Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 131: Initial Use of Five Elements Needles

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Initial Use of Five Elements Needles

Fang Bai said calmly, "Our family has a tradition of practicing Chinese medicine, and I studied a few years at Zhongzhou Medical College..."

Tang Wenrou took over, "Didn’t you say that you once received teachings in medical arts from a remarkable person?"

Fang Bai nodded, "Yes, the medical skills I possess now are largely learnt from that person. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to cure Su Linglong’s brain tumor."

"Uncle Lu, National Doctor Qian Haoduo once wanted to take Fang Bai as a disciple, but Fang Bai rejected him. My father knows about this as well; if you don’t believe it, you can ask him."

Seeing Lu Xingping hesitate, Tang Wenrou threw out another bombshell.

"What?"

Clearly, Tang Wenrou’s words were more impactful than before, causing Lu Xingping to be stunned.

Having met Qian Haoduo a few times, Lu Xingping knew that although the National Doctor was avaricious, his medical skill was indeed miraculous and widely recognized. Even the past Prime Ministers of Huaxia had praised his medical expertise.

In the entire Huaxia medical community, countless wished to become Qian Haoduo’s disciples. He actually offered to take Fang Bai as his apprentice, but Fang Bai refused?

Qian Haoduo might not have much influence in the Western medical world, but in the realm of Chinese medicine, he was a household name, held in high esteem by everyone.

At that moment, in the emergency room, there were two heads of the Chinese medicine departments, their eyes as wide as bells, evidently shocked by Tang Wenrou’s revelation.

These department heads also had some reputation within the Chinese medicine circle of Huaxia; they had tried all means to seek an audience with Qian Haoduo, hoping to receive some guidance, but were met with complete indifference from him.

One side desperately sought to be Qian Haoduo’s disciple to no avail; the other had Qian Haoduo willingly offering to teach, yet unable to succeed—if what Tang Wenrou was saying was true, those department heads could be frustrated enough to spit blood.

"Xingping, let him try..."

Lu Xingping’s wife, Li Yujie, looked at her son on the emergency bed, verging on panic. Her son was seriously injured, and with each passing second, the chance of him being saved dwindled.

Li Yujie knew too well that the doctors’ claim of a twenty to thirty percent chance for her son’s survival might only be comforting words, in reality, perhaps not even ten percent certain.

Thus Li Yujie placed her hopes on Fang Bai.

The first time she laid eyes on Fang Bai, Li Yujie, somewhat dazed, almost mistook him for her deceased eldest son and nearly called out to him.

Regarding what Tang Wenrou had said, Li Yujie, like her husband Lu Xingping, was half-doubtful. However, at this moment, she couldn’t afford to care about that, and chose to believe in Fang Bai.

If Fang Bai could cure something as deadly as malignant brain tumors, perhaps he could heal her son’s injuries?

That’s what Li Yujie told herself for comfort.

"Doctor Fang, I beg you to save our Jianfeng..."

Li Yujie faced Fang Bai and started to kneel.

A son is a mother’s heartstring; to save her son, Li Yujie was prepared to lower her own status and plead on her knees.

"Please don’t do this..."

Fang Bai reached out to support Li Yujie, then glanced at Tang Wenrou with a wry smile, "Alright, for Officer Tang’s sake, I’ll give it a try. However..."

"However, what?"

Li Yujie’s heart lifted on hearing "however" fearing that she might hear more bad news.

Fang Bai saw Li Yujie’s face turn pale with immense anxiety and smiled, "There’s a saying, ’it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone.’ Your son’s injuries are much more serious than that, so I can’t assure a full recovery in a short time..."

Doctor Wang and the others rolled their eyes upon hearing Fang Bai’s words, thinking to themselves, we’re not even sure if we can bring him back from the brink, and you want a full recovery? What a load of bull!

Lu Xingping, who had experienced the vicissitudes of the political world for decades, had a unique ability to judge people. Seeing Fang Bai’s composure and indifferent expression from beginning to end, he began to believe that this man truly had genuine skills.

"Doctor Fang, please," Lu Xingping bowed deeply to Fang Bai, speaking solemnly, "If my son Jianfeng can be saved, the Lu Family will be eternally grateful."

Fang Bai nodded, walked to the emergency bed, and glanced at the crowd filling up the emergency room. He furrowed his brows and said to Lu Xingping, "Mr. Lu, there are too many people here, which is not conducive to my treatment. Please have them leave. You, your wife, and Officer Tang can stay."

Before Lu Xingping could respond, the bodyguards who had followed him were already ushering people out.

Soon, the spacious emergency room was left with only Fang Bai, the injured Lu Jianfeng, and Tang Wenrou, along with Lu Xingping and his wife Li Yujie. Even Zhang Chen, the dean of Yanjing Hospital, was sent out.

"Isn’t there an operating room here, with all the medical equipment? Wouldn’t it be better to move him there before you begin treatment?" Tang Wenrou couldn’t help asking as she watched Fang Bai stand calmly in front of the emergency bed.

Fang Bai replied, "I am a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, unfamiliar with the ways of Western medicine, so the operating room is of no use to me."

"How do you plan to save him?"

"I am a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner; naturally, I will use methods from traditional Chinese medicine."

"Methods of traditional Chinese medicine..." Tang Wenrou said, puzzled, "The Four Diagnostics? But Jianfeng is unconscious; he can’t communicate with you..."

"No need for communication... Just watch and you’ll see. Mr. Lu, Ms. Li, please remove his clothes... If it’s hard to remove any area, use scissors... Be careful not to touch the wounds."

"Officer Tang, don’t just stand there, if I start sweating while administering the acupuncture, remember to help me wipe it off."

After giving a few instructions, Fang Bai carefully examined the patient’s condition before leisurely taking out a small wooden box he carried with him.

He placed the small wooden box on the instrument table beside him, opened it, and inside neatly laid five needles thin as hair, which were the Five Elements Acupuncture Set he had recently acquired from an antique market.

Looking at the Five Elements Needles, Fang Bai seemed as if he was gazing at a beloved treasure, his expression revealing a touch of excitement.

He picked up the wood needle made from Green Wood Marrow from the wooden box, took a deep breath, then with a swift motion, stabbed it directly into the patient’s chest.

The wood needle from the Five Elements Acupuncture Set, crafted from Green Wood Marrow and imbued with Essence Energy, belonged to the Wood Attribute Spiritual Artifact, which possessed the miraculous effect of stimulating the body’s potential and rejuvenating vitality and vigor.

By inserting the wood needle into the patient’s chest, Fang Bai intended to stimulate the weakly beating heart with Essence Energy, to reinvigorate it so as to gain time for the upcoming treatment.

A moment after the first wood needle was inserted, Fang Bai picked up the second wood needle from the box, which was a water needle.

The water needle, forged from water essence crystal and also carrying Essence Energy, was a Water Attribute Spiritual Artifact, with the ability to heal injuries.

Fang Bai inserted the water needle into an acupoint where the patient’s left rib was broken.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Tang Wenrou, Lu Xingping, and Li Yujie, Fang Bai simultaneously picked up the earth needle and the golden needle from the small wooden box.