Library of Heaven’s Path - Chapter 2176

“Guild Leader Liao suffered from some internal injuries during the previous Flood of Spiritual Energy. As he is a physician, he has consumed all kinds of medicinal herbs and books over the past decade, but none of them have worked!”

The middle-aged physician explained. “Over the past two years, his internal injuries have been spreading, and he thought that he had reached the limit of his lifespan. However, just a few days ago, someone bought him a Beauty Pill and gave it to him. Initially, he didn’t think much of it, but after consuming it, his internal injuries actually began to recover! He begged someone to buy him a few more, and after consuming ten of them, not only did his internal injuries recover, his lifespan also seemed to have increased significantly … Thus, it isn’t too much to say that you saved his life! ”

Zhang Xuan widened his eyes in realization.

The principle behind the Beauty Pill was that it harnessed his Heaven’s Path zhenqi, thus allowing him to recover from his internal injuries easily. Once his injuries were healed, his vitality would be enhanced, and his lifespan would be extended.

“I have studied the internal injuries for a long time, and yet, your pills were able to cure them easily. Doesn’t that mean that your medical skills far surpass mine?” Liao Xin asked.

“This … I don’t see it that way.” Zhang Xuan wanted to be humble, but after thinking for a moment, he realized that Liao Xin was right. Thus, he could only nod reluctantly.

Most illnesses could be treated with his Heaven’s Path zhenqi, and those that couldn’t be treated could only await death.

To admit that his medical skills were inferior to others … Just the thought of it made his face redden in embarrassment.

That was the extent of being outstanding …

Just the thought of it left him with a headache.

“Alright, I’ll send a message back right now to help you apply for the Great Displacement Teleportation Formation,” Liao Xin said.

Under normal circumstances, there was no need for him to come here personally to challenge the Physician Guild of Drifting Specter Royal City. The reason he came all the way here was to meet Apothecary Zhang Xuan and thank him personally.

Since the other party had a request, he could just agree to it.

Just as Liao Xin was about to take out a Communication Jade Token to send a message, an elder walked out of a room and hurriedly waved his hand. “Guild leader, you mustn’t …”

“Vice Guild Leader Wang, why not?” Liao Xin frowned.

The elder was the vice guild leader of the Clouddragon Royal City Physician Guild, Wang Fei.

“An apothecary is a master apothecary, and a physician’s skill is a physician’s skill. The two can’t be confused!” Wang Fei hurriedly said.

Even though he had to admit that the young man’s Beauty Pill was unparalleled in the world, pill forging was still pill forging. No matter how skilled the young man was, it couldn’t be compared to the Way of Medicine.

Medicine was to prescribe the right medicine to treat the illness, while alchemy was to use a special method to fuse medicinal ingredients together, with the goal of increasing the medicinal effect. The two were completely different, and could not be mentioned in the same breath.

If Guild Leader Liao were to make a mistake in the Way of Medicine, it would mean that he was no match for Guild Leader Liao. If something were to happen to the latter, Guild Leader Liao’s reputation would go down the drain.

“Guild Leader, please reconsider!”

Another person walked out.

The five physicians from the Sky of Cloud Dragon had already arrived.

“He saved my life, and I’m planning to retire. At most, I won’t treat anyone anymore … Alright, there’s no need to say anything more. I’ve made up my mind!”

Liao Xin waved his hand.

Although he admitted that Zhang Xuan’s pill concoction was indeed unparalleled, deep down in his heart, he shared the same opinion as the rest of the crowd. Although Zhang Xuan’s pill concoction was impressive, his medical skills might not be as good as his.

The reason why he agreed was to repay the debt of saving his life.

Compared to his life, the damage to his reputation was nothing.

“How about this? Isn’t there going to be a Physician Tournament? Since we’re already here, there’s no harm in competing with one another! ”

Zhang Xuan understood the other party’s worry, but he did not get angry.

He was still young, and it had not been long since he arrived in the Firmament. It was only natural for him to be doubted.

“You want to compete in the Way of Medicine?” Guild Leader Liao frowned.

“I’m already here,” Zhang Xuan replied nonchalantly.

“This …” Seeing that Zhang Xuan was determined, Guild Leader Liao nodded in agreement. “The Way of Medicine is divided into four steps — observation, listening, questioning, and palpation. At each step, one has to write down one’s own judgment, diagnose the illness, write down a prescription, and see if one is able to prescribe the right medicine.”

Zhang Xuan nodded in response.

He had been wondering what was going on with the Way of Medicine, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like it was no different from treating a patient. Just that …

“What about the patients? Are we going to let them suffer the pain and wait for the competition instead of treating them? “Zhang Xuan asked with a frown.

That wasn’t showing the compassion of a physician. Instead, he was treating his patients as a bargaining chip to build his reputation.

This was a complete violation of the professionalism and ethics of a physician.

“Of course not!”

Guild Leader Liao looked at Zhang Xuan in bewilderment. “You … don’t know about the Way of Medicine?”

The young man before him actually didn’t know a single thing about the Way of Medicine?

He had thought that he would be returning the favor by admitting that he had lost to the other party. Even if the other party’s medical skills weren’t as good as his, given that he was able to forge the Beauty Pill, his skills shouldn’t be too bad either. But from the looks of it … that wasn’t the case at all.

To not even know about the Way of Medicine, it was likely that the other party’s medical skills weren’t inferior to his. Rather, it was likely that … he didn’t know anything about it at all!

