Chapter 351: Despicable Tricks
No doubt!
Qiao Xi has become the first.
But she hadn't stopped yet, seemingly determined to break the record. The points on the big screen kept moving forward.
"It's over three hundred!"
"Time is running out!"
“301!”
“302!”
The timer stops.
The final score is 302.
Ten years ago, Lu Yingxue's record was only 308xue.
It's not that they can't learn all the lessons, but the half-hour time limit is tight, how can they possibly learn all 351 lessons? Sometimes the examiner also needs time to respond.
Qiao Xi ranked first with 302 points, while Xiang Mingzhu followed closely behind with 292 points.
Her face turned pale and blue.
She hasn't lost yet.
Although Li Songwen and Han Jia were not as good as the two girls, they were able to advance easily. Shen Xuanzhi from Group 49 was quite surprising, with 219 points.
"The first round is over. Eliminated contestants, please leave."
After just one round of recognition, more than two hundred people were eliminated.
The second round will be even harder!
Although it is the right medicine for the right disease, there are two steps involved: first, the correct prescription is prescribed, and then the right proportion of herbs is found in the huge medicine warehouse.
If you draw a difficult or complicated disease, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck!
There are also many prescriptions that involve multiple medicinal ingredients, which take more time than others.
This competition really tests one's mentality.
The second round is in full swing.
Xiang Mingzhu was standing next to Qiao Xi. She suddenly said, "Qiao Xi, I was just distracted for a moment and let you take advantage. I also learned from Sanbai ten years ago."
Qiao Xi glanced at her and asked calmly, "Do you get distracted when you're giving acupuncture to patients?"
"You... don't be so complacent. Prescribing the right medicine for the right condition is my forte. I have hundreds of magical recipes for decoctions in my head. I'm the best at identifying and prescribing the right medicine. Sometimes even Lu Yingxue would be impressed."
However, the most important thing about Lu's Thirteen Ghost Needles is the acupuncture technique.
"We'll see."
Qiao Xi has read a lot of medical books. Since he was a child, Cheng Han has been tutoring him on the palms of his hands to recite medical books such as "Qian Jin Fang", as well as books written by Cheng Han himself based on the experience of his predecessors and his own lifelong experience in treating diseases.
There are three full bookshelves, and she can almost recite them by heart.
She loves this job, it's engraved in her bones.
The rules of the second round of competition were quickly announced through the surrounding speakers, mainly to make it easier for the audience to understand.
"The second round is about matching symptoms with specific medicine. Each contestant draws lots to select the symptoms they are experiencing, determines the appropriate prescription, and then goes to the herbal medicine storage on the side to identify the herbs. Once the mixture is complete, the examiner will assess it. The time limit is half an hour."
There is no grading criteria mentioned here.
This is enough to show the difficulty of the second round. The difficulty is not in diagnosing the symptoms and prescribing the medicine.
Instead, one must search through the vast expanse of unlabeled herbs to find what they are looking for. Rows of more than a dozen three-meter-tall mahogany medicine cabinets line the side of the field. Each cabinet has a hundred small drawers, each filled with herbs. The outermost layer of the drawers is transparent glass, allowing the herbs themselves to be seen. Some Chinese herbs look quite similar.
This row of medicine cabinets contains thousands of medicinal herbs.
This competition tests your solid foundation and your mentality at every turn!
Therefore, if you complete the second round within the time limit, you will get full marks, and if you fail to complete it, you will get zero marks!
This game can widen the gap by 100 points!
"Now, the competition begins!"
As soon as the voice fell.
Everyone reached out to draw lots, and Qiao Xi took back a note wrapped in brown paper.
I took it out and saw that it said: Children aged seven or eight have strong blood vessels, cold and heat, fever and vomiting, wheezing and abdominal pain. When the disease occurs, they scream in fear!
Qiao Xi judged that this was epilepsy!
If you are prescribed a decoction, the best choice is Longdan Decoction, which is a heat-clearing and spasm-relieving prescription.
