"I'm fine. I just felt kind of strange after drinking this. I feel like I'm drunk, and everything's spinning," Madeline said. She swayed on the spot."That's because monkhood root can give light energy a very strong boost. Your light energy shoots up rapidly and gathers at the top of your head, which is why you feel dizzy. However, this is not a symptom of being poisoned," Sebastian said, chuckling."I'd like to try it too, Dr. Ballard," a student said, raising their hand. "May I try a sip?" another asked. "Dr. Ballard…"The students were all keen to try it after seeing that Madeline was fine after drinking it.Sebastian took out an even larger vessel and brewed more of the monkhood. He handed it out to every student in paper cups.When everyone had tried it, Sebastian smiled and said, "I can see that everyone's still alive."There was a roar of laughter from the audience. Even Tucker scratched his head in embarrassment."However, I regret to tell all of you that none of you
"13 grams of yelloroot, 21 grams of maidgrass, and 20 grams of top ginger!" Sebastian said, smiling. Tucker was flabbergasted. He stared at Sebastian in a daze.It was perfectly accurate!Sebastian could even tell how much had been used! That was almost supernatural! "Tucker, Tucker!" A few of the young men called out to Tucker in a low voice. It took him a while to recover from his shock, and he stared at Sebastian in disbelief as he asked, "Dr. Ballard, how did you do it? I want to do what you did!""You have to try them," Sebastian said simply. It was a simple statement, but it was the basic foundation of how traditional medicine doctors identified medicinal herbs. It was also an essential process for every practitioner."The purpose of trying the medicinal herbs isn't just to look cool. Every medicinal herb has its own energy, and it will leave a different feeling in one's mouth after drinking it. "Even the same medicinal herb will feel different when the amount of it
Sebastian smiled slightly and said, "The lungs are very delicate, and their condition can be seen in the hair. His hair is dry and yellow, which means that there are already problems with his lungs. He continued, "This can be concluded from the basics of traditional medicine, which include five elements, smells, colors, and aspects."Madeline had studied traditional medicine before, albeit rather superficially.She had always assumed that the five elements were just superstitions. Now that she had heard Sebastian's explanation, realization finally dawned on her. Sebastian lectured them further on the finer details of diagnosis by observation before saying to Madeline, "You can observe the young woman in the back row according to what I've said."Sebastian pointed at the young woman in the back row, and Madeline followed his gaze.The young woman's cheeks were flushed slightly, and her eyes appeared to be bloodshot. Her lips were drying, and her skin was very rough. "Uh… she…
Bailey spoke very sternly. He was one of the most internationally renowned cardio-cerebrovascular experts in the whole world. He had treated at least 8000 patients, or maybe close to ten thousand. Therefore, he could also diagnose a patient's condition without even needing to use any equipment.However, his skills in diagnosis observation were much inferior compared to Sebastian's.Sebastian took Rex's pulse. Bailey was right. From his pulse diagnosis, Sebastian estimated that Rex only had about ten minutes left for effective emergency treatment. If they didn't administer treatment soon, his life would really be in danger."We must get him a cerebrovascular stent within ten minutes. Contact other hospitals right now and stop waiting!" Bailey yelled anxiously at Howell. Howell shook his head in resignation and said, "The closest hospital to this place is Tranquil Hospital, but their ambulances have to come by Eastsea Road. If they take a detour, it'll take them at least half an
Although Madeline was interested in traditional medicine, Bailey thought of it as witchcraft. He felt that even if traditional medicine was able to treat minor afflictions such as headaches or fevers, serious conditions like strokes could only be cured with advanced equipment used in modern medicine. Sebastian ignored Bailey and increased the force of his hand. As the first drop of stagnant blood was squeezed out, more and more dark blood trickled out of Rex's fingertips. Howell still hadn't managed to get any reactions. He hadn't even managed to squeeze out a single drop of blood. However, the blood trickling out of Rex's fingertips was turning red, and his complexion was slowly returning to normal. When everyone saw that Rex was slowly opening his eyes, they all cried out in shock. Bailey, Madeline, and the other foreigners all looked at Sebastian in disbelief. They couldn't believe that he had actually done it."Oh my goodness, what did I see?" Bailey rubbed his eyes ha
Sebastian explained, "Acupuncture is the most primitive technique in traditional medicine. True traditional medicine doctors, especially very skilled ones, do not treat conditions with acupuncture. They use it together with medicinal herbs."In Rex's current condition, no acupuncture technique will be able to get rid of the blood clot in his brain. It will also be unable to replenish the kidney energy that is about to be depleted."The only thing that can replenish his kidney energy would be a medicinal draught. We can't just do miraculous things for the sake of being miraculous. Traditional medicine itself is a miracle. We don't need to make it divine for people."All the students gave Sebastian a thumbs-up. It was very rare to meet a traditional medicine doctor who was skilled in medicine and had a strong grasp of its basic concepts. They had been lucky to meet him, and they were all proud of being able to be Sebastian's student.After about an hour, the young man who had gone
