Chapter 11: "I don’t have any silver, what should I do?"

My heart is so heavy, dear brother, can you help me treat it?"

The girl blinked her eyes, looking pitiful, with mist rising in her eyes.

Xu Wuzhou couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy, but fortunately, he had been through many action movies and resisted this wave of pitifulness.

"I am a principled person. Don’t think that blinking and calling me 'dear brother' will buy me over.

Without silver, I can’t help you."

Xu Wuzhou refused, thinking to himself, how could he, who had experienced great storms, give in without seeing the goods?

The girl’s gaze swept over Xu Wuzhou, surprised by his unmoved expression. Ordinary young men would usually lose their composure under her allure.

"Think carefully, can you beat me?

This world isn’t just about seduction; there’s also coercion."

The girl’s pitiful look disappeared, replaced by a cold, distant demeanor.

The sudden change in her aura made Xu Wuzhou couldn’t help but admire her versatility.

Just as Xu Wuzhou was thinking about how to respond, she continued, "But if you can really treat me, 300 taels is of course fine."

"Deal!"

Xu Wuzhou agreed readily. 300 taels, how much metal could that buy?

With money, who cares about her attitude?

Money talks.

"Sir... oh, miss, let’s start now. I’ll be gentle, it’ll be quick, and it won’t hurt."

Xu Wuzhou said to the girl.

The girl smiled again, not fearing what Xu Wuzhou could do. If he wanted to treat her, let him.

Knowing that her heart meridian was injured wasn’t simple. Which side was he from?

What did he want to do?

And thinking she couldn’t understand those dirty words, how bold.

"Hehe, my name is Dai Yaoyao."

The girl’s voice was like a silver bell.

"Peach blossoms bloom, their beauty shines.

What a beautiful name!"

Xu Wuzhou praised. ‘Peach blossoms bloom, their beauty shines,’ Dai Yaoyao repeated, finding the imagery beautiful, but wondering why she hadn’t heard it before.

"Do you have silver needles?"

Xu Wuzhou asked Dai Yaoyao.

"Yes!"

Dai Yaoyao smiled, but inside she was cold. Without silver needles, how could he claim to be a doctor who could treat her hidden injuries?

Xu Wuzhou took the silver needles from Dai Yaoyao and inserted one into a specific acupoint. His movements were quick and skilled, as if imprinted in his soul.

"Medicine is about eight principles: balancing yin and yang, harmonizing the five elements.

As long as these eight principles are achieved, eighty percent of the world’s illnesses can be cured!"

As Xu Wuzhou inserted the silver needles into Dai Yaoyao, he recited the principles of yin-yang medicine.

Oh, he’s putting on a show, his theoretical knowledge is solid. It seems he did a lot of preparation to deceive me.

Dai Yaoyao thought, but her face was full of a sweet smile. "Eighty percent can be cured, what about the other twenty percent?"

"One percent is about the soul, one percent is..." Xu Wuzhou answered, but suddenly stopped.

He suddenly remembered that the liquid in the black bowl could nourish the soul. Could that mean... he could treat soul injuries?

Seeing Xu Wuzhou stop mid-sentence, Dai Yaoyao sneered inwardly. Can’t keep up the act anymore, can you?

Wait until the needles don’t work, and then you’ll find an excuse, saying the injury is too severe and needs long-term treatment. I’ve seen this kind of quackery too many times.

"You have a damaged heart meridian, caused by a force that conflicts with you.

But as long as you achieve yin-yang balance and harmonize the five elements,

This force will also be neutralized and dissipated."

Xu Wuzhou continued as he inserted the needles.

The principles are straightforward, and she understood them, but achieving yin-yang balance and harmonizing the five elements isn’t that simple.

Dai Yaoyao smiled, but her mind was tense. Though she was confident that no one could harm her with needles, she was cautious to avoid any mishaps.

"This needle will fix it."

Xu Wuzhou took a silver needle and simply inserted it into the Hegu point.

Dai Yaoyao’s smiling eyes narrowed: Fixed?

Do you think I’m a naive fool?

I just felt a few dozen needles.

A few dozen needles can’t go to waste, young man, you’ll pay for it.

However, when Xu Wuzhou inserted the needle into her Hegu point, all the other silver needles suddenly trembled.

"Merge a hundred needles!"

Dai Yaoyao’s emerald eyes suddenly contracted, her heart pounding.

Merging a hundred needles is a highly advanced needle technique.

The doctor uses special methods to make multiple needles resonate as one, achieving the effect of a single needle.

This technique is difficult for anyone but a highly skilled doctor to perform.

But what stunned Dai Yaoyao even more was that she felt her energy being guided and slowly balanced by the trembling needles, like a cool breeze in the summer, incredibly refreshing.

Especially at her heart meridian, the place that had always been uncomfortable, the heat was gradually being carried away by the wind.

"He really can treat it."

Dai Yaoyao looked at Xu Wuzhou, his face somewhat thin and pale. Could such a person really be a highly skilled doctor?

How old is he! With this medical skill, he has a place among the young generation.

Indeed, this person has grand ambitions.

"Now do you believe I can treat you?"

Xu Wuzhou was very close to Dai Yaoyao, able to smell the musk-like scent from her, which was very alluring.

"I’ve believed in your medical skills from the beginning. Otherwise, why would I let you treat me?"

Dai Yaoyao said calmly.

"300 taels, give it to me!"

Xu Wuzhou went straight to the point.

"300 taels?"

Dai Yaoyao thought that calling him a fool wasn’t wrong. The technique of merging a hundred needles, how could it be worth only 300 taels?

Even 3,000 taels would have people begging for treatment.

This fool.

Seeing Dai Yaoyao’s reluctance, Xu Wuzhou said, "Don’t think it’s expensive. I’m always fair, and you don’t know how difficult it was to treat you. I almost exhausted my mental energy.

Oh, why are you staring at me like that? At most, I’ll give you a discount of one tael because you’re beautiful, but no more. You should know you’re not completely healed yet, it will take at least six to seven days."

"Fine! 299 taels."

Dai Yaoyao replied.

Xu Wuzhou was overjoyed. His bottom line was 100 taels, and he didn’t expect this woman to be so easy to deceive, truly a naive fool.

"You said it will take six to seven days to heal?"

Dai Yaoyao asked.

"Of course, if it doesn’t heal, I’ll refund you."

Xu Wuzhou answered.

Dai Yaoyao looked at the smug Xu Wuzhou, opening her mouth but not knowing what to say. She suddenly thought of something interesting: If the one from the Xuan Nv Palace knew that the injury she had paid a great price to leave for herself, after countless schemes, was solved for 300 taels, what would she think?

Hehe, I’ll definitely tell her, I want to see her reaction.

Dai Yaoyao looked at Xu Wuzhou, who she had initially suspected of having ulterior motives.

Now she believed that this fool was really unrelated to those people.

Whether friend or foe, no one could treat her hidden injuries like this.

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