"Both of you, Old Doctor Gu instructed me not to speak much, only to answer simple questions."
Wang Linzhi said with a chuckle to Wan Yunting and Song Sinan. He then placed his hands on the table, turning them over to reveal his palms. Instantly, everyone present clearly saw that Wang Linzhi's palms were covered in dense, red rashes, so numerous that a student with trypophobia cried out in fright.
Wan Yunting and Song Sinan were also momentarily stunned. They both simultaneously picked up Wang Linzhi's hands, examining the dense red rashes on his palms. Their brows furrowed. Wan Yunting rolled up his sleeve and saw that Wang Linzhi's arms had no rashes, only his palms. His backs were clear.
"What kind of illness is this? Why are there rashes only on the front of the hands?"
The surrounding students murmured amongst themselves, discussing in hushed tones.
Dong Yuanlang craned his neck to look a few times, then asked Yao Xiangming beside him, "Brother Yao, can you tell what illness this is?"
Yao Xiangming, wearing glasses, squinted his eyes as he observed the red rashes on Wang Linzhi's palms from a distance. He was momentarily stumped and shook his head slightly, "I've never seen it!"
Dong Yuanlang looked at Yao Xiangming in astonishment, thinking to himself: with your skill level, how did you cause trouble at the medical duel?
"My soles have it too."
Wang Linzhi said, bending down to take off his shoes and pull off his socks, revealing the bottoms of his feet. Just like his hands, they were covered in dense rashes that made one's scalp tingle. Song Sinan frowned and asked, "There are rashes only on the fronts of your hands and feet. Are there any on other parts of your body?"
"No."
Wang Linzhi shook his head and smiled, then fell silent.
This made Wan Yunting and Song Sinan raise their eyebrows. They too fell silent, pondering what illness Wang Linzhi had, and why it only appeared on the fronts of his palms and the soles of his feet, with the rest of his body being normal!
However, Wan Yunting was certain that Wang Linzhi's symptoms were definitely not a simple skin allergy!
"I say, Old Gu, where did you find this patient? Even I can't figure out what illness it is," Jiang Yichun, sitting on the main stage, turned to ask Gu Yuanbai.
Wei Datong, Zhang Fenglin, Shen Tong, Ding Huixiang, and others also looked puzzled, as these patients had all been arranged by Gu Yuanbai.
Gu Yuanbai looked at Jiang Yichun and Song Chengqi, smiling, "Don't rush. Let them have a look first, and we'll announce it later."
"Come, I'll take your pulse."
Saying this, Wan Yunting took Wang Linzhi's left hand to feel his pulse, while Song Sinan similarly took his right. Both men frowned, concentrating their attention on Wang Linzhi's pulse diagnosis, only to find that his pulses were all quite normal.
"Strange, what exactly is this symptom? It doesn't look like a common allergic rash..."
Wan Yunting was stumped, perhaps due to his limited experience with cases, and couldn't figure out what illness Wang Linzhi had.
Song Sinan beside him was clearly in the same predicament. Although she had practiced medicine with her grandfather and father in the family's clinic and had seen many patients, she had never encountered a disease with symptoms like Wang Linzhi's.
Even Song Chengqi, sitting in the judges' panel on the main stage, couldn't discern the symptoms.
"He has hand and foot leprosy!"
Suddenly, a voice broke the silence of everyone present. It was Yao Xiangming.
Instantly, all eyes turned towards him. Gu Yuanbai on the main stage, the head judge, even raised an eyebrow and stared directly at Yao Xiangming standing among the students!
"Are you a student or a physician of our association?"
Deng Hongsheng immediately pointed at Yao Xiangming and warned sternly, "Didn't we tell you all not to make any prompting remarks? If you do that again, you'll be asked to leave immediately."
"Who is this guy? He doesn't look like a student..."
The students and teachers around Yao Xiangming looked at him doubtfully as they pointed.
