Mi Tianfu’s tense mood immediately relaxed upon seeing Long Xiao.
He feigned displeasure and said, “Why are you only bringing the medicine now? The competition would have ended if you were any later.”
The patient, suffering from elevated blood pressure and a splitting headache, saw Mi Tianfu and Long Xiao talking and not attending to him. He shouted loudly, “What kind of doctor are you? Do you know how to treat people? I’m dying of pain!”
Mi Tianfu stepped forward, took the patient’s hand, and after pretending to take his pulse, said, “Why are you shouting? One pill will fix it.”
Mi Tianfu poured a pill from a small glass bottle and directly put it into the patient’s mouth.
The patient had no time to say anything more as the medicine slid down his throat.
Without any further diagnosis, without any medical advice, and without asking about the condition, a pill was simply administered. No one believed this could cure the illness.
The person pushing the wheelchair was about to wheel the patient away to wait when the patient suddenly stood up unsteadily.
“Uncle, why are you getting up? Don’t fall,” the person pushing the wheelchair quickly supported the patient.
“No more headache. Hehe, it’s better, completely better,” the patient exclaimed happily, jumping up.
The expert, looking at the patient with disbelief, shouted, “Cheating! Someone is cheating!”
“Bullshit! Who the hell is cheating?”
Before Mi Tianfu could speak, the patient, cured by his pill, lunged forward and punched the expert in the face.
The expert yelped in pain, and the scene instantly descended into chaos.
More than a dozen people from the medical association rushed over, brought the situation under control, and after inquiring, they all unanimously agreed that Mi Tianfu was cheating.
It was impossible for a patient with high blood pressure to be jumping and running around less than a minute after taking a pill.
“The patient was found by your medical association. Before you came on stage, your people had already diagnosed him. Why are you saying I’m cheating?” Mi Tianfu asked.
The dozen or so people from the medical association were dumbfounded. The competition procedure was indeed like that. The patient was found by the medical association, and his condition was indeed checked before he came on stage.
Soon, the doctor from the medical association responsible for examining the patient arrived. They stated with certainty that this patient had severe hypertension.
Another examination was conducted on the spot. This time, the examination results left everyone in disbelief. The patient’s blood pressure was completely normal; it did not rise even after strenuous exercise.
“I feel like I’ve gotten younger. This is awesome! I’m leaving. I haven’t had a drink in years. I’m going home to drink.”
The patient pushed the wheelchair and ran off, leaving a group of medical association experts stunned at the scene.
A cardiovascular expert from the medical association secretly slipped behind Mi Tianfu and whispered, “Divine Doctor Mi, do you still have that medicine? I’ll pay a million to buy one pill from you.”
Mi Tianfu turned to look at the expert and said, “You’re a hypertension expert. If you’re sick, treat yourself.”
“Hehe, Divine Doctor Mi, you know as well as I do that hypertension cannot be cured, only managed.”
“Bullshit! Didn’t that patient just get cured? Who says it can’t be cured?”
“Yes, I was talking bullshit. For me, it can’t be cured. For you, the medicine works instantly.”
Unable to find any evidence of cheating, they finally had to declare Mi Tianfu the winner.
Half of the contestants were eliminated in the preliminary round. They were then paired up again for the second round.
Two competitions were held that afternoon, and 120 people advanced, qualifying for tomorrow’s arena matches.
Long Xiao frowned upon hearing the list of winners. All the islanders brought by Jingkou Gorō were among them. The rest were representatives sent by the major families and medical institutions of the East Sea. Most of the people from smaller hospitals and pharmaceutical factories were eliminated.
In the evening, Long Xiao returned to Xinglin Grass Hall first. As soon as he entered, Luo Tianshui led him to a room in the back courtyard.
The manager of the Lin Group’s pharmaceutical company was blindfolded and held in a ward in the back courtyard.
Long Xiao sat opposite the manager and said, “Speak. Who told you to target the Lin Group?”
The manager shook his head. “You’ve caught the wrong person. I wasn’t targeting the Lin Group.”
“Are you saying it wasn’t you who poisoned the medicine?”
“Of course not me.”
“If it wasn’t you, why did you run?”
“I was afraid Lin Xuan would frame me. That woman Lin Xuan is too violent, I can’t afford to provoke her.”
In Long Xiao’s eyes, Lin Xuan was gentle and amiable. How could she appear violent in this man’s eyes?
“Why do you say Lin Xuan is violent? Did she bully you?”
The manager shook his head. “Not really. Lin Xin told me that Lin Xuan is very violent, and her kind demeanor is a facade.”
“You believe Lin Xin?”
“Of course I believe him. Director Lin treated me well, but his position was snatched by that woman Lin Xuan.”
“Then who do you think poisoned the medicine?” Long Xiao asked again.
“How would I know? I’m the manager of the pharmaceutical company, not the factory director.”
“You’re not being honest. It seems I’ll have to take something from you before you’ll tell the truth.”
Take something? The manager scoffed at Long Xiao’s words. He was penniless now; he had nothing but the clothes on his back. What could be taken?
Long Xiao stepped forward, grabbed the manager’s right hand, and performed the 'Dragon Swallowing the Seas' technique. Instantly, the manager felt he had aged at least ten years.
“I’m only taking ten years of your lifespan. This is your last chance. Tell me the truth.”
The manager felt weak all over and asked nervously, “What exactly did you do to me?”
“Can’t you understand human language? I’ve reduced your lifespan by ten years. If you don’t confess honestly, I’ll take another thirty years, and then I’ll let you go.”
The manager was already fifty years old. If another forty years were taken from his lifespan, his body would be like that of a ninety-year-old.
“Who are you kidding? How can human lifespan be arbitrarily canceled? Do you think you are Yama, King of Hell?” Although the manager felt weak all over, he still didn’t believe Long Xiao’s words.
Long Xiao could instantly drain his life force, but Long Xiao felt it was too cruel and didn’t act.
“You don’t believe me? Then I’ll take another ten years of your lifespan.”
Long Xiao grabbed the manager’s wrist again. Instantly, a part of the manager’s life force was absorbed by Long Xiao.
A cough came from the manager, who felt as if he had aged another ten years. His body was becoming weaker and weaker.
When Long Xiao’s hand was about to touch his wrist again, the manager hurriedly shouted, “Don’t, don’t! I’ll tell you everything.”
The manager told Long Xiao that the mastermind was Lin Xin.
Lin Xin had given the manager and the factory director five hundred thousand yuan to poison the medicine and create trouble for the pharmaceutical factory. He also promised them that if they could drive away Lin Xuan, they would receive a 10% share of the pharmaceutical factory.
The manager was captured from a manor belonging to the Ji family. Long Xiao had initially thought the Ji family was behind the scheme, but he didn't expect it to be Lin Xin.
“Why were you hiding in the Ji family’s manor?” Long Xiao asked.
The manager told Long Xiao that it was all arranged by Lin Xin. He suspected that Lin Xin had arranged for him to hide in the Ji family’s manor through Ji Cheng of the Ji family.
The director of the Lin Group’s pharmaceutical factory personally administered the poison, but the director had already left Donghai.
Lin Xin was a member of the Lin family. Long Xiao couldn’t decide how to handle this matter.
He had Luo Tianshui throw the manager of the Lin Group’s pharmaceutical company onto the street. Afterwards, Long Xiao returned to the Lin family.
In the evening, Long Xiao told Lin Xuan the entire situation and let her decide how to handle the matter.