Gu Jingtian smiled as he handed the registration forms to Old Liu.
Old Liu was slightly stunned. He naturally knew that the Medicine Elder had six disciples, but he had never truly met all of them together. Seeing them all appear at once, his heart stirred. He realized that this exchange conference would surely be full of turbulence. Although he thought this, he showed no trace on his face. Instead, he smiled, took the forms, and began processing the procedures. "Dean Gu, please introduce them so we can confirm the identities."
Gu Jingtian nodded slightly. "Of course." She then pointed to her junior siblings one by one. "This is Second Junior Brother Qu Zhong. This is Third Junior Brother Yu Qingyun. This is Fourth Junior Brother Zhu Ziming. This is Fifth Junior Brother Dong Bo Cao. And this is our Little Junior Sister Zhu Yanyi."
Old Liu looked at the materials according to Gu Jingtian’s introduction. When she saw Zhu Yanyi’s age, her eyes flickered slightly, but she said nothing. She simply took out six number tags and handed them to Gu Jingtian. "Dean Gu, these are the number tags for your six people. The tags are paired. You each keep one, and the other half will be thrown into a box nearby. Later, there will be exchanges and opponent assessments. Who your opponent is will be decided by drawing numbers."
"Understood. We get it." Gu Jingtian nodded slightly, indicating he understood. He took the numbers and distributed them to his junior siblings.
After confirming the participant list based on the number codes, Old Liu said, "The real exchange conference starts tomorrow at eight o’clock. Today is for registration. If it is sunny tomorrow, the conference will be held here. Don’t worry about the cold; we will arrange proper heating. If there is rain or snow, we will move inside the auditorium. That is all for now. The rest of today is free time. You can stroll around or visit nearby shops. There is a welcome banquet tonight at the nearby Oriental Hotel. Please remember to attend. Starting tomorrow, you will undergo a week of medical exchange. The schedule is roughly in the materials we gave you." Old Liu briefly introduced the situation of the conference to Gu Jingtian.
Gu Jingtian acknowledged. "Then we will see you tonight."
"Alright. Let’s have a drink tonight," Old Liu said casually with a smile.
Gu Jingtian then led Zhu Yanyi and the others away. "Now it is free time. There is a herbal medicine market nearby. Do you want to go take a look?"
"Sure. Let’s all go stroll around. The weather is quite nice today. Herbs transported from various places are abundant. We might even find the herbs we need," Qu Zhong said. Actually, Qu Zhong preferred poisons. When he went to the herbal market, he was mostly looking for toxic herbs like snake venom and scorpion tails.
"Alright. Since that is the case, let’s go see," Gu Jingtian agreed. Everyone had no objections. Since they were moving together, there was no danger.
The Tian City Herbal Medicine Market was not very large, nor was it very prosperous. At least it could not compare to the herbal market in the Capital. However, it was still a herbal market, so there were quite a few traditional Chinese herbs. Most of them, however, were ordinary varieties.
"The decline of Traditional Chinese Medicine is quite shocking," someone remarked. Looking at the herbal market revealed the status of TCM. Now that the economy was revitalizing, many people could obtain Western medicine. For example, in this market, some stalls displayed Chinese herbs but placed a sign nearby saying things like: "Prescription Western Medicine Available in Store."