Zhu Yanyi paused again. "Of course, I usually use silver needles for patients. I only use gold needles to hide my skill. On the train, I had no choice but to use them."
Gu Jingtian pondered. Zhu Yanyi shared her experience, but she was teaching her how to use gold needles. She wanted to use them too. Every time she tried, she felt weak. The gold needles were too soft. She found it hard to pierce the skin. Now she realized her mistake. She had told herself she couldn’t use them. So she subconsciously believed it. She hadn’t studied them hard enough. Hearing Zhu Yanyi, she knew her thinking was wrong.
Seeing Gu Jingtian tilt her head in thought, Zhu Yanyi shrugged. She looked at Master Yao. Master Yao read the message Zhu Yanyi sent. "Follow me these days. I will use gold needles more. Watch closely and learn. Only with gold needles can you learn my true technique, the Thirteen Needles of Reviving Dead Wood. It is a treasure of ancient acupuncture. Your junior sister has mastered it. If you don’t work hard, your forty years are wasted."
"Thirteen Needles of Reviving Dead Wood?" Gu Jingtian’s eyes lit up. "Can I learn it now?"
"You can. Silver needles only teach the first six. You need gold needles to learn all thirteen. Do you want to master gold needles?" Master Yao said calmly.
"Of course, Master. I will be your assistant these days." Gu Jingtian said quickly. The director of Capital Hospital was so flattering that Zhu Yanyi felt goosebumps.
Master Yao waved her hand. "Why learn from Little Five’s unreliable style?" Master Yao had six direct disciples in medicine. Zhu Yanyi was the last, the closing disciple. Besides the eldest, Gu Jingtian, and the fifth, Dong Bocao, the others were not in the capital.
Gu Jingtian was the director of Capital Hospital. Dong Bocao specialized in herb analysis. He knew medicine but rarely spoke of it. Few knew he was Master Yao’s disciple. He openly ran a traditional Chinese medicine shop. Secretly, he was a researcher at Huaxia Pharmaceutical Factory.
Gu Jingtian chuckled. He often dragged his junior brothers into trouble. Though serious outside, he was informal with his master and brothers. This made them closer.
"Senior Brother Five, I haven’t met her," Zhu Yanyi said softly. She wanted to meet her senior brothers in the capital.
"It’s fine. He is researching a medicine. When he finishes, I will arrange a meeting," Gu Jingtian said directly.
Master Yao checked the wall clock and stood up. "Let’s go. We will round the wards first, then visit the departments." The chatting was over. It was time for serious work.