Wan Yunting and Song Sinan, whose diagnosis had been interrupted, raised their eyebrows and mumbled, "Hand and foot leprosy..."
Yao Xiangming, of course, had no intention of leaving. He stared directly at Gu Yuanbai, who sat in the center of the main stage, a smile playing on his lips, "President Gu, you're truly forgetful, you don't even remember me!"
These words astonished everyone present. Ding Huixiang exclaimed indignantly, "Kid, don't beat around the bush. Whose protégé are you, and what are you doing here causing trouble?"
"Heh heh."
Yao Xiangming chuckled twice.
"You are Yao Xiangming, aren't you?"
Gu Yuanbai seemed to recall something and frowned as he looked at Yao Xiangming.
"Yao Xiangming? Who is that?"
Ding Huixiang hadn't reacted yet, but Jiang Yichun's heart sank. He turned to him and said, "He's Sima Wentang's prized disciple!"
Wan Yunting, however, looked confused and turned to ask Song Sinan, "Is he famous?"
Song Sinan's eyes were fixed on Yao Xiangming, and she nodded, "He is Sima Wentang's disciple!"
"Oh."
Wan Yunting turned back, looking at Yao Xiangming as he pushed through the crowd and walked in. He said with a smile, "So, he's here to cause trouble!"
"Who is Yao Xiangming?"
"I don't know."
"Oh my, he's the Chairman of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, Sima Wentang's prized disciple..."
At this moment, many members of the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association and teachers from the medical university also remembered Yao Xiangming's identity, and began to discuss. They knew that this guy's sudden appearance today was definitely to cause trouble.
"President Gu, he has hand and foot leprosy. I wonder if my diagnosis is correct?"
Yao Xiangming pointed at Wang Linzhi, who was sitting there, but he didn't even glance at Wan Yunting and Song Sinan. He smiled at Gu Yuanbai and the entire judging panel on the main stage.
Gu Yuanbai raised his eyebrows, looking at Yao Xiangming. His heart had already turned grim; he knew Yao Xiangming was here to stir up trouble.
"Kid, shut up!"
The hot-tempered Ding Huixiang immediately stood up, pointing at Yao Xiangming and glaring, "You need to understand where you are right now. We are no longer members of your Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association. We are now the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, so you are not welcome here. Get out!"
However, Yao Xiangming was not intimidated by Ding Huixiang's loud voice. He appeared calm and collected, and his squinting eyes gave off a sinister aura. He said with a smile, "Old Ding, don't shout at me with that booming voice. I've come today precisely to see if this Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, which you've established without authorization, has any real capability!"
Then, Yao Xiangming turned his head, looking at Wan Yunting and Song Sinan sitting in front of Wang Linzhi, and cast a disdainful glance at the group of youngsters standing beside them, such as Huang Jingshan, Shen Yingrui, Wei Renxin, and Zhang Xiaoyu. He chuckled lightly and said, "However, looking at it now, your Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association is nothing but a joke created out of your personal ambition, Old Gu!"
"What did you say? Who's a joke?"
Feeling looked down upon by him, Huang Jingshan immediately exploded, pointing at Yao Xiangming and shouting, "Don't think you're so great just because you're Sima Wentang's disciple! If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one."
However, Yao Xiangming glanced at him disdainfully and said faintly, "You can't even get into the final round. What makes you think you can compete with me!"
"So what? Does that mean you're right that he has hand and foot leprosy?" Huang Jingshan was a straightforward person. He immediately retorted angrily at Yao Xiangming.
"Heh heh."
However, Yao Xiangming remained unfazed by Huang Jingshan's outburst. He turned to Gu Yuanbai and said with a smile, "Am I right or wrong, President Gu, what do you say?"
Instantly, everyone present looked at Gu Yuanbai. They all knew that Yao Xiangming's appearance at this moment was precisely to suppress Wan Yunting, Song Sinan, and the younger generation of the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
He wanted everyone to know that the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association was the true and orthodox medical association in China's traditional Chinese medicine circles!