Ding Lihui shook his head: "She must have her own plans."

Suddenly, Gu Youran moved.

She casually picked up a handful of herbs with her left hand, took a look at them, and immediately wrote down the names of the herbs on a piece of paper.

Her movements were smooth and fluid, and she could identify and record more than ten medicinal herbs at the same time.

Suzuki Ichiro looked up at Gu Youran, his face changed slightly, and the pen in his hand almost fell.

Time passes by every second.

Sweat broke out on Suzuki Ichiro's forehead and his movements began to slow down.

Gu Youran remained calm and even stopped when there were still three minutes left.

"Time's up!" Dong Qingqing announced loudly.

Five minutes later.

Dong Qingqing took the judges' verdict, took a look at it, and showed a surprised expression.

She said, "The result of the first competition."

"Dr. Ichiro Suzuki identified 97 medicinal herbs with 100% accuracy."

"Dr. Gu Youran identified 200 medicinal herbs with 100% accuracy."

"Dr. Gu wins!"

The audience burst into warm applause.

Fujikawa Hiroki stepped forward and said, "The second round of competition will be about preparing medicinal herbs, specifically, slicing aconite root."

"The rules are: whoever prepares the highest quality aconite slices within the 30-minute time limit wins."

"Quality criteria include the thickness and uniformity of the slices and whether they conform to traditional processing techniques."

Dong Qingqing took over the conversation and added, "Aconite is an extremely toxic herb, and its preparation requires extremely high skills and precision."

"If you're not careful, not only will the drug lose its effectiveness, but it may also endanger the user."

"Therefore, this competition not only tests the contestants' knife skills, but also their deep understanding of the characteristics of medicinal herbs."

The staff pushed up two tables, each with the same tools on it:

A medicine knife, a chopping board, a basin of clean water, and a few pieces of unprocessed aconite.

Dong Qingqing announced: "The second round of competition begins now! The timer is 30 minutes!"