g problematic. He then filled in the name of the wooden box and the amount of the transfer on the blank spaces. After signing his name on both agreements, he handed them back to Song Hushan. Eagerly w...Chapter 300: Unexpected Turn in the Operating Room

"Doctor Xiao, how confident are you about this surgery" In the changing room, Professor Chen asked Xiao Yu after they had changed into their surgical attire.

Xiao Yu pondered for a moment and shook his head. "I can't really say. After all, General Huang's body is already on its last legs, with numerous old injuries inside him. If we were dealing with these conditions in the past, it might not have been such a big problem, but now, these old wounds could be fatal."

As he spoke, Xiao Yu lowered his head and thought for a moment before continuing, "Given General Huang's current condition, even with the help of the Life-Sustaining Five Elements Acupuncture, there is still a possibility that he might collapse on the operating table. This isn't about how effective the acupuncture is or the skill level of the main surgeon—it’s his body…"

When mentioning General Huang's condition, Xiao Yu helplessly shook his head.

Hearing what Xiao Yu said, Professor Chen sighed. Having treated General Huang for many years, he was well aware that General Huang's body was in dire straits. However, at present, there were no better options available; the surgery was their last hope.

When they entered, Professor Chen had already informed Huai Tian of this situation: a young person performing such heart surgery might not survive off the operating table, let alone General Huang in his condition. Therefore, he asked them to be prepared for any eventuality.

"How confident are you about your acupuncture technique" Professor Chen asked Xiao Yu again, as he was still worried due to Xiao Yu's young age and thus needed to ask him this question.

“Haha, I have full confidence in my acupuncturist techniques, but there are some things that aren't within the control of the acupuncture technique!”

Hearing Professor Chen’s concern, Xiao Yu laughed lightly and said. He naturally understood Professor Chen's intention, yet having confidence in his skills didn’t change the fact that anything could happen during surgery, especially with General Huang’s condition.

Seeing Xiao Yu's confident expression, Professor Chen knew he wasn't lying; at this age, he was still able to tell when someone was being truthful or not.

If Xiao Yu’s acupuncture technique proved effective, then there would be a high likelihood that General Huang could endure the surgery. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have suggested that General Huang's family go ahead with the surgery.

Without Xiao Yu’s techniques, General Huang wouldn't even qualify for the operation, let alone discuss success rates. But using Life-Sustaining Five Elements Acupuncture raised the chances of a successful outcome to at least fifty percent, which was far more optimistic than Professor Chen's traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods. This is why he chose surgery.

After putting on their sterile gowns, they entered the operating room. At this moment, General Huang had already been laid out on the surgical table, and the imperial physicians were preparing around him.

A few doctors at the Deep Sea Hospital are assisting here because these imperial physicians are authorities in heart and brain treatment, so observing their surgeries up close is a great learning opportunity for them.

Xiao Yu came to the operating table and looked at General Huang lying on it. He reached out to pick up a sterilized golden needle from a tray.

At this time, Xiao Hongyang also walked in from outside. This was also a great learning opportunity for him, so he followed into the operation room too.

Xiao Hongyang came to the surgical table and saw Xiao Yu preparing to treat General Huang with acupuncture. He stood by to observe, while Professor Chen also came over to watch Xiao Yu perform acupuncture.

Regarding the Xioming Five-Element Needling Technique of their family, he only knew about it from the records in household classics and oral traditions from previous generations. He had never seen its wonders firsthand; thus, this was a great opportunity for him not to miss out on observing up close.

"Huff… Huff…"

Before Xiao Yu could insert his needle into General Huang, the general suddenly began to pant heavily while lying on the operating table.

Xiao Yu saw General Huang's state and instantly stopped the golden needle in mid-air. He quickly said, "Something is wrong; General Huang’s condition has flared up again!"

Actually, without Xiao Yu saying so, Professor Chen and others also noticed General Huang's condition right away. Instantly, what was originally a quiet operating room turned chaotic.

Xiao Yu put down the golden needle and reached out to hold onto General Huang’s wrist. Meanwhile, Professor Chen moved over to the other side of General Huang and held his wrist as well.

The imperial physicians who came from the capital instantly went into action. They hurriedly observed the equipment used on General Huang, scribbling down data readings from them constantly with a pen in hand.

After about a minute, Xiao Yu let go of his grip on General Huang’s wrist and closed his eyes to ponder deeply. On the other side, Professor Chen also released General Huang's hand and furrowed his brows as he thought intently.

A moment later, Professor Chen walked over and reached out to grab needles from the tray, while Xiao Yu opened his eyes and did the same.

Master Chen picked up a gold needle and frowned as he looked at Xiao Yu, saying, "Little Xiao, what do you see now"

Xiao Yu shook his head and sighed. He said, "We must first stabilize his condition before we can observe further! However, with all the commotion, even if we manage to stabilize him, it's unlikely that surgery can proceed!"

After speaking, Xiao Yu picked up a gold needle and turned around to gently insert it into General Huang’s heart acupoint.

