When the voices of opposition and skepticism led by Country Y grew increasingly loud, Mu Lin was in the process of preparing the residence qualifications for the second batch of individuals traveling to Germany for studies. He was in negotiations with both the German House and Senate.
As the tide of opposition continued to rise, religious organizations added fuel to the fire. The general public in Western countries gradually accepted these views. At the same time, mainstream official reports from the Chinese media that Westerners had expected remained conspicuously silent on the issue. The situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable for Mu Lin.
Now, Mu Lin could only rely on himself to face the Western world’s questioning. If he backed down, all the honors and wealth he had previously gained would wave goodbye to him directly. That, however, was trivial. The key issue was that all his efforts for acupuncture would go up in flames.
He would spend the rest of his life bearing the reputation of being an ultimate fraud. The clinics he had previously established and the good reputation he had built among influential figures would also be destroyed. This made his hope of peacefully and undisturbedly cultivating his medical skills here nothing more than an empty dream.
Faced with the Western media’s questioning, how he wished the Chinese media could stand behind him as his strong backing. Yet, he had never imagined that China’s ancient tradition of “literati despising each other” extended to the field of traditional Chinese medicine as well.
China has never lacked heroes dedicated to saving the nation and serving the people. But it has had far more individuals who, due to differing political views, persecuted their own countrymen even more severely than foreign invaders. Clinging stubbornly to their own beliefs as the ultimate truth, they regarded any differing opinions as heresies worse than national destruction. Under such thinking, China has always had heroes devoted to the nation, but far more often, it has had villains who attacked those with different views.
This is precisely the most tragic aspect of the Chinese people. Just imagine during the Song Dynasty, when the Han people’s scientific productivity was far superior to that of the Mongols. Yet, it was under the leadership of some so-called traitors who claimed to have suffered injustice and insisted on maintaining their integrity that the nation ultimately fell.
In the Ming Dynasty, despite the Han people’s technological superiority over the rest of the world, they were defeated by the small Manchu Qing dynasty. Though this dynasty initially had a population of only over 200,000, it managed to destroy the Ming Dynasty, which had already begun to show signs of capitalist development.
The key reason was internal conflicts within the Han people themselves. Whether it was the refined Donglin faction or the despicable eunuch party, they always suppressed and ruthlessly persecuted the lower-class gentry, causing the most talented individuals among them to serve the Manchus. Eventually, they completely destroyed the mighty Ming Dynasty. This was not only the tragedy of the Ming Dynasty but also the tragedy of the Han people.
Now, Mu Lin was facing exactly this kind of situation. He hoped to receive support from within China, but traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture were already struggling to survive domestically. Worse still, there was a group of Western-worshipping so-called scholars clamoring for the complete abolition of traditional Chinese medicine. This voice had even become the dominant one in the country. How could this not make Mu Lin feel deep sorrow for traditional Chinese medicine, with its 5,000-year history, and even deeper sorrow for the internal conflicts within China itself? Mu Lin sighed, when would the great Chinese nation ever stop its internal strife?
Now, he could only rely on himself. For the second batch of acupuncture practitioners about to depart from China, he now had no way to retreat. Although he was a fake TCM practitioner without a formal diploma from a traditional Chinese medicine college, he had no choice but to revitalize his hometown’s medical cause.
When he could no longer bear it, Mu Lin decided to confront the Western world’s provocation with his own strength. He wanted to see how the domestic Chinese response would change if his superb medical skills could impress these Westerners.
On this day, Mu Lin held a press conference at the headquarters of his New York clinic. As an international metropolis in Country U, New York led the trends of the world. The media from various countries stationed here represented the voices of their respective governments.
Following his instructions, Sara and Stephen did not miss a single influential print media outlet. On this day, Mu Lin’s clinic issued a challenge to Western medicine worldwide.
Based on his knowledge and the structure of the clinic, from surgery to internal medicine, Mu Lin launched a challenge to Country Y, that self-absorbed island nation, that conceited little island.
At the press conference, Mu Lin explicitly declared that to respond to the provocations of certain countries with ulterior motives and certain arrogant countries, the Daniel Mu Lin Clinic was willing to accept challenges from any country in the world.
The Daniel Mu Lin Clinic was willing to adopt a path combining Western and traditional Chinese medicine, using the clinic’s existing equipment and medical staff to treat difficult and complex diseases from various countries. The prerequisite was that before the challenge, under the supervision of the notary agencies in Country U, the various countries sending patients to his clinic would, after their patients were cured, acknowledge that the combination of acupuncture and Western medicine could cure all difficult and complex diseases currently existing in the world.
This move by Mu Lin had completely sealed all his escape routes, though he had already run out of options. Compared to the situation in China, he was a genuine citizen of Country U, so his actions had nothing to do with China.
To the Western world, Mu Lin was merely a lucky fellow from the Chinese world who had just been fortunate enough to cure some diseases. Now was the time to completely strip away all his disguises. This was not only about the dignity of the Y country government but also about the dignity of Y country’s church.
The entire Western world not only marveled at Mu Lin’s Don Quixote-like courage but also admired his bravery in daring to challenge an influential and deeply rooted nation all by himself.
Mu Lin’s challenge not only placed himself on the altar of the entire world but also put the countries led by Country Y under the global spotlight.
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