72: Chapter 72 Struggle to Cross!

He Qingqing's pen dropped to the floor. The sound was not loud, but it made the consultation room fall silent instantly.

Her mother bent down to pick up the pen, the worry on her face deepening.

"Why are you so jittery, child? Is your hand shaking?"

He Qingqing did not speak.

She looked at Su Ye, the impatience in her eyes completely gone, replaced only by undisguised shock. The secret hidden deep in her heart had been seen through at a glance, leaving her feeling extremely terrified at this moment.

Su Ye glanced at her, then looked at her mother.

"Could the family member please wait outside for a moment? I need to ask her a few questions alone; some symptoms might be embarrassing for a child to discuss in front of their parent."

"Doctor, this..."

He Qingqing immediately snapped back to reality and hurriedly said, "Mom, you go out first. I'll talk to the doctor."

Her mother looked at her, then at Su Ye, and finally nodded.

"Then be honest and don't hide anything from the doctor."

The door to the consultation room was closed.

He Qingqing sat on the chair, her fingers tightly gripping the corner of her clothes. Even though Su Ye still looked young, she no longer dared to look at him with the same gaze as before.

Su Ye did not beat around the bush.

"Your condition is very special. When did it start?"

He Qingqing was silent for a few seconds.

"Ten days ago."

Su Ye's fingertips paused slightly.

Ten days ago.

That was exactly after the Great Mist descended.

Yuhuang Mountain, Yuheng Mountain, chixia spirit fruit, evolved creatures, and now He Qingqing before him—everything was corroborating each other.

Perhaps everyone had already undergone changes? That Great Mist had accelerated the mutations between heaven and earth!

It was just that for most people, the changes were very slight, so slight that they might not even notice them themselves. But He Qingqing was different; the spiritual essence of kidney water within her had begun to shift, even showing a tendency to develop toward an ice attribute.

"After that day, did you feel like your brain suddenly became faster?"

He Qingqing's breath hitched.

"Yes."

"The more obvious the chill behind your waist becomes, the clearer your thinking is?"

"Yes."

"So, you deliberately tried to sense it later, and even tried to mobilize it."

He Qingqing opened her mouth, then whispered, "I don't know if that counts as mobilizing it. I just focused my attention, and it became clearer."

Su Ye nodded.

"That is the problem."

He Qingqing immediately sat up straight.

Su Ye looked at her, his tone calm.

"You don't have an ordinary kidney disease now, but you can't say you are completely healthy either. The changes in your body are concentrated in your kidneys. The kidney water is excessive and is shifting toward an icy, cold direction. Your body cannot withstand it, which is why you have frequent urination, hematuria, lower back pain, and even fainting."

He Qingqing was shocked as she listened. Her current situation must be some kind of extremely mysterious change, touching upon the secrets about to emerge in this world.

She had originally thought it was already outrageous that this young doctor could guess one thing right, but now, every word Su Ye spoke seemed to land directly on that cold mass within her body.

She felt as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and her tone was somewhat urgent as she said, "Then what should I do?"

Su Ye said, "Get checked first. Medical issues must be ruled out. Urine routine, kidney function, and ultrasound—all of these must be done. Hematuria is not a small matter. Perhaps the changes in your body have indeed already harmed you, and these also require medical treatment."

He Qingqing nodded hurriedly.

Su Ye continued, "If the test results do not show major abnormalities, then what you really need to do is not to suppress it or stimulate it, but to adapt to it."

"Adapt?"

"Yes."

Su Ye raised his hand and lightly traced a line on the desktop.

"What you were doing before was constantly drawing that chill toward your brain, which is why you felt your thinking was clear. But the burden on your kidneys will become greater and greater. It's like a river rushing only in one direction; the riverbed will eventually be damaged."

He Qingqing listened intently, even softening her breathing.

"In the future, when you feel that chill again, you must learn to guide it gradually. You cannot let it follow its instinct and rush into your brain all at once. Try to let it start from your kidneys, and slowly disperse along your lower back, lower abdomen, and limbs, allowing every corner and part of your body to bear this energy."

Su Ye paused.

"Guide a sharp line into a gentle net, and let your body adapt."

He Qingqing's eyes widened slightly.

Su Ye said, "Being able to master it is the first step to unlocking evolution."

Evolution.

As soon as these two words were spoken, He Qingqing froze completely.

She stood up abruptly, the movement so hurried that her chair slid backward.

"You..."

She felt her worldview restructuring. Could it be that all the doctors in the hospital already knew about this change? Or was it possible that my change was actually within some common medical conditions?

No.

He Qingqing suddenly looked up at Su Ye. She felt that her thinking was too rigid. This young doctor before her was likely an existence who had also come into contact with the 'extraordinary,' and was extremely knowledgeable about the 'extraordinary'!

Could I really be this lucky?

For these past ten days, she had been certain that her changes were definitely in the minority, and that most people could not fathom what their own changes actually were. Yet the person before her was exactly that kind of prodigy who was deeply accomplished and had been in contact with the 'extraordinary' for a long time.

She hurriedly lowered her head.

"Senior."

Su Ye was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh.

This cautious and hesitant appearance inexplicably reminded him of himself at the very beginning.

At that time, he also didn't understand anything, clutching a Water-element Golden Core while fumbling his way forward, terrified that one wrong step would lead to total ruin. Thinking of this, Su Ye's gaze softened.

"There is no need to be so nervous."

Su Ye leaned back in his chair, his tone calm.

"All things in heaven and earth are perhaps striving to cross toward a goal, it's just that it hasn't fully revealed itself yet. Future changes may be full of crises, but human effort can make a difference."

He Qingqing looked up.

"At the very least, you are already ahead of many people now, so there is no need to be trembling with fear."

He Qingqing's heart trembled.

She suddenly felt that the fear that had been weighing on her heart these days had been gently pushed aside by this sentence.

This is a path.

A dangerous, yet truly existing path.

She hurriedly committed every word Su Ye had just said to memory; she had to let her body adapt step by step.

"Senior, if I have such troubles again in the future, can I come to see you?"

Su Ye smiled.

"Just register for an appointment."

He pointed to the name tag on his chest.

"I am just a small doctor in The First Hospital of Jiangcheng."

He Qingqing looked at his name tag.

Su Ye.

She recited it silently in her heart, firmly memorizing this name.

Outside the consultation room, her mother had been waiting anxiously. Seeing the door open, she immediately came forward.

"How is it? What did the doctor say?"

He Qingqing hurriedly held her back.

"Let's go for the check-up first."

"What exactly is wrong? What did you say in there just now? No, I have to go back and ask the doctor."

Her mother started to turn around as she spoke.

He Qingqing's expression changed, and she hurriedly pulled her mother toward the exit.

"Mom, the doctor already said to get checked first. Don't disturb him."

"You child, why are you being so secretive?"

"No, really, I'm not. Let's just get the check-up first."

The voices of the mother and daughter gradually faded into the distance.

Su Ye sat in the consultation room, watching the door close again, his fingertips tapping lightly on the desktop.

Kidney water turning to ice.

Interesting.

This fourth consultation room seemed to be much livelier than he had imagined.