13: Chapter 13 Young man, do you know how to use a needle?

The Spiritual Qi, at 200 times concentration, transformed into hundred-zhang-long Spiritual Dragons that soared into the sky, surging towards the Nine-Tailed Ice Fox's body!

The little fellow had a look of enjoyment on its face, rubbing its cool little head against Jiang Lan. It fell asleep obediently in Jiang Lan's arms, even letting out soft snores.

Normally, Divine Beasts must constantly consume Immortal Plants and spirit fruits containing Spiritual Qi to survive.

But there are exceptions, like this Supreme Spirit Gathering Formation. Although the concentration of Spiritual Qi is not as high as that of Immortal Plants or spirit fruits, it is enough for the little fellow to survive.

The little fellow won't affect Jiang Lan's cultivation speed. Theoretically, as long as space allows, any number of Cultivators can cultivate simultaneously in this Supreme Spirit Gathering Formation!

This is the same principle as many cultivation Families being built upon Spiritual Veins, where thousands of Cultivators in the entire Family can cultivate at the same time without affecting each other.

At 7:00 the next morning, Jiang Lan was woken up by his phone alarm.

He got up and dressed, not even having time for breakfast before heading straight to the Xuanhu Pavilion Chinese medicine clinic nearest to his home.

Because today, there was a beautiful woman he had been longing for in his past life that he had to save!

Jiang Lan arrived at the Chinese medicine clinic at 8:00 AM, just as it was opening.

At the front desk was a nurse in her early twenties. She looked like she had just graduated and started working not long ago.

"Hello, sir. Do you have an appointment?"

"I don't have an appointment. I'm here to buy a set of silver needles,"

"the kind used for traditional Chinese acupuncture."

The beautiful nurse's face was full of suspicion as she looked at Jiang Lan.

"Sir, do you have a medical license?"

Jiang Lan shook his head.

"Then are you a student at a Chinese medicine college?"

"No, I'm not!"

"Then I can't sell them to you!"

Actually, the nurse wasn't to blame. Just the day before yesterday, Xuanhu Pavilion had a medical accident!

A patient with a sudden myocardial infarction was brought to the nearby Xuanhu Pavilion. Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Liu in the clinic personally applied the needles. As a result, after three needles, the person died on the spot!

Since the day before yesterday, the Family members had come to the clinic several times to cause trouble, and they would probably come again in a while!

Selling silver needles to Jiang Lan was a small matter, but if another accident happened because of it, the clinic might not be able to stay open.

"Miss Nurse, I'm buying the needles to save someone!"

Hearing this, the nurse was almost certain that the young man in front of her was likely mentally ill and here to cause trouble!

Because if a normal person doesn't know medicine, why would they buy silver needles?

He said he didn't know medicine, yet he kept insisting he wanted to save someone!

Patients with epilepsy, autism, or mental health issues—basically those Western medicine couldn't treat—often came to try their luck with Chinese medicine.

Although the nurse hadn't been working long, she had seen quite a few mentally ill patients.

At this moment, the nurse was convinced in her heart that Jiang Lan was a mentally ill patient, and a very sick one at that!

The argument between Jiang Lan and the nurse grew louder. A gray-haired old doctor wearing black-rimmed reading glasses hobbled out from the inner room.

He had overheard most of it inside and knew Jiang Lan was there to buy silver needles.

"Young man, it's not that you can't buy the needles,"

"the question is, do you know how to use them?"

"I do!"

Jiang Lan actually did know how to use them. While playing the qixian continent game yesterday, he had learned the Mysterious Spirit Life-Extending Needle technique while saving Qian Luo.

That's right!

Skills learned in the qixian continent game...

...would be mastered in real life as well.

In other words, Jiang Lan could use needles in real life, and it was the Heaven-Defying Mysterious Spirit Life-Extending Needle!

In his past life's memories, a month after qixian continent launched, players gradually discovered that skills learned in the game could be applied directly in reality!

It even trended on the hot searches at the time!

Major media outlets scrambled to report on it!

"Oh? Aren't you buying needles to save someone?"

"Then tell me,"

"what symptoms does your patient have,"

"and how will you apply the needles?"

The old doctor pushed up his reading glasses and looked at the young man with interest.

