"Wan Yunting, what are you trying to do?"
Seeing that Wan Yunting still wanted to treat the patient from Zhou Shan, Liu Yuan felt that he was openly provoking him.
Wan Yunting looked at Liu Yuan and smiled, "Doctor Liu, don't overthink it. I have no intention of offending you. I just think this illness doesn't require a prescription or medicine. Two acupuncture needles are all it takes to understand!"
"So, I'm here to prove that our Traditional Chinese Medicine can cure illnesses, and I also want to help you resolve this medical dispute."
"Ha, what a joke."
Before Liu Yuan could retort, Tian Xiangrong couldn't stand it anymore. He glanced at Wan Yunting with his cunning, shrewd eyes and said, "Are you saying that we are incompetent and this patient has to rely on you to treat him, right?"
Wu Shengbai also looked at Wan Yunting with dissatisfaction, thinking that this young man, with a little skill, had become arrogant and didn't put them in his eyes. He said coldly, "Doctor Wan, this is Liu Ping Tang's business, and it doesn't require an outsider like you to interfere!"
Zhang Shunchang waved his palm-leaf fan and sneered, "You should go back to your Xiu Yuan Tang and continue treating your rich patients. Don't get involved in our affairs."
Liu Yuan glared at Wan Yunting coldly and said to You Fuguo, "How about this? I'll write another prescription, brew the medicine myself, and if he's still not cured, I, Liu Yuan, will take down the plaque hanging above Liu Ping Tang and have you trample on it in front of everyone. How about that?"
These words startled Zhang Shunchang, Tian Xiangrong, and Xue Tonghua. Liu Yuan was gambling with the century-old plaque of their Liu Ping Tang.
The surrounding onlookers also started discussing the matter.
Wan Yunting smiled and said to You Fuguo, "Believe it or not, I can cure your apprentice's illness with two needles. It will only take ten minutes!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan became even angrier and said coldly, "Wan Yunting, are you publicly challenging me?"
Wan Yunting smiled at Liu Yuan and said, "Doctor Liu, I really don't mean that. I just want to change people's perception of Traditional Chinese Medicine in front of everyone. After all, it is the responsibility of every TCM practitioner to promote and gain public recognition for our medicine."
Although he claimed it was to change the public's perception of TCM, Wan Yunting was actually openly challenging Liu Yuan and their Liu Ping Tang!
"Wan Yunting, who do you think you are? Can two needles relieve the heat toxin and cure this person?"
However, Tian Xiangrong looked down at Wan Yunting with disdain and sneered, "If that's the case, I'd like to see it!"
Wan Yunting looked at Tian Xiangrong and clasped his fists, smiling, "You must be Doctor Tian from Yu Sheng Tang. You'll see later."
Zhang Shunchang also sneered, "If you can't cure him with two needles, won't you lose even more face for us TCM practitioners?"
Wan Yunting looked at Zhang Shunchang and Xue Tonghua, pointed at his Xiu Yuan Tang with his thumb, and said with a smile, "If I can't cure his illness with two needles, then I'll take down the Xiu Yuan Tang sign today and give it to everyone to chop up and burn as firewood. How about that?"
At this, Xue Tonghua and Zhang Shunchang turned to look at Liu Yuan, their eyes seeming to say: Let this kid dig his own grave!
Liu Yuan's sharp eyes stared fixedly at Wan Yunting, filled with regret, thinking this kid was too arrogant.
This Zhou Shan, because he usually tended to the roast duck stove, had a lot of heat toxin accumulated in his body. The heat toxin condensed in his eyes, causing them to burn and his eyeballs to be bloodshot, making it impossible for him to open them to see.
Therefore, Liu Yuan could only relieve the heat by using Chinese herbal decoctions.
He had also considered using acupuncture to relieve Zhou Shan's heat, but the effect of acupuncture wouldn't be that fast, which was why Liu Yuan hadn't used it.
But now, hearing Wan Yunting's boast that two needles could relieve Zhou Shan's internal heat, Liu Yuan couldn't accept it.
