His cousin’s illness was indeed strange. According to his cousin’s wife, the headache had started a month ago after he suddenly caught a chill. At first, they thought it was just a cold, so he went to the pharmacy and bought some medicine. After taking it, he got better…
But the next day, his cousin started complaining about the headache again. They thought the cold hadn’t fully cleared up, so he bought more cold medicine. This time, however, it didn’t work…
His cousin’s wife had no choice but to take him to the hospital. But after several tests, no problems were found. The doctor prescribed some medicine for a few days. At first, it seemed to have some effect, but by the second day, it stopped working again…
Then he was hospitalized here for about ten days, but there was no improvement at all, and no cause was found. Helpless, they had no choice but to go to Xingcheng Affiliated Hospital No. 1…
But it was more or less the same there. They ran many tests—from head CTs to MRI scans to lumbar punctures—they did just about everything, yet surprisingly found no abnormalities at all…
They also consulted many experts and professors, all of whom examined him, but none could find anything wrong. He stayed there for half a month, and only when the pain was severe would strong painkillers provide some relief…
After hearing his cousin’s wife’s account, Xu Ze thought for a moment and then said, “Auntie… during his stay at Xingda, did Li Huaming from the Neurology Department come to see him?”
“Director Li did come… he came six or seven times in half a month!” Hearing Xu Ze mention Director Li, his cousin’s wife quickly nodded, “But he couldn’t find the cause either…”
“What about Director Zhang Lide?” Xu Ze continued asking.
“Director Zhang Lide?” His cousin’s wife thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up and she quickly said, “Director Zhang? Yes… an older gentleman… he came too, but he didn’t seem to say much either…”
“Oh…” Xu Ze nodded. Since both Zhang Lide and Li Huaming had come to examine him, it meant the tests done over there were probably fine. Otherwise, if there had been any problems, they would definitely have found them.
At that moment, Li Qiang came in with a doctor and introduced him to Xu Ze: “Xu Ze… this is my father’s attending physician, Dr. Wu…”
Seeing the doctor enter, Xu Ze didn’t neglect his manners. He always maintained proper respect for fellow medical professionals. He stood up and shook hands with Dr. Wu with a smile, saying, “Hello, Dr. Wu… I’m the patient’s nephew. I came to take a look and ask about some details…”
Dr. Wu wasn’t very old—about thirty-five or thirty-six. When Li Qiang had come to borrow the medical records, saying a relative who was also in the field wanted to take a look, Dr. Wu had initially been reluctant. After all, medical records were very important to a hospital and weren’t supposed to be shown to just anyone. He hadn’t really wanted to bother, but since Director Jiang had specifically mentioned this patient, he could only reluctantly come over himself to see what the other party wanted to ask.
When he came in and saw that it was a young kid who looked barely out of school, he immediately felt somewhat dismissive. Looking at him, what fellow professional… at most, he’s probably just a kid who recently graduated from medical school…
But seeing that the other party was fairly polite, he smiled lightly and said, “What would you like to ask?”
Xu Ze smiled and said, “Regarding my cousin’s illness, have you been able to diagnose it?”
“No…” Dr. Wu shook his head casually and smiled faintly. “He stayed at Xingcheng Affiliated Hospital No. 1 for over half a month, and they couldn’t diagnose it either. So there’s not much we can do…”
Xu Ze nodded, then smiled again and asked, “My cousin stayed at Affiliated No. 1 for quite a while. Were there any abnormal test results in the medical records sent over from there?”
“None… Head CT, MRI, all the necessary tests were done, and no abnormalities were found…” Dr. Wu was slightly impatient, but since the patient’s family member was asking, he couldn’t very well refuse. He still answered.
“Oh…” Xu Ze smiled at the doctor’s barely concealed impatience. Then he smiled and asked, “What medications have you been using?”
“Not much… just some Danshen and troxerutin to improve blood circulation. And following Affiliated No. 1’s approach, when the headache is severe, we use Dolantin for pain relief…” At this point, the doctor added, “Other medications have no effect. Only this one can stop the pain, and even now its effectiveness seems to be diminishing…”
“Dolantin?” Hearing that name, Xu Ze couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. He hadn’t expected them to be using narcotic painkillers…
“Other painkillers have no effect? What about Tramadol…” Xu Ze asked again.
“No use… Only this type of medication works…” Hearing Xu Ze’s question, Dr. Wu showed a hint of disdain on his face and shook his head. If Tramadol had worked, who would dare give an undiagnosed patient this kind of addictive narcotic painkiller?
