Lu Fan's words put Xu Hongye in a difficult position. He knew his own abilities best, and this so-called honorary principal... he understood what it truly meant.
Xu Hongye had once been a teacher at the medical college. Although his skills were average, his cunning was far greater than anyone else's. During his tenure, he had used the theses and research findings of many outstanding students to climb his way up, becoming an excellent teacher, then head of department... vice-principal... all the way to his current position!
Every halo of achievement was stolen from others. However, his greatest wisdom lay in his consistently humble and cautious attitude. Whenever he was required to showcase his skills, he would always say: "Let's leave the opportunity to the newcomers!" and then let his disciples perform their magic. As a result, people always thought that if the disciples were so capable, the master must be even more so.
This time, being challenged by Lu Fan to a live diagnosis, he naturally did not want to act. However, Lin Fang, one of the disciples he had been exploiting, had just been accidentally kicked out of his tutelage, which was indeed quite tricky.
"What the heck! When did the Traditional Chinese Medicine department become so lively?" A voice suddenly called out, and several people pushed their way through the crowd from the outside. Xu Hongye's eyes lit up instantly. The person who arrived was none other than the head of the Western Medicine department, Vice-Principal Pan Tu!
This fellow, confident in the vigorous development of Western medicine in recent years and the fact that many of his students had become attending physicians, spread across major hospitals nationwide, had always looked down on Traditional Chinese Medicine. He believed TCM practitioners were all charlatans. Hahaha! This fellow had arrived at the perfect time.
"Principal Pan! It's better to arrive early than on time." Xu Hongye immediately went to meet him, then pointed at Lu Fan and said, "This kid was once a student in our Traditional Chinese Medicine department. He claims to be a village doctor by ancestral tradition and says one dose of medicine can cure epilepsy. Do you believe it?"
"Hahaha! No wonder it's so lively. As expected, a newborn calf fears no tiger! If one dose of medicine could cure epilepsy, Hua Tuo wouldn't have died in prison! Hmph! So-called Traditional Chinese Medicine, it's all just the martial world! Good for showing off and swindling! Hahaha! True angels in white, healing and saving people, still rely on the scalpel in the hands of Western medicine! Hmph!" Pan Tu burst into laughter. He looked at Lu Fan with disdain, as if he were watching a charlatan performing a trick in front of people.
However, Pan Tu's words made the surrounding people feel awkward. Everyone present was studying Traditional Chinese Medicine. Pan Tu's remarks were undoubtedly a slight to everyone present. Even Principal Meng Jun's face showed displeasure. But after all, he was a cultured person and could not retort on the spot.
"Principal Pan! Do you understand the diagnostic methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine, namely observation, listening, questioning, and palpation?" At this moment, Lu Fan had removed all the silver needles from Wu Long's head and turned to look at Pan Tu, asking calmly.
"Hmph! We never pay attention to that kind of charlatanry!" Pan Tu said with a dismissive curl of his lips.
"No, you're mistaken! In fact, you all understand one thing!" Lu Fan said with a slight smile. "You understand questioning. When you encounter a patient, you ask: What's bothering you? What illness do you have? Headache? Get a CT scan. Stomach ache? Get an ultrasound. Kidney pain? If it's useless, have it removed!"
Pfft... Lu Fan's words immediately drew chuckles from the surrounding people.
"In fact, so-called Western medicine was originally a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The medical saint Hua Tuo of that era was known as a master of surgery and the progenitor of surgery. However, the medical saint Hua Tuo diagnosed first and then treated, identifying the lesion and removing it.
Modern Western medicine has inherited a superficial aspect of Hua Tuo's medical skills. We have no doubt about their surgical abilities. But for diagnosis and treatment, they completely rely on external means. Without advanced equipment, if a patient were on the verge of death, you would be powerless to help! Not to mention predicting it in advance!" Lu Fan said urgently.
"Good..." Suddenly, a student in the crowd began to cheer.
Principal Meng Jun's eyes also flashed with a spark. He hadn't expected Lu Fan to speak so eloquently. This indeed shocked him, as someone who already favored Eastern culture.
"Kid, you say you can predict things in advance? Hmph! Isn't that bragging a bit too much!? If you could truly predict things in advance, people wouldn't get sick!" A Western medicine student next to Pan Tu, feeling that his teacher had lost face, immediately shouted at Lu Fan.
"You don't believe me? Do you want me to show you now?" Lu Fan smiled faintly. Just as the other person was speaking, his reaction was instantaneous, and he looked over. He suddenly felt as if he had seen something! Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, it truly startled Lu Fan. However, when he tried to look again, his eyes could no longer see it.
His eyes...?
"Tch! Let me show you. I'm strong and healthy, see if I have any illness!" The student, unwilling to back down, walked over and said.
"Give me your wrist!" Lu Fan smiled faintly, reached out, and grabbed the other person's wrist. He closed his eyes slightly, palpated for a moment, and then let go.
"What? Young master, do I have any illness?" the student asked arrogantly, looking at Lu Fan.
"Do you really want me to say?" Lu Fan asked with a slight smile.
"Of course, you have to say it. Don't act mysterious." The student roared.
"Heh heh! Then I'll say it.
You started masturbating when you were eleven or twelve years old, and now you've developed a bad habit; you can't fall asleep without it every night. I can guarantee that if you marry a few years later, your wife will be a widow after marriage!" Lu Fan said, shrugging.
"You... you're talking nonsense! You're the one who masturbates!" The student's face turned red and his neck bulged with shame, pointing at Lu Fan and shouting.
"You can, of course, deny it! However, I can cure this illness!" Lu Fan said again.
"How do you cure it?" The student asked subconsciously.
"Hahaha!" Laughter erupted from the surroundings. The student's question was an implicit admission of his illness.
"Master! You are truly amazing!" Lin Fang suddenly shouted from the side. She had just been about to be called back and happened to see Lu Fan taking the other boy's pulse. Seeing that Lu Fan could even diagnose this boy's masturbation, she was truly impressed to the point of prostration.
"Give me the herbs!" Lu Fan took the herbs from Lin Fang's hand and examined them carefully. Suddenly... a small flame leaped from his palm, instantly enveloping the packet of herbs. Moments later, a scorched medicinal aroma wafted out.
"Holy cow... isn't this some kind of magic trick?"
"Damn it! Am I seeing things?"
"My god! Did I enter a game world?"
Exclamations and shocked gazes erupted from the surroundings. No one had expected Lu Fan to have such a skill.
Pfft... A large, deep red medicinal pill appeared in Lu Fan's hand. Everything vanished as if in an illusion, leaving only the medicinal aroma.
"Wu Long! Take this pill once a day, divided into three doses, and your illness will be cured! You won't relapse in the future." Lu Fan patted Wu Long on the shoulder. They had had a good relationship during their school days.
"Lu Fan! Thank you... thank you!" Wu Long was almost in tears. This illness had almost ruined his academic career. The teachers and the school had repeatedly asked Wu Long's parents to take him home.
"Lu Fan! You're so amazing! I like you so much!" Fan Xue'er, standing nearby, suddenly threw herself into Lu Fan's arms.
"Lu Fan! Do you have a girlfriend?" Wu Long asked from the side.
"Uh..." Lu Fan suddenly felt awkward. This question...
"Yes! I am his girlfriend!" Before Lu Fan could figure out what to say, Fan Xue'er quickly said from the side.
"Lu Fan! I am conquered by you! I want to be your girlfriend!" Fan Xue'er suddenly stared at him with her captivating big eyes and said very seriously to Lu Fan.