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In the sunlight, Wang Xiaoqiang saw the five fingers pinching his father's ankle, each exuded a stream of green energy. This energy resembled the veins inside a plant, giving a sense of vitality and a refreshing feeling of spring. The lively green energy flowed like water into his father's swollen skin.
Wang Xiaoqiang was astonished by the scene before him. He could feel that the green energy came from an unknown "object" in his palm, or perhaps the Five Elements Spirit Spring, and his expression immediately changed after a slight distraction. He quickly looked up and glanced at the three people nearby. His mother and sister-in-law had come over and were crouching in front of his father, inspecting his injury, while his father was also intently observing his own wound. However, all three of them looked normal, showing no signs of surprise or astonishment.
Wang Xiaoqiang let out a quiet sigh of relief. Clearly, only he could see the green energy flowing from his fingertips. Otherwise, The Two Elders of the Wang Family and his sister-in-law would have jumped up in shock by now.
To cover up, Wang Xiaoqiang immediately started to gently knead his father's ankle with his fingers. He found that as he pressed with his fingers, the energy flowing from the tips became thicker and faster.
"Ahh... it doesn't hurt anymore!" Father Wang, staring at the skin his son had massaged, felt as if his son's hands held some kind of magic power. The area he touched felt cool, as if a plaster had just been applied. Unlike the plaster, the effect was quicker and stronger, not only did the pain stop, but there was also a refreshing cool sensation.
"Really? For real?" Mother Wang, fraught with worry, doubted Father Wang's sudden relief and asked, "Could Little Qiang's hands be even more effective than plasters?"
Father Wang gave Mother Wang a look: "Pshh, I, Wang Kuishan, have never been known to lie my whole life. Would I even deceive my own family!
Liu Juyi was also skeptical about her father-in-law's words, but seeing that his pale complexion regained a hint of color, she knew it was real, and felt both relieved and amazed. Her moist, large eyes turned toward Wang Xiaoqiang, "Little Qiang, could you possibly know massage?"
Wang Xiaoqiang, also greatly surprised that the green energy was helpful for his father's injury, neither denied nor acknowledged his sister-in-law's question but just lifted his head and grinned at her, showing a mouthful of white teeth.
In the village, young men like Wang Xiaoqiang usually didn't care much for hygiene. This included Wang Xiaoqiang's brother, Wang Dali, who generally didn't have the habit of brushing his teeth morning and night nor washing his feet. Even worse, they liked to eat garlic and pick at their toes, but Wang Xiaoqiang was different; he liked to be clean, which could be seen from his gleaming white teeth.
Wang Xiaoqiang's shining white teeth reflected the sunlight, momentarily dazzling Liu Juyi and slightly dazing her with her gaze fixed on her brother-in-law's face.
Wang Xiaoqiang quickly looked down. He noticed his father's swollen ankle had subsided, and the color of the skin had lightened.
Wang Xiaoqiang timely withdrew his hand. The "Spiritual Spring" in his palm retreated up his arm and slowly returned to the region around his heart.
"Hey! You little rascal, really have some magic, huh? How can it stop hurting just from your touch?" Father Wang moved his previously injured ankle and found it not only painless but also flexible and free. He couldn't help but gently pat his son on the head.
"So Little Qiang really has such skill?" Mother Wang, seeing this, was filled with joy and relief, "Is he catching up to Li Tiena?"
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Li Tiena was a bone-setting master in the county town, and everyone from miles around, anyone who sprained an ankle or broke a bone, would seek his services. If it weren't for his son, Wang Xiaoqiang, fixing Wang Kuishan's arm just now, they inevitably would have had to visit Wang Kuishan for a treatment.
"Psh, Li Tiena is nothing special, he just gets the blood flowing for his patients, no real skill," Wang Kuishan said disdainfully, then, looking up at his son with suspicion, he asked, "Little Qiang, can you really do massage therapy?"
This question from Father Wang was actually a doubt shared by everyone, so at that moment, the three family members all fixed their gaze intensely on Wang Xiaoqiang. Feeling their stares, Wang Xiaoqiang became uncomfortable once again. He had always been an honest child, but now he felt he had to lie, for if he didn't, this miraculous matter would probably terrify his family.
With an ingenuous smile, Wang Xiaoqiang said, "Well... when I was in junior high, I once twisted my ankle, and to save money, I bought some books on massage therapy and treated myself. So, I guess I know a little bit, just the basics... hehe..."
Although Wang Xiaoqiang spoke modestly, at that moment, the way his parents and sister-in-law looked at him had greatly changed. In their eyes was surprise, admiration, and even a bit of respect.
A capable person, no matter their age, whether in the city or the countryside, is always respected.
Take the bone-setting master Li Tiena, for example. With his superb bone-setting techniques, he made his small private hospital more popular than the county's large hospital, and Li Tiena himself, widely praised as "the foremost bone-setter of Huagui County," had gained both fame and fortune as a renowned doctor throughout Huagui County.
The bone-setting skills of Li Tiena were something the Wang Kuishan couple had experienced; they had been treated at his small hospital after a car accident. To tell the truth, his bone-setting skills were indeed decent, a first-class presence in Huagui County. However, compared to Wang Xiaoqiang's performance today, they fell short by a lot. It could even be said that they were not on the same level.
Therefore, if the son's massage skills weren't a fluke but genuine skill, then those skills could be a blessing for the Wang family.
Finding himself the focus of his family's attention made Wang Xiaoqiang feel unnatural. He stood up, looking for an excuse to leave and said, "Dad, Mom, Sister-in-law, you go on eating, I'll go check on the crops in the field..."
"Alright, go on! Go on!"
The Two Elders of the Wang Family and Liu Juyi said in unison, their tone unexpectedly polite.
Upon leaving the house, Wang Xiaoqiang ran to the fields, his mind filled with the vision of the green aura emerging from his fingertips. Caught up in the excitement, he couldn't help mumbling to himself, "It's a superpower, no doubt, it really is a superpower!"
If the extraordinary abilities that the Five Elements Spiritual Spring had previously shown were just his subjective conjecture, then the green aura that emerged from his fingertips while healing his father was a living proof, an outward manifestation of a superpower.
Even though it was a manifestation, the aura was only visible to him, not to others. It was too magical, too wonderful!
Despite frequently reading urban fantasy novels with superpowers online, when real superpowers appeared in himself, Wang Xiaoqiang still couldn't contain a wave of excitement and thrill.