Chapter 53: The Doctor Saves Lives

  "Quickly come and save him! Shi Tou has been knocked unconscious by a rock, hurry over and rescue him!"

  Hearing the shouting from outside, several people in the stone cave changed their faces slightly. Wu Rui took the lead and walked out first, while Cao Tong and Ah Niu also followed closely behind.

  In front of a collapsed wooden house, Wu Rui saw a boy who was knocked unconscious by a stone. He was only around ten years old and had probably just been dug out from the ruins, so he wasn't wearing anything and was covered in mud, making him look dirty and disheveled. It was hard to tell where exactly he had been hit, and there were no obvious wounds.

  Wu Rui's expression remained unchanged, but he suddenly turned his head and asked the grass boy behind him: "Grass Boy, what do you think?"

  "Ah..." Cao Tong didn't expect Wu Rui to ask him suddenly, and he felt a bit tense. Knowing that the teacher was testing him, he hastily examined it carefully, but in the end, he could only lower his head in shame and say: "Teacher, I...I can't see."

  "Hehe." Wu Rui didn't mind, after all, Cao Tong wasn't a doctor yet and didn't even know what taking pulses was about. Naturally, he couldn't check the injury in this state. He walked forward to the injured person's side, grasped their wrist, and said to Cao Tong beside him, "Almost every part of the human body has blood vessels and meridians. Just like the position I'm holding now, it's a very important pulse gate. If you press down gently with your hand, you'll feel a throbbing sensation. As long as you focus on feeling it, you can sense the frequency of the throbbing, and from that, judge which part of the body has gone wrong. You can also check the life situation of critically ill patients."

  What Wu Rui said was very novel to the grass boy, and he immediately followed Wu Rui's method to test his left hand with his right hand. At first, there was no big feeling, but as he continued to explore, he quickly grasped the pulse of the jump, but didn't know how to diagnose the disease, and for a while, he was a little confused.

  "This time I came, the stay won't be too long, so there's no way to explain it in detail. You can study the differences between the pulse of healthy people and patients later, distinguish the frequency and intensity of the pulse, and then summarize it yourself." Wu Rui also felt helpless at this point.

  "Yes, teacher!" The young boy nodded seriously, although he still didn't quite understand in his heart.

  This stone was actually smashed into the head and fainted, Wu Rui wanted to cure the other party easily, but because of teaching Cao Tong, he took out a silver needle and said: "There are many acupoints on the human body, by stimulating the acupoints. The method can also achieve the purpose of treating diseases or even killing people."

  "Wu... Doctor, you won't really use such a long needle to pierce into the body, will you?" The cow king next to him stuttered.

  "...the young grass was also startled, he had never heard of treating illness like this before."

  "Of course!" Wu Rui ignored their astonishment and shock, slowing down his movements to insert the silver needles into the stone's forehead, one by one... Soon, he turned the stone into a porcupine, and this time, he was purely using acupuncture without using true yuan to assist. These were all basics, and Wu Rui intentionally let Cao Tong witness it.

  The people around held their breath, their faces pale with fear. If Wu Rui wasn't a god in their eyes, they would have stopped him long ago! This isn't treating an injury, it's murder! A needle that long piercing into the head, even if the stone wasn't smashed to death, it would be stabbed to death...

  As for Cao Tong, he didn't dare to look directly at him. He understood Wu Rui's intention was to teach himself, but wasn't this treatment method a bit terrifying? It really scared people, thinking that in the future he would have to learn this, Cao Tong's small face turned pale.

  "Hmm..." Just as the people around were getting anxious, the stone on the ground suddenly let out a groan. By the time Wu Rui had pulled out all the silver needles, he was already dazed and confused, but awake.

  "The stone woke up!"

  "This is really going to save someone's life, what a divine move!"

  The people around couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, only Cao Tong stared at the stone on the ground in disbelief. He really didn't dare to believe that this could also save someone. At this moment, Cao Tong had a voice in his heart, he must learn this magical medical skill called acupuncture by his teacher.

  Seeing the thoughts in Cao Tong's mind, Wu Rui nodded in satisfaction, but finally poured a basin of cold water on him: "This acupuncture method requires strictness, and before you can't distinguish between acupoints, you must not try it lightly, otherwise there will be life danger."

