Ju Hua Zai Liu Lang

Chapter 490 The Past

"To diagnose the cause of illness just by feeling the pulse is too child's play."

"Heh, if we could diagnose it this way, we might as well all just learn pulse-feeling."

"Even the medical equipment couldn't detect it, yet he still wants to diagnose it by pulse-feeling. I really don't know who gave him the courage."

"..."

The doctors all began to scoff.

"All of you, shut up!" Li Se reprimanded.

The members of the medical team were quite annoyed. This guy actually dared to yell at them? However, they couldn't argue with Li Se at this moment.

After a period of pulse-feeling, Li Se already understood Ding Peng's condition. Her expression became a bit more solemn: "Mayor Ding, your wife was afflicted by Gu several months ago. Now it's your turn."

Upon hearing this, Ding Peng's face turned slightly grim. He had also been afflicted by Gu?

"What Gu?" Doctor Luo frowned.

"This is a type of witchcraft. You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you," Li Se said, having no intention of explaining to Doctor Luo.

"This is utter nonsense," Doctor Luo retorted angrily.

"This is not nonsense," Qiu Lan explained. "Several months ago, I was also afflicted by Gu, and it was thanks to the treatment from Divine Doctor Li that I recovered."

"Perhaps it was just good luck. Witchcraft, Gu affliction—I think it's all baseless!" Doctor Luo didn't believe any of it.

"Doctor Luo, I understand you," Li Se suddenly nodded.

Doctor Luo looked surprised. Why was this person suddenly so agreeable?

Li Se continued, "After all, this involves a field you don't understand. But it's fine. If you don't understand something, you can learn it. You cannot deny the unknown just because you don't understand it. Do you know what this is called? It's called ignorance!"

"You..." Doctor Luo's face turned red with embarrassment. This guy actually dared to call him ignorant?

Li Se ignored Doctor Luo any further, took out the Returning Yang Golden Needles, and inserted several golden needles into Ding Peng's body.

"You're messing around!" Doctor Luo shouted. "Do you have a license for acupuncture? You're performing acupuncture on Mayor Ding here. If anything goes wrong, can you bear the responsibility? Moreover, if Mayor Ding were truly poisoned, how could our medical equipment not detect it? And besides, Mayor Ding has no symptoms of poisoning apart from stomach pain. To reach a conclusion after just a few minutes of pulse-feeling, aren't you being too careless?"

"Yes, it's too unprofessional."

"Now he's starting to use needles, and they're golden needles, not even sterilized."

"Does he really think golden needles can cure diseases?"

"..."

The medical team naturally did not believe that Li Se had already diagnosed the cause of the illness.

What a joke. They couldn't diagnose it with all sorts of medical equipment, and Li Se claimed to have diagnosed it after a few minutes of pulse-feeling. This was too absurd.

However, before their scoffing words were even finished, Ding Peng was no longer in as much pain as before. He touched his stomach and exclaimed with surprise, "I don't think it hurts as much anymore. Divine Doctor Li, has my Gu poison been resolved?"

"Not yet," Li Se shook her head.

Removing Gu was difficult. To date, Li Se had only removed Gu for two people: Qiu Lan and Su Mei. Qiu Lan's case was manageable, as she had cooperated with Imperial Physician Sun for the removal. Su Mei's Gu poison, however, was more challenging; without the Purple Leaf Heavenly Lotus, he would not have been able to remove it.

Ding Peng's Gu poison was naturally not as virulent as the Azure Sea Profound Heaven Gu, but it was still quite tricky.

"Mayor Ding, your Gu poison is even more troublesome than Madam Ding's was previously. Right now, it's only temporarily controlled. To completely remove the Gu, it's not that simple. I need a few medicinal ingredients," Li Se said solemnly.

This time, Doctor Luo and the others did not mock him. This was because Ding Peng's condition was indeed under control. It only took him less than ten minutes to control the illness with just a pulse-feeling and acupuncture.

Meanwhile, they, with their medical equipment, had been busy for several hours but hadn't even diagnosed the cause of the illness. This made him wonder if Western medicine was inferior to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"Divine Doctor Li, what medicinal ingredients do you need?" Qiu Lan asked.

Li Se quickly wrote down a prescription and handed it to Qiu Lan. "Simmer it for an hour."

"Alright!" Qiu Lan nodded and immediately had someone prepare it.

"Mayor Ding, last time it was your wife who was afflicted by Gu, and this time it's you. I suspect you must have offended some sorcerer?" Li Se inquired in a low voice.

Months ago, he had asked Ding Peng about this, but Ding Peng seemed to have some unspoken difficulty and was unwilling to say. He originally thought the matter might have passed, but after several months, the sorcerer had attacked again.

Moreover, Li Se was quite certain that the person who had inflicted the Gu on Qiu Lan and Ding Peng was the same individual!

Ding Peng's expression shifted slightly. After a moment, he sighed and said, "Actually, I had already guessed."

"All of you, please leave," Qiu Lan said at this moment.

Doctor Luo still wanted to hear about the mayor's secrets but was then asked to leave. Helpless, he could only exit the room.

Ding Peng recounted everything that had happened. It turned out that several months ago, he and Qiu Lan had visited Yunnan. A local wealthy businessman wanted to bribe him, intending to extend his influence into Jiangnan through Ding Peng, but he had refused. The wealthy businessman, harboring resentment, had hired a sorcerer, which led to the Gu affliction.

"Mayor Ding, leave this matter to me. I will handle the sorcerer issue for you," Li Se said.

"Divine Doctor Li, the opponent is a sorcerer; it's too dangerous," Ding Peng said with some concern.

"Don't worry, I have my ways," Li Se smiled. He didn't take a mere sorcerer seriously.

After the traditional Chinese medicine was brewed, Li Se had Ding Peng consume it. He circulated his true qi, brushing over the golden needles, which began to tremble.

"Ugh..." In less than a minute, Ding Peng felt a wave of nausea. The medicinal decoction he had just drunk was expelled, and within the decoction, several tiny worms were wriggling.

When Doctor Luo and the others witnessed this scene, their expressions changed dramatically. They no longer dared to show the slightest disdain for Li Se.

"Thank you, Divine Doctor Li!" Ding Peng said gratefully.

"Divine Doctor Li, you have saved my husband and me again," Qiu Lan said.

"It was merely a small effort," Li Se smiled. He soon bid farewell to Ding Peng and Qiu Lan. However, as he left Ding Peng's residence, he suddenly sensed something. His figure flashed towards a certain spot, and he unleashed a punch.

Bang!

The next second, the sound of fists colliding echoed. A dark figure emerged from the corner. After colliding with Li Se's fist, the figure let out a muffled groan and attempted to escape.

"Trying to leave?" Li Se sneered and lunged at the shadowy figure.

The figure was extremely elusive, causing Li Se to grasp at empty air.

"You are the sorcerer who inflicted Gu on Mayor Ding and Madam Ding, aren't you?" Li Se continued his attack, throwing punch after punch, giving the shadowy figure no chance to retaliate.

"So what if I am?" the shadowy figure spoke.

Li Se couldn't help but be taken aback. "You're a woman?"

"You dare to interfere in the affairs of our Black Dragon Society, and you will surely die!" the shadowy figure coldly uttered. With a flick of its arm, a worm, so fast that the naked eye could barely perceive it, shot towards Li Se.