Ci Shi Hall's rise in Taiwu City had left people dumbfounded.
Almost overnight, the reputation of this new clinic had spread through more than half the city, chiefly the Lower City and Middle City, where the population was densest.
Countless commoners learned that there was such a special clinic: not only did it charge no consultation fee, but medicine costs were based on one's family circumstances—the poorer one was, the less one paid.
Most importantly, the pills prescribed by Ci Shi Hall were remarkably effective. Two or three pills could cure minor ailments or ease severe ones. Though they could not cure every disease, that was more than enough to make people flock to it like ducks.
Thus, over the following days, more and more people came to Ci Shi Hall seeking treatment and consultation.
However, the number of tokens the clinic handed out each day was limited. Some people camped and queued outside the clinic in the dead of night just to get one.
Had the clinic not been guarded by powerful Martial Artists and overseen by cultivators, order would have long since descended into utter chaos.
As time passed, Ci Shi Hall's reputation grew ever greater.
Although Ci Shi Hall was not large and could only receive a limited number of patients each day, its rise inevitably touched the interests of those involved in Taiwu City's medical trade.
"This is completely against the rules!"
"What nonsense is this, charging medicine fees according to family circumstances? It's simply absurd!"
"If consultations and treatment are free, what are us physicians supposed to eat?"
"A disgrace to the profession!"
"Hall Master Zhu, you can't just stand by and do nothing!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
In the main hall of Hui Chun Tang, Taiwu City's largest clinic, more than a hundred people had gathered