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Lin Qi’s pupils moved, glancing at the patient, then said flatly, “he has stones in his left kidney. No need to check him anymore.”

“Hmm, you haven’t even examined him, how can you be so sure?” Jiang Feng instantly gave him a dismissive look. Coldly he said, “Or, you deliberately make the same diagnosis as I did, so that the competition between us can end in a draw?”

Once this was said, everyone could not help raising doubts. Lin Qi had not even conducted an examination on the patient but incredibly drew the same conclusion as Jiang Feng’s; this might arouse their suspicion of Lin Qi’s cheating indeed.

“This is the disease the patient has. What else should I say?” Lin Qi said fretfully.

“Do you have any other capability besides talking glibly?” Jiang Feng shot a glance at him with disdain. There was a stir in the crowd.

Luo Tianwen knitted his eyebrows slightly and said to himself: even if the diagnosis turned out to be the same, you should feel the patient’s pulse first before drawing a conclusion.

“Whatever you are to say, at least the schedule of my treatment is different from yours.” As Lin Qi spoke, he took out a pen and a piece of paper, whizzed through a prescription, threw it to the patient and said, “Fill this prescription and decoct it with water. Take it once a day for twenty days and it will cure you!”

“This prescription will cure me of kidney stones?” the patient held the paper in his hand and looked at Lin Qi in surprise.

Lin Qi nodded, “I observed that your steps were feeble; obviously you’ve not refrained from having sexual intercourse after having kidney stones, so you probably still do not know that your kidney deficiency is more serious than the stones!”

“Eh-hem.” The patient’s face flushed with embarrassment, “Yes, you’ve got to the point, but this prescription…”

“If you don’t believe me, you can just ask Mr. Luo.” Lin Qi pointed to Luo Tianwen and said.

The patient turned to Luo Tianwen, who nodded slightly and went down from the stage. Luo Tianwen took the prescription, but changed his expression in a minute after a mere glance at it.

Everyone was staring at Luo Tianwen. The moment his expression changed, all those present got very tense up.

Instantly the four western medicine doctors were gloating. It seemed that Lin Qi couldn’t prescribe at all. Otherwise, how could Luo Tianwen have such a long face?

Unexpectedly, Luo Tianwen suddenly exclaimed in admiration, “Wonderful! It’s really wonderful! This kidney tonifying and stone expelling decoction can not only remove the stones from the kidney, but also tonify Qi of the kidney, so as to cure the disease. This prescription gives mature consideration to all aspects of the treatment. You are really remarkable, young man!”

Lin Qi smiled and said, “Mr. Luo, I’m flattered.”

“No, no. This is such a brilliant prescription you have given.” Luo Tianwen said, reading the prescription, “There are more than ten Chinese herbal medicines in the prescription, including Lysimachia, pyrrosia lingua, chicken’s gizzard-membrane, corydalis tuber and so on.”

“Several of them are too strong and might hurt the kidney, I’m afraid. But you’ve added some adjuvants that tonify the kidney and make them mild. They have the effect of reducing fever and causing diuresis, promoting the circulation of qi and blood. They’re simply a golden prescription for treating kidney stones!”

“Awesome, it’s awesome. The younger generation will surpass the older. I have to admit with regret that this prescription is what I can not prescribe at all!”

It could be seen from the herbal remedies in this prescription whether Lin Qi had put a great deal of effort in his study of medicine. Luo Tianwen’s remarks were clearly a great recognition of Lin Qi.

“You are very cautious when giving medicines. You’ve passed the test. I will handle the TCM qualification certificate for you personally.” Luo Tianwen proclaimed quickly.

“Thank you very much, Mr. Luo.” Lin Qi smiled.

People could question Lin Qi, but there would be no objection to Luo Tianwen—an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor who had inherited the court medical arts.

And now Lin Qi was recognized by Luo Tianwen, he would make some achievements, even if he was a fool. This young man couldn’t be much more luckier.

