After he had finished speaking, the elder found a spot to sit down and quietly wait for the man from the Divine Healer Pavilion to treat Zhang Yuan. However, it was clear that the elder's disciple had forgotten the earlier lesson, as he popped out again.
"Just watch, you little clown. Now that the people from the Divine Healer Pavilion are here, I refuse to believe you'll still dare to deny their authority!"
Having said that, the disciple approached the elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion. He first gave a respectful bow and then said, "Sir, my master just diagnosed our boss with a strange fungus that's eating away at his bones and internal organs."
"But that kid just had to refute him, saying my master was wrong. So, I must ask you to uphold justice!"
Upon hearing the disciple's words, the elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion said nothing, but simply stepped forward to take Zhang Yuan's pulse.
Several minutes later, the elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion stood up, his expression strange. "No, that's not right. There's no fungus in his body at all. I can't say exactly what it is, but I'm powerless to help!"
The phrase "powerless to help" made the old physician's disciple leap to his feet.
"How is that possible!" he shouted. "You must have been distracted and made a mistake! The affliction inside Boss Zhang has to be the fungus my master spoke of—there can be no other answer!"
"Look, look, the prescription is already written!" After saying his piece, the disciple forcefully shoved the prescription in front of the elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion.
The elder glanced at the prescription and let out a cold laugh.
"Hah. With a prescription like this, I'd suggest adding two taels of arsenic. It would be a faster death, and he'd suffer less."
As soon as these words were spoken, the disciple froze as if struck by lightning, his eyes filled with disbelief. Just a few monts ago, Liu Ergou had said the exact sa thing.
It was a long mont before the disciple finally ca to his senses.
"No, you're a fake! You're not from the Divine Healer Pavilion! You must be an actor hired by that kid. You're all colluding! I don't believe you!"
The disciple's accusation imdiately plunged the onlookers into silence.
Impersonating soone from the Divine Healer Pavilion? What a joke. Does he no longer want a future in traditional dicine? Impersonating the Pavilion is grounds for being permanently struck from the registry.
Hearing the disciple's words, the face of the elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion darkened.
Before he could speak, the young girl he had brought with him stepped forward. "Impersonating?" she scoffed. "You have quite an imagination! I think you're delusional. If you are, you'd better get to a hospital instead of just randomly attacking people here!"
"Open your beady eyes and see what this is!"
As she spoke, the girl pulled a wooden token from her robes and flung it down in front of the disciple. The mont the token appeared, the breath of everyone present grew heavy.
That token was the unique and unmistakable emblem of the Divine Healer Pavilion.
Liu Ergou couldn't help but glance up at the token. It was made of wood, with only a single character, 'dicine,' engraved on it and nothing else. But Liu Ergou could clearly sll a faint, complex dicinal fragrance wafting from it. Even I couldn't possibly reproduce that scent. It must be how the Divine Healer Pavilion identifies its own mbers.
Having seen the token, Liu Ergou lost interest and was about to resu his chat with Fu Ya.
However, to his complete surprise, the young girl put the token away and walked right over to him. She gave him a light kick and said, "Hey, you're the one who bullied my senior sister, right?"
Hearing this, Liu Ergou looked up at the young girl with a confused expression. "Huh? Your senior sister? Who's that? I don't know her."
His words were t with a cold snort from the girl. "Stop playing dumb. My senior sister is Liu Lu! I'm her junior sister, Nie Qiqi!"
Hearing this, Liu Ergou's eyes lit up in realization, and he clapped his hands together. "Oh, I get it! You're here to settle a score with ."
"Sorry, but I don't have ti to argue with a child. Besides, I have serious business to attend to today, so it's not the right ti for settling scores. You should just calm down."
Nie Qiqi was about to fly into a rage, but the elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion stopped her. "Don't make a scene, Qiqi!"
Then, the elder turned to look at Liu Ergou. "Young friend, my disciple Liu Lu has told about you. She said you are remarkably skilled, capable of neutralizing even poisons thought lost to ti. In that case, the illness of the gentleman before us surely poses no challenge for you. Would you be willing to demonstrate your abilities and let an old man like witness your skill?"
The elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion spoke so politely that Liu Ergou felt a little embarrassed. However, just as he was about to speak, the other physician's disciple suddenly scread hoarsely, "Liars! You're all liars, colluding together!"
"You're just jealous of my master! You all deserve to die, all of you—"
Hearing his disciple's outburst, the old physician quickly grabbed him, signaling for him to stop talking nonsense. The people from the Divine Healer Pavilion just showed their exclusive token; how could they possibly be fakes? What a wonderful disciple I have! If he says another word, my career is over.
anwhile, after hearing what the elder from the Divine Healer Pavilion said, Zhang Yuan and the others stared with wide, astonished eyes. Could this Liu Ergou in front of them truly be a Divine Doctor? But he's so incredibly young. I can't bring myself to believe it.
While Zhang Yuan was still in a daze, Fu Yan spoke up.
"Hahaha! Old Zhang, I told you my son-in-law is a Divine Doctor, but you wouldn't believe ," he bood. "What, are you still not convinced? If you keep doubting, I'm really leaving! After that, whether you live or die will be none of my concern!"
Hearing Fu Yan's words, Zhang Yuan snapped out of his stupor. He hurriedly turned to Liu Ergou and said, "I apologize, Er Gou. Uncle was rude just now. I had no idea you were a true Divine Doctor. Look, as long as you can cure my illness, I'll give you all of my companies if you want them!"
Liu Ergou just smiled and waved his hand dismissively. "What would I do with your companies, Uncle Zhang? That's far too generous. You know, there's a proper order to things. With so many people lining up to treat you today, it's only natural that I'm last. Since it's finally my turn, let take a close look at you."
With that, Liu Ergou reached out and gently placed his fingers on Zhang Yuan's wrist. After only a few seconds, he lifted his hand, his brow deeply furrowed.
The person behind this is truly malicious. To think it's exactly what I suspected! This is incredibly troubleso. Why did it have to be this thing?
Liu Ergou's words left everyone present completely bewildered, with no idea what he ant.
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