CHAPTER 1172: CHAPTER 1168: RECONNECTING THE MERIDIANS

"Of course I can treat it!" Mr. Guo nodded heavily, "Ye Tian, although your medical skills are brilliant, they are still not perfected. In my opinion, your medical abilities have grown gradually under my tutelage.

However, medical skills become more refined with age. When you reach my age, you’ll definitely have the hope of surpassing me!"

"In that case, Mr. Guo, please treat my right arm!"

Ye Tian pleaded. Mr. Guo then waved his hand, and one of the ten iron doors on the wall of the room opened immediately.

Mr. Guo led Ye Tian into this room, which was filled with numerous medical instruments, but they weren’t Western medical instruments. Ye Tian himself hadn’t even seen such medical devices before!

"Mr. Guo, could it be that these are Chinese medicine instruments?"

Ye Tian asked in surprise, and Mr. Guo smiled slightly, saying, "Exactly! In people’s impressions, traditional Chinese medicine has always been a symbol of backwardness and never deserves advanced medical equipment. But they don’t know that in fact, when Chinese medicine develops to an advanced level, it is far more brilliant than Western medicine!"

Due to the complexity of the medical instruments in the room, Mr. Guo did not introduce them one by one to Ye Tian. Instead, he pointed to a ring-like instrument and said, "Ye Tian, put your right arm through!"

"Okay."

Ye Tian immediately approached the ring and passed his arm through it. Then, Mr. Guo adjusted the height of the ring so that Ye Tian could sit down comfortably.

Mr. Guo then adjusted the program inside the ring for a while before starting it.

On the other side of the ring, dozens of tiny mechanical arms suddenly started!

"..."

Ye Tian felt his arm being cut open deeply, not just his skin and flesh, but even his muscles and bones felt the pain.

However, with Ye Tian’s endurance, he could bear this level of pain, and he didn’t utter a sound but let the mechanical arms continue cutting his arm.

Since the entire right hand was on the other end of the ring, Ye Tian couldn’t see what his right arm looked like at that moment, but he could guess that it was probably covered in blood and flesh.

While Ye Tian was undergoing treatment, Mr. Guo continually said, "This ring is modeled after the scene where the legendary doctor Hua Tuo treated Guan Yu by scraping the bone, only my ring is much more advanced than two thousand years ago!

Ye Tian, I won’t use anesthesia on you because if you can’t bear even this bit of pain, then you don’t have the qualification to face powerful enemies. In the Martial Arts World, where the strong are like forests, you have no chance of survival!"

The reason Mr. Guo was saying these words to him was probably to distract him from the pain, so Ye Tian naturally didn’t object and began to converse with Mr. Guo.

"Mr. Guo, now I, Ye Tian, consider myself a top-notch strongman, so I can endure this kind of pain!"

"A top-notch strongman?" Mr. Guo couldn’t help but sneer, "Ye Tian, don’t be too complacent. Currently, you’re not a strongman at all because your strength is only at the mid-level Innate Realm, far from the pinnacle of the Martial Arts World, so you shouldn’t use the term ’strongman’ to describe yourself!"

"Mid-level Innate Realm... Mr. Guo, you know me pretty well..."

Ye Tian let out a bitter laugh. The conversation with Mr. Guo made him forget the pain of treating his right arm.

Mr. Guo continued, "Of course, I know you well, Ye Tian. Although we haven’t seen each other for so many years, I’ve watched your growth bit by bit.

After we parted, you continuously solidified the Gui Yuan Gong I taught you, resulting in your martial arts advancing day by day, and your Inner Strength has also reached a peak state, but that’s just the lowest form of Inner Strength...

Later, you accidentally absorbed the Power of Death, but the power absorbed from the ’Egg of Death’ of the Black Hole Clan was relatively weak. It’s fine for dealing with ordinary martial artists, but if you face stronger opponents, this power is simply not enough!

Then, with your innate understanding of power, you crafted the Life Weapon and absorbed the Power of Life from it, which further advanced your strength, enabling you to defeat strong opponents like the Rakshasa Queen!

After that, in order to fight against masters from the Black Hole Clan, you formed the Night King Hall and fortuitously obtained the cultivation method of Xuan Yun Gong. It wasn’t until then did you get a glimpse of the mysteries of the force of nature and finally gained the qualification to become a strongman!

