Chapter 584 - Another Receipt? (1/2)

Liu Qigong thought in his heart that with Qin Haodong, the forging machine, no matter what treasure it was, he could made a receipt casually even in the kitchen at home.

It was only three or four minutes before Qin Haodong came back in with a scroll.

Back on the stage, he spread the scroll on the table and said to Li Mintae, “Professor Li, take a look. This is the receipt for the Acupuncture Bronze Statue. Do you want Professor Choe to come here and have a look?”

“Uh…”

Li Mintae looked at the receipt on the table. The scroll looked very simple, exactly the same as the one just now, but the contents had changed. The borrowing of the Compendium of Materia Medica was changed to the borrowing of the Acupuncture Bronze Statue. It also had the king’s seal on it.

He really couldn’t figure out where the receipt came from. If it was fake, even he himself didn’t believe it. Could Qin Haodong have predicted it and made a fake one to wait for him here in advance?

Although he knew that there was a kind of person who were good at making fake antiques, it would take at least a few days, or even a few months to make each item. It was absolutely impossible to make a fake antique in a few minutes.

Besides, Choe Hongseong was known for his stubbornness and integrity. His antique appraisal skill was one of the best. How could Qin Haodong deceive him?

Now the receipt was right in front of him, so he had no time to think about it, but he could not easily return the statue this time.

“There’s no need to appraise it.”

He directly omitted the part of the appraisal.

Qin Haodong said with a smile, “Since Professor Li thinks that the receipt is genuine, shouldn’t you return the bronze statue to us?”

Li Mintae’s heart was twitching. Every time he took out a treasure, the other side took out the receipt and asked him to return it. This made him feel so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

This time, he certainly wouldn’t return the acupuncture bronze statue easily. He said, “Even if your receipt is real, it can’t prove that it refers to this bronze statue. Of course, you’ll definitely think I’m denying it.

“Well, today I’ll challenge you Chinese medicine practitioners. As long as someone in Shanghai Medical College beats our Koryo Medical College in the use of the Acupuncture Bronze Statue, I’ll return it to you.

“If you can’t win, then how can you say that is yours? It can only mean that it belongs to our Li family. At the same time, it will also prove that your medical skills are inferior to ours.”

Su Hongbo said, “How do you want to compete with us?”

Li Mintae said, “There are 354 acupuncture points on this bronze statue. Let’s use silver needles to penetrate the acupuncture points. Then, we’ll see who can finish all the acupuncture points in the shortest time.”

Su Hongbo couldn’t help frowning. Li Mintae’s way of competition sounded fair, but it actually contained his plan.

The statue had been located with the Li family for many years, and they had practiced on it many times. Naturally, they were very familiar with it.

Meanwhile, the people at Shanghai Medical College had never even touched the acupuncture bronze statue, and the few replicas were also located in a museum. They rarely used the bronze statue, so they were at a disadvantage imperceptibly.

However, if they didn’t compete, not only did it mean that they agreed with Li Mintae, but it would also weaken the momentum of Chinese medicine. If they didn’t even dare to accept a competition, then how could they dare to say that their skills were better?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help looking at Qin Haodong.

In this kind of competition of speed, he and Fang Helun were in their old age. They were not agile enough, so they could only rely on these young people, and Qin Haodong was his biggest dependence.

Qin Haodong smiled and nodded to him. This kind of competition was extremely difficult for others, but it was only a piece of cake for him.

Although he had never used the acupuncture bronze statue, he could clearly sense the structure of the statue under the strong perception of Spirit. Even if others practiced on this statue thousands of times, they would not be able to reach his level.

Seeing that he was full of confidence, Su Hongbo immediately became confident. He turned his head and said to Li Mintae, “Okay, we’ll accept. If you lose, remember to give the acupuncture statue back.”

“Not so fast.” A sly smile appeared on Li Mintae’s face. “If we lose, we’ll return the acupuncture statue. And what if you lose? It will be fair if you also have something at stake.”

Su Hongbo said, “What do you want to bet on?”

Li Mintae said, “Other things can’t be compared to the acupuncture bronze statue at all. Let’s bet on the original copy of the Compendium of Materia Medica. What do you think? Do you dare?”

“Uh…”

Su Hongbo’s expression suddenly changed. If it were something else, he would dare to agree, but the original Compendium of Materia Medica was too important for Huaxia.

Qin Haodong had just taken back this treasure. If he were to lose it again, he would be a sinner of Huaxia, a sinner of Chinese medicine.

Li Mintae said with a sinister smile, “What’s wrong? Professor Su, don’t you dare?