Chapter 1 A Dream

Chen Xiao had a long dream.

In his dream, he had cultivated diligently under the Canglan God Emperor for hundreds of years.

Over those long years, he learned a wealth of secret arts.

He mastered everything from Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, to the mystical gates, escape techniques, talismans, and formations.

Among them, his medical skills were his greatest strength.

He could revive the dead and regenerate flesh from bone.

…

It wasn't until he opened his eyes and found himself lying in a hospital bed that he realized that everything had just been a pipe dream.

A good dream, but a dream nonetheless.

After waking up, Chen Xiao felt his head was empty; he couldn't remember any medical skills or secret arts.

He guessed that he must have been bullied too badly by Long Yaoyang, which was why he had learned so many skills in his dream.

He vaguely remembered being beaten badly by Long Yaoyang and his gang.

At least two ribs were broken, and his internal organs were damaged.

But strangely, when he lifted his clothes and took a look, he found that his body was intact, without any signs of injury.

With such serious injuries, it would be difficult to survive, and it would take at least a few months to recover.

How could he suddenly be healed?

Just as Chen Xiao was confused, a voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"You're awake."

Along with the voice, a nurse pushed a small cart in.

"What happened to me? Why am I in the hospital?"

As soon as he spoke, Chen Xiao was startled by his own voice, which was so dry that it didn't sound like his own.

The nurse was slightly taken aback, "Huh? Don't you remember? You were seriously injured and crawled to the hospital yourself..."

Chen Xiao was stunned again.

Crawled here myself? Why don't I have any memory of that?

"You've been in a coma for three days and three nights!"

The nurse's words made Chen Xiao jump out of bed.

"Wait, how long did you say I was in a coma?"

"Three days and three nights!"

The nurse solemnly held up three fingers.

"I thought you wouldn't make it through twenty-four hours, but I didn't expect you to survive. It's a medical miracle... Hey, where are you going? Why are you running?"

Before she could finish, Chen Xiao had already rushed out.

By the time the nurse chased after him, Chen Xiao had already disappeared.

Chen Xiao recognized the hospital as Jiangcheng Hospital, where his mother was.

Three days ago, the doctor had given his mother a final deadline.

And now, the three days were up.

But he had been in a coma in the hospital for three days and three nights.

Chen Xiao hated Long Yaoyang and hated himself.

If his mother had unfortunately passed away, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

Finally, Chen Xiao found his mother in the emergency room.

At this time, his mother's face was covered with a white sheet.

The meaning of this was self-evident.

"Mom..."

With a heart-wrenching cry, Chen Xiao rushed forward.

Lifting the white sheet, his mother, Liu Zhen, was no longer breathing.

Her face was distorted, indicating that she had been in unbearable pain until her death.

"Mom, I'm sorry, I'm late. Can you open your eyes and look at me!"

"Mom, your son is unfilial, Mom..."

Chen Xiao's tears fell like rain.

His mother's life had been too hard.

Chen Xiao had grown up without a father, and Liu Zhen had raised him alone.

She relied on the meager income from her stall to support Chen Xiao until he graduated from college.

He thought he could finally enjoy a peaceful life, but he didn't expect illness to come knocking relentlessly.

The tree desires tranquility, but the wind will not cease; the son desires to provide, but the parent does not wait.

Regret and pain almost tore Chen Xiao apart.

Just then, a dissatisfied voice came.

"Your mother has been dead for ten minutes, why are you only here now?"

Chen Xiao looked up and saw that the speaker was Li Youde, Liu Zhen's attending physician.

Ten minutes, only ten minutes.

Chen Xiao clutched his hair in pain.

But Li Youde said sarcastically, "What's the use of crying now? Where were you earlier? You're hopeless!"

Chen Xiao was in no mood to explain anything, nor did he have the strength to refute.

Yes, where had he been earlier?

"Alright, alright, stop pretending. Hurry up and go through the formalities and send your mother to be cremated."

Li Youde said impatiently.

In his eyes, the life and death of a patient was just a business.

Now that the patient was dead, he should deal with it quickly and not waste time.

Chen Xiao glared at Li Youde with hatred. He could have kept his mother alive.

It was only because he didn't raise enough money for the surgery that he watched the patient die.

Was this still a doctor? Wasn't the doctor's duty to heal the wounded and rescue the dying?

Chen Xiao planned to take one last look at his mother. He touched her hand.

Her hand was very rough, covered with calluses.

This was the mark that a difficult life had left on her.

But just then, Chen Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Because he suddenly felt his mother's pulse was still beating.

Although it was very weak, he was absolutely sure.

At the same time, Chen Xiao's body shook violently, and he felt an electric current generated in his brain, which suddenly spread throughout his body.

And the memories that should have existed in his dream suddenly recovered.

Among them was the way to save his mother.

Seeing that Chen Xiao was not moving, Li Youde began to nag impatiently again.

"What are you still doing? If you had raised the 200,000 earlier, I could have saved your mother's life. Now that she's dead, what kind of filial son are you pretending to be?"

Chen Xiao suddenly raised his head, "Quick, get me a set of silver needles, my mother is not dead, she can still be saved!"

Li Youde was stunned for a moment, then looked at Chen Xiao with an incredulous look and scolded loudly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? The patient is not dead? Are you the doctor or am I the doctor?"

"And you want me to find silver needles for you? What do you think you are?"

"Boy, if you want to make trouble, go home, this is not a place for you to cause trouble!"

…

At this time, an old man with silver hair wearing a Tang suit walked in surrounded by a group of doctors and nurses.

Hearing the noise, the old man looked displeased, "What are you arguing about? This is a hospital, not a market!"

This old man looked extraordinary at first glance.

Because as soon as Li Youde saw him, he immediately changed his face, fawning and bowing.

"Elder Ji, please let me explain. This deceased's family member is being unreasonable, insisting that his mother is not dead. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

Chen Xiao immediately corrected, "I'm not being unreasonable. My mother is not dead. Her pulse is still beating. She can still be saved."

"Oh?"

Elder Ji was stunned for a moment, "Let me take a look."

As he spoke, Elder Ji stepped forward and felt Liu Zhen's pulse.

Then, he frowned and shook his head at Chen Xiao.

"Young man, you may know a little about medicine. The deceased does have a slight pulse, but I have been practicing medicine for decades and can responsibly tell you that this situation can never be saved. The deceased is the most important, so let her rest in peace."

Chen Xiao snorted coldly, "Incompetent doctors, just because you can't save her doesn't mean I can't! Get me a set of silver needles, I want to save my mother!"

"What did you say?"

Elder Ji was furious.

He had been practicing medicine for decades, and wherever he went, he was not respectfully called a Divine Doctor Ji?

This nobody couldn't possibly succeed where he had failed.

Li Youde was even more distraught.

"Stinky brat, open your dog eyes and see clearly, the one standing in front of you is Divine Doctor Ji, the president of the Jiangcheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Association."

"The people that Elder Ji has healed, one person's spit could drown you. What are you? How dare you talk nonsense and spout nonsense!"

Chen Xiao said disdainfully, "I don't care what president or divine doctor you are. If you can't heal people, you're just an incompetent doctor!"