Chapter 60

Liu Bocheng symbolically touched hands with Ding Ning, then patted him and said with a smile, "I went out for a while, my hands are a bit dirty."

Ding Ning squinted his eyes, and a faint smell of stone powder came from Liu Bocheng's body.

Obsidian powder!

Obsidian is not rare, but Ding Ning sensed that Liu Bocheng had once come into contact with Obsidian Essence!

The appearance of Obsidian Essence is no different from ordinary obsidian, but its internal structure is vastly different. When combined with a stone called White Light Stone, it can be used to refine a storage ring!

The importance of an empty storage ring to cultivators goes without saying, and Ding Ning immediately set his sights on Liu Bocheng.

At this moment, Liu Bocheng said to An Xiaoyue, "Xiaoyue, Dr. Tom has arrived, let's go and see him."

An Xiaoyue nodded but walked to Ding Ning's side and whispered, "Ding Ning, do you think a vegetative state can be cured?"

Seeing the hopeful look in An Xiaoyue's beautiful eyes, Ding Ning knew that this girl probably knew something about him.

He didn't say much, just nodded slightly and said, "I know a bit about the principle of this disease, and it is indeed possible to cure it."

"That's great, come in with me and take a look."

An Xiaoyue happily called Ding Ning to go in, but Liu Bocheng couldn't help but intervene.

"Xiaoyue, the treatment requires a quiet environment, and non-essential people should wait outside."

"Ding Ning is my master, not a non-essential person."

An Xiaoyue replied firmly, as the matter involved her mother, and she didn't want to back down.

She led Ding Ning towards the ward door, and Liu Bocheng followed from behind.

He shrugged elegantly and said with a hint of apology, "Xiaoyue, I apologize for neglecting your master, but you should know Dr. Tom's rules. He doesn't like outsiders, and the ward should be kept clean. At least your friend should take a shower and put on sterilized clothing."

Hearing this, An Xiaoyue hesitated. Ding Ning had been running for so long and had a slight sweat smell.

Ding Ning also smiled at An Xiaoyue, but in his heart, he thought that if An Xiaoyue asked him to change clothes and take a shower, he wouldn't treat the disease. As for Liu Bocheng, Ding Ning didn't take him seriously.

An Xiaoyue bit her lip, "It's fine. I'm not that clean when I come back from practicing boxing every morning, but I've been taking care of Mom for so many years. As for Dr. Tom, he can see my master separately."

Ding Ning smiled without a word. This disciple was worth having. Just for this, he would see this matter through to the end.

Seeing An Xiaoyue still firmly defending Ding Ning, Liu Bocheng's face turned sour.

He finally said to Ding Ning, "Ding Ning, your aunt has been in a vegetative state for over a year. This disease involves complex medical aspects such as brain nerves and mental functions. Even the most experienced experts in the world have no guarantee of curing it. Since you are Xiaoyue's friend, you should think about her instead of harboring bad intentions. You can't cure the disease."

Liu Bocheng spoke with confidence. He couldn't believe that a young, chubby guy like Ding Ning could cure a vegetative state. He thought Ding Ning was probably after An Xiaoyue.

Hearing Liu Bocheng's words, An Xiaoyue's beautiful face showed a hint of embarrassment. She quickly said, "Liu Bocheng, what are you talking about? Move aside quickly."

As she spoke, An Xiaoyue tried to pull Liu Bocheng away, but Liu Bocheng pointed at her wrist, "Is this what he gave you?"

"So what if it is?" An Xiaoyue's face turned slightly red. Liu Bocheng was talking about the bracelet Ding Ning had just given her.

"Nothing, oh! Dr. Tom is calling you, go over and see him."

From the corridor, a tall, blonde foreigner walked out of a ward and waved at An Xiaoyue.

An Xiaoyue said to Ding Ning, "Ding Ning, wait here, I'll be back soon."

"Sure, go ahead."

Ding Ning waved at An Xiaoyue, and she walked over.

The corridor was left with only Ding Ning and Liu Bocheng.

Without An Xiaoyue around, Liu Bocheng's tone became much more presumptuous.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am actually An Xiaoyue's fiancé. This time, I returned to China not only to treat your aunt's illness but also to prepare for my engagement with Xiaoyue."

"Oh!"

Ding Ning sized up Liu Bocheng for a moment and asked, "So you haven't proposed to her yet?"

"No, but I will propose to her today. Your aunt agreed to this arrangement years ago, and Xiaoyue won't refuse. I even have the ring ready."

Liu Bocheng's face was full of anticipation. He then said to Ding Ning, "I can see that you have a crush on Xiaoyue, but you need to face the facts. Xiaoyue is not someone you can touch. You should be lucky to have met me early, to avoid a bigger blow in the future. Now, put down that bag of cheap fruit and take this and leave."

