It is often said that rivals are enemies.
Nangong Yi, the renowned reclusive divine doctor of the Yanbei region, first shot Chen Xiao a provocative glance before confidently holding up five fingers.
"Why only fifty percent confidence?"
Zi Dan, speaking quickly and with displeasure, asked, "Divine Doctor Nangong, didn't you say you'd already diagnosed that the Dragon King was poisoned by a secret drug called 'snake' concocted by an illegal foreign syndicate? Why don't you have absolute certainty in curing him?"
Nangong Yi, without a blush, explained, "Medicine is always full of unknowns. Even the most brilliant divine doctors throughout history may not have absolute certainty in treating all diseases. Moreover, the terrifying aspect of 'snake' is that the symptoms vary from person to person, and the treatment also differs. There is no specific antidote."
Fearing that Zi Dan might not find his words convincing, Nangong Yi paused and then handed the examination report in his hand to Chen Xiao, his look of provocation intensifying. "If you don't believe me, feel free to ask this young man. I don't believe he has even a fifty percent chance!"
"Alas!"
Zi Dan sighed lightly, resignedly nodding. "Then please, Divine Doctor Nangong, hurry and accompany me inside to treat the Dragon King. He suddenly fell unconscious two hours ago, and his vital signs are rapidly declining. We can't delay any further."
With that, she opened the bedroom door and respectfully invited Nangong Yi inside.
Nangong Yi immediately looked at Chen Xiao as if to show off, and said with an air of seniority, "Young man, take this diagnostic report, personally annotated by me, and study it well. This is medical essence that is priceless. As long as you can grasp even thirty to forty percent of it, you will surely have a place in the medical world of Juxian City in the future!"
Chen Xiao casually flipped through the examination report handed over by Nangong Yi, analyzing it in his mind. The mysterious and profound wordless golden prescription in his mind spun rapidly. He soon confirmed that Long Aotian and Song Kaichao had been poisoned by the same toxin. He couldn't help but chuckle. "Divine Doctor Nangong, I indeed don't have fifty percent confidence. I have one hundred percent. If you don't believe me, you can let me try first, or you can try first. After you're helpless, I'll step in."
He had remained silent at first, intending to show respect to the aged Nangong Yi.
But since Nangong Yi was being ungracious, he naturally wouldn't continue to be polite.
He was ready to take charge!
He felt he was the only one who could do it!
Influenced by Chen Xiao's confidence, Jun Dao felt more assured and instinctively reached out to stop Nangong Yi, who was about to enter. "Zi Dan, I think Doctor Chen can do it, because I personally saw Song Kaichao able to get out of bed and walk after his treatment!"
"The richest man, Song Kaichao, whose condition was even more severe than the Dragon King's?"
Zi Dan's eyes lit up, and her initial disdain for Chen Xiao was instantly replaced by anticipation. "Doctor Chen, can you truly guarantee absolute certainty in saving the Dragon King?"
Chen Xiao slowly shook his head and corrected her. "Not saving him, but guaranteeing a cure!"
"Please come in quickly!"
Zi Dan was overjoyed, her eyes slightly moist. She instinctively reached out to invite Chen Xiao into the room, and couldn't help but bow deeply to him.
At the same time, the bodyguards lining the corridor also bowed ninety degrees to Chen Xiao in unison.
"Hmph!"
Nangong Yi, filled with envy and jealousy, was so angry he almost jumped up on the spot. "Sister Zi Dan, Brother Jun Dao, a person's life is at stake. You can't blindly believe this young man's words! He looks no more than twenty years old, at most just graduated from university. How could he have such profound medical skills to dare to boast of a guaranteed cure..."
Frowning slightly, Chen Xiao interrupted Nangong Yi without politeness. "Old man, I've already said it. You can treat the Dragon King first. If it doesn't work, I'll go next. At your age, don't you have the magnanimity to tolerate others?"
"You... you... you you you..."
Nangong Yi was so angry he was speechless, puffing out his beard and glaring. His competitive spirit, dormant for years, was completely ignited. He hopped and skipped as he said to Chen Xiao, "Since you're so arrogant, dare you treat the Dragon King in front of me? Don't talk about a guaranteed cure, that's a deceptive lie. Even if you can wake him up, I, Nangong Yi, will immediately kneel and beg you to be my master!"
Chen Xiao directly stepped into the room, shaking his head without looking back. "Of course, I don't mind you observing and learning from the side, but there's no need to kneel and beg for a master, because you will never learn my methods!"
"You... you... you..."
Nangong Yi was so angry he almost spat blood. His normally not-so-agile legs seemed to have become much nimbler. He followed Chen Xiao aggressively into Long Aotian's bedroom.
The bedroom was spacious but simply furnished. The towering and burly, once mighty God of War, was now lying unconscious on the bed, his face ashen, devoid of life. The electrocardiogram monitor by the bed was incessantly beeping.
The mysterious and profound wordless golden prescription in his mind spun rapidly. Chen Xiao first took Long Aotian's pulse to reconfirm his condition. Then, with full confidence, he took out silver needles and began to insert them into Long Aotian's body. What he used was the same technique he had employed on Zheng Youen, possessing the miraculous effects of detoxifying strange poisons and resisting allergies – the Taiyi True Needles!