The competition at the Donghai Pharmaceutical Building continued for another day. This day, the computer randomly selected two challengers to engage in a bout. By the end of the day, two doctors from the island nation had become challengers, defeating over a dozen Chinese doctors and gaining considerable fame.
Mi Tianfu did not take the stage. He did not want to waste the pills refined by Long Xiao in an early challenge. These pills were precious and needed to be used at crucial moments.
On the fourth day, the challenges reached a fever pitch. In the morning, the two doctors from the island nation had defeated all the participating doctors and were extremely arrogant.
The doctors supporting Lei Riquan no longer entered the ring, all indicating their concession. Only a few traditional Chinese medicine practitioners stepped up one after another, only to be defeated.
The entire venue fell silent, with everyone sitting in disbelief.
Kouguci Goro arrogantly stood up and said, "Your Chinese medical skills are nothing more than this. What, is no one coming up now?"
Many felt indignant, but everyone knew that their medical skills would only lead to humiliation if they went up.
Mi Tianfu stood up and said, "Long Xiao, come up with me."
Long Xiao smiled and shook his head, saying, "You go. I have something to do and will leave first."
Before Mi Tianfu could say anything more, Long Xiao got up and walked out of the venue.
Luan Jiping watched Long Xiao's retreating back, bewildered, not understanding why Long Xiao would leave at such a critical moment.
Long Xiao went downstairs and returned to his car. He took out a human skin mask from his pocket and began to disguise himself.
Based on his memories, Long Xiao put on the old man's human skin mask and styled his appearance in the mirror.
Satisfied, Long Xiao changed his clothes, got out of the car, and re-entered the venue.
As Long Xiao walked, he thought about the old man's gait.
In Long Xiao's memory, the old man's way of walking was very distinctive, extremely arrogant and provocative. Although it had been a long time, this unique gait was still vividly remembered by Long Xiao.
Long Xiao entered the venue, and soon someone noticed him and began to observe him.
No one in Donghai had ever seen this old man before, and they were all speculating about his identity. His arrogant and domineering gait led everyone who saw him to believe he was no ordinary person. Kuaishuge.
When Mi Tianfu took the stage, the two island doctors laughed heartily upon seeing him. One said, "You can go down, Mr. Mi. I know you don't have much skill."
"Who says I don't have skill? For patients with hypertension, I can cure them instantly."
"Heh heh, this challenge uses randomly selected patients. What will you do if you don't get a hypertension patient?"
"That's none of your business. Let's begin."
The competition started, and the computer selected two patients.
After the patients came onto the stage, the island doctor pointed to the two patients and said, "Mr. Mi, you choose."
Mi Tianfu could not discern the condition of the two patients and casually pointed to one, saying, "Let's go with him."
The two first competed in diagnosis, and Mi Tianfu lost. The island doctor stated symptoms that were exactly the same as those written on the patient's medical records.
Mi Tianfu said the patient had hypertension, premature heartbeats, and diabetes. The patient, however, not only had diabetes but also a fractured right leg.
For a diabetic, injuries are very difficult to treat. After Mi Tianfu gave the patient diabetic medication and wound medicine, the patient's condition improved significantly, and his blood sugar returned to normal, but he could not get out of the wheelchair.
The island doctor prepared medication on the spot. Ten minutes after administering the medicine, all of the patient's indicators returned to normal.
Mi Tianfu lost, and he felt that if Long Xiao were to compete, he would surely win.
Just as Mi Tianfu was getting angry at Long Xiao and didn't want to leave the stage, Long Xiao walked onto the stage with his provocative gait.
Seeing Long Xiao, Mi Tianfu was so shocked that his mouth hung open.
How was this possible? Wasn't this old fellow rumored to be dead long ago? How could he appear now?
Seeing Mi Tianfu's astonished gaze, Long Xiao guessed that he might have known the old man.
Long Xiao did not even know how old the old man was. He had been with the old man since he could remember, and they had come to Donghai many times, staying for months at a time.
