Wu Tian smiled and said, "You can't blame me for this."
"I already told you I only know magic, and you insisted I perform. In front of so many people, I had no choice, did I? After all, I have my reputation to consider?"
"So, what happened yesterday was purely an accident. If you insist on blaming me, then there's nothing I can do."
Wu Tian's nonchalant tone made Jin Zhewu furious.
He wasn't an idiot; how could he not know that Wu Tian was deliberately messing with him?
He said angrily, "You were lucky to escape last night!"
"But I will definitely teach you a lesson today. Just wait and see yourself lose to me in the competition!"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "What's wrong? Are you not even going to pretend anymore?"
"Are you just going to tell me directly that you were the one who arranged for those people yesterday?"
"I say, you really are someone who doesn't like to spend money."
"If you wanted something to happen to me, you should have called more people. Those few were really not enough to make a dent."
Jin Zhewu said furiously, "Keep laughing. What happened yesterday was just a warning."
"But since you're so unappreciative, I will definitely make sure you can't laugh anymore!"
"If you think you're so great just because you beat Yimulan, then you're completely mistaken."
"Guys like Yimulan don't even catch my eye!"
"So, you'd better be prepared. Today, I must compete with you and show you what true top-tier traditional Chinese medicine is!"
Wu Tian lazily scratched his ear and said, "Are you annoying or what? Why so many words?"
"If you want to compete with me, there's no problem. It's all the same to me anyway."
"But you saw what happened to Yimulan. Don't end up following in his footsteps."
Jin Zhewu gritted his teeth and said, "You just wait. I said I would make you pay, and I will definitely make you pay!"
"If you think you can win against me in medicine, you're dreaming!"
After saying this fiercely, Jin Zhewu didn't say any more to Wu Tian. He hobbled into the venue, leaning on his cane.
Seeing that the two had reached this point before the competition even began, the other members of the Chinese team became a little worried.
They couldn't help but say, "Wu Tian, I think you should be careful. This Jin Zhewu is not easy to deal with."
"Exactly. I heard that Jin Zhewu's family is a prominent medical family, very famous in the Korean country, and even has a considerable reputation in China."
"If this competition were about pharmaceutical manufacturing, it would be better. But if you're competing in that, it will be extremely difficult for you to win against him."
Wu Tian smiled and said casually, "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, nothing will go wrong. You just need to focus on dealing with the other opponents."
"After all, if you all lose, even if I win alone, it won't make much of a difference."
Those people naturally didn't want to be a burden, so they all nodded and said, "Don't worry, Wu Tian, we will definitely try our best!"
"Even if we lose, we can't lose to those despicable Koreans, right?"
Wu Tian nodded with a smile, then looked at Ling Tengyun and said, "Hey, I'll handle that Jin Zhewu. There should be no problem with that, right?"
"After all, he specifically asked to compete with me. If I don't agree, it might make people think that our China is easily bullied."
Ling Tengyun said grimly, "This is your own mess, so you have to solve it yourself."
"But you'd better not lose to him, or you'll be disgracing our country!"
After speaking, Ling Tengyun left everyone behind and went inside.
Looking at his retreating back, a team member couldn't help but whisper, "Wu Tian, don't look at him like that. He might actually be relieved in his heart."
"Although he is indeed a genius, he's not very good at pharmaceutical manufacturing."
"His biggest fear in this competition was facing Jin Zhewu."
"So, with you stepping up today, it's actually one less trouble for him."
"Is that so?" Wu Tian smiled. So, it turned out Ling Tengyun was using him as a shield all along.
If that was the case, he felt a bit regretful.
If he had known this earlier, he should have made Ling Tengyun face Jin Zhewu.
After all, wasn't Ling Tengyun quite arrogant?
If he lost to Jin Zhewu, his expression would surely be priceless!
However, Wu Tian was just thinking about it. It didn't matter to him who competed.
Facing Jin Zhewu didn't put much pressure on him.
After all, the only person who could put pressure on him in this competition was Yagami Yuriko.
As for Ling Tengyun, he would have his own troubles to deal with later.
Afterward, the group didn't chat much at the entrance and soon walked into the venue.
After a short wait, all the participating teams had arrived.
The eighth-final knockout stage had officially begun.
Since the Chinese team was the first to advance from the group stage, they would be the first to compete this time.
As agreed, Wu Tian would face Jin Zhewu. Jin Zhewu was scheduled to appear last, so Wu Tian's turn was also placed at the end.
Soon, the members of the Chinese and Korean teams took the stage and began their matches.
This competition adopted a single-round-decisive-victory system, with each round featuring different content, covering almost everything from pharmaceutical manufacturing, acupuncture, and herb identification.
These four rounds of matches lasted nearly two hours to complete, with the final score being a two-to-two tie.
This indicated that the match between Wu Tian and Jin Zhewu was inevitable.
Watching Ling Tengyun walk off the stage, Wu Tian said with a smile, "You performed well."
"It seems like it was overkill to have you deal with such an opponent."
Ling Tengyun said coldly, "Just worry about yourself. Opponents like this don't deserve me to show my true strength."
In the match just concluded, Ling Tengyun had indeed performed well, winning with a significant margin and allowing the competition to proceed smoothly to the final match.
However, in such a duel, Ling Tengyun's victory was to be expected.
After all, the level of medical skill in the Korean country was what it was. If Ling Tengyun couldn't even defeat such minor opponents, he wouldn't be able to call himself a genius of the Ling family.
After Ling Tengyun stepped down, Wu Tian and Jin Zhewu both walked onto the stage.
Jin Zhewu had waited long enough for this moment.
His gaze was fixed on Wu Tian, and he said with a dark expression, "Have you thought about how you're going to lose to me?"