"Shane Winter, how dare you try to order me around? Besides, I'm sure that with Dr. Ballard here, the patient will not be in danger!" Henrietta exclaimed.Shane was always so arrogant, and now he was even trying to talk big in front of Henrietta's dream man, Sebastian!Henrietta was always elegant and poised, but she had a hot temper when she was provoked. "You—" Shane couldn't believe that his dream woman would lose her temper with him because of Sebastian."Thank you, everyone, but Rex is out of danger. Besides, Dr. Ballard has already said that his condition won't flare up again for the next five years, so we won't need to trouble all of you anymore," Howell said very politely to the medical staff from Tranquil Hospital."Dr. Ballard? Which one is he?" Shane looked instinctively at Sebastian. "He's the one."Shane felt as if his lungs were about to burst from anger when he saw that Henrietta was still holding Sebastian's hand and didn't seem to want to let go."Dr. Ballard
"Are you from Tranquil Hospital?" Robin walked out of the crowd, frowning.The people who had come to Dramon with Madeline were all the best medical experts in the world. Where had an idiot like Shane popped up from? How dare he accuse Bailey of not understanding medicine?Even Robin couldn't stand such a thing. He had finally managed to fulfill Madeline's wish of listening to a lecture on traditional medicine and had been about to breathe a sigh of relief when Shane had come out of nowhere to cause more trouble for him."Are you…" When Shane saw that it was Robin, his pupils constricted suddenly. Wasn't that the chairman of the Steinberg Medical Association?The Winters were a powerful family, but they dared not offend the Medical Association at all. Big families like the Winters thought nothing of money, but even the rich were not spared from diseases. If any of the Winters got some kind of terminal disease, they would still have to plead with Robin for him to get a consultat
Every Warrior treated the Martial Arts Association like a god. Therefore, that would make the Caelbane Sect even higher than a god!"Are you both not right in the head? I don't owe your sect leader money, yet he's trying to ask me for something? Even beggars aren't this desperate!" Sebastian looked at Titan and Tatum as if they were idiots. "We're not beggars, damn it! I'm telling you, cut both your hands off right now and let us take them. Otherwise, we'll take your life!" Tatum yelled, pointing at Sebastian."What the hell are you looking at? Are you sick of living?" Titan slapped a passing old lady.The old lady had been planning to buy some house protection charms from Sebastian, but Titan slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground, blood trickling out of the corner of her mouth.Titan didn't even look twice at the old lady. He felt that anyone who even glanced their way twice when the Caelbane Sect was conducting their business deserved to die!Slapping her was already
Wensleydale had been overly enthusiastic with them. Not only had he been extremely hospitable, he had even arranged for several young and beautiful women to cater to them.When one went overboard, it would make everything seem insincere.Titan couldn't for the life of him think of any benefit that he could offer Wensleydale. The old man already had one foot in the grave, and the Caelbane Sect would never accept someone of his age. The more he thought about it, the more Titan felt that what Tatum had said made sense."Forget about him. Let's go to Steinberg ourselves tomorrow morning," he said, his eyes narrowing.Even if Wensleydale had tipped Sebastian off, where could the latter escape to in just a single day?He could run, but he couldn't hide. Sebastian also owned the Arctic Snow Group in Steinberg, which was a massive corporation.Besides, according to reliable news from Ethan, Sebastian's ex-wife was also the CEO of Frostwave Corporation. He couldn't possibly pack up all
Sebastian laughed and said nothing. He rubbed the brand new copper coin in his pocket with one hand.Only Lyanna would be capable of doing something like that. The illusion had been cast by her.Without her help, Sebastian would probably be in huge trouble. No matter whether or not he was in the right, there should have been severe consequences for slaughtering more than 100 elite members of the Martial Arts Association.Lyanna had even made the souls of those people her food. It was terrifyingly cruel. "Everything's alright now, everyone. It seems that Mr. Flumen repented after realizing how terrible his crimes were and killed himself," Sebastian said politely, smiling as if nothing had happened."Maybe your character and charisma convinced them, Mr. Ballard." Hans didn't know what to say.Zane swallowed and laughed as he said to Sebastian, "Mr. Ballard, you really… you really are… amazing.""Since you're all here, don't be in such a rush to leave. I'll treat you all to a meal
