chapter 18 Fighting Doctor 2

Noah Jiang's expression remained calm. He ignored the harsh words from the surrounding people and looked directly at that woman, smiling, "Miss, did you just give birth recently?" "Yes, how did you know?" Upon hearing Noah Jiang address her as "Miss", the woman felt pleased. She didn't think this fair-skinned young man with delicate features gave off a bad impression. On the contrary, she was delighted by how he addressed her and nodded, "I gave birth three months ago. My cough worsened after that, and no treatment seems to help." Noah Jiang nodded gently and continued, "Have you taken this prescription before?" "Yes. I consulted an old traditional Chinese doctor in the deep city before. He gave me this prescription. I remember the herbs clearly. I have been taking it for a long time, but it never worked. Especially now that I've just given birth, my cough has become much worse." The woman nodded, looked at Issac Lin, and then addressed Noah Jiang. "This..." Now, Issac Lin felt a bit embarrassed. Ethan Chen and Jadyn Wang, along with other onlookers, whispered among themselves, sensing a twist in the storyline. "That's right." Noah Jiang nodded with a smile and then turned to look at Archie Zhao from the Zhaoming Clinic, asking, "Doctor Zhao, do you see any issue with me adding Burdock Root?" Archie Zhao stroked his white beard, his eyes soft as he glanced at Noah Jiang, then smiled at the crowd, "Burdock Root is potent and is generally used for patients with severe cold and Yin deficiency. However, based on Noah's diagnosis, this lady just gave birth, which led to the invasion of coldness in her body, aggravating her chronic cough. So, adding Burdock Root indeed helps eliminate her cold Yin energy. If I were to prescribe, I would add Burdock Root as well." "My goodness, even Doctor Zhao affirmed it. Could it be that Noah Jiang got lucky with his guess?" "Unexpectedly, Noah Jiang's medical skills aren't that mediocre." "Exactly, he seems to have genuine knowledge." The crowd nodded in agreement, thinking that Noah Jiang did possess some skills. Ethan Chen and Jadyn Wang exchanged glances, rolling their eyes, thinking Noah Jiang just made a wild guess. "Hmph, you won this round. Let's continue," Issac Lin said resentfully, glaring at Noah Jiang and signaling the next patient. Noah Jiang smiled, looking around, intending to show everyone the true successor of the Jiang Medical Sect. "Doctor, emergency! Please take a look at my son!" A middle-aged man entered, supporting a pale-faced teenager. The teenager was pressing his right rib, seemingly in so much pain that he could hardly walk. "Quickly, lay him down." The crowd made way. Issac Lin and Noah Jiang rushed to assist the young man onto a medical bed. To the teenager's father, they asked, "What happened to him?" "I'm not sure. He was fine in the morning, but when he returned, I noticed his complexion wasn't right. I asked him about it, but he's so rebellious and refused to tell me. He kept complaining about pain, so I immediately brought him here," the teenager's father told Noah Jiang and Issac Lin anxiously. "Alright, let's take a look," Issac Lin immediately started checking the young man's pulse. Noah Jiang observed the teenager's pale face, sweating, pressing his spleen area at the right rib. Noticing the bruise on the young man's right fist, he asked, "Did you get into a fight?" The teenager glared angrily at Noah Jiang, obviously feeling exposed. "You rascal! I knew you were out fighting. I wish they'd beaten you harder," the teenager's father exclaimed, wanting to hit his son. Noah Jiang quickly held him back and asked, "He has damage to his right spleen, did he have a similar experience in the past?" "Yes, he was naughty when he was young and once fell from a tree, causing his right spleen to bleed." The young man's father nodded and then became anxious, grabbing Noah and saying, "Doctor, he isn’t bleeding again, is he?" Noah Jiang removed the young man's hand and pressed on his right rib. The boy screamed in pain, making the onlookers wince. All eyes were on Noah Jiang. Even Issac Lin, who had just taken the pulse, looked at him, surprised that this young man had identified the issue at a glance. "Um, no bleeding, but this time the injury to his right spleen is more severe. He needs acupuncture to alleviate it, and then a prescription to drink. If he takes it and recuperates slowly at home, both old and new injuries will heal," Noah Jiang turned and smiled at the young man's father. "That's great news," the young man's father was relieved and happy upon hearing this. "Acupuncture, haha, that's my specialty!" Issac Lin said with a laugh, seizing the opportunity. "Doctor Lin's inherited acupuncture techniques are indeed famous on Traditional Chinese Medicine Street," another doctor nodded in admiration. Noah Jiang looked back at Issac Lin and said nothing, knowing that Issac had some skills in acupuncture. "Come young man, let me administer a few needles, and it will alleviate your pain