Master Chen was just about to perform acupuncture when he saw that Xiao Yu had already inserted the needle. He thus observed Xiao Yu performing the acupuncture and put away the needles in his hand, knowing that Xiao Yu's willingness to use acupuncture at this moment showed great confidence in his skills.

Otherwise, he would only watch without taking action; if General Huang died from his illness even then, there wouldn't be any connection to him nor any impact.

However, once he took action and failed to save the elderly general, it would bring many troubles upon himself. Using Western medicine methods wouldn’t cause major problems either, since Western medicine had a fixed set of treatments; as long as they followed this treatment protocol, even if something went wrong, it wouldn't be considered the doctor's responsibility.

But Traditional Chinese Medicine was different. Each practitioner had their own unique techniques without any standardized criteria. Therefore, failure to treat adequately would cause many problems. Thus, Master Chen knew that Xiao Yu’s willingness to take action now indicated a certain level of confidence.

The few imperial physicians in hand held syringes filled with medication, intending to administer it to General Huang, while another physician carried a small device over.

They wanted to assist in the emergency care for General Huang as well, but were stopped by Master Chen.

Af ter Xiao Yu inserted the gold needle into General Huang’s heart acupoint, he gently manipulated it. He twisted it for one minute and paused for two minutes, repeating this process five times until General Huang's rapid breathing gradually became smoother.

Xiao Yu then reached out to take General Huang’s pulse again. After releasing his wrist, he looked at the gold needle inserted into General Huang and tapped it with his finger.

As the gold needle trembled, Xiao Yu quickly grabbed another needle from the tray and directly inserted it into General Huang's heart acupoint without any fancy maneuvers.

Before the trembling of that gold needle ceased, Xiao Yu had already picked up nine more needles from the tray and inserted them all around General Huang’s heart region.

The moment these nine needles were all inserted, Xiao Yu swiftly pulled out the shaking needle. This particular needle could now be said to have fulfilled its purpose.

Professor Chen and the others were watching Xiao Yu performing acupuncture on the elderly General. Suddenly, Professor Chen froze for a moment, thinking to himself, "Why isn't he using the Life-Saving Five Elements Acupuncture What kind of acupuncture technique is this"

Xiao Yu successively plucked at the golden needles inserted around the elder general's heart. When he finished plucking the last needle, the first one stopped trembling exactly as he had intended. Xiao Yu repeated this process five times in total. The elder general’s breathing gradually stabilized and his pallid face slowly returned to normal.

Professor Chen stood by the side watching everything happen. His calm mind was suddenly stirred up like a stormy sea. Although he hadn’t seen the Xiu Ming Five Elements Acupuncture from the Xiao family, their household records had recorded where it should be applied. The acupuncture technique Xiao Yu just used definitely wasn't the Life-Saving Five Elements Acupuncture; this was an entirely new method that even Professor Chen had never heard of.

Xiao Hongyang also watched in astonishment as Xiao Yu performed the acupuncture. He knew the Xiu Ming Five Elements Acupuncture very well, but he could tell it definitely wasn’t that technique now. It only seemed to be using the tremor needles from the Life-Saving Five Elements Acupuncture when Xiao Yu plucked at the golden needles.

No matter what kind of acupuncture technique Xiao Yu was using, Xiao Hongyang secretly rejoiced in his heart for having chosen the right master. Since Xiao Yu is my teacher, I will eventually learn this technique too.

The imperial physicians who came from the capital looked at the data on General Huang’s medical equipment and relaxed their previously tense hearts completely.

These originally unstable data gradually stabilized and even began to improve. Now they finally put their minds at ease, knowing that General Huang had averted death.

Only then did they turn their eyes to Xiao Yu. Initially, seeing how young he was, they hadn’t taken him seriously, but what happened just now left them all in awe.

Xiao Yu saw the elder general’s condition stabilize and reached out to remove the golden needles from his body.

After Professor Chen saw Xiao Yu removing the needles, he walked over beside the elderly general and lightly placed his hand on the general's wrist. After about a minute, he let go of the elderly general's wrist.

Upon releasing the elder general’s wrist, Professor Chen frowned deeply and fell into deep thought. He sighed softly after some time had passed.

When Professor Chen was taking General Huang’s pulse just now, he discovered that although the general had already come out of danger, his current condition was even worse than before. At this point, even if surgery were performed, there would be little chance of success, regardless of whether or not the Xiu Ming Five Elements Acupuncture was used.

No matter what kind of operation it is, it will greatly injure the body’s primordial energy; especially someone as frail as General Huang, who couldn’t withstand any more stress.

The Life-Saving Five Elements Acupuncture stimulates latent potential in the human body. If there was still some potential left when Xiao Yu first performed acupuncture on him, after this illness, General Huang's latent potential has been almost completely exhausted.of practice before you can truly master them! When we meet again, I hope to see your progress!"Half a month later, when Wan Sheng Hall closed for the day, Xiao Yu talked to Xiao Hongyang and Dai Lao.T...