Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 82 - 81: Golden Needle Saves Lives! (Revised - )

Chapter 82: Chapter 81: Golden Needle Saves Lives! (Revised Chapter)

Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, everyone present was startled.

Tang Zhengyi was the first to come back to his senses, quickly stepping forward to remind, "Mr. Li, this is a matter of life and death, please think it over!"

Li Chen glanced at him and said calmly, "If I can’t save her, even if she is taken to the hospital, her life cannot be prolonged!"

His voice was not loud, but his words carried an extraordinary confidence.

Then, Li Chen walked up to Lan Huanxi and asked, "Do you believe in me?"

Lan Huanxi’s eyes were brimming with tears, choked and unable to speak.

After a long while, she managed to nod her head vigorously, barely squeezing out the words.

"I believe you!"

Li Chen didn’t say anything else and just gave Lan Huanxi a slight smile.

He knew that when Lan Huanxi uttered these three words "I believe you," she had entrusted her mother’s life into his hands.

No matter when, this kind of trust with one’s life is always touching!

Li Chen took a deep breath and said to Lan Huanxi, "Help your aunt into the room."

Lan Huanxi nodded her head like a pecking chicken and, together with her father Lan Laoshi, carefully supported her mother and walked toward the room.

Lan Laoshi wiped the tears from his eyes with his old hands and said, "Young brother, I won’t hide it from you, Huanxi’s mother not only has heart disease but also has gastric cancer. The doctors say it’s late-stage already, with cancer cells spreading everywhere. Surgery is not suitable, and only some traditional Chinese medicine is used for conservative treatment. Even with that, she might not live until the end of this year!"

As he reached the sad part, he choked up and could no longer speak.

Li Chen’s expression remained unchanged as he nodded lightly and said, "Hmm, I understand!"

After that, he reached out to feel Mrs. Lan’s pulse.

Her complexion was ashen, her eyes filled with death qi, and behind her neck, Li Chen found a scar of death.

All these signs indicated: her life was not long for this world!

Even if she was taken to the best hospital in the city for emergency treatment, she would only have three to five days to live.

"Brother Li Chen, can it be cured?" Lan Huanxi asked anxiously as she saw Li Chen’s grave expression.

Li Chen thought for a moment and then extended five fingers, saying, "A fifty percent chance!"

In fact, what is called cancer is nothing more than disease and failure of human organs.

And the chief culprit causing all this is undoubtedly the virus cells!

Virus cells reproduce with extraordinary strength. They proliferate disastrously, crazily devouring the nutrients that other cells depend on to survive.

The human body has approximately 40 to 60 trillion cells, with an average diameter of 10 to 20 microns. Therefore, with the current level of medical advancement, it is fundamentally impossible to eradicate them completely.

If Li Chen were to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, eliminating this stuff would be a piece of cake. Even reviving the deceased or mending bones would be child’s play.

But now he is only at the Innate Realm, even if he uses the Taiyi Golden Needle Technique, he doesn’t have full confidence in pulling someone back from the brink of death at Ghost Gate.

A fifty percent chance is the greatest assurance he could offer!

Li Chen first used the Taiyi Golden Needle to protect Mrs. Lan’s heart meridian and Life Gate. The True Yuan within his body followed the Golden Needle, like the babbling of a brook, flowing into her body, voraciously consuming the cancer cells.

Ten minutes later: Li Chen’s face was grave, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead!

Twenty minutes later, the fine sweat had coalesced into beads the size of soybeans, dripping down with a plop.

Thirty minutes later, Li Chen’s lips turned pale, and his body was in a state of exhaustion. Nevertheless, he still clenched his teeth and persevered.

About a quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Lan suddenly vomited a large mouthful of black blood with a "wa" sound.

Seeing this scene, Li Chen took a long breath of relief. As long as the toxic blood is forced out, even if the cancer cells can’t be completely cleared, one could still be pulled back from Ghost Gate.

"Mom, you woke up!" Lan Huanxi exclaimed with joy seeing her mother’s response.

"Huanxi!"

