novelraw Chapter 36 – Does this illness really need to be treated?
Chapter 36 – Does this illness really need to be treated?
The four of them arrived at the city center and immediately saw the long queue.
"Is it okay for us to cut in line like this?" Qin Yu asked.
"This isn't cutting in line!" Liu Yuanqing explained, "Brother Li has a principle when treating patients: he prioritizes serious and critical illnesses!"
"Those in line mostly have common colds and fevers. If there's a truly difficult or severe case, they can go directly to the front and have the doorman assess them. If approved, they can receive priority treatment!"
"Brother Li is a man of principles. If you don't have a serious illness, even my influence won't help!"
"I wouldn't have come here for no reason!"
Li Zhengtong asked, "How do you know we have a serious illness?"
"It's all shown in the divination!"
"And does the divination show how severe our illness is?"
Liu Yuanqing hesitated a bit.
"Brother Liu, just tell us. We can handle it!" Xiao Zhi said.
Liu Yuanqing was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "The divination shows that curing you would be akin to... resurrecting the dead!"
Li Zhengtong and Xiao Zhi felt their vision go dark, almost fainting.
Li Zhengtong stuttered, "Brother Liu, can the divination tell if we can be saved?"
"This involves a higher level of power, and with my current abilities, I can't predict it!"
"But don't worry, Brother Li's medical skills are exceptional. He will surely be able to heal you two!"
Xiao Zhi asked, "Can Brother Li resurrect the dead?"
"Uh... that he cannot!"
Li Zhengtong said, "Then we're doomed!"
Liu Yuanqing quickly comforted them, "That's not how it works. As the saying goes, each profession has its specialty. Just because Brother Li can't resurrect the dead doesn't mean he can't heal you!"
"Look at you two, so timid!" Qin Yu said, "If you can't change back, I'll just trick everyone into taking that elixir, so everyone will be the same!"
The four of them moved to the front of the line, where they saw a commotion.
An old man was shouting, "I'm the sickest! Every time I exhale, I want to inhale again. It's so exhausting. Isn't my illness serious?"
"Isn't that just normal breathing? How is that an illness?"
The old man's family explained, "Our old man is sick in the head!"
"Well, that is quite serious!"
Liu Yuanqing stepped forward to the doorman.
"Young Master Liu, you're here. Please go in!" The doorman respectfully made way.
Liu Yuanqing led Qin Yu and the others into the clinic.
Seeing Qin Yu and the others walk in so openly, the people in line immediately started complaining.
"Why don't they have to line up or explain their illness to get in?"
"Why are you making a fuss!" the doorman scolded, "The patients Young Master Liu brings are always on the brink of death. You all just have minor colds. How can you compare?"
Li Zhengtong and Xiao Zhi nearly collapsed upon hearing this.
Before coming here, they just looked a bit like gorillas. Now it felt like they were about to be laid out on a slab.
"Don't talk nonsense. These two just have some difficult illnesses!" Liu Yuanqing reprimanded the doorman.
After waiting a while in the clinic, the shop owner came out from the inner hall.
He nodded in greeting to Liu Yuanqing and then invited Qin Yu and the other two into the inner hall to sit.
Due to patient privacy, Liu Yuanqing excused himself after greeting Qin Yu and the others and left the clinic.
Inside the hall, the shop owner said to Qin Yu and the others, "Please wait here for a moment. A patient with severe external injuries just went in, and Young Master Li is treating him in the inner room."
Qin Yu and the others nodded and found a bench to sit on.
The inner room was separated from the hall by a wooden door, and with their cultivation, Qin Yu and the others could easily hear the conversation inside.
"Immortal Physician, my son got into a fight and was stabbed in the chest. Please save him!"
"Don't worry, it's a minor issue. Just assist me. Hand me the tools I ask for, understood?"
"Yes, yes!"
"I need a hammer, scissors, bone saw, nails, iron rod, saw..."
Listening to the clanging sounds from inside, Qin Yu thought it sounded more like a blacksmith's workshop.
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'Are all physicians in the Cultivation World this hardcore?'
Qin Yu now seriously doubted whether this physician would start plucking Li Zhengtong and Xiao Zhi's black fur one by one.
'Hmm~ that might actually be a good method!'
After a while, the sounds from the inner room ceased.
They heard the physician exhale heavily.
"Immortal Physician, did you save my son?"
"Haven't started yet. Your son's leg was a bit crooked, and it bothered me, so I straightened it. Looks much better now!"
"What? What about my son's chest?"
"Don't worry, I'm about to treat it... Hmm, your son's fingers are a bit crooked too!"
After hearing this, Li Zhengtong and Xiao Zhi quickly checked their limbs.
Seeing that their limbs were still relatively straight, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yu Ge, why do I feel like this so-called Hundred Medicine Hall's disciple seems a bit unreliable?"
The three of them huddled together, whispering.
Qin Yu reassured them, "Talented people often have quirks."
"This person just has a bit of OCD. As long as he doesn't have a beast fetish, it's acceptable."
As they were talking, a scream like that of a slaughtered pig came from the inner room.
Bang~
The scream abruptly stopped!
Qin Yu and the others were startled, not daring to make a sound.
They heard Li Zihao apologetically say, "Sorry, I was too gentle earlier, and he woke up. But it's fine, I'll just knock him out again!"
"Hand me the scissors again!"
Xiao Zhi took a deep breath, "Yu Ge, maybe we should go back to the sect and find an elder. I'm still young, I don't want to die!"
Li Zhengtong nodded, "I think I'm fine as I am now. There's no need for treatment!"
"Look at you cowards!" Qin Yu strongly condemned their cowardice.
"Your situation is different from that patient inside. Li Physician won't use the same method on you."
Li Zhengtong asked, "Will he knock us out and skin us?"
Qin Yu shook his head, "Absolutely not!"
"Why?"
"Because even if he skinned you, you'd just lose the outer layer of black fur. Your gorilla-like body shape wouldn't change!"
"Unless..." Qin Yu chuckled, "Unless he cuts off your excess muscles and shortens your extended arms. Only then would you return to normal!"
Li Zhengtong and Xiao Zhi turned pale.
They stood up, ready to run outside, feeling their lives were in danger if they stayed.
Qin Yu quickly stopped them.
"Why run? I was just joking."
At that moment, a voice came from the inner room again.
"Immortal Physician, thank you so much for saving my son's life!"
"No need to thank me. I just removed the blade and used a healing technique to help the wound recover. It's nothing."
"Immortal Physician, please rest. I'll take my son and leave now!"
"Rest?" The voice from the inner room suddenly rose, "Only those useless to the Cultivation World rest. With diseases rampant and patients' health at risk, it's the critical moment for a medical prodigy like me to take responsibility. How can I rest?"
"Then... then you continue. We'll be leaving!"
The inner room door opened, and a father pushed his son in a wheelchair, quickly leaving.
"Next!"