The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

The shopkeeper walked over with a smile and said, "Young master, you have excellent taste! This Yin-Yang Pearl is the treasure of our shop. We don't sell it to just anyone. But since you have such good eyes, we are reluctantly parting with it and will sell it for five thousand taels."

Su Zinong scratched his head, feeling embarrassed. After buying the jade boat, he only had four thousand taels of silver left. He couldn't possibly spend it all and not have a single tael left! Besides, it wouldn't be enough.

Seeing that Su Zinong was interested, Huang Chenghe gently picked up the bead. It looked like jade but wasn't, and it felt cool and hot to the touch, which was quite peculiar.

He asked, "What's so special about this bead? It looks quite unique. Can you give me a discount?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "As I've already said, this is the Yin-Yang Pearl, our prized possession, so the price is naturally high. Unlike ordinary pearls that simply emit light, this pearl possesses both red and blue light, which constantly changes. It's a plaything only someone of high status can afford. It's said to have great uses, but they are very secretive, waiting for a destined person to unlock its secrets. I think this young master is destined for it, so I'll offer a further discount: four thousand taels!"

In the end, Su Zinong gritted his teeth and bought the Yin-Yang Pearl for three thousand taels of silver.

He initially thought the price was too high and didn't want to buy it, but after asking Huang Chenghe and Qin Xiangxue about the price, he felt embarrassed to refuse, and he really liked it. So he gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and took out his meager silver notes to buy it.

Consider it a gift from those black-clad assassins.

After returning to the village, Su Zinong took out the Yin-Yang Bead and examined it closely. Apart from the unique feel and color changes, it had no words or patterns on it, just a smooth surface. He didn't find anything else hidden, and even if there were, it wouldn't be easy to spot.

He couldn't help but wonder if he had been ripped off. Compared to the two items Huang Chenghe had bought on Golden Island, this Yin-Yang Bead was practically useless, and he felt like he had overpaid.

In the afternoon, Huang Chenghe went to find Qin Xiangxue, but she hid in her room and refused to come out.

He was clearly no longer angry, so why did he suddenly act this way? Huang Chenghe went to Su Zinong to discuss and analyze the situation.

“You did go a bit too far, but as you said, she was not angry at first, but suddenly she had emotions again, which is indeed puzzling. It’s just that I don’t know her well, so I can’t judge for the time being.”

Qin Xiangxue hadn't even left her room by dinner time.

The maid repeatedly apologized, and later Qin Xiangxue's senior brother came to accompany her. Her senior brother didn't know why either; he had only come because Qin Xiangxue had sent a maid to call him to greet the guests.

Huang Chenghe, the senior student, was someone she naturally knew, so the atmosphere during the meal was quite pleasant. Su Zinong, on the other hand, felt more at ease, at least not as awkward as when he sat with Qin Xiangxue.

The next morning, Huang Chenghe went to knock on the door again.

"Come out quickly, why are you hiding in your room all day long?" Huang Chenghe asked suspiciously.

"I'm not coming out, don't worry about me! There will be people in our village to take care of you." Qin Xiangxue didn't come out, but only called out from inside the room.

"Why? I've come all this way to visit you, and you can't treat me like this, avoiding me. Tell me why you're doing this. Are you still angry? I'll apologize again. Or how about I give you this precious sword as an apology?" Huang Chenghe was always generous.

"It's none of your business! Go out and have some fun first, I'll be out in a couple of days." Qin Xiangxue insisted on not coming out.

At this moment, the maid waved to Huang Chenghe from a distance.

Huang Chenghe walked over, and the maid whispered, "Miss has something growing next to her eye; it's a sty."

"If you have a sty, you should see a doctor. Why are you locking yourself in your room?" Huang Chenghe asked, puzzled.

"Miss has always cared about her appearance and feels she shouldn't be seen in public. I tried to persuade her to have a doctor come to the house, but she refused, saying she would only do so if she killed the doctor after the consultation!" The maid sighed.

