Curing the Matron of the Li Clan Part I

Bai Zhe followed the old woman’s qi until he finally found the old man and the boy whom he met at the herbalist’s shop.

“Grandfather, that’s the boy we met at the shop.” Li Xi Yan was the first person who saw Bai Zhe. The boy tugged the hem of Li Feng’s shirt, then whispered this.

Chen Feng turned immediately. He saw the boy he had met at the shop. This time the boy was in a tracksuit and was walking toward them. He stopped and stood 3 metres away from them.

“You are having trouble, aren’t you?” Bai Zhe asked before looking toward the door of the operating room.

‘Is this guy in his right mind? Anyone who has to be in an operating room definitely has trouble,’ thought Li Xi Yan.

‘This boy is crazy,’ Li Feng thought.

“The doctor in charge is a martial artist that has heart qi. Hmm, all the staff inside the room are martial artists,” said Bai Zhe after he sensed the power of the personnel in the operating room. It shocked Li Xi Yan and Li Feng. A person needed to be at the same or higher level of qi to be able to determine the levels. Moreover, the boy could sense the others’ power from a farther distance than the normal martial artists.

“Are you a member of the Divine Sects?” asked Li Feng.

“No, I am not from the Divine Sects. The last time we met was because I was buying herbs to make medicine. This time, I’m here for a check-up, and I saw you bringing the patient in when I was exiting. I saw that her condition was not very good, so I followed you,” said Bai Zhe.

“Oh, but this doesn’t really involve you. Why do you still want to poke your nose into this?” Li Feng asked seriously because many of the families in the martial arts community wanted to kill the leader of the Li Clan who currently was sick.

“Eh? What are they doing inside? They are transferring yang to alter the balance. But the patient’s body cannot receive any more qi. The yin will be released from her body and harm everyone in the room if they continue to do that.” Bai Zhe did not answer Li Feng’s question. Instead, he talked about the situation in the operating room which had started to get worse.

“W…what are you saying?” Li Feng did not want to believe what the boy in front of him was saying. However, these words were the same as what Matron Li’s personal physician had told them before taking her into the operating room. At that time, there had only been him and Li Xi Yan.

“Tell them to open the door. The unbalanced yin that is ready to release a large amount of coldness at any time like this is very dangerous. With her sky qi, innocent people in this hospital will die, including the two of you.” Bai Zhe saw the two standing still, so he ignored them and walked to the operating room’s door.

“All locks and chains, be destroyed by my power.” Bai Zhe used his psychic soul power to destroy the locking system of the operating room’s door immediately, which made Li Feng and Li Xi Yan rush in to stop him from interrupting the procedure.

The moment the door opened, a cold breeze surged out and hit Li Feng and Li Xi Yan instantly. The two circulated their qi in order to melt the ice that clung to their bodies. They saw the boy who had opened the door standing still. They could not sense any protection qi, yet the boy did not have any ice on his skin.

“How did he do that?” Li Xi Yan asked Li Feng.

The old man could only shake his head and follow the boy into the room. The staff were sitting on the floor, trying to control the qi throughout their bodies to heal themselves from the yin power that was released from Matron Li.

“That is why I told you that doing it like this is dangerous.” The boy walked to the wall. Then, he dragged his fingers along the wall before poking them into it. He then pulled them out and placed them inside the room. The cuts he had made were neat like when a diamond is used to cut glass.

“Grandfather, could you please help push the bed to the holes that I’ve made, pointing the patient’s feet toward the hole,” Bai Zhe told Li Feng.

Li Feng thought that this boy might know how to cure the woman. He did not have much time to think because all of the medical staff were still healing themselves and Matron Li’s condition was not good. He instantly did what Bai Zhe told him to do.

“You all just observe. Do not interrupt me.” Bai Zhe reached his hand out into the air. It disappeared in the twirling air before he pulled it back along with a silk box embroidered with a gold pattern.

“Grandfather, what is that? How can he take things out of the air? Is it a dimension ring?” asked Li Xi Yan. Because what he witnessed was the same as how a dimension ring functioned. These days, there were only a handful of people who owned one.

“Only the person who reaches the heart qi can use this method without using the dimension ring. But he or she has to be trained under experts. If not, their soul will be damaged and they might go crazy or die,” Bai Zhe answered the boy’s question immediately and unfolded a cloth bundle, revealing silver needles that radiated qi power.

“These are…” Li Feng looked at them in surprise. The boy’s needles must have been made from a high-level qi iron because the power they were radiating was much more than the bangles that they were wearing.

Bai Zhe did not waste time. The boy began skilfully inserting the acupuncture needles in various spots. His hand movements were smooth. He was able to insert the needles into various parts of Matron Li’s body without taking her clothes off.

“Will you be sitting there watching for much longer? Come help me if you have finished healing yourselves and do what I tell you carefully.” Bai Zhe turned to tell the medical staff who had already healed themselves to help him heal the matron.

“Transfer your yang to the needles. Then, slowly continue toward the feet,” said Bai Zhe.

After following the boy's instructions, they found that the cold was being discharged through the Matron’s feet. Because it was being expelled outside the room, the staff were completely safe. After the cold was completely discharged, the doctors turned to the boy once more, asking for his guidance.

“Your method, young man…ahem…your method, sir, is excellent, but her body is very weak. Can you suggest a way to heal and revive her body?” The head doctor asked for his suggestion.

“Bring the patient back. Put honey all over her body, then place cabbage leaves over it. These two things normally are used with a patient who has a fever. Honey and cabbage will help to make the body’s temperature increase. When it has increased, please bring these herbs to me,” said the boy, taking out a pen and a paper to write a list of herbs and handing it to Li Feng.

“Can you find them?” he asked Li Feng.

“These herbs are with the Li Clan. I will call someone to bring them to us,” said Li Feng. He used his smartphone to call someone to prepare the herbs that Bai Zhe wanted.

“Oh, do not boil them under any circumstances.” The boy promptly told him what should not be done to the herbs. Li Feng and Li Xin Yan looked at each other with confusion. They each thought that aside from boiling the herbs, what other method could be used to draw out their medicinal properties?

“And prepare a steamer and a brazier. Do not put water in. I will start compounding the medicine when the herbs have arrived.”