The incident caused by 'Tong Mai San' happened quickly and ended just as fast. The patients who had taken 'Tong Mai San' and experienced adverse effects at the hospital were all discharged within two days.
After an investigation, the Pharmaceutical Administration confirmed that 'Tong Mai San' indeed had issues. However, since the Lin Group Pharmaceutical Company bore all the costs and no lives were lost, they decided to settle the matter with a fine.
Lin Xuan, accompanied by her secretary, paid the fine at the Pharmaceutical Administration. Soon after, Lin Xin and several executives from Lin Group Pharmaceutical, who had been detained, were released.
The island nation individuals were interrogated by Luan Jiping's men for two days. Long Xiao visited the suburban base where they were held. After manipulating them with his mental control technique, he released them, but kept their documents and medications.
Long Xiao spent two days studying the medications left by the island nation individuals but couldn't achieve any significant results. He had to temporarily put away the documents and drugs.
With the opening of Xinglin Grass Hall just three days away, Long Xiao, along with Mi Tianfu and Mingyue, inspected the medicines in the pharmacy. Long Xiao worried about being overwhelmed by too many patients on the opening day and decided to spend these three days refining some pills to treat common ailments.
As the life-force in his Dantian was low, he didn't use it during this refining process, so the pills produced were ordinary ones.
In just two days, Long Xiao prepared five thousand pills for treating over a dozen common illnesses. Although these pills lacked life-force, their quality far surpassed that of commercially available drugs for similar conditions.
The day before the opening, Mi Tianfu drew up a guest list. Long Xiao didn't know many people, so most of the invitees were acquaintances of Mi Tianfu.
Upon hearing that Long Xiao was opening Xinglin Grass Hall, Bao Tie was furious. He complained about the incompetence of his family members, stating that he had his leg broken by Long Xiao, yet Long Xiao was unharmed and was now opening a medical clinic.
Bao Erhu's strategy for dealing with Long Xiao was to take it slow. After all, Long Xiao was now close to the Ji family and the Black Widow, and any direct move against him would likely draw their intervention.
Bao Tong was also extremely resentful. He decided to organize people to avenge his brother.
Using a large number of Bao family members would surely alert Bao Erhu. Thus, Bao Tong contacted Bao Qing, the son of his eldest uncle, and Bao Xing, the son of his third uncle, asking them to contribute some people. He also reached out to the Donghai Martial Artist Alliance to enlist their support.
Bao Tie was a disciple of the Donghai Martial Artist Alliance's Grand Elder for three thousand years. Bao Tong called one of Bao Tie's senior disciples, who immediately agreed to send fifty people to assist on-site.
On the opening day, Long Xiao arrived at Xinglin Grass Hall early in the morning. Everyone together arranged the flower baskets at the entrance, and the notice for three days of free consultations was posted. Mi Tianfu even prepared a table for Long Xiao to sit and drink tea while awaiting the arrival of guests from various parties.
By eight o'clock, not a single person had appeared. Moreover, Mingyue noticed that dozens of cars were parked at both alley entrances, and a large number of people wearing the Donghai Martial Alliance insignia had blocked the alleyways.
"Master, the Donghai Martial Alliance has blocked both alley entrances," Mingyue ran back and whispered in Long Xiao's ear.
Long Xiao found it strange. He hadn't offended anyone from the Donghai Martial Alliance, so why were they causing trouble?
Long Xiao picked up his teacup, took a sip, and smiled, saying, "Don't mind them. At worst, no one will come today, and our Xinglin Grass Hall will still open."
"Master, it doesn't matter if there are no guests, but if there are no patients, how can we open a clinic?"
Long Xiao put down his teacup and said calmly, "It doesn't matter if there are no patients either. We're not relying on this clinic to make money. At worst, Brother Mi and I can go and read fortunes for people."
Mi Tianfu, standing nearby, said with some displeasure, "Brother, I am a doctor, not a charlatan. I won't read fortunes for people anymore. I want to study medicine diligently and treat patients properly."
Long Xiao chuckled and said, "Brother Mi, medicine is a culture, not just a skill. Feng Shui, physiognomy, yin-yang and bagua, astronomy and mathematics – these are all things a physician should master."
Long Xiao began to speak at length. Mingyue listened thoughtfully, while Mi Tianfu was utterly confused.
A few minutes later, Long Xiao stopped talking. Mingyue suddenly seemed enlightened, as if she understood something. Mi Tianfu sighed and said, "Brother, I didn't understand."
"It's fine if you didn't understand. Learning is endless. Our Chinese culture is vast and profound. No matter what you learn, the more you learn, the more your medical skills will improve."
This time, Mi Tianfu understood and nodded. Mingyue said, "I understand, Master. I will work hard."
As the three of them were chatting, two Phaetons sped into the alley and stopped in front of Xinglin Grass Hall.
The door of one car opened, and Bao Tong stepped out arrogantly. He then waved his hand, and several bodyguards carried Bao Tie out as well.
"Long Xiao, you freeloader, you still dare to open a clinic? Today, I'll see how your clinic opens."
Bao Tie, sitting in his wheelchair, was extremely arrogant. Several bodyguards stood behind him, their waists bulging, clearly hiding weapons.
"Are the people from the Martial Alliance outside your arrangement?" Long Xiao asked, pointing towards the alley entrance.
"It's my arrangement. I'm the eighth senior brother of the Martial Alliance. Are you scared? Heh heh, I'll slowly kill you."
Long Xiao crossed his legs, took a sip of tea, and then slowly said, "To kill me? You're not worthy."
"Hahaha, arrogant! Anyone can talk tough. Just wait and see, you'll regret it."
Bao Tie planned to first embarrass Long Xiao by having no guests or patients on the opening day.
By noon, he would lead his men to smash the clinic, not only preventing Long Xiao from opening it but also sending him to the hospital.
Time slowly passed. It was almost noon, and still, not a single guest or patient had arrived.
Just as Mingyue and Mi Tianfu were feeling greatly disappointed, a red Bentley sped into the alley and stopped not far from Long Xiao.
"Who, who the hell dares to obstruct me?" Seeing the Bentley, Bao Tie roared in anger.
Two bodyguards rushed towards the red Bentley, looking like they were about to teach the driver a lesson.
The car door opened, and a beautiful woman in a nurse's uniform stepped out. She completely ignored Bao Tie and his men and walked up to Long Xiao, saying, "Long Xiao, I'm here."
Long Xiao's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile as he saw the beautiful woman: "It's the beautiful nurse! Good, a bet is a bet. I, Long Xiao, haven't misjudged you."
That day, because the patient needed emergency treatment, the nurse had left in a hurry, and Long Xiao hadn't even had time to ask her name.
Seeing the nurse, Bao Tong was startled. Fearing that his bodyguards' actions might cause trouble for him, he quickly shouted, "You all, come back here!"
Bao Tie asked confusedly, "Brother, what's wrong? Do you have a crush on this nurse?"
"A crush on your head! Her name is Xue Meiqin. If you mess with her, both of our legs will be broken."
"Brother, are you trying to scare me? Is she that formidable?"
"She's not formidable. Her father is. Her father is Xue Dayun."
"Earth Dragon! She's Earth Dragon's daughter."
The East Sea had three Tigers, two Dragons, and one God of Wealth. Although the various families appeared to be on equal footing, there was still some disparity between the three Tigers and the two Dragons. If the three Tigers were compared to the God of Wealth, they would be far behind in terms of both financial and human resources.