Chapter 16: Hua Tuo's Medical Skills
The massive roulette wheel started spinning rapidly, with various prizes flashing before Ye Tian's eyes. Ye Tian watched the prize wheel with a tense expression, while Sun Nan secretly hoped for the chance to win a Foundation Establishment Pill. However, he was well aware that the likelihood of such luck was one in ten thousand.
Having previously won a Life-Extension Pill was already a stroke of great luck, and the chance of winning another high-value item was almost zero.
Nevertheless, Ye Tian was not discouraged. Of the ten prizes on the wheel, aside from the blank option, winning any of the others would be considered a major gain.
The Special Forces skills weren't of much use to Ye Tian, who had already acquired Special Forces combat skills and the ancient martial art of Tai Chi, which was far superior. Any of the other rewards would be a major win for him.
As Ye Tian eagerly watched, the pointer on the prize wheel began to slow down. One prize after another passed by, making Ye Tian clench his fists in agony and anticipation. He silently hoped that even if he didn't win something of great use, like the Special Forces skills, he would at least avoid the blank slot.
Fortunately, although Ye Tian didn't hit the jackpot with the most precious prize, the pointer stopped just before the blank slot and firmly landed on Hua Tuo's Medical Skills.
"Congratulations on winning Hua Tuo's Medical Skills! Store Price: 10,000."
Ye Tian sighed, feeling a mix of disappointment at not winning something better and relief for not ending up with nothing or something he already had.
Boom!
As these thoughts raced through his mind, it felt like a thunderbolt exploded in his brain. A vast amount of unfamiliar information, far greater than the Tai Chi technique, rapidly integrated into Ye Tian's mind.
Scenes flashed through his mind like a slideshow. They showed a young child, full of curiosity and bright eyes, exploring a mysterious herb. Driven by curiosity, the child tasted a leaf and immediately started foaming at the mouth. Luckily, a passing doctor saved the child and took him as an apprentice, teaching him medical skills.
"Sky and earth define positions; mountains and lakes connect energy; thunder and wind support each other; water and fire do not intersect; the center establishes the extremities; control the four directions; the one and the nine face each other; the three and seven are adjacent; the two, eight, four, and six create a pattern; the sun nurtures the yin, and the yin contains the yang; the yang is born of the yin, the soft comes from the hard; the yin's virtue is vast, the yang's virtue is harmonious; thus, the yang originates from the yin, and the yin nurtures the yang; heaven relies on form, earth on energy; this is called the beginning of transformation..."
These images transformed into a wealth of information, imprinting in Ye Tian's mind as if he had experienced them firsthand.
"This is a huge gain!"
After a while, Ye Tian recovered from the shock of the information in his mind and murmured.
Among the ten options, aside from the blank and the Special Forces skills, Ye Tian was least optimistic about Hua Tuo's Medical Skills. After all, other items, like the electromagnetic grenade, represented future technology and supernatural techniques, which he thought were far superior to Hua Tuo's Medical Skills.
Medical skills were merely for healing and saving people. There were many things in the prize system that could do the same, even surpassing Hua Tuo's Medical Skills, like the Life-Extension Pill.
Hua Tuo was a figure from the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period, and his medical knowledge couldn't possibly surpass modern medical technology. At best, he had a few unique prescriptions. So Ye Tian wasn't very optimistic about Hua Tuo's Medical Skills, even considering them less valuable than an electromagnetic grenade.
However, he now realized his ignorance. Hua Tuo's Medical Skills, not just acupuncture, represented his lifetime of medical knowledge, which was not comparable to one or two medical prescriptions.
Since ancient times, medicine and martial arts have been intertwined. True medical practitioners might not all be martial artists or study martial arts, but their understanding of the human body was unparalleled, especially in traditional Chinese medicine and its knowledge of meridians and acupoints, far beyond what martial artists could comprehend.
Hua Tuo was the first surgeon known in the history of the Great Xia, and he also created the Five Animal Play, a form of exercise.
Ye Tian, educated in modern society and having acquired ancient martial arts like Tai Chi through the prize system, lacked the foundational knowledge inherent to those from traditional martial arts families. His understanding of ancient martial arts was limited to what the system had instilled in him.
The appearance of Hua Tuo's Medical Skills bridged this gap. This was the true value of Hua Tuo's Medical Skills. Even with real martial arts internal energy techniques, Hua Tuo's Medical Skills would still be extremely beneficial.
"No wonder Hua Tuo's Medical Skills are priced so high in the system store, probably even more expensive than basic internal energy techniques."
Realizing this, Ye Tian's mood greatly improved. Looking around the hall filled with guests engaged in conversation, he began to observe them with his newly acquired Hua Tuo's Medical Skills.
"That woman's hair is dry and yellow, and she has applied a lot of lip balm, indicating dry lips, a symptom of yin deficiency. Her eyes are lifeless, and her pupils are full of bloodshot veins, likely from irregular diet and chronic lack of sleep."
"That middle-aged man with a bloated stomach, unsteady footsteps, yellowish complexion, and scattered pupils probably made a fortune recently. Overindulgence in food and women has led to kidney deficiency. If he continues like this, he'll likely become bald soon."
As Ye Tian was observing, the middle-aged man he had just scrutinized, accompanied by a heavily made-up woman, started walking towards him.
Did he get caught staring?