Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 123: Five Elements Acupuncture Set

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Five Elements Acupuncture Set

Yellow Plaque grinned and said, "I’m not sticking to a fixed price to the death, ah! We can negotiate... Alright, I won’t beat around the bush, you give me eight thousand dollars!"

"One thousand dollars, and if you’re selling, I’ll pay now and take it away!"

"Come on, bro, you’re driving too hard a bargain! One thousand won’t do; I’ll be losing big! How about this..."

After thinking it over, Yellow Plaque clenched his teeth, putting on a pained expression, he said, "I won’t make money off you, just give five thousand and take it, and we can consider it making a friend."

"Two thousand at most! If you’re not selling, I’m walking away!"

Fang Bai looked as if he couldn’t be bothered to haggle further, stood up, and made as if to leave.

"Don’t, don’t, don’t... Brother, hold on!"

Yellow Plaque hastily got up to grab Fang Bai, laughing as he said, "Two thousand it is! Can’t I sell at a loss just for the shout-out? Sigh, I’m about to pack up and leave; this is my last deal of the day. It’s yours now!"

Fang Bai felt a secret thrill, not wasting more words, he took up the needle case, counted up two thousand dollars for the Yellow Plaque man, and turned to leave.

"Heh heh, stumbled on a sucker, turned a five hundred dollar junk into two thousand, a neat profit of fifteen hundred!"

Watching Fang Bai walk away, Yellow Plaque twirled the notes in his hand, boasting proudly to his fellow traders.

The man’s fellow trader rolled his eyes at him, feeling a mix of envy and resentment, and couldn’t resist taunting, "Yellow, from the young man’s expression when he left, I have a feeling he’s the one who got the better deal! Maybe what you sold is pretty valuable!"

"Impossible, I, Yellow, have roamed the antique world for decades, I don’t make that kind of mistake! That thing was just a few needles in a little wooden box... hahaha, maybe they were embroidery needles used by some old granny!"

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"Two thousand dollars for something that could very well be a Spiritual Artifact, big score!"

While Yellow Plaque was triumphantly showing off to his peers about the great deal he made, Fang Bai was secretly gloating as well.

After leaving the antique market, he found a quiet, deserted area, opened the wooden case, and pinched out all five needles.

Fang Bai was certain that these five needles, like the silver needles he carried with him, were for acupuncture, but what metal they were made of, he could not tell.

He tried to circulate the Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique, channeling his True Yuan through his fingertips into the tail end of one of the needles.

And then, a miracle occurred.

After the needle was infused with Fang Bai’s True Yuan, it let out a soft hum and a layer of rust enveloping the needle slowly peeled off, revealing a needle body as red as fire and fine as a hair.

Within an inch of the needle body, the temperature noticeably rose, as if the tiny, fiery red needle was a small flame that increased the surrounding warmth.

"This... this is actually a needle forged from Fire Essence Iron!"

Fang Bai’s gaze fixed on the fiery red needle in his hand, his eyes seemed to dance with flames.

Fire Essence Iron, in Fang Bai’s past life in the Cultivation World, was essential in forging fire attribute Spiritual Artifacts, and a piece of Fire Essence Iron the size of a pigeon’s egg often valued over a million Red Essence Stones.

In this world, a single Red Essence Stone would be considered a treasure, selling for more than a million dollars. The value of a pigeon’s egg-sized piece of Fire Essence Iron was simply incalculable.

Of course, Fire Essence Iron was useless to ordinary people and of no value to typical martial artists, it was only revered as a treasure by martial artists who had reached the Innate Realm.

"All five needles are crafted from Fire Essence Iron?"

Fang Bai took out the second thin needle from the wooden box and repeated the process, channeling True Yuan from the base of the needle, and as he softly chanted, the rust on the needle’s surface peeled away to reveal the pitch-black needle body resembling the starry sky.

"This is Water Spirit Crystal!"

Fang Bai felt the bone-chilling coldness of the black needle in his hand and his eyes shone even brighter.

Water Spirit Crystal was an indispensable treasure for forging Water Attribute Spiritual Artifacts, and in the Cultivation World, it was as precious as Fire Essence Iron.

"Of the five needles, there is already one of water and one of fire. If the other three are made respectively of wood, earth, and gold, then what I’ve bought is a set of Five Elements Needles."

Fang Bai was so excited he could hardly contain himself. If the five needles in the wooden box really were Five Elements Needles, then with their help, his ability to heal and save people would see a massive improvement.

All things in heaven and earth could not escape the Yin Yang Five Elements, and so did the human body.

From now on, with the Five Elements Needles and the assistance of True Yuan, Fang Bai wouldn’t dare claim to have the power to "bring back the dead and mend bones," but at least no illness in this world would be able to thwart him.

Of course, this set of Five Elements Needles could also be considered a Spiritual Artifact and with Fang Bai’s current abilities, he was still not able to effectively wield it.

However, given time, as soon as Fang Bai’s strength broke through to the Innate Realm, the Five Elements Needles in his hands would unleash powerful capabilities, elevating his medical skills to the point of bringing back the dying.

Next, Fang Bai continued to study the other three needles in the wooden box.

Just as Fang Bai had anticipated, the remaining three needles were made of Green Wood Marrow, Yellow Earth Stone, and Golden Crow Meteor, corresponding to the Wood Needle, Earth Needle, and Golden Needle.

And Green Wood Marrow, Yellow Earth Stone, and Golden Crow Meteor were essential items for forging Wood Attribute, Earth Attribute, and Golden Attribute Spiritual Artifacts, each of them exceedingly rare.

What puzzled Fang Bai was that while this world harbored many rare metals, it seemed bereft of the likes of Fire Essence Iron and Water Spirit Crystal. He wondered how his set of Five Elements Needles had been crafted.

It looked like he still had much to learn about this world!

At that moment, Fang Bai felt a strong desire to travel the world, to see and explore every corner. Should time, money, and opportunities permit, he decided to traverse every inch of the world, not overlooking the highest peaks and deepest depths.

With the infusion of Fang Bai’s True Yuan, the Five Elements Needles shed their rusty exteriors and underwent a transformation as if reborn.

The five needles were crystal clear and each had a distinct color. When Fang Bai channeled True Yuan into them, the needles emitted five different kinds of light, forming haloes several inches across around them, dazzling and overwhelmingly beautiful.

Everything in the world, once imbued with Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, also encompassed spirit.

The Five Elements Needles were just such objects; the light they emitted seemed to be brimming with life and vitality, as if they were alive.

"Sold two priceless Spiritual Artifacts for two thousand bucks, lucky that Yellow Plaque didn’t know what a Spiritual Artifact was, otherwise, he surely would have cried himself to death!"

Thinking this, Fang Bai couldn’t help but laugh heartily.

Although the Five Elements Needles were as fine as hairs, being crafted from rare materials, they were among the sturdiest objects in the world. It wasn’t easy for anything to destroy or break them.

Even the needle box that held the Five Elements Needles was made from Ink Jade Wood, which didn’t exist in this world—it was lightweight yet sturdy. Even a missile strike wouldn’t damage it.

From that day on, Fang Bai decided to discard the silver needles he had been carrying and keep the needle box with the Five Elements Needles on him at all times.