As Yan Liangfei spoke, Guo Yong's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, and he immediately said to Yan Liangfei, "Come, come, Little Yan, let me introduce someone to you."

With that, Guo Yong walked over and led Yan Liangfei to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang also rose from the sofa, looking at Yan Liangfei with a smile.

"Ah, so you're Zhang Yang, the new intern who arrived today!" Yan Liangfei deliberately emphasized the word "intern," clearly showing his displeasure at Guo Yong's polite treatment of Zhang Yang. "Great-Uncle, we met once downstairs at the hospital building."

In Yan Liangfei's view, this Zhang Yang was only slightly stronger than him in internal energy. As for medical skills, Yan Liangfei had never personally witnessed Zhang Yang treating the sick, so naturally, he wasn't convinced by this young man who was only a few years older than himself.

"You've met before?" Guo Yong glanced at Yan Liangfei with confusion; he truly didn't know what had happened downstairs at the hospital building.

Subsequently, Yan Liangfei briefly recounted the incident where he almost collided with Zhang Yang downstairs. Of course, he omitted the part about testing each other's internal energy through a handshake.

Yan Liangfei tilted his head slightly, his dissatisfaction with Zhang Yang's special treatment almost entirely written on his face. How astute was Guo Yong? Seeing Yan Liangfei's expression, he had already grasped the truth of the matter. Now, he finally understood why Zhang Yang had previously characterized Yan Liangfei as a rash and childish youth.

In Guo Yong's eyes, the reason Yan Liangfei was so unhappy with Zhang Yang was purely because Zhang Yang was too young. If it had been an older traditional Chinese medicine doctor, Yan Liangfei certainly wouldn't have adopted this attitude; otherwise, Yan Liangfei wouldn't have maintained such good personal relationships with everyone within the hospital.

Because Zhang Yang was too young, coupled with Yan Liangfei himself being a rare genius, he naturally felt a strong sense of being unconvinced by Zhang Yang. However, Guo Yong was confident that with Zhang Yang’s strength, he could certainly manage his grand-nephew.

"Little Yan, Doctor Zhang is also a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and his medical skills are extraordinary, quite renowned in Changjing's medical circles. You must humbly learn from him," Guo Yong shot Yan Liangfei a stern glare and said slowly, "I have already made arrangements. From now on, you will follow Doctor Zhang, rotate through all the departments in the hospital, and learn diligently."

Guo Yong was subtly building up Zhang Yang's prestige while also hoping Yan Liangfei would understand his meaning and not look down on Zhang Yang too much.

But this only made Yan Liangfei even more dissatisfied. In Yan Liangfei's estimation, this Zhang Yang must only possess a little superficial skill and was merely trading on reputation to gain prominence, which was why his Great-Uncle Guo Yong treated him with such importance.

Yan Liangfei grumbled reluctantly a couple of times before, out of respect for his Great-Uncle Guo Yong, he was compelled to nod slightly toward Zhang Yang: "Then I will trouble Doctor Zhang to guide me."

This time, Yan Liangfei was wiser and did not extend his hand. The previous encounter at the hospital entrance, where he tested Zhang Yang's internal energy via a handshake, had caused him a great loss; his hand still ached faintly. He didn't want to suffer another disadvantage in front of Guo Yong.

Yan Liangfei secretly glanced at Zhang Yang, thinking to himself: Hmph, there’s plenty of time for payback. Today, I'll give Great-Uncle face.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yang had been observing Yan Liangfei all along. He realized that Yan Liangfei was indeed one of the owners of the Five Great Special Physiques!

Yan Liangfei's physique was the First-Line Coincident Pupil Body, ranked third among the Five Great Cultivation Physiques. The most distinctive characteristic of this cultivation physique is that individuals possessing it have a faint, almost invisible vertical golden line between their pupils, as if a small Heavenly Eye had opened within their eyes. Because of this, it is also known as the One-Line Golden Pupil. Aside from this, there were no other characteristics, which is why Zhang Yang did not discern his physique when he first saw Yan Liangfei downstairs at the hospital; now, face-to-face, he could see it clearly.

Yan Liangfei indeed possessed one of the Five Great Cultivation Physiques, a physique far superior to the special physiques of Run Yefei and Li Juan. If it weren't for the inherent flaws in this physique, it wouldn't be ranked third among the five great ones.

The inherent flaw of the One-Line Golden Pupil Physique is that most people do not live past the age of thirty-five. Although individuals with this physique might achieve great success at a young age, they often die suddenly from their physical deficiencies before achieving widespread fame.

Precisely because of this congenital defect, this physique has historically been the rarest among the Five Great Physiques.

While others might not know about the One-Line Golden Pupil, the Zhang Family of Medical Sages was certainly familiar with it.

Zhang Yang knew that one of his ancestors had once treated a person with the One-Line Golden Pupil. That patient wanted the Zhang family ancestor to devise a way to break through the limit of the thirty-five-year lifespan.

