Korean Medicine scholar Sungyoung was very straightforward about it. He said that through the heritage application, “we need to establish Korean Medicine as the legitimate traditional medicine of our nation, and gradually move towards making it the holy land of Korean Medicine.”
In other words, the intention behind the heritage application of “The Mirror of Eastern Medicine” was to establish the legitimacy of “Korean Medicine.”
No wonder Brennen and others were so furious when these two Koreans mentioned “The Mirror of Eastern Medicine.”
The leading Korean man seemed to deliberately provoke Brennen and others. He wasn’t angry at their insults and continued with a sneer, “You frogs in a well, don’t you know that our Korea’s ‘The Mirror of Eastern Medicine’ has already been successfully recognized as a heritage?”
“If ‘The Mirror of Eastern Medicine’ plagiarized your Atraria’s medical techniques, how could it have been successfully recognized? Are the international review committee members blind?”
At this remark, the group of traditional medicine experts was momentarily speechless. Joshua and Brennen were so angry that their faces turned red, breathing heavily.
Indeed, “The Mirror of Eastern Medicine” had been successfully recognized as a heritage, gaining international recognition and becoming the first medical work listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
Using the successful heritage recognition of “The Mirror of Eastern Medicine” as a springboard, Korea even attempted to replace the thousands-year-old traditional medicine with Korean Medicine. Their ambition was simply outrageous.
At this moment, Leo was also filled with anger. If it were elsewhere, he would have already made these two Koreans kneel and beg for mercy.
Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, the leading Korean man laughed triumphantly, “Refute us if you can! Come on, try to refute us!”
His companion mocked, “They are just a bunch of frauds. We’ve exposed their lies, so they have nothing to say.”
The audience of students around the podium erupted in various curses.
They could only express their anger through insults because they couldn’t find stronger evidence to refute these shameless Koreans at the moment.
Leo spoke up, “Hey, you two, are you out of your minds? Do you know Atraria’s ‘The Emperor’s Inner Canon’? If I remember correctly, when ‘The Emperor’s Inner Canon’ was published, your Korea didn’t even exist.”
“Nonsense! Our great Korea has a history of over five thousand years. How could it not exist?” the leading Korean man retorted stubbornly.
“Oh, really? Then tell me, where was your Korea five thousand years ago?” Leo pressed.
As soon as Leo finished speaking, the audience burst into laughter.
The leading Korean man realized he had fallen into Leo’s trap and sneered, “Gaining an advantage in words is meaningless. Pointless arguments are also meaningless. Facts speak louder than words. Who is authentic and who is fake will be known through a competition. Do you dare?”
The traditional medicine experts exchanged glances and coldly replied, “Why wouldn’t we dare?”
Joshua looked at these two clowns with contempt. He wasn’t good at arguing but was confident he could outshine these two Koreans in medical skills.
The two Koreans exchanged a glance and smiled slyly.
Ty Chan, who had been silent, asked cautiously, “Who are you? In what capacity are you challenging our Atraria traditional medicine experts?”
The leading Korean man arrogantly replied, “My name is Jay Park, and he is Sang Kwon. We are from the Korean Medical Research Society. Our teacher is the Korean medical sage, Seung Kim!”
As Seung Kim’s disciple, Jay Park always took pride in it.
Because Seung Kim was undoubtedly a towering figure in the Korean medical community, almost god-like.
Although many students present had heard of Seung Kim’s name, they didn’t care about him and booed disdainfully.
“So you’re Seung Kim’s disciples.” Brennen frowned and looked at Joshua.
Joshua’s expression also became serious. He said, “I’ve heard that Seung Kim’s acupuncture skills have reached an extraordinary level…”
Brennen didn’t want to praise others while belittling himself and sneered, “What extraordinary level? I think it’s just a bluff!”
Hearing Brennen’s words, Jay Park coldly retorted, “You mortals can’t understand the wonders of our Korean medicine or my master’s superb medical skills!”
“We came here today specifically to give Atraria traditional medicine a profound lesson. We want you self-righteous people to know that real acupuncture is in our Korean Kingdom!”
Sang Kwon added, “Although you shamelessly applied for heritage recognition for acupuncture in Atraria traditional medicine, the real acupuncture techniques are still in our Korean Kingdom. This is an unchangeable fact!”
Their shamelessness once again refreshed everyone’s understanding of Koreans.
Jay Park looked at Ty Chan and the others arrogantly and said, “We’ve told you our identities. Do you dare accept our challenge?”
“Just clowns. Why wouldn’t we dare?” Brennen’s face was icy cold.
“Very well. Who will compete with me?” Jay Park glanced contemptuously at everyone on stage.
After some discussion among Brennen and others, they decided to let Joshua take the lead.
Joshua was very confident in himself. Today, he would teach these two shameless Koreans a lesson.
Although Joshua was known as the Medicine King of South Mountain, it didn’t mean he only knew how to make herbal medicine. He also had high attainments in pulse diagnosis and acupuncture.
However, Leo wasn’t optimistic about Joshua competing with Jay Park because he sensed a conspiracy from Jay Park’s expression.
These two Koreans weren’t fools. Since they dared to openly criticize Atraria traditional medicine here, they must have something up their sleeves.
After pondering for a moment, Leo looked at Joshua and said, “Master Joshua, these two Koreans are juniors. It’s inappropriate for someone of your status to compete with them. Let me take on this challenge.”
As soon as Leo finished speaking, everyone turned to look at him with surprise and some disdain.
In their eyes, Leo was even younger than Jay Park. Moreover, since Jay Park was Seung Kim’s disciple, Leo probably wouldn’t be his match.
Brennen appreciated Leo’s courage but patiently said, “Young man, although your courage is commendable and your point is valid, today’s competition is between traditional medicine and Korean Medicine. We can’t afford any mistakes.”
“Master Joshua is highly respected and skilled in medicine. It’s most appropriate for him to represent Atraria doctors.”