The Magic City Sports Center was packed to the brim, with tens of thousands of seats filled, and the atmosphere was incredibly fervent!
The highly anticipated "Peak Showdown of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine" finally began under the flashing lights of countless media and the gaze of a nationwide live broadcast!
Apart from several authoritative medical experts from home and abroad serving as judges in the operating room, all other spectators watched the real-time situation inside the operating room via the massive broadcast screens in the sports center.
On the screen, representing Traditional Chinese Medicine, was Luo Qingyan from Returning Spring Hall.
She wore a professional light blue scrub suit under an immaculate white lab coat, her dark hair neatly coiled, and a sterile mask covering her face, revealing only a pair of cool and determined beautiful eyes.
After nearly two weeks of meticulous guidance from Lu Cheng, her Taiyi Crossing Calamity Needle Technique was already quite impressive, at least in terms of technique and presence, having achieved eight or nine tenths of its profound essence.
Despite this, she still felt a trepidation, like a major exam was approaching.
But as soon as she thought of Lu Cheng and his encouragement, a strange sense of reassurance and reliance welled up in Luo Qingyan's heart.
She knew that man would be her most solid backing.
Representing Western Medicine was Professor Smith, an internationally renowned neurosurgery authority, whom Holy Heart Hospital had hired with a high salary from the beautiful country.
He had blonde hair and blue eyes, an arrogant expression, and the unique confidence and superiority characteristic of Western elites.
Wang Donglin, the director of Holy Heart Hospital, was in high spirits at this moment, cheering on Smith while imagining his victory.
As for Lin Fan, who he had used as a pawn before... he was supposed to be an undercover agent at Returning Spring Hall, but after a few days, he really went crazy and was sent to 600 Wanping South Road, the Magic City Mental Hospital.
What a waste!
However, the goal was indeed achieved.
Luo Qingyan represented Traditional Chinese Medicine and was then ruthlessly crushed by Western Medicine!
This also saved him a reward for Lin Fan—though he never intended to give him one in the first place.
Everything was perfectly progressing according to his script!
...The showdown officially began!
Three patients with extremely complex and rare conditions, chosen jointly by notaries and experts from both sides, were successively wheeled onto the operating tables.
On one side was Professor Smith, representing Western Medicine.
Various sophisticated-sounding diagnostic instruments, precise neuro-navigation systems, and expensive imported special medicines were used in rotation.
The surgical process was rigorous and complex, full of the technological and powerful feel of modern medicine.
On the other side, Luo Qingyan took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.
She recalled every technique and every detail Lu Cheng had taught her.
Then, she picked up a slender silver needle and, under the astonished gaze of the crowd, steadily inserted it into an acupoint on the patient's head.
She was performing the Taiyi Crossing Calamity Needle Technique!
Her technique was fluid and graceful, with an indescribable rhythm and beauty. Each needle seemed to carry a mysterious power.
What was most astonishing!
As her silver needles fell, some key indicators of the patient on the bed visibly began to improve on the monitor!
The previously faint breathing gradually became steady and strong!
...A few hours later.
The preliminary treatment results for the three patients were finally revealed under the scrutiny of countless cameras and netizens!
The outcome was without suspense!
Luo Qingyan's treatment achieved an almost crushing victory over Professor Smith, the representative of Western Medicine!
Whether from the patient's immediate reaction or the degree of improvement in various physiological indicators, Luo Qingyan's acupuncture demonstrated an incredibly "miraculous" effect!
In the stadium, the enthusiasts who had originally held expectations for Traditional Chinese Medicine instantly erupted in thunderous cheers and applause!
The bullet comments on the live web broadcast exploded like an avalanche!
[This acupuncture technique is too divine, isn't it? It's practically immortal magic!]
[Western Medicine is nothing! We still need to rely on what our ancestors passed down!]
[Luo Qingyan! The hope of Traditional Chinese Medicine! Forever a god!]
Luo Qingyan's name, at this moment, echoed through the sky!
She was highly praised by countless netizens and media as a "true master of medicine" and the "savior of Traditional Chinese Medicine"!
Meanwhile, Professor Smith stood aside, ashen-faced and distraught, completely disbelieving his eyes!
He had practiced medicine for decades and had never seen such "unscientific" and "unreasonable" treatment results!
Wang Donglin was even more dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning!
How could his meticulously planned "peak showdown," intended to completely tarnish Traditional Chinese Medicine, turn into a battle where Luo Qingyan and Returning Spring Hall became legends?
This is impossible!
It must be that Lin Fan!
He was simply a swindler and a decoy from Returning Spring Hall, and was even driven mad and silenced by Returning Spring Hall!
The one who cured the cancer back then was Luo Qingyan!
What he didn't know was that from the judges, notaries, experts, and media reporters, to even the three patients and Professor Smith himself, the entire competition, except for Wang Donglin, was under Lu Cheng's control.
Everything that unfolded today was merely a custom-made grand show meticulously arranged by Lu Cheng for Luo Qingyan to gain fame!
And he, Wang Donglin, and the entire Holy Heart Hospital, from beginning to end, were merely tools used as stepping stones for Luo Qingyan.
In the Lu family's study.
Lu Cheng looked at Luo Qingyan's beautiful face on the tablet, which, though still cool, carried a hint of confidence amidst the cheers of the crowd.
A satisfied smile played on his lips.
Now, everything she desired had been obtained.
It's time for her to repay me.
As for Holy Heart Hospital?
A cold glint flashed in Lu Cheng's eyes.
Wang Donglin probably didn't know that his brother, Wang Donghai, was living a much more comfortable life inside than he was now.
At least, Wang Donghai was still alive in prison.
But he, most likely, would soon be accompanying the fish and shrimp at the bottom of the Huangpu River... In the evening, at another end of the city, at the entrance of the detention center.
Xiao Zhan, the Dragon King, looked haggard, unshaven, but his eyes were even more sinister and cold than before, filled with deep-seated hatred.
He finally ended his humiliating fourteen-day "special vacation" and walked out from behind that heavy iron door.
At the entrance, a domineering black G-Wagen had been waiting for a long time.
Beside the car, Hu Sha, Tie Bi, and Ye Shuying, whose expression was slightly complex, all stepped forward, knelt on one knee before Xiao Zhan, their voices filled with deep self-reproach:
"Welcome back, Dragon King!"
"Your subordinates are incompetent! We let the Dragon King suffer!"
Xiao Zhan looked at his three trusted subordinates who had followed him through life and death, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the surging anger and humiliation in his heart.
His voice was hoarse, but it carried an undeniable command and a deep-seated hatred:
"This small setback is nothing!"
"It's just that I didn't expect... Wanrou and the others..."
"It must have been that bastard Lu Cheng! He tricked them with despicable means! And even... coerced them!"
He still refused to believe that Mu Wanrou would truly betray him.
Upon hearing this, a more complex emotion flashed across Ye Shuying's cool face.
She opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, it turned into an almost inaudible sigh.
"Dragon King... these past few days, your subordinate has also gathered some intelligence about Lu Cheng..."
She reported all the information she had investigated about Lu Cheng's powerful family background, and even clearly explained the relationship between her good friend Gu Qingcheng and Lu Cheng.
After all, Xiao Zhan had saved her life several times during missions.
She could no longer stand by and watch Xiao Zhan be harmed by Lu Cheng again.
Ultimately, Lu Cheng was just her friend's boyfriend; how could she harm the Dragon King because of him...