Chapter 10 Hua Tuo’s Golden Prescription

Ye Bufan said, "That's right, I happen to know this formula."

"That's great, Young man! Please help me complete the formula on it, and the one million yuan prize money won't be a single cent less."

Cao Xinghua's beard twitched with excitement; from the two medicinal ingredients Ye Bufan had already filled in, he could tell this Young man was not simple.

He had researched this prescription countless times and tried countless medicinal ingredients, but their medicinal properties simply could not match the first fifteen ingredients.

However, the two current medicinal ingredients were completely different; they perfectly matched the previous fifteen ingredients and were very likely two of the three missing ingredients.

Ye Bufan shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I was going to fill it in just now, but your Baicao Hall people said that this isn't a place where just anyone can write whatever they want. It seems our fate isn't here, please find someone else."

After speaking, he turned to leave, but Cao Xinghua grabbed his wrist, "Young man, don't go, please don't go."

The reward notice had been posted for so long, and besides Ye Bufan, no one else could even match one ingredient. If he really left, where would he find someone?

Hua Tuo's Golden Formula itself was a priceless treasure, and it concerned the life and death of a prominent figure, which was why he offered a million-dollar reward.

Now that he had finally found someone who could complete Hua Tuo's Golden Formula, he would not let go no matter what.

After stopping Ye Bufan, he turned to Liu Hong and angrily said, "You scoundrel, how dare you speak to the Young man like that? Hurry up and apologize to me!

I'm telling you, if the Young man doesn't forgive you, you're fired today!"

"I…"

Liu Hong was completely dumbfounded. The treatment at Baicao Hall was the best in the entire Jiangnan City medical community, and with Cao Xinghua's prestige in the field of Chinese medicine, if he were fired from here, no one would probably ever hire him again, which meant completely losing his livelihood.

Thinking of this, he knelt down in front of Ye Bufan with a thud and slapped himself twice, "I'm sorry, I was a snob.

My family has elders above and children below, all depending on me. Please, I beg you, forgive me just this once!"

Ye Bufan sighed. For such a person, if he had known this, why act that way in the first place?

However, ever since he obtained the Legacy of the Ancient Medical Sect, his knowledge and vision had risen to another level, and he was too lazy to bother with such a minor character.

He waved his hand and said, "Alright, get up."

"Thank you, Young man, thank you!"

Liu Hong got up from the ground, profusely thanking him.

Cao Xinghua said again, "Didn't the Young man come to buy medicine just now? No matter what medicine he bought, wrap it all up. (This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) It's all free."

"Ah?" Liu Hong said, "Cao, those medicinal ingredients add up to over two hundred thousand…"

Cao Xinghua shouted, "If I tell you to go, then go! Why so much nonsense!"

"Old Master, don't be angry, I'm going now."

Liu Hong hurriedly ran to the counter and brought over all the medicines he had just packaged.

He had just been thinking about taking a kickback, but now, not only was he giving everything away for free, he almost lost his job. If he had known this, why bother provoking him?

Thinking this, he brought all the medicinal ingredients to Ye Bufan.

Cao Xinghua said, "Young man, consider these medicines my apology to you, Old Man. Please help me complete Hua Tuo's Golden Formula."

As he spoke, his face was filled with eagerness.

As the leading authority in Jiangnan's Chinese medicine community, Cao, the Old Master had already gone to such lengths, so Ye Bufan naturally couldn't say anything more.

He picked up the pen and completed the last missing ingredient—Three-Leaf Zhilan.

"It's complete, it's finally complete!"

Seeing Hua Tuo's Golden Formula completed on the wall, Cao Xinghua trembled with excitement.

He had obtained this formula by chance, but due to its ancient age, many of the characters on the formula were unclear, making it an incomplete prescription.

Knowing the preciousness of Hua Tuo's Golden Formula, he had put a lot of effort into identifying the first fifteen medicinal ingredients, but the last three were truly impossible to complete.