  "Teacher, I understand!" Upon hearing this, Cao Tong felt somewhat disappointed and nodded in agreement.

  However, if one looks carefully, they will see that Cao Tong's eyes are constantly darting back and forth, clearly unwilling to give up on this medical technique. When he finds the time, he must study it thoroughly, Cao Tong thinks to himself.

  At this time, the stone on the ground had completely woken up and understood that it was the immortal who had saved himself. He immediately wanted to get up, but his body was still very weak. After struggling several times in vain, he could only lie on the ground and thank Wu Rui: "Thank you, Immortal Doctor Wu!"

  "Hurry up and lie down!" Wu Rui hastily adjusted the stone, then turned to Ah Niu behind him and said: "Ah Niu, hurry up and have someone carry the stone back to the cave for a rest!"

  "Yes, yes, yes, let's take the stone back." Ah Niu hastened to do so, personally supervising the tribesmen as they carried the stone away.

  About an hour later, all the collapsed houses were dug out and those who had been buried were rescued. However, the result was tragic: more than ten people unfortunately lost their lives, and dozens of others were seriously injured. If Wu Rui hadn't intervened to help, the number of deaths would have far exceeded this number; after all, Grass Boy was powerless against severe injuries such as severed limbs, lung damage, and brain trauma.

  With this treatment, Wu Rui not only imparted a lot of theoretical knowledge to Cao Tong, but also taught him several medicinal prescriptions that he needed to use, allowing Cao Tong to benefit greatly and broaden his horizons, although many things he still seemed to understand vaguely.

  The injured have been settled, but a new problem has emerged. The houses were severely damaged by the rhinoceros and are now uninhabitable. Although there are stone caves in the back mountain, the space is completely insufficient to accommodate thousands of people. Building wooden houses must be rushed, otherwise, once it rains, thousands of villagers will have nowhere to go.

  Seeing the sky had darkened, Wu Rui was quite helpless. This was primitive society, not a city, and as soon as the sun set, the entire land fell into darkness. The villagers couldn't work either, so he could only say to Ah Niu: "It won't rain tonight, everyone can camp outdoors, and we'll build wooden houses tomorrow. Besides, everyone has been working hard all day and must be hungry. Let's have the villagers eat dinner first!"

  "Ah…… it's a disaster, the food has been buried in the ruins, and the remaining food in the tribe is not enough to eat. Now that the sky has darkened, there's no way to go hunting again. It seems like we can only have fruits for dinner tonight." Upon hearing the words "dinner", Ah Niu's face turned gloomy, fortunately, there was a wild fruit tree nearby, barely enough to fill their stomachs.

  Upon hearing this, Wu Rui directly cast a suspicious gaze at Ah Niu.

  "Wu... Mr. Wu, is there something I can help you with?" Ah Niu asked nervously.

  "If I'm not mistaken, today I killed over a hundred rhinos!" Wu Rui reminded helplessly.

  "That's right, a total of 153 heads!" Ah Niu nodded vigorously, but he didn't react to what Wu Rui wanted to say.

  Wu Rui was speechless. Was this primitive person stupid to such an extent? At the moment, he said straightforwardly: "Everyone can eat rhinoceros meat."

  "...Who would have thought that this time it was Ah Niu's gaze that was somewhat unusual. Seeing Wu Rui's inquiring gaze, he lowered his head and dryly laughed: "Doctor Wu doesn't know, but we've also tried eating rhinoceros meat before, it's very tough, nobody can chew it."

  "Can't chew? Just cook it a bit longer." Wu Rui was helpless, the rhinoceros meat was tough and dry, but after all, it was purely wild game, so the flavor should be good.

  "Boiled?" Ah Niu's eyes were filled with confusion, and he curiously asked: "Master Wu, what is boiled?"

  "Unlikely......" Wu Rui seemed to have thought of something and his face looked a bit strange, but he still added: "Actually, roasting it is also an option."

  "Roasted? How roasted?" Ah Niu was still perplexed.

  "...Wu Rui had already confirmed what he was thinking, the food on planet Osen was still in the raw eating stage. Thinking of thousands of people drinking blood and eating fur at the same time, Wu Rui's mouth twitched involuntarily."

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  PS: Thanks for the reward from 'Dragon Ball Z', thank you.