"The pharmacy is just ahead, let's go there," Lin Yanxi said indifferently, pointing to a drugstore not far away.
It was as if the white van that had tried to hit her had not been aiming for her at all.
Ding Fan looked at Lin Yanxi, knowing that anything he said would be in vain. Since Lin Yanxi didn't care, there was no point in him worrying.
However, through this incident, Ding Fan could see that Lin Yanxi had a psychological barrier that had not been resolved. To her now, life and death made no difference.
At that mont, Ding Fan stopped talking and just followed behind Lin Yanxi to the pharmacy.
This street was called Zhonghua Street and was the busiest street in Honggang City.
The pharmacy was situated street-side, spanning two stories, with an exterior decor reminiscent of the Qing Dynasty. A large apricot-yellow banner hung outside, prominently featuring a giant character for "dicine."
Ding Fan followed Lin Yanxi into the pharmacy, and was imdiately greeted by the strong scent of dicinal herbs.
Ding Fan looked around and saw that the first floor was entirely dedicated to selling various dicinal materials, with attendants at each booth. He briefly scanned the traditional dicines sold at the various booths.
Ding Fan was astonished to find that this was the most well-stocked pharmacy with dicinal materials he had encountered since his rebirth.
"Ah... I can't take it anymore, doctor, I really can't... it hurts so much," at that mont, a cry of pain ca from the second floor.
Ding Fan was taken aback for a mont. Using his Divine Sense, he scanned the second floor and saw that it was crowded with people. At the front of the crowd, it seed soone was performing acupuncture.
"What's going on on the second floor?" Ding Fan asked, puzzled, to an attendant nearby.
"Hello, today our traditional Chinese dicine expert, Song Guotao, is holding a consultation here. Doctor Song, known as the 'King of Needles,' is very famous for his acupuncture treatnts and has solved many complex cases," the attendant explained.
After hearing the explanation from the attendant, Ding Fan was curious to go upstairs and see for himself.
Ding Fan wasn't interested in witnessing Song Guotao's miraculous acupuncture. Even if his techniques were profound, they couldn't compare to his own. The main reason Ding Fan wanted to go upstairs was to see the person currently being treated by Song Guotao.
Ding Fan had only briefly scanned with his Divine Sense, but he noticed that the person had a peculiar aura similar to that of an Azure Fla Beast.
The Azure Fla Beast, a Second Grade Yuan Beast from the Cultivation World. This Yuan Beast isn't strong in combat, but it has the strongest spirituality and normally sustains itself on Spiritual Energy. Ding Fan was puzzled, considering how thin the earth's Spiritual Energy was, how there could be an Azure Fla Beast here.
In order to confirm his suspicions, Ding Fan went up to the second floor. Lin Yanxi, following behind, seed taken aback but didn't say much, just quietly following him.
After reaching the top of the stairs, Ding Fan squeezed to the front. As he approached the consultation booth, the aura beca clearer. At this point, Ding Fan could confirm that the person being treated was indeed injured by an Azure Fla Beast.
At that mont, Ding Fan felt a surge of elation in his heart. If there was an Azure Fla Beast, it ant that the place definitely had Spiritual Energy. In other words, if he could find the Azure Fla Beast, he could find Spiritual Energy...
However, the person injured by the Azure Fla Beast was currently being treated, and Ding Fan was unable to inquire about the creature's whereabouts. He could only watch quietly from the side.
The man bitten by the Azure Fla Beast was a muscular man in his thirties with a bronze complexion, clearly soone who was often exposed to the sun and wind.
At that mont, a middle-aged doctor wearing glasses was confidently inserting silver needles into the man's scalp and neck.
From what the attendant had said earlier, the doctor currently treating the patient was indeed Song Guotao.
Song Guotao's needle techniques were indeed very skilled. His hands moved quickly, earning a round of applause from the onlookers.
However, the muscular man's face was looking very distressed, and he was screaming in pain.
"Doctor, it hurts... it's killing ..."
Ding Fan watched quietly from the side. Observing the acupoints where Song Guotao was inserting his needles, Ding Fan's brow slightly furrowed.
The injuries inflicted by the Azure Fla Beast were similar to those of a poisonous snake bite. The wound beca necrotic and pus-filled, and the injured exhibited hallucinations among other signs of poisoning.
However, the Azure Fla Beast, being a spiritually endowed Yuan Beast, differed in that snake venom was cold in nature whereas the beast's poison was fiery. Without understanding the nature of the poison and rashly attempting to treat it, the situation could only worsen. At this point, that was the mistake Song Guotao was making.
After a series of silver needle insertions, the muscular man's condition visibly worsened, prompting Ding Fan to scan him with his Divine Sense. At this mont, the poison was nearing the man's heart ridian.
