Chapter 286 - The Treasure Book of Acupuncture (1/2)

Chapter 286 The Treasure Book of AcupunctureStanding in front of the door, the round-faced old man pointed to the three books on the table. “Go ahead.”

Fang Qiu nodded and entered.

Fang Qiu went straight to the table and found these books were completely different from each other.

The first one was a famous Chinese medical record note, which specifically recorded a lot of difficult diseases and a variety of pathology.

The second one was about acupuncture.

The third one was about bonesetting.

Knowing the contents of the three treasure books, Fang Qiu didn’t think too much and directly started to choose.

He had seen a lot of medical records when he was in Qimen Town. Now he was not able to fully understand an ordinary medical record yet. Making a blind choice would not do any good for his study of traditional Chinese Medicine.

Therefore, the medical records wouldn’t be needed for the time being.

The second option was the bonesetting.

When he was in school, Fang Qiu had already got the Theory of Bonesetting, so this treasure book wasn’t useful to him. Even if he could learn something from it, there was only a small chance that he could get an improvement.

Therefore, acupuncture was the one.

He reached out his hand and picked up the second book—”Basic Acupuncture”.

When he started learning medicine and on the first day he learned from Xu Miaolin, he had made up his mind that he didn’t want to just learn one of the subjects of medical ethics, but wanted to learn all of them.

He needed to excel at all the subjects of Chinese medicine so that he could cure the old master.

Diagnoses and prescriptions were basic methods.

Herbal medicine was the intermediate course of Fang Qiu’s study.

Acupuncture was the next course.

Fang Qiu needed to start learning acupuncture, so it would be right for him to choose the “Basic Acupuncture” treasure book.

Picking up the book, Fang Qiu couldn’t wait to get his hands on it.

All of a sudden, his eyes lit up.

“There’s something in it!”

He got the same feeling from this book as he found the “Theory of Bonesetting” in the school library.

He could feel clearly that there was something in the book.

However, now it’s not the time to check what it was.

After all, this treasure book was a gift from the Chinese Medicine Association. And the old man was still waiting outside. If he found out there was something in the book, he might take it back.

When he thought about this, Fang Qiu hurriedly took the “Basic Acupuncture” out of the archive.

“Made your choice yet?”

The round-faced old man asked with a smile.

“Hmm.” With a nod of his head, Fang Qiu raised the book in his hand and showed it to the old man.

“Huh?” When he saw the book in Fang Qiu’s hand, the old man said in surprise, “Why did you choose this one?”

“Of the three books, this is the best one for me.”

Fang Qiu replied.

“Indeed.”

The old man nodded. “We’ve seen your information, I know you can bone-setting. That bone-setting treasure book is good for you, but it can’t give you too much improvement. The medical records treasure book is a bit difficult for you considering your current strength. This one you chose would be the best for you. To tell the truth, this treasure book is the most prosaic one of the three treasure books, for the records of it could be read in so many medical books. If it wasn’t one of the treasure books, it would have been taken out.”

“Since it has always been a treasure book, there must be a reason for it. Perhaps there is some acupuncture technique hidden in it,” said Fang Qiu with a smile.

“That’s a good point.” The round-faced old man nodded his head in satisfaction. “Since you have chosen this, it means that you are related to it.”

With that, he closed the door of the archive.

“Does everyone who passes the craftsman examination have a treasure book?”

Fang Qiu asked.

“Of course not.” The round-faced old man laughed and shook his head, “We has our own scoring system. The students who take the test only know whether they have passed or not, but don’t know how many points they have scored in the test. Only those who have reached a certain number of points will have a chance to get the treasure book. Those who have reached a perfect score will surely get the treasure book.”

“Which one am I?” Fang Qiu asked.

“Make a guess.” The round-faced old man laughed and walked away.

Fang Qiu shook his head and smiled.

He was confident that he was definitely the second kind, the kind that got the perfect score.

Then he caught up with the old man.

After saying good-bye to the round-faced old man, Fang Qiu took a taxi and went back to school.

When Fang Qiu returned to school, it was half past 12 at noon.

Students had already finished their lunch.

There were people all over the school.

They gathered together to review the books.

With the certificate and the treasure book, he went straight back to his dorm room.

Zhu Benzheng and the other two weren’t in the dorm. They might have gone to the library to review.

Because of the final exam, the library was full almost every day, so the three of them thought about the library every time. They did everything in a rush, including having a meal, because they needed to get a place in the library. After all, a variety of books and materials could be found in it, which helped them review easily.

“Crack!” Fang Qiu closed the door of the room.

He then sat down at his desk immediately.

He opened the treasure book and began to carefully touch it.

After a while, Fang Qiu got a piece of old yellow paper.

Just like the one he got before, it was completely blank. There was nothing there.