, "Senior sister, do you think that Wan Yunting will attend today's conference?"
Gu Luo Tang, with her ethereal grace, slightly shook her head. "How would I know?"
Qi Miaomiao puffed out her cheeks. "I guess he definitely will go, after all, Director Jiang values him so much!"
"Mm."
Gu Luo Tang nodded. She also wanted to meet Wan Yunting and even exchange thoughts with him on the slender golden body calligraphy…
"Who are you talking about?"
Gu Yuanbai, having changed into a black Tang suit, appeared even more solemn and imposing.
"Grandpa, we're talking about someone named Wan Yunting."
Qi Miaomiao went up and hooked her arm around Gu Yuanbai's. He hummed and said to Gu Luo Tang, "Is that the young man who cured Fan Xingfa's daughter's strange illness?"
In the past two days, his colleagues had been discussing this matter, so Gu Yuanbai had heard many rumors.
Gu Luo Tang nodded and did not elaborate on the topic of Wan Yunting.
At this moment, a black car arrived. Gu Yuanbai's disciple was driving, and he was there to pick them up for the Traditional Chinese Medicine University.
In the car, Qi Miaomiao chattered excitedly with Gu Yuanbai, discussing the latest news about Wan Yunting. Gu Luo Tang remained silent.
The car stopped at a traffic light. The young disciple driving and Qi Miaomiao in the passenger seat suddenly saw a crowd of people gathered by the roadside. Gu Yuanbai, sitting in the back, also asked, "What's happening up ahead?"
"I don't know, Senior Brother Du, go check it out quickly."
"Alright."
Saying this, the senior brother named Du Hua changed lanes and drove over.
Among the onlookers, a young man was providing emergency rescue to a woman lying on the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.
"Wow, it's him!"
Qi Miaomiao immediately recognized the person.
Gu Luo Tang was also surprised. The person rescuing the woman was none other than Wan Yunting, whom she had been thinking about for the past two years.
"Let's go see."
Gu Yuanbai immediately pushed open the car door and got out. Gu Luo Tang, Qi Miaomiao, and Du Hua also got out and squeezed through the crowd of onlookers.
"Buddy, can you handle this? Be careful not to get yourself into trouble!"
"Yeah, look at her convulsing all over; she must have a serious illness!"
"Could it be a scam?"
The roadside onlookers watched the young man kneeling on the ground, his hands on the convulsing woman, who was lying on the ground. It turned out that while Wan Yunting was waiting for the traffic light, the woman had been crossing the road when she was startled by a passing bicycle, causing her to convulse and fall to the ground.
Wan Yunting had immediately gotten out of the car to help. Judging by her current symptoms, he quickly determined that the woman was likely having an epileptic seizure.
"Everyone, please call 120."
Disregarding the well-meaning advice and warnings from the surrounding onlookers, Wan Yunting immediately unbuttoned the woman's collar and loosened her waistband to ensure her breathing was smooth. He also held the side of the woman's head, but seeing her attempt to bite her tongue, Wan Yunting placed his left palm in her mouth for her to bite, preventing her from biting her tongue off.
"Oh my…"
Seeing the woman biting Wan Yunting's hand until it bled, the onlookers exclaimed in shock. A kind female student had already called 120.
This scene was also witnessed by Gu Luo Tang, Gu Yuanbai, and Qi Miaomiao, who had pushed their way into the crowd.
However, Wan Yunting did not notice them. Seeing that the woman was still convulsing, he simply sat on her thighs and shouted to the crowd, "Can anyone help me hold her hands and head?"
The onlookers looked at each other with indifferent eyes; no one dared to step forward because they didn't want to get involved in trouble.
"Doctor Wan, I'll help you."
Qi Miaomiao immediately went forward. Gu Luo Tang, without hesitation, also stepped up and knelt down to help hold the woman's hands and head.
"Doctor Gu, it's you."
Seeing them, Wan Yunting was surprised. Gu Luo Tang dared not meet his eyes directly, only nodding.
"Hold her steady…"
Seeing this, Wan Yunting immediately got up, pushed through the crowd, and returned to the car. He took a first-aid kit from the trunk and rushed back. This time, the onlookers did not stop him.
"Quick, pinch her philtrum!"
Gu Yuanbai, standing beside them, immediately instructed his granddaughter to pinch the woman's philtrum. Wan Yunting returned, and due to the urgency of the situation, he did not notice Gu Yuanbai beside him. He opened the first-aid kit, took out a set of silver needles, and spread them on the ground. With his fingers, he picked out a seven-inch-long silver needle and secretly circulated his inner 'Qi' to condense the needle, achieving disinfection.
Once ready, Wan Yunting immediately said to Gu Luo Tang and Qi Miaomiao, "Turn her over and place her on her side!"
"Oh, okay…"
The two women were stunned for a moment before quickly complying, turning the woman's body to her side. Wan Yunting stepped forward, felt the Fengfu acupoint at the back of the woman's neck, and then steadily inserted the needle, holding it with his fingers…
"Hey, you haven't disinfected the needles yet."
Qi Miaomiao exclaimed in alarm. Gu Luo Tang also looked at Wan Yunting with a strange expression, as acupuncture treatment requires the disinfection of needles.
"Encasing the silver needle with inner Qi to achieve disinfection. This young man is extraordinary!"
However, Gu Yuanbai, standing beside them, was filled with astonishment. He watched Wan Yunting's process of disinfecting the needles with his inner 'Qi' from his dantian, and his heart was shaken.
After all, he was also a practitioner of internal martial arts, and his cultivation was not low. Therefore, he could sense the 'Qi' fluctuations that Wan Yunting had circulated just now.
But seeing that this young man, who was only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, could achieve the realm of projecting inner Qi outwards, did that mean he had reached the martial art of Huajin!
Before Gu Yuanbai could recover from his shock, he saw Wan Yunting pick out another six-inch-long silver needle. He skillfully measured the acupoints on the back of the woman's head with his right hand while secretly circulating his inner 'Qi' to disinfect the silver needle in his left hand…
After finding the acupoint with his right hand, he used the outward-straight-pricking technique to steadily insert the needle into the woman's Qiangjian acupoint!
At the same time, the last needle was inserted into the Tongtian acupoint on the top of her head!
Immediately, the woman, who had been convulsing all over, stopped convulsing. Her pupils widened as if she felt the white mountains and seas in her stomach, and she vomited the food she had eaten that morning.
Ugh…
This caused the surrounding onlookers to retreat, showing expressions of disgust.
However, as medical practitioners, Gu Luo Tang and Qi Miaomiao did not move an inch. They watched the woman with tense eyes, seeing her tensed body gradually relax.
Seeing this, Wan Yunting also breathed a sigh of relief.
But Gu Yuanbai, standing beside them, was stunned. He stared blankly at the three acupoints and techniques the young man had used to puncture the woman, and finally couldn't help but exclaim, "Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles!"