This time, to treat that important person, and also to make up for the遗憾 in his heart, he offered one million as a reward.

The notice had been posted for several days, but many people were helpless. Just as he was completely disappointed and preparing to withdraw the notice, he met this Young man.

Ye Bufan, however, looked calm. This so-called Hua Tuo's Golden Formula was quite common in the Ancient Medical Sect and was not some extraordinary prescription.

Cao Xinghua was excited for a while, then took the formula down from the wall, and his expression suddenly changed.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Young man, there's something wrong with this formula. Three-Leaf Zhilan and the previous Bái Zhǐ have conflicting medicinal properties; the two ingredients cannot be used together at all."

He was thoroughly familiar with the medicinal properties of Chinese medicine and immediately saw the discrepancy in the formula.

Liu Hong, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but stir. He had known that this Young man couldn't possibly complete Hua Tuo's Golden Formula. Once the Old Master gave the order, he would immediately reclaim those medicinal ingredients worth over two hundred thousand.

Ye Bufan calmly said, "Cao is right, these two medicinal ingredients indeed cannot be used simultaneously, but the mistake is not Three-Leaf Zhilan, but the previous Bái Zhǐ.

This ingredient in Hua Tuo's Golden Formula (This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) is Bái Zhú, not Bái Zhǐ. Although they are similar, their medicinal properties are quite different."

"Bái Zhú?"

As an expert in Chinese medicine, Cao Xinghua naturally wouldn't believe everything others said. He studied the formula carefully for a while longer, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

On the incomplete formula, only the character 'Bái' was clear for this ingredient; the character after it was extremely blurry. He had speculated for a long time that it should be Bái Zhǐ, but he hadn't expected to be wrong.

"Bái Zhú! It really is Bái Zhú! Now it all makes sense."

After changing Bái Zhǐ to Bái Zhú, the entire pharmacological principle of the prescription was completely clear, without any flaws.

Liu Hong was disappointed, but at the same time, extremely surprised. Who exactly was this Young man? To be able to guide Cao, the Old Master in Chinese medicine was unprecedented. It seemed that this person must never be offended in the future.

"Young man, you truly are an expert. Old Man is truly impressed."

Cao Xinghua said excitedly, "Young man, I haven't asked your name and who your Master is?"

He had previously visited many famous Chinese medicine practitioners, but not a single one could complete Hua Tuo's Golden Formula.

For Ye Bufan to be able to do so at such a young age, it was clear that his Master was definitely not an ordinary person, which immediately made him want to form a connection.

"My name is Ye Bufan, and my Master, that Old Man, was a reclusive expert who has already passed away."

"Oh." A hint of regret flashed in Cao Xinghua's eyes, and then he said, "Young man, you helped me complete Hua Tuo's Golden Formula. Now it's time for Old Man to fulfill his promise."

He called over the steward from the clinic and presented a million-yuan check to Ye Bufan.

Ye Bufan took the check and said, "Cao, I cannot accept a reward without merit. Please deduct the cost of those medicinal ingredients from the prize money."

"What kind of talk is that? Old Man said I wouldn't charge you, isn't this slapping my face?" Cao Xinghua said, "Hua Tuo's Golden Formula is a priceless treasure, and an extra 200,000 is nothing.

Moreover, you've helped me greatly this time. I need to gather Hua Tuo's Golden Formula to save an Old friend's Life Qi. If it were a few more days, it would truly be too late."

Ye Bufan had a good impression of this Old Man. As an elder in the Chinese medicine community, he had no airs whatsoever, was straightforward in character, and suited his temperament well.

He said, "Cao, you want to use Hua Tuo's Golden Formula to treat someone?"

Cao Xinghua nodded and said, "That's right. An Old friend of mine has lung disease, and his condition is very serious. Countless famous doctors have been helpless. If I can't gather Hua Tuo's Golden Formula soon, he probably won't live for more than two or three days."

Ye Bufan frowned and said, "Old Master, you've made a mistake. Hua Tuo's Golden Formula cannot treat illnesses at all."