Ju Hua Zai Liu Lang

Chapter 119 Not Following the Rules

With a group of old Chinese medicine practitioners vouching for him earlier, and now the top wealthy individuals of Qingyun City, everyone began to question Li Se’s medical skills. How could his skills be so superb without a practicing license?

Otherwise, why would so many people be willing to guarantee his medical abilities!

Cheng Wenhan looked astonished. How could so many people be willing to vouch for this Li Se, and all of them with non-trivial statuses? He recalled how even Mayor Ding had treated Li Se with considerable politeness. Could this fellow’s medical skills truly be that formidable?

How could this be possible?

Chinese medicine wasn't like Western medicine, which had the assistance of medical equipment. Chinese medicine relied entirely on experience. Without years of cultivation, one’s medical skills could absolutely not be exceptional. If Chinese medicine practitioners could be highly skilled at the age of twenty, Chinese medicine wouldn’t have declined.

At this moment, it wasn't just Cheng Wenhan who was in doubt, but also all the members of the U.S. Medical Association, and even everyone in the hall. Of course, apart from a few who knew Li Se's medical skills were formidable, most were in a state of confusion.

Lorraine’s expression was also a little surprised. She truly hadn't expected so many people to vouch for someone who didn't even have a practicing license. This could only mean one thing: Li Se’s medical skills might indeed be very impressive. She looked at Charles beside her, "Is he really just a young man with some medical skills?"

Charles’s expression was unpredictable, but he would absolutely not admit it. He snorted, "Yes, Madam President. Otherwise, why wouldn't he have a practicing license? I think it's because Chinese medicine is lacking in talent that they are vouching for such a young man. Madam President, think about it, this person is so young, and his medical skills are passable, so everyone wants to guarantee him. This is actually a form of encouragement, wanting this young man to shine brilliantly.”

Lorraine seemed to understand something. Perhaps it was just as Charles said, these people wanted to pave a brighter future for Li Se. After all, with so many people’s endorsement and guarantees, his future would surely be smooth sailing. However, no practicing license meant no practicing license. She said coldly, "This does not comply with the rules. Even with so many people vouching for him, he truly does not have a practicing license!"

“According to the rules, without a practicing license, one cannot practice medicine and thus is not qualified to compete with our U.S. Medical Association. Please change your representative. We allow you to change your representative, or are you saying that Chinese medicine is truly lacking in people?”

Lorraine’s words were spot on.

The meaning behind her words was also clear: if you continue to vouch for this young man, it's tantamount to admitting that Chinese medicine is lacking in talent!

The faces of the group of old Chinese medicine practitioners were filled with mixed emotions. Chinese medicine lacking in talent? They couldn't refute this point; the decline of Chinese medicine was also due to this reason. But the problem was, now being told that Chinese medicine was lacking in talent by people from Western medicine, they were unwilling to accept it!

“I’ll participate!”

“Me!”

“Chinese medicine has plenty of people!”

“…”

A group of old Chinese medicine practitioners sitting in the audience were indignant. They couldn't let Western medicine look down on them.

“Dean, it seems that it will be a bit difficult for Li Se to participate in the competition,” Wang Xiang said with a hint of schadenfreude. He actually knew Li Se’s medical skills very well. If Li Se were allowed to participate, the outcome of this competition would be truly hard to predict. But if Li Se were kicked out, Chinese medicine would likely lose.

It wasn’t that Old Huang and Hua De’s medical skills were not brilliant, but rather the limitations of Chinese medicine. With their methods, they might be able to allow this patient to stand up again in the future, but it would take a long time, and this was the nature of Chinese medicine.

In contrast, Western medicine, with amputation and prosthetics, could allow the patient to stand up quickly. This was the difference.

This kind of competition required the utmost efficiency.

Dean Tang glanced at Wang Xiang and said, “You seem to really hope that Divine Doctor Li cannot participate in the competition?”

Wang Xiang smiled, “Dean, we are all Western medicine practitioners. Although Chinese medicine is a national treasure, the current Chinese medicine is truly lacking in talent, and this is a fact. Look, once Divine Doctor Li cannot participate, it’s almost a guaranteed loss. This is already a gap in strength. Moreover, this Divine Doctor Li doesn’t even have a practicing license. If it were really pursued, he would be practicing medicine illegally.”

Dean Tang didn't say anything more. Instead, he looked at Li Se. The current situation was indeed a bit tricky. Although there were many people vouching for him, if the U.S. Medical Association refused to back down, Li Se might truly not be able to participate in this Sino-Western medical competition.

Charles of course didn't want Li Se to participate. He glanced at the many old Chinese medicine practitioners in the audience who were about to participate, so he smiled and said, “Don’t you Chinese medicine practitioners have many people? Let this young man step down and let someone else come up. He doesn’t even have a practicing license, and he still wants to compete with us. Isn’t this insulting?”

“Yes, step down!”

“Go and get your practicing license first before talking about it.”

“…”

The people from the U.S. Medical Association naturally disagreed with letting someone without a practicing license compete in medical skills with them.

Li Se was also helpless at this moment. He glanced at Old Huang and sighed, “Old Huang, I’ll leave it to you from now on.”

He indeed didn't have a practicing license. If he continued to stay here, it would only lead to ridicule from the Western medicine practitioners. Moreover, he was quite confident in Old Huang and Hua De.

“Wait a moment!”

Just then, the Director of the Bureau of Commerce, Sun Hong, stood up and said lightly, “I am Sun Hong, the Director of the Bureau of Commerce. I can also vouch for Divine Doctor Li’s medical skills!”

“And me!” The Director of the Public Security Bureau, Tian Anming, also spoke.

This immediately quieted many people. Previously, it was the old Chinese medicine practitioners and the top wealthy individuals of Qingyun City who vouched for him. Now, even the leaders of Qingyun City began to vouch for him.

It seemed that Li Se’s medical skills were truly very impressive.

At this moment, Li Se also looked at Tian Anming and Sun Hong with some surprise. Their statuses were relatively special, and they were willing to vouch for him. This was very rare.

“President Lorraine, a practicing license is just a piece of paper. Divine Doctor Li’s medical skills will not disappoint you,” Ding Peng smiled and said.

Even the mayor spoke!

Lorraine’s expression was a bit unpredictable. What was going on with all these people vouching for a young man? Could this fellow’s medical skills really be that formidable?

“Not complying with the rules is not complying with the rules!” If it were someone else, they would have probably let Li Se participate long ago, but the U.S. Medical Association wouldn't budge. Charles was the first to jump out. Precisely because of so many people vouching for him, he was increasingly worried. If Li Se participated and then won, their Medical Association would truly become a laughingstock.

Don't underestimate him when he said Li Se's medical skills were just so-so; in fact, he was somewhat worried. After all, he was the one who was forced to publicly apologize by this young man.

“A mere practicing license. What if Divine Doctor Li possesses the qualification for applying to be an Imperial Physician?”

Suddenly, a very loud voice rang out from the entrance of the hall.