To prepare this, chop ten herbs, including gentian, poria, bupleurum, scutellaria, and rhubarb, add 200ml of water and decoct. Take half of the juice. The dosage should be adjusted according to the child's age.
She wrote the recipe for Gentian Soup and stuffed it into a cowhide envelope, then took it to the Chinese medicine cabinet.
Xiang Mingzhu also acted quickly. The symptom she drew was spleen heat, and she needed a heat-clearing and calming decoction.
The Xiere Decoction is mainly composed of nine medicinal ingredients including Poria cocos, Gentiana scabra, Scrophularia ningpoensis, and Apricot kernel.
Among them, Poria cocos and Gentiana scabra conflict with Qiao Xi's prescription!
Both prescriptions are commonly used medicines and do not require much differentiation.
The Chinese medicine cabinet was crowded with people. Some people drew lots and ran over here, looking at the prescriptions while identifying the herbs to save time.
Little do they know that this is the biggest waste!
When Qiao Xi ran into the Chinese medicine cabinet, she immediately saw the very conspicuous Poria cocos. Xiang Mingzhu also found the white Poria cocos cut into pieces.
The small drawer of Fuling was about two people tall, and one had to climb up a wooden ladder fixed on the side to get it.
Seeing that she was occupying the ladder, Qiao Xi turned around to get the Scutellaria baicalensis.
She had no intention of wasting time with Xiang Mingzhu, so she decided to find the other herbs first.
She took the Scutellaria baicalensis, Rhubarb and Bupleurum, wrapped them up, and when she turned around to get the Gentiana scabra, she was bumped by a man.
She lost her balance and fell to the ground, with someone stepping on the back of her hand.
She stood up in pain, only to see Li Songwen giving her a "kind" reminder: "Ms. Qiao, a Chinese medicine practitioner's hands are the most precious. Don't be too anxious, take your time."
Qiao Xi looked at Li Songwen and said coldly, "There are cameras everywhere here."
"So what? I accidentally bumped into you and I already apologized."
Li Songwen was a bit of a scoundrel. He guessed that Qiao Xi and Xiang Mingzhu's prescriptions might have a lot of overlapping medicinal ingredients, so he wanted to delay Qiao Xi. In the end, she didn't get a single point in the second round.
He wants Xiang Mingzhu to get first place.
Qiao Xi didn't have time to argue with him, so she turned around, but Li Songwen still followed her and caused trouble.
Qiao Xi suddenly realized Xiang Mingzhu's intention. She announced the bet on the forum not only to guide public opinion, but also to take advantage of everyone's hostility towards her in the second round to prevent her from participating in the competition.
Those who "hate evil" will more or less make things difficult for her, or at least will not give her any convenience.
The Lu family in the imperial capital are indeed very thoughtful!
It's hard to guard against!
With Li Songwen as an obstacle, Qiao Xi's speed slowed down a lot.
Xiang Mingzhu finished the game with ease and sat in the rest area.
On the big screen, Xiang Mingzhu had already jumped to first place in the standings. As more and more people completed the second round, Qiao Xi was pushed to the back of the rankings.
The audience in the Chinese medicine clinic also saw this.
Young Master Sun's face flushed with anger: "Despicable! Isn't this clearly targeting Qiao Xi? This competition is not fair at all. Is anyone in charge? I want to complain!"
Huo Sijiao and Du Juan were also very nervous!
Shu Xue explained with a grim expression, "The rules don't say you can't hinder your opponent. I remember someone analyzing the rules of the Needle Testing Competition before. This competition tests your character more than anything else. You see, the examiners don't interfere at all."
The second round was a complete brawl!
Very helpless.
Huo Sijiao clenched her fists after hearing this. "What should I do? If this continues, my sister-in-law will definitely lose."
Her eyes were fixed on the big screen.
Sudden.
A cold and unique figure flashed by.
Huo Sijiao pointed at the screen excitedly and said, "Look!"
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