After the divorce, I became a mountain god

With the help of the boy's parents, after calming the boy down, Xu Bo'an first gave him a full-body massage to help him relax completely and enter a state of rest as soon as possible, which would make it easier to administer acupuncture later.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult to administer acupuncture directly to a small child, especially one with autism, while they are awake.

Sure enough, after Xu Bo'an massaged the little boy for a while, the little boy fell into a deep sleep.

Xu Bo'an then took out his specially made silver needles and began acupuncture treatment on the little boy.

Acupuncture was performed on several points on the boy's head, including Baihui (GV20) on the top of his head, Shenting (GV24) on the forehead, Benshen (GV26) on both sides, the temporal region, and the back of the head.

After a long period of treatment at various hospitals, and with their child receiving acupuncture many times, Mr. Dong and his wife have gained considerable experience. During Xu Bo'an's acupuncture treatment, it was evident that Xu Bo'an possessed profound acupuncture skills.

However, even with his profound acupuncture skills, it was still the most conventional and conservative treatment method, and it wouldn't be very effective for a condition like autism. It wasn't that they didn't have faith in Xu Bo'an's medical skills, but they had become accustomed to this situation over the past eight years of taking their child to seek medical treatment everywhere, and without exception, it had all been ineffective.

Even though they understood this perfectly well, they were still unwilling to shatter that extremely faint hope in their hearts.

After the acupuncture session ended, Xu Bo'an gently removed the acupuncture needles from the little boy's head one by one. He then had the boy's parents press the needle marks with sterile dry cotton balls, cover him with a blanket, and let him rest in the ward.

After explaining the usual post-acupuncture precautions to the boy's parents, Xu Bo'an left the room and closed the door.

After telling Zhang Jimin about the required medications, Zhang Jimin quickly called Bai Susu over and asked her to personally help Xu Bo'an get the medicines.

Bai Susu quickly gathered all the medicines Xu Bo'an needed, went to her grandfather's office, and handed the medicine packets to Xu Bo'an.

After receiving the medicinal herbs, Xu Bo'an nodded politely to Bai Susu and then went to another smaller room to prepare the medicine.

Although Zhang Jimin was eager to know what Xu Bo'an's prescription was and especially wanted to go with Xu Bo'an, even if it was just to assist him, he was too old and forgetful, fearing he wouldn't be able to learn the essence of Xu Bo'an's skills. Bai Susu, on the other hand, was Xu Bo'an's rightful apprentice, so having her go with him was a good idea. This would not only improve their relationship but also allow his granddaughter to learn more about medicine.

However, he couldn't directly point this out to Xu Bo'an, fearing it would offend him. So, he spoke in a more tactful tone to his granddaughter, Bai Susu, who was about to leave the office: "Susu, no matter what, you're Bo'an's apprentice. You can't just leave after delivering the medicine, can you? Shouldn't you at least help Brother Bo'an out? How can you be so old and still so ill-mannered? Really!" Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, Bai Susu stopped in her tracks and turned back to ask if he needed any help. Xu Bo'an then said to Bai Susu, "The medicine you gave me is already in powder form, which is very convenient. I don't need to do any further processing, and the proportions are very easy to mix. I won't trouble you; you can go ahead and get busy."

Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, Bai Susu replied decisively, "Okay, I happen to have several patients waiting to see me. Since you don't need me, I'll get back to work!"

Xu Bo'an nodded to Bai Susu. Because she was busy seeing patients, Bai Susu quickly left her grandfather Zhang Jimin's office.

Xu Bo'an then went to the small cubicle inside to prepare the medicine.

Seeing Bai Susu's anxious and flustered state, Zhang Jimin was truly exasperated. Even if many people sought Bai Susu's medical help, there was no need to rush. Right now, Xu Bo'an was practicing treating patients, and Bai Susu learning from him would definitely be of great help to him. It was such a pity that this little girl had left so soon!

However, upon closer reflection, Zhang Jimin realized that Xu Bo'an never allowed anyone to interfere during the entire process of preparing medicine. Even if Bai Susu were willing to go in, Xu Bo'an might not agree. What Xu Bo'an said just now might not have been just polite talk, but rather a genuine desire to prevent others from disturbing him. But whatever, Bai Susu is now Xu Bo'an's first and only apprentice. If Xu Bo'an is willing, he will definitely teach her sooner or later, so there's no need to rush.

After figuring this out, Zhang Jimin waited patiently in his office.

After entering the inner compartment, Xu Bo'an quickly focused his attention on the location of the spiritual spring in the bonsai world, and then picked up the container beside him and scooped out some water from the spiritual spring.

At this moment, Xiao Jin, who was guarding the spiritual spring in the cave beneath it, had already sensed the fluctuations of the spring and was preparing to go out to protect it. However, after sensing that it was the aura of the mountain god, he quickly went back to rest in his cave.

Xu Bo'an thoroughly mixed the scooped-out spiritual spring water with the medicine and water, and then processed it into pills that could be eaten directly through a series of steps. However, Xu Bo'an did not put too much spiritual spring water into the pills; on average, there was only a tiny drop of spiritual spring water, less than the size of a child's fingernail, in each pill.

Although Xu Bo'an knew that the spiritual spring water was completely free of side effects, he was still concerned about its supposed life-saving properties and ability to strengthen the body and bones, as Xiao Jin had described it. He worried that such potent effects might actually work on autism. If too much spiritual spring water was added, and the boy only needed one pill, the outcome would be good, but autism is a global problem. If he were completely cured by just one of his pills, wouldn't that cause a global uproar? Xu Bo'an didn't want to attract such attention, at least not until he was powerful enough.

Even if the experiment fails, Xu Bo'an won't suffer too much loss. After all, spiritual springs are extremely precious and non-renewable resources, and Xu Bo'an doesn't want to waste too much of such valuable resources. (End of Chapter)