Chapter 5: The Sudden Enlightenment

  Yang Jun led his men in the search, dozens of people were frantically busy running around, while Fang Shuai and Ye Nan had a great time playing for the whole day.

  After dinner, the two of them went to a foot bath center and didn't leave until almost six o'clock in the afternoon when they sent Ye Nan back to the hospital for work. They exchanged phone numbers before Fang Wei drove away.

  Ye Nan returned to the office, Zhang Li of the afternoon shift had already packed up and was waiting for him to take over.

  Finally, Ye Nan arrived and hastily handed over the shift: "No new patients were admitted in the afternoon. The general condition of the old patients is still okay. The critically ill patient on bed 9 has also improved compared to before."

  Ye Nan nodded: "Alright, we'll go take a look later, you go first."

  "Well, I'll go first." After finishing speaking, she grabbed her things and Zhang Li hastily rushed out to catch the bus.

  These nine beds were the critically ill patients that Ye Nan received before getting off work last night. This morning, Ye Nan had been sleeping soundly and hadn't gone to check on them. She was worried about the old lady in bed nine and didn't know how she was doing, so she took her stethoscope and rushed straight to bed nine.

  Ye Nan walked into the ward, and the old lady was eating. Her son saw Ye Nan come in and asked with a smile: "Doctor Ye, I didn't see you do your rounds this morning. The other doctors said you were in a car accident last night. Are you okay now?"

  Fang Nan smiled with a mixture of relief and embarrassment, saying: "It's nothing, I just fell lightly and scraped the bottom!"

  Having said that, he looked at the old lady and asked: "Old lady, are you feeling better today? Is your breathing easier?"

  The old lady looked at Ye Nan, smiled and nodded: "I felt much better this afternoon. As long as I don't move around, my breath can still catch up, and I also want to eat something. Just now, I ate half a bowl of porridge."

  Ye Nan smiled and nodded: "As long as you feel a bit better, we'll worry less..." Looking at the old lady's appearance, her complexion was ruddy, and her lips were no longer so pale, indeed looking much better.

  However, Ye Nan looked at the old lady and felt that something was not quite right. After a closer look, her complexion was very rosy, but the redness seemed somewhat abnormal. Ye Nan listened carefully to the patient's lungs and heart, which were better than last night, and did not find any other problems.

  Although Ye Nan felt unwell, he couldn't see any other problems and had to give up. He instructed the family members that if the old lady felt uncomfortable or had any other bad conditions, they should come to the office in time to ask him to take a look.

  Made another round in other wards, and the rest of the patients were basically fine, pretty stable. Then went to the nurse station to pick up a few medical records for my own patients and returned to the office, supplementing today's medical logs one by one.

  Then carefully reviewed the medical records of nine beds, and this morning Zhang Li replaced her own doctor's orders, still using sodium nitroprusside injections to maintain coronary artery expansion treatment, only adding a diuretic injection once, nothing else special.

  Ye Nan checked the documents again and found no omissions. The patient's 24-hour urine output was 1300ml, blood pressure remained at 90/60mmHg, and heart rate was around 90-110 beats per minute. Generally speaking, everything was basically fine.

  Ye Nan thought for a long time: The patient's condition seems to have improved, but it just doesn't feel right. He felt that the patient's condition was actually getting worse and worse, as if it was going in the opposite direction.

  Before that, Ye Nan had never encountered such a situation and couldn't understand it. Having no other choice, he temporarily put it aside. To be on the safe side, he made up his mind to go take a look several more times when nothing was going on.

  Having finished everything, Ye Nan was really bored, so he turned on the TV in his office, picked up the remote control and switched channels one by one. He happened to find a channel that was showing Iron Man 2, which had just been released recently.

  This movie, Ye Nan wanted to watch for a long time, but never had the chance. Now that he's finally got some free time, he sat down and watched it, feeling that it was indeed quite well-made.

  However, Ye Nan still had Nine's situation on his mind. During the commercial break, he went to the ward again. The old lady was in good spirits and chatting with her family members. Ye Nan felt slightly relieved.

  Ye Nan sat in the office until after 11 pm, no new patients came, and there were no bad situations with old patients. This evening was quite relaxing, then went to the ward for a round, most of the patients were asleep.

  Ye Nan made a special trip to see the old lady, and the old lady's son and daughter-in-law were all standing by, watching Ye Nan arrive. They smiled warmly and said: "Doctor Ye, you haven't slept yet? You're really working too hard."

  "It's okay, I'm still worried, let me take another look, then I'll go to sleep too."

  The old lady slept soundly, Ye Nan took a look at the monitor and saw that her blood pressure, heartbeat and other indicators were all normal, so she didn't go to wake up the old lady again. She quietly instructed the family member: "Be more careful tonight, pay attention to the old lady's condition, and notify our nurse if there is any problem." "We will pay attention, please take care of yourself too!"

  After leaving the ward, Ye Nan handed over to the nurse on duty and went to sleep. He had been playing outside all day and was quite tired. He fell onto the bed for a while before falling into a deep sleep.

  Outside the window, a half-moon was casting a faint, gentle glow that shone obliquely on Ye Nan's face. Ye Nan slept soundly, and the jade pendant on his chest suddenly began to emit a faint, invisible light again.

  Ye Nan's eyeballs trembled slightly, and the scene from last night reappeared. Xiao Dao Tong was in his mind again, but this time he wasn't reciting a book, instead, he was listening to an old Taoist say: "Five hearts facing heaven, eyes observing nose, nose observing heart, spirit gathering at the purple mansion, guiding the spirit back to emptiness, gathering energy into origin. Remember?" Xiao Dao Tong nodded in response.

  The old Daoist smiled and nodded: "Hmm, this is the Tianfu Sect's Gathering Spirit General Decision. Although it's simple, you must remember it in your heart at all times. After I awaken your spirit for you, you can then cultivate it. This is the foundation of cultivation; don't take it lightly."

  Xiao Dao Tong respectfully replied, "Disciple will always remember Master's teachings." "Very good, disciple sit down, Master will immediately perform the ritual of opening your spiritual aperture and from now on you will enter the Great Way, subdue demons and evil spirits, and forever uphold the Heavenly Way. Are you willing?"

  The young Taoist bowed his head and knelt down: "Disciple is willing, thank you for Master's kindness." The old Taoist was overjoyed, stroked his beard and smiled: "Good, good, so my Tao is not lonely, quickly sit well, I will help you to enlighten!"

  The little Taoist sat cross-legged, with his eyes closed and his hands in a specific posture. The old Taoist placed his left hand like a sword, stretched out his right hand to gently rub the top of the little Taoist's head, and muttered some words under his breath. Suddenly, a golden light began to emanate from the palm of his right hand, slowly gathering at the crown of the little Taoist's head. The old Taoist shouted loudly: "Gather the spirit in the purple mansion, guide the soul back to emptiness." His left hand swiftly pointed at the little Taoist's eyebrows, and a strand of golden light entered through the hole, guiding the golden light on top of his head down to the purple mansion, where it circulated once before dispersing into a faint mist within the purple mansion.

  The old Taoist felt that his work was done and put down his hand, asking: "Disciple, do you understand?" The young Taoist boy smiled all over his face: "Your disciple understands, it's just what the Grand Master said!"

  "Very good, you can now practice on your own according to the way the spiritual energy was circulating earlier. From now on, do not neglect it!" The old Taoist then turned and left.