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"No wonder the organizers took the initiative to drop the competition. The number of contestants is pitifully small."

Chen Yu roughly estimated that the number of competitors would be between 1000 and 3000.

In reality, the organizers did not expect that everyone's response would be so light. As a result, reducing the number of matches would increase the difficulty of the competition, trying their best to achieve the desired result.

"I'm from area no 1, you're from area no 3." The match is over, let's meet up again. "

Feng Xia warned Chen Yu.

Chen Yu nodded his head, indicating that he understood.

After that, Chen Yu walked to the third region's competition area.

It was 8: 30 and there were quite a few people gathered in the competition area.

Everyone chatted merrily. The atmosphere was very lively.

Thinking back to the decline in Chinese medicine in the modern era, the number of people learning Chinese medicine was decreasing. It was rare for people to gather together, so the topic would naturally be more.

Chen Yu found a seat and sat down, quietly waiting for the match to start.

Time passed quickly and in the blink of an eye, it was already 9 o'clock.

A middle-aged man wearing special work clothes walked to the stage for the competition area. He glanced at the crowd and coughed as he said, "Everyone, please be quiet! I'm the invigilator of area no. 3. The rules of the competition had already been explained yesterday. "All of them, let's not talk too much. I will announce the official start of the competition."

As he said this, the invigilator clapped his hands and a few staff members successively brought plates covered with red cloth to the platform.

"According to the rules of the competition, this stage will test everyone's ability to identify the types of medicinal herbs. At the same time, in order to better highlight everyone's capabilities. A request has been added here for everyone to make a wild guess! One point each time! There are 100 questions in total. Whoever obtains the highest score will be the winner of this match! "

The invigilator lifted the red cloth off one of the plates, revealing the herbs within.

Everyone was in an uproar as they whispered to each other.

The difficulty level was extremely high!

As everyone knew, there were many types of medicinal herbs, and most of them looked similar to one another. In order to accurately differentiate between the types of medicinal herbs, one had to go through several steps.

Right now, the requirement for everyone to appraise medicinal plants with their naked eyes was undoubtedly increasing the difficulty of this competition.

"Cough cough, quiet down everyone!"

The examiner slapped the table and said majestically, "Whoever dares to cause a ruckus will be disqualified from the competition!"

When these words were spoken, everyone immediately quietened down.

The examiner continued, "I believe everyone is well aware of the significance of this national tournament. Therefore, the more difficult the competition, the better it would be to test everyone's abilities. Whoever didn't want to fight, they could choose to quit. Now, I'll give you ten seconds to choose between staying or leaving. "

"This …"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one left.

The national competition for Chinese medicine was an important event for everyone to prove themselves. No one wanted to give up midway.

Ten seconds later, the invigilator nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "Very good! Learning Chinese medicine requires not only talent, but also unwavering perseverance. Now, the first stage of the examination has officially begun! "

When he finished, the examiner took a step to the right, revealing the herbs behind him.

Everyone's gazes fell onto the medicinal herbs and they frowned.

This was an unusual type of medicinal herb. Furthermore, its shape was rather strange. It looked like Angelica sinensis or Du Zhong, or something else … After a full minute, someone finally raised his arm and answered, "This is Dang Gui!"

"Very good, you got it right! "One point!"

The examiner nodded and smiled.

Just like this, the match officially began.

The contestants were all competing, obtaining a large number of points.

Among them, there were three contestants with the highest scores: Chen Yu with 20 points, a man with 19 points, and a woman with 18 points.

Although the difference didn't seem like it was big, Chen Yu did it on purpose.

With the help of the 'appraising eye of treasure', Chen Yu easily found the names of the various herbs. However, Chen Yu did not want to attract anyone's attention, so he hid his strength and occasionally answered a question or two of questions to get the corresponding points.

When Chen Yu scored the final score, it meant that the first stage of the competition was over.

The examiner seemed inexplicably happy. The corner of his mouth slightly raised as he smiled: "If everyone uses your full strength, you will still be honored to lose!" Now, I announce that the top ten have successfully entered into the second round! Congratulations to everyone! "

"As for the others …"

The examiner glanced at the defeated contestants and laughed, "Don't be upset yet! You will receive a consolation prize, as well as the opportunity to contact and receive guidance from famous medical masters in the country. "

"That good?"

"Not bad, I've always wanted to see the skills of a medical master!"

"Looks like this trip was not in vain!"

The losers all looked dispirited, showing great interest.

As for the participants who had successfully broken through to the second round, they were even more excited, feeling as if they were in a dream.

Only Chen Yu, alone with no sadness or joy, was silently observing everything.

Although these people were powerful, it was not enough for Chen Yu to care about them. On the contrary, Chen Yu was more concerned about Feng Xia's situation and whether she had successfully made it to the second round or not.

The end of area no 3 was not the same as the end of other areas.

After all, they had met with different types of medicinal herbs and they had to spend different amounts of time thinking about them.

Coming to the side of the first region where the competition was held, Chen Yu discovered that the competition was already going through a third of the way through. Feng Xia was ranked third, with a beautiful lady in first place.

Chen Yu had a good impression of this beauty. She was the Traditional Chinese Medicine mentioned in the information, a person who studied medicine at the age of five and was famous at the age of twenty.

It had to be said that this beauty really did have some ability. Her score was far ahead of everyone else, so she got 15 points.

After some thought, Chen Yu walked to the other competition areas to observe the situation of the contestants.

At this moment, a figure caused Chen Yu to halt in his tracks.

It was the mysterious man mentioned in the information, Qi Tianyou.

Perhaps the first thought that came to him was curiosity.

It was the first time Chen Yu had paid attention to a man, and he was showing great interest.

"Twenty-two times!" 22 points! "

Chen Yu looked at the match records and his pupils immediately constricted.

This competition had gone through twenty-two questions, but they had all been successfully answered by Qi Tianyou.

One had to say, this shocked everyone, including the invigilator.

At first, the examiner thought that the difficulty was too low and Qi Tianyou easily answered him.

Therefore, the invigilator deliberately adjusted the difficulty.

In the end, the situation did not change. Every time he took out a medicinal herb, Qi Tianyou would answer in a second.

It was as if Qi Tianyou knew the answer already and didn't need to think at all.

The invigilator also refused to believe him and changed the difficulty of the examination back and forth.

Unfortunately, everything was in vain, and the result was the same as before.

It was precisely because of this that the match dragged on and on until now that only twenty-two questions had been asked.

At this moment, a staff member walked onto the stage and whispered a few words into the overseer's ear.

The proctor's expression changed, and looked at Qi Tianyou one last time, and said with a profound tone: "This participant will unconditionally advance to the third round of the competition."

His words caused a sensation among the crowd.

What did that mean?

Qualified promotion?

"Cough cough!" Everyone be quiet! "

The examiner cleared his throat and explained, "Everyone has seen this competitor's strength. If you can do it, you will also unconditionally advance to the third round! "