Chapter 2244

"Without tasting, how can you know how many herbs are in it? I already said the medicine is cold. Cold medicine loses its potency." Jian Feiyan spoke up.

Bai Chaihu raised an eyebrow slightly. "You can choose not to pass the trial."

Zhu Yanyi smiled gently. "Senior Sister Feiyan, it’s fine." She took the bowl, brought it to her nose to sniff, then dipped a finger in and placed a drop on her palm. She rubbed it between her fingers for a while, and the scent of the medicine slowly rose.

"Rubbing to identify?" Bai Chaihu asked, looking a bit surprised.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "There are twenty-one herbs in this bowl. Twelve are plant-based, and nine are animal-based. They are dandelion…" Zhu Yanyi listed the ingredients without hesitation. This made the surprise in Bai Chaihu’s eyes grow deeper. She took out the answer sheet nearby to check, and indeed, she was right.

"Have I passed the second round?" Zhu Yanyi asked with a smile.

"You have passed the second round. Please open the third box." Bai Chaihu was now curious, wondering if she could open the third box.

Zhu Yanyi smiled and opened the third box. It was very simple, containing only a list spread over three pages, filled with dense text.

"The requirement for this round is that you have half an hour. After thirty minutes, you must recite the content from memory." Bai Chaihu glanced at it. He hadn’t expected this third round to be like this. Honestly, he wasn’t even sure he could do it himself.

Zhu Yanyi nodded and took the material. "You can start timing."

"Just start." Seeing Zhu Yanyi’s casual demeanor, Bai Chaihu didn’t say anything else and simply instructed her to begin.

Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile and began to memorize.

It was known that Zhu Yanyi had memorized all the books in the Sage Academy in just over a month. These three small pages were nothing to her.

Although the limit was thirty minutes, Zhu Yanyi remembered it after reading it once. The second time was just to confirm, and by the third time, she stopped looking and said, "I’m ready."

"It’s only been ten minutes. You still have twenty minutes left. Are you giving up?" Bai Chaihu thought Zhu Yanyi wanted to quit.

"No, I’m not giving up. I mean you can test me now. I have already memorized this material," Zhu Yanyi said with a grin.

Bai Chaihu was stunned for a moment, then took the document. "Then start reciting."

Zhu Yanyi began to recite. Her pace was steady, her voice rhythmic, as if she knew the content by heart. She recited every single word without error.

"Have you seen this document before?" Bai Chaihu asked, seeing her recite without a single mistake.

Zhu Yanyi laughed. "No. I probably didn’t tell you, but I have a photographic memory. I remembered it after the first read. I read it twice just to be safe, so I have definitely memorized it."

Bai Chaihu didn’t know what to say.

"Can I go to the arena now?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Bai Chaihu gently, showing no anger at all.

Bai Chaihu nodded. "You have passed the three rounds. You may go up."

Since she had passed the three rounds according to the rules, she naturally had the right to enter the arena.

Bai Chaihu led Zhu Yanyi to the arena and then went to notify others. Since it was an arena, the champion would naturally appear.

The champion was also a young man named Mabo.

Mabo was considered a genius in the medical world from a young age. Since he took over the arena, no one had ever passed it. Hearing Bai Chaihu’s notification that someone had answered the first three questions, he knew he had to appear as the champion.

She originally thought the person who answered the questions must be an experienced elder, but upon seeing Zhu Yanyi, she realized she was wrong. It was a young girl.

"Did you answer the three trial questions at the entrance?" Mabo asked, looking at Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi smiled and nodded. "Yes. I never knew my medical skill level. Since there is an arena here, I came to try it out and see where I stand. This will give me a goal for future development."

"That’s a good idea," Mabo agreed, nodding. "Medical students fear being self-righteous and stagnant. In that case, how do you wish to challenge the arena?"

Zhu Yanyi tilted her head. "It’s my first day in the medical world. I don’t know the rules at all, so I’m not sure how to challenge. Why don’t you tell me how you defend the arena? I will choose my challenge method based on your defense."

Mabo raised an eyebrow slightly. "Are you sure? Do you know that once I start, you might not even be able to answer the first question?"

Zhu Yanyi laughed. "If I can’t answer, I can’t answer. I am not someone who cannot accept failure. If I couldn’t accept failure, I would already be a failure as a healer."

Failure was not scary. What was scary was being unable to accept it. Zhu Yanyi believed she could handle this. Moreover, she was confident that she would not fail.

Zhu Yanyi came to challenge the arena not to show off, but because she felt Bai Chaihu looked down on people from the Sage Academy. Or perhaps, she looked down on people from their so-called "new realm." She decided to make a high-profile appearance. After all, she would only be in the medical world for at most a month. Even if she was high-profile, so what? If they wanted to cause trouble, they would first have to find her.

Because of this, Zhu Yanyi decided to challenge the arena.

Besides, every day in the medical world was precious. She couldn’t waste her time learning basics. Zhu Yanyi was not that kind of person.

Seeing Zhu Yanyi had made her decision, Mabo smiled. "You are capable. At least I admire your courage. Since that’s the case, let’s begin. I will ask questions, and you will answer. How does that sound?"

"Good," Zhu Yanyi nodded.

Mabo said, "The purpose of this arena is to help everyone recognize their own level. The more questions you answer, the more you learn about the medical world’s skills, finding your exact level without starting from the basics."

"Good. Please start asking." This was exactly what Zhu Yanyi needed.

Mabo nodded. "I will start with simple questions. Let’s begin with the first question from the three gate trials: Fuzi grass. You answered about Fuzi grass in detail just now. Besides Fuzi grass, what other Fuzi-related herbs do you know? You must answer at least one more to pass. Of course, the more you answer, the better. If you answer many, I will increase the difficulty of the subsequent questions accordingly."