Ling Tian glanced up at the thermometer on the wall, which showed the indoor temperature had already reached thirty-two degrees Celsius.
Yet, these members of the Zhuo family were still dressed warmly, wearing heat packs, looking like ghosts who had just crawled out of hell.
Ling Tian also met the patriarch of the Zhuo family, Zhuo Wujin. The old man, nearing seventy, was sitting by the electric heater, shivering all over.
Upon seeing Lan Ruoting arrive, Zhuo Wujin quickly stood up.
“Brother Lan, thank you for coming all this way. I’m truly grateful.”
“Brother Zhuo, I’m ashamed to say that as a doctor, I haven’t been able to free you from the clutches of illness. My face is practically swollen from embarrassment.
Let’s not talk about it anymore; let’s get to the treatment!”
As Lan Ruoting spoke, he began to examine the dozen or so members of the Zhuo family one by one. During this process, Ling Tian was not idle either; he was also taking everyone’s pulse.
The Zhuo family didn’t say anything about this. Lan Ruoting coming to their home to see patients was already a great honor. Bringing a disciple along for a live demonstration was not an issue.
During the examination, Ling Tian frowned. The symptoms of these people were almost identical: yin and cold energy had entered their bodies, with only varying degrees of severity.
“Ling Tian, what are your thoughts?”
The elder spoke after Ling Tian had finished examining the patients.
“Teacher, based on my observation, the conditions of these patients are very consistent. Yin and cold energy has entered their bodies. The differences in their symptoms are merely due to variations in their individual constitutions and health conditions.”
“And do you think it’s serious?”
“Naturally. If effective intervention is not carried out promptly, their bodies could suffer irreversible damage!”
“Then what method do you plan to use to treat them?”
“Zhuyou Technique!”
“‘Zhu’ means incantation, and ‘you’ refers to the root cause of the disease.”
The term Zhuyou was once an official position established by Emperor Xuanyuan in ancient times. Those who could hold this position and use techniques like Zhuyou to treat people were all individuals of high cultural attainment and moral standing.
The Zhuyou Technique is a method of treating diseases that includes using talismans, incantations, and prohibitions, in addition to Chinese herbal medicine.
This encompasses a fusion of various theories, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, psychology, and even religion.
Unfortunately, the Zhuyou Technique was passed down only from master to disciple or father to son. Over the years, it has long since vanished into the river of history.
Many people do not even acknowledge the existence of the Zhuyou Technique; they even consider it a legend or a scam used by sorcerers.
Upon hearing Ling Tian’s words, a spark of brilliance instantly flashed in Elder Lan Ruoting’s eyes.
“Ling Tian, what do you think about treating the patients’ family members?”
“I am honored to accept.”
Zhuo Wujin found the conversation between the master and disciple somewhat strange, so he asked, “Old Lan, what’s this? Aren’t you the one treating them?”
Lan Ruoting smiled and pulled Ling Tian forward.
“Let me introduce you. This is Ling Tian, a disciple under my tutelage, though not officially registered!”
With this statement, the Zhuo family felt even more uncertain about the matter. Generally, registered disciples were the most outstanding.
Unregistered disciples often failed to meet the teacher’s requirements in terms of medical skills and other aspects. It was indeed quite unbelievable that Elder Lan would have someone like this treat his family.
Elder Lan immediately saw the doubts in everyone’s minds and smiled.
“Everyone, Ling Tian is merely registered under my name. He has his own lineage, and his teacher is even more formidable than I am!
In this world, there is always someone better, and someone beyond the heavens. You can rest assured with him treating you.”
“Who will go first?” Ling Tian asked.
The Zhuo family members exchanged glances. After a while, Zhuo Gang stepped forward. As the eldest son of the Zhuo family, if someone had to be a guinea pig, he, as the elder brother, had to lead the way.
“Very well, please sit on the chair and remove your upper garment!”
“Remove it all?”
“Yes, your upper body must be completely bare!”
Zhuo Gang was very reluctant. Not only did he feel it was undignified to expose his upper body in front of everyone, but more importantly, he genuinely felt cold!
The room was already so warm that even Elder Lan Ruoting, an elderly person with a less active metabolism, was sweating.
However, these members of the Zhuo family all felt a chill all over their bodies.
This was not just a psychological effect. If one were to touch them at this moment, they would feel that their limbs and even the surface of their skin were ice-cold!
Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Ling Tian. Ling Tian, in front of everyone, opened his medical kit.
To the astonishment of the onlookers, a stack of talismans was placed inside Ling Tian’s medical kit.
In reality, these talismans were not stored in the medical kit but were kept in Ling Tian’s spiritual realm.
The medical kit was merely a facade. Ling Tian did not want these talismans to appear out of thin air, as it would arouse suspicion and doubt from others. After all, the spiritual realm was Ling Tian’s biggest secret at the moment.
Ling Tian was very much aware of the principle that an innocent man can be guilty if he possesses a treasure!
Ling Tian first placed the stack of talismans on a nearby table. Then, he took out a bottle of medicinal wine from his medical kit. He evenly applied the medicinal wine to the patient’s back and began to massage the patient’s body with his hands moving up and down.
As the saying goes, the discerning eye sees the skill, while the layman sees the spectacle. Elder Lan Ruoting and his disciples immediately recognized that Ling Tian was performing the “Tui Xue Guo Gong” technique.
This is a type of massage technique where pressure and pushing methods are used to treat the patient. However, this treatment follows the principle of moving along the patient’s meridians.
Only those who have a thorough understanding of the human body’s meridians can use this technique.
The problem was that many contemporary TCM practitioners rarely performed manual massages on patients themselves, especially using this particular method.
As for those who specialized in TCM tuina, most of them did not understand the theory of meridian circulation, and therefore, they did not perform Tui Xue Guo Gong.
Seeing Ling Tian’s skillful technique at this moment, they could only marvel. This young man was constantly refreshing their understanding!
Zhuo Gang, sitting there, felt his blood flow accelerate after Ling Tian’s massage.
This rapid blood circulation generated a warm current throughout his body, which was incredibly comfortable.
However, amidst these warm currents, there was also a trace of coldness. He could feel his body alternating between cold and warm.
Little did he know, this was because the rapid circulation of qi and blood in his meridians had stimulated the yin energy accumulated within his internal organs!
This was akin to the famous anecdote of the divine physician Bian Que and his aversion to seeking treatment for his own illness. What Bian Que described as illness residing in the superficial layers of the skin was precisely this situation!