The Grand National Physician was a legendary physician who was a level higher than the Imperial Physician.
That Grand National Physician who no longer made house calls had taught many Imperial Physicians in his early years and his status in the Medicine Emperor Pavilion was very high. In his later years, he only brought along one herbalist to serve him.
That herbalist was the female herbalist named Qi Fangfei in front of them.
Therefore, even though Qi Fangfei was young and her status was only a herbalist, her status in the Medicine Emperor Pavilion was very high. Even in front of Yao Rong and the others, she could still speak a few words.
No wonder Medicine Master Kong had to be respectful when he saw her.
"Are these the herbalists who came to participate in today's examination? I heard that you're going through the second round of examination. Let me see, how are the herbs you've brewed? " Qi Fangfei came to the Medicine Emperor Pavilion today to look for a medicinal herb and coincidentally heard that a new batch of herbalists had come to participate in the examination.
Although her status in the Medicine Emperor Pavilion wasn't low, she was still a teenage girl with an innocent personality. Thinking of the examination that she had a headache over in her early years, she secretly snuck over.
"Miss Qi, please take a look. These are all the herbs that have been brewed." Medicine Master Kong simply handed over the right to judge today to Qi Fangfei.
Qi Fangfei looked at the bowl of herbs placed at the front. Just by looking at the color, she curled her lips. "Not up to standard. It's obvious that it's not mature enough."
That herbalist's expression changed and he left dejectedly.
Qi Fangfei looked at a few more bowls of herbs and actually found problems with all of them.
At this time, she walked to a bowl of herbs and saw that it was empty. There wasn't a single drop of herbs in it.
"Hey! This is really rare. You, why didn't you brew the herbs? " Qi Fangfei suddenly saw the empty bowl. Looking again, the owner of the empty bowl was still a little girl. "Could it be that you don't know how to brew herbs?"
"It's not that I don't know how to brew herbs, but my herbs are wrong. The quantity is too little and the age is too young. If I were to do it half-heartedly, not only would the herbs not be able to save people, it might even harm them." Yun Sheng said unhurriedly as she presented her portion of herbs to Qi Fangfei and Medicine Master Kong.
Yun Sheng's actions scared Cheng Qinghe and the few troublemakers into lowering their heads, not daring to make a sound.
Qi Fangfei was taken aback. She couldn't help but recall the time when she had just become a medicine man. Once, due to the negligence of the medicine storehouse, she had mistakenly concocted a ten year old herb into an eight year old one. Although she had discovered it, she had thought that it was only a difference of two years. She believed that it wouldn't affect the efficacy of the medicine much, so she had carelessly concocted it.
Who would have thought that when Da Guo Shou checked the medicine, he flew into a rage and reprimanded, "You knew that the medicine was wrong, but you still decocted it. How can you be considered a qualified medicine man?"
After Medicine Master Kong examined the herbs, he found that the age of the herbs was indeed wrong. Qi Fangfei cast a glance at Cheng Qing and the others who had a guilty conscience. Her voice abruptly changed and carried a warning tone, "Listen up, I don't care what happened today, but you must remember, as medicine men, you must not secretly switch the herbs. If any of you dare to harm your colleagues in the future, you will be removed from the medical profession forever! "
Those few medicine boys were so frightened that they trembled like sieves. Cheng Qing's face was also covered in dirt.
After this round of assessment, there were another thirteen medicine boys who failed. Although Yun Sheng didn't concoct the medicine, she had relied on her quick wits to successfully pass the assessment.
However, Qi Fangfei didn't leave. The assessment just now made her interested in Yun Sheng.
She also found out from Medicine Master Kong that Yun Sheng had accurately picked out eighteen different herbs in the first round of assessment.
She wanted to see how Yun Sheng would perform in the third round of assessment.
"The third round of assessment is to identify the herbs." When it came to the third round of assessment, the medicine boys' expressions were much more relaxed than before.
Identifying the herbs may be difficult for ordinary people, but to these medicine boys, most of them had followed their respective medicine masters since young and often went in and out of the medicine storehouse of the Medicine Emperor Pavilion. Other than a few rare and precious herbs, they could recognize most of the herbs.
Medicine Master Kong naturally saw the changes in the medicine boys' expressions. He couldn't help but shake his head. "However, the identification of the herbs this time is different from the previous years. The location of your assessment is not in the medicine storehouse. Follow me. "
If the identification of the herbs wasn't in the medicine storehouse, then where was it?
Not only the Herb Gatherers, but even Qi Fangfei had a baffled look on her face.
A group of people filed out and arrived at the main entrance of the Medicine Emperor Pavilion.
At this time, including Fan Zhi and Cheng Sihai, there were also some commoners who came to buy medicine and see a doctor at the main entrance. When they saw the group of medicine boys coming out, they all revealed an expression of watching a show.
When Qi Fangfei walked past and saw Fan Zhi, she couldn't help but be startled. After hesitating for a moment, she still called out, "Eldest Senior Brother."
It turned out that Fan Zhi, Yao Rong and Cheng Sihai had all been under the tutelage of that secluded national master. They could be considered as Qi Fangfei's Senior Brother.
When Fan Zhi saw Qi Fangfei, he nodded and said with a bitter smile, "I'm no longer your Senior Brother."
"Ai, Senior Brother … Doctor Fan, why did you come to the Medicine Emperor Pavilion today?" Qi Fangfei sighed, recalling that Fan Zhi had long been expelled from the Medicine Emperor Pavilion.
"Little Junior Sister, he brought his own medicine boy to participate in the assessment. It's that little girl. Hmph, I didn't expect that she would be able to last until the last round. "Cheng Sihai went up to greet Qi Fangfei enthusiastically, but Qi Fangfei revealed an indifferent attitude.
So that little girl was Eldest Senior Brother's medicine boy. No wonder her temperament was so similar to Eldest Senior Brother.
At this time, Yun Sheng and the other twenty medicine boys were already standing at the entrance in confusion.
Medicine Master Kong chuckled. "Your third round of assessment will now begin. You have an incense stick's worth of time to distinguish which herbs are used to refine the incense in this golden cauldron. Remember, you have to guess all the herbs correctly in order to pass the assessment. Otherwise, you will be considered a failure. "
They actually had to distinguish the herbs in the cauldron!
None of the twenty Herb Gatherers had expected that the third round of the examination would be like this.
"Isn't this making things difficult for us? The cauldron at the entrance changes to a new type of incense every day. How can we guess what kind of incense is used today? " The medicine boys all frowned. A few of them even circled around the golden cauldron, continuously inhaling the fragrance from the cauldron like a dog.
In the field, only Yun Sheng and Cheng Qing did not immediately move.
The two of them stared at the golden cauldron, trying to distinguish how many herbs were mixed in with the incense.
"…" The incense stick's worth of time was about to end.
Nearly half of the medicine boys gave up halfway.
One after another, people began to report the composition of the incense, but no one could guess all the herbs.
There were only two herb-gatherers left on the field, Yun Sheng and Cheng Qing.
"There's still one more." Cheng Qing was extremely anxious. He had been trying for a long time, but there was still one more herb that he could not identify.
He looked at Yun Sheng and saw that Yun Sheng had no reaction. It seemed that she was the same as him, unable to guess what the last herb was.
"There's only fifteen minutes left. Between the two of you, who will answer first?" Medicine Master Kong finally reminded.
"Me!" Cheng Qing walked out first.
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