Ouch!
Immediately, Feng Engui exclaimed in surprise.
It turns out that his buttocks weren't properly positioned on the stool, and half of them were hanging off the edge.
I lost my balance and almost fell.
Qi Yasheng was so shocked by what he saw that he was speechless—this was no longer a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, but a god who controlled life and death.
"This one page of paper can cost... me my life?" Feng Engui sat there, took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, "Dr. Su, are you trying to scare this old man?"
"Would you like to try?" Su Ruyi smiled slightly, took out a box of matches, struck one, pulled out the black paper, and lit a corner of it.
"What are you doing?! Quick, give it to me!" Feng Engui rushed over to grab it, pressing down on the burning part with his hand.
Just then, Feng Engui felt a warm liquid flowing down his upper lip.
He wiped it with his hand—it was all red liquid.
At the same time, Qi Yasheng exclaimed, "Dr. Feng, why are both of your nostrils bleeding?"
Su Ruyi put the black paper back into the notebook, her face still bearing a calm smile: "Do you believe me now, Dr. Feng?"
In fact, Su Ruyi was just trying to scare him—the reason he had a nosebleed was simply because Su Ruyi used her divine sense to rupture the capillaries inside his two nostrils.
"I...you...this..." Feng Engui had no idea what this was about, and was now trembling like a leaf.
Su Ruyi stared into his eyes and repeated, "As long as you don't have any bad intentions and remember to keep your promise, I won't burn this piece of paper. Tell me, what bad intentions have you had?"
Feng Engui was already terrified and completely lost his composure. Suddenly, his legs went weak, and he slid off the chair: "I dare not! I dare not do it again! I'm willing... I'll retire as soon as I get back! I promise! I promise I'll never show my face in front of you again, Dr. Su! I promise I'll never have any bad ideas about you again! I promise! I promise!"
The apprentice that Feng Engui brought had been standing at the door the whole time. He had already heard the sounds coming from inside the house, and he was so shocked that his mouth dropped open—was his master going to retire? What was he going to do?
Just then, Feng Engui walked out, trembling.
In just one morning, he looked like he had aged ten years; his back was no longer straight, and his eyes had become cloudy.
The apprentice quickly helped him up: "Master, are you alright?"
Feng Engui was trembling all over: "Let's go! Pack your things!"
The apprentice asked in surprise, "What are you packing?"
Feng Engui waved his hand: "I want to go back to my hometown!"
Without asking his apprentice for help, he quickly walked out of the courtyard with small, quick steps.
About an hour later, Ba Yuchi was still fast asleep, but his complexion was visibly rosier, and he looked incredibly healthy.
Su Ruyi then took his wrist and carefully took his pulse.
Then, he took out his notebook and pen again, carefully wrote out a prescription for him, and made very detailed notes on the usage and dosage of the decoction below the prescription.
After writing the prescription, Su Ruyi solemnly handed it to Qi Yasheng: "Comrade Qi, take this prescription to get the medicine. There are seven doses in total. After you finish taking them, Old Ba's illness should be almost cured."
Qi Yasheng looked at the still unconscious Teacher Ba Yuchi with a puzzled expression: "He... he's come back to life?"
Su Ruyi nodded and smiled: "Yes, you can wake him up now."
Qi Yasheng quickly cleared her throat – “cough cough.”
He then leaned close to Ba Yuchi's ear and said, "Teacher! Teacher, please wake up!"
Ba Yuchi slowly opened his eyelids and looked around with a somewhat blank expression.
Then his mouth opened, and some strange sounds came out of his throat.
Qi Yasheng didn't hear clearly, so she quickly moved closer.
Ba Yuchi then shouted, "I won't drink it! I won't drink that rubbish!"
Qi Yasheng asked curiously, "Teacher, no one forced you to drink anything?"
"That crazy woman insisted on making me drink her foot bath water!" Ba Yuchi was still somewhat delirious.
"Teacher, are you having a nightmare?" Qi Yasheng gently patted Ba Yuchi's back to help him catch his breath.
"I...I've been resurrected?!" Ba Yuchi finally realized that he was lying on his own kang (heated brick bed).
He recalled with a headache, "I was already on my way to the underworld... I was about to be forced to drink that old woman's foot-washing water... when I heard officials coming from behind with my birth date and time..."
Qi Yasheng felt her hair stand on end: "And then?"
"Then, someone found me, and I don't know who it was, but they gave me a push with incredible strength, and I... I came back!"
"Teacher! Teacher! You've come back to life!" Qi Yasheng cried.
"Why are you standing so close to me, child?" Ba Yuchi said, then lifted the covers and sat up.
Looking at her teacher, who appeared noticeably more energetic, Qi Yasheng's tears uncontrollably soaked her clothes.
"Teacher, you're alive!"
She came back to life, did you know?
You passed away at 12 o'clock, but now you've come back to life!
This is a miracle, a miracle I have never seen before!
Teacher! It's a miracle!
Qi Yasheng spoke very quickly and incoherently, but Ba Yuchi still managed to understand roughly what she was saying.
He looked incredulous: "I died?...I came back to life? How did I come back to life?"
Just then, Mr. Yang, who had been watching the commotion from the window, burst in:
"Grandpa Ba, you've met a benefactor!"
This young doctor is no ordinary person!
You went to bed at 10 o'clock, and started to die slowly around 11 o'clock!
By 12 o'clock, he was already dead.
It was this young doctor, Dr. Su, who performed the incantation ritual!
I wrote down your birth date and time! I poured my heart and soul into it!
"You were brought back to life only after I fed you a golden pill!"
Ba Yuchi's eyes widened as he looked at Qi Yasheng.
Qi Yasheng nodded frantically, so excited she could barely speak: "That's right, that's exactly it, that's exactly it!"
Ba Yuchi's gaze slowly shifted to Su Ruyi, who was packing her things to the side.
Just then, Feng Engui, who had already left, returned!
As soon as he entered, he knelt at Su Ruyi's feet: "Little Divine Doctor Su! Could you... could you take me as your apprentice?"
Seeing that Su Ruyi had taken a step back, he quickly explained:
"I absolutely did not mean to harm you!"
After watching your incantation today, I remembered my original aspiration when I was young!
I studied medicine to heal the sick and save lives, but slowly I became blinded by worldly desires... and then..."
He couldn't continue, and after a moment of choking back tears, he finally said...
"Just now, as I was leaving, I was thinking, if I die like this..."
How can I face my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather...?
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