"Hmph, Guest Elder Lin, it's already giving Miss Long a lot of face for me to let you observe,"
"Are you looking for trouble?"
Zhou Qianyuan snorted coldly, his face completely fallen.
As one of the most respected alchemists in the entire Southwest, no one had ever dared to question his words!
Especially now, when all the important figures of the Sun family were present.
Yet, he, a junior, was being questioned. If this got out, how could he show his face outside in the future?
"A junior, do you think your medical skills are better than mine?"
"Or, are your alchemy skills stronger than this old man's?"
Zhou Qianyuan looked at Lin Chen, a surge of anger emanating from him.
"Miss Long, is this the quality of your Dragon family's guest elders?"
Even Sun Zhiqian, who had always been amiable towards Long Yuling, turned ashen upon hearing Zhou Qianyuan's words.
To him, his grandson was the only hope of the entire Sun family. He had finally managed to invite Master Zhou to diagnose him.
Everyone knew Zhou Qianyuan was very proud. Now that he was publicly refuted, if he got angry and refused to treat the patient, wouldn't his grandson be truly doomed?
"Lin Chen, why don't you go out and get something to eat first?"
Long Yuling looked distressed and tried to persuade Lin Chen.
She knew Lin Chen wouldn't speak without reason, but this was, after all, the Sun family's territory!
"Heh, a quack who praises himself."
Seeing that even Long Yuling had spoken, Lin Chen shook his head and turned to leave with the lamb leg.
Since the host was unwilling, even if he wanted to save someone, what did it have to do with him?
"Wait! You scoundrel, how dare you call my grandfather a quack?"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhou Hao became furious.
In the entire Southwest, who didn't respectfully greet him and his grandfather?
Sun Zhiqian, the patriarch of the Sun family, one of the Five Sects and Four Families, a man at the pinnacle of power in the Southwest, still had to greet him actively when they met!
But now, some unknown brat had appeared and dared to call his grandfather a quack?
This was simply unbearable!
"Kid, I'm telling you, if you can't give me a valid reason today, I will never let this go!"
At this moment, Zhou Qianyuan was completely infuriated by Lin Chen's calling him a quack.
He had been in the martial world for so long, and this was the first time anyone had ever called him that!
"Hmph, I see the Dragon family's luck is about to run out. A mere branch of the Dragon family dares to be so disrespectful to Master Zhou!"
"Exactly, exactly. I had a good impression of the Dragon family before, and I was considering cooperating with them in the Southwest Grand Competition this time, but now it seems completely unnecessary!"
"Cooperating with such an arrogant person is just asking to be swindled!"
The other young disciples of the Sun family chimed in with sarcastic remarks.
In their opinion, this guest elder of the Dragon family named Lin Chen was deliberately trying to get attention in front of Zhou Qianyuan.
If he offended Zhou Qianyuan, no force in the entire Southwest would be willing to cooperate with the Dragon family.
And this was the influence of a second-rank alchemist!
"Kid, speak up! Why do you say I'm a quack?"
"If you can give me a reason, that's one thing. If you can't, I'll make sure you bleed today!"
Zhou Qianyuan was enraged and questioned Lin Chen.
"Tch, you just said that the young master's illness was caused by cultivating the wrong technique, leading to blocked meridians, right?"
Lin Chen snorted and finished the last bite of his lamb leg.
"That's right, that's what I said. Don't try to fob me off with that!"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhou Qianyuan's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to stare intently at Lin Chen.
He was very curious to hear what kind of explanation this young man could come up with!
"Hmph, since you know it's blocked meridians, why didn't you check his Ling Blood Meridian?"
"If it were just blocked meridians, why would he be spitting blood?"
Lin Chen asked coldly, with a sneer.
"Ling Blood Meridian?"
Hearing Lin Chen utter this professional term, Zhou Qianyuan was momentarily stunned.
But out of curiosity, he placed his hand on the young master's chest and released a wisp of spiritual energy to examine the young master's Ling Blood Meridian.
However, upon examination, he was shocked to discover that there were many blood clots in the young master's Ling Blood Meridian!
What was more important was that the young master's body was burning hot, but the Ling Blood Meridian was extremely cold, almost like ice!
"What's going on? How can this be?"
Zhou Qianyuan was dumbfounded.
His body was burning hot, but this acupoint was ice-cold. This was indeed the first time he had encountered such a situation!
"How is it? What would be the consequence if you forced the young master to dissipate his cultivation?"
"Why don't you tell everyone present yourself?"
Lin Chen snorted, knowing that Zhou Qianyuan must have understood everything.
"This... I..."
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhou Qianyuan swallowed and subconsciously looked at Sun Zhiqian and the others.
This time, he had indeed misjudged.
If this person hadn't spoken up to stop him, he would have already caused someone's death!
"Master Zhou, what is going on?"
Seeing Zhou Qianyuan stammering, Sun Zhiqian's brow furrowed.
He wasn't stupid. Seeing Zhou Qianyuan's expression, he knew there must be some hidden reason for his grandson's illness.
"Patriarch Sun, I apologize, I misjudged!"
Zhou Qianyuan gritted his teeth and bowed to Sun Zhiqian.
All the important figures of the Sun family were present, with the lowest cultivation level being Foundation Establishment. If he had truly forced the young master to dissipate his cultivation, leading to his death, how could these people have let him go?
"Misjudged? Master Zhou, even you can misjudge?"
Sun Zhiqian's mouth twitched, and his expression was full of surprise.
"That's right, with the young master's current condition, his entire body is extremely hot, but his Ling Blood Meridian is ice-cold."
"With such extreme polarization, if he were to dissipate his cultivation, he would surely explode and die."
After saying this, Zhou Qianyuan felt as if all his strength had been drained.
After practicing medicine for decades, he was actually inferior to a young man in his twenties!
What was most important was that if this young man hadn't spoken up to stop him earlier, he would have made a grave mistake by now!
"What? He would really explode and die?"
"No way? Is what this kid said true?"
"What a joke, a young man in his twenties has better medical skills than Master Zhou?"
The people around were stunned.
They had expected to see Lin Chen beaten to death by Master Zhou, but they never imagined such a reversal!