Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Huo Wen’an hesitantly said, ”One hundred and eighty?”

”Ha.” Ying Ziyao sneered, ”Eight.”

Huo Wen’an was incredulous, ”Eight? Or eighty.”

”Of course, eight.”

Huo Wen’an was taken aback.

No wonder Huo Xin always said she couldn’t pass the second round; those who successfully passed the second round were definitely genius doctors with extraordinary talent in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.

In simple terms, the second round was the dividing line between geniuses and ordinary people.

But he was full of confidence in Xu Xingguang.

Xu Xingguang checked the answer sheet to ensure there were no missing pages before sitting down on the iron chair.

She took out all ten glass boxes, opened the lids, and laid them out in front of her. She sniffed each one from left to right.

Amid the rich spicy aroma, she detected a slightly bitter air.

She sat still for a while, and once her nose had forgotten that faint scent and fully adapted to the spicy aroma, she smelled the scent test papers one by one again.

As she suddenly got closer to the scent test paper, she caught a slightly stimulating cool scent.

Cool, slightly bitter.

After sitting quietly for a while, Xu Xingguang knew to which category these ten herbs belonged.

Herbs that could emit bitterness amid spicy aromas should belong to the bitter ginseng category, yet there was also a hint of coolness, indicating that these few herbs have stronger properties than the bitter ginseng category.

Generally speaking, herbs that emit this kind of scent mostly grow in glacier regions.

There are more than twenty commonly known bitter ginsengs that grow in glacier regions, not to mention the ten or so rare and scarce types of ginseng.

Thousands of doctors guessed the herbs on the scent test paper were of the bitter ginseng type, but very few could accurately guess which ten bitter ginsengs they were.

Someone picked up a pen, wrote two cards slowly, and then put the pen down in frustration, shaking their head with a sigh, and quietly left the examination hall after taking off their robe.

As one person led, more people voluntarily withdrew.

Within half an hour, only over a hundred people remained on the second floor out of the original two thousand contestants.

Among these hundred or so, some were racking their brains answering questions, while others were watching the show. Only Xu Xingguang and Ying Huai neither wrote nor watched the show, but repeatedly smelled the scent test paper.

A moment later, Ying Huai put down the scent test paper in his hand, picked up a pen, and began answering questions.

After finishing four questions, he turned his head to look at Xu Xingguang and found that she still hadn’t picked up her pen.

Ying Huai frowned.

Could Sister Xingguang not answer a single question?

That shouldn’t be the case.

The famous name of Medicine Farmer Star is well-known in the Chinese medicine community in the Mortal World. It could be said that most of these people who came to watch were expecting Xu Xingguang’s performance.

Seeing that Xu Xingguang hadn’t picked up her pen for a long time and was repeatedly smelling those last two scent test papers, the spectators outside couldn’t help but whisper to each other—

[What’s going on? Has Medicine Farmer Star encountered a difficulty in distinguishing the two herbs?]

[That little kid from the Ying family has already written five questions, and Medicine Farmer Star hasn’t picked up her pen. Could it be she can’t tell the difference between these herbs at all?]

The murmuring grew louder, and the voice questioning Medicine Farmer Star increased as well.

Zheng Lie pouted and said, ”Our lady must be contemplating the problem.”

Huo Wen’an asked Ying Ziyao, ”Doctor Ying, in your opinion, what situation has Xingguang encountered?”

Ying Ziyao had accompanied Xu Xingguang for special training for more than half a month and understood her abilities. Seeing Xu Xingguang still carefully discerning those last two scent test papers, he thought for a moment and then said, ”She must have encountered something that’s perplexing her.”

Just as Ying Ziyao finished speaking, Xu Xingguang placed the scent test paper back in the glass box.

She started to write.

She wrote swiftly, finishing all the answer sheets in just over twenty minutes.

After answering, she didn’t check but directly locked the box and brought it to the examiner. The examiner hesitated as he took the box and looked at her.

But during the exam, the examiner couldn’t communicate with the candidates, and even though he wanted to remind Xu Xingguang to check carefully, he closed his mouth, remembering that despite her youth, her reputation and achievements far surpassed his own.

At this time, Ying Huai also came with a locked box to submit his answers.

After handing in the answer sheets, Ying Huai followed Xu Xingguang downstairs.

”Sister Xingguang.” Ying Huai said, ”I noticed you answered very quickly. Of the ten questions, how many do you feel confident about?”