“Oh…” Xu Ze nodded, then smiled and said, “Alright, thank you, Dr. Wu. I’d like to examine my cousin. Is that alright?”
“Of course…” Hearing the young man’s words, Dr. Wu nodded with a faint smile, not refusing. He just laughed to himself: “Go ahead and put on a show… We couldn’t find anything. What makes you think you can?”
Seeing that Dr. Wu had no objections, Xu Ze walked over and prepared to examine his cousin…
But he didn’t wake his cousin. Instead, he gently extended his index finger and lightly pressed a certain acupoint on his cousin’s neck. This would ensure his cousin wouldn’t easily wake up during the examination…
Xu Ze used his left hand to lift his cousin’s eyelids and looked… After confirming there was no problem, he borrowed a cotton swab from Dr. Wu and performed several checks on the soles and tops of his cousin’s feet…
“Babinski sign, Brudzinski sign…” Watching Xu Ze’s movements, Dr. Wu recognized these as neurological examinations.
Naturally, these tests came back normal… Xu Ze hadn’t planned to rely on them for discovery. If there had been a problem here, Zhang Lide and Li Huaming would have found it long ago. He was only doing this for the doctor’s benefit.
After these examinations, Xu Ze discarded the cotton swab and extended his right hand, gently pressing it against his cousin’s forehead. Then he sent his bioelectric energy into his cousin’s head…
He had now advanced to a Level 4 Medical Officer. At Level 4, bioelectric energy no longer needed silver needles as a medium for relevant examinations…
As Xu Ze channeled bioelectric energy into his cousin’s brain, it spread along the various neural pathways, but no abnormalities were found…
However, he only kept his hand on the forehead for a brief moment. To others, it just looked like Xu Ze was checking for a fever…
After withdrawing his hand, Xu Ze was genuinely puzzled. The nervous system was fine—what could possibly be causing his cousin’s headaches?
Xu Ze frowned, still uneasy. He looked at his cousin’s head and commanded Number One in his mind: “Initiate X-ray tomography scan…”
Number One responded instantly: “Beep… X-ray tomography scan initiated…”
Xu Ze looked at the scanned images appearing in his field of vision, but saw no abnormalities inside the head.
“Initiate MRI scan… scan again…” Following Xu Ze’s command.
“MRI is a Level 5 system function. Initiating above level will increase energy consumption. Proceed?” Number One quickly responded.
“Proceed!” Xu Ze naturally knew this. He was now Level 4, and his energy reserves were nearly half again as much as when he was Level 3. He didn’t mind this bit of consumption.
Number One continued to follow instructions, initiating the MRI again and scanning the entire head once more.
But without a doubt, just like the results from Xingda Affiliated No. 1, no problems were found…
His cousin’s wife and Li Qiang watched as Xu Ze performed several examinations and then frowned slightly. Their hearts tightened—Xu Ze was their last hope. If even Xu Ze couldn’t find a solution, they would have to try hospitals in bigger cities like Yanjing or Binhai.
Meanwhile, Wang Li, seeing Xu Ze frown, revealed a disdainful look. Then, seeing Li Qiang and his mother becoming nervous again, he glanced at Sun Lingfei, who was watching Xu Ze, and a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes. After thinking for a moment, he smiled at Li Qiang and said, “Qiangzi… don’t worry. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll contact a hospital in Yanjing for Uncle Gen. I have connections there too. I’ll arrange for Uncle Gen to get checked at Capital Medical University Affiliated Hospital… They’ll definitely be able to find the problem…”
Hearing Wang Li’s words, Li Qiang looked at him gratefully and said, “If it really doesn’t work out, then I’ll have to trouble you, Brother Li…”
Meanwhile, Dr. Wu, watching Xu Ze frowning, gradually revealed a cold smile and a look of disdain…
As for what Wang Li was saying nearby and Dr. Wu’s increasingly dismissive expression, Xu Ze had no time to pay attention. He was carefully analyzing the situation before him…
Xu Ze’s mind raced. If the headache were caused by an organic problem, then logically, these examinations should have found the cause. Even if CT and MRI couldn’t detect it, his bioelectric energy should definitely have been able to find it…
But no problems had been found. That left only one likely possibility—a psychological issue…
Mental and psychological problems naturally couldn’t be detected by any instrument at present…
With this in mind, under Dr. Wu’s increasingly disdainful and mocking gaze, Xu Ze gently pressed another spot on his cousin’s neck…
With that press, his cousin slowly opened his eyes. But just as his eyes opened and his gaze cleared slightly, he suddenly clutched his head and began shouting loudly: “It hurts… it hurts… it hurts so much…”
Seeing her husband wake up and start clutching his head and crying out in pain, his cousin’s wife’s expression changed. She quickly turned to Dr. Wu and said, “Dr. Wu… please give him another painkiller injection…”
Dr. Wu, seeing the patient in such pain, sighed and was about to press the call button by the bed to have a nurse come give the injection.
