Super Doctor - Chapter 190

A tall, handsome young man glanced curiously at Xu Ze’s room, a hint of confusion in his eyes. While encountering someone who practiced internal cultivation techniques in Yanjing—a place teeming with hidden dragons and crouching tigers—wasn’t surprising in itself, finding someone cultivating in a place like this was strange.

“Judging by the energy fluctuations inside… they seem quite strong. But why would he cultivate here? Doesn’t he know the effectiveness is halved here?” The young man rubbed the back of his head, genuinely puzzled by the expert inside.

If you’re going to cultivate, you should at least pick a decent spot, right? Not only is this a waste of time, but the impure, chaotic spiritual energy here easily leads to Qi deviation… Could he really not know?

The young man thought for a moment but decided not to disturb the person inside. Interrupting someone’s cultivation was a major taboo. Besides, he had important business to attend to in Yanjing and didn’t have time to greet a fellow practitioner. After a moment’s hesitation, he turned and left, his mind filled with questions.

Meanwhile, Xu Ze remained deeply immersed in his cultivation, completely unaware that his practice had attracted someone’s attention.

The young man left the hotel and reached the entrance, where a car soon pulled up. A man in military uniform stepped out and greeted him warmly, shaking his hand. “Mr. Lin… Welcome to Yanjing… Captain Li and the others are already waiting for you!”

The young man, Mr. Lin, nodded with a smile. “Let’s go… Take me to see them.”

“Alright.” The man waited for Mr. Lin to get in, then drove towards the suburbs.

The car slowly entered a heavily guarded compound in the suburbs. Accompanied by the man in uniform, Mr. Lin walked towards a building.

The uniformed man took a card from his pocket and swiped it by the door, which opened automatically. After passing through several doors and undergoing fingerprint verification, they finally reached the entrance of a room.

From inside the room came the sound of someone desperately suppressing cries of pain. A voice said, “Quick… Give him another dose of morphine…”

“Again? He just had some an hour ago… Professor Wang, the analgesic effect of morphine is getting weaker and weaker. What will we do later?” another voice asked in surprise.

“What else can we do? With pain this severe, no matter how tough he is… he absolutely won’t last more than three hours… We have to administer it…” replied Professor Wang helplessly.

Hearing the voices inside, the uniformed man quickly pushed the door open and entered. “Captain… Mr. Lin from Taihang Mountains has arrived!”

“Someone from Taihang Mountains is here? Quick, invite him in! Please, show him in!” Those inside became excited upon hearing this.

Mr. Lin smiled and walked into the room. He finally saw the situation clearly: a steel bed stood in the center of the room, with a man tied to it, surrounded by several doctors and soldiers.

A tall soldier in camouflage uniform, with two bars and two stars on his shoulder straps, stepped forward eagerly upon seeing Mr. Lin enter. He shook Mr. Lin’s hand and said, “Mr. Lin… We’ve finally waited for your arrival…”

“You’re too kind, Captain Li…” Mr. Lin shook the captain’s hand and said apologetically, “My apologies. As soon as we received your call, my master sent me out immediately… It’s just a long journey, so I’m a bit late.”

“Not at all, not at all. Being able to invite you here is already an honor for us…” Captain Li smiled very humbly, showing great respect towards the young man.

“Let me take a look at the situation first…” Mr. Lin smiled faintly and walked towards the steel bed in the middle.

“Mr. Lin… It’s like this. One of our team members was fighting with an unidentified spy and was stabbed by the opponent’s blade. After we rescued him and brought him back, he became like this.”

“His wound has a bluish tint, but there are no other visible changes. The main symptom is severe pain throughout his body… We can only barely control it with morphine. But it’s been three days now, and even the morphine isn’t working well anymore…” Captain Li explained hopefully, wishing for Mr. Lin to find a solution.

“Oh?” Mr. Lin frowned slightly upon hearing the description. “Alright… Let me examine him…”

He then walked over to the bedside.

A nurse nearby was holding a syringe, looking at an elderly professor. “Professor… Should we still administer the morphine?”

“Wait…” The elderly Professor Wang was quite perceptive. Seeing Mr. Lin approach, he quickly moved aside to give him space.

Professor Wang naturally knew this patient’s condition was highly unusual. All the examinations had failed to identify the problem, only suggesting the possibility of a neurotoxin. However, he had no effective treatment and could only rely on morphine for pain relief. Now that someone seemed to be taking over this difficult case, he was more than happy to step back and observe, curious to see what method this young man, whom even Captain Li treated with such respect, would employ.

