"Oh? So you mean you can cure Manor Lord Dan?" Qin Xuan asked teasingly, crossing his arms.
"I..." Louis was instantly rendered speechless.
While he didn't believe Qin Xuan could cure Dan Bende, he himself lacked the ability, which was why he had invited his teacher.
Dan Bende's internal organs were severely damaged, and it wasn't a matter of simply performing surgery. Even with careful recuperation, he wouldn't recover quickly.
"Kid..." Louis was about to retort when Orka put a hand out to stop him.
"Teacher..."
Orka's gaze fell upon Qin Xuan, and he spoke calmly,
"Young man, are you a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine?"
"You could say that," Qin Xuan replied, stroking his chin.
Orka continued,
"And your acupuncture skills are superb?"
Qin Xuan nodded without hesitation,
"That, I can say."
When it came to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qin Xuan might not qualify, as he hadn't even taken a practitioner's exam. But when it came to acupuncture, Qin Xuan could confidently boast that there was likely no one else in the world more skilled.
Orka smiled condescendingly,
"Young man, I have some understanding of acupuncture myself. Its primary use is to promote blood circulation and relax the muscles. Manor Lord Dan sustained internal injuries; I doubt acupuncture would be of much help, would it?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Xuan shrugged and chuckled,
"Who said I intended to treat Manor Lord Dan with acupuncture?"
Both Orka and Louis frowned.
"No acupuncture? Then how do you plan to treat Manor Lord Dan? Herbal decoctions for internal consumption? How long would that take to recuperate? A year, two years?"
In Orka's view, while Chinese herbal medicine was effective, its effects were too slow.
Given Dan Bende's condition, he likely wouldn't last even six months.
"Superficial," Qin Xuan uttered the word plainly.
He doubted these two foreigners could truly grasp the profound depth of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
"Kid! What did you say!" Louis, upon hearing Qin Xuan insult his teacher, roared in anger.
Qin Xuan crossed his arms and said dismissively,
"I didn't say anything wrong. How long have you studied Traditional Chinese Medicine? Ten years, twenty years? Or thirty? Do you know of Shen Nong tasting a hundred herbs? Do you know of Hua Tuo's bone scraping to remove poison? Do you know..."
"The surgery you pride yourselves on existed in our Dragon Country a thousand years ago."
Qin Xuan's words left both of them speechless.
Louis finally managed to sputter out after a long pause,
"Kid, what's the use of just shouting here? If you have the ability, then cure Manor Lord Dan! I'll write my name backward, Louis, and never practice medicine again!"
Qin Xuan smiled and replied,
"You don't need to ruin your professional career for a verbal spat. Just writing your name backward will suffice."
With that, Qin Xuan walked to Dan Bende's bedside, took his hand, and began to feel his pulse.
Dan Bende's pulse was very weak, and his heart rate was much slower than that of an ordinary person.
His internal condition was even more complex.
There was a bullet hole near his heart, only about a millimeter away.
And his heart itself had a faint crack, extremely fine. Qin Xuan only discovered it after probing with his Dragon Energy. This was something the hospital had failed to detect.
Repairing internal organs was not a difficult task for Qin Xuan.
After completing the pulse diagnosis, Qin Xuan released Dan Bende's hand.
Louis beside him couldn't help but let out a cold laugh,
"Pfft, what can you possibly discern from just touching a hand?"
Qin Xuan ignored him and turned to instruct Ren Qixiang,
"Miss Ren, please prepare a kiln. Get a handful of hundred-year-old ginseng. If not available, ten-year-old will do, though the effect will be slightly diminished. Then, poria cocos, atractylodes macrocephala, licorice root..."
Qin Xuan listed over a dozen medicinal ingredients. Fearing she might forget, Ren Qixiang quickly took out a pen and paper to jot them down.
"A medicinal kiln? What era is this? Are you trying to refine elixirs? This is ridiculous. Are all practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine like you, fraudulent charlatans?"