Villain: He humiliated the protagonist's sister, but she fell in love with him.

After the sixth needle was inserted, Wen Ningyue breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that the old woman was alright.

She then picked up the seventh silver needle and inserted it into the acupoint.

The moment the needle pierced her skin, the woman suddenly shuddered and opened her mouth wide.

"ah!!!"

The woman screamed, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

Then she fell backward.

"Holy crap! This guy killed the old lady!"

"Quickly, call an ambulance!"

"Fake doctors are harmful!"

"Sure enough, the more beautiful a woman is, the less trustworthy she is!"

Wen Ningyue stood frozen in place, holding the silver needle, enduring the harsh verbal attacks from the person beside her.

The silver needle was still stuck between her fair and slender fingers, with a trace of blood on its tip.

For the first time since descending the mountain, her usually calm and collected eyes lost their composure, staring blankly at the middle-aged woman who had collapsed to the ground.

Beneath the thin veil, her lips trembled slightly, unable to contain themselves.

"This can't be, this can't be, it shouldn't be like this..."

She panicked.

For the first time, Wen Ningyue began to question her own medical skills.

All the acupuncture techniques, acupoints, and things that my master had taught me in the past seemed unbelievable at this moment.

Just when Wen Ningyue was at a loss.

Lin Ba stepped forward and pulled the silver needle out from between Wen Ningyue's trembling fingers.

Wen Ningyue subconsciously reached out to snatch it back, but just as her fingertips touched the end of the needle, Lin Ba flipped his wrist and flicked it lightly with his finger.

The slender silver needle pierced into an acupoint on the old woman's side that Wen Ningyue had never recognized before, and the end of the needle was still trembling slightly.

In less than three seconds, the woman's pale face visibly regained its color, and her tightly furrowed brows relaxed.

Wen Ningyue's hand froze in mid-air, and she was completely stunned.

The technique of flicking the needle into the acupoint was so fast that she didn't even see the exact location of the acupoint.

Lin Ba said casually:

"Don't just stand there, give me the rest of the needles."

Wen Ningyue opened her mouth, and as if possessed, she took out the remaining silver needles one by one from the cloth bag on the table and handed them over with both hands.

Lin Ba took the needles, pinched the ends of the needles with his fingers, and inserted one, two, three needles into various acupoints on the old woman's waist and back in turn.

Lin Ba inserted the needle more than twice as fast as Wen Ningyue. After the needle was fully inserted, Lin Ba placed his palm lightly above the needle tip, and his palm sank slightly.

A barely perceptible burst of energy stirred the silver needles, causing all the needle tips to vibrate at the same time with extremely subtle amplitude, emitting a low buzzing sound.

Wen Ningyue's pupils suddenly contracted.

This technique of controlling needles with qi requires at least the internal strength level of the Huajin stage to achieve.

After years of arduous training, simultaneously cultivating martial arts and medicine, she has only now barely reached the threshold of the peak of Dark Force.

She stood to the side watching Lin Ba's fluid movements, her fingers unconsciously gripping the hem of her clothes, unable to utter a single word.

In less than five minutes, Lin Ba stopped using his qi to control the needles, pulled them out one by one, and put them back.

He patted the older woman on the shoulder:

"Auntie, it's alright now, get up."

The woman's eyelids twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes. She looked around blankly, then propped herself up and sat up.

She touched her waist, twisted it a couple of times, and looked on with disbelief.

"Huh? It doesn't hurt anymore? It doesn't hurt at all?"

She stood up and took a few steps, completely different from the person who had been curled up and crying in pain just moments before.

The onlookers immediately rushed forward, chattering amongst themselves:

"That young man is amazing!"

"That's real skill!"

"Those few needles made my eyes blurry, did you guys see?"

Some of them turned and glanced at Wen Ningyue, then began to mock her.

"Look at them, and then look at yourself. You're worlds apart."

The older woman went up to Lin Ba and thanked him repeatedly.

"Thank you so much, young man! If it weren't for you, I would be dead, and my old back is finally saved!"

Although she lost her huge compensation, having just brushed with death, she suddenly didn't want to die anymore.

After saying that, he turned to look at Wen Ningyue, his expression immediately changed, and he pointed at her nose and cursed:

"You liar! You almost stabbed me to death! I've seen through you. What kind of free clinic is this? It's utter bullshit! Don't let me see you in Cloud Mist Mountain again!"

Wen Ningyue stood there, her face flushed red beneath the veil, her lips bitten until they turned white.

She wanted to explain, but the image of the old woman vomiting blood was still vivid in her mind, and she couldn't find a point to explain.

She could only lower her head, letting those words bombard her ears...

At this moment, Lin Ba spoke.

"Everyone, please listen to me!"

Everyone looked at Lin Ba, and Wen Ningyue looked over as well.

A sense of anticipation arose in Wen Ningyue's heart.

"He must have come to help me out of this predicament, right?"

"Yes, he did speak up for me just now."

"He also understands medicine, so he should be able to tell that my acupuncture technique isn't just random..."

Just as Wen Ningyue was lost in thought, Lin Ba shattered her illusions in the next second.

Lin Ba turned to look at Wen Ningyue, his tone slightly teasing:

"Dr. Wen, you went down the mountain to practice medicine with such poor skills, and you almost caused a death. I've never seen such an irresponsible doctor."

Wen Ningyue looked at Lin Ba with some disbelief, seemingly not expecting him to say such a thing.

Her clear, cold eyes were filled with grievance and resentment, her eyes reddening, yet she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

She bit her lower lip, forcing herself to swallow her anger.

He gestured with his chin toward An Liu, who then pulled out a pre-prepared notebook from his bag and handed it to Lin Ba, who took it and showed it to everyone.

"Look, my medical license. Even though I'm from a wealthy family, I haven't missed a single one of the required certifications. I would never dare to practice medicine illegally."

A few onlookers came closer to take a look and nodded repeatedly.

"That's a real doctor!"

"It's rare to see someone as well-behaved as Young Master Lin, despite his wealth!"

"Exactly, unlike some people who dare to give injections without even a certificate."

[Ding! Host has humiliated Wen Ningyue. Congratulations on obtaining the Thirteen Needles of Desire!]

[It can calm the soul, expel poison, repair broken meridians, cure martial arts poisons, and even awaken the life force of the dying. However, it will also awaken a certain desire in the person being treated...]

Lin Ba was a little speechless; this acupuncture technique looked rather unorthodox.

He also checked Wen Ningyue's favorability rating.

Name: Wen Ningyue

Age: 18

【Height: 172】

Appearance rating: 95

Body type: C

[Special: 0]

【Favourability: 30】

Lin Ba was somewhat surprised that his favorability rating hadn't dropped.

He thought that humiliating Wen Ningyue like that would at least reduce her score by ten or twenty points.

Officer Liu finished taking notes, closed his notebook, and walked over.

"Wen Ningyue, your illegal medical practice caused adverse reactions in patients, and the situation is quite serious. You need to come back with us for further investigation. Let's go."

......