Chapter 65: Suddenly Soaring

  Congye originally thought that with the help of Qi Grandfather and others, he had already been very satisfied with his middle school military rank, and the military rank was not low either. However, after arriving at the retirement home, he realized that a middle school military rank in the retirement home was equivalent to a new recruit who had just joined the army company. Congye found out that even the orderlies of the various leaders were not lower than the middle school military rank. In addition, the mountain peak where the retirement home was located was originally not called General Mountain, but only after the construction of the retirement home was it named "General" by everyone, and its original name was no longer mentioned.

  Although Qi Lao set an example by taking the lead, the various leaders who had not been treated personally by Cong Ye were still skeptical. It wasn't until Cong Ye began to treat each of them according to their specific conditions and achieved immediate results that the entire Ganxiu Temple was almost boiling over.

  When they arrived at the nursing home, there was another point that made Congye feel a lot wiser. That is, those who needed to be treated for physical illnesses were all former war heroes with great military achievements and high positions of power. Not only in Congye's eyes, but almost everyone's eyes, they were extremely majestic generals. In fact, they were just ordinary people. When the halo that was artificially added to them disappeared, there was no difference between them and ordinary old men. If you had to say there was a difference, it would be that these generals who had been baptized by war and tested by life and death were more open-minded. Every day, they gathered together, laughing and chatting loudly. If you didn't understand their background and identity, you would never have thought that they had such an illustrious identity.

  Especially the more than ten people with Qi Lao as their core, almost everyone has an indecent nickname. When they are together, regardless of who is present, they uniformly use nicknames to address each other. There's "Baldy", "Lame Guy", "Can't Eat Enough", "Green-haired Turtle" and so on, it's really endless.

  The mysterious hot current in the Congye body brought hope to all the leaders, allowing them to see the opportunity to get rid of the days of suffering from injections and medication. For a time, those old stubborn children almost regarded Congye as their leader. If anyone inadvertently said something disrespectful to Congye or spoke with a slightly heavy tone, they would be attacked by the group.

  What's more, they even let the doctors who were originally in charge of their health care become Congye's assistants, and have them listen to Congye's orders.

  In the twenty-seven generals of the Ganxiu Temple, after being treated one by one by Congye, they cheered and jumped for joy. However, Congye looked somewhat worried. After being seen by Qi Lao, one evening, he found Congye alone and asked:

  "What's wrong, Cong Ye?"

  "Uncle Qi, I have an idea, but I don't dare to take action rashly."

  "Let's talk about it."

  "Master Qi, it's like this. You and the other leaders are all advanced in age, with even the youngest being over 70 years old. It can be said that the meridians inside your bodies are not smooth, and many acupoints are almost completely blocked. Taking Master Qi as an example, I've thought about dredging the meridians outside of the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian for you many times, but after trying a few times, I stopped due to fear of taking risks."

  "What great danger will there be?"

  Having heard this, Qi Lao already understood, so he directly asked for the result.

  "There is no danger of death, but when dredging the blocked acupoints, it's possible to cause a break in this meridian due to improper force. Given your physical condition, it's almost impossible for the broken meridian to recover."

  "What is the result of meridian fracture?"

  "It's not much different from now, after all, the places that are easy to break are where the meridians are blocked."

  "What else are you worried about?"

  "Although Western medicine doesn't study meridians, there are still many old Chinese doctors who can understand by feeling the pulse."

  "Oh..."

  Qī Lǎo understood the meaning of Cóng Yè's words. The arrival of Cóng Yè originally had some implications of snatching food from those people. If, in the process of unblocking the meridians for the various leaders, it causes a break in the meridians, it will inevitably be used as a handle by those people. Although the generals in the Gan Xiu Temple won't bother with Cóng Yè, what about their family members, subordinates, and relevant national departments?

  "Cong Ye, wait for me, I'll go and negotiate with those old guys."

  "Okay, grandpa."

  Qizao turned around and left, but within ten or so minutes, almost all of the leaders had arrived at Congye's room.

  "Cong Daifu, at our age, what can't we understand? Just let go and do it, this is the promise we made to you. If anyone dares to trouble you behind your back, just show it to them."

  Cong Ye took the paper from their hands and opened it, almost bursting out laughing.

  It is we who forced Chun Ye Dafu to treat us, and we take all the consequences. If anyone makes difficulties for him or frames Chun Ye Dafu, they are unfaithful and unfilial people, and everyone can execute them.

  Here are the signatures of all the leaders.

  "Everyone has said enough, there is absolutely no need to write these."

  "It is necessary, it is necessary."

  "Cong Daifu, when did you start unblocking our meridians?"

  "Yes, from whom shall we start?"

  "It's all nonsense, naturally it starts with me, starting from tomorrow."

  Mr. Qi's words made those who wanted to rush for first place give up their idea and instead compete for second place.

  "Alright, alright, go back and fight, don't disturb Cong Ye's rest."

  The whole family crowded around the dwelling of Congye, and after making a big fuss for more than an hour, they finally adopted the method of drawing lots to determine the order.

  The next day, after breakfast, Cong Ye started with Qi Lao. However, those who were curious about the generals all surrounded Qi Lao and Cong Ye. Even when Qi Lao scolded them to chase them away, they all pretended not to hear or see anything. Qi Lao was also helpless and could only say:

  "Look but don't make a sound."

  Congye started from the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian for Qi Lao, and it took him four hours to complete just this one meridian. Moreover, he had exhausted all his internal heat flow. The internal heat flow in Congye's body was now more than twice as much as when he first treated Qi Lao's Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. Despite this, he barely managed to unblock Qi Lao's Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian. This result far exceeded Congye's expectations.

  In the following days, Cong Ye generally spent his mornings unblocking the meridians for the various leaders. He didn't do it by completely unblocking all the meridians on one leader's body before moving on to the next. Instead, he would unblock one meridian on each leader and then cycle through them again. In the afternoons, he would retreat to a secluded spot to meditate and recover his depleted internal energy. Every day, Cong Ye would push himself to the edge of exhaustion after unblocking the meridians, so when he recovered, his internal energy would increase by almost 10% each time. This meant that roughly every ten days, the internal energy in Cong Ye's meridians would double.

  After a month, Cong Ye felt the swelling sensation in his meridians, and he didn't know if continuing would be dangerous. However, the growth of the heat flow was not something he could control. To prevent the heat flow from growing or to slow down its growth rate, he could only stop working on unblocking the meridians for the various leaders. After some thought, Cong Ye decided to continue unblocking the meridians for the leaders and see what changes would occur in two more days.

  The hot flow in the meridians of Congye's body has now tripled, and it is more than enough to unblock one meridian for a leader. Therefore, the whole process has also accelerated significantly. However, he still adheres to the principle of only unblocking one meridian for one leader per day. At this rate, 27 leaders will need 378 days, which is more than a year.

  However, Cong Ye also understood that when the physical condition of the leaders in the nursing home changed significantly, those who lived in the hospital and at home would definitely come to hear the news. This made Cong Ye more and more worried, he really missed the small courtyard in Guanhai City's Rizhao Alley, and of course, also Qingcheng Medical Hall. Although since coming to the nursing home, almost every day had to make a phone call to Yan Qingcheng, but Cong Ye was more and more nostalgic for those days when he guarded Yan Qingcheng by her side.