After all, there weren't many young people interested in Chinese medicine these days. If the young man really knew how to apply needles and had talent in Chinese medicine, then the world of Chinese medicine might have found a good candidate for its Legacy!

"I have a very important friend,"

"who has pre-myocardial infarction symptoms,"

"mainly manifesting as shortness of breath,"

"cold sweats, extreme fatigue,"

"and oh, a ghastly pale face!"

The old doctor heard this and thought,

"As expected!"

These were typical symptoms of a myocardial infarction!

It seemed the young man knew a bit about medicine; being able to infer it was a myocardial infarction from these symptoms was quite good!

"Three Acupoints can be used,"

"namely the xinyu point on the back,"

"the shanzhong point on the chest, and the neiguan point on the forearm,"

"for three minutes each."

"That is, after applying the needle to the xinyu point for three minutes,"

"then to the shanzhong point for three minutes,"

"and finally to the neiguan point for three minutes."

"The patient should be fine then,"

"and the needles can be removed!"

The old doctor's pupils constricted suddenly, his face full of astonishment!

He was deeply shocked!

At such a young age, he knew the Acupoints so well, only the order of application was different from his own!

Two days ago,

a middle-aged man in his fifties suffering from a sudden acute myocardial infarction was brought to Xuanhu Pavilion. He had applied the needles himself, using those same three Acupoints.

After the three needles, he thought he could save the man, but less than a minute after the needles were applied, the person died on the spot!

His order of application at the time was exactly the opposite of what the young man said. He hadn't been able to figure it out for the past two days—the Acupoints were correct, so why hadn't the person been saved? Where was the problem?

"Why can't the neiguan point be treated first?"

The old doctor really wanted to know because he had treated the neiguan point first, and as a result, the patient couldn't be saved.

Although the patient would likely have died even if he hadn't stepped in—it was an acute myocardial infarction, after all, and without effective measures within minutes, death was certain.

However, a doctor has a parental heart. Moreover, Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Liu was a doctor with extreme medical ethics; he practiced medicine not for money, but only to heal patients.

If he failed to treat or save someone, he would be unable to escape feelings of self-reproach for a long time.

"Because applying a needle to the neiguan point,"

"although it can relieve chest pain,"

"and help stop the patient's pain,"

"it simultaneously gives the body,"

"a false signal!"

"That is, that the patient,"

"is already out of danger!"

"However, the myocardial infarction has not subsided,"

"but the body gives up on saving itself!"

"So, treating the neiguan point first will cause a myocardial infarction patient"

"to pass away even faster!"

Hearing this, Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Liu felt like he'd been struck by lightning. His body staggered, and he almost fell!

Luckily, the nurse nearby supported him, allowing him to steady himself!

Indeed, medical skill has always been an auxiliary guide; the human body is the foundation.

Just like how 90% of illnesses don't actually need treatment; the body can heal itself!

Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Liu had practiced medicine his whole life with the mindset that medical skill was primary, helping patients solve their ailments.

In fact, that was wrong. Medical skill has always only been a guide, an aid!

He never expected that after a lifetime of practicing medicine, he would be inferior to this young man.

"Quickly, Nurse Zhao,"

"get a set of silver needles for this boy,"

"get that best set of 48 needles!"

"No need to charge him,"

"charge the cost of the needles to my account."

Jiang Lan naturally didn't want them, but the old doctor was too stubborn and insisted on giving them. Unable to refuse, he accepted the silver needles.

"I, Old Chinese Medicine Doctor, have had no children in my life,"

"and I've only thought about finding a root for our ancestors' medical skills,"

"to pass them down,"

"so they don't get lost in our hands."

"Young man, just leave your phone number for this old man,"

"if this old man has any Chinese medicine questions in the future,"

"I'll call you,"

"and we can research and discuss them together."

Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Liu actually wanted to take Jiang Lan as an apprentice, but he was afraid of scaring the young man away. So he took his number first, planning to win him over slowly.

The nurse nearby was completely dumbfounded. Just a moment ago, she thought the young man was mentally ill; how did he suddenly become a divine doctor?

This 180-degree reversal left the nurse completely stunned!

Jiang Lan left his phone number and rushed toward the school.

Not only because there was a class at 10:00 AM in Classroom 102 of the teaching building, but more importantly, he had to save someone—someone very important!