Shen Qiang's tone was not high, his voice not loud, yet the aloofness in his voice, brimming with pride, still made everyone in the Zhong Family Clinic shudder with attention and their eyes unanimously focused on him.

"Yo, here he comes—look, that's the fastest surgeon recently mentioned in the news, even younger looking than in the videos."

"Yes, he does look spirited without the stiff lab coat."

"This guy has quite the guts, coming here all by himself."

Amidst the quiet chatter of the crowd, Zhong Yongxi put down his phone, a sharp, cold smile flashing in his eyes as he said, "Very good, very good, as long as you're here."

Having said that, he ignored Shen Qiang and walked with a proud stride to the main seat at the front of the hall, where he sat down arrogantly.

Shen Qiang frowned slightly, just about to step forward.

A young man with powerful cultivation coldly raised his hand, blocking Shen Qiang, and harshly said, "One who challenges another must report his name."

Shen Qiang was startled and confusedly said, "Challenge?"

The young man coldly and proudly replied, "Aren't you here to challenge our Zhong Family Clinic's Xiao Ye Mei Hua acupuncture technique? That naturally constitutes a challenge. State your name."

Shen Qiang chuckled and said, "What great ado about nothing. Unfortunately, if I, Shen Qiang, were to challenge, I'd challenge more formidable places, at the very least hospitals of Third Level, as for places like your small shop, I'm merely here to teach you how to be proper human beings."

Upon hearing this, the people in the hall immediately erupted into chaos.

"Arrogant! The Zhong Family's Xiao Ye Mei Hua acupuncture technique, renowned in the medical field for over a thousand years, is definitely top-tier in the province and even considered an old reputable establishment throughout Huaxia!"

"He's boasting too much, daring even to challenge top-tier hospitals? He could be arrested and sentenced within minutes."

"Hehe, the Zhong Family has met a tough nut this time, those words clearly show he doesn't put the Zhong Family in his eyes at all."

Amidst the swelling noise of the crowd, Zhong Yongxi, with a livid expression and dressed in traditional Han attire, looked at Shen Qiang, who was clad in sports shoes, blue jeans, and a simple white short-sleeved shirt, like a casual stroller, and harshly said, "His name is Shen Qiang, a crude barbarian. He can be unreasonable, but we, the Zhong Family, must not lose our decorum. Tell him everything he needs to know."

Hearing this, the same pale-faced young man said, "A challenger must first demonstrate the ability to challenge; moreover, to open a clinic in the province, one must successfully challenge eight clinics to gain recognition."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang irritably raised an eyebrow, "Whether I open a clinic or not—is that for you to decide? What a joke. Do you think you are the Business Administration?"

This statement instantly made the atmosphere among the people present turn icy cold.

"Indeed, a Loose Cultivator who does not understand the rules. For ordinary pharmacies and clinics, indeed only business licenses and health department approvals are needed, but in the Cultivation World, to establish a clinic without the recognition of many medical families is unallowable."

"The process of challenging is a display of medical skill; without undergoing challenges, not only won't any cultivators recognize it, but even if it opened, no one would visit it."

"Exactly, like the Zhong Family clinic, with its reputation and many years of legacy. If this Mister Shen could challenge eight families, his clinic would undoubtedly be top-notch. If he only targets lesser-known clinics for his challenges, then his own clinic would also be third-rate."

"Humph, dares to claim his medical skills are good without even daring to challenge?"

Amidst the sneers of the crowd, Shen Qiang slightly furrowed his brows, feeling somewhat amused internally.

After all, every person has strengths and weaknesses, doctors included. If it were anything else, Shen Qiang would not dare say he could face anyone and win, but when it came to acupuncture, the current Shen Qiang not only mastered the Human Control Needle Technique and Spiritual Control Needle Technique.

More importantly, Shen Qiang not only understood every move of the Xiao Ye Mei Hua acupuncture technique, but he had also reviewed the Medical Saint's analysis of the Xiao Ye Mei Hua acupuncture technique.

One could say, he already had the Xiao Ye Mei Hua acupuncture technique down pat.

