Chapter 428: The Definition of Death

"Hurry and tell me, hurry and tell me."

Lu Bailing looked at Lin Feng excitedly, her face full of curiosity, just like a curious baby.

Xiaoxue was also very curious; her pair of dark, bright eyes were wide open, and she watched Lin Feng without even blinking.

Lin Feng said with a chuckle: "Do you know what the definition of death is in medicine?"

"What is it? Dead is dead, what other definition could there be?" Lu Bailing said, looking confused.

"Of course death has a definition. If there weren't one, then let me ask you, how do you count a person or an animal as dead?" Lin Feng asked with a smile.

Lu Bailing thought for a moment and said: "No heartbeat, of course, means dead."

"No, no, no." Lin Feng shook his head.

"Then it's no breathing?" Lu Bailing asked again.

"It's not breathing either." Lin Feng shook his head again.

Lu Bailing then lost interest in guessing and grabbed Lin Feng's arm, urging him: "Oh, stop keeping me in suspense. Can't you just tell me directly?"

Only then did Lin Feng finally say: "It is brain death; that is the medical definition of death. It is not the heartbeat, nor is it the breathing. Only when the brain stops functioning is it death in the true sense."

"And in cases where the brain has not been damaged, the heart and lungs must stop functioning for fifteen minutes to half an hour before the brain completely stops its activity."

"Therefore, even if heart and lung function stops, and there is no heartbeat or breathing, as long as the person is resuscitated within fifteen minutes or even half an hour, they can naturally come back to life."

"And those two rabbits were in that exact situation."

Lu Bailing finally understood and said: "Those two rabbits only had their cervical vertebrae snapped, and their heart and lung function stopped, but their brain activity hadn't stopped yet, so they weren't dead yet and still had a chance to be saved?"

"That's right, that's exactly it." Lin Feng nodded with a smile.

Before Lu Bailing could ask again, Lin Feng continued: "So as long as you let them recover their heartbeat and breathing before those two rabbits suffer brain death, they can naturally be revived. For ordinary people, this is quite difficult, but for a Martial Artist, it is very simple, because a Martial Artist's True Qi is a special energy condensed from the combination of blood-energy, soul-energy, and the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, possessing very powerful vitality."

"Therefore, making the rabbits wake up and recover their life is not difficult; the difficulty lies in how to make those two rabbits recover their health and walk again."

"What do you mean by that?" Xiaoxue asked curiously.

Lu Bailing figured it out this time and, without waiting for Lin Feng to explain, said with a smile: "It's very simple. Because those two rabbits had their necks snapped by Li Yueqing, their bones and nerves were broken together. To make them recover the ability to walk, you must reconnect their bones and nerves."

At this very moment, Lu Bailing finally understood what Lin Feng meant by reconnecting nerves when he was treating the rabbits.

Xiaoxue also understood and said with a smile: "Daddy, you are really amazing. You are much better than that big sister."

"That goes without saying; she cannot compare to me." Lin Feng said with a smile.

Afterwards, Lin Feng turned his head to look at Lu Bailing and said: "I have already told you everything you wanted to know, so why are you still lingering here? Miss Lu, you can leave now."

Lu Bailing said aggrievedly: "Don't be in such a rush to chase me away; it's not dark yet."

"Xiaoxue and I are going home to eat." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he raised his hand to hail a taxi.

Watching the taxi speed away, Lu Bailing stomped her feet in anger, but there was nothing she could do.

Not long after Lin Feng and Xiaoxue returned to Hua Yuerong's Mayor's Mansion, Hua Yuerong also returned.

Xiaoxue hopped and skipped over to share what had happened today with her.

So, after learning from Xiaoxue about the contest between Lin Feng and Li Yueqing, Hua Yuerong smiled and said: "That Li Yueqing thought saving a rabbit was a very difficult problem, but she didn't know that you, Junior Brother, are most skilled at this."

"Is Daddy very skilled at bringing dead things back to life?" Xiaoxue asked, blinking her eyes.

"Of course. When your daddy was training on the mountain, our teacher would often train him like this—killing various small animals and then making him save them, so he is very proficient in this kind of thing. Even your daddy's Fourth Senior Sister cannot compare to him," Hua Yuerong laughed.

"Daddy's Fourth Senior Sister? Who is she?" Xiaoxue was even more curious.

"Our Dragon Kingdom's number one miracle doctor, Ling Xue," Hua Yuerong explained.

Xiaoxue didn't quite understand but was impressed; she ran toward Lin Feng: "Daddy, you are really so strong, I admire you so much! When I grow up, I want to be as amazing as you."

"Then you must work hard; trying to catch up to your daddy is not an easy thing," Lu Bailing said with a smile, and she even patted Xiaoxue's head.

Lin Feng interrupted: "Let's not talk about this, what are we eating tonight?"

"Anything is fine, how about we go out and eat hot pot together?" Hua Yuerong smiled.

Before Lin Feng could express his opinion, Xiaoxue was already jumping for joy.

"Oh yeah, hot pot, hot pot!"

Seeing Xiaoxue so happy, Lin Feng nodded with a smile: "Alright, then let's go out and eat hot pot together."

Hua Yuerong drove herself, taking Lin Feng and Xiaoxue to the largest and most famous hot pot restaurant in Minle City, where they had a wonderful meal.

By the time the meal was finished, it was already nearly eleven o'clock at night.

Eating hot pot is naturally time-consuming, so it was very normal to stay out this late.

Seeing that Xiaoxue was yawning repeatedly and looked sleepy, Lin Feng said: "Senior Sister, we should go home."

"Let's go, let's go, home, home."

Hua Yuerong impatiently took Lin Feng's hand to go downstairs. Upon returning to the Mayor's Mansion, she snatched Xiaoxue from Lin Feng's arms and carried her upstairs.

Lin Feng went to take a shower, washing the smell of hot pot completely off his body, and then went upstairs to return to his room.

However, just as Lin Feng lay down, the bedroom door was pushed open a crack.

Lin Feng thought it was Xiaoxue running over with her pillow again to sleep with him, but when he turned his head, he saw a beautiful figure flying toward him—who else could it be but Hua Yuerong?

Seeing Hua Yuerong wearing only a small purple camisole, she threw herself onto Lin Feng all at once, using both her hands and feet to hold him tightly.

"Junior Brother..."

The expression on Hua Yuerong's face was so enchanting, her brows filled with passion and tenderness.

Seeing Hua Yuerong like this, Lin Feng knew that he really couldn't escape tonight.

"When we were eating hot pot, you let Xiaoxue drink red wine on purpose, didn't you?" Lin Feng said irritably.

"How can you say I did it on purpose? It was clearly her own self clamoring to have a taste," Hua Yuerong said with a giggle.