seats at the corner table, they noticed something amiss. Although he wasn't entirely clear on the specific customs for celebrating a child's first birthday in their city, he had asked his housekeeper...Chapter 303: Membership System

Hearing Huanghai Tian's consent, Xiao Yu finally picked up the golden needles from the table and inserted them into General Huang’s five major vital points without any fuss. He then lightly tapped on each needle. As Xiao Yu tapped, the needles embedded in General Huang’s internal organs began to vibrate rapidly. If one listened closely enough, they would hear a sound akin to buzzing mosquitoes.

Once all five needles were vibrating on General Huang’s body, Xiao Yu quickly picked up more needles from the acupuncture kit beside him and inserted them around General Huang’s heart.

Xiao Yu used both the Five Elements Life-Saving Needles and Hua Tuo's Nine Needles on General Huang. Due to the general’s severe condition, his body could be said to have reached its end.

To put it bluntly, General Huang was waiting for his last breath. Therefore, as soon as Xiao Yu arrived, he used all of the power of the Five Elements Life-Saving Needles.

As for the needles around General Huang’s heart, Xiao Yu did not tap them but instead continuously twisted each one.

Due to General Huang's physical condition, it was necessary to use the life-saving needles first to stabilize his condition. Hua Tuo's Nine Needles were used to treat diseases, and since General Huang’s illness was centered on his heart and was quite serious, Xiao Yu could only gradually proceed with treatment through twisting.

This process had to continue without stopping for even a moment. An hour later, Xiao Yu finally pulled out the needles from General Huang’s body.

Although it was just an hour, sweat had already formed on Xiao Yu's forehead in a dense layer. During this time, he had focused all his energy and spirit into the acupuncture procedure, maintaining a state of high tension throughout.

Only now did Xiao Yu feel a slight relief after removing General Huang’s needles. The period when Xiao Yu was performing acupuncture on General Huang was also the highest risk period for the general's condition due to his heart disease. Since Xiao Yu’s needle therapy directly stimulated the heart, over-stimulation could potentially cause sudden death.

Even without excessive stimulation, General Huang's already severely damaged heart might flare up from even slight provocation. Now that this most dangerous phase had passed,

After pulling out the needles, Xiao Yu took General Huang’s pulse. Although there were no obvious improvements yet, a careful examination would reveal that the pulse was much steadier than before.

A moment later, Xiao Yu released General Huang's wrist and went to the living room outside. Sitting on the sofa, Xiao Huongyang placed Xiao Yu's medical bag beside him.

Xiao Yu took out a pen and paper from his medical bag, wrote out a prescription for Huanghai Tian, and said, "Get the medicine according to this prescription! The method of decocting and using it is written above!"

After handing over the prescription, Xiao Yu expressed his intention to leave.

"Doctor Xiao, you can stay here tonight. In case my father’s condition worsens suddenly, we won’t know what to do!

Huang Haitian heard that Xiao Yu was leaving and hurriedly said.

"Hmm... alright!"

Xiao Yu thought for a moment before saying, it made sense. Although General Huang had successfully passed the first hurdle, he could still fall ill at any time.

"Hongyang, you can go back now. Don’t come here tomorrow; sit clinic at Wan Sheng Hall instead!" After agreeing to Huang Haitian’s request, Xiao Yu turned to Xiao Hongyang and said.

"Yes, Master!" Xiao Hongyang replied respectfully before bidding farewell to the elderly doctors—Mr. Chen and Mr. Tang—and left the ward.

Shortly after Xiao Hongyang's departure, seeing that General Huang’s breathing and pulse had stabilized, Mr. Tang and others also expressed their desire to leave.

The situation with General Huang was temporary; it didn’t serve much purpose for other members of the Huang family to remain at the hospital. Thus, apart from Huang Haitian who stayed behind, everyone else left the premises.

"Xiao Xiao, may I look at your prescription" After the elders had departed, Mr. Chen asked Xiao Yu.

"Of course, respected sir. Your guidance is invaluable in this field!"

Xiao Yu held out his prescription respectfully to Mr. Chen.

Mr. Chen was a renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner of the Warm Tonifying School and had climbed to the pinnacle of national expertise; Xiao Yu treated him with utmost respect accordingly.

Due to General Huang’s health condition, Xiao Yu prescribed tonics for him. The primary function of these medicines was to strengthen his constitution. Hence, Mr. Chen's request to inspect the prescription was met with great enthusiasm by Xiao Yu.

The elderly doctor accepted Xiao Yu’s prescription and put on a pair of spectacles hanging around his neck before closely examining Xiao Yu's prescription.

"Very good, very good! This prescription is quite innovative!" Mr. Chen said while nodding approvingly as he read through the prescription.

"However, Xiao Xiao, take a look at this—removing this auxiliary herb and changing the main ingredient ginseng from ten-year-old to fifty-year-old might be better"

After reviewing the prescription, Mr. Chen placed it on the table, pointing to one of the herbs listed.

Xiao Yu looked at the adjuvant herb pointed out by Professor Chen and, upon hearing his words, immediately felt admiration towards him.

