Chapter 350 Fierce Competition
All the shadowless lights in the Chinese medicine clinic are on!
Inside the venue.
All was silent.
The audience this year was very well behaved and would not shout or make noise. They still remembered that this was a competition among traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, not a concert or sports event.
The voice of Tang Chengde, honorary president of Haicheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, was heard on the radio.
"Now I will announce the selection rules for the first round of the preliminary selection of this acupuncture test conference, which is to identify acupuncture points. The "Inner Canon" states that there are 385 acupuncture points on the human body, and there are actually 150 recorded. Later, the "Bronze Figure Acupoints and Acupuncture Illustrated Classic" recorded 354 acupuncture points. The current standard is based on the "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Jia Yi Jing" written by Huangfu Mi, the founder of acupuncture, and has established 351 international standard acupuncture points."
"Each group of contestants will take turns to compete, with a time limit of half an hour. The corresponding examiner will randomly designate acupuncture points for them to identify until they are wrong. Half of the contestants will be eliminated based on their scores. Due to time considerations, five groups will compete simultaneously."
A very basic examination method, 351 acupoints are equivalent to 351 points. There are many bronze figures in the Chinese medicine hall to facilitate the examiners and candidates to identify them.
However, due to nervousness, many contestants may make mistakes in their tongues, or their minds may go blank and they may hesitate and say the wrong thing. Half an hour is enough to eliminate half of the contestants.
It won't take half an hour.
Qiao Xi watched the first group and found that ten minutes was enough, enough for the better ones to stand out.
The atmosphere in the audience was relaxed, but the contestants were very nervous, especially those who were participating for the first time.
The Chinese Medicine Festival is held once every ten years!
If you miss this opportunity, the next one will have to be ten years later!
There are not a few decades in life.
What they want more is to become famous at a young age, like Lu Yingxue.
"What's going on?"
Han Jia sat aside and frowned, "The level of the contestants this time is not very good! They can't even identify the acupuncture points, how can they be called Chinese medicine practitioners?"
He spoke with disdain.
Qiao Xi was sitting not far from him, and said in a cold voice: "Are you so mean to everyone? Weren't you a little nervous during your first competition, and didn't you recognize the wrong acupuncture points?"
"you……"
Han Jia was choked.
When he participated in the first competition, he was selected with 152 acupoints. At that time, he was a rookie and was really nervous and said the wrong acupoints. He regretted it for a long time after the competition.
He had kept this matter in his mind for a long time, and suddenly Qiao Xi touched his sore spot, and he couldn't refute it.
Han Jia was so angry that he said, "Let me see how many you can recognize!"
"Then you just watch."
Qiao Xi said very calmly.
Her hatred value is already high enough, so this one is not enough.
Han Jia originally had ill intentions towards her.
He sneered and said, "If you get more points than me in the first round, I will apologize for my previous rude words to you."
Qiao Xi turned her head and asked, "You also know that's rude? I thought you didn't know what politeness was."
"You...are really sharp-tongued!"
Qiao Xi found it novel that the word sharp-tongued could one day be used to describe her.
"Han Jia, remember what you just said."
She is not a soft persimmon that can be bullied by others.
…
The time turned to twelve o'clock.
The last five groups of players came on stage. When Qiao Xi stood up, she looked at the audience. The man in a suit and leather shoes was very conspicuous. He had a faint smile on his face, and Qiao Xi smiled back.
Sun Shao and the others also forced themselves to stay alert, as it was finally their turn!
Who on earth put Qiao Xi so far down in the ranking?
When Qiao Xi withdrew her gaze, her residual light swept across a corner.
A handsome and elusive young man was sitting there, and next to him was his assistant Wan Jiang, who was always waiting for instructions.
It’s Master Zhong!
The smile on Qiao Xi's face faded.
What is he here for?
Witness the bet?
Are you cheering for Xiang Mingzhu?
In short, she had complicated feelings towards this Mr. Zhong and always felt that he was not a good person.
Seeing this, Wan Jiang whispered, "Master Zhong, I think Miss Qiao doesn't like you very much."
"You have a mouth just for talking?" Zhong Yi leaned back in his chair and said in a cold voice.
Wan Jiang shut up immediately.
"Please stand in line with your numbers and wait for the competition to begin."
Qiao Xi found the corresponding bronze figure and discovered that Shen Xuanzhi from Group 49 was standing in the row in front of her. On her left was Li Songwen, on her right was Xiang Mingzhu, and on the other side of Xiang Mingzhu was Han Jia.
She is surrounded by enemy forces!
Qiao Xi raised her eyes. The examiner in front of her was a stranger. He looked very serious, about 60 or 70 years old. If Yan Shian was beside her, he would remind her that this was his teacher.
Qiao Xi couldn't figure out his true colors and didn't know if he would deliberately make things difficult for her.
Some examiners have strange tempers and will put difficult questions at the front to deliberately make it difficult for contestants. Some have good tempers and start from easy to difficult, which makes it easier to get more points.
With the ringing of a bell, Qiao Xi's distracting thoughts disappeared, leaving only the familiar bronze figure in front of her.
The examiner held a small stick in his hand and pointed at the points on the bronze man.
Qiao Xi looked at him and started to speak.
"Wind City."
"Hegu!"
"Less business, less competition, less competition..."
"Behind the elbow, there is the Shaohai, Quchize, and Quchi Xiaohai..."
Qiao Xi's voice was mixed in with the crowd's voices. After each pair, the serious examiner would press the integrator. The large screen suspended above the Chinese Medicine Hall only displayed the top 100 contestants.
Her name slowly appeared at the end.
Go forward.
Leap forward quickly!
Li Songwen and Han Jia were in front of her, and both of them were running very fast.
Qiao Xi held on tightly, and the rhythm and frequency did not change at all. However, Han Jia and Li Songwen slowed down.
Gradually, he was surpassed by Qiao Xi.
She climbed to 9th place in the first round of primaries, gradually became 4th, and then 2nd!
Her name before is, Xiang Mingzhu!
As time went by, many people had sweat on their foreheads. The noise in the Chinese medicine clinic became quieter and quieter, until only two unyielding female voices were heard.
It’s Xiang Mingzhu and Qiao Xi!
The rankings of the two people jumped back and forth!
"Yang Bai, Yu Yao..."
"Di Cang, Cheng Qi..."
The two examiners tacitly put the facial acupuncture points last.
Xiang Mingzhu clenched her fists tightly, feeling annoyed at the fact that Qiao Xi was still haunting her and why nothing had gone wrong yet!
There is only one minute left in the thirty-minute countdown!
She had to speed up to get away from her.
"Water ditch, rising star, gathering bamboo."
She listed a series of acupoints, while Qiao Xi was neither hurried nor slow, and seemed not to be tired of time at all.
bite.
The examiner pointed to Mingzhu's cheek and said anxiously, "Cheek... No, correct it."
She gritted her teeth, clenched her fist and hit herself hard!
How could she have made a slip of the tongue and said "che" instead of "qianzheng"!
The examiner said in a deep voice: "You need to be calm in order to be stable."
Xiang Mingzhu replied unconvincedly: "Yes."
Her points on the screen stopped jumping, and her eyes were staring at Qiao Xi fiercely!
There was silence.
Only a clear, soft and firm voice was heard, maintaining a unique rhythm.
"Shang Yingxiang, Meichong, Jingming..."
She stood in front of the bronze man of the same proportions, her pretty face delicate and serious, her almond-shaped eyes focused.
It's like entering a world without people!