You Fuguo didn't know what was going on with them, but he brought Zhou Shan here today to have Liu Yuan of Liu Ping Tang refund the eight hundred yuan for the medicine they bought yesterday, so he could take his apprentice Zhou Shan to the hospital for treatment.
"I can't treat you anymore."
You Fuguo, while supporting Zhou Shan, waved his hand and took out the prescription and receipt, shouting at Liu Yuan, "I'm here to get a refund today. Give me eight hundred yuan, and I'll take my apprentice to the hospital. You TCM practitioners are all liars."
"Refund? Don't even think about it."
Liu Yuan's disciple, Zhang Ping, had a terrible attitude. He pointed at You Fuguo and angrily said, "It's clearly your fault for not knowing how to brew the medicine, which led to the lack of efficacy. This is not our responsibility, and we won't give you a refund."
"Fine, you won't refund? I'll call the police now to settle this."
You Fuguo was furious and really took out his phone to call the police, but Zhou Shan, beside him, felt a burning pain in his eyes and crouched down in discomfort. "Master, my eyes hurt so much..."
"Xiao Shan..."
You Fuguo quickly helped him crouch down together, examined his eyes, and said anxiously, "How about we go to the hospital first, and then we'll settle the score when you're better."
"Listen to me. I'll give him two needles now."
Wan Yunting came over and said earnestly to You Fuguo, "If we delay any longer, the heat toxin will condense in his eyes. If it persists for a long time, it will cause him to have sequelae in his eyes, and in severe cases, even blindness."
"Ah, then let's go to the hospital now..." You Fuguo became scared upon hearing how serious it was.
Zhou Shan, unable to bear the severe pain, said, "Master, let him needle me. My eyes hurt so much right now..."
"But Xiao Shan, we can't trust TCM practitioners, can we?"
You Fuguo was a little hesitant, worried that this Wan Yunting might not be able to cure him, and his apprentice Zhou Shan would suffer again.
"Don't worry, it's just two needles, and it will only take ten minutes. If I can't cure him, I'll drive him to the hospital myself and cover all the medical expenses. How about that?" Wan Yunting said sincerely.
Because he needed this opportunity to cure Zhou Shan's illness in front of everyone!
"Master, let him try. I can't stand it anymore. My eyes hurt so much..."
Zhou Shan, the young man sitting on the steps at the entrance of Liu Ping Tang, covered his burning, swollen eyes with his hands. He felt like his eyeballs were about to explode, and the pain made his whole body tremble slightly, showing how uncomfortable he was.
Seeing this, You Fuguo looked up at Wan Yunting and said, "You said if you can't cure him, you'll drive us to the hospital and pay all the medical expenses."
"Okay."
Seeing You Fuguo agree, Wan Yunting was overjoyed and called out to Qi Miaomiao, who was following him, "Miaomiao, bring the acupuncture needles."
"Here..."
Qi Miaomiao held a silver needle box in her hand, clearly having prepared it beforehand.
Wan Yunting took the box, opened it, ignored Liu Yuan and the others, and bent down. While pulling out a four-inch-long silver needle, he said, "Move your hands away, I'm going to needle your eye..."
As he spoke, Zhou Shan moved his trembling hands away, revealing his red, tightly closed eyes, slightly swollen. The burning, throbbing pain made it impossible for him to open his eyes. Wan Yunting, holding the silver needle between his fingers, inserted it into the Jingming acupoint on his left eye. The needle went in five fen deep, but Zhou Shan didn't feel any pain from the needle prick. However, as the needle was inserted, his whole body suddenly twitched...
"Jingming acupoint! This can indeed relieve the heat in his eyes!"
The onlookers Wu Shengbai and Zhang Shunchang saw Wan Yunting's first needle inserted into the Jingming acupoint, and they seemed to have expected it, so they were not too surprised.
Tian Xiangrong chuckled, "However, this patient has been guarding the roast duck stove for years, and the heat toxin is accumulated in his body. Needling the Jingming acupoint can only provide temporary relief, but it doesn't expel the heat from his body. Wan Yunting, you're not good enough either."
