At the entrance of Returning Spring Hall Chinese Medicine Clinic.
In the afternoon, several simply dressed, extremely anxious family members, supporting a staggering middle-aged man, walked through the clinic's main door.
The man's face was sallow, his eye sockets sunken, and his body emaciated. He looked extremely weak, as if a gust of wind could blow him over.
"Doctor! Doctor, help!"
"Please, please save my husband!"
The family members' faces were filled with anxiety and a last shred of hope, their voices choked with sobs, as they pleaded with the clinic attendant who came to meet them.
Just as people were coming and going in the main hall, and the doctors were busy settling them, guiding them to register and wait.
One of the "family members" supporting the patient, taking advantage of others not paying attention, slightly turned his body, blocking most of the view.
He quickly pulled a small, needleless injector from his pocket and, with lightning speed, jabbed it into the man's inner thigh, completing the injection.
The entire process took no more than one or two seconds, so fast that it was almost imperceptible.
Immediately, he stuffed the injector back into his bag, his expression of grief and anxiety unchanged.
Soon, it was their turn for consultation.
The Old Chinese Medicine Practitioner on duty invited the patient to the treatment area and began to concentrate on taking his pulse.
The family members immediately gathered around, crying and complaining in unison.
"Oh, Doctor! Please, please save my husband!"
"We've been to all the hospitals in the Demon Capital; Western medicine doctors all said there's no hope and told us to go home and prepare for the funeral..."
With tears streaming down their faces and sincere words, they vividly portrayed a desperate family with no other options, forced to place their hopes in Chinese medicine.
Their acting was so convincing that even a seasoned actor would undoubtedly commend it.
The Old Chinese Medicine Practitioner listened to their lamentations and carefully took the patient's pulse again, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
This pulse... was extremely weak, chaotic, like a flickering candle in the wind. It was indeed a sign of a very severe and complex condition!
"The patient's condition is indeed very serious, his pulse is extremely weak. Family, please let the patient rest for a bit. This Old Chinese Medicine Practitioner and a few other doctors will discuss it carefully..."
However, he had not finished speaking.
The patient, who had been barely sitting, suddenly began to tremble violently!
He let out a violent, heart-wrenching cough.
Afterward, he spat out several mouthfuls of blood... Immediately following, his eyes rolled back, his body went limp, and he directly collapsed from the chair, completely falling into a coma.
The scene instantly erupted into chaos!
The family members reacted extremely quickly, immediately pouncing on him and starting to cry out.
"Dad! Dad! Wake up! Don't scare us!"
Immediately after, the young man who appeared to be the son suddenly turned his head, his eyes bloodshot, and pointed at the Old Chinese Medicine Practitioner who had just taken the pulse, roaring:
"You! It's you! What did you do to him?"
"He was fine when we came! He could still walk and talk! You people made him worse, quack! Murder!"
"If anything happens to my dad, I will not let you Returning Spring Hall off the hook!"
Seeing the situation escalate, someone immediately ran upstairs to fetch Luo Qingyan.
Soon, Luo Qingyan, in a white dress, descended from upstairs with hurried steps, like a fairy stepping on the moon.
When she saw the unconscious patient, frothing at the mouth, and the chaotic scene around her, with family members crying and accusing, a look of shock flashed across her cold and beautiful face!
She immediately stepped forward, squatted down, placed her fingers on the patient's pulse, and quickly checked his pupils and breathing.
Upon checking, her expression instantly changed dramatically!
How could this be?
Such a strange pulse!
Not only was his vitality so weak that it was almost imperceptible, but there was also an extremely cold and domineering force within his body!
This could absolutely not have been caused by the consultation just now!
This illness... something was fishy!
Luo Qingyan was shocked, but her hands did not stop. She immediately took out silver needles, attempting to use acupuncture to stabilize the patient's heart pulse and qi.
However, the acupuncture techniques that usually had significant effects were now having very little effect when inserted into the patient's acupoints!
At this moment.
In the crowd, several inconspicuous figures also began to subtly stir up the atmosphere.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I've long said that Chinese medicine is useless, it's all a scam!"
"Exactly! If you're really sick, you still have to go to a big hospital to see a Western doctor! Sending someone who's almost dead to a Chinese medicine clinic, isn't that just messing around?"
"Exactly, exactly! Everyone, don't come here to be fooled again in the future!"
For a time, all kinds of doubts, slanders, and voices disparaging Chinese medicine and Returning Spring Hall spread through the crowd like a plague!
Public opinion began to develop in a direction extremely unfavorable to Returning Spring Hall!
Luo Qingyan stood at the center of the storm. No matter how calm she usually was, her pretty face couldn't help but tighten at this moment.
She pursed her lips, trying to maintain the dignity of the clinic's head, but her clear eyes could not suppress the panic and helplessness within them.
The reputation of a century-old clinic, the family's inheritance, all seemed to be pressing down on her slender shoulders at this moment, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
Lin Fan was still doing odd jobs in the corner of the main hall.
He saw all of this clearly and, even more acutely, caught the fleeting glimpse of vulnerability in Luo Qingyan's eyes!
Seeing the goddess doctor, who usually had such a cold and ethereal demeanor, now revealing such a helpless expression, Lin Fan's heart suddenly skipped a beat!
A strong impulse to step forward and protect this peerless beauty surged into his heart.
Moreover... this was an opportunity!
An opportunity to establish his position and gain a foothold in Returning Spring Hall.
It was even an opportunity... to deepen his relationship with Luo Qingyan.
If he resolved this crisis, this ethereal goddess doctor would definitely look at him with new eyes.
By then... things would naturally fall into place.
At the same time, for some reason, as he watched this scene unfold.
He inexplicably recalled his previous experience of being schemed against and humiliated.
A thought suddenly popped into his mind:
Behind this matter... could there also be the shadow of that scoundrel Lu Cheng?
Although there was no basis, he just had this faint feeling!
At the very least, this patient and his family were definitely being instigated by someone.
Such a despicable trick, trying to bring down Returning Spring Hall and suppress Chinese medicine?
No!
He absolutely could not let their conspiracy succeed!
He stepped forward, listening to the doctors' discussions, and combining it with the patient's deteriorating condition, he was confident that he could resolve this crisis.
Although this patient's condition was strange and dangerous, the root cause was still that cold energy.
Although he didn't know how it came about, his Medical Immortal Inheritance True Qi, being extremely yang and strong, could just counteract it!
Since his release from prison and return, he had never used the Medical Immortal Inheritance True Qi within his body.
Previously, due to an unstable state of mind, it had been difficult to mobilize, but now that he had regained his confidence, he could finally use it freely.
He was confident that even if he couldn't completely cure the patient for now, he could at least dispel the cold, stimulate vitality, and extend the patient's life by several years.
He remembered that last time he had only offered a suggestion, and it made those Old Chinese Medicine Practitioners look at him with new eyes.
That feeling of being respected and valued... he enjoyed it very much! Extremely much!
This time, he would act personally!
He wanted to let everyone witness what a true divine doctor was!