Since Xiao Yu was worried that they wouldn't be able to find a 50-year-old ginseng root, he had written an ordinary decade-old one in the prescription. The function of this adjuvant herb is to enhance the efficacy of ginseng when used together.

He didn't expect Professor Chen to immediately identify the crux of the matter with just a glance. This couldn't help but make Xiao Yu admire him; if not for Judge Black's memories, he wouldn't have known this method.

"Professor Chen, it’s so late now. Finding a 50-year-old ginseng root might be quite difficult!" said Xiao Yu to Professor Chen.

"Uh... Yes, you're right. We'll use what we have for now," replied Professor Chen after realizing how late it was, chuckling slightly.

In fact, Professor Chen had forgotten that they weren't in Beijing. In Beijing, due to its deep-rooted heritage, most traditional Chinese medicine families have clinics and pharmacies there, making medicinal ingredients the most complete. However, this wasn’t the case here; as a newly established city, people’s acceptance of traditional Chinese medicine was still low, and the medical family background here didn't match up with that of Beijing's. As such, it would be extremely difficult to find wild mountain ginseng over 50 years old on short notice.

However, if they were to look for one tomorrow, given their Huang Family’s strength, finding a 50-year-old wild mountain ginseng wouldn’t be too challenging.

The night passed without incident; the elderly general's heart condition didn't flare up again, allowing them to get through this critical period.

On the second day morning, a 50-year-old wild mountain ginseng was found by the Huang Family. Xiao Yu instructed them to slice it and use one piece of it for each decoction.

The days went by in a steady flow; Xiao Yu stayed at the hospital for three straight days. During this period, the elderly general's condition worsened once, but when symptoms just began to show, Xiao Yu managed to stabilize him with golden needles.

Now, though the elderly general was still very weak, his mental state had significantly improved.

Four more days passed. After a total of seven days in the hospital, every afternoon Xiao Yu would take some time off from the hospital and go to needle the boss's son at the breakfast stall while spending most of his time at the hospital otherwise.

The elderly general’s condition improved significantly with Xiao Yu’s acupuncture and tonics. Furthermore, his heart disease hadn't occurred again in recent days.

With this situation, it can be said that he has been saved; now only medication is needed, no more acupuncture required. In terms of treatment of cardiovascular diseases, Professor Chen was truly an expert, so Xiao Yu's involvement had largely concluded here.

"Doctor Xiao, thank you!

After Xiao Yu told the Huang family that his treatment had concluded, Old General Huang, lying in bed, said to Xiao Yu.

"Haha, I am a doctor who gets paid for treating patients, so you don’t need to thank me. Your heart disease isn’t something that can be cured overnight; it will take a long process. Therefore, my staying here doesn't have much meaning!"

Xiao Yu said to Old General Huang and then turned around to look at Huang Haitian standing beside him, saying, "The consultation fee for seven days is 700,000 yuan!"

"Oh Right, right! Dr. Xiao, please wait a moment!" After hearing what Xiao Yu said, Huang Haitian was stunned for a moment before remembering the payment of 100,000 yuan per session that Xiao Yu had mentioned.

Huang Haitian walked over to a middle-aged man standing beside him and whispered something in his ear. The man looked stunned but quickly took out a check, wrote it up, and handed it back to Huang Haitian.

This middle-aged man was the second son of Old General Huang, Huang Haiming, who is also the father of Huang Tianxiang. It wasn’t until the third day after his father fell ill that he rushed back from abroad.

"Dr. Xiao, here’s 700,000 yuan; please take a look!" Holding out the check to Xiao Yu, Huang Haitian said.

Xiao Yu took the check and put it straight into his medical bag without even looking at it. He bowed to Lao Chen as a farewell gesture before leaving.

It’s likely that Old General Huang's family will leave soon to return to Beijing, where Old General Huang’s physical condition is still weak but sufficient enough for him to make the journey home. In addition, medical conditions in Beijing are better than here.

Xiao Yu was driving on the road now; it was early morning and today’s weather was particularly nice. The sun shone through the car window, warming Xiao Yu's body, making him feel lethargic with a desire to take a nap.

The vehicle arrived quickly at Wansheng Hall’s entrance, where there were numerous people gathered in front of it. In Wansheng Hall, around twenty or thirty elderly individuals, all sitting on chairs and queued up, waiting for Xiao Hongyang to see them.

Seeing these elders, Xiao Yu instantly recalled what Xiao Hongyang had told him when he returned two days ago. Back then, because Old General Huang’s illness was urgent, he hadn’t paid much attention and only knew that Xiao Hongyang had established a membership system.

All of these elderly folks were local residents who now belonged to the members of Wansheng Hall.

This idea was thought up by Xiao Hongyang. After consulting with those elders, they all agreed enthusiastically, thus putting it into practice.

Since these seniors were the first batch of members, a discount was given: 100 yuan per year for membership fees. However, if one wanted to rejoin as a member later on, the fee would be 200 yuan per year. Along the way, Yun Xi greeted passersby from her workplace. Since everyone living here worked at the same unit, she knew almost everyone there as it was where she grew up.After Yun Xi had greeted the...