My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 1254: 494: Standing on the Scalpel, A Doctor's Duty Is More Than Healing

Zhou Can quickly examined the medical attributes.

[Stable Knife Technique, Current Experience Points: Proficient Level 1/100000, As stable as a mountain, as nimble as a swallow, using the knife and feet as pivots, resembling the three-legged stance of a tripod. Can be integrated into all surgical skills involving knives.]

Persistent grinding turns an iron pestle into a needle.

Day after day of relentless practice had elevated his Stable Knife Technique to the second realm—Proficient Level.

In the operating room, the scalpel serves as the body's pivot point, creating a tripod formation alongside the feet.

Physics dictates that a triangle provides the sturdiest structural form.

Ancient sages possessed foresight far beyond their era; back in Yu the Great's time, they crafted massive three-legged cauldrons to combat floods and savage beasts.

The famous Nine Provinces Tripod consisted of nine such vessels, every one with three legs.

Zhou Can never anticipated that the Stable Knife Technique's second realm would treat the knife like a third leg, establishing a tripod with his feet. This profound mastery of blade work defies ordinary imagination.

Repetitive training is the only path forward. Skills unveil their secrets through constant practice.

It signifies a deeper grasp of force utilization.

Did Hu Kan's Stable Knife Technique at the second realm also adopt the tripod stance? No one can say.

Since Hu Kan is gone, confirmation remains out of reach.

Zhou Can treasures both the Stable Knife Technique and Fast Knife Skill equally, as each shines in its domain.

With Stable Knife Technique now at Proficient Level and Fast Knife Skill matching it there too, might this disrupt the harmony between them, disrupting his signature fusion of fast and stable blade work?

Tests revealed no disruption whatsoever.

On the contrary, the Stable Knife Technique's upgrade enhanced the stability and agility of his custom blade style.

Having resected the afflicted ileum section and swollen mesenteric lymph nodes, Zhou Can then debrided nearby tissues and removed potential secondary sites.

Spread isn't exclusive to cancer.

Untreated ulcers allow bacteria to proliferate rapidly.

Take the typical gastric ulcer, which often resolves on its own. Yet poor patient health or improper timely care can expand the damaged zone.

The extracted ileum portion revealed a thoroughly decayed inner lining.

Not cancerous, yet its danger matched malignancy fully.

Without prompt hospitalization for hemorrhage and shock, further delay could have caused outright intestinal rupture.

That alone would have proven fatal.

Post-perforation, gut contents flood the abdomen, triggering inevitable peritonitis.

Zhou Can's operation undoubtedly rescued the patient's life.

In debridement, he eagerly deployed the freshly upgraded Stable Knife Technique to satisfy his hands' itch for action.

The standout sensation: debridement grew simpler, swifter, safer, and utterly flawless.

Before, despite Wound Cleaning Skill reaching Level 6, he shied from calling any debridement 'perfect' for patients.

He'd rate it 'sufficient' at best, or 'superior' for recovery.

Now, 'perfect' entered his vocabulary for the first time.

Even routine wound cleaning benefits immensely; tackling clustered lymph node tumors would pose no issue now.

Just one perk from the Stable Knife Technique upgrade. Zhou Can trusts it boosts his prowess in tackling tough dissections, stubborn lesions, or stubborn adhesions to unprecedented heights.

Surgery wrapped up with cavity closure as Zhou Can exited; patient vitals held steady. Dr. Xu then eyed him inquisitively and remarked, “Xiao Zhou, observing your debridement earlier, your skills have obviously surged. That knife moves nimble as a tongue and steady as a mountain. You've clearly poured in the sweat these last two years!”

“Hehe, Teacher's gaze misses nothing, as always. Yes, my knife technique broke through right in the midst of the operation.”

Another leap in power left Zhou Can thrilled.

Merely excising the ileum segment and mesenteric nodes isn't extraordinary.

Plenty of associate chiefs and department heads manage such procedures.

Yet pinpointing the ailment swiftly, executing the surgery, and pulling off a lifesaving win—that's truly impressive.

“Was it Old Hu's Stable Knife Technique you advanced in? Don't slack on the Fast Knife Skill I passed down to you!”

A touch of envy colored Dr. Xu's words.

His prized disciple's triumph in Stable Knife Technique contrasted with middling progress in Fast Knife Skill, stirring clear jealousy.

“Fast Knife Skill gets regular practice, no neglect! Breakthroughs demand not only grind but the right moment too. It'll hit when least expected, and you'll be thrilled then.”

Zhou Can's Fast Knife Skill hit Proficient Level ages ago; next stage demands ten times the experience points—far from simple.

“Oh, right—did you send the removed intestinal pieces for testing?”

Zhou Can asked Dr. Pu.

For now, routine chores like sample delivery fall to him as the errand boy.

“Pathology's already received them. Report might take a while longer.”

Dr. Pu answered.

…

Near shift's end that afternoon, the pathology results arrived.

Excised segment's intestinal wall showed thickening; cut open, it looked soft and fish-flesh-like with necrosis. Under microscope, lymph areas displayed huge growth of reticuloendothelial cells into macrophages; their cytoplasm held swallowed lymphocytes, red cells, nuclear debris, plus intestinal wall ulcers and necrosis.