The doctor hesitated.
He wanted to save a life, but to entrust it to a four-year-old girl...
His conscience couldn't bear it.
The room suddenly fell silent.
"You won't say? Is it because you can't?"
The Prince of Pingyang suddenly spoke.
"How is that possible? I have practiced medicine for many years. If I didn't even have this bit of skill, how could I treat illnesses and save lives!"
Seeing the Prince of Pingyang question him, the old doctor immediately grew anxious.
"Then why aren't you speaking? What are you waiting for?"
"Are you hoping for a higher consultation fee? Or do you actually have no confidence?"
The old doctor was dumbfounded.
He felt his good intentions had been completely misinterpreted by the Prince of Pingyang.
The old doctor sighed.
He wasn't a Bodhisattva who could save all sentient beings.
Forget it, one cannot fight those with greater power!
The old doctor stepped forward, lifted Ling Feng's head, and unwrapped the gauze.
Pointing at the bloody, mangled wound, he roughly traced out an area.
"Based on my diagnosis, it is roughly in this area."
Duoduo leaned in to look, not in the least bit frightened by the gory sight.
She even wiped her hands with a handkerchief and then pressed down on Ling Feng's injured head.
"This area? Or this area?"
Seeing Duoduo's professional-looking demeanor, the old doctor was somewhat surprised.
Hearing Duoduo's question, he hurriedly stepped forward.
"He was hit by a rock here, so the blood clot should be in this patch."
The old doctor pointed it out to Duoduo.
A diagram of the head's meridians appeared in Duoduo's mind.
She felt the old doctor was wrong.
"Are there any other injured areas?" Duoduo asked with a serious face.
The old doctor's heart skipped a beat.
He inexplicably felt as though he were being lectured by his father when he was a child.
"I will check his pulse again."
The old doctor placed his fingers on Ling Feng's wrist.
Duoduo stared at him unblinkingly with her large eyes.
Sweat began to roll down the old doctor's forehead.
He raised a hand to wipe it away, then switched to the other hand to continue taking the pulse.
After a long while, the old doctor finally withdrew his hand.
"To answer the Princess, my medical knowledge is shallow. I could only detect a few points of impact on the head."
"As for the exact locations, I cannot feel them through the pulse."
Duoduo nodded. Looking at Ling Feng on the bed, she fell into deep thought.
Everyone stared at Duoduo, not daring to make a single sound.
"Ling Yu, hold Ling Feng up."
After a long moment, Duoduo's milky, childish voice rang out.
"Yes."
Ling Yu hurriedly stepped forward and lifted Ling Feng into his arms.
"Teacher, please bring a chair over for me."
Li Jin complied, moving a chair to the bedside.
Duoduo scrambled up onto it using both her hands and feet.
Li Jin stood by the side, guarding her.
Duoduo picked up the handkerchief from the side and wiped her hands again.
Then, she picked up her first silver needle.
"Ling Yu, when I insert the needles later, you must hold him steady."
"You absolutely cannot let him move around, otherwise, it will affect my needling!"
Ling Yu hurriedly called out.
"I need another person."
Soon, a guard with relatively minor injuries came over to help Ling Yu hold Ling Feng still.
The old doctor stood by the bed, somewhat disdainful yet also curious.
He wanted to see how this farce of so many adults playing along with a child's nonsense would end.
Duoduo mischievously winked at the old doctor.
"I'm going to start embroidering!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the silver needle in Duoduo's hand pierced into Ling Feng's head with swift and ruthless precision.
Needle after needle, each faster than the last, it was a dazzling display.
It was as if Duoduo didn't even need to think about how or where to insert the needles.
A wave of sorrow welled up in the hearts of the injured guards.
They had never seen any doctor administer acupuncture like this.
To just randomly stick needles into a head without even thinking.
Even though they knew their lives were never truly their own to begin with.
However, seeing their comrade treated so lightly still brought out a feeling of grief for their own kind.
Seeing Duoduo's actions, the old doctor also stomped his feet in anxiety.
He tried to stop her, but Li Jin was quick to cover his mouth.
"Mmph!" he tried to make a sound.
"If you want to live, shut up!" Li Jin warned in a low voice by his ear.
After speaking, Li Jin released the doctor.
Meanwhile, Duoduo had stopped her movements.
She walked around Ling Feng, looking at him, her eyes seemingly filled with confusion.
"What's wrong?"
The Prince of Pingyang asked slowly and softly.
"It doesn't seem right!"
Duoduo shook her head.
Duoduo looked at Ling Feng from left to right, even peeling back his eyelids to take a look.
"No! I have to start over!"
Saying that, Duoduo swiftly pulled out all the needles one by one.
Seeing this, the old doctor stomped his foot in anger and walked out.
The guards who could walk also left the room one after another.
The remaining severely injured guards who couldn't walk could only cover their heads with their blankets.
Ling Yu's eyes stung slightly; he cast a secret glance at the Prince of Pingyang.
The Prince of Pingyang remained completely expressionless, as if none of this had anything to do with him.
After pulling out the silver needles, Duoduo looked at Ling Yu.
"Turn him around, I want to needle the back!"
Ling Yu opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.
He signaled the other guard to adjust their position.
Once they were adjusted to a suitable position, Duoduo called for them to stop.
Duoduo's silver needles once again pierced swiftly into Ling Feng's head.
She pursed her lips tightly, as if Ling Feng's head were a piece of embroidery cloth.
And Duoduo was embroidering on it.
Ling Yu closed his eyes, unable to bear watching any longer.
He was worried he wouldn't be able to resist grabbing Ling Feng and fleeing.
What the people around her were going through, Duoduo didn't know.
In her eyes, there were only the continuously pulsating acupoints and the occasionally squirming meridians.
One needle, then another...
It was as if Duoduo had practiced this countless times, inserting the needles without a moment's hesitation.
Finally, holding the last needle between her fingers, she paused.
Seeing the silver needle in Duoduo's hand, Li Jin's eyes couldn't help but widen.
This needle was different from all the ones Duoduo had used just now.
This needle was thick and long.
Moreover, Li Jin noticed that Duoduo's hand seemed to be trembling slightly.
Li Jin was greatly alarmed.
He looked at Duoduo, only to realize that her complexion looked off.
Li Jin looked toward the Prince of Pingyang, hoping he would speak up and stop Duoduo from continuing.
However, he saw the Prince of Pingyang slowly shake his head at him.
As it turned out, the Prince of Pingyang had already noticed Duoduo's abnormality.
Both of them looked at Duoduo with worried expressions.
Ling Yu, keeping his eyes closed, felt as though the movements had stopped.
He opened his eyes.
The next second, his pupils suddenly contracted.
Because he saw Duoduo holding a very long silver needle, slowly raising it up.
If such a long needle were to be inserted, it would definitely kill a person.
Ling Yu's eyes widened drastically.
Pinching the silver needle, Duoduo stopped at the Baihui acupoint.
She closed her eyes for a moment.
She remembered what her teacher had told her.
The Baihui acupoint is the head of the body.
It is also a person's life gate.
Duoduo pulled her hand back.
Just when Ling Yu thought Duoduo wasn't going to insert it, Duoduo made her move.
With the speed of lightning, the silver needle plunged into the Baihui acupoint.