But at that moment, Xu Ze said calmly, “Wait…”
Hearing Xu Ze’s words, everyone was stunned. His cousin’s wife quickly said, “Xu Ze… can’t he have the injection? If he doesn’t, your cousin won’t be able to stop the pain…”
Dr. Wu, seeing Xu Ze stop them, chuckled lightly and stood by to see what Xu Ze would do. He knew very well that if this patient didn’t get a Dolantin injection now, the pain would continue endlessly… There was absolutely no other solution…
Xu Ze was calm because he had just discovered something—something that could tell him with certainty that this was definitely a mental and psychological issue…
When his cousin had woken up just now, Xu Ze had been carefully observing his eyes. And before his cousin cried out about the headache, Xu Ze had clearly seen both of his cousin’s pupils suddenly contract sharply, revealing a trace of terror… and then the headache began…
In a situation like this, the most likely cause was that his cousin had been stimulated by something, or had received psychological suggestion from someone with extremely strong mental power… That’s what would cause this kind of reaction.
And solving this kind of situation was easy for Xu Ze, because his mental power was extremely strong compared to ordinary people. The operation of his energy cycle required tremendous mental power to control and drive, so his constant cultivation day and night had already improved him enormously compared to before.
Moreover, a few days ago, his mental power had been tempered by the little living Buddha during that empowerment ceremony, using illusory dreams. During that tempering, it had also grown tremendously.
Xu Ze was confident that aside from living Buddhas like the little living Buddha who reincarnate through spiritual souls, or perhaps certain powerful cultivators that might exist whom he couldn’t compare to, no one else in this world—not even hypnosis masters—could surpass him…
Combined with the mental communication technique Xiao Dao had taught him, he was fully capable of controlling this situation…
So Xu Ze looked up and smiled at his cousin’s wife, saying, “Auntie, don’t worry… I have a way to try. If it doesn’t work, then we can give him the injection…”
“Ah? Xu Ze… you have a way to treat him?” His cousin’s wife was stunned for a moment, then said in delight.
Everyone else was also stunned. Wang Li and Dr. Wu in particular both froze, then simultaneously revealed a sneer. Wang Li’s was extremely subtle, while Dr. Wu didn’t bother hiding his…
“Then try… try it. As long as you can cure your cousin, Auntie will spare nothing…” Hearing Xu Ze’s words, his cousin’s wife became excited. She had been filled with great hope for Xu Ze ever since hearing others praise him so highly. Now that Xu Ze actually said he could treat him, she was naturally overjoyed.
Seeing his cousin’s wife’s excited expression, Xu Ze smiled and nodded, then said, “Alright… I’ll give it a try…”
Seeing Xu Ze prepare to try, Dr. Wu’s face showed a hint of curiosity. He wanted to see how this so-called fellow professional planned to try…
Xu Ze looked at his cousin, who was clutching his head and crying out loudly. Suddenly, a strange expression appeared on Xu Ze’s face. Then he reached out, grabbed his cousin by the collar, and pulled him up…
In front of everyone, Xu Ze pulled his cousin close, then stared hard into his cousin’s eyes. At the same time, a powerful mental force projected from Xu Ze’s eyes into his cousin’s…
“Gah…” His cousin’s wife, Li Qiang, and Dr. Wu were all stunned by Xu Ze’s actions. They stared with their mouths open, secretly alarmed: “What is he doing… trying to scare him? What on earth is Xu Ze doing?”
Dr. Wu in particular was about to laugh out loud… Just now, this young fellow professional had seemed quite proper with his examinations, but now he had suddenly become all weird and crazy…
Just as Dr. Wu couldn’t hold back his laughter and was about to speak up to stop him, he noticed that the patient’s cries of pain were gradually weakening…
“Ah? Did he actually scare him? Can scaring someone really work?” Dr. Wu was stunned, staring blankly at the patient who was gradually quieting down.
