Gu Jiangang could certainly endure it. A young person or a child might not have been able to, but he could, having lived to this age. For him, life was certainly good, but he had truly come to terms with life and death. He wasn't a god, and there were no gods in this world. Everyone has to die sooner or later. At his age, death was already lurking around him, and it might come one day or one night.
The tingling and itching lasted for five or six minutes. Gu Jiangang was even more surprised when he saw Zhou Xuan's face covered in sweat. Could it really be as Zhou Xuan said, that his internal martial arts were healing him with his internal energy, just like in the movies?
It's unbelievable. Gu Jiangang has never believed in such things before; he thinks they're just fictional stories from movies and TV shows, and that such things don't happen in reality.
Once the tingling sensation subsided, Zhou Xuan's icy energy had already stimulated the bone marrow in Gu Jiangang's leg bones to about 70% of its normal level. Recovering to 100% would be difficult, given Gu's advanced age and the fact that his bodily functions couldn't compare to those of a younger person. Furthermore, the long-term paralysis of his legs had severely atrophied his tendons, bones, and muscles. Even achieving 70% recovery was a testament to the extraordinary power of Zhou Xuan's icy energy!
Gu Jiangang was somewhat lucky that Zhou Xuan had drunk the liquor, and this 41-year-old Moutai was indeed a good product, which greatly helped Gu Jiangang. Otherwise, if Zhou Xuan were of sound mind, he might not have treated the old man's leg ailment.
Zhou Xuan felt both dizzy and excited. But this dizziness wasn't the usual kind of dizziness caused by ignorance; it was the dizziness of extreme euphoria caused by the stimulation of his brain nerves by alcohol. His alcohol tolerance was already high, and with the added effects of the 41-year-old Moutai, he was no longer thinking normally. Instead, he was driven by impulse, wanting to do the most difficult things and climb the most insurmountable mountains.
Zhou Xuan's icy energy swirled rapidly. The symptoms of rheumatism were indeed different from living, diseased cells. Diseased cells, no matter what, were still cells, visible to the icy energy. But rheumatism was merely a symptom, a stubborn illness. It wasn't living cells, so Zhou Xuan's icy energy couldn't detect it. The icy energy wandered back and forth between his legs, unable to pinpoint the culprit behind the rheumatism!
Zhou Xuan frowned. He was somewhat annoyed. It was strange; this rheumatism had paralyzed Old Man Gu, and it had been accumulated over many years. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have gone undetected in his leg, right?
Zhou Xuan really didn't believe in this superstition, so he forced the ice energy to its limit and then searched through Gu Jiangang's legs without missing a single spot.
But the result was still fruitless. Zhou Xuan was somewhat helpless. He withdrew his fingers, took a few deep breaths, and then said, "Old Gu, your rheumatism... hehe, I still haven't figured out the cause."
Gu Jiangang then felt normal again; the itching in his legs had stopped. Zhou Xuan said he couldn't find the cause. That's normal; it wouldn't be normal if he said he could really cure it. He chuckled and said, "It's nothing, nothing. This is an old problem of mine. As I get older, it becomes a stubborn illness that can't be cured. But after what you did, I feel much better physically and mentally!"
Gu Jiangang said those words to Zhou Xuan out of politeness. But after saying them, he genuinely felt much better. The initial foggy feeling in his head was gone, his eyes weren't as blurry, and his vision seemed to have improved. He was also quite puzzled; his legs had been so numb and itchy just moments before, but the numbness had vanished just as quickly!
To be honest, for Gu Jiancai's legs, which had no feeling, the tingling and itching sensation was actually a relief. Although it was tingling and itchy, it was still better than having no feeling at all. As he thought this, he suddenly paused!
Yes, my legs have been paralyzed for many years and I've never felt anything before. How come I feel numbness and itchiness now?
Gu Jiangang was startled. He reached out and touched his leg, feeling the touch of his hand. He reached out and scratched it. He felt fingers scratching it, and was stunned: he could really feel his leg!
As Gu Jiangang thought, he casually moved his feet. Under the command of his mind, his feet stretched and lifted, just like his hands, doing whatever he wanted.
Gu Jiangang was overjoyed. Although he was at an age where his emotions didn't fluctuate easily and he rarely experienced great joy or sorrow, the fact that his legs, which had been paralyzed for so many years, could suddenly move was a joyous occasion. Even if he were to die, he wanted to die in a way that allowed him to walk and move!
Gu Jiangang never expected this to happen, and had no time to think about anything else. In his excitement, he braced himself on the armrests of the wheelchair and stood up.
I felt the weight of my body in my legs and I was able to stand firmly.
Gu Jiangang couldn't bear it any longer. He immediately stepped out of his wheelchair and walked a few steps in the small living room. But after only four or five steps, his body swayed, and his legs felt weak, unable to support him.
Zhou Xuan took a step forward and helped him into the wheelchair, saying, "Old Gu, you can't walk too much right now. You need to recover slowly because your leg and leg bone have atrophied quite a bit. Although you've recovered most of your bone marrow's blood-producing function, it will take at least another week or two for your leg to return to its original state. But you can still walk a few steps slowly and gradually recover!"
After Gu Jiangang sat down, he paused for a moment, then stared at Zhou Xuan and asked, "My legs were numb and itchy, but now I can walk. Did you really cure me?"
"Yes!" Zhou Xuan said excitedly, "I have a few amazing healing techniques. It's not difficult for you to walk again. It's just that you've been paralyzed for too long, causing muscle atrophy and bone marrow to stop producing blood and activating muscles. I've helped you recover from that, which isn't difficult. The difficult part is your rheumatism. I can't seem to find where it is. It should be in the leg bone, but I just can't find it."