Although Mrs. Lan’s breath was still faint, her consciousness had cleared. She grasped her daughter’s hand with her withered, thin hand, calling out with difficulty.

"Dad, Mom has awakened, Mom has awakened!"

Overwhelmed with joy, Lan Huanxi cried out tearfully, shouting towards the door.

Lan Laoshi, who was anxiously waiting outside the door, heard his daughter’s shout and, overwhelmed with emotion, his old tears flowed freely as he hurried over.

"How are you feeling now, Huanxi’s mother?"

Mrs. Lan forced a smile and said, "I feel much better now!"

At that moment, Lan Laoshi immediately knelt down before Li Chen with a "thud".

"My savior, you are the lifesaver of our whole family!"

"Uncle, you mustn’t do this, please get up quickly!"

Li Chen tried to help Lan Laoshi up, but his body felt as if it had been drained, completely weakened. Before he could even bend down, his balance wavered, and he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

Lan Huanxi hurriedly stepped forward to support him, asking with concern, "Brother Li Chen, what’s wrong with you?"

Li Chen waved his hand and said, "It’s nothing, just a bit of weakness. I’ll be fine after some rest!"

Lan Huanxi looked at Li Chen and said, "Oh, then let me help you to rest!"

Li Chen, too weak to speak, merely nodded gently.

The rooms in the house were already filled with people; the only space that was still empty was her own bedroom.

In truth, it was less a girl’s boudoir and more like a tidy storeroom.

The room was very small, only seven or eight square meters large.

Apart from a small bed, there was only a desk.

The desk was piled with books, mainly material for the college entrance exam.

Additionally, there was a literary work by a famous American author, Margaret Mitchell’s "Gone with the Wind."

On the wall hung a tattered poster of the film adaptation of "Gone with the Wind," a promotional still of "Scarlett."

Vivien Leigh, the Hollywood starlet playing the heroine Scarlett, radiated beauty and charm.

However, in Li Chen’s eyes, this exceptionally beautiful woman couldn’t compare to the fraction of the fresh charm of the young girl before him.

Aside from the "Gone with the Wind" poster, the only other hint of a girl’s touch in the entire room was the two pots of violets on the windowsill.

The budding flowers exuded a faint fragrance, intoxicating to those around.

Lan Huanxi, embarrassed by the simplicity of her room, hung her head low, her pale fingers intertwined, silently fretful and not daring to meet Li Chen’s eyes.

Li Chen noticed a physics exam paper on the desk that looked somewhat familiar.

Approaching for a closer look, wasn’t this last month’s mock exam from school?

The paper was already filled with her neat handwriting.

He briefly skimmed it and saw that it was mostly correct.

Even the difficult 15-point problem at the end, she had managed to answer half of it, enough to earn at least 8 points. She was slightly better than Lin Xuanfei and Ye Chuxue.

Li Chen clicked his tongue and turned to Lan Huanxi, asking, "Did you do this paper? Not bad!"

Hearing Li Chen’s praise, Lan Huanxi’s heart blossomed with joy. She held back her excitement and said, "Mhm, the last problem was very hard; I couldn’t completely figure it out."

"However, I’ve heard that in City No.1 High School, there’s an incredible top student. They used eighteen different methods to solve this very problem, leaving the teachers at a loss for words!"

Li Chen’s expression inadvertently froze upon hearing Lan Huanxi’s remarks.

Holy cow, has the legend of me spread to this remote mountain village as well?

Lan Huanxi was a girl with delicate sensibilities. Seeing the change in Li Chen’s expression, she quickly corrected herself.

"I just heard about it; it must be an exaggeration!"

Li Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "It’s not an exaggeration, it’s true!"

Lan Huanxi’s eyes widened in astonishment as she asked, "You know him?"

Li Chen thought for a moment and said, "Far in the horizon, close in front of you!"

Lan Huanxi’s face was filled with disbelief as she asked, "Ah, is it you?"

Li Chen raised his eyebrows again, saying, "Don’t believe it? Come here, I’ll solve this problem for you using eighteen different methods!"