Chapter 978 - 970: Worried Mood
This illness is extremely depleting of inner strength. Xiao Yifei hadn’t had a decent meal these past few days in prison and he felt like he was about to become malnourished. Today, using the Green-eyed Silver-tailed Needle consumed a great deal of his inner strength. His face, already quite pale, now had no trace of color, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept streaming down his face.
Little Stone, watching his miraculous medical skill, secretly thought to himself that he would also like to learn from Uncle Xiao Yifei in the future. He was really amazing.
Acupuncture is an activity that extremely exhausts inner strength. In the eyes of an outsider, it may seem like nothing—just a needle going in and out, looking quite effortless. However, those who’ve truly studied Chinese medicine know that acupuncture is not as simple as it appears on the surface. It is a profession that requires high levels of patience, eye power, and other professional skills, making it something most people can’t do.
The precision in finding the points, the speed, the cleverness in using needles—all matter, but most importantly, the strength differs according to the acupuncture point used. The human body has numerous points, each with different functions. The effects of how deep or shallow the needle is inserted vary, and everyone’s constitution is different, so this strength is something each doctor must experience on their own, often requiring hundreds or thousands of trials to accurately needle a single point.
After managing to finish the entire set of acupuncture techniques, Xiao Yifei’s right hand had no strength left, constantly trembling. However, he couldn’t let anyone see this, so he held on with his last breath, sent off the last patient, and then had Little Stone inform the responsible person outside to say that this would be it for today.
After saying all this, Xiao Yifei supported himself against the wall, walked to the bedside, and collapsed. This time, he clearly felt the power of the Green-eyed Silver-tailed Needle. In reality, he shouldn’t have been this weak; perhaps it’s due to not keeping up with nutrition recently. Moreover, he hadn’t gotten proper rest in prison.
However, he clearly knew there was nothing seriously wrong with his body; it was likely just fatigue. This feeling was much like the exhaustion after running a thousand meters during a university fitness test, extremely tiring but without any internal damage.
Little Stone, after taking a turn outside and returning, found Xiao Yifei collapsed on the bed and was terrified, quickly running to call Liu Rui over, although Little Stone was quite afraid of Liu Rui. The two of them had never spoken a word to each other.
"Um, Uncle Xiao Yifei seems to have fainted," said Little Stone timidly upon seeing Liu Rui.
Upon hearing this, Liu Rui immediately ran out of his room. Xiao Yifei couldn’t afford any accidents at this time. If anything happened to him, Liu Rui would blame himself for a lifetime.