Mr. Lin walked to the bedside of the bound patient. Seeing the pain on the face—which was much younger than his own—as the soldier gritted his teeth to prevent himself from crying out, the veins on his forehead bulging, Mr. Lin couldn’t help but sigh softly.

To be honest, he admired these special forces soldiers. They willingly sacrificed so much for their country, enduring such agony while barely allowing a sound to escape.

He reached out and gently held the young soldier’s wrist with three slender fingers, feeling the pulse…

“The pulse is steady, slightly rapid…” Mr. Lin frowned slightly. The pulse didn’t seem abnormal at all.

He then lifted the patient’s eyelid to examine the pupil. It seemed normal at first, but Mr. Lin detected something unusual.

He leaned closer and looked carefully at the pupil. Around the brown iris, there seemed to be a faint, almost imperceptible ring of blue.

Seeing this hint of blue, Mr. Lin’s brow furrowed. He turned to Captain Li and said, “Let me see his wound…”

Captain Li quickly stepped forward and gently rolled up the patient’s sleeve at the shoulder, revealing a two-centimeter-long wound.

The wound itself didn’t look particularly unusual now; it wasn’t bleeding, but the area had a faint bluish-green hue.

Seeing the wound, the young Mr. Lin frowned again. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bamboo tube. After removing a stopper from one end, he took out a silver needle.

Holding the needle gently between two fingers, Mr. Lin slowly inserted it into the wound area, then withdrew it. He brought it close to his nose and lightly sniffed it…

“Refined Flower Poison… from the Eastern Sea,” Mr. Lin said coldly, his expression grim. “Have those people from the Eastern Sea come to cause trouble here again?”

Hearing this, Captain Li exclaimed, “Mr. Lin, are you saying that spy was Japanese?”

“Based on the poison used, it’s indeed the Eastern Sea’s Refined Flower Poison…” Mr. Lin said with a hint of anger. “Such a vicious method… it’s typical of them. Victims of this poison usually suffer unbearable pain until death…”

Captain Li nodded frequently upon hearing this. The situation in the Eastern Sea had been very tense lately. It was highly likely that the other side had intensified their efforts to steal intelligence.

He looked at Mr. Lin with concern and asked, “Mr. Lin… then our soldier here… can you save him?”

“I’ll try… The poisoning is quite advanced. I can only temporarily control it for now. I hope we can save his life…” Mr. Lin sighed softly.

He then took out more than ten silver needles from the bamboo tube. After briefly assessing the patient on the bed, he said, “Remove all his clothes…”

Several soldiers nearby hurried over and, working together, quickly removed the patient’s clothes. They looked on with hopeful anticipation, waiting for Mr. Lin to begin.

Mr. Lin examined the patient carefully, then started applying the needles. From the top of the head (Baihui), to the temples (Taiyang), to the philtrum (Renzhong), he inserted the silver needles one by one.

He gently twisted the needles with his fingers, occasionally flicking them lightly.

After inserting about seven or eight needles and continuously manipulating them—twisting, scraping the tails—for six or seven minutes, the soldier’s pained expression gradually eased.

Seeing Mr. Lin’s miraculous acupuncture technique bring the pain—which morphine could only barely control—under control, everyone’s faces showed relief.

Once the soldier’s painful expression had eased considerably, Mr. Lin stopped but did not remove the needles. He turned to Captain Li and said, “Get me paper and pen… I’ll write a prescription for a few herbs… Brew them quickly and have him drink the decoction. It’s urgent…”

Seeing that his subordinate had found some relief thanks to Mr. Lin’s skill, Captain Li immediately had someone fetch paper and pen and handed them to Mr. Lin.

Mr. Lin took them, quickly wrote down several herbs, and handed the prescription to Captain Li. “Use high-quality versions of these herbs… Some might be hard to find, but absolutely no substitutes… Prepare ten doses. Administer four doses daily, one every five hours… Use one dose to clean the wound as well…”

Captain Li took the prescription and solemnly instructed the person beside him, “Go to Tong Ren Tang… Insist on using the best quality herbs… Be quick! If any herbs are unavailable, contact the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. We must get them as soon as possible.”

“Yes, Captain!” A captain nearby took the prescription without hesitation and hurried out at a jog. These were life-saving medicines, so speed was essential.

Seeing that the medicine was being procured, Mr. Lin returned to the patient’s side. He took out a small silver knife, about ten centimeters long and half a centimeter wide, from the bamboo tube and made an incision into the patient’s wound.

As the sharp little silver knife cut through, the wound split open, but strangely, not a drop of blood flowed out…