The patient’s vital signs stabilized and gradually returned to normal.

Outside the ward, everyone was stunned.

A fanatical gleam appeared in Yamada’s eyes. ’This is Chinese medicine... This is Kampo... No, this is a divine art—bringing the dead back to life, truly bringing the dead back to life.’

At that moment, on the hospital bed, Zhao Qingya suddenly took a deep breath.

It was an incredibly long breath, as if she were trying to inhale all the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

As she inhaled, she, who had been in a coma, slowly opened her eyes.

Her gaze was clear, as pure as water.

"It smells so good..."

A faint yet clear murmur escaped her lips.

That single sound declared Death’s retreat.

...

Outside the ward, the patient’s mother watched the suddenly improving data on the monitor and heard her daughter’s faint murmur. It was as if all her strength had been drained away. Her legs buckled, and she nearly collapsed onto the floor, tears streaming uncontrollably down her cheeks.

"Yaya, my Yaya."

Overcome with emotion, she started to rush into the ward but was quickly stopped by Lin Guorui.

"President Wang, calm down. You must calm down."

Although Lin Guorui was also very excited, he was ever-mindful of his duties as a doctor. "The patient has just woken up. Her mind is still very fragile and can’t handle any major emotional shocks. If you rush in like this and startle her, all our efforts will have been for nothing."

The patient’s father had seen his share of major situations. Although his eyes were also red, he kept his wits about him.

He pulled his wife back and soothed her, "Listen to the doctor. Yaya is awake now. We don’t have to rush in this very second."

The patient’s mother covered her mouth and nodded frantically.

...

Inside the ward, Li Xu removed all the Golden Needles and was taking Zhao Qingya’s pulse.

Her pulse was still somewhat faint and weak, but that "rooted" feeling was now very clear.

It was like a withered tree that had reconnected with the earth’s ley lines, with life force now flowing endlessly.

He nodded and gave Lin Guorui, who was outside the door, an "OK" sign.

Lin Guorui let out a sigh of relief and immediately arranged for a nurse to wheel in a portable color Doppler ultrasound machine for an examination.

A dozen or so minutes later, a series of test results came back.

The pericardial effusion was significantly reduced, and the fatal cardiac tamponade had been resolved.

The major blood vessels, which had been narrowed by the tumor’s pressure, now had blood flowing at a normal rate.

Even more miraculously, the previously stiff cardiac muscle was now contracting and relaxing powerfully.

"This is simply a miracle..."

The doctor operating the ultrasound exclaimed in amazement as he worked, "Her heart function has recovered to Class II. Although she’s not completely healed, the critical period where she could have died suddenly at any moment is definitively over."

"As long as her heart is stable, we now have the time and methods to slowly begin treating the tumor and depression."

Lin Guorui happily reported to the family, "The situation is looking excellent."

After hearing this, the patient’s parents turned and gave a deep bow to Li Xu, who had just stepped out of the ward.

"Dr. Li, you are our whole family’s savior."

The patient’s father gripped Li Xu’s hand, so emotional he was nearly incoherent. "Words can’t express such a great debt. In the future, if you ever need anything, as long as it doesn’t violate my principles, I will not hesitate to help."

"Healing the sick and saving lives is just my duty," Li Xu said. "It was mainly that fate had not decreed the patient’s death. I simply gave things a push in the right direction."

After the two had thanked him profusely, the patient’s mother suddenly remembered something and asked cautiously, "Dr. Li, that... that incense from before, is there any more?"

"I saw that Yaya seemed much more comfortable after smelling the incense. Will she still need to use it?"

Li Xu nodded. "It would be best to use it continuously for a period. This incense not only nourishes the heart meridians and repairs damaged organs, but more importantly, it has a miraculous effect on depression. It can open the orifices, awaken the mind, and dispel the gloom in one’s heart."

"How about this, I can spare some more for you. Once you have the patient settled, you can come to my clinic to pick it up."

Li Xu pondered for a moment. "I’ll give you 200 grams. But this stuff is truly rare, so the price might be a bit high. I’ll charge you 10 million. How does that sound?"

"No problem, no problem."

The patient’s parents nodded repeatedly and agreed without a second thought.

In truth, the Ten Thousand Year Old Agarwood was priceless.

Li Xu had quoted a price of 10 million, firstly, to make the family cherish it, and secondly, to ward off some unnecessary trouble. However, trouble arrived anyway.

Yamada, who had been listening intently from the side, could no longer hold back and eagerly shuffled over.

His small eyes glinted with a fanatical light. "Dr. Li, forgive my forwardness, but was what you used just now the legendary Agarwood?"

Li Xu gave him a surprised look.

’I didn’t think the old devil knew his stuff.’

’Then again, it makes sense,’ he mused. ’Japan’s Traditional Chinese Medicine was deeply influenced by China, and their study of the way of incense borders on obsession.’

’It’s not surprising he knows about Agarwood.’

"That’s right, it’s Agarwood."

Li Xu admitted it openly.

"I knew it!" Yamada slapped his thigh in excitement. "I just knew it! Only Agarwood has that kind of soul-piercing fragrance."

But then he frowned. "However, Dr. Li, I’ve also studied numerous ancient texts and have even seen some Agarwood myself. Although the books say Agarwood has the effect of clearing the orifices and passages, I’ve never heard of it having such an immediate, even life-restoring, divine effect. The one you used... what kind of Agarwood was it exactly?"

Ordinary Agarwood, even the highest quality, is mainly for calming the spirit, aiding sleep, circulating qi, and stopping pain.

To be able to instantly pull someone back from the brink of late-stage heart failure combined with tumor compression... this completely overturned his understanding of the world.

Li Xu gave a faint smile. "The lands of China are vast and abundant. There will always be some things that aren’t recorded in books."

Seeing that Li Xu was unwilling to say more, Yamada’s eyes darted, and his expression instantly changed. He plastered on a smile and said, "Dr. Li, we’re here for a Sino-Japanese medical exchange, which is all about sharing resources and making progress together. This Divine Medicine... could you gift some to us? We’d like to take it back for research, you know, to benefit all of humanity!"

Li Xu almost laughed out loud.

’This old devil has some thick skin. Asking someone to just give away a priceless treasure like this?’

"My apologies, Professor Yamada."

Li Xu refused him flatly, giving him no face whatsoever. "This stuff is extremely rare. I don’t even have enough for myself, so I can’t give any away."

Yamada wasn’t the least bit embarrassed, clearly having been prepared for this.

He immediately changed his tune. "Then I won’t ask for it for free. I’ll buy it. Can I buy it?"

He held up one finger. "I just want 100 grams. I’ll offer 10 million. That’s 100,000 per gram, several hundred times more expensive than gold. That should be acceptable, right?"

Li Xu still shook his head. "Not for sale."

Yamada got anxious. "Then I’ll raise my offer. 50 million."

Li Xu still shook his head.

"100 million. One hundred million."

Yamada gritted his teeth and spat out an astonishing number.

It was indeed an extremely tempting price.

One million per gram. That was enough to trade one gram for an entire apartment in an average city.

Gold was only 1,000 yuan per gram. Yamada’s offer was 1,000 times more expensive than gold.