The Modern Immortal

Surprised

"Old Jin, please keep your needles. I'll be leaving now and contact me when the papers are ready." Daemon said softly while nodding his head slightly before turning to leave. His actions were simple and straightforward, without hesitation.

What both Jin Ning'er and Daemon did not expect was that Old Jin actually grabbed him, stopping him from leaving.

The Elderly man then glared at his Granddaughter before turning to Daemon and replying in an apologetic tone, "Mister Daemon, she's my one and only precious Granddaughter so I ended up spoiling her. If she offended you in any way please understand and don't take it to heart."

Having raised Jin Ning'er with his own hands, he understood better than anyone that the reason she said such things was because she did not believe in Daemon.

Seeing her beloved grandfather glaring at her because of Daemon, she could not endure such a grievance. Thus, she directed all her rage at Daemon. With a cold "Hmph!", she stopped talking.

As for Daemon, he was unaffected. After all, he was an Immortal Emperor of the immortal realm who had once reached, Immortal Core stage. There was no way he would get emotional just because someone did not believe in his medical abilities.

As the saying goes, God cannot save the unwilling. Even for God, those that he enlightens are fated people. Thus, the same could be said for Daemon who held no medical ethics. If one was unwilling, Daemon would not even bother to save him or her.

Furthermore, with his personality, even if one were to bring mountains of gold and silver to him, he might not even accept their offer and give them treatment. As long as he was in a bad mood, he would not help anyone. What's more to say for someone that did not believe in him? That was why he decided to leave without a word.

However, with age comes wisdom. For a man like Old Jin who was already in his seventies, the way he saw things was totally different compared to Jin Ning'er. He had been sure from the start that Daemon was no ordinary student after all he himself saw him killing like it's nothing. Thus, he had no intention of letting Daemon leave.

Seeing how silent Daemon was, Old Jin thought that he was still angry with Jin Ning'er. Thus, he pulled Daemon back to his seat and pressed him down before speaking in a joyful voice.

"Mister Daemon, to tell you the truth, Little Ning has been learning medical skills from me since she was six years old. It has already been eleven years, I am myself an accomplished Medical Doctor but even I wasn't able to find anything. Even though she is still far from being a full-fledged practitioner, she is still nonetheless well versed in the field. As such, she couldn't help but hold some worries about your abilities. Such is human nature…"

Having heard this, Daemon could not help but turn and look at the spoiled lady, his eyes showing his interest. He was surprised that this pretty yet weird lady actually knew how to treat and save people. Even though she was angry and tilted her head, Jin Ning'er had kept a close eye on the two of them. Seeing Daemon's eyes which seemed to be ridiculing her, she responded with another cold "hmph" as she raised her sharp chin arrogantly towards him.

Daemon did not care at all. Turning his attention back to Old Jin, he smiled at the old man before replying, "How about letting me tell you what's wrong with your body? From that, you can decide whether I'm the real deal."

After all the twist and turns, it looked like they had finally arrived at the main point. Even Jin Ning'er could not resist turning her head around to hear what Daemon had to say about her grandfather's condition. She decided to give Daemon one last chance. If it turned out that he was lying, she would kick him out immediately.

Old Jin felt relieved after knowing Daemon was truly not angry with his Granddaughter. His bright eyes then looked at Daemon and asked, "Oh? You want to check my pulse?" *cough cough* His tone could not hide his anticipation.

Daemon shook his head,"There's no need to take your pulse, I understand everything just from looking."

This sentence caused any ray of hope that Jin Ning'er had towards Daemon to be totally extinguished!

A Traditional doctor that diagnoses without even taking a pulse?

Does he not know about the four diagnostic methods?

She felt like running over and sending Daemon into the pond with a kick.

"Old Jin, with your level of medical abilities, you should be well aware of this illness of yours. Though the symptom is coughing and this indicates weakness in the lungs, the real cause lies in your heart!"

Jin Ning'er, who was beginning to move towards Daemon, instantly stopped in her tracks. Indeed, her grandpa had told her that the core of his illness lay in his heart. How did Daemon know that? Could it be… He really deduced it from sight alone? Jin Ning'er disappointment and rage instantly changed into shock!

Not only her, but even Old Jin was dumbfounded when he heard what Daemon said! This kid!

Flabbergasted, he scanned Daemon from head to toe before finally believing that Daemon was the one that had given the deduction.

"How...how...did you find out about this?" Old Jin couldn't help but ask.

"The heart, the tongue, out of the five elements they are both affected by fire the most. Your tongue's coating is purplish-red and even the tip of your tongue has a dark green colour. This obviously indicates that there is an excessive amount of heart fire in you."

"Metal concentrates in the lungs and fire suppresses metal. With excessive heart fire, it will damage the lung meridian. Naturally, this leads to weakening of the lungs and thus the uncontrollable coughing fits, am I right?"

Having heard the whole speech, both Old Jin and his Granddaughter's disbelief had reached indescribable levels!

Daemon had not been lying and his deductions were truer and more accurate than actual gold and silver!