Even when someone did answer, it was completely irrelevant, leaving Hua Tuo extremely frustrated.

Although the emperor valued surgical skills and medical schools offered surgical classes, surgical medicine was still a process of trial and error, and even now, a complete set of scientific and effective professional theoretical knowledge has not yet been formed.

Therefore, medical students at present can only handle some common external injuries at most, and have only a superficial understanding of more complex surgeries.

Hua Tuo's intention in posing this question was to find a like-minded person to study surgical medicine with, so as to make progress as soon as possible.

After all, one more person means one more bit of strength.

Unfortunately, after reviewing many exam papers, Hua Tuo still couldn't find a single answer that satisfied him.

"Hey? Yuanhua, look at this exam paper!"

Just as Hua Tuo shook his head and sighed in disappointment, Zhang Zhongjing, who was reviewing Zuo Ci's exam paper, couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation and then handed the exam paper to Hua Tuo.

Hua Tuo took the exam paper and went straight to the last question.

Upon seeing Zuo Ci's answer, Hua Tuo's initial dejected expression vanished instantly, replaced by a beaming smile.

"Haha~, that's great! Such talent deserves first place!"

Hua Tuo, holding Zuo Ci's exam paper, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

A sense of joy, like finding a kindred spirit on a thorny path, filled Hua Tuo's heart.

Zhang Zhongjing, Dong Gan, and the dozen or so other doctors around them had no objection to Hua Tuo's suggestion to list Zuo Ci as the first choice.

After all, Zuo Ci's previous answers were also perfect, making him the only one to get a perfect score.

Soon, the ranking list was posted at the entrance of the medical school.

Zuo Ci was quite surprised to have won first place. He never expected that his groundbreaking theory would actually be recognized by the medical school.

Zuo Ci couldn't help but feel a greater affinity for medical school, as it seemed to be the best place for him to showcase his abilities.

Soon, Zuo Ci and the other doctors who had passed the medical school's examination were welcomed into the medical school, where Zhang Bozu awarded them doctoral degrees.

Hua Tuo also found Zuo Ci and discussed matters related to surgical medicine with him.