At that time, the Zhang family ancestor had researched the One-Line Golden Pupil Body and left behind his research notes. The notes stated clearly: if one could break through to the third layer of Internal Energy before the thirty-five-year limit, life could be extended by ten years. If one could break through to the fourth layer of Internal Energy and achieve Great Perfection, then there would be no further lifespan restrictions.

Of course, without a miraculous encounter or external help, Yan Liangfei might only possess the strength of the second layer of Internal Energy when his thirty-five-year limit arrived.

How easy was it for an ordinary person to break through to the third layer of Internal Energy? Otherwise, Zhang Yang himself would not have only reached the second layer of Internal Energy before his rebirth.

But for a genius like Yan Liangfei, who reached the second layer of Internal Energy before the age of twenty, there was a strong possibility he could break through to the third layer before his thirty-five-year limit arrived, extending his life by at least ten years.

The system interface automatically appeared before Zhang Yang. He clicked open the mission to save the Yan Family, and Yan Liangfei's name actually appeared there. His name was displayed in a pale white color. Zhang Yang examined his name, which indicated Yan Liangfei's current data: the strength of the second layer of Internal Energy, and a loyalty level of zero towards Zhang Yang—this was not surprising, given Yan Liangfei's attitude toward him.

However, what shocked Zhang Yang the most was Yan Liangfei's potential value, which reached an astonishing [VALUE REDACTED FOR LITERARY EFFECT], far exceeding that of Run Yefei and Li Juan.

As for the string of gray names following the mission, they appeared to be other disciples of the Yan Family, but these names were all uniformly marked with "DEATH."

Only two female names, displayed in the same pale white as Yan Liangfei's, appeared later in the mission list. These appeared to be the mother and grandmother mentioned by Guo Yong earlier, those two who depended on Yan Liangfei for their livelihood.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but let out a wry smile, feeling that he had picked up a hot potato.

In the true sense, Yan Liangfei was the only remaining person in the Yan Family. To save the Yan Family meant saving Yan Liangfei.

Currently, Zhang Yang had enough spiritual medicine to help Yan Liangfei break through to the third layer of Internal Energy, extending his life by ten years. However, this system mission was to save the Yan Family, not just extend a life. Therefore, simply helping Yan Liangfei break through to the third layer of Internal Energy would not suffice.

As for breaking through to the fourth layer and grasping Great Perfection, these feats could not be achieved purely through spiritual medicine. Especially the final enlightenment, which depended entirely on Yan Liangfei himself. But since Yan Liangfei possessed a special physique like the One-Line Golden Pupil, it was not impossible for him to reach the fourth layer and achieve Great Perfection in the future—it would just make the timeline for this mission exceedingly long.

Zhang Yang smiled bitterly and exited the system's virtual screen. Since he had already accepted the mission, he could only take things one step at a time regarding the final outcome.

Just as Zhang Yang was forcing a bitter smile, the phone on Guo Yong's desk suddenly rang. Guo Yong answered, grunted a couple of times with a frown, then hung up and said to Zhang Yang, "Zhang Yang, remember the child from yesterday?"

Zhang Yang nodded. Of course, he remembered that child; the child's parents were so excessively appalling that it was hard to forget them.

"His grandmother fainted by the bedside. It's a good opportunity; let's go take a look together," Guo Yong said, glancing at Yan Liangfei again before adding, "Little Yan, you come along too."

Yan Liangfei remained silent, obediently following behind Zhang Yang and Guo Yong towards the child's ward.

Inside the ward, the nurse had immediately provided emergency treatment the moment she discovered the elderly woman had collapsed, only then specifically calling Dean Guo Yong to report the incident.

Ordinarily, such a matter would not require alarming Dean Guo, but the doctor who provided emergency care to the elderly woman knew what had happened yesterday, so they specifically called the Dean for instruction.

Unexpectedly, not only did the Dean arrive, but he also brought the young man, Zhang Yang, who had been the center of attention yesterday. Even Yan Liangfei, who had gained some minor renown in the hospital, followed listlessly at the rear, like a little tagalong.

Guo Yong inquired about the elderly woman's condition, and the nurse responsible for her explained, "The root cause of her collapse should be malnutrition. I haven't seen this elderly woman leave the ward from yesterday to today; it seems she hasn't even eaten."

After speaking, the nurse showed a hint of indignation on her face and muttered, "The family of this child is really something, not taking care of anything."

Regarding the child's family, Zhang Yang knew the situation best. Now, those two pairs of parents probably didn't have the capacity to care even if they wanted to.

At Deputy Director Zheng's end, Gu Cheng's logistics company—neither would allow those two outrageous individuals to have an easy time.

The old man lay quietly on the bed, still wearing the patched-up shirt from yesterday. Meanwhile, the child had also woken up, turning his head and looking at the elderly person receiving an IV drip next to the hospital bed with wide, clear eyes, tears glistening at the corners of his eyes.

"Here's what we'll do: waive this child's hospitalization fees. Take all the fees paid by his parents and allocate them as nutritional supplements for this elderly woman and her grandson," Guo Yong frowned and immediately made this decision.

As soon as Guo Yong’s words left his mouth, they were immediately met with opposition from the other doctors and nurses in the ward. (To be continued)