However, Wensleydale didn't care. He would have killed his own son if it meant that he could live!Without another word, he hacked off Humphrey's arm. Before Humphrey could scream, Wensleydale stabbed him in the heart. He gripped the handle of the knife and twisted it grimly. Humphrey stared at Wensleydale, his eyes bulging, right until the moment he died. He had died a violent death. Wensleydale looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground. Like the man with the dragon-topped cane, they all decayed rapidly and were blown off into the air by a slight breeze, leaving no trace behind. Wensleydale turned slowly and gazed mournfully at Sebastian. He looked into Sebastian's ice-cold gaze and finally realized that the latter wasn't going to forgive him, even though he had hacked off his own arm and killed his apprentice. Instead of dying in great pain like the others, he might as well give himself a quick end! Tears streamed down Wensleydale's face as he held the knife to
"Mr. Ballard! I was wrong! Please, have mercy on me…""Mr. Ballard, we'll never do it again. I don't want to die.""Mr. Ballard, I have an 80-year-old mother at home. Please have mercy!" There was a series of thumps as more than 100 people fell to their knees. They were genuinely afraid. What Lyanna had said had made their last defenses crumble completely. The moment they knelt, the corpse of the man with the dragon-topped cane began to decay rapidly right in front of their eyes. In the end, only pale white bones remained. A slight breeze swept over them from out of nowhere. With a gentle gust, the skeleton disappeared. It was as if the man with the dragon-topped cane had never existed."Mr. Ballard, you mustn't show any compassion at all to these hypocrites," Rose said. She slowly pulled out her short sword and tossed her sheath away. Sebastian closed his eyes and nodded slightly. There was a series of squelching noises as over a dozen heads fell to the ground. More dark
Wensleydale's expression changed at once. He had made the call to the police because he had been planning on maiming or even killing Sebastian in front of everyone in the Martial Arts Association.However, things had turned out very differently from what he had expected. He had dug a huge hole for himself and had jumped in without a thought. "Mr. Ballard, you and I are both martial arts practitioners, and we prize the idea of righteousness," he began. "Why don't you kill me and let them go?"Wensleydale wasn't really that generous. He was a shrewd man who always did what benefited him more. Even his apprentice, Humphrey, was shocked to hear him say something so selfless. Had he really chosen to do good in the face of imminent death? However, Sebastian saw through his little trick immediately. Wensleydale hadn't escaped because he was too afraid to do so. Whoever ran out of the black fog would become a bloody puddle of water. If Sebastian agreed to let them go, he would remo
Sebastian pointed at the hundreds of Martial Arts Association members gathered at the door and said, "Since you all dared to come here and accuse me, then you must be prepared to die here! I am pleased to inform all of you that you have succeeded in provoking me to anger!" The crowd was immediately incensed. "You wouldn't dare!""There are so many of us! Even Larys wouldn't dare to do anything to us, let alone you!" "Sebastian, who do you think you are? We've got more than 100 people here today. Would you dare to kill us all?" Accusatory and defiant questions piped up all around Sebastian, but he only smiled faintly. "Why wouldn't I dare to do so?" he said and shot Lyanna a pointed look. Lyanna chuckled and invited Hans and the rest back into the convenience store. "Please come and sit inside. What's about to happen next may be too gory."Zane quickly turned to walk inside. Sebastian always did what he said he would do. Without a doubt, what was about to happen would be a b
Sebastian finished speaking and took a step toward Leon. Leon had been almost 40 feet away from him. However, Sebastian moved so fast that he left a trail of shadowy afterimages behind him. In an instant, Sebastian was back in his original spot, while Leon hurtled backward like a cannonball. His massive frame crashed into the members of the Martial Arts Association behind him, sending them sprawling. Leon landed heavily on the ground. When the crowd rushed over to check on him, they were horrified to see that his chest had caved in. Fragments of his crushed internal organs were scattered across the ground.Leon was dead. A wave of shock rippled through the crowd. They were aghast. Even Wensleydale hadn't seen how Sebastian had killed Leon. All he had felt was that Sebastian's figure had seemed insubstantial for a second. A heartbeat later, his apprentice had been sent flying, meeting a brutal end right before his eyes. "Sebastian! How dare you commit murder in public?" Wen
Sebastian's expression turned slightly colder. He stepped forward and was beside Zane in an instant. He pulled Zane behind him."You were the ones who hit him, weren't you?" Sebastian asked, looking at Wensleydale and Humphrey.Wensleydale's lip curled. "So what if I did? I hit him! What are you going to do to me?"Humphrey said disdainfully, "Ballard, he should be honored to be hit by my mentor! I don't mind telling you that my mentor represents the entire ancient martial arts community of Steinberg! I can cut out your tongue for that attitude!"Sebastian turned and comforted Zane. He told someone to help Zane back to the door.Then he turned to Wensleydale and Humphrey and said, "Cut off the hand that you used to hit him with, and I won't pursue this further. Otherwise, I'll make you wish you were dead." Sebastian's voice was clear and forceful.The members of the Martial Arts Association were surprised. Even Wensleydale was secretly shocked. Had Sebastian gone mad? How dare