Chapter 252: 252: A Sinister Aura_1

Chapter 252: Chapter 252: A Sinister Aura_1

After Elder Lin stepped back, Xu Fan slowly approached the old man on the hospital bed, gently sat beside him, and then lightly placed his hand on the old man’s wrist.

After listening intently for a few seconds, a look of puzzlement flickered in Xu Fan’s eyes. He then pondered for a moment and said softly to Elder Lin, “His issue isn’t an illness.”

“Xu brother... Is there really no hope for him?” Elder Lin’s face paled momentarily upon hearing Xu Fan’s words.

“Don’t panic just yet, Elder Lin. When I say it’s not an illness, I don’t mean that he can’t be treated. You have all fallen into a misconception, considering the problem only from the perspective of treating an illness. You’ve overlooked a key point—if the patient isn’t actually sick, then no diagnosis will reveal the problem. Hence, no matter how much medicine you use, it won’t cure him,” Xu Fan slowly withdrew his fingers from the elder’s wrist and spoke calmly.

“Then, according to your opinion, Xu young friend, what exactly is the situation with my old friend?” Elder Lin asked Xu fan somewhat uncertainly.

“You’ll know soon enough.” Xu Fan replied with a slight smile before extending his hand and waving it gently over the elder’s head.

The elder was now unconscious, in a coma, and although his breathing was steady, his forehead was covered with a fair amount of sweat.

The temperature in the room wasn’t high, which indicated that the old man’s body temperature was very high to be sweating so profusely.

Additionally, the caretaker mentioned earlier that the old man’s body temperature fluctuated wildly, and he sometimes spoke nonsense, so Xu Fan had a strong guess about the problem afflicting him.

Still, he needed to test his theory to be sure.

The elder’s forehead was now faintly darkened, an ominous sign that’s commonly referred to in ancient language as having darkness at the hall of the forehead.

“Xu, my young friend, truly you have the eye of insight, a divine touch. You saw the problem at a glance. I’ve been diagnosing for so long without finding the root cause; it turns out it’s not even an illness. Ah, old age, old age,” Lin Yaoshi sighed while shaking his head.

“Elder Lin need not be modest, your expertise lies in medicine, and you surely know little about these matters. However, the evil energy in this old gentleman has not been a matter of a day or two. By now, his internal organs must have been slowly corroded by the evil energy. If I hadn’t arrived these past two days, it’s possible he might have been claimed by the spirit within this vase,” Xu Fan said calmly.

“Master, please save my father at any cost. The Sun family can afford it no matter what!” Sun Lihua instantly grabbed Xu Fan’s hand like a drowning person clinging to a lifeline, unwilling to let go.

“My young friend, although I am decades older than you, since I regard you as a friend, I, Lin Yaoshi, will also shamelessly ask for your help. Please help my old buddy through this difficulty. My Lin family will always remember your kindness,” Lin Yaoshi said to Xu Fan with great emotion.

Although Xu Fan had identified the presence of an evil spirit, diagnosing and curing were two different concepts.

As a doctor, he certainly knew what it meant to have all viscera contaminated to this extent: even with the best medical equipment, saving someone just a few days from death was nearly an impossible task.

In the current state of Yan Country, aside from Xu Fan, it would be very difficult to find another person able to treat his old friend.

“Eh, what ghosts, what evil – how can there be ghosts in this world? Grandfather, these are all feudal superstitions; we must believe in science. In this world, there simply are no ghosts,” said Lin Shutong, who stood up after hearing Xu Fan’s increasingly mystical explanations.

Lin Yaoshi’s face instantly turned stern when he heard Lin Yutong interrupt at such a crucial moment, especially questioning Xu Fan’s diagnosis.

“Tongtong, we’re here to see the doctor. If there’s nothing for you to do, just stay outside. Young people should not talk nonsense around adults,” he said sternly.

“Grandfather, I am also a student at Zhonghai Medical University, so I’m sort of a doctor myself. Why can’t I watch? Besides, isn’t he also a young person? Why do you believe what he says but not what I say? I’m your granddaughter,” pouted Lin Shutong, speaking somewhat unhappily to Lin Yaoshi.

In Lin Shutong’s memory, her grandfather had always been gentle with her and had never spoken to her as sternly as he did today. Moreover, Xu Fan was just a young man around her own age. Why did her grandfather respect him so much!