Yuan Hai’s eyes widened, filled with astonishment, his mind unable to process what was happening.
He found it hard to believe. He had selected the Immortal Grass with an 87% purity, which should have been the absolute best! Even companies that produced Golden Wound Medicine using Immortal Grass as a raw ingredient would struggle to produce Immortal Grass of such purity!
But how could Wu Tian produce Immortal Grass with 100% purity? Moreover, was Immortal Grass like this even possible in the world?
Yuan Hai’s mind was a complete mess. Beside him, Xu Hao, who had been ready to mock Wu Tian, swallowed hard, unable to utter a word.
In the silence, Xiao Meng smiled at Wu Tian in surprise, “You’re something else! So, all this time, you were just playing the tiger to eat the pig!”
Wu Tian smiled and said, “It was just good luck. This is nothing.”
Even though Wu Tian said this, no one present believed he had won purely by luck. After all, the probability was incredibly low, even lower than winning the lottery. Thus, they subconsciously believed Wu Tian had won through skill.
At that moment, those who had been eliminated and had intended to mock Wu Tian all showed expressions of shame. They took a step back guiltily, no longer daring to meet Wu Tian’s eyes.
Xiao Meng then smiled at Yuan Hai, “Oh dear, some people must be absolutely furious. They mocked someone for so long, only to end up slapping themselves in the face. Tell me, how much must his face hurt right now?”
Yuan Hai was stunned for a moment, then his expression quickly turned grim. He had never dreamed things would turn out this way, and he was so angry he felt like he was about to explode. He walked up to Wu Tian, sizing him up. “Kid, I never expected you to have such a trick up your sleeve. It seems you’re not as easy to bully as I thought.”
Wu Tian smiled faintly, “Is that so? But you seem much easier to bully than I imagined. Weren’t you planning to have a victory celebration tonight? Now it seems that celebration might not be so easy to hold, will it?”
Yuan Hai gritted his teeth in anger, clenching his fists. “Kid, don’t get too cocky. I was careless this time, but there are still two rounds left in the competition! If you truly have the ability, then win against me in the remaining two rounds, otherwise, you’ll still be beneath me!”
Wu Tian shrugged, “Winning against you shouldn’t be that difficult, should it? The most important thing for people is self-awareness. Otherwise, situations like this will happen twice more.”
“You!” Yuan Hai was so angry he almost attacked. But he ultimately forced himself to hold back, saying in a low voice, “Then we’ll see. You can’t possibly win against me, absolutely not!”
With that, Yuan Hai left with Xu Hao.
Xiao Meng glared at Yuan Hai’s retreating back, saying indignantly, “That guy is so stubborn. We absolutely cannot let him win today. Otherwise, won’t his tail be stuck way up in the sky?”
Wu Tian smiled, “Don’t worry, he won’t win. So-called geniuses are no different from ordinary people in front of me.”
Hearing this, Xiao Meng was displeased. She frowned and said, “Hey, what do you mean by that? Are you also a show-off like him?”
Wu Tian realized he had said the wrong thing. He quickly said, “My apologies, my apologies. I accidentally misspoke. I’m actually a very low-key person, haven’t you noticed?”
Xiao Meng rolled her eyes and said, “Tch. But you’re first place in this round, so you do have the right to be a bit arrogant. I’ll forgive you this time. But don’t think you’ll keep winning just because you won this round. I’m not that easy to deal with either. I will definitely win against you in the next round!”
Wu Tian smiled, “I believe you. You can definitely do it. Even if I don’t get the qualifying spot, if you do, I’ll be very happy.”
This made Xiao Meng a little happier. She clenched her small fist and said playfully, “Hmph, I’ll definitely win. I’m not talking to you anymore, I’m leaving!”
After saying that, Xiao Meng also left.
Wu Tian couldn’t help but smile. He found himself liking this girl, Xiao Meng, more and more. Although it wasn’t yet romantic love, he at least found her to be a very cute girl.
After a break of nearly twenty minutes, all the eliminated contestants had left, leaving only twenty contestants on the stage. Seeing this, Wu Tian couldn’t help but sigh. So many people had been eliminated at once. This competition was truly a process of sifting the sand, and only those who could truly stand firm would remain.
Then, Xiao Ding walked out of the lounge and addressed everyone, “Ladies and gentlemen, you are the ones who have remained. I believe you all understand the cruelty of this competition. But this competition is indeed strict, and the difficulty of each round is beyond imagination. Your ability to reach this point has truly solidified your reputation as geniuses. We will now begin the second round of the competition. As I said before, anyone who wishes to leave can leave now. I will absolutely not stop you.”
Unlike last time, no one left the stage this time. After all, having come this far, even without confidence, they had to push forward.
Xiao Ding nodded and said, “Alright, since everyone is willing to stay, I will now announce the project for the second round. Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizes ‘looking, listening, inquiring, and feeling the pulse.’ This round, we will focus on ‘feeling the pulse,’ which is commonly known as pulse diagnosis and consultation. Unlike Western medicine, which relies on sophisticated instruments for physical examinations, Traditional Chinese Medicine relies entirely on its own knowledge and experience. Therefore, the accuracy of pulse diagnosis is extremely important. Next, I will invite a patient who suffers from multiple illnesses. Your task is to identify all the illnesses within his body through pulse diagnosis. The three who correctly identify the most illnesses will advance to the final round. Does everyone understand?”
“Understood!” everyone replied in unison. Since these were all geniuses, pulse diagnosis was naturally not a problem for them. Many were relieved that the topic for the second round was not as difficult as they had imagined. However, what happened later would make them realize that they had indeed been thinking too wishfully.