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The sound of the crowd’s sighs reached her ears, but Nianyang turned a deaf ear to it, focusing intently and cautiously on the critical final stage of the treatment.
The difficulty of acupuncture lies in its high demand for the physician’s acuity, especially for someone like Nianyang, who uses hundreds of needles at once, requiring even greater concentration. Even a one-centimeter error is unacceptable, so she had to focus, focus, and focus!
Moreover, the Gu Poison in Mr. Ruan was particularly tricky; it’s not just a matter of inserting the needle and being done with it. The process required continuous needle insertion to stimulate acupoints and draw out the poison.
Operating this way was not only mentally taxing but also physically exhausting. In less than ten minutes, Nianyang’s forehead was already dotted with sweat, and her slightly parted pink lips exhaled softly.
Madam Ruan, seeing Nianyang’s dedication in treating her husband, felt both moved and grateful, and gently spoke, "Young lady, take a rest for a while."
"It’s fine." Feeling the sweat sliding down her eyelashes, blocking her vision, Nianyang casually wiped it away, without stopping her hand that was administering the acupuncture.
The other doctors watched, nearly entranced, as they admired Nianyang’s superb acupuncture skills. They quickly noticed that the silver needles inserted in Mr. Ruan began to darken gradually, and the needles started to tremble lightly.
"Look, the needles on Mr. Ruan are trembling, they really are trembling!"
"The medical records state that if the silver needles tremble while drawing out poison, the treatment has not gone wrong!"
"So this little girl’s diagnosis was correct, Mr. Ruan was afflicted with Gu Poison and not possessed, and she managed to extract the poison. She’s simply a medical genius, truly remarkable!"
The crowd was excitedly looking at Nianyang, who knew her treatment had succeeded yet remained calm and composed, sincerely admiring the young girl.
At first, everyone doubted her, underestimated her, and mocked her, but now she had proven her competence, slapping everyone in the face with her skills. This was a beautiful victory. It must be said that this young girl, despite her age, possessed a broader and deeper mindset than anyone here who had lived for decades!
Doctor Xu was completely dumbfounded by now. He hadn’t expected this young girl, who appeared to be a novice, not only to make the correct diagnosis but also to actually cure Mr. Ruan with acupuncture. It was like a loud slap had been landed on his face!
His face truly hurt!
What would he do? Would he have to kneel and kowtow to this girl in public?
How could he, the distinguished Doctor Xu, ever hold his head up high again?
Even more terrifying, his diagnosis had been proven wrong, how everyone would undoubtedly spread this tale far and wide. From now on, he would have no credibility among the people, he was done for!
Finished.
Completely finished.
Once the silver needles calmed, Nianyang began withdrawing them one by one, a total of 106 silver needles. As all the needles were removed, the previously motionless master of the Ruan Family on the sickbed suddenly coughed lightly and opened his eyes weakly.
Nianyang put away all the silver needles, "Madam, I have drawn out all of Mr. Ruan’s Gu Poison; he is no longer in danger."
Madam Ruan was so overjoyed she cried, repeatedly thanking Nianyang, then embraced her husband, who had regained consciousness, and cried mournfully.
At this moment, the surroundings were very quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop!
Everyone’s face showed expressions of disbelief.
Even though they had already known Nianyang’s treatment was error-free, actually hearing her say that Mr. Ruan was safe made it feel like a dream.
A physician, not convinced, stepped forward to diagnose Mr. Ruan’s body with an instrument, and was then thoroughly convinced.
"Mr. Ruan’s pulse is alive, he really has been cured!"
This statement was like a bombshell, directly blowing the surroundings into chaos, as everyone looked at Nianyang with admiration and apology, "Young lady, your medical skill is indeed amazing, we were all too blind to appreciate your worth. We apologize here and now."
Nianyang waved her hand, indicating it was fine, then turned to face Doctor Xu, who was planning to quietly slip away in the chaos, "Doctor Xu, I have cured Mr. Ruan, proving your diagnosis wrong, should you not fulfill our wager?"