“The Way of Medicine is a method that the medical experts of the Nine Heavens have come up with to assess one’s medical skills. It relies mainly on the Stone of Physician!”

Seeing that Zhang Xuan really didn’t know anything about the Way of Medicine, Guild Leader Liao shook his head helplessly.

It seemed like Vice Guild Leader Wang’s worries were true.

The young man’s medical skills were probably mediocre. Otherwise, who wouldn’t know about the Way of Medicine?

“Stone of Physician?”

“It’s a unique artifact that has the ability to record the patient’s physical data and create an illusory image of the patient for physicians to examine. As long as you can give him the most accurate prescription, he’ll be able to recover from his’ illness’ as well! ”

As Guild Leader Liao spoke, he took out a stone and tapped it lightly.

Amidst the light buzz, ten silhouettes suddenly appeared before Zhang Xuan.

They were illusory images formed by a unique formation.

Every single one of them looked sickly, as if they had contracted some kind of illness. If they weren’t treated in time, they could very well die on the spot.

“The illnesses that these ten people are suffering from are the latest incurable illnesses discovered within the Nine Heavens. There are also illnesses from several hundred or even several thousand years ago that have been imprinted through a unique method. Through observation, smell, question, and diagnosis, one can determine the cause of the illness and find a way to concoct a medicine,” Guild Leader Liao explained.

Seemingly seeing through Zhang Xuan’s worries, he said, “Don’t worry, these illnesses span from the ancient times to the present. In fact, some of them are even intertwined with one another, so it’s impossible for anyone to memorize all of them! Furthermore, the person who appears after each infusion of energy is completely different from the previous one, so it’s impossible for them to memorize the answer. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded in response.

Treating a patient wasn’t as simple as memorizing a question. Even though the illness seemed to be the same, it would still be treated differently depending on the individual’s constitution and gender.

This was precisely the reason why Zhang Xuan was worried that someone might have memorized the characteristics and treatment method of the patients beforehand. From the looks of it, it wasn’t as easy as he had thought.

Even though the memory of the experts of the Firmament was incredible, there were still many illnesses that had appeared over the millennia. On top of that, there was a lack of historical records, so it was unlikely that it would be easy to memorize all of them.

Guild Leader Liao said, “Since you know the rules, let’s begin. The rules are as you treat the illusory images. You have to write down your deductions at every step of the process, and once you’re done, you have to pass the prescription to the illusory images. If the prescription is identical to the one you used previously, the illness of the illusory images will be cured. Even if there are any mistakes, the outcome will still be the same! ”

Zhang Xuan nodded. He placed his palm on the Stone of Physician and touched it lightly. The ten illusory images on the stone changed, becoming completely different from before.

“Begin!”

Following which, two physicians passed a brush and paper over. Guild Leader Liao walked up to the illusory images and took a closer look at them.

As a physician, observation was the first step. Through observing the patient’s expression, appearance, posture, and tongue, a physician would be able to determine the illness within the patient’s body.

Watching as Guild Leader Liao walked over to one side of the group, Zhang Xuan walked over to the other side.

Soon, he had a rough idea of what was going on.

Walking to the center of the group, he exclaimed, “Flaws!”

Hu hu hu hu!

Ten books materialized in the Library of Heaven’s Path.

Even though he had already deduced the illness of the ten illusory images, he was still a little worried. Thus, he decided to use the Library of Heaven’s Path to see if his deduction was correct.

He had to head to the Sky of Spirit Origin to look for Lozosy as soon as possible, so he didn’t want to waste any more time.

Even though they were only illusory images, the Library of Heaven’s Path was still able to provide the flaws of the patients. He quickly took a look, and after confirming that his deduction was correct, he heaved a sigh of relief.

Even though he did not have much exposure to the Firmament’s medical knowledge, he was still one of the greatest physicians on the Master Teacher Continent. His understanding of the human body and the medicinal properties of every single medicinal herb had reached down to the very marrow of his bones. As long as he could understand the difference between the Gods and ordinary humans, as well as the difference between the medicinal properties of medicinal herbs on the Master Teacher Continent, he would be able to assimilate the two types of knowledge together.

Zhang Xuan quickly went through the calculations in his head before sitting down on the spot and writing down the results. It did not take long for him to finish writing down the ten sheets of paper.

“Alright, I’m done!”

Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

“You’re … done?”

“How long has it been? Ten minutes? Eight minutes? And you’re writing down the results? ”

“You managed to diagnose the illnesses of ten patients in such a short period of time, and you even wrote down a prescription? You must be joking! ”

Everyone was taken aback.

Even though they were pressed for time, to diagnose ten patients with one of the most intractable illnesses in the history of the Way of Medicine in less than ten minutes and even wrote down a prescription …

Are you sure you’re not joking?

The crowd glanced at one another before turning their gazes back to Guild Leader Liao Xin, only to see the latter rubbing his glabella as he took the first patient’s pulse.

A moment later, he took out a piece of paper and wrote down the illnesses he had diagnosed and the prescription he had written down.

After he was done, he heaved a sigh of relief. However, when he turned around and saw that Zhang Xuan had actually stopped in his tracks, he frowned and said, “Don’t waste time. Under the same circumstances, the one who is faster will emerge victorious!”

He had been too focused on examining the patient that he had not noticed the young man’s actions.

After saying those words, he was just about to move on to the second patient when the others suddenly turned to look at him speechlessly.

“What’s wrong?” Zhang Xuan asked.

“Guild leader … he has already diagnosed the illness and written down the prescription. You should … hurry up!” Wang Fei said awkwardly.