Chapter 278: Chapter 278: Lin Dong Makes a Move Chapter 278: Chapter 278: Lin Dong Makes a Move “Impossible, there’s no reason for this…” Wang Xiuxin shook his head, unable to understand.
The Gu worm should have emerged just by smelling the scent of this burning special herb.
But now, what happened?
He refused to believe the evil, bringing the lit incense stick a bit closer.
“Ah—”
However, after he brought it closer, that patient seemed to be in even more pain than before, as if the closer the incense stick, the greater his agony.
A passerby asked, “What’s going on here? Why does that patient seem to be in increasing pain?”
“Shut up!” Already in irritation, Wang Xiuxin, upon hearing the questioning from the bystanders, immediately rebuked, “I need a quiet environment to cure the disease.”
At this, everyone fell silent like cicadas in winter, afraid to speak, lest they delay the treatment.
They certainly didn’t want to be blamed if the treatment failed.
Wang Xiuxin continued the treatment, thinking perhaps one incense stick wasn’t enough, so he took another one.
Still, there was no effect!
That patient was getting worse.
Lin Dong sneered at this moment.
“Wang Xiuxin, if you can’t cure him, don’t force it!”
“Lin Dong, shut up, who said I can’t cure him?” Wang Xiuxin snapped back harshly.
Lin Dong spread his hands, “The fact is right before your eyes, not only have you not cured this patient, but he’s getting sicker the more you treat him!”
“Keep treating, but don’t end up killing him!”
Hearing this, the patient on the ground trembled with fear, his face revealing his terror.
He quickly pleaded with Wang Xiuxin, “Young Master Wang, save me, save me.”
“I don’t want to die, didn’t you say…”
“Shut up!!” Wang Xiuxin swiftly cut him off, not allowing him to finish his sentence.
But at this moment, Lin Dong said loudly, “What did he say? Are you and Wang Xiuxin in cahoots?”
“Were you bought off by Wang Xiuxin beforehand, consuming the Gu larva in advance, right?”
Hearing Lin Dong’s words, the patient was startled initially, then seeing the cold light in Wang Xiuxin’s eyes, he quickly shook his head, “No! Nothing of the sort!”
“At this time, you still conceal the truth? Let me tell you, Wang Xiuxin can’t cure you, only I can truly cure you!”
“If you don’t confess the truth, you’re doomed!!” Lin Dong sneered.
The patient’s face turned even paler, and he quickly looked to Wang Xiuxin.
Wang Xiuxin said, “How could I possibly fail to cure him!”
Saying so, he took out even more incense sticks.
A total of nine.
All nine incense sticks were lit, encircling that patient.
“I refuse to believe, you won’t come out now!” Wang Xiuxin thought to himself.
“Ah—” But the response was not the patient spitting out the Gu worm, but a chorus of screams.
At this moment, he was in several times more pain than before, rolling on the ground clutching his stomach.
“I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it…” the patient shouted.
Taking advantage of the situation, Lin Dong said, “I told you, he can’t save you. Confess the truth quickly so at least you can save your life!!”
“I’ll say it, I’ll say it. Can you really save me?” the patient hurriedly asked.
Without another word, Lin Dong directly took out five silver needles and applied the Five Dragons Needle Technique from Taiyi Yin-Yang Divine Needle to perform acupuncture on him.
This technique, although unable to resolve the ‘Ice and Fire Gu Toad’ from the previous generation of Long Ying, could cure general ‘Gu Poison’.
After Lin Dong administered the needles, the patient’s pain was alleviated, but he didn’t fully cure him!
Instead, he asked the patient, “Now, can you confess truthfully?”
Without hesitation, the patient knelt at Lin Dong’s feet, begging,
“Save me, save me, I’ll tell you everything!”
Seeing this, Wang Xiuxin’s expression changed, and he hurriedly scolded him:
“Don’t spout nonsense!”
Although the patient also feared Wang Xiuxin, life preservation was the priority. At this moment, he couldn’t care about anything else.
He confessed everything, down to the last detail!
“I was bribed by Young Master Wang Xiuxin, who promised me three million to consume Gu Poison in advance.”
“During his competition with Medicine Elder Wang, I volunteered to be Medicine Elder Wang’s patient.”
“Once I drank Medicine King’s potion, he would trigger the Gu Poison to act. It would appear as if Medicine King made me sicker.”
“He promised to cure me afterward. But how could I have known, he couldn’t heal me at all. Just now, I was truly in agony…”
The patient laid bare everything, and his words made Medicine King’s face turn extremely ugly.
In his life, Medicine King had competed with numerous experts in the medicinal field, and they had all been open and upright, never resorting to such deceit.
Who would have thought that the grandson of Wang Taisui, proclaimed as the small sage of future Traditional Chinese Medicine in Dragon Country, would stoop to such despicable tactics.
Only now did he finally understand Lin Dong’s words.
He had underestimated human nature!
He had underestimated some people’s shamelessness!
Lin Dong, at this moment, looked around at everyone and loudly declared:
“Everyone, do you see? Medicine Elder Wang did not lose, it was merely deception on the part of the opponent!”
“Medicine Elder Wang has cured countless patients in his life. Yet now, he has been slandered because of a setup, and everyone has scorned him and Traditional Chinese Medicine! Some even cheered on as others sought to destroy his signboard.”
“I believe that everyone present owes Medicine Elder Wang and Traditional Chinese Medicine an apology!!”
With Lin Dong’s words, all present showed a color of shame…