The patient took a look at the prescription and said, “Thank you, young man. Er, by the way, how much do these medicines cost?”

“Only about hundreds of yuan.” Said Lin Qi.

“Great!” All the sad look on the patient’s face was cleared away instantly. He became overjoyed, as if he had almost recovered from his illness. He repeatedly thanked Lin Qi and hurriedly walked out with great joy, holding the prescription like a treasure.

At this time, Jiang Feng couldn’t sit still any longer. He stopped the patient and shouted, “Hey, you must have an operation for your kidney stones! It’s impossible to cure your illness only by this prescription!”

“Are you a fucking idiot? This prescription is approved by Mr. Luo. I can cure my illness for only hundreds of yuan, why should I spend tens of thousands of yuan on the operation? Get away from me!” The patient shoved Jiang Feng out of the way, walking outside and muttering, “Would I worm my way into this place if I had the money to go to the hospital for the operation?”

Jiang Feng was pushed a few steps back. Even a few footprints were made on his shoes. Trembling with anger, his face turned into a purplish color immediately. How could he had foreseen that a prescription would be regarded as a treasure by the patient?

Seeing this, the audience were clear about the outcome of the competition between the two.

This prescription of hundreds yuan written by Lin Qi could cure a disease which is supposed to be cured by an operation costing tens of thousands yuan according to Jiang Feng’s diagnosis. Lin Qi was clearly a notch above.

But Jiang Feng spoke indignantly, “Lin Qi, don’t be too complacent. This contest is only a draw at most. You didn’t win!”

Once the words were spoken, there was a hiss of disdain from the audience.

Just now, Jiang Feng took a quarter of an hour to make a diagnosis. Although Lin Qi did not do the same thing, he pointed out that the patient had kidney deficiency, which got the patient’s nod of approval.

In terms of time taken for the diagnosis and the treatment options, Lin Qi could be said to win in both respects. Now Jiang Feng strongly argued that they were tied, which was hardly convincing.

But how could Jiang Feng admit that he was defeated? He had inherited his family medical skills and had been tutored by famous teachers. Known as the first great talent of Jinhai University, being praised and worshiped like a moon surrounded by a myriad of stars, but today, he had to face the fact that Lin Qijust stole his limelight, and even his sister stood with Lin Qi.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt annoyed. Jiang Feng was now filled with anger which seemed strong enough to burn Lin Qi to death alive.

“As it’s a draw, dare you compete with me again?” Jiang Feng shouted angrily.

“If you insist, then have another try.” Lin Qi gazed at him, speaking flatly, “today, I’ll make you completely convinced of me!”

“All right, that’s very good!” Jiang Feng put on an icy face and after a moment’s meditation, he suddenly said, “In my opinion, we don’t need to treat other patients. What about making a diagnosis for each other? In this way, you can’t cheat or play tricks to tell the same as I do!”

“Making diagnosis for each other… Well, no problem. Then you go first, please.” Lin Qi didn’t bother to say anything more. He came up to Jiang Feng and sat down.

Jiang Feng snorted coldly. He examined Lin Qi in Lin’s way to check his eyes, ears, nose and mouth first. Suddenly he leaned forward slightly as if he were to examine Lin Qi. In fact, he whispered in Lin Qi’ ear, “You nasty boy, today I will let you crawl out of here and kneel down in disgrace!”

Lin Qi frowned, and glanced at Jiang Feng, and a fit of sudden coldness was released from his pupils.

Jiang Feng felt chilling all over his body. Shivering inexplicably, he sat back and checked on Lin Qi seriously.

It fully took Jiang Feng half an hour before he stopped. Then he took a glance at all  the people present and said loudly, “You are gaunt and the lumbar is severely worn. Besides, your gastrointestinal function is not good. According to my diagnosis, you have a slight lumbar disc herniation, as well as stomach troubles.”

Fearing that the people present wouldn’t believe him, Jiang Feng said to the five seniors on the stage, “Dear Sirs, please come down to have a look and be my witness!”