Urban Super Medical Saint

Chapter 163 Treating Illness

Du Yifan's words left Du Haibin both embarrassed and annoyed, while Yu Xi just "hmph"ed. Before, she would at least pretend to say a few insincere words, but now that things had escalated to this point, she couldn't even bother to wear the last bit of her hypocritical mask.

"Don't worry, Yifan, with your talent in computers, they are bound to regret what they did today!" Ge Dongxu patted Du Yifan on the shoulder and said.

He was Du Yifan's deskmate, and no one knew better than him about Du Yifan's talent in computers. Thus, when he heard Du Yifan was going to develop software to sell, Ge Dongxu did not show any surprise. His only reaction was guilt and self-reproach for not having taken more care of his deskmate, to the extent that he was unaware of such a serious situation occurring at his friend's home.

"Can computer talent be eaten as food?" Yu Xi muttered disdainfully. This ruthless and shortsighted woman with little education couldn't comprehend what computer talent meant.

Hearing this, Ge Dongxu's mouth curled into a cold smile, ignoring the woman and following Du Yifan into the room ahead.

Inside, a similarly frail man was lying on the bed, but his legs were swollen disproportionally to his frail body, a shocking sight that was difficult to face directly.

His palms were slightly red, clearly, he had just been striking the bed.

Seeing Ge Dongxu enter, his expression became visibly excited, and with reddening eyes, he said, "You must be Yifan's deskmate, Ge Dongxu, whom he often mentions, right? Regardless, your uncle is very grateful to you!"

It was evident that Du Haichen had heard the conversation that Ge Dongxu and the others had in the back room.

"Uncle, you shouldn't say that. I feel ashamed. I have been Yifan's deskmate for two years and yet I didn't know about your illness. If I had known earlier, I would have visited you sooner. You wouldn't have had to suffer so much," Ge Dongxu said.

"What nonsense are you talking, child? This disease of mine, even doctors have no way to cure it. You having this intention is enough. It just pains me that it has been a burden on them, mother and son," Du Haichen said as he patted his chest, his voice breaking with emotion.

Seeing this, Ge Dongxu's nose turned sour. He knew that the man's suffering probably stemmed not only from being a burden to his wife and son but also from his weak and heartless brother.

"It's okay, uncle. Don't get worked up. Let me take your pulse first," Ge Dongxu said softly and then moved closer to sit at the edge of the bed.

Upon hearing this, Du Haichen stopped hitting his chest and stared at Ge Dongxu for a while before extending his hand and sighed, "You are a good child. It's just this disease of mine, oh..."

"Don't worry, uncle. There's always a way to treat an illness," Ge Dongxu reassured him, then placed his fingers on the pulse.

By now, Ge Dongxu had reached the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer, not only had his True Qi grown much stronger than before, but it was also much easier to control.

As soon as his fingers touched the pulse, strands of True Qi entered Du Haichen's Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and then passed through the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian... reaching the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian.

The True Qi, like an extension of Ge Dongxu's own senses, allowed him to "see" through its investigation. In the interstitial space outside the blood vessels of Du Haichen's kidneys, he spotted several accumulations of fluid. The kidneys were clearly shriveled and lacking in vitality, much like those of a severely ill person, and were incapable of processing these fluids.

After examining the kidneys, Ge Dongxu continued his investigation and discovered that other areas of Du Haichen's body were also affected to varying degrees by the kidney failure, though not severely. But if left untreated, the prognosis could become serious.

"There's no serious problem. Today I'll start with some acupuncture for your uncle to increase his urination and reduce swelling, allowing him to regain mobility. With continuous acupuncture and herbal treatment for a while, he should fully recover." Ge Dongxu observed that the situation wasn't very bad, since there wasn't a large area of organic damage in the kidneys, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Now at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer, he had not yet formed an Air Cyclone in the kidneys and his understanding of them was far less deep than that of the heart, lungs, large intestine, stomach, and spleen, where he had already formed an Air Cyclone. Of course, even so, his knowledge was much deeper than that of other doctors. If there had been a substantial organic change, it would have been quite troublesome for him. Now, dealing with simple exhaustion was relatively easy for him.

He possessed True Qi, the Life Qi, which could nourish the kidneys and enhance their vitality.

"Really?" Du Haichen suddenly became excited and grabbed Ge Dongxu's hand upon hearing this.

Du Yifan and his mother looked at Ge Dongxu with equal excitement.

"Of course, I wouldn't joke about something like this," Ge Dongxu gently patted the back of Du Haichen's hand, then took his backpack and pulled out an ancient-looking wooden box.

Upon seeing the ancient-looking box, Du Yifan's eyes widened. Despite sharing a desk with Ge Dongxu for two years, he had not known that he carried such an item in his backpack.

Ge Dongxu took a Silver Needle from the box and with a slight turn of his True Qi, the needle faintly glimmered as if lit by a lamp, reflecting light.

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However, since the Silver Needle was too fine, it did not draw the attention of Du Yifan and the others. But Ge Dongxu saw this and smiled confidently; His Cultivation Power had grown much stronger than before, now a slight turn of True Qi could detoxify the needle, unlike previously, when it required several turns.

Ge Dongxu had Du Yifan help his father remove his pants and lift his shirt, then selected Acupoints for water diversion, Guanyuan, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Yinlingquan, Taixi, Fuliupoint, gently twisting them, sending strands of True Qi through these acupoints, flowing through the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, clearing the Meridians and nourishing the kidneys.

Gradually, the kidneys, which had already begun to atrophy, started to regain strength, and the fluids started to decrease bit by bit.

At this moment, neither Du Yifan nor his mother could notice the changes, but Du Haichen seemed to feel something, feeling his bladder filling up progressively.

Lately, because of the severity of his exhaustion, his daytime urination had dwindled, thus the sensation of a filling bladder was genuinely pleasant, bringing a gradual brightness to his dim eyes, shining with hope.

Since Du Haichen's illness had dragged on for some time, improvement could not be rushed. Ge Dongxu occasionally twisted the needles and injected some True Qi at intervals.

After several sessions, his mother finally noticed some reduction in the swelling of Du Haichen's legs, and couldn't help but excitedly point to his legs and say, "Look, Haichen, the swelling in your legs has gone down a bit. Really, it has reduced!"

"Yes, Dad, it has really gone down a bit! Really!" Du Yifan said excitedly, his eyes suddenly reddening.

No one could understand the pressure that this young man had borne these days. Nor could anyone grasp how much he had despised his own helplessness during this time.

Now, he had finally seen hope!

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