"Dr. Xie is absolutely right. The decline of Chinese medicine in Huaxia is due to people like him,"
"He's a total charlatan. Just a few gestures and he thinks he can bring the dead back to life?"
"It'd be better to let the deceased rest in peace."
"..."
The surrounding crowd naturally supported Xie Yixian, and Li Se appeared no different from a charlatan at the moment. Only those whose strength had been drained felt a subtle difference.
Li Se paid no attention to the murmurs around him. His complexion was slightly pale. This application of Zhuyou术 was extremely difficult, as it involved rescuing someone from the King of Hell. After performing Zhuyou术, he proceeded to acupuncture the patient again.
A full half-hour passed before the acupuncture finally concluded. Li Se let out a long sigh of relief.
"Doctor, how is my wife?" the man asked anxiously.
"It depends on fate," Li Se replied.
"Pfft..." Qin Weicai beside him couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Depends on fate? You've been fussing for over half an hour, and all you have to say is it depends on fate. Who are you trying to fool? I think you've been putting on an act from beginning to end. People like you should be arrested. Stop the nonsense, get down on your knees and apologize, then hand over the Taiyi Jiugong Lianhuan Zhen!"
Xie Yixian stood with his hands behind his back, observing coldly.
"Ahem..." But just then, the patient began to cough violently.
"She's saved?"
"She's actually been saved!"
"A divine doctor! This is a divine doctor! So young, yet possessing such medical skill!"
Everyone immediately changed their tune, praising Li Se profusely.
After all, this was a patient whom Xie Yixian had declared dead, and Li Se had managed to save her. What was the difference between this and raising the dead?
"Impossible!" Xie Yixian's face changed drastically. "She clearly died suddenly. How could she be saved? This is absolutely impossible!"
"Isn't it possible? Can't you see for yourself?" Many people began to look down on Xie Yixian. They had all trusted his medical skills, but the outcome was that a patient he declared dead was treated by someone else. Didn't this implicitly suggest that Xie Yixian's skills were nothing special and that he was merely famous without substance?
Xie Yixian's expression was grim, but he still found it hard to accept that the person he had pronounced dead had been brought back to life so easily. If he hadn't witnessed it himself, he would have found it difficult to believe.
"Doctor, thank you. Thank you so much..." The man was about to kneel before Li Se.
Li Se quickly steadied him. "Your wife experienced sudden death due to excessive mental pressure. Please pay more attention to her in the future."
"Okay..." The man said, tears streaming down his face. "It's all my fault. I was only focused on making money. It's all my fault..."
As he spoke, he wrote a check for fifty million and handed it to Li Se. "This is my consultation fee!"
Li Se waved his hand. "No need. This is just a small effort. Why don't you donate this fifty million to an orphanage? They might need it more."
"Okay, I'll remember that!" the man nodded emphatically.
"This is the true divine doctor!"
"Healing the world!"
"Not like some so-called master, all talk and no substance, claiming to be a national hand in Chinese medicine, yet declaring someone dead. If it weren't for this young divine doctor, she would have been sent to the morgue!"
"..."
Many people began to praise Li Se while also denigrating Xie Yixian.
*Clap, clap, clap...*
Following this was thunderous applause.
Li Se then looked at Xie Yixian and Qin Weicai and said calmly, "Do you remember our wager just now?"
Xie Yixian's face was dark and grim, but he remained silent. After all, it was Qin Weicai who had made the wager with Li Se, not him. However, if his senior disciple were to kneel in public, it would also bring shame upon him as a master. But with so many people watching, if he didn't kneel, it would mean breaking his word.
"Don't push it too far. You just got lucky!" Qin Weicai said angrily.
"Heh, let's say I was lucky. But I saved her, so you have to kneel and apologize!" Li Se said coldly.
"I won't kneel..." Qin Weicai refused to honor the agreement. He was extremely proud and could not bring himself to kneel in front of so many people.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Se delivered two kicks. Qin Weicai then fell to his knees with a thud.
"How dare you?" Qin Weicai roared.
But Li Se no longer paid attention to him, taking Wei Xueru and leaving the Zhongbao Pavilion directly.
Many people around pointed and gestured at Qin Weicai, and even Xie Yixian's reputation began to suffer.
Qin Weicai tried to get up but found his legs felt weak. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stand. He remained kneeling in the Zhongbao Pavilion with so many people watching. He hated Li Se to the bone, even harboring thoughts of killing him...
After sending Wei Xueru back, Li Se went directly to the clinic and took out the Taiyi Jiugong Lianhuan Zhen.
"This... this is the Taiyi Jiugong Lianhuan Zhen!" Old Huang and the others were discerning enough to recognize the preciousness of this set of needles at first glance.
"From now on, this set of needles will be kept at our clinic, primarily for your acupuncture use," Li Se said with a smile.
"This set of needles must be very valuable, right?" Old Hua couldn't help but ask.
Li Se smiled, not mentioning the price of the needles. The market price was estimated to be several million, but he had spent twenty million at auction. Although he had paid a significant premium, he believed it was worth it. With the needles in the hands of Old Huang and the others, they could exert their full potential. As long as more people could be saved, it would be very worthwhile.
Several days passed in a flash. During these days, Li Se was in the clinic attending to patients, and no other incidents occurred. As for the matter of the Feng family in the capital, after Feng Xiuming and others were arrested, the Feng family had quieted down considerably, so no one bothered him anymore.
The only thing Li Se was concerned about now was the capital, as a certain family had murderous intent towards him. Although he hadn't encountered any assassins recently, he was certain that the other party would not give up easily. Perhaps at some point in the future, they would still make a move.
"Mr. Li, can we talk?"
Just then, a middle-aged man with a booming voice entered the clinic. Upon seeing Li Se, he walked directly towards him.
Li Se looked at the middle-aged man with some surprise, as he didn't recognize him, yet the other party knew him. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "Who are you?"
"I'm from the capital," the man introduced himself. "You don't know me, but you should know my son. He is Feng Xiuming, and I am his father, Feng Jiancheng."
Upon hearing that he was from the Feng family in the capital, Li Se's face turned cold. "What do you want with me?"