"Little fellow, why don't you greet me, your elder?" Long Xiao mimicked the old man's voice and expression, looking at Mi Tianfu playfully and saying.
Mi Tianfu was young when he met the old man. Each time, the old man called him "little fellow," and his father always made him kowtow to the old man.
His father had repeatedly asked him to become the old man's disciple, but the old man had refused every time. The old man's reason was the same as Long Xiao's, saying he had poor comprehension and was not suited to study medicine.
Mi Tianfu knelt on the ground without hesitation, cupped his hands, and said, "This junior, Mi Tianfu, greets the Heavenly Doctor."
Long Xiao waved his hand and said, "Get up, sit aside, and watch how I toy with them."
Mi Tianfu found a chair and sat on the stage, unwilling to leave.
Seeing Long Xiao take the stage, Kouguci Goro, Long Nian, and everyone present were guessing the identity of this old man.
When they saw Mi Tianfu kneel on the spot and hail him as the Heavenly Doctor, everyone was stunned.
The Heavenly Doctor was a legend in China's medical community. The legendary Heavenly Doctor Long Xiaotian was said to be the highest existence in Chinese medicine, omniscient and omnipotent, capable of curing all illnesses.
The Heavenly Doctor wandered the martial world, his whereabouts as elusive as a gazelle's footprints. Especially in the last seventeen or eighteen years, after his last appearance in Donghai, he had vanished.
Some suspected he had reached the end of his natural life and passed away. Others suspected he had been plotted against, severely injured, and was in seclusion recuperating.
Various speculations abounded, but none were confirmed.
The two island doctors had also heard of the Heavenly Doctor and knew of his prowess.
"So it's the senior Heavenly Doctor. Are you bullying us juniors by competing?" one of the island doctors said.
Long Xiao grinned arrogantly and said, "So what if I bully you? I, this old man, love to bully the young. If you want to compete, hurry up. If not, get lost."
The two island doctors exchanged glances and said, "Alright, we'll compete."
Long Xiao gestured with his hand and said, "The two of you together. You decide what to compete in."
Arrogant, annoyingly arrogant, making one's teeth itch. However, the two island doctors were indeed fearful. In their eyes, the Heavenly Doctor was a monument in China, an insurmountable monument.
One of the island doctors, skilled in acupuncture, said, "Alright, let's compete in acupuncture."
Two completely paralyzed patients were brought forward. Long Xiao pointed to the two patients and said, "Choose one."
After diagnosing, the island doctor chose one, leaving the more severely ill patient for Long Xiao.
After a session of acupuncture, the island doctor was sweating profusely. The patient in the wheelchair could barely move his hands and had a faint smile on his face.
Long Xiao looked at Mi Tianfu and said, "Kid, where are your silver needles?"
Mi Tianfu took out his silver needles and respectfully presented them to Long Xiao with both hands.
Long Xiao opened the silver needle box and flicked his hand, tossing the needles into the air.
Forty-nine silver needles hovered in the air, like inverted sharp blades.
Long Xiao used the 'Dragon's Hand' technique. With a wave of his right hand, he said, "Go."
All forty-nine silver needles pierced the patient's body. The patient let out a muffled groan, and his body began to tremble violently involuntarily.
Long Xiao stepped forward, placed a hand on the patient's shoulder with his left hand, and swept his right hand over the patient's body, adjusting the depth of the needles and simultaneously infusing life force and vital energy into the patient.
The vital energy cleared the way, opening up the patient's blocked blood vessels and meridians. The life force then repaired the damaged blood vessels, nerves, and meridians.
With a "噗" sound, a mouthful of clotted blood was expelled. Long Xiao waved his right hand and shouted, "Rise."
The forty-nine silver needles flew up and landed precisely in the box on the table.
The patient, who had been sitting in the wheelchair, wiped the blood from his lips, turned, knelt on the ground, and said, "Thank you, Heavenly Doctor, for saving my life."