The old ancestor described calmly, "These are all normal phenomena."
"The step you need to take now is to cleanse your meridians and marrow. If this step is not done well, it will be as difficult as reaching the heavens to step into the path of cultivation in the future, and you may never even touch that threshold."
Hearing the ancestor's explanation, Chen Mo clenched his fists tightly, enduring the burning sensation from his body.
It wasn't until late at night.
Tian Mengyao groggily got up to drink water.
However, when she came to the living room, she vaguely heard sounds from the bathroom.
Tian Mengyao curiously approached the bathroom and, through the door, heard Chen Mo's heavy panting from inside.
Instantly, Tian Mengyao's small face turned red.
Her heart also unconsciously quickened its beat.
Although she was inexperienced, she was also a doctor and not foolish. Images of what Chen Mo was doing immediately flashed through her mind.
Thinking of this, Tian Mengyao felt her heart beat even faster, her face blushing so much it could almost bleed.
"How embarrassing, not sleeping at night and doing that in there." Tian Mengyao said with a blushing face.
However, upon further thought, Tian Mengyao felt a surge of emotion.
Because Tian Mengyao felt that Chen Mo was acting this way entirely out of consideration for her feelings.
"Am I too indifferent to him? After all, we are living together, shouldn't I reciprocate?" Tian Mengyao pondered.
If Chen Mo knew that Tian Mengyao was standing outside the door, thinking these things at this moment.
He might have gone berserk and suffered qi deviation while breaking through a critical juncture!
After about half an hour.
Chen Mo, who had been enduring torment, finally ended his suffering with a sound of relief.
Chen Mo was even more shocked to discover that the silver needles that had been inserted into several of his major acupoints had turned black and charred.
Even his entire body was covered in a sticky, grayish-brown keratinous layer.
"Ancestor, have I broken through?" Chen Mo asked in disbelief, feeling the strength gradually returning to his body.
Especially when Chen Mo felt the energy circulating in his meridians, it shocked him even more.
"Good. You have successfully cleansed your meridians and marrow," the ancestor's voice sounded again.
After Chen Mo cleaned himself, he felt as if he could punch through the wall in front of him with a single blow.
However, Chen Mo suppressed this impulse.
After all, it was already three in the morning. If he punched the wall, he would definitely wake up the others who were sleeping soundly.
When Chen Mo changed his clothes and opened the door to return to his room.
Tian Mengyao had already run back to her room.
Chen Mo had been so immersed in the joy of his breakthrough that he hadn't noticed anyone outside the door earlier.
After Chen Mo lay down.
Tian Mengyao deliberately turned over and nestled into Chen Mo's arms.
Chen Mo was startled and looked at Tian Mengyao beside him with some surprise.
Tian Mengyao's heart was beating very fast, and she didn't know what Chen Mo would do next.
However, what happened next surprised Tian Mengyao.
Because Chen Mo actually straightened her body and covered her with the quilt.
"Blockhead!"
Tian Mengyao cursed him angrily in her heart, turned over to the other side, and went to sleep, ignoring Chen Mo.
The next morning, after breakfast, Chen Mo and Tian Mengyao drove to the hospital.
"What were you doing in the bathroom last night? You came back so late," Tian Mengyao asked.
"I was practicing my skills," Chen Mo replied.
Hearing "practicing skills," Tian Mengyao's face flushed.
She thought, what kind of practice involves that?
However, she also knew that some things couldn't be said directly, so she could only hint, "Actually, doing that would be bad for your body. If you want to, I... I can agree to it."
Chen Mo looked at Tian Mengyao with confusion, "It's actually quite good for my body."
"I can't be bothered with you. If you want to solve it yourself, then solve it yourself!" Tian Mengyao turned her head and stopped talking.
Chen Mo was baffled.
He didn't understand what was wrong with Tian Mengyao this early in the morning.
At this moment, Chen Mo had already driven the car into the underground garage.
Upon arriving at the department, Chen Mo immediately notified all the doctors to attend the morning meeting.
Due to some matters, Chen Mo hadn't held a morning meeting for several days.
After inquiring about the current situation of the department, as well as patient consultations and admissions, Chen Mo began to arrange the department's work for the upcoming period.
At the same time, during the meeting, Chen Mo publicly criticized some doctors for their actions, stating that they only cared about money and not about patients.
Chen Wenbin, upon hearing this, was almost furious.
He felt indignant, thinking that Chen Mo was too pretentious, accepting money from patients while also making veiled criticisms, calling him a hypocritical beast!
"You brat, let's see how long you can keep this up," a cold glint flashed in Chen Wenbin's eyes.
"Bang, bang, bang."
Just then, the department door was knocked.
Several administrative staff members in white coats walked in.
The leader, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, exuded an air of authority.
"Is Director Chen Mo here?" the man at the front asked.
Chen Mo frowned slightly, "I am. Who are you?"
Looking at Chen Mo, the man at the front sized him up before presenting his identification, "We are from the administrative office. We received a report that you have been privately accepting huge red envelopes from patients' families, and that your substantial assets have an unknown source. Please come with us to accept an investigation."
Chen Mo's expression darkened, "Accepting huge red envelopes from patients? Do you have any evidence?"
Tian Mengyao also stood up, "Gentlemen, have you made a mistake? Director Chen would never accept red envelopes."
Yang Lan stood up indignantly, "Exactly. How could Director Chen accept red envelopes, let alone huge ones? Who told you that? If you have the ability, show us the evidence."
The man at the front cast an unfriendly glance at Tian Mengyao and the others.
"We received a report. Whether you are being framed or not will be clear after the investigation."
Chen Mo said coldly, "An investigation requires evidence. Without evidence, why should I go with you?"
Upon hearing that Chen Mo dared to openly defy them, the administrative office men became less polite, "Don't you know in your heart whether you took money or not? We received a report that you, a mere department director, bought a luxury car worth over three million yuan. And according to your family situation, you are said to be living in a rented apartment. If you didn't get this money from taking bribes, where else could it have come from?"
"A luxury car? Wasn't that car only worth over a million?" Yang Lan was stunned.
At this moment, Chen Wenbin, who had been silent, spoke, "Doctor Yang, I also misjudged it yesterday. It was only when Doctor Xiao reminded me that I realized Director Chen's car was a BMW M760Li Aurora Special Edition, with a landed price of over three million!"
"What?!"
Suddenly, everyone present was shocked! They looked at Chen Mo with horrified eyes.
"Where did I get the money? Do I need to explain it to you? You can investigate whether I took money at the hospital. If you conclude that I took patients' money based on this alone, I can only say that you are all idiots." Chen Mo was also enraged and spoke without any politeness.