The golden dragon swims through the body, and the soul returns to its place.
He walked to the bedside and looked at Lin Wanqiu, whose breath was weak on the hospital bed. He took a deep breath and cleared all distracting thoughts from his mind.
Although it wasn't the first time he had performed the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Needle Technique, this time was of extraordinary significance.
This did not just concern the survival of a long-suffering patient.
It also concerned Qin Xue's love for him.
And... whether he could completely crack open Qin Bing's frozen heart.
He extended two fingers and pinched the thinnest filiform needle.
True Qi circulated at his fingertips, and an invisible, scorching air current instantly enveloped the needle, completing the most thorough disinfection.
This move caused Doctor Schmidt's eyes to nearly pop out of his head.
Is this magic?
Qin Xue nervously grabbed her sister's hand. The two sisters held their breath, not even daring to blink.
Qin Bing's heart was in her throat.
She stared fixedly at Li Wei's every movement, terrified that he might make even the slightest mistake.
Li Wei's face was solemn.
He ignored the reactions of those around him; all of his concentration was focused on the silver needle in his hand and the patient before him.
Soul Return, Vessel Continuation.
The two needle techniques—one ethereal and one solid, one of the spirit and one of the form—had to be coordinated flawlessly.
The requirements for the practitioner's mental power and control over True Qi were extremely demanding.
"Concentrate!"
Li Wei gave a low shout, his gaze instantly becoming incredibly sharp.
He made his move!
The silver needle in his hand turned into a bolt of silver lightning. Without the slightest hesitation, it pierced precisely into the Baihui Point on top of Lin Wanqiu's head.
The needle entered, but there was no blood.
Only the slender tail of the needle emitted a high-frequency hum in the air that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.
Buzz~
The moment the silver needle entered, a barely audible hum rang out abruptly in the silent hospital room.
That sound did not seem like the vibration of metal, but rather like an ancient, distant, and mysterious Sanskrit chant, echoing directly in the depths of one's soul.
Standing to the side, Doctor Schmidt felt his brain go blank for a moment with a 'buzz'.
He subconsciously took half a step back, and his gaze toward Li Wei had changed from initial awe to complete horror.
What is this?
Hypnosis?
Or some kind of mysterious Eastern sonic attack?
As for Qin Xue and Qin Bing, they felt their hearts tighten suddenly, as if gripped hard by an invisible giant hand.
They saw that as the needle was inserted,
their originally lifeless mother's shriveled, bark-like skin actually gave off a faint, moonlight-like halo.
Li Wei did not stop.
His expression was focused to the extreme.
The fourth form of the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Needle Technique: Soul Return!
The essence of this form lay not in the needle, but in the spirit.
Using his own powerful mental strength as a guide, he constructed an invisible bridge to perceive, call out to, and draw back the soul fragments that were wandering between heaven and earth, on the verge of dissipating.
This was an extremely mentally taxing process.
In just a few minutes, a layer of fine sweat had already broken out on Li Wei's forehead.
His consciousness seemed to have left his body, entering a vast, boundless, gray void.
He could 'see' countless fragments emitting a faint light; the silhouettes within the fragments had dull expressions, matching the state of a detached soul.
Like fireflies in the night sky, they floated aimlessly within this space.
That was Lin Wanqiu's scattered soul energy.
"Come back!"
Li Wei let out a silent cry in his heart.
His massive mental strength instantly transformed into an invisible giant net, sweeping toward those points of light... Inside the hospital room,
under the horrified gazes of Qin Xue and Qin Bing,
Li Wei's eyes were tightly shut, his face was pale, and his body was even trembling slightly, as if he were enduring immense pain.
"He... what's wrong with him?"
Qin Xue's heart instantly jumped into her throat, and she instinctively wanted to step forward.
"Sister, don't touch him!"
Qin Bing grabbed her.
Although she was equally nervous,
her sharp intuition as a criminal police officer told her
that Li Wei at this moment
was at a critical juncture where he absolutely could not be disturbed.
Once disturbed,
not only would Li Wei be in danger,
but it would likely also affect their mother.
Just then,
another change occurred!
At some point, Li Wei's fingertips had already pinched a second silver needle.
He suddenly snapped his eyes open!
In those dark eyes, golden electric light seemed to flash by!
"Vessel Continuation!"
A low shout.
The second silver needle, carrying an indomitable momentum, pierced toward the Yintang Point between Lin Wanqiu's eyebrows.
If the first needle, 'Soul Return', was a miraculous skill,
then this second needle, 'Vessel Continuation', was peerlessly overbearing!
As the silver needle entered, the True Qi within Li Wei's body poured unreservedly into Lin Wanqiu's body through the slender needle like a bursting flood.
A magical scene occurred.
Wisps of visible, pale golden air currents centered around those two silver needles and began to roam across Zhou Huilan's skin.
Those golden currents seemed to have a life of their own. Wherever they passed, the sallow, shriveled skin began to become rosy and full at a visible speed.
Those deep wrinkles also seemed to be slowly smoothed out by an invisible hand.
"Oh my God!"
Doctor Schmidt, standing by, could no longer maintain his composure.
He let out an exclamation and pressed closer, his blue eyes wider than copper bells as he stared intently at the roaming golden currents.
"This... what is this? Gas? The Eastern 'Chi'?!"
He was trembling with excitement, speaking incoherently.
"This isn't scientific! This completely violates the law of conservation of energy!"
He had practiced medicine for thirty years, seen countless difficult and complicated diseases, and witnessed all kinds of advanced medical technology.
But the scene before him had completely overturned his rock-solid worldview built on modern science.
This was no longer medical skill.
This was a miracle!
A true miracle that only existed in legends!
Li Wei ignored his fuss.
His entire focus was used to guide that True Qi.
He could clearly feel that under the dual effects of 'Soul Return' and 'Vessel Continuation', Lin Wanqiu's severed cerebral neural synapses were being reconnected and repaired bit by bit.
And those soul fragments he had forcibly 'grabbed' back with his mental strength also began to slowly return to the body along the re-established 'bridge'.
This was an extremely delicate and extremely dangerous process.
If the output of True Qi was a fraction too much, it might burn the fragile nerves.
A fraction too little, and the connection could not be completed.
Time passed minute by minute.
The hospital room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.
Only the data on the screens of several precision medical instruments jumped frantically and silently.
Heart rate slowly rose from 40 beats per minute to 55, 60, 70... Blood pressure rose from a low of 60 to 80, 90, 100... Blood oxygen saturation rose from a dangerous 85% to a normal 98%!
Every change in the data subjected Doctor Schmidt's scientifically trained heart to one violent shock after another.
Finally.
When the last wisp of golden current returned to Li Wei's body through the silver needle,
Li Wei let out a long breath of turbid air.
His face was still pale, but those eyes were startlingly bright.
He slowly pulled out the two silver needles.
After doing all this, he felt as if his body had been hollowed out. A wave of intense weakness hit him, his body swayed, and he almost failed to stand steady.
"Li Wei!"
Qin Xue cried out and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
At the moment Li Wei's body leaned into Qin Xue's soft and supple embrace...