"How could the diagnosis be wrong? It's an allergy!" Zhao Xinze said indignantly.
Li Se pointed at the woman and said, "Then explain why your Huayang Needle technique made her condition worse? This can only mean one thing: she's not allergic!"
"Then what's the reason?" Zhao Xinze asked in a deep voice.
Gao Han and Wu Lin had also diagnosed it as an allergy. They hadn't expected to be wrong again. Were they going to lose this round too?
"It's very simple, it's caused by eating something. However, this isn't an allergy to food, but rather poisoning," Li Se said.
"Then heal her!" Zhao Xinze's face was grim.
"Earlier, I demonstrated my observation of qi and acupuncture. This time, I'll show you my prescription," Li Se said as he immediately wrote out a prescription.
"Who knows if your prescription will kill someone!" Zhao Xinze scoffed.
Elder Huang said, "Zhao Xinze, with us senior traditional Chinese medicine practitioners here, surely we can judge a prescription, can't we?"
Zhao Xinze and the others fell silent.
Li Se smiled and tossed the prescription over, "You can take a look. Since you are all from the Eight Great Schools, you should be able to understand this prescription."
Zhao Xinze, Gao Han, and Wu Lin immediately examined the prescription.
"Gegen, Jinyinhua, Fuling, 15g each; Huangqin, Che Qian Zi, 10g each; Huang Lian, Gancao, 6g each; Houpu, 19g; Shanzha, 10g; Shenqu, 10g; Lianqiao, 10g; Bohe, 10g..."
Upon seeing the prescription, the three of them were rendered speechless. As renowned masters of traditional Chinese medicine, how could they not understand it? It was the perfect remedy for food poisoning, and they couldn't have prescribed a better one themselves.
"Give me the prescription," Elder Huang took the prescription and went to prepare the medicine. About half an hour later, the medicine was administered to the woman.
"I... I'm better?" The woman no longer felt the weakness and vomiting from before. Instead, she looked energetic and repeatedly thanked Li Se, "Thank you, divine doctor, thank you so much!"
*Clap clap clap!*
The applause was fervent.
"This is a true divine doctor!"
"As expected, the reports were false!"
"What masters of traditional Chinese medicine, what Eight Great Schools? Heh, those three are just clowns."
"I think they deliberately framed Divine Doctor Li!"
"..."
At this moment, the crowd sided with Li Se. Even though there were still people from the Legend Media, they were not the majority.
"The third round, do you still think it's necessary to compete?" Li Se asked Zhao Xinze.
"We admit defeat. We have lost wholeheartedly," Zhao Xinze said with clasped hands.
Gao Han and Wu Lin were not sore losers. They were also filled with admiration. "The younger generation surpasses the old. We acknowledge your medical skills. Here are our acupuncture needles!"
The three of them handed their acupuncture needles to Li Se and then quickly departed. While they admitted defeat, they were also too embarrassed to stay any longer.
Except for Zhao Xinze's Huayang Golden Needles, the other two had silver needles. Although they were good, they were far inferior to the Huayang Golden Needles.
Li Se handed the set of golden needles and the two sets of silver needles to Elder Huang. "Put them in the clinic."
Elder Huang smiled and said, "Divine Doctor Li, we likely won't be able to use this set of golden needles. It would be best to give them to you. The Huayang Golden Needles should be more effective in your hands."
Li Se was indeed keen to have them. Although he possessed the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate, he lacked golden needles. He also knew needle techniques for golden needles, and with this set, he would be even more formidable. After a moment's thought, he graciously accepted. "Then I won't be polite!"
After this competition, the news reports were thoroughly debunked. The news was quickly drowned out by public opinion, and Divine Doctor Li's fame grew even greater that day.
As for Liao Changqing and his assistant, who had been lingering near the clinic earlier, they had already vanished.
"Boss, should we deal with that Legend Media?" Lightning asked.
"Of course!" Li Se sneered. "Find out their current location."
Lightning nodded and immediately began his investigation. His speed was truly impressive. In just twenty minutes, he had already located Liao Changqing and the others.
"Boss, shall I go with you?" Lightning naturally didn't want to stay in the clinic, as it was too boring.
"Alright!" Li Se nodded.
At a high-end restaurant.
Liao Changqing and his assistant were dining. Both appeared unfazed, as if the day's events had no impact on them.
"Manager Liao, I never imagined that Divine Doctor Li's medical skills would actually be so remarkable," the assistant sighed.
To be honest, Liao Changqing hadn't expected it either. He had originally thought Zhao Xinze and the others would win with ease, but he hadn't anticipated such a swift defeat. Just as he was about to say something, his expression changed slightly as Li Se and Lightning walked towards them.
"Ahem, congratulations, Divine Doctor Li..." Liao Changqing coughed twice and then said with a smile, "Today you defeated the people from the Eight Great Schools of Traditional Chinese Medicine, your fame will surely surpass your previous achievements. How about it, do you want me to help you become an internet-famous divine doctor? Then gaining millions of followers will be effortless... Ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, Liao Changqing's arm was seized by Lightning, causing him to cry out in pain.
"What are you doing?" the assistant asked fearfully. "Do you know who our Manager Liao is? He is the General Manager of Legend Media, a person of noble status. Let him go quickly, or our Manager Liao will have a way to ruin your reputation!"
"Yes, let me go!" Liao Changqing gritted his teeth. "Today was just your luck. I have hundreds of ways to ruin your reputation, so it's best not to provoke me, otherwise... Ah, it hurts, it hurts!"
Lightning applied a little more pressure, and Liao Changqing cried out again.
"Well said, Legend Media," Li Se scoffed. He took out a silver needle and inserted it into Liao Changqing's abdomen.
"What did you do to me?" Liao Changqing asked in terror.
"I've just caused your kidneys to overdraw," Li Se said calmly.
"You dare?" Liao Changqing roared. "Our Legend Media has backing; you can't afford to offend us..."
"Tell me, what backing?" Li Se asked with feigned interest.
"Just you wait, I'll make a call right now!" Liao Changqing took out his phone and dialed a number. "Brother Xuan, we're in trouble. Come save me quickly. There's a kid who's incredibly arrogant. I've mentioned your name, and he told you to come here and die!"
"What? Someone dares to say that? I'm coming immediately!" the voice on the other end replied quickly.
"You just wait, my boss is coming!" Liao Changqing said fiercely.
Li Se wasn't in a hurry and decided to wait.
In less than ten minutes, Liao Changqing's boss arrived, his face filled with menacing anger. "Changqing, who is so audacious?"
"Ming Xuan!" Li Se greeted. The person who had arrived was none other than Chu Ming Xuan!