Doctor Chen was already full of shock. He basically believed in Li Se’s medical skills and couldn’t help but look at Zhu Long with a bit of sympathy. This time, things had really gotten out of hand.
However, Zhu Long couldn’t understand any of this. In his eyes, Li Se was completely putting on an act, so he didn’t feel any sense of crisis. He even sized up the Returning Yang Golden Needles, thinking that once he got his hands on this set of golden needles, he would sell them. A million would be enough.
“Pfft!”
After more than ten minutes of acupuncture, with both the Returning Yang Needle technique and the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate employed simultaneously, Wu Chao finally spat out a mouthful of black blood.
To treat Wu Chao, Li Se had used all his skills. After all, he was saving someone from the brink of death. To be honest, if he had been even a moment later, even an immortal couldn’t have saved Wu Chao.
“I… what’s wrong with me?” Wu Chao looked dazed.
“Honey, are you okay?” Ruan Cuiyun asked excitedly.
“My throat feels a bit dry,” Wu Chao said.
“It’s good that you’re okay, it’s good that you’re okay…” Ruan Cuiyun cried uncontrollably.
“What happened?” Wu Chao had no memory of almost dying.
Ruan Cuiyun recounted the entire incident. Upon hearing it, Wu Chao was filled with guilt, and repeatedly thanked and apologized to Li Se: “Divine Doctor Li, it was my fault for doubting you yesterday. Thanks to you, I was able to save my life!”
“You still owe me the medicinal ingredients, and a ten-million-dollar consultation fee,” Li Se said calmly.
“No problem!” Wu Chao readily agreed. It was all his fault for not believing Li Se yesterday, otherwise, this situation wouldn’t have occurred. But regretting it now was useless.
“Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!” Zhu Long shouted, unwilling to believe that a dying person had come back to life so easily. “It must be a final burst of energy. Yes, yes, it must be a final burst of energy. How could a few needles bring someone back to life?”
“If you don’t believe it, you can use your instruments to check,” Li Se said coldly.
“Of course, we have to check!” Zhu Long snorted.
After a series of instrumental examinations, Zhu Long was dumbfounded. Doctor Chen sighed with emotion, “Divine Doctor Li’s medical skills are indeed as rumored, bringing the dead back to life!”
“You’re too kind,” Li Se cupped his hands. This Doctor Chen seemed to know something, as he appeared to be familiar with the Returning Yang Needle technique and the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate that Li Se had just performed.
“How could this be?” Zhu Long muttered repeatedly.
Li Se sneered, “Doctor Zhu, you should resign, and you are forbidden from practicing medicine for the rest of your life!”
“I won’t resign, why should I resign? That was just a slip of the tongue!” Zhu Long was unwilling to resign. Having returned from abroad, he had a bright future. If he resigned and was forbidden from practicing medicine for life, his life would be ruined.
“You’re not going to honor the agreement?” Li Se asked with a cold face.
“Divine Doctor Li, don’t worry, I have connections. I can get the medical system to blacklist him. Then he won’t be able to work in any major hospitals. Such a person is not fit to be a doctor!” Wu Chao said fiercely.
Thinking about almost dying because he took too much of that medicine, how could he not resent Zhu Long? Although he had taken too much, Zhu Long had also said yesterday that it wouldn’t be a problem no matter how much he took.
Zhu Long’s face turned ashen. He knew Wu Chao’s capabilities and his legs trembled, almost collapsing to the ground. His future was ruined.
“By the way, Divine Doctor Li, can my condition in that regard recover?” Wu Chao asked nervously.
“If you had believed me yesterday, you could have recovered within a week. But now, it’s probably not possible,” Li Se shook his head. “You took too much of that special medicine. Your condition has been almost completely drained. It’s as difficult as ascending to heaven to recover!”
“Is there really no way at all?” Wu Chao’s face showed pain. Besides regret, there was only regret in his heart.
Li Se hesitated for a moment and said, “It’s not that there’s absolutely no way, but it requires a very long period of recuperation, starting from a short year.”
“As long as there’s hope, that’s enough,” Wu Chao said quickly.
Li Se immediately wrote a prescription and said, “You must continue taking this medicine, and also follow a dietary therapy. You need to eat more foods that nourish the kidneys and consolidate essence, such as walnuts, and Polygonatum Rhizoma, which is used as medicine. It has the functions of replenishing qi and nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen and moistening the lungs, and benefiting the kidneys. Also, beef, chestnuts, soft-shelled turtles, pigeons, pork kidneys, etc. You can eat more of these foods.”
“Okay!” Wu Chao could only do this for now. At least there was still hope.
Li Se took the ten-million-dollar consultation fee and the Four Symbols Gu Zhi, then quickly left the Wu family and headed to the medical hall. After collecting all the remaining materials for the Detoxification Pill, he began to refine the medicine.
It took nearly two days to finally refine the Detoxification Pill. This pill not only made one immune to all poisons but could also detoxify all poisons in the world. If it weren’t for the extreme rarity of the Four Symbols Gu Zhi, he would have loved to refine more. It was a pity that he had only encountered this one so far.
Li Se didn’t take it immediately. After all, it was a pill that could detoxify all poisons, and keeping it might have unexpected effects.
Moreover, even without taking it, just carrying it on his person would deter snakes, insects, mice, and ants, and even some poisonous fogs couldn’t get close.
After putting away the alchemy tools, Li Se left his home. He checked his phone and saw over ten missed calls, most of which were from Su Mei. This made him a little confused. Why was this woman calling him so many times? Could it be that she wanted to tempt him again?
To be honest, Li Se was truly afraid of meeting Su Mei now. He couldn’t resist such temptation. It was already a miracle that he had managed to maintain his clarity and not fall into her trap.
But thinking that it might be something important, Li Se called her back. However, no one answered on the other end.
“Something happened?” Li Se’s brows furrowed. His first thought was that Su Mei had been captured by her family.
Without any hesitation, Li Se drove to the Shengshi Hotel. On his way, he also called Lightning, who was responsible for gathering intelligence. If Su Mei did go missing, Lightning could find out immediately.
Upon arriving at the Shengshi Hotel, the suite where Su Mei had been staying was empty. Since Li Se had the Shengshi Hotel’s black card, he asked the hotel staff to check the surveillance footage. Seeing it, his expression turned grim. Su Mei had been taken away by several men in black.
“This…” The hotel manager broke out in a cold sweat when he saw the surveillance footage. “Mr. Li, should we call the police?”
“No need!” Li Se shook his head. He told the hotel not to make a fuss and left immediately. Lightning’s call also came back quite quickly.
“Boss, I found something!” Lightning said swiftly.