Chapter 15 A Bet

Luke smiled. “What a coincidence. I’m also a doctor. I’m a Chinese medicine doctor.”

Wenguang Hu (Doctor Hu) laughed with contempt. He said: “Chinese medicine is proved to be pseudoscience. Only western medicine is the real science. You are so young. Why do you have to waste your life on something wrong?”

Jake nodded. He also had no confidence in Chinese medicine.

Luke said: “What kind of doctor are you? Your shortsightedness is appalling! Obviously, you know nothing about Chinese medicine!”

Wenguang said angrily: “Nonsense! Do you know Bonan Liang? He is the best Chinese medicine doctor in this country! And he is my friend! Don’t tell me I know nothing about it! Which medical school did you go to? Where did you get your confidence?”

Luke shook his head. “I didn’t go to any medical school. But I know these people who question the function of Chinese medicine are all fools.”

Wenguang was now seriously angry. He had never met anyone who is so arrogant, and as one of the best doctors, he was never talked to like this before. He said: “How dare you to talk to me like this! Fine. You think you can cure the old man? Do you want a bet? If you can’t cure him, I want you to kowtow to me and apologize!”

Luke said: “Fine. If I lose, I will kowtow to you, and I will break an arm of mine!”

Everyone gasped. They couldn’t believe what they heard.

Evan laughed. “What a fool. He is so dead.”

Wenguang smiled. He said: “This is what you said. If I lose, I will apologize to you, and I will admit that western medicine is nothing compared to Chinese medicine.”

“Deal.” Luke smiled. He seemed very confident.

Jake then took Luke to Jacob’s room. Jacob was unconscious. His face was pale and his eyes were sunken. He was obviously dying.

Luke frowned. He asked: “What is his disease?”

People almost fainted after hearing what he said. Ivanka burst into laughter, but she soon realized it was inappropriate to laugh so she covered her mouth in an instant.

Wenguang said gladly: “He has brain cancer. It’s terminal. Can you cure it?” It felt like he was bragging.

Luke wore a serious expression. He took a deep breath and said: “I need to do it alone. Please go out.”

Wenguang laughed coldly: “Fine. Let’s see what you can do about it.”

People all left the room. Luke checked Jacob’s condition, and found the tumor was growing in his brain. And there was no way to have a surgery.

But there was still hope. Luke took out a yellow box from his pocket and opened it. There were nine needles in the box and they are of different lengths. Only real Chinese medicine doctors know the value of these needles.

There are nine skies above our head, and there are nine lands beneath our feet. Each person has nine points, and each doctor has nine needles. According to Inner Canon of Huangdi, the technique of nine needles can be applied to all diseases, with no limit. It conforms perfectly to the law of nature and the law of human society.

What Luke learned is exactly the Heavenly Nine Needles. This technique is passed down from the ancient times. It is said that people who have fully mastered this technique can bring patients who are seriously ill back to life. The book Arts of Acupuncture documented how this technique saved many lives, but that book is missing.

Luke learned this technique quite by chance. He found half of a book about this technique from his master’s shelf, and he learned it. But since it was not a complete book, he has only learned three needles. But it is enough to cure a brain cancer.

Luke took a deep breath. He picked a needle and pushed it into Jacob’s skin, and the energy in his body gradually moved to Jacob’s body through the needle. The energy then moved to the tumor and melted it bit by bit.

It was a very hard and exhausting process, and of course it requires sophisticated skills. Luke is probably the only one who can cure Jacob.

A green gas surrounded the needle, and the needle sent out a light glow. Jacob’s complexion gradually turned ruddy.

Xie Family’s people were waiting outside. An hour had passed, and Wenguang became more and more confident that Luke failed. He said: “What is Luke doing inside? It’s been so long. Aren’t you worried about Jacob?”

“Shut up!” Selina glared at him. But she was actually also losing her confidence.

She just wanted Luke to give it a try, and she didn’t expect this is how things would go. So she was feeling regretful again.