"Report the patient's heart rate," Zhu Yanyi said.
"Heart rate is seventy-three beats per minute. It is normal," Qu Zhong replied.
"Prepare for surgery. For the first three hours, Fifth Senior Brother assists, First Senior Brother monitors anesthesia, and Second Senior Brother checks the pulse. For the second three hours, First Senior Brother assists, Second Senior Brother checks the pulse, and Fifth Senior Brother monitors anesthesia. For the third three hours, Second Senior Brother assists, Fifth Senior Brother monitors anesthesia, and First Senior Brother checks the pulse. Rotate like this. Do you remember?" Zhu Yanyi gave her final pre-op instructions.
"We remember." Gu Jingtian and the others made an 'OK' gesture to confirm.
"Surgery starts." Zhu Yanyi said directly, "Prepare the gold needles."
Dong Bocao quickly provided the gold needles. Zhu Yanyi used long gold needles to fix the three surgical sites first. She used her spiritual power to temporarily isolate the sensation of vitality from other parts.
"Surgical knife," Zhu Yanyi continued.
The surgical knife was handed over. Zhu Yanyi prepared to graft the tongue.
Zhu Xinfu’s tongue had been severed for over forty years. Unlike Zhang Haitao, the vitality at the root of her tongue was mostly destroyed. Zhu Yanyi needed to activate the vitality there first, then install the tongue.
Restoring vitality required precise calculation and sharp perception. Zhu Yanyi had special abilities, so she was not afraid. But the others did not have such abilities; they could only rely on their internal energy to sense the situation.
"When attaching external parts to the body, the position must be correct. The meridians at the root of the crafted tongue must match the size of the original body’s meridians. Daily conditioning and checks are very important. Only when confirmed and calculated accurately can you craft such a tongue," Zhu Yanyi said slowly while searching for the meridians on the tongue root.
"Are there other key points when crafting the tongue?" They wanted to know what to pay attention to during the crafting process.
"Learn to calculate," Zhu Yanyi said without looking up. "You must determine the size of the tongue root. So, the first check of the tongue root is very important. If you encounter such a patient, first estimate the size of the meridians in the tongue root based on the injury. This way, you can craft a tongue that satisfies you. Everyone’s tongue size is different. No two people have the same tongue. The thickness of the tongue root meridians also varies. So, each patient’s tongue must be specially crafted. Do not use a standard size."
After speaking, Zhu Yanyi had already activated the withered meridians at Zhu Xinfu’s tongue root. She picked up the prepared tongue and slowly placed it into Zhu Xinfu’s mouth. Then she began connecting the tongue meridians with the tongue root meridians, merging the artificial meridians with the original ones.
At this moment, her spiritual power was highly concentrated. Zhu Yanyi used her special ability to align the meridians, then applied medicine precisely. While applying the medicine, she began setting up a medicinal array in the mouth.
"The mouth area is small, so it is best to choose a single medicinal array. The Yuanhe medicinal array has gentle properties, which is very good for tongue recovery. So, I chose the Yuanhe medicinal array," Zhu Yanyi explained while her hands kept moving.
In the eyes of Gu Jingtian, Qu Zhong, and Dong Bocao, Zhu Yanyi’s technique was very skillful. Although she was sprinkling medicine, it was done with great regularity. Not only was the dosage accurate, but the placement was also extremely precise.
Dong Bocao said from the side, "We probably need to find a mold to demonstrate this later."
Gu Jingtian and Qu Zhong nodded. Without practice, they were not confident they could avoid mistakes in such detailed work.
Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly. "You have all cultivated internal energy. In this surgery, dosage and technique are secondary. The main thing is controlling internal energy. Use internal energy to control the delicate force in your hands. That is why my technique looks so precise."
Although Zhu Yanyi was explaining, her hands did not stop moving.
Gu Jingtian and the others still had questions, but they did not ask at this moment. They only watched Zhu Yanyi work, memorizing every movement in their minds, waiting to practice repeatedly privately after leaving the operating room.
There were dozens of large and small meridians in the tongue. Each meridian had to be smoothed out, and the connection points had to be just right.
Zhu Yanyi carefully connected the last meridian. The tongue surgery had taken four hours. It was much slower than Zhang Haitao’s tongue surgery. But there was no other way. Zhang Haitao’s tongue root was a fresh wound, while Zhu Xinfu’s was an old injury. To connect them required several times more effort and skill. Fortunately, Zhu Yanyi’s special ability and internal energy had improved. Otherwise, it would have taken even longer.
After confirming the tongue surgery was complete, Zhu Yanyi began the eye surgery.
The assisting doctor had changed to Gu Jingtian. The three of them did not need Zhu Yanyi to tell them; they rotated automatically when the time came.
Zhu Yanyi said from the side, "Pay attention to blood flow speed. For the eye surgery, we must first control the blood flow speed. Especially at the moment of installing the eye, blood must not flow backward into the eye."
While speaking, Zhu Yanyi used gold needles to adjust the blood meridians around the eye, temporarily stopping the blood flow.
Then she began to organize these meridians. Like the tongue, she first had to restore the eye meridians from their withered state.
"The eye meridians have not been used for a long time. They probably lost their function," Gu Jingtian said upon seeing the situation.
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "So we must use internal energy to condition these meridians. One function of internal energy is to stimulate meridians. It is like turning ice water into hot water. Internal energy has a warming effect. However, turning ice water into hot water requires deeper internal energy. Stimulating meridians cannot use such strong internal energy. It must be gentle."
Through the combined stimulation of Zhu Yanyi’s internal energy and special ability, the originally withered, brown meridians slowly turned flesh-red. Seeing it was ready, she picked up the pre-crafted eye and placed it in: "Crafting eyes requires great care. A tongue can lack taste, but eyes must see external images. So, crafted eyes need a certain level of craftsmanship. I will teach you how to craft them when I have time."
"Okay." Gu Jingtian and the others did not dare to be polite with Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi placed the eye in position, then began connecting the eye meridians and performing the subsequent detailed work.