Single-Handed Needling, Yama Needle Revealed, Fire Piled into Ashes, Another Trump Card Added!

Zhao Yingqiong had long known that the "Ghost Doctor" was mysterious and unfathomable, indifferent to gold and silver, with peerless medical skill. Though he could cure difficult and complicated illnesses with a mere gesture, he was unwilling to treat patients lightly, lest others take him for granted. Thus, before treating an illness, he required the patient to seek treatment sincerely and offer a certain "price" before he would act. It secretly accorded with Heaven's principle of "reducing excess to fill deficiency." The Ghost Doctor's conduct was elusive and unpredictable. Though he possessed a benevolent heart, in the eyes of the world, he belonged to neither righteousness nor evil. She cast a sidelong glance, suspicion stirring in her heart.

Li Xian accepted the brocade box and opened its lid. Inside lay a green jade insect, its entire body like jade and giving off a faint fragrance. Clever as he was, he immediately understood. The moment General Zhao arrived, she presented a Green Jade Insect. Sister must have told her something beforehand. Helping General Zhao was originally my duty and obligation as a friend. It truly would not be right to coax such a valuable Green Jade Insect from her. But... if I do not cooperate with Sister, the general will inevitably grow suspicious. Sister truly excels at manipulating hearts. With just a few words, she has stirred things up from within and put me on the rack. Though she means well for me, someday I will have to "stir things up from within" in return. Naturally flirtatious by nature, even as such thoughts flashed through his mind, he still had the leisure to tease himself. The two instances of "stirring things up from within" meant entirely different things.

He set down the Green Jade Insect and said, "You have come seeking