Yun Yan then took out her phone and called Xia Feng.
Xia Feng had just arrived at the hospital entrance. Seeing Yun Yan's call, he answered and asked, "Yun Yan, did you see me?"
"Ah, Teacher Xia, you're coming to the hospital too?" Yun Yan exclaimed, surprised by the coincidence.
"Mhm, I'm at the entrance, I'll be there soon," Xia Feng replied.
"Okay, okay, we'll wait for you," Yun Yan said happily.
After they hung up, they turned to Professor Liu and said, "Professor Liu, Teacher Xia will be here soon."
"Good, if Professor Xia takes a look, it shouldn't be a big problem," Professor Liu nodded with a smile, then looked at the patient and said, "My colleague will be here shortly. You're lucky to have him take a look for you."
"Alright, thank you, doctor." The man didn't know how good the so-called Professor Xia was, but seeing their good attitudes, he believed them to some extent.
Xia Feng soon walked in. As soon as he entered the consulting room, his students all stood up to greet him, "Teacher Xia."
Xia Feng waved his hand, signaling them to relax.
"Professor Xia, please take a look at this patient. He's been itchy for about ten days, and the herbal medicine he took last time didn't work," Professor Liu quickly stood up and introduced Xia Feng to the patient.
Xia Feng glanced at the man and nodded slightly.
Seeing how young Xia Feng was, the man was skeptical. Western medicine hadn't cured him, and he had come to see a TCM doctor, but that hadn't worked either.
He had finally thought a master of Chinese medicine, an old TCM doctor, would come. Seeing Xia Feng's young face, the man was completely speechless.
Everyone knew that TCM practitioners were more respected with age.
As the man was feeling doubtful, Xia Feng had already sat down and asked the man in front of him, "Where did you go ten days ago?"
The man's expression changed, and he stammered, "No... I didn't go anywhere, just to Modu."
"You have malevolent energy invading your body. In about ten more days, you'll be beyond help, and even the gods couldn't save you then," Xia Feng stated the cause of the illness directly, ignoring his lie.
The man, named Wang Dabao, specialized in petty theft.
Not long ago, he heard from someone about an ancient tomb in Hangcheng, but it was in a cave and quite dangerous.
Wang Dabao was so hungry that his chest touched his back, and his pockets were cleaner than his face. He couldn't be bothered by the danger.
He dared not steal from the living, but stealing from the dead should be fine, right?
So, with a hardened heart, he went alone. Although he didn't find the tomb, he found two gold bars near some human remains in a cave.
Now, hearing Xia Feng say he had malevolent energy invading his body and only ten days to live, Wang Dabao was so scared his 'chickens' were numb.
He quickly got up and shouted, "Miracle doctor, save me, please save me."
At this moment, Wang Dabao realized Xia Feng was capable. Hearing Xia Feng say that, he clung to this straw of salvation.
Luo Hanxiang and Yun Yan's beautiful eyes were filled with adoration, their inner garments clinging tightly.
As expected of Teacher Xia, he could tell what people had done just by looking.
"Tell me the truth," Xia Feng asked expressionlessly.
From the moment he entered, he felt a strong malevolent energy on the man, a rather sinister kind.
The appearance of such energy usually indicated a great misfortune.
Xia Feng wasn't concerned about Wang Dabao's inner secrets, but rather the source of the malevolent energy.
Looking at Xia Feng's eyes, Wang Dabao involuntarily began to speak:
"Ten days ago, I heard someone mention an ancient tomb in Hangcheng. I thought I'd make a fortune. I didn't see the tomb, but I found the cave they mentioned. I saw a skeleton inside and picked up two gold bars from it."
"I didn't think much of it at the time, but after I left the cave with the gold bars, I always felt a pair of eyes watching me from behind. When I got home, these eyes were outside my window. Whenever I closed my eyes, these eyes would float in the air, watching me."
"No matter how hard I searched, I couldn't see anything. The next day, this reaction disappeared, and then I started itching all over, no matter how much I scratched, it felt like it was itching from inside my flesh."
Wang Dabao recounted the specific events to Xia Feng from beginning to end.
Luo Hanxiang and Yun Yan's scalps tingled as they listened. A pair of eyes staring at you, this was terrifying.
After listening, Xia Feng asked, "Write down the specific location for me."
"Okay." Wang Dabao picked up the paper and pen on the table and wrote down the location of the cave.
"Come here," Xia Feng beckoned to Wang Dabao.
Wang Dabao didn't understand Xia Feng's intention and timidly walked over. Xia Feng patted him on the shoulder three times and said, "Your illness is cured."
Cured?
Everyone was stunned.
Three pats cured him?
They all believed in Xia Feng's medical skills, but they had never seen such a strange thing.
"It's really cured," Wang Dabao shouted excitedly. The itchy sensation all over his body had disappeared.
Seeing Wang Dabao's excitement, everyone cast a deep look at Xia Feng.
Xia Feng's small maneuver earned him countless admiring glances.
Of course, Xia Feng himself was accustomed to such adoring gazes. After all, he had received too many too frequently, so he had gotten used to it.
"Thank you, miracle doctor, thank you, miracle doctor," Wang Dabao said repeatedly in thanks.
After Wang Dabao left, Luo Hanxiang asked, "Teacher Xia, what was that just now?"
Luo Hanxiang voiced what everyone wanted to ask.
On the surface, what Xia Feng had done just now didn't seem like medical skill.
"TCM is related to metaphysics. Some things are difficult to explain clearly to you. It's better for you not to know about these matters," Xia Feng didn't want to elaborate on this issue.
Even if he explained, they wouldn't understand.
Xia Feng planned to go to Hangcheng that evening to resolve the issue with the cave.
The malevolent energy was so strong that if left unchecked, it would cause big problems in the future.
At least for now, the problem shouldn't be too serious, otherwise Wang Dabao would have died long ago instead of dragging on this long.
"Alright," seeing that Xia Feng wouldn't say more, everyone dared not ask further.
Xia Feng spent the entire morning with them performing diagnoses.
"Teacher Xia, your lunch."
At noon, Yun Yan placed a portion of lunch on Xia Feng's table.
Luo Hanxiang and Yun Yan also sat down to eat.
"How have you two been recently? Have you encountered any problems you don't understand?" Xia Feng opened his lunchbox and asked them.
"We're doing alright. We've learned what you taught us, but we lack a lot of practical experience," Luo Hanxiang said softly.
"Experience can't be rushed, it needs to be accumulated slowly. First, build a solid foundation," Xia Feng said to them.
"Mhm, we know," they replied in unison.
"Keep up the good work. In a while, I'll give you a comprehensive TCM knowledge base, and then you can put in more effort," Xia Feng continued.
"Mhm, mhm, we'll work hard," they replied.
Everything Xia Feng said was like a command to them; they did as he told them.