"Dr. Wan, you've arrived as well..."
A man in a Tang suit, carrying a medical bag, jogged towards Wan Yunting. It was He Chang, the physician from He Ren Tang who had treated Kang Hongwen's mother previously.
"Physician He!"
Wan Yunting turned around, a smile playing on his lips as he looked at the charlatan.
He Chang immediately felt the oddness in his gaze and chuckled awkwardly, "I heard Dr. Wan is a physician in the Southern Traditional Chinese Medicine Department. Congratulations! Our TCM community has gained another great talent!"
The others around, hearing He Chang's words, turned their attention to Wan Yunting.
At the same time, the TCM physicians who had been greeting Jiang Yichun also turned to scrutinize him. Especially when they saw that Wan Yunting was carrying an emergency medical box, and didn't even have a traditional wooden TCM medical box, he was immediately met with scorn from many around him. Whispers of "Who is this person?" could be heard.
"I don't know. Judging by his appearance, he must be a bumpkin from some remote village..."
"Dean Jiang, is he a physician from your TCM department?"
A TCM physician named Lü Chun, a member of the Huadu TCM Association, had seen Jiang Yichun arriving with the young man earlier.
"Yes, he's a newly recruited physician in our Southern TCM Department."
Jiang Yichun proudly introduced Wan Yunting to Lü Chun and the other physicians.
"Could he be that rapist who cured the richest man, Mr. Kang's, mother's intestinal problem?" a young physician suddenly whispered.
He Chang heard this, turned, and glared at him, "Haven't you seen the news? Dr. Wan was framed. The police have already clarified the matter."
"Yes, yes, my apologies. My mouth is foul."
The physician slapped himself, as Wan Yunting was now part of Jiang Yichun's TCM department.
"So it was him..."
The other physicians around had heard that not long ago, the richest man Kang Hongwen's mother's illness was cured by a cleaner at Southern Hospital, and now he had been recruited into Jiang Yichun's Southern TCM department, which immediately caused envy and jealousy among many young physicians.
In contrast, experienced TCM physicians like Lü Chun and Yang An showed disdain for Wan Yunting! They all believed that the richest man Kang Hongwen's mother's illness was not a serious one, just a minor cold, so curing it was nothing remarkable.
Therefore, Lü Chun, Yang An, and these veteran TCM physicians glanced at Wan Yunting and then completely ignored him, continuing their discussion with Jiang Yichun about Fan Xingfa's daughter's strange illness.
Only He Chang, who had personally witnessed Wan Yunting's medical skills, didn't look down on him like them. This fellow was very smooth, constantly praising Wan Yunting's superb medical skills to his friends.
Wan Yunting was helpless. Although He Chang kept praising him, he could still see the contempt and sarcasm in the eyes of the surrounding physicians.
However, he didn't care about their strange looks, as he was considered a newcomer after all.
He Chang and the others had already gone in to see Fan Xingfa's daughter. Hearing them talk about the patient's peculiar symptoms made Wan Yunting increasingly curious, and he was eager to go in and see what kind of strange illness it was that had stumped everyone!
Just as Jiang Yichun was about to lead him in, several cars slowly arrived.
"It's Old Man Weng's car..."
Many physicians around immediately recognized a license plate and rushed forward to respectfully greet an elder with half-white hair, dressed in a grey Tang suit, as he alighted from the car.
Upon seeing this person, Jiang Yichun's face instantly fell, "Why is this old man here too?"
Wan Yunting was puzzled. He Chang beside him immediately lowered his voice and introduced, "He is Weng Dehai, the successor of Weng Ren Tang, the vice president of the Huadu TCM Association, and also a director at the Huadu TCM University!"
"Weng Ren Tang, I've heard of it."
Wan Yunting nodded, as Weng Ren Tang clinic was indeed very famous in Huadu City.
He hadn't expected that this elder, over sixty years old, with a ruddy complexion and vigorous spirit, was the physician Weng Dehai, the successor of Weng Ren Tang.
The Weng family's medical lineage, passed down for hundreds of years, was very well-known in the South!
They primarily focused on the Yin-Nourishing school of thought, which was different from the Cold Damage school of thought that Jiang Yichun had studied.
As everyone knows, there are eight major schools of thought in Traditional Chinese Medicine!
They are the Medical Classics school, the Cold Damage school, the Prescriptions school, the Hejian school, the Evil-Attacking school, the Yin-Nourishing school, the Yishui school, and the Warming and Tonifying school.
These eight major schools, from ancient times to the present, are based on many medical classics and were founded by later generations.
For example, the 'Nan Jing' written by the medical ancestor Bian Que, and the 'Nei Jing' and 'Wai Jing'!
And Zhang Zhongjing, known as the Sage of Medicine, who wrote 'Shang Han Za Bing Lun'!
Hua Tuo, the progenitor of surgery, who wrote 'Qing Nang Shu'!
Sun Simiao, known as the King of Medicine, who wrote 'Qian Jin Fang'!
These earth-shattering famous individuals and their medical classics, step by step, founded the eight schools of thought and have been passed down to the present.
Some schools have even been lost due to war during those turbulent times, which is why the TCM community now places particular importance on inheritance!
The Weng family's medical lineage is a branch of the Yin-Nourishing school. It has been passed down since the creation of the Weng Ren Tang clinic by Weng Gaoyuan, Weng Dehai's ancestor, hundreds of years ago.
To this day, Weng Dehai is the twenty-fourth generation successor.
He is good at recruiting followers and socializing with the upper circles of Huadu, which has made Weng Ren Tang's reputation spread far and wide.
In addition, Weng Dehai, as the successor of the Yin-Nourishing school in the TCM community, not only became the vice president of the Huadu TCM Association but was also invited to be a director at the Huadu TCM University, earning him the title of Divine Physician Weng!
However, for some reason, Jiang Yichun and Weng Dehai's relationship was not very good!
It is said that more than ten years ago, they had a disagreement while treating the same patient, and they argued incessantly, even fighting each other.
This led to them cutting off all contact, not meeting privately, and only appearing together on important occasions. Even so, they would quarrel and curse whenever they met.
"Old Man Weng, you're here too..."
Lü Chun and Yang An, leaving Jiang Yichun behind, went to greet Weng Dehai, bowing and scraping, as if they wanted to kneel and call him grandpa.
"Ah, it's Lü Chun and the others."
Weng Dehai smiled heartily. Although he appeared approachable, his demeanor carried a sense of arrogant superiority!
Seeing the TCM physicians around flocking to Weng Dehai, fawning over him, Wan Yunting was a bit surprised. He Chang beside him quickly explained, "In the Huadu TCM circle, Old Man Weng's prestige is unmatched!"
"Yes, although Dean Jiang is also renowned, he is slightly inferior to Old Man Weng."
Ultimately, Weng Dehai was more high-profile in his actions, focusing on recruiting followers and pursuing wealth and fame!
Jiang Yichun, on the other hand, was very low-key in his actions, never caring about his reputation or pursuing wealth. He dedicated himself to studying medicine, solely for the purpose of healing the sick.
Therefore, Jiang Yichun had great disdain and contempt for someone like Weng Dehai who acted so high-profile.
This was why he appreciated Wan Yunting so much, because he was low-key, humble, didn't flaunt his talent, and only considered the patients' well-being...