Looking at the unconscious Imperial Guard cadet, Hua Lao's lips curled up slightly.

Then Hua Lao took out a golden needle, held it between his thumb and forefinger, and slowly moved it toward the head of the Imperial Guard student.

Hua Lao seemed to remember something and muttered, "Should we do the top of the head first, or the cheeks first?"

The needle tip hovered above the nose of the Imperial Guard cadet. Hua Lao hesitated for a moment, then began searching his mind for feasible solutions.

As luck would have it, just as Hua Lao hesitated, the unconscious Imperial Guard student slowly woke up, weakly opened his eyes, and saw a golden needle that seemed ready to pierce him at any moment.

The Imperial Guard trainees widened their eyes in surprise, looking at Hua Lao, who was squatting beside them, with expressions of horror.

"W-what are you going to do??"

"Huh? You're awake?"

Hearing the commotion, Hua Lao looked at the awakened Imperial Guard cadet and thought to himself, "I haven't even started acupuncture yet, and he's already awake? This is outrageous!"

"Cough cough~ You fainted, and your symptoms are quite severe. After I give you acupuncture, you will be fine!"

Hua Lao coughed lightly twice, explained the situation, and then prepared to continue the acupuncture.

"I'm already awake, aren't I? I'm fine, you don't need to bother me anymore!!"

The Imperial Guard cadets felt a chill run down their spines and, as they spoke, tried to get up and leave.

Perhaps because he had just woken up, the Imperial Guard cadet was completely weak and unable to get up. So he gritted his teeth, struggled to roll over, and crawled towards the Imperial Guard with his arms down.

"Ah! So the instructors had anticipated this day all along? That's why they made us crawl?"

The Imperial Guard cadet couldn't help but recall that the instructors had trained him to crawl forward for this very day. As he thought about this, he continued to push forward with all his might.

"Ha~ You can't even stand up, yet you say you're all better? You're so stubborn!"

Hua Lao chuckled, then quickly caught up with the Imperial Guard student, grabbed his ankle, and pulled him back.

Hua Lao picked up a golden needle and said with a laugh, "Good boy, if you're sick, you should get treatment! Never hide your illness from the doctor!"

The student's lips trembled as he said, "I...I'm not sick, don't come any closer!!"

Seeing the golden needles getting closer and closer, the student quickly lay down on the ground again and continued crawling towards the Imperial Guard.

"Hmph~ I said you're sick, so you're sick. Who's the doctor, you or me?"

Hua Lao snorted and chased after him again, pulling the Imperial Guard student back.

Having been pulled back twice, the Imperial Guard cadet was now enraged. He turned and glared at Hua Lao, saying fiercely, "I'm not sick, are you going to let go or not?!"

"Wow, I've been in medical school for so long and I've never seen anyone so arrogant!"

Hua Lao laughed immediately, still holding his ankle tightly with her left hand.

"Really? Then you've seen it today!"

The Imperial Guard cadet said through gritted teeth, then stretched out his other leg to kick Hua Lao away.

"Have you forgotten what His Majesty said? Try and touch me!"

Just as he was about to be kicked, Hua Lao saw this and hurriedly spoke up to bring up the emperor.

"What does His Majesty mean?"

Upon hearing Hua Lao's words, the Imperial Guard students immediately remembered that the Emperor had indeed said that those who were ill must follow the medical school's arrangements, and thus they barely stopped kicking.

Hua Lao chuckled lightly, then looked at the Imperial Guard trainee. "What? You remembered? I said you're sick, and that's it. You must obey my orders. Do you dare to disobey His Majesty?"

"you....."

Seeing Hua Lao's arrogant appearance, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak. He felt a tightness in his chest, his head tilted to the side and he fainted again.

"See? I told you you were sick, but you didn't believe me. Now you've fainted again."

Hua Lao sighed, shook his head helplessly, and then recalled a feasible acupuncture plan.

Just as the tip of the gold needle touched the skin of her cheek, Hua Lao gently rotated the needle and, following Professor Dong Gan's technique, gently inserted it.

His technique was quite familiar; one wonders how long he had been secretly studying it.

Hua Lao then took out another gold needle and inserted it into the other side.

In no time, the faces, foreheads, ears, and tops of the Imperial Guard trainees were covered with countless gold needles.

After about eight minutes, seeing that the Imperial Guard cadet still hadn't woken up, the disciple beside Hua Lao couldn't help but speak up:

"Uh! Senior brother, this plan doesn't seem to be working well, he still hasn't woken up!!"

Hua Lao nodded and said softly, "It seems so. Let's try the next plan then!"

Then Hua Lao began the process of removing the needles.

Just after Hua Lao removed the last gold needle, she took out a piece of silk and began to carefully wipe the needles, preparing to do it again. The medical student next to her also came over to help.

Just then, the Imperial Guard cadet regained consciousness once again.

I tried to move, and felt that I had regained some strength. I found that Hua Lao and the other person were so focused on wiping the gold needles that they did not notice that I had woken up.

The Imperial Guard cadet rolled over and got up, catching Hua Lao and his companion off guard. With a "whoosh," they quickly fled the scene.

The medical students reacted immediately and asked, "Senior...he ran away!! Should we chase after him?"

Hua Lao looked at the Imperial Guard trainee who had already run some distance and said with a laugh, "Why chase him? The fact that he can run means he's doing well. My plan just now worked. That's good news."

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