Wu Tian was not surprised by the competition items proposed by Kameida Tarou.
Possessing the inheritance of the Medicine God, even without his clairvoyant eyes, such a competition was right up his alley.
He smiled and nodded, saying, "Smelling herbs, is it? No problem, I accept your challenge."
Kameida Tarou grinned menacingly, "Good, seeing you like this, you must be quite confident. Then I must personally learn from you!"
With both parties reaching an agreement, the dean, at Kameida Tarou's request, soon had fifty types of Chinese herbs prepared.
These herbs varied in type, and many were extremely similar in appearance and scent.
Let alone with eyes covered, even an open-book test would make it difficult to distinguish them.
It was a hellish difficulty.
Each box of herbs was sealed, with a label attached. Inside the lid of each box, the name of the herb was affixed.
The two drew lots, each selecting ten boxes. Kameida Tarou said, "Who goes first?"
Wu Tian replied, "Let's do as before. You are the guest, you go first."
Kameida Tarou was not polite. After covering his eyes, he picked up a box, opened it, and began to smell the aroma of the herb within.
After smelling, Kameida Tarou revealed a confident smile and said, "Gastrodia elata."
Then, he opened the second box, sniffed it slightly, and said, "Antler."
"Dried tangerine peel, Coptis chinensis, Licorice root..."
Kameida Tarou continued to smell and speak, and as his words came out, the expressions of the doctors present grew increasingly grim.
Because as he went through them, Kameida Tarou had not made a single mistake!
Picking up the last box, Kameida Tarou sniffed it, his brow furrowed slightly. After a moment of thought, he said, "Ginseng."
He removed the blindfold, then glanced at the box, and sighed, "Alas, it's Codonopsis pilosula. I was mistaken."
Everyone was speechless.
This Kameida Tarou was too formidable, possessing such high attainments in smelling herbs. He guessed nine out of ten herbs correctly and was almost perfect.
However, it was also true that if he hadn't possessed absolute confidence, he wouldn't have proposed such a competition.
The dean's heart trembled. He asked Master Wang, "Master Wang, I know you also study herbs. If it were you, how many could you guess?"
Master Wang's expression was grim. He gritted his teeth and said, "At most seven."
"Ah?" The dean felt as if the sky was about to collapse.
He couldn't help but look at Wu Tian and ask, "Do you have confidence this time?"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "Won't we know once we see?"
With that, he covered his eyes and walked up to the ten boxes of herbs.
"Wait a moment!" Kameida Tarou suddenly said, "I must rearrange the herbs. After all, I was blindfolded just now. Who knows if you might have cheated for him?"
The dean angrily retorted, "Dr. Kameida, what do you mean by that?"
"We Chinese people have always been upright and honorable. How could we do such a despicable thing!"
Kameida Tarou sneered, "Your words don't count. If you don't do this, I won't acknowledge it."
"You!" The dean was furious.
Did this Kameida Tarou really think everyone was as shameless as his countrymen!
At this moment, Wu Tian's calm voice rang out, "Dean, if he wants to switch them, let him switch them. It's all the same anyway."
Kameida Tarou laughed, "Dr. Wu, you are so confident. Since you say so, I will certainly rearrange them properly."
With that, Kameida Tarou went up to rearrange the boxes.
But he didn't just rearrange the boxes; he opened each box to inspect it before repositioning it.
Master Wang, being an experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, saw through Kameida Tarou's trick at a glance.
He angrily exclaimed, "Dr. Kameida, what do you mean by this? Don't think I don't know, you've placed all the herbs with similar scents together!"
"What?!" The dean was shocked, then revealed an expression of anger. "Dr. Kameida, isn't this going too far? Aren't you deliberately increasing the difficulty of identification?"
Kameida Tarou indeed had this intention, but he would, of course, deny it.
He said with a sly smile, "I merely shuffled the order. It's not good for you to slander me like this, is it?"
Everyone knew that Kameida Tarou was doing this deliberately, but since Kameida Tarou refused to admit it, they could do nothing but curse him in their hearts.
Wu Tian, however, paid no mind to this, smiling calmly, "It's alright. I understand why Dr. Kameida is doing this. After all, no one wants to lose."
"Dr. Kameida, are you sure you're done rearranging? Don't say I'm cheating later!"
Kameida Tarou had already messed up the order to his satisfaction, believing Wu Tian wouldn't be able to distinguish them, so there was no need to shuffle further.
He nodded and smiled, "Alright, now it's your turn to perform. I wish you victory!"
Although his words were of blessing, his expression was clearly mocking.
Wu Tian paid no attention, pretending not to see. Supported by Master Wang, he walked to the table.
Master Wang couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Master, do you have a chance?"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "Master Wang, please stop asking me such questions. Just help me open all the boxes first."
"Open them all?" Master Wang didn't understand Wu Tian's intention. "Wu Tian, what do you mean by this?"
"If all the boxes are opened, the scents of the herbs will mix together, and won't it be even harder for you to distinguish them?"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "You don't need to worry so much. Just do as I say. Don't worry, don't you trust me?"
Hearing Wu Tian's certainty, Master Wang naturally didn't say much more.
Besides, he was aware of Wu Tian's abilities, so what right did he have to worry about Wu Tian?
Thus, as Wu Tian instructed, he proceeded to open all the boxes.
Kameida Tarou hadn't heard Wu Tian's words, so Master Wang's action stunned him. He couldn't help but laugh, "What are you doing? Are you afraid he'll win against me?"
Master Wang gave him a cold glance and did not reply. Then, Wu Tian took a deep breath of the scents from all the boxes.
"I have distinguished them," Wu Tian said with a smile, his expression very calm.
"What did you say?" In an instant, everyone was in a state of utter shock.