Chapter 731
Author: Marina Vittori
last update Last Updated: 2023-08-08 19:00:01
Linden looked around the place.

There were only a few who made it through the second round. They were either very skillful or extremely gifted.

"I'll go first!" A middle-aged man stepped forward confidently. It was finally time he showed off his 20 years' worth of experience with acupuncture.

He walked up to the old man and examined him closely. Then, he felt his pulse. Finally, he took out several silver needles and inserted them into different pressure points on the old man's leg.

But the patient stayed expressionless and did not react at all. The middle-aged man frowned and continued inserting several more needles, but it was all useless.

"Time's up! You have failed!" the invigilator announced all of a sudden.

"Wait! I'll try one more time." The middle-aged man did not want to accept his failure.

"Drag him away!" The invigilator did not want to waste any more time and ordered other disciples to drag the middle-aged man away.

"Hah! How could he just perform acupuncture witho
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