and speed up the healing of your spleen." Issac Lin had already taken out a set of silver needles, holding three in his hand, and accurately inserted them about five millimetres into the acupoints on the boy's right ribs. The young man gasped in pain. Issac Lin quickly comforted him, saying, "Don't worry, it will hurt at first but will get better." "It seems that Doctor Lin's acupuncture skills indeed inherit his family's tradition." "Yes, but I heard that the Jiang Medical Sect has a legendary Nine-turn Magic Needle that's miraculous and can change destiny. It's very famous in our Traditional Chinese Medicine world." "That's right, the Nine-turn Magic Needle of the Jiang family is indeed prestigious in the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine. However, up to now, only George Jiang inherited the sixth needle. It's said that the last three needles have been lost." "It's a pity. I estimate that in Noah Jiang's generation, with his mediocre medical skills, he probably couldn't even inherit his grandfather's sixth needle." "Haha, with his poor medical skills, I doubt he can even execute the first needle." Doctors around pointed at Noah Jiang and laughed in whispers. "It’s painful!" However, the young man lying on the bed pressed his stomach hard, his lips turning pale, and he was sweating coldly. Seeing this, the young man's father said to Issac Lin, "Doctor, why isn't he better yet? Look how much pain my child is in. Is this working?" "Um, what's going on?" Issac Lin noticed something was wrong and quickly checked. The boy was still in intense pain under his acupuncture, which left Issac flustered. "Foolish! Using silver needles on his spleen yang acupoint will only trigger a relapse of his old spleen injury," Noah Jiang exclaimed. Just a moment ago, he thought Issac Lin would handle it, so he didn't intervene. He hadn't expected Issac to be so incompetent. Noah Jiang pushed him aside, removed the three silver needles from the boy, and with a serious expression, he used spiritually infused silver needles on the boy's spleen. "Yes, this is the first needle of the Nine-turn Magic Needle, the Hegu Needle Technique, Blood Sea Spirit!" Standing aside, Max Zhao, Bruce Hou, and Jude Wang recognized at once that Noah Jiang was using the Jiang Medical Sect's Nine-turn Magic Needle, specifically the first needle, the Hegu Needle Technique. This revelation stunned other doctors and bystanders. "That's right, it's indeed the first needle of the Nine-turn Magic Needle, the Hegu Needle Technique. It seems young Noah has inherited the Jiang family's Nine-turn Magic Needle Technique." "Yes, look at his needle technique, so skilled. He's not as incompetent as they said. Wait, is he inserting another needle?" Before Wang Yulin finished speaking, they saw Noah Jiang's second needle entering the boy's Danzhong acupoint. Bruce Hou and others exclaimed, "This is... this is the second needle technique of the Nine-turn Magic Needle, the Fengquan Needle Technique, sealing the Baihui!" Seeing Noah Jiang execute the second needle made the doctors, including Zhaoming Clinic, Wang Yulin, Bruce Hou, and even Issac Lin who was nearby, stare in disbelief. Their mouths opened wide enough to fit a duck egg, unable to believe Noah Jiang could execute the second technique of their Jiang family's Nine-turn Magic Needle. For a moment, the surroundings became silent. After Noah Jiang had inserted the two needles, the boy felt relief from pain, breathed easily, and said, "Thank you, dude. I'm not in pain anymore." "Mm, good that it is not hurting anymore." When Noah Jiang executed the second needle, he felt a bit drained, but it was okay. At least it wasn't like before when he applied the third needle to Theo Ye's grandfather and experienced a fainting spell. "This Noah Jiang, being able to execute their Jiang family's second technique of the Nine-turn Magic Needle, is truly incredible." "It's miraculous. How can a quack who can't even prescribe the right medicine suddenly change this much?" "Yes, it seems he's not as useless as they say. Being able to execute the second needle of the Nine-turn Magic Needle with such confidence, he must be able to execute the third needle!" For a moment, the onlooking doctors and crowd began to see Noah Jiang in a new light. Who would have thought that this disgrace, who had tarnished the reputation of the Jiang Clinic, could suddenly demonstrate their Jiang family's Nine-turn Magic Needle? It was truly unbelievable. In this medical duel, clearly, Noah Jiang had the upper hand. For a moment, everyone present fell silent, all looking at Issac Lin because he had to honour the bet and leave Traditional Chinese Medicine Street. "Old Lin, our bet earlier was just a joke. In the future, don't steal my Jiang Clinic's patients." After packing up his medical kit, Noah Jiang glanced at Issac Lin and left. For a moment, everyone exchanged glances, especially Ethan Chen and the others. They had hoped Issac Lin could teach Noah Jiang a lesson, but they hadn't expected this outcome.