By now, Xu Ze was basically certain that he had stunned his cousin, and had more or less established mental communication. He then channeled his consciousness through his eyes, transmitting a message: “Your headache is already cured… You won’t feel pain anymore…”
Xu Ze maintained his mental power and continued transmitting this suggestive message for a while. After basically confirming that he had successfully planted the seed of suggestion in his cousin’s consciousness, he slowly withdrew his mental power and gently laid his cousin, who was still dazed from the mental influence, back down…
Seeing Xu Ze lay his father down and that his father seemed to have stopped crying out in pain, just looking a bit dazed, Li Qiang looked at Xu Ze in amazement and said, “Xu Ze… is my dad okay? Is his head not hurting anymore?”
Xu Ze looked at his cousin, whose eyes were gradually clearing after lying down, and nodded gently. Then he turned to his cousin’s wife and Li Qiang, who were both shocked and overjoyed, and smiled, “He should be fine now… But we’ll need to observe a bit more…”
Hearing Xu Ze’s words, his cousin’s wife and Li Qiang were overjoyed, saying repeatedly, “If the pain is really gone, that would be wonderful…”
Xu Ze smiled. He was fairly confident now. Generally, after his suggestion, as long as the cause was mental or psychological, the pain should be gone…
He walked over and stood nearby with a faint smile, saying, “Auntie, cousin… don’t worry. Let’s observe for a bit first…”
Hearing Xu Ze’s words, the two quickly nodded and waited to see the results…
Meanwhile, Dr. Wu and Sun Lingfei were both looking on in amazement. A patient with such a severe headache had stopped hurting after Xu Ze gave him a few fierce glares—this was truly astonishing…
Only Wang Li, though his face also seemed full of smiles, had a flash of alarm in his eyes…
After a while, under everyone’s watchful eyes, his cousin seemed to slowly come to his senses. He looked around, touched his head, and showed a strange expression. Then he propped himself up on the bed, intending to sit up…
Li Qiang, seeing that his father really seemed to be in no more pain, quickly ran over to help him up, saying in delight, “Dad… is your head not hurting anymore?”
His cousin touched his head and looked at Li Qiang, saying, “Did you just give me a painkiller injection? It doesn’t seem to hurt anymore…”
“Ah… it really doesn’t hurt?” Before Li Qiang could speak, his mother walked over in delight and looked at his father, saying, “Changgen… your head really doesn’t hurt anymore?”
His cousin frowned and touched his head, then nodded, looking happily at his wife, “Right… it really doesn’t hurt now… Did they not give me an injection?”
“No… no injection…” His cousin’s wife said happily, “Xu Ze cured you…”
Hearing his wife’s words, his cousin finally noticed Xu Ze nearby. After looking at him doubtfully for a moment, he said in surprise, “Xu Ze… you’re Xu Ze! All these years and I didn’t even recognize you…”
Xu Ze smiled and nodded, then said with a smile, “Uncle… your head doesn’t hurt now, right?”
“Yes, yes… it doesn’t hurt anymore, not at all…” His cousin answered happily. “Xu Ze, you’re amazing… I’d heard people say you were skilled at treating illnesses before, but I didn’t dare believe it. Now I never would have thought you could actually cure my headache… You really are something, much better than those so-called experts and professors at Xingcheng Affiliated No. 1… I really owe you this time…”
Xu Ze smiled and shook his head, “Uncle, don’t mention it. As long as your headache is gone, that’s what matters… Now you need to rest more and not get too excited, or it might affect things…”
Hearing Xu Ze’s words, his cousin quickly nodded. He was about to speak when he suddenly frowned again. Under everyone’s anxious gazes, he said in confusion, “Huh… it shouldn’t hurt anymore, right?”
Hearing his words, everyone was alarmed again. They quickly asked, “What? Does it hurt again?”
Just as they finished asking, they saw his cousin muttering blankly to himself: “It shouldn’t hurt anymore… No… my head will hurt… why does my head hurt again… my head will hurt… my head will hurt…”
As his cousin muttered, he suddenly clutched his head again and gradually began crying out in pain…
“Ah… it hurts again… my head hurts so much… my head hurts so much…”
Watching this scene, Li Qiang and his cousin’s wife’s eyes dimmed. They looked at Xu Ze in disappointment and alarm, saying, “Xu Ze… why does it hurt again? Is there any other way?”
Xu Ze’s face was also grim at this moment. He could now be certain of the true cause of his cousin’s headaches…