Gu Jiangang was speechless when he heard Zhou Xuan's words. Not only had his leg been cured of paralysis so unexpectedly, but what Zhou Xuan said was also like listening to gibberish!
Old Gu has been undergoing treatment for a long time. As the saying goes, someone with many illnesses is practically a doctor, sometimes even more knowledgeable than a regular doctor, because the more they treat, the more they understand medicine. But he didn't understand what Zhou Xuan had just said: "Regenerating muscle and blood, regenerating bone marrow"—can these things be achieved simply by talking about them? Besides, can rheumatism be treated? And how do you find someone to treat it? (To be continued)
Volume 1, Chapter 297: Incredible
Pi Jian Gang, of course, didn't know. And Zhou Fu, of course, wouldn't explain either.
The maid then brought out the dishes, but they were all vegetarian dishes like mushrooms and bamboo shoots, presumably because Old Man Gu's health was not suitable for eating meat and fish, and because his family controlled him.
Gu Jiangang still had some difficulty walking. But he pushed the wheelchair to the side, sat down on the mahogany chair with Zhou Xuan, poured Zhou Xuan some wine, and offered him some food.
Zhou Xuan was living a good life, and he found the light yet exquisite vegetarian food quite delicious.
Gu Jiangang poured more wine. Gu Yuan also came in during this time, but was chased out by the old man. He wanted to chat and drink with Zhou Xuan alone because he felt that Zhou Xuan had a mysterious aura and that he would get to know him better if he spent more time with him.
Zhou Xuan drank a few more small cups of wine. The strong flavor of the Moutai took effect, and his five or six points of drunkenness immediately rose to seven or eight points. He became even more unrestrained, and icy energy emanated from his whole body, spreading aimlessly and randomly.
Gu Jiangang poured the Moutai liquor into his mouth, then it flowed down his throat into his stomach. After entering his stomach, the liquor stirred up wisps of heat, which were absorbed through the pores on the stomach wall.
When Zhou Xuanbing noticed this scene, a thought suddenly struck her!
The rising heat from the wine isn't from cells. The reason he can detect it is because the rising heat from the wine has a certain temperature, or thermal energy.
In that instant, Zhou Xuan immediately realized the reason: it was the temperature!
Upon thinking of this, Zhou Xuan immediately channeled his icy energy to Gu Jiangang's legs, and sure enough, he noticed the difference!
If you were to use ice to locate rheumatism, you certainly wouldn't find it. However, Zhou Xuan had just realized, based on the way Moutai liquor was in Old Man Gu's stomach, that rheumatism isn't a living cell disease like cancer cells or white blood cells, so that method wouldn't find it. But rheumatism is a symptom, and only a symptom!
Zhou Xuan's icy aura finally detected something in Gu Jiangang's leg bones: the bone tissue was a dark, damp color and slightly lower in temperature than normal. Zhou Xuan was comparing his own leg bones to Gu Jiangang's. His own leg bones were clearly healthy and normal in all aspects, while Gu Jiangang's leg bones, aside from aging, differed significantly. There was a cold, damp aura emanating from Gu Jiangang's leg bones. Zhou Xuan thought, "This might be the source of that stubborn rheumatism!"
The rheumatism has penetrated deep into the bone, intertwined with Gu Jiangang's leg bone, forming a whole. To get it out and separate it from the leg bone, it would probably be necessary to pry the bone out!
After finding the cause of the illness, Zhou Xuan used his icy energy to force it back and forth in his leg bones, but the cold dampness was very stubborn and he could not expel the rheumatic energy by simply using his icy energy.
At this moment, Zhou Xuan was relying on the power of alcohol, and he was determined to do whatever he wanted, even if it didn't work. If direct methods didn't work, he would use inhalation.
Zhou Xuan suffered a great loss in the crystal, almost losing all his ice energy. Later, when absorbing ice energy in the crystal, Zhou Xuan was very careful. Now he can control it freely, but the power of the massive ice energy body in the crystal is deeply etched in his mind.
Now, facing the stubborn rheumatic and cold air, Zhou Xuan recalled the scene of the crystal energy absorbing his icy energy. The method used by that huge energy body was still fresh in his memory!
Zhou Xuan swirled the ice energy, using the energy within the crystal to create shapes like ocean waves, tornadoes, and whirlpools. The ice energy was extremely powerful against the rheumatism in Old Man Gu's leg bones. The strong suction of the swirling ice energy drew out the cold and dampness from his leg bones bit by bit. Each bit of rheumatism and coldness was transformed and fused by the ice energy!
Seeing Zhou Xuan sitting there in a daze, having stopped eating and drinking, Gu Jiangang wondered what was wrong with Zhou Xuan this time.
Suddenly, I felt my legs getting really cold, as if I had fallen into an ice cave. I couldn't help but shiver and exclaim, "So cold!"
Ran Xuan waved his hand, gesturing, "Old Gu, have a drink and don't move around!"
Gu Jiangang immediately realized that Zhou An was treating him again. At first, he had numbness and itching, but he was able to walk and move again. His paralysis of many years was miraculously cured. He thought to himself that Zhou Xuan was definitely a benefactor in his life, and he also wondered how he should thank him.
Clearly, Zhou Xuan doesn't care about money or wealth. Usually, what most men like and pursue is nothing more than money, fame, power, and beauty. Gu Jiangang is certain that Zhou Xuan doesn't care about money, and logically speaking, he wouldn't care about reputation either. For someone of his status, fame is something he can easily obtain. As for power, that's the reason Gu Jiangang sought him out, so that's even less likely. The only thing left is beauty!