Liu Bocheng took out a check from his pocket, wrote a number for 100,000, and handed it to Ding Ning.

Looking at the handsome face in front of him, Ding Ning really wanted to slap him.

To be fair, this guy was quite excellent, rich and good-looking, but unfortunately, he was a bit too calculating and had some despicable means.

Just for this, Ding Ning didn't plan to let him off easily today.

But Ding Ning wasn't one to be easily swayed. Despite the insulting and contemptuous tone in the other's words, he didn't feel insulted at all. Instead, he casually took the check and put it in his pocket.

Come on, even if he didn't like the guy, he wouldn't turn down money.

Besides, Ding Ning needed to get information about the Obsidian Essence from him, so he couldn't lose his temper right away.

Liu Bocheng was taken aback. He thought Ding Ning would either defend his meager self-respect and angrily walk away or argue with him and even get physical.

Either of these outcomes would be what Liu Bocheng wanted. When he saw An Xiaoyue's blushing face as she accepted the bracelet from Ding Ning, he felt threatened. This chubby guy, though unremarkable, could become a rival.

If he left in anger, it would show he couldn't control his temper, and An Xiaoyue wouldn't like that.

If he got physical, it would show he was violent, and An Xiaoyue wouldn't like that either.

But he never expected the fat guy to just take the check with a grin.

What the hell! Is this shameless? How could An Xiaoyue look at such a person differently?

At this moment, Liu Bocheng felt relieved and was ready to see Ding Ning off.

But unexpectedly, Ding Ning handed the bag of fruit to him.

"If you want fruit, just say so. It's no big deal to give it to you. You even paid 100,000 for it, that's too polite."

Liu Bocheng stood there, holding the bag of fruit, unsure whether to throw it or keep it. He stammered, "You misunderstood, I didn't mean it that way, I meant..."

"Xiaoyue, you're out."

Ding Ning suddenly greeted An Xiaoyue, who had just come out, and then said to Liu Bocheng, "What did you mean?"

Seeing An Xiaoyue's puzzled gaze, Liu Bocheng didn't dare to mention his plan to use money to get rid of Ding Ning. He could only swallow his pride, "Nothing, I didn't mean anything..."

An Xiaoyue ignored Liu Bocheng and said to Ding Ning, "I asked Dr. Tom, and he said you can take a look."

She lowered her voice, "Master, I still believe in you."

Ding Ning nodded slightly and followed An Xiaoyue to the ward.

Liu Bocheng had no choice but to follow with the fruit, as he was worried about An Xiaoyue and Ding Ning being alone together.

The ward was large, a suite. The entrance was a guest room, followed by the ward, bathroom, and other facilities. The guest room was equipped with many medical devices.

Dr. Tom and two other foreigners were studying something in the guest room. Seeing An Xiaoyue return, Dr. Tom spoke in broken Chinese, "An, we have studied it and are preparing to implement brain stimulation therapy. We will use electromagnetic equipment to stimulate the patient's brain nerve cells to achieve a therapeutic effect and try to wake the patient up."

"Is there any danger?" An Xiaoyue frowned.

"It's hard to say. Stimulating the brain nerves might put the patient into a deeper sleep, but there's no better option at the moment, right?"

Dr. Tom believed An Xiaoyue would agree to his proposal, as the patient was already in a vegetative state. Even if the treatment failed, it wouldn't get much worse.

An Xiaoyue hesitated and glanced at Ding Ning.

"Can I see Auntie?" Ding Ning asked.

"Sure, go ahead." An Xiaoyue immediately agreed.

Dr. Tom rubbed his nose and didn't say anything. He had already agreed to let Ding Ning see, but he didn't believe Ding Ning could do anything.

Liu Bocheng glared at Ding Ning, thinking that if this guy couldn't figure out anything, it would be time for him to lose his temper.

Ding Ning stepped in and asked An Xiaoyue to wait outside. He entered the ward.

On the bed lay a woman, around thirty years old, well-maintained, but her skin was pale from lack of sunlight.

She had a beautiful face, and one could see a resemblance to An Xiaoyue.

Ding Ning came to the bedside, released his divine sense, and directly entered the woman's head.

A minute later, Ding Ning's divine sense returned. He had determined the woman's condition. A single Concentration Charm would be enough to gather her scattered consciousness.

Ding Ning didn't plan to show his abilities in front of others. Taking advantage of An Xiaoyue and the others being outside, he took out the prepared Concentration Charm and crushed it.

An invisible essence energy entered An Xiaoyue's mother's brain.

The scattered consciousness fragments quickly gathered in her brain under the influence of the essence energy, rapidly forming a coherent shape.

Ding Ning glanced at her and then got up and left the ward. Curing An Xiaoyue's mother was a given, but the next thing he planned to do was what Ding Ning truly enjoyed.

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**End of Chapter**