Seeing that both Shen Shuyao and Shen Changchun nodded in agreement, Mei Yinxue also turned around and walked toward the ward where Mu Jinyu was currently located.
Carefully arriving at the entrance of the ward, Mei Yinxue stopped, turned back, and quietly cautioned them, "Just hide behind me and watch, don't stand alongside me."
"Okay," Shen Shuyao and Shen Changchun nodded, then followed behind Mei Yinxue.
Mei Yinxue slightly moved her feet and came to the entrance, then peeked into the ward.
Shen Shuyao and Shen Changchun, shrinking behind Mei Yinxue, also peeked inside.
Their position was tactically chosen; if Mu Jinyu, who was busy inside the ward, turned to look their way, he would only see Mei Yinxue blocking their view. As for the two behind her, only the corners of their clothes would be visible, leaving him unable to guess who they were.
Mei Yinxue, standing at the door, felt quite clever about this arrangement after all, Mu Jinyu had never said not to watch from the side, so peeking from the doorway should not provoke his anger, right?!
Even if she miscalculated and he ended up angry, since it was her first time doing such a thing, unlike Shen Shuyao and the others who had angered Mu Jinyu before, he likely... wouldn't be too upset with her, right?
Mei Yinxue knew that doing this still involved great risk; it could very well sever her relationship with Mu Jinyu.
Yet Shen Shuyao had just mentioned it, and indeed, when she was brought under Mei Yinxue's orders for emergency care, he had spared no effort to save her. With such a great favor owed, she could only help them watch as best as she could.
The three, each with their own thoughts, cautiously peeked into the ward.
They saw Mu Jinyu sitting on the edge of the bed, asking a few men with relatively minor injuries to help stand up a burly man who had been recently saved by Shen Shuyao but was still very weak and probably needed a long recovery period to recover.
Then, with the men supporting the burly man with his back to him, Mu Jinyu picked up the silver needle. Needle after needle he plunged fiercely—a flurry of movements so fast that it made Shen Changchun and Shen Shuyao's heads spin.
"Damn, what kind of needle technique is that? It's making my head spin."
Shen Shuyao muttered under her breath.
Hearing this, Mei Yinxue's brow furrowed slightly, and she turned back to glare at her.
Shen Shuyao then sheepishly smiled and dared not speak any further.
However, she still found Mu Jinyu's mysterious needle technique puzzling.
She had some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and was familiar with certain acupuncture methods and human acupoints, but the techniques and acupoints Mu Jinyu used were not any of those mentioned in the textbooks.
More importantly, typically when others performed acupuncture, they would insert the silver needle into a specific acupoint on the patient for a designated period. But Mu Jinyu? He would just pierce someone briefly, then quickly withdraw the needle.
It looked like he was merely jabbing the flesh.
It didn't seem like he was targeting any actual acupoints and practicing acupuncture.
This baffled Shen Shuyao, who then wondered how such a fierce barrage of stabbings could revitalise a dying man to become lively like a dragon and tiger?
that Mu Jinyu was just that incredible.
But three minutes later, the originally pale man, who looked so ill he might need to lie in bed for half a year, suddenly opened his mouth after Mu Jinyu withdrew the silver needles, and gently exhaled a long, condensed breath of white air.
That stream of air swirled like a long sash, causing the curtains to flutter slightly.
Of course, the wondrous white mist that the burly man had managed to muster lasted only ten seconds before it gradually dissipated, never to emerge again. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝓷𝓮𝓽
During those ten seconds, everyone had widened their eyes, watching as the man's originally pale, bloodless face visibly gained a healthy red hue with astonishing speed.
"Phew!" When the white mist vanished, the burly man opened his eyes and looked at Mu Jinyu with immense gratitude, saying, "Divine Doctor, you truly are a divine doctor..."
Mu Jinyu's expression remained calm. He nodded slightly and instructed, "Later, go exercise your body and see if there's any discomfort. If yes, let me know. Also, remember to eat more meat in the next few days as it will be beneficial for your recovery. Soon, I will prescribe a medicine for all of you that you'll need to take in the coming days to replenish your elemental Qi."
"Alright, I've got it." The burly man nodded.
Then, Mu Jinyu went on to treat some others in the ward with minor injuries.
Actually, these people had quite minor injuries and would probably recover in a week or two, but Mu Jinyu treated them anyway.
It wasn't because Mu Jinyu was so generous and desired to benefit the world, but because a patient meant one million yuan, and he wouldn't pass up free money.
After finishing the treatment and giving a few more instructions, Mu Jinyu turned and prepared to move to the next ward to continue making money.
Mei Yinxue and the two others who were peeking from the doorway quickly retreated to a corridor nearby, daring not to look further and pretending they were just squatting idly and chatting.
As Mu Jinyu left the ward, he glanced at them, said nothing, and went on to the next ward on his own.
He certainly had noticed their earlier sneaking around but chose not to bother with it. After all, they couldn't learn his skills just by watching, but if they could master his miraculous acupuncture technique just from observing, he would indeed admire them.
Once Mu Jinyu had gone, Mei Yinxue and the others felt relieved that he hadn't scolded them.
They didn't immediately follow Mu Jinyu to the next ward to spy but instead went into the previous ward. They looked around, particularly at the strong man who previously couldn't even move a finger, now vigorously performing various intense exercises, their eyes filled with shock.
"Big Sister, why have you come over? I'm fine now,"
said the burly man warmly as he saw Mei Yinxue come to see him, chuckling "heh" a bit as he shook his head.
Before Mei Yinxue could speak, Shen Changchun impatiently asked, "How are you feeling now, any discomfort at all?"
The burly man knew Shen Changchun and Shen Shuyao since they had also helped treat him. Hearing Shen Changchun's question, he shook his head and replied naively, "Not at all, I feel very healthy with no discomfort, just..."
"Just what?" Shen Shuyao asked.
The burly man touched his stomach and said, "Just very hungry. Really hungry. I feel like I could devour a whole cow."
"Yeah, I feel extremely hungry too!"
The others chimed in as well.
Shen Changchun and Shen Shuyao frowned, filled with puzzlement.
Why did a few needles from that guy heal their injuries immediately, but the only side effect was hunger?
They couldn't quite grasp the underlying principle.
Since Mei Yinxue wasn't medically trained, though she was equally astonished, she didn't feel as deeply as the others and reminded them, "Then, you should follow what Doctor Mu said, eat more meat since it's good for your recovery."
"Eat more meat, it's good for your recovery..."
Upon hearing Mei Yinxue's words, a realization suddenly dawned on Shen Changchun, his eyes lighting up with joy as he exclaimed, "I get it now, that's the legendary Return to Origin Acupuncture Technique!"