"I don't have any silver, what should I do? My heart feels so uncomfortable, good brother, can you help treat me?" The young girl blinked her eyes, looking pitiful, with a mist rising in her eyes.

Xu Wuzhou couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy, but fortunately, he had been through the baptism of many action films and withstood this wave of pitiful charm.

"I'm a man of principle. Don't think that batting your eyes and calling me good brother will buy me off. No silver, no help," Xu Wuzhou refused. What a joke, he's been through thick and thin; how could he give in without seeing some real benefits?

The girl sized up Xu Wuzhou, surprised at his composure. Ordinary young men would have lost their cool under her charms.

"You better think it over. Can you beat me? In this world, there's not just seduction, there's also coercion," the girl's pitiful demeanor vanished, replaced by a cold and distant aura.

The sudden change in temperament made Xu Wuzhou marvel; she was definitely a master of transformation.

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Xu Wuzhou was pondering how to respond when he heard her continue, "However, if you can really treat me, three hundred taels can certainly be yours."

"Deal!" Xu Wuzhou agreed readily. Three hundred taels could buy a lot of metal. With money, who cares about her attitude? Money talks.

"Sir... oh, miss, let's start now. I'll be gentle, it won't hurt," Xu Wuzhou said to the girl.

The girl smiled at Xu Wuzhou, unafraid of what he might do. If he wanted to treat her, let him. Knowing her heart meridian was injured wasn't simple; which side was he from? What did he want? And did he think she couldn't understand his crude words? He was quite bold.

"Giggle, my name is Dai Yaoyao," the girl's voice was like silver bells.

"Peach blossoms in full bloom, what a beautiful name!"

A client deserves praise!

‘Peach blossoms in full bloom,’ Dai Yaoyao recited, the imagery was beautiful, why hadn't she heard it before?

"Do you have silver needles?" Xu Wuzhou asked Dai Yaoyao.

"Of course!" Dai Yaoyao smiled, but inside she was cold. Without even silver needles, he dared claim he could treat her hidden injury.

Xu Wuzhou took Dai Yaoyao's silver needles and inserted one into an acupoint with swift, practiced movements, as if it was second nature.

"The path of medicine is just eight words: balance yin and yang, harmonize the five elements. If you can achieve these eight words, eighty percent of illnesses in this world can be cured!" Xu Wuzhou recited from the Yin-Yang Medical Scripture as he placed the needles on Dai Yaoyao.

Oh, he's putting on quite the act, his theoretical knowledge is solid. Looks like he prepared well to deceive me.

Dai Yaoyao thought to herself, but her face was all smiles, "Eighty percent can be cured, what about the other twenty percent?"

"Ten percent relates to the soul, and ten percent is..." Xu Wuzhou started to answer but suddenly stopped.

He suddenly thought of the liquid from the Black Bowl that could nourish the soul. Could it mean... he could also treat soul injuries?

Seeing Xu Wuzhou stop mid-sentence, Dai Yaoyao sneered inwardly: Can't keep up the act, huh? When the needles don't work, will he make excuses about the injury being too severe, needing long-term treatment? I've seen too many quacks like this.

"Your heart meridian is injured because opposing forces have gathered there. But if you achieve yin-yang balance and five-element harmony, this force will be assimilated and dissipated," Xu Wuzhou continued as he inserted the needles.

His theory was sound, but achieving yin-yang balance and five-element harmony wasn't that simple.

Dai Yaoyao smiled without speaking, but she was on high alert. Though she was confident the needles wouldn't harm her, she was cautious not to be caught off guard.

"This last needle, and it's done." Xu Wuzhou picked up a silver needle and simply inserted it into the Hegu acupoint.

Dai Yaoyao's smiling eyes narrowed: Done? Does he think I'm an easy fool? I just feel like I've been pricked dozens of times.

Those needles better not be for nothing, young man, you'll pay for this.

But as Xu Wuzhou inserted the needle into her Hegu acupoint, all the silver needles suddenly vibrated.

"Hundred Needles Combined!"

Dai Yaoyao's emerald-like eyes suddenly contracted, her heart shook.

Hundred Needles Combined was a high-level needle technique. The practitioner used special methods to make the needles resonate as one, achieving the effect of unified qi flow.

Such a technique was difficult for anyone but a highly skilled practitioner.

But what shocked Dai Yaoyao more than Xu Wuzhou's technique was the sensation of her own qi being guided into balance by the vibrating needles, like a cool breeze on a summer day, incredibly refreshing.

Especially at her heart meridian, the discomfort was being eased as if a breeze was cooling the heat.

"He can really treat me," Dai Yaoyao looked at Xu Wuzhou, his face slightly gaunt and pale, like someone sickly. Could such a person truly be a skilled healer? How old was he!

With such medical skill, he had a place among the young generation.

Indeed, this person had grand ambitions.

"Now do you believe I can treat you?" Xu Wuzhou was very close to Dai Yaoyao, catching a whiff of her musk, quite captivating.

"I believed in your medical skills from the start, otherwise why would I let you treat me?" Dai Yaoyao said leisurely.

"Three hundred taels, pay up!" Xu Wuzhou went straight to the point.

"Three hundred taels?" Dai Yaoyao thought others weren't wrong to call him a fool. The Hundred Needles Combined technique, was it only worth three hundred taels? Even three thousand taels would have people lining up for treatment. This fool.

Seeing Dai Yaoyao's reluctance, Xu Wuzhou said, "Don't think it's expensive. I'm always fair, you have no idea how difficult it was to treat you, I almost exhausted my mental energy. Hey, why are you staring at me like that, at most, because you're good-looking, I'll knock off one tael, but no more. You should know you're not completely healed yet, it'll take at least six or seven days."

"Fine! Two hundred ninety-nine taels," Dai Yaoyao agreed.

Xu Wuzhou was overjoyed; his bottom line was one hundred taels. He didn't expect this woman to be so easy to fool, truly a silly girl.

"You say six or seven days to fully recover?" Dai Yaoyao asked.

"Of course, if not, I'll refund you," Xu Wuzhou replied.

Dai Yaoyao looked at the smug Xu Wuzhou, she opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. She suddenly thought of something amusing: if the one from Xuan'nu Palace knew that the injury she painstakingly inflicted, calculated countless times, was resolved for three hundred taels, what would she think?

Giggle, I must tell her then, I really want to see her expression.

Dai Yaoyao looked at Xu Wuzhou, previously suspecting he had ulterior motives. Now she believed this fool truly had nothing to do with those people.

Whether friend or foe, no one would resolve her hidden injury like this.