What does it mean that his minor meridians are seventy percent severed? What does eight blocked meridians mean? Li San and the others couldn't understand any of it. They only wanted to know, Xiaofan, when he would wake up, and Ye Aotian, if there was any way to wake Xiaofan up.

"Just tell us directly, we don't understand. Just say, what's exactly wrong with Xiaofan?"

It wasn't just Li San and the others who didn't understand; even Fan Lingtian was at a loss.

"I just need to use gentle Inner Strength to unblock his eight meridians and he'll wake up soon, but..."

"But what?"

"This kid's Inner Strength, I'm afraid it has been completely lost."

"What?"

Upon hearing this news, everyone's eyes widened sharply.

Hearing that a simple treatment could wake Xiaofan up made everyone happy, but if he's lost his Inner Strength, then, then is Ye Xiaofan still Ye Xiaofan?

To lose his Inner Strength means he can no longer perform the remarkable three-step kill maneuver, nor silently use a toothpick to take someone's life. And the biggest issue is, without Inner Strength, how can he protect those he wants to protect?

In short, let's wake him up first and talk later.

The acupuncture session by Ye Aotian only took half an hour, but using Inner Strength to unblock the eight meridians required more time.

By the time all the meridians were unblocked, Ye Aotian once again felt exhausted.

He walked out of the hospital room with the support of Li San and the others.

"Let me know in fifteen minutes to remove the needles. I need to rest for a bit."

"Sir, I have learned some acupuncture skills from Ye Xiaofan. Let me remove the needles later," Lin Qing'Er said calmly.

As she was the special nurse accompanying Xiaofan, it was quite normal for her to be there.

"Hmm? Start from Jianjing Point and be careful not to make any mistakes."

"Okay."

Ye Aotian was incredibly tired and had to close his eyes for a good rest immediately.

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Qing'Er removed the silver needles from Xiaofan's body one by one, while everyone, except for Ye Aotian who had gone for a rest, waited quietly in the room for him to open his eyes.

It seemed as though he had been dreaming for a long, long time, dreaming about many familiar people and places. But those familiar scenes slowly started to fade away. Xiaofan tried desperately to grasp them, yet could only watch them disappear without being able to hold on.

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in front of him. He saw his friends, family, and loved ones beckoning to him, and Xiaofan slowly walked towards them, gradually... seeing smiling faces.

"He's awake, he's awake..."

Li San's voice was the first to convey the message, and one after another, they quickly gathered around.

"Hey, how are you? Do you feel any pain or discomfort anywhere?"

"Oh, you finally woke up, kid."

"Honestly, we thought you were going to kick the bucket."

Xiaofan blinked at everyone, seemingly not able to let his brain function rapidly immediately after waking up. His thoughts were a bit halted.

"Hey, Xiaofan? Say something? You... you can't be amnesiac, can you?" Li San asked anxiously after noticing Xiaofan's dazed look.

"No way? Hey, it's me, Xiaolei, do you remember me? It's me, Xiaolei. Lei Xiaolei."

"I remember you all. I'm not amnesiac. Where is this place? How is Red Butterfly?"

Xiaofan's calm response relieved everyone.

Then, everyone started talking over each other, recounting the events during Xiaofan's coma, that Red Butterfly was uprooted completely, funds recovered in full, and Red Butterfly could never resurge like before.

Of course, not one of them mentioned Xiaofan's lost Inner Strength.

"Xiaofan, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Xiaolei asked softly.

"Hmm, just feeling a bit weak, otherwise, it's okay."

"Oh, oh..."

"Then, is there anything you want to eat? We can go get it for you," Li San continued.

"I don't feel like eating right now."

"Well... um, um..." Han Shengjun intended to ask more but when the words reached his mouth, he didn't know what to say.

"Are you guys hiding something from me?" Xiaofan's eyes suddenly shifted, sharply looking at everyone.

"No, nothing at all."

Startled, everyone shook their heads in denial.

Seeing everyone's peculiar expressions, Xiaofan wasn't an idiot. He suddenly pulled back the sheet on the hospital bed to see his legs still intact, and sighed in relief.

"Damn it, you guys scared me. I thought my legs had been amputated."

"No way, how could that be? Everyone was just too worried about you, especially since you've been in a coma for so long," Han Shengjun added.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to walk around. You've all said I've been lying down for ten days. If I'm really disabled, that would be terrible."

"Hey, take it slow, take it slow..." Everyone hastened to support Xiaofan.

"What? I'm not that weak, am I?"

After saying this with a smile, Xiaofan stood on the ground with the help of everyone. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes slightly, and suddenly, with a sudden realization, opened his eyes wide, looking at everyone with disbelief.

"I... I feel something strange..."

Upon hearing Xiaofan's words, the expressions on everyone's faces changed slightly. They already knew the result, but none of them were willing to voice this cruel fact.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Xiaofan, don't rush..."

"I'm not in a rush, but you have to tell me, what on earth is going on? Why can't I feel my Inner Strength?" As expected, with Xiaofan's sharpness, he had already sensed that something bad had happened to him.

"Your Inner Strength, perhaps it got tired and went to sleep..." Li San's words began to stutter.

"Ren Ying..." Xiaofan called out.

"Um, I..." Rubbing his forehead, Ren Ying dared not meet Xiaofan's gaze and turned around, "I need to go pee."

"Come back. Where is my grandpa? Am I... have I become useless?"

To ordinary people, useless might mean not being able to take care of oneself, but for Xiaofan, losing the martial arts he had long relied on was akin to being useless.

"Yes, your Inner Strength is lost, your minor meridians are almost completely severed, the Inner Strength has long been exhausted and cannot be reconnected."

At that moment, Ye Aotian finally walked into the room. He understood his grandson, and these words, he ought to say them himself.

"Grandpa... I... what exactly is going on?" Xiaofan asked in disbelief at his grandfather.

"You all step outside for now, let us have a moment," Ye Aotian said calmly as he walked in.

Upon hearing this, everyone slowly left the room. They weren't good with comforting words, but they all believed Xiaofan wasn't the type to wallow in self-pity.

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