Wan Yunting heard this, looked up at him, and smiled, "I still have one more needle. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Hmm, which acupoint will the second needle target?"
Liu Yuan and Xue Tonghua raised their eyebrows, knowing that Wan Yunting claimed he could expel Zhou Shan's internal heat with two needles. Now that the first needle was in the Jingming acupoint, where would he insert the second needle?
This was something Tian Xiangrong, Zhang Shunchang, Wu Shengbai, and Xue Tonghua hadn't figured out, otherwise, this wouldn't have happened.
"Take off his shoes."
Wan Yunting pulled out another four-inch-long silver needle from the needle box and asked You Fuguo to take off Zhou Shan's left shoe.
"Why take off his shoes?" You Fuguo asked, still confused.
"Stop the nonsense and take them off when I tell you to."
Wan Yunting gave him a glare, and You Fuguo took off Zhou Shan's left shoe. Under the gaze of the onlookers, Wan Yunting lifted Zhou Shan's left foot with his left hand, held the silver needle in his right hand, and quickly inserted it into the Taichong acupoint on his instep...
"Hmm, Taichong acupoint. How did I not think of that?"
Seeing that Wan Yunting's second needle was the Taichong acupoint on the patient's instep, Liu Yuan, Tian Xiangrong, Wu Shengbai, Zhang Shunchang, and Xue Tonghua were all stunned. Liu Yuan muttered, "Taichong relieves liver fire. That's a feasible method, but it seems unlikely to expel all the heat toxin in his body!"
But the next second, they saw Wan Yunting grasp the end of the silver needle on Zhou Shan's Taichong acupoint again and forcefully push it in by another fen. Suddenly, Zhou Shan felt something, his entire left foot twitched, and he felt the stifled sensation in his chest being released as he opened his mouth and exhaled a long breath...
"Hmm, what kind of technique is this?"
Seeing Wan Yunting insert the silver needle again by another fen, Tian Xiangrong and Xue Tonghua were once again startled, their eyes widening involuntarily, filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Wu Shengbai from Tong Ren Tang's expression was stunned, his eyes wide, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Qi Hua Zhen (Transforming Needles with Qi)!"
At this scene, the surrounding onlookers showed confused expressions; they didn't understand what he meant by Qi Hua Zhen.
But Liu Yuan, Tian Xiangrong, Zhang Shunchang, and Xue Tonghua, who were TCM practitioners, were shocked. They knew what Qi Hua Zhen meant.
Wan Yunting looked up at Wu Shengbai and smiled, "You must be Doctor Wu from Tong Ren Tang. I've long heard of your reputation."
Wu Shengbai's expression was uncertain and very unnatural. His eyes were wide open as he personally witnessed Qi Hua Zhen, which shocked him immensely.
The last time he saw Qi Hua Zhen was when his grandfather, Wu Yiren, performed it!
However, by his generation, this acupuncture technique had already been lost.
In fact, it wasn't that Wan Yunting's needling technique was so miraculous. The main point of Qi Hua Zhen was the "Qi"!
Earlier, when Wan Yunting inserted the silver needle into the skin again, it was actually him channeling his Qi to guide the needle, inserting it into Zhou Shan's body, and unblocking the meridians and acupoints that were blocked by heat toxin. As he continued to exhale, he was releasing the heat toxin from his body.
This was the profoundness of Qi Hua Zhen.
The reason Liu Yuan, Zhang Shunchang, and the others were so surprised was that they didn't know how to practice Qi, so naturally, they were not qualified to perform the Qi Hua Zhen technique.
Wu Shengbai stopped talking, but his gaze towards Wan Yunting had changed!
Liu Yuan's face was gloomy, and Tian Xiangrong, Zhang Shunchang, and Xue Tonghua's expressions towards Wan Yunting kept changing...
But they were also embarrassed by Wan Yunting's display, which made their expressions so unsightly...