Chapter 405 The Cross Lock-Life Needle
Chen Yang turned his head and glanced at the white-bearded TCM doctor, too lazy to answer.
In fact, the reason Chen Yang called Du Huaishan "Old Man Du" was not because he looked down on Du Huaishan or disrespected him.
It was simply because Chen Yang was currently the Hall Master of the Hall of Heavenly Physicians, and the Hall of Heavenly Physicians naturally represented the most orthodox existence of Chinese medicine. As a Celestial Venerable of the Hall of Heavenly Physicians, Chen Yang had no need to show deference to Du Huaishan, so he directly called him "Old Man Du."
The people around were all furious at Chen Yang. At this moment, a sharp glint flashed in Du Huaishan's eyes, and he thought of a possibility.
Du Huaishan immediately raised his hand and said, "Everyone, now, as this young man instructed, immediately go and find snake gallbladders and acupuncture needles."
Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "There's no need to prepare acupuncture needles, I have them with me. I need the gallbladders of a one-meter-long cobra as soon as possible, within half an hour."
Zhuge Xuan heard this and turned to look at Du Huaishan.
Du Huaishan nodded and said, "Please, Mr. Zhuge, prepare them quickly."
Zhuge Xuan naturally obeyed Du Huaishan's words and quickly instructed his subordinates to fetch the snake gallbladders.
As the foremost family in the eighteen cities of Jiangnan, it was naturally easy for the Zhuge family to obtain a cobra's gallbladder. As for one meter or more in length, it was not a problem at all.
In many snake-raising bases, many cobras can even be three to four meters long.
It only took about five minutes for the fresh snake gallbladders to be brought back.
Chen Yang looked at them. The gallbladders were even larger than eggs. He nodded and said, "They can be used."
Then Chen Yang took out a five-centimeter-long silver needle from his sleeve. He rotated the silver needle slightly and drew it out.
Soon, the originally five-centimeter-long silver needle instantly became a full thirty centimeters long.
Chen Yang took out two thirty-centimeter-long silver needles and walked towards the sickbed.
Zhuge Xuan's eyelids twitched violently when he saw this. He quickly said, "Wait, wait, sir, do you really understand acupuncture? Why are you using such long silver needles?"
Chen Yang glanced at Zhuge Xuan and said, "I'm going to use the Cross Lock-Life Method for acupuncture. These two needles need to penetrate the abdomen of the Old Madam. If they're too short, of course, it won't work."
Chen Yang did not explain further as he spoke. With a "swish," he directly pierced the silver needle into the Zhongwan acupoint above the navel of the Old Madam's abdomen.
With a "chi," the silver needle pierced directly from the front of the abdomen, instantly penetrated the skin of the back, and was embedded in the bed.
Seeing this, everyone around let out a gasp.
Du Huaishan's mouth trembled with excitement at this moment. He stepped forward and said, "This... this is the Cross Lock-Life Needle?"
"I never expected... I never expected that someone would actually use this acupuncture technique to treat illness. I have only heard of it but never seen it. Today is truly an eye-opener."
Chen Yang ignored Du Huaishan's words. He took out another silver needle from his hand and with a "swish," pierced it into the left rib cage. Soon, the needle tip penetrated through the right rib cage.
Two thirty-centimeter-long needles, one horizontal and one vertical, formed a cross shape, piercing the Old Madam's abdomen.
The next moment, the Old Madam suddenly opened her mouth, and a loud "gurgle, gurgle, gurgle" sound began to emanate from her throat. The sound was continuous, like dozens of bullfrogs appearing in the Old Madam's abdomen.
Chen Yang picked up the gallbladder from the bowl and with a "swish," stuffed it into the Old Madam's mouth.
The next moment, the "gurgling" sound from the Old Madam's throat immediately died down.
As the snake gallbladder entered the Old Madam's abdomen, soon, the Old Madam's abdominal cavity began to vibrate violently, as if countless fingers were constantly pushing upwards from within her abdomen.
The people around were terrified when they saw this, and they were all dumbfounded.
Chen Yang said, "Everyone, step back, be careful of contamination by the Gu poison."
Chen Yang grabbed the silver needles with both hands and spun them rapidly. The two silver needles rubbed and collided fiercely. In just a few seconds, the silver needles became red-hot. The rapid rotation of the two silver needles generated immense heat, and at the same time, the needles collided at the intersection in the Old Madam's abdomen, instantly producing a powerful flame-like impact.
"Bang!"
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The Old Madam's abdomen shook even more violently, and countless fingers desperately pushed outwards.
Chen Yang saw that the time was ripe. He picked up a scalpel from the side and with a "swish," gently cut the Old Madam's skin.
The moment the skin was cut, suddenly, countless black-billed toads "swish, swish, swish, swish" leaped out from the Old Madam's abdomen and landed on the ground.
Those toads were extremely bizarre, with sharp mouths, large eyes, and covered in pus and blood. They all scrambled to jump out of the broken skin and onto the ground, making "croak, croak" sounds.
When the people around saw this, they couldn't help but feel like vomiting.
Chen Yang held his breath and concentrated. Seeing the last green toad jump out, he breathed a sigh of relief, then removed the two silver needles and said, "Put on protective gloves and burn all these toads. Also, someone come and suture the Old Madam's wound."
Everyone around was shocked by what they saw.
Du Huaishan was so excited that he almost shed tears. He said, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is! Before, we saw tumors all over the Old Madam's abdomen under the X-ray, and we thought it was late-stage cancer."
"There were too many tumors, spread throughout various organs, and we thought there was no hope."
"I never expected that those tumors were actually caused by these green toads!"
"This gentleman used the Cross Lock-Life Needle to rapidly collide and generate heat, burning these toad Gu poisons, and then used the cobra's gallbladder to scare out these Gu poisons. Brilliant, truly brilliant!"
At this time, a critical care surgeon stepped forward and quickly sutured the Old Madam Du's wound.
The servants of the Zhuge family, wearing thick protective gloves, ran forward, threw all these toads into a brazier, and a burning stench filled the entire hall.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhuge Xuan looked at Chen Yang, his eyes filled with disbelief and respect. He cupped his hands towards Chen Yang and said, "Sir, I haven't had the honor of asking your name yet."
Chen Yang waved his hand and glanced at Zhuge Shuo, saying, "The treatment is not over yet."
As Chen Yang's words fell.
The expert who was suturing the wound on the sickbed suddenly said, "It's not good, it's not... it's not good, the Old Madam... the Old Madam has no vital signs. Her heart has stopped, her breathing has disappeared. She... she's gone."
The entire room suddenly fell silent.
The Gu poison had already been cleared, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, marveling at Chen Yang's great medical skills.
But what was the use of being great now? The Old Madam had directly died, what should they do?
Zhuge Xuan's face changed, and he glared at Chen Yang angrily, "You... I will hold you responsible."
The Western medical experts around also shook their heads, their eyes filled with disdain.
"Alas... I thought he was an expert, but he's just a show-off who's half-baked."
Another expert sneered, "Is this Chinese medicine? Heh, it's ridiculous."
"Yes, the dregs passed down from our ancestors should have been eliminated long ago. It sounds plausible, but it actually exacerbates the patient's condition."
"That's why I said long ago that the Old Madam's condition should be led by us Western medicine, or rather, we Western medicine should take full charge."