The Guanyin Thousand-Hand Needle, a long-lost acupuncture technique, is rumored to have been created by Bian Que, a renowned physician of the Spring and Autumn period, specifically for treating common ailments.
This acupuncture method allows for the combination and dissection of various diseases through the body's acupoints.
When used, it appears as if the Bodhisattva Guanyin is simultaneously operating on different acupoints with a thousand hands, each needle manipulation being incredibly intricate.
During the Spring and Autumn period, many kings, marquises, and generals were cured of their illnesses by Bian Que using this very needle technique.
It was truly miraculous!
The sole reason for its disappearance: difficulty!!!
If the Azure Dragon Moving Acupoint Needle technique was of S-rank difficulty, then the Guanyin Thousand-Hand Needle technique was of SSS-rank difficulty; they were incomparable.
Even Bian Que's direct disciples could only grasp seventy to eighty percent of it.
As time went on, fewer and fewer people could master this technique.
By the Tang Dynasty, fewer than five individuals could master it, and even then, only a fraction of its entirety.
By the Song Dynasty, the Guanyin Thousand-Hand Needle was lost.
It could only be found recorded in ancient texts.
To think that Lu Ming actually mastered this technique! And judging by his skillful manipulation, it was far more than just a fraction.
Qiao Ling and the others had the feeling that Lu Ming had completely mastered this needle technique.
"Lu Ming, just who are you?"
"How many more secrets are you hiding?"
"Why are you so formidable?"
Amidst the confusion of the laymen and the astonishment of the experts, Lu Ming had completed the needle insertion and began administering medication to Professor Liu.
The entire treatment process lasted for an hour and a half.
Then, Lu Ming removed the needles one by one, leaving only the last three in place.
All operations were complete.
Lu Ming glanced at his watch, "Ok, we just need to wait patiently for 3 minutes, and Professor Liu will wake up."
Uh…
The principal stood awkwardly to the side.
Was he not exaggerating?
All the teachers and students burst into laughter after hearing Lu Ming's words.
"Did you hear what he said? Professor Liu will wake up in 3 minutes? I have to admire their thick skin, thicker than a city wall."
"A disease that Western medicine couldn't cure, and you think Traditional Chinese Medicine can?"
"Look at Professor Liu's current state, doesn't he look even more dazed than before?"
All the teachers and students were waiting to see Lu Ming make a fool of himself.
Catherine watched Lu Ming with a cold gaze, believing that the so-called 3 minutes was merely Lu Ming stalling for time.
A boring trick.
3, 2, 1, time's up!
Just as everyone was preparing to mock him, a miracle truly occurred.
Professor Liu opened his eyes and uttered, "Hello, everyone."
Professor Liu had recovered!!!
For a moment, all the teachers and students were too astonished to speak.
The more they had looked down on Lu Ming moments ago, the more they were now eating their words.
Catherine's face was also flushed. Her team had explicitly stated that Professor Liu's condition was incurable, yet here he was, healed by Lu Ming. You had to accept it, whether you liked it or not!
Catherine's brow furrowed. Their Western Medical Association had held over a hundred exchange conferences and had never lost a single one. Were they truly going to capsize in a ditch today, losing on the medically backward land of China?
The teachers and students of Jinling were even more bewildered.
"No way, how is this possible? A disease Western medicine couldn't cure, Traditional Chinese Medicine healed?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"There must be something wrong here. How could Western medicine lose to Traditional Chinese Medicine? How could science lose to feudal superstition? I don't believe it!"
Despite the undeniable facts, many still found it hard to believe.
Qiao Ling and the others, however, were delighted.
Wang Daomin was the first to step forward in support of Lu Ming, "Are you guys sore losers? You said our Traditional Chinese Medicine was incompetent and inferior to Western medicine before. Now that we've cured a disease you couldn't, you're accusing us of cheating. Hmph, I think you're just bad losers! What a load of rubbish, your Western Medical Association is just a bunch of useless wretballs."
After enduring so much criticism, Wang Daomin finally had a chance to vent his frustrations.
The current situation was overwhelmingly in favor of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Although the vast majority of people disliked Traditional Chinese Medicine, the victory of TCM in this exchange conference seemed a foregone conclusion.
However.
Wang Daomin, Qiao Ling, and the others had still underestimated Catherine's cunning.
The reason the Western Medical Association had won over a hundred consecutive matches was not only due to their advanced medical skills and powerful equipment but also their many insidious and ruthless tactics.
Catherine chuckled.
She stood up and declared loudly, "I've always heard that Traditional Chinese Medicine is the practice of charlatans. Seeing it today, I am not surprised."
Qiao Ling's brow furrowed, and she questioned, "Doctor Catherine, what do you mean by that?"
Catherine sneered, "I mean that our Western medicine cured Professor Liu, and you Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners are trying to steal our credit. Have you no shame?"
Huh?
What?
Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded.
It was clearly Lu Ming who had cured Professor Liu, so how did it become the credit of Western medicine?
Catherine explained, "There's an old saying in China, 'Illness arrives like a mountain collapsing, but recovery is slow like drawing silk'; diseases are not cured instantly. Although our Western medicine is powerful, it still requires time. After our team finished the treatment, we needed about two more hours for the effects to manifest."
She pointed directly at Lu Ming and cursed, "And this bastard named Lu Ming took this opportunity to come on stage and act mysterious, stalling for time until our Western medicine's treatment took effect! Professor Liu's recovery now is entirely due to our Western medicine's efforts! Lu Ming was just putting on a show and stealing our hard work."
Her words sent a shockwave through the entire audience.
Qiao Ling was speechless. She had seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shamelessly brazen.
Qiao Ling was still too young and inexperienced in worldly matters.
This was her first time witnessing such an unreasonable, thieving act of claiming credit for others' success – a bandit's logic!
Actually, this was not surprising.
Five years ago, when the ten hostile nations jointly attacked China, they had already revealed their rapacious nature, wanting to snatch anything good they saw.
This was a mindset flowing in their blood.
But then.
Some people believed it!
Western medicine had a solid foundation among the students at Jinling Medical University, and people were more inclined to believe Catherine than Qiao Ling.
They had found Lu Ming's previous actions incomprehensible, believing that Traditional Chinese Medicine curing Professor Liu had some unsavory reasons. Upon hearing Catherine's explanation, they suddenly had an 'epiphany'!
"Oh, so that's how it is. No wonder those charlatan TCM practitioners suddenly perked up. Turns out they're shamelessly stealing other people's hard work!"
"Traditional Chinese Medicine, as expected, hasn't disappointed. Still as despicable as ever."