If the poison reached the heart ridian, by then, even Ding Fan would definitely no longer be able to save the muscular man.
"Continuing like this will only cost him his life," Ding Fan suddenly spoke out.
Song Guotao, who was just about to insert another needle, was abruptly stopped by Ding Fan.
"What... what are you doing?" Song Guotao was taken aback, having not expected soone to intervene while he was treating a patient.
The interruption caused a small stir among the onlookers.
At that mont, Ding Fan completely ignored what was happening around him. He swiftly pressed several acupoints on the muscular man's body with his right hand. His main purpose was to use True Qi to protect the man's heart ridian. If the poison entered the heart ridian, Ding Fan would indeed be unable to learn about the whereabouts of the Azure Fla Beast from the muscular man.
"I am treating a patient, please don't cause trouble!" Song Guotao said solemnly to Ding Fan.
"Your thod of treatnt is going to kill this man," Ding Fan said indifferently.
"What did you say? Are you questioning my thod of treatnt?" Song Guotao's face changed.
Ding Fan nodded slightly as an answer to Song Guotao's question.
"Where did this madman co from, causing trouble here? Do you think you can also judge whether my thod of treatnt is correct?" Song Guotao said and snorted lightly. "Could it be that you think your dical skills are superior to mine?"
At this, laughter erupted from the crowd around them.
"Young man, Doctor Song is known as the 'King of Needles.' Moreover, he is a fellow at the Honggang City Institute of Traditional Chinese dicine. Who would dare say they are more skilled than Doctor Song..."
"This kid is just boasting. With Doctor Song's reputation, even foreigners seek him for treatnt, and this kid can spot sothing wrong with Doctor Song's thods?"
"I think this kid is just here to cause trouble, kick him out. Doctor Song only cos here once a month, let's not waste his ti."
...
Lin Yanxi, still with a cold deanor amongst the crowd, knew of Ding Fan's dical skills. Diseases that experts invited by the Lin Family could not cure, Ding Fan cured in just a mont. However, she really did not understand why Ding Fan would bother intervening in this matter.
For now, she remained silent, just quietly watching.
At this mont, Ding Fan didn't care about how outsiders comnted. He said, "The toxicity in this person's body is of fire nature, but your treatnt approach is based on cold attributes. Continuing this way, this person will die."
Song Guotao snorted lightly. "That's funny, you even dare to teach ? In my lifeti, I have saved people, not ten thousand, then at least eight thousand. Are you telling I don't know how to treat a patient? Young man, don't get carried away with a little knowledge of traditional dicine and beco arrogant, hurry up and leave. Don't delay my life-saving."
Ding Fan frowned; he had already inford Song Guotao of the diagnosis, but the fellow relied solely on his experience to treat the patient, completely ignoring the advice.
This quack doctor!
At this mont, there was a disturbance from the crowd outside, and two security guards ca in.
"Sir, please stop making unreasonable trouble and leave this place," the two security guards approached Ding Fan. Though their words were polite, their expressions were very stern.
"Hurry and get rid of this guy. Doctor Song only cos once a month, and we've waited two days to get an appointnt. Don't let this youngster cause any more delays," soone from the crowd said.
"Ah... Today's youth are too impetuous."
...
Ding Fan pondered for a mont. If he left now, the muscular man, although protected by his True Qi around his heart, would undeniably die due to the quack's treatnt.
If that happened, there would be no way for him to find the whereabouts of the Azure Fla Beast.
With the sparse Spiritual Energy on Earth, without it, there's no way to cultivate, and Ding Fan didn't want to die of old age on Earth before reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.
"Doctor Song, if you are confident in your dical skills, then do you dare to have a contest with ?" Ding Fan declared boldly.
As soon as Ding Fan spoke, the surrounding crowd erupted into a noisy uproar.
"This kid actually wants to challenge Doctor Song in a contest of dical skills? He really doesn't know his limits."
"This kid must be joking around. Traditional Chinese dicine values heritage, and this kid, barely in his early twenties, what skills could he possibly have?"
...
"If you are afraid to accept the challenge, then I can leave with these two security guards. Let the world think you are afraid." Ding Fan said indifferently.
For the sake of Azure Fla Beast and cultivation resources, Ding Fan had no choice but to use this thod to save the muscular man's life.
Song Guotao's eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"Doctor Song, just lift a finger and properly teach these young people a lesson, let them understand that there are heavens beyond this sky."
"Yes, Doctor Song, we cannot be intimidated by a young man..."
...
"Doctor Song, are you afraid?" Ding Fan said.
Song Guotao snorted lightly. "Alright, then I'll teach you what traditional Chinese dicine is..."
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