"Master Sheng, Madam Sheng, your son's time is running out. Please make a decision soon. The longer we delay, the greater the risk."
Feng Jin explained the consequences of each choice to them. How they chose was their own affair.
"Master, this..." Madam Sheng looked towards Sheng Boyun. As a woman of the household, she couldn't make such a major decision and could only follow Sheng Boyun's lead.
Sheng Boyun glanced at Sheng Xubai lying on the bed, his face filled with difficulty. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "I will trouble the young madam to treat my son."
"Master..." Madam Sheng gently tugged at Sheng Boyun's sleeve, her eyes shyly looking at him.
"Madam, life and death are decreed by fate, and everything has its destined course. I believe Xubai has deep blessings and can naturally overcome this calamity." Sheng Boyun gently patted Madam Sheng's hand to comfort her.
"If that is the case, then please Master Sheng and Madam Sheng leave first. I need to treat Young Master Sheng."
"We are to leave, you mean..."
Before Madam Sheng could finish speaking, Sheng Boyun interrupted her. "Then I will trouble Young Madam Ling. Madam, let's go out and wait for a while."
Sheng Boyun forcibly pulled the reluctant Madam Sheng out. Only Feng Jin and the weak Sheng Xubai remained in the room.
Feng Jin took out the silver needles. Now, the only way to mend his heart meridian was the Ghost Doctor's Thirteen Needle Technique.
However, the Ghost Doctor's Thirteen Needle Technique was already extremely perilous. Even ordinary people found it difficult to endure, let alone Sheng Xubai in his current condition. One could only hope he had a strong fate to pull through.
Feng Jin located the acupoints, her needle technique extremely uncanny. Before Ling Wan could clearly see the silver needles, they had already pierced into Sheng Xubai's chest.
"Sister-in-law, this needle technique of yours?"
Ling Wan was astonished. She had never seen such a peculiar needle technique before.
"This is the Ghost Doctor's Thirteen Needle Technique. Whether Sheng Xubai lives depends on this final needle."
As the words fell, Feng Jin's silver needle had already been inserted. Those who could understand the needle technique would see the peril of this final needle.
Normal needle insertion only penetrated the flesh by three fen. However, Feng Jin's final needle pierced seven fen deep into the flesh, a matter of extreme danger.
After the silver needle entered the acupoint, Sheng Xubai's face became even paler. He violently coughed out a mouthful of blood.
"Young Master Sheng!" Ling Wan cried out worriedly, but she also knew her boundaries and dared not step forward rashly.
Feng Jin felt his pulse, and her beautiful brows immediately knitted tightly. She quickly inserted another needle. "Ling Wan, bring me the Nine Revolutions Divine Pill from the medicine box."
"Alright." Ling Wan hurriedly responded, her hands trembling slightly as she rummaged through the medicine box. The clinking of bottles and jars only made Ling Wan more anxious. After searching, she found the medicine Feng Jin wanted. "I found it, sister-in-law."
"Dissolve it with warm water and let him take it." Feng Jin rubbed the silver needles in her hand, instructing Ling Wan.
Ling Wan, anxious, stumbled as she walked. The hand holding the teapot trembled slightly. With great effort, she poured a cup of water and dissolved the Nine Revolutions Divine Pill in it.
She hurried to the bedside and tried to feed Sheng Xubai. The medicine she put into his mouth all flowed out from the corners of his lips.
"Sister-in-law, he's not swallowing."
"Keep trying. Some of it will get swallowed."
Ling Wan nodded and continued the repetitive action, slowly feeding Sheng Xubai. She was basically feeding in as much as he spat out.
"Young Master Sheng, please open your mouth and swallow some," Ling Wan was at her wit's end. How could this work if he wouldn't swallow?
Feng Jin removed the silver needles from Sheng Xubai's chest, her mind racing, thinking of a way to make Sheng Xubai drink the medicine.
"Sister-in-law, hurry and think of a way. Young Master Sheng still refuses to drink the medicine."
Almost a bowl of medicine had been fed, but Sheng Xubai still hadn't drunk a single mouthful. Ling Wan was burning with anxiety.
After a pause, Feng Jin said, "Help him sit up first."
"Okay."
Ling Wan nodded. With all her might, she managed to help Sheng Xubai sit up. Despite Sheng Xubai looking thin, his body was truly heavy. After Ling Wan helped him up, she was covered in sweat.
Feng Jin's fingers traced the silver needles as she felt for acupoints on Sheng Xubai. Unlike the decisive needle insertion just now, she hesitated for a moment before inserting the needle into an acupoint.
After the silver needle entered the acupoint, Sheng Xubai's tightly shut mouth mechanically opened.
"Dissolve another Nine Revolutions Divine Pill and let Sheng Xubai take it."
"I'm going now." Ling Wan carefully placed Sheng Xubai steadily on the bed before getting up to dissolve the pill. She then hurried back and let Sheng Xubai take the dissolved medicine.
Compared to the previous stubborn refusal to open his mouth or swallow a drop, this time the medicine was fed in smoothly.
After feeding the medicine, Ling Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief. At last, he had drunk the medicine.
"Sister-in-law, it's all fed. Can you ask Young Master Sheng to close his mouth now?"
Ling Wan had tried to close Sheng Xubai's opened mouth after he finished drinking the medicine, but his mouth remained wide open, completely still. Helplessly, she had to ask Feng Jin for help.
Feng Jin glanced at Sheng Xubai's wide-open mouth, then quickly turned her head away, clearing her throat to mask her intense embarrassment. "This mouth won't close for a while."
"Ah?" Ling Wan exclaimed in surprise, unable to comprehend Feng Jin's words for a moment. After a pause, she asked uncertainly, "Sister-in-law, you mean Young Master Sheng's mouth can't... can't close?"
What kind of thing was this in the world? Ling Wan had never seen someone whose mouth was open but couldn't close. It was truly a marvel of the world.
"It's not that it can't close, it's just... it just can't close for a while."
Feng Jin rested her chin on her hand, speaking in as calm a tone as possible.
Ling Wan was suddenly stunned. Her mouth parted slightly, and after a long hesitation, she didn't know what to say.
After a moment, Ling Wan spoke, "Sister-in-law, is there any way to make him close his mouth? If he remains like this, what will the Sheng family elders outside think..."
"It's all because of that last needle. I directly pierced the facial nerve, which forced Sheng Xubai's mouth open, but it also damaged the facial nerve. It will take several more needle insertions to close his mouth."
Feng Jin explained. She had done this to save Sheng Xubai's life, and it was an unavoidable situation. After all, having an open mouth was much better than losing his life.
"Then how do we explain this to the Sheng family?" Ling Wan voiced her worries.
Their son was fine, and now they had treated him to this state. How would they explain it?
"We'll just tell them the truth. What, are they going to eat me?"