I Have Medicine

— Let alone that his attacks had caused dozens of pill cauldrons to explode and his defenses blocked all negative influences on the Revitalization Pill’s refining — One could say that he fully deserved to be in first place!

As such, Gu Zuo had a large lead during the first segment.

Although Xu Lingxiu and Xin Bailin didn’t refine top grade pills, they were formidable opponents for each other.
They couldn’t help exchanging glances.
They prepared to score a victory over the other during the next segment.

Immediately following this was the commentary for the high-level pharmacist pill battles.

Only, after Gu Zuo’s brilliant display, the high-level pharmacist commentary, which originally should’ve been the most wonderful, didn’t attract the attention of too many people.
There was nothing to be done.
Who among them was capable of refining a top grade medicinal pill? It was hard to avoid having the comments of those judges feeling lackluster.

Hence, the rankings were soon obtained.

After that, the second segment was finally starting.

Gu Zuo’s performance shocked everyone during the first segment.
His performance during the second segment also became the focus of everyone’s attention.

This wasn’t the first time Gu Zuo gave someone treatment.
However, there was only a single individual whom he gave treatment to.
As a result, he didn’t have much experience on the whole.
Right now, his heart was also a little tense.

But as long as he maintained his lead this round, he would be ok.
His overall score wouldn’t be too bad.

Currently, there were only thirty-two mid-level pharmacists remaining on the field.
They needed to treat patients, and the patients’ realms were normally between Xiantian stage one to stage six.

The Pill Battling Assembly occurred once every five years, and Danyun City had clearly made ample preparations.
After this segment started, a row of patients suddenly entered in a single-file line.
They arrived in front of the numerous pharmacists individually.

— Those with discerning eyes could even discover that the symptoms of each patient were all different.
Regardless of who was being sent to who, everything was relatively fair.

Gu Zuo looked at the patient in front of him.
It was a young man with a pale complexion.
His body’s qi energy was intermittent.
Though it didn’t seem that he was beyond saving, it was indeed very serious.

After seeing Gu Zuo, the eyes of that young man flashed with a trace of disappointment.

Gu Zuo knew that this young man felt he was too young.

But the young man’s attitude wasn’t vile at all.
On the contrary, he was refined and courteous: “May I ask for this distinguished pharmacist’s surname?”

Gu Zuo was also polite: “This one’s surname is Gu.
You may call me Gu Zuo.”

The young man said: “Greetings, Pharmacist Gu.
This one is Qi Lin.
I’m a member of the Qi Clan’s Dojo close to Qingliu City.
My body suffers from a deep-seated problem, and I’ve come seeking medical treatment.
I ask that Pharmacist Gu can assist me.”

Gu Zuo nodded at him: “Young Master Qi, you mustn’t resist.
This Gu will take your pulse.”

Qi Lin extended his hand without the least bit of resistance.

Qi Lin and the others’ arrivals acted as exam questions for the numerous pharmacists during the competition.
They were all patients with serious illnesses.
They either didn’t have the capability to request a better pharmacist for diagnosis and treatment, or ordinary pharmacists had no way to treat them due to the illness being too rare.
Ultimately, they took advantage of this opportunity and sought out Danyun City.

At this stage, the pharmacists in Danyun City would first examine the symptoms.
If they found that it was within the range of diagnosis and treatment, the ill would be given a choice.
Either pay a huge price for treatment, or act as a patient during the competition — Of course, if they were willing to act as a patient of the competition, even if the competing pharmacists gave poor treatment, Danyun City would provide a thorough and free-of-charge treatment as a follow-up.

With such preconditions, there were many people who were willing to act as patients.

After all, they were the patients for the finals.
None of the pharmacists who were giving them treatment would be inferior.
It was basically impossible for them to perish from the treatments.
And so long as they didn’t die, even if the competing pharmacist had no way to cure them, wasn’t there still Danyun City afterwards? It would all be worth it eventually.

It was also due to this situation that, although Qi Lin felt that Gu Zuo wouldn’t be able to treat him, he still did whatever Gu Zuo said.
He truly was very cooperative.

Gu Zuo didn’t know about Qi Lin’s way of thinking.
After palpating Qi Lin’s wrist, he directly sent his psychic power inside.

Today was different from the past.
In those days, he needed Gongyi Tianheng to relax and cooperate if he wanted to do this.
But right now, Qi Lin’s strength was only Xiantian stage four, which was one stage lower than his own.
The thread of his psychic power silently and effortlessly probed the state of Qi Lin’s body without discovery.

After two or three cycles, Gu Zuo loosened his hand.

The circumstances of Qi Lin’s body were already completely within Gu Zuo’s grasp.

One shouldn’t look at Qi Lin’s outward appearance and assume he was just a bit weak.
His internals were…

Many bones were fractured, many meridians were broken, and there were quite a few places that had remnant forces…

This was really tragic.

After thinking about it, Gu Zuo immediately started asking: “Young Master Qi, did you fight with someone three months ago? Did your opponent use a saber for a weapon?”

T/N: This is the last normal-length chapter for now.
Following this will be another batch of double-length chapters.
Expect the usual changes to the updating schedule.

Thanks for the corrections, Charysa!

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