Seeing my pained expression, Li Huai and Luo Tianhe couldn't help but show their sympathy.
Applying explosives to wounds to dispel negative energy—this old man really dares to think of such things.
Seeing me trembling like a sieve, the old man curled his lip.
"I didn't feel any pain when I was provoking the vixen, but now it's starting to hurt."
Dr. Sun grumbled a complaint, and then his subordinates seemed to press harder.
"Stop shaking, bear with it. This is just forcing out the surface poison. There's more pain to come!"
Upon hearing this, my face turned even paler, paler than a corpse that had been dead for three days.
It was clearly a sad thing, but Li Huai couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.
He could tell that the old man was confident and seemed to have a plan to heal my injuries; a little pain didn't seem to matter much.
It's all my fault for not knocking on the door myself in the first place, which led him to recognize me as his father.
Li Huai thought to himself with some resentment.
Seeing Li Huai grinning with his big teeth showing, Luo Tianhe couldn't help but nudge him.
At that moment, I had no time to care about Li Huai. As Dr. Sun continued his work, my wound became increasingly painful, but more dark pus and blood were forced out.
The black pus and blood mixed with the dark red ointment looked rather gruesome.
At that moment, an extremely unpleasant smell filled the air—a mixture of the stench of foxes and the stench of blood, making me feel nauseous.
What I admire about Dr. Sun is that, despite being the person closest to the smell, he remained completely calm, as if he hadn't smelled anything at all.
Is this the professional ethics of a miracle doctor? I couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Doctor Sun carefully wiped away the filthy ointment and pus with a clean cotton cloth.
At this moment, the bluish-black color around the wound seemed to have faded somewhat, but there was still a faint black aura lingering deep within the wound.
"The surface poison has been removed. Luckily you came to me, otherwise even if I could cure you, you would have been left with a chronic condition. In the entire city, only I dare to guarantee that I can cure you without leaving any aftereffects."
The old man spoke calmly, but I could hear the confidence in his voice.
I couldn't help but grin and lavishly flatter the old man.
"Dr. Sun, I knew you were a miracle doctor, so the first thing I did when I woke up was to ask them to bring me here instead of going anywhere else."
"Because I know you are a true miracle doctor!"
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Seeing the old man's calm demeanor, but with his beard twitching involuntarily, I knew he was secretly pleased.
After all, in the old man's eyes, I was also a master.
And it suits his temperament perfectly.
A single compliment from someone like me is more effective than a hundred compliments from an ordinary person.
"Alright, alright, stop joking around. I'm going to start your second course of treatment now."
Dr. Sun washed his hands, and his tone became somewhat heavy:
"When this fox demon was dying, it gave you a breath of its life-giving evil energy, which has already invaded your throat and lungs."
"This malevolent energy is no ordinary thing. It's like a living thing. If it hadn't come looking for me, it would probably have slowly corroded you and eventually turned you into a puddle of pus."
At this point, the old man emphasized his words, and I knew he wasn't lying.
"The reason I dare say that other doctors cannot completely cure it is because they don't have a family heirloom like mine!"
The old man stroked his beard, then turned around and walked to a cabinet.
What he took out was not herbs, but a flat wooden box.
Inside, there were dozens of metal needles, as thin as cow hair, gleaming with a cold light, with fine runes engraved on the handles.
When Li Huai saw so many needles, he immediately felt a chill run down his spine.
He couldn't help but lean closer to Luo Tianhe and whisper:
"Brother Yan is going to be in trouble. So many needles going in, it'll hurt like hell. I was terrified of needles when I was a kid."
Luo Tianhe hesitated for a moment, then said:
"I remember acupuncture shouldn't hurt, and some people even say it feels good."
"Oh,"
Li Huai snorted and continued speaking.
"Didn't this miracle doctor just say that the second stage is more painful than the first stage, and this isn't acupuncture, it's expelling the toxins?"
"Li Huai, shut up."
Listening to his words, I could almost feel the pain.
"Hehe, what this kid said is right. You'll get what's coming to you later."
Old Sun disinfected the needle while speaking.
Can you recognize what this is?
The old man took out a needle and showed it to me.
As I looked at the cold light swirling on the long needle and the fine, dense runes, I suddenly felt that it looked quite familiar; Grandpa seemed to have told me about it before.
I thought for a moment, then asked somewhat uncertainly:
"Could this be a Demon-Slaying Needle?"
The old man nodded, a look of approval on his face:
"As expected of you, you really know your stuff."
My face turned even paler. I had indeed heard of the name "Destroying Evil Needle".
However, in ancient times, this thing was not only used as a medicine, but also as a powerful tool for torture and forced confessions.
The Sha-Breaking Needle is made of black iron mixed with a small amount of cold jade. The runes on the needle can guide the needle energy and are specifically designed to break through various evil spirits and malevolent energies.
But this thing is extremely cold, no different from sticking an ice needle into your body.
"Dr. Sun, I've heard that this thing was often used to interrogate prisoners in ancient times, but that must be a rumor."
I asked, my voice trembling slightly.
"Of course it's a rumor. The Demon-Slaying Needle is not something that ordinary people can use. Only those with superb medical skills in our lineage can use it."
The old man shook his head, looking disdainful.
I had just breathed a sigh of relief when I heard him continue.
"It's true that some people have used this thing to torture and extract confessions, and I heard it was quite effective. But our people have always disdained to do such things; only those of high enough status can persuade us to do it."
"So what you've heard about it being used to interrogate prisoners is definitely false. It's just an occasional thing, and it's not something you'd need to do with ordinary prisoners."
After hearing the old man's explanation, I felt as if I had fallen into an ice cave.
"Hey kid, now you know fear? Try to avoid messing with those demons and monsters in the future, or you'll be coming to my place again."
The old man smiled, took out the longest evil-dispelling needle, and heated it over the lamplight.
Before he finished speaking, he moved with lightning speed, and the Demon-Slaying Needle precisely pierced the Lianquan acupoint below my Adam's apple!
"Ugh!" I groaned, my eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
I'm not ready yet!
A chill ran down my throat, making me feel cold all over.
At the same time, a feeling of suffocation, accompanied by a strong sense of foreign object, made me scream out in pain.
At the wound on my neck, the life-bound evil energy that the fox spirit had desperately left behind seemed to have been provoked and couldn't help but become active, confronting that cold and gloomy aura.
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