So when Zhong Yongxi and the Zhong Family Clinic acted as if facing a great enemy, Shen Qiang only found it dull.

"Fine, since you say this is a challenge, let it be a challenge then." Shen Qiang reluctantly raised his eyebrows: "Can we start now?"

"Show your strength!" the young man said sharply.

Shen Qiang was surprised: "Do you want to see my medical practitioner's license?"

The crowd in the hall burst into laughter.

"We thought this Shen was some fierce dragon crossing the river, but it turns out he's just a greenhorn."

"Hilarious, truly a calf not afraid of a tiger, knows nothing yet dares to challenge others, simply asking for embarrassment."

"Haha, this foolish boy thinks this place is what? Zhong Family Medical Hall, that is a famous Cultivation World medical hall in the Provincial City, not just any doctor can challenge here, it requires medical skills and a background."

"Do they think that any beggar off the street can come challenge and the exalted Zhong Family Medical Hall would lower its status to compete with him?"

"Haha, if that were the case, the medical hall wouldn't need to do anything else, just competing with challengers all day long."

Hearing the laughter of the crowd, Shen Qiang frowned, in fact, the Medical Saint Inheritance was extremely rich in its records of medical techniques and diseases, but had no records on how to establish oneself or get along with other peers.

But think about it, that's only to be expected.

If it's the Medical Saint's words, would he even need to consider how to get along with others?

Wherever he goes, isn't he surrounded by thousands of followers?

"Alright, you win, you tell me the method to demonstrate my strength," Shen Qiang said helplessly.

The young man said, "Since the Young Master has already agreed for you to challenge, you do not need to demonstrate your medical skills, but as our Young Master is the thirty-ninth successor of the Zhong Family Medical Hall, and holds a lofty position, you can reveal your identity and status, if it matches our Young Master's status, naturally you can compete immediately."

"If your identity is lowly, your status humble, then I'm sorry, you must first challenge the apprentices of the Zhong Family Medical Hall, win three consecutive matches before you have the qualifications to challenge our Young Master."

Hearing this boring statement, Shen Qiang raised his eyebrows and said: "No need to compete, you guys make it too grand, with identity and status matters, more troublesome than meeting a leader."

Upon hearing Shen Qiang's words.

The crowd burst out laughing again.

"Indeed a useless fellow, no decent sect, a friend with equivalent status to come forward as a guarantee would have sufficed."

"This guy is so arrogant, but turns out he is really doing poorly, hey, your sect isn't enough, don't you have friends in the Cultivation World? Even a third-rate family's scion suffices, as long as he comes forward and says, 'I vouch for this person,' you can compete, don't tell me you can't even find someone like that?"

"Indeed a loser, one hero and three helpers, in the Cultivation World, to get by without even a single friend, truly sad. Hey kid, take a look at your phone book, the disciples from the Cultivation World you can name, they might not care about you, but at least, disciples from lesser sects or loose cultivators friends, you must know a couple, right?"

Amid the noise of the crowd, looking at Shen Qiang, Yongxi wears a smug expression and tauntingly said: "Shen Qiang, birds of a feather flock together, people are known by the company they keep, as a scion of a prestigious medical family, my circle of friends is filled with strong figures, the least of whom are known scions of families."

"Of course, given their prideful nature, they obviously disdain you, naturally they wouldn't vouch for you, how about this, I'll make it easy for you, I'll lower the requirements, as long as he is a practitioner, even if he's just in the Body Refining Stage, as long as he's willing to speak a word to guarantee you, confident that you won't cheat, I can compete with you."

Yongxi raised his eyebrows proudly: "If you, Shen Qiang, cannot even find such lowly friends, being such a waste, what right do you have to boast before me?"

Shen Qiang raised his eyebrows, just about to speak.

Just then, at the entrance of the Zhong Family Medical Hall, came Xu Nan's somewhat cold but deeply scornful voice: "Oh, the Zhong Family Medical Hall has a status? Wan Xin and Sheng Xunan, are these guarantees sufficient for Shen Qiang?"

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