The Spirit Vein Stone buried under Jiangcheng was not a unique power; it was merely a supplement to your strength. Moreover, you didn’t absorb much power from the Spirit Vein Stone, so this power can only aid in battle and cannot be used independently.

Subsequently, you discovered your Divine Race identity, and during the battle with the Indian deities’ servant in India, the strongest power within you, the divine power, finally awakened, which elevated your strength to a new level. By comparison, the power blended from the Power of the Clouds and Power of the Wind can’t actually compete with such power.

Ye Tian, because you’ve never been defeated in battle, or rather, every time you were about to lose, you would explode with potential, so you were slightly careless in the battle with the Black Hole Clan elder.

You thought that since you defeated Elder Bei Feng, you could naturally defeat Elder Nan Feng. However, unfortunately, Elder Nan Feng’s strength is not comparable to Elder Bei Feng. Not only did you lose an arm in battle, but you also nearly lost your life. If you hadn’t escaped in time, you wouldn’t have been able to meet me.

Elder Nan Feng’s strength in the Black Hole Clan is second only to the Clan Leader, Elder Dong Feng. Even I have to be wary of him, so it’s reasonable you lost to him. Perhaps this defeat is a good thing for your inflated ego!

You should finally understand that defeating the Black Hole Clan cannot be accomplished merely by gathering many helpers, forming an alliance, and fighting to the death!"

Mr. Guo recounted Ye Tian’s actions over the years as if he had witnessed them in person, and he commented on some of Ye Tian’s shortcomings, benefiting Ye Tian greatly.

Ye Tian sighed and said, "Mr. Guo, even though I haven’t seen you all these years, you seem to know my situation so well. Have you always been watching me?"

"Observing? Not exactly, I don’t have such a hobby!" Mr. Guo chuckled and said, "It’s just that, since you are my student, I always have someone check on you periodically. The spies report your situation to me once they learn about it.

Ye Tian, the reason I left you was not because I was tired of you, but because by staying by my side, you would never be able to grow into a formidable martial artist. Only by leaving you in the wilderness of martial arts to fend for yourself is the fastest way to grow!"

"I see..."

Ye Tian finally understood the reason for Mr. Guo’s sudden departure years ago, feeling somewhat comforted.

Just as Mr. Guo said, if Ye Tian had always had Mr. Guo by his side, he would have only been like a flower protected in a greenhouse, and his potential for growth would have been far less than that of martial artists living in a world of survival of the fittest.

As Ye Tian was reminiscing about the past, the mechanical arms on the other side of the ring had begun surgery on him. The purpose of the surgery was to reconnect Ye Tian’s severed meridians.

Without anesthesia, the pain Ye Tian felt far exceeded the pain when the mechanical arms were cutting his flesh earlier. Even Ye Tian’s face turned pale, and he almost fainted.

However, Ye Tian quickly recalled Mr. Guo’s words. The pain at that moment was a test for him, so he remained silent, enduring the intense pain!

"Heh! Quite gutsy!"

Mr. Guo nodded silently, appreciating Ye Tian at this moment...

Compared to the Western surgical method that emphasizes "destruction and regeneration," Chinese surgical methods emphasize "guiding according to the momentum, circulating for regeneration," so tiny things like meridians cannot be repaired by Western surgery, but Chinese surgery can.

As the mechanical arms reconnected his meridians, Ye Tian could feel a warm force from the mechanical arms, which allowed his right arm’s acupoints and meridians to function smoothly for a moment.

Mr. Guo laughed and said, "Ye Tian, the machines embedded with Inner Strength are the result of my tireless research over the years. How do you think, quite impressive, right?"

"Indeed impressive!"

Ye Tian also smiled. All his skills were taught by Mr. Guo, who not only excelled in martial arts but also in literature, mathematics, chemistry, and physics, among other fields. So it’s reasonable that he could design machines embedded with Inner Strength.

As the mechanical arms operated on him, Ye Tian gradually felt his right hand gaining strength, quite different from being completely powerless before the surgery.

It seems that this surgery was quite successful!

"Mr. Guo, although I claim my medical skills to be good, they are far from comparable to yours!" Ye Tian smiled bitterly and said dispassionately, "The last time I was seriously injured and at death’s door, if it weren’t for you, I would probably not be alive, and your treatment method is something I haven’t learned."

Ye Tian was impressed; thinking back, his medical skills indeed lagged far behind Mr. Guo’s.