Huang Chenghe hurriedly ran back to Su Zinong's room and said, "Brother Su, don't you know how to cure diseases?" Huang Chenghe grabbed Su Zinong and ran outside.

"What illness? I can't cure all illnesses. Who's sick?" Su Zinong was curious about who was sick that could make Huang Chenghe so anxious; it must be someone extremely important.

"Who else could it be? It must be that spoiled brat with a sty!" Huang Chenghe said as he walked.

"I do know how to treat styes," Su Zinong said with a slight smile.

"Open the door quickly! I've already found a doctor for you. If you don't open the door, I'll break it down!" Huang Chenghe arrived at Qin Xiangxue's room and pounded on the door.

Helpless, Qin Xiangxue opened the door and covered her eyes with one hand.

“I’ve seen how chubby you were when you were little, what’s there to be embarrassed about? It’s just a sty!” Huang Chenghe shouted.

“Childhood is childhood, how can it be the same! Hmm, where is the doctor?” Qin Xiangxue looked around.

"Young Master Su is the doctor!" Huang Chenghe said smugly, and took advantage of Qin Xiangxue's momentary lapse in attention to pull her hand away. Sure enough, a small, red pimple the size of a grain of rice had appeared next to her eye.

Huang Chenghe originally wanted to make fun of her, but knowing that Qin Xiangxue cared extremely much about her appearance, he held back his laughter and bowed to Su Zinong, saying, "Doctor Su, please treat me."

"This sty isn't a serious illness. Even if you don't treat it or just drink some cold water, it will disappear in five or six days. If you get acupuncture, it might heal in one or two days, or even two or three days, but the needles might hurt a bit..." Su Zinong explained to the two of them.

"You know acupuncture?" Qin Xiangxue asked.

"There's nothing I can't do. I can only say that Brother Su is a multifaceted genius," Huang Chenghe said proudly, as if he himself possessed such abilities.

"Then hurry up and come, I'm not afraid of pain," Qin Xiangxue urged.

Su Zinong ran back to his room to get silver needles and needled acupoints such as Chengqi, Sibai, Yuyao, Hegu, and Zanzhu.

Although it hurt a lot, Qin Xiangxue endured it, after all, she wanted to recover as soon as possible.

Su Zinong wrote out a prescription for a soup and handed it to a maid to go out and buy the medicine.

"I never imagined that Young Master Su possessed such a unique skill, actually knowing medicine and acupuncture! I admire you greatly, thank you!" Qin Xiangxue exclaimed in admiration.

"Not at all, Miss Qin is too kind!" Su Zinong replied shyly.

"Everyone says Brother Zinong is amazing, now you believe it! I heard before that there are other miraculous ways to cure styes, I don't know if it's true. Styes are caused by seeing things you shouldn't have seen, there are two methods: First, you have to completely forget what you saw, and you will heal quickly. Second, if you got a sty from seeing a person of the opposite sex, you just need to show that person your own body, and you will heal quickly..." Huang Chenghe said with a grin.

"You're asking for it!" If Qin Xiangxue hadn't had a sty, she would have chased Huang Chenghe all over the manor and the streets to beat him up.

"I'm just asking Brother Su if there's any basis for these claims in medical theory," Huang Chenghe said with a chuckle.

"The first method, forgetting what you saw, is treating the root cause and has some merit, but forgetting in a short time is difficult and therefore impractical. The second method is that if a stye is caused by seeing a member of the opposite sex, allowing that person to see you will evoke feelings of shyness, which will calm the inflammation and perhaps speed up the healing process. However, Brother Chenghe, we shouldn't be so rude to Miss Qin. Acupuncture will suffice; there's no need for those strange methods." Su Zinong's analysis made a lot of sense.

Huang Chenghe waved his hand and said, "There's never too many ways to speed up recovery; I think it's absolutely necessary..."