Chapter 195: Competition (3)
Translator: 549690339
Gan Songbo had some respect for Old Man Xu and had even asked about Master Xu, who was the same age as him.
However, his ability was limited. He only knew that this person was called Xu Jingzhi. He was famous for his strange temper and lived in a remote alley in the county. This person was not short of money, but he chose an inconvenient place to live. It was obvious that he did not like crowds.
This Xu Jingzhi was a master pharmacist, or more accurately, a pharmacist maniac. Aside from a disciple called Xu Xingyuan, he had no one else.
“Elder Xu, are you asking us to identify the medicinal herbs?”Just as Gan Songbo was sizing up Xu Jingzhi, Director Liu rushed up and asked with a smile.
Old Man Xu frowned.” Smelling the fragrance and recognizing the medicine, let’s begin.”‘
“Ah?” Director Liu was stunned. What did he mean? Distinguish by fragrance? This was not necessary…
“Director Liu, it seems that you don’t have much confidence. In that case, I won’t be polite.”Jing Yunzhao did not think much of it. She took a pen and paper and started sniffing the oil paper bags one by one.
Some of the medicinal herbs here had a very obvious and strong fragrance. Generally, experienced doctors could smell it. However, at the same time, many of the medicinal herbs had almost no smell at all. It was somewhat difficult to distinguish them.
However, Jing Yunzhao did not find the test difficult at all.
Her sense of smell had been more sensitive since she was young. Ever since she had the space and absorbed the Naling Jade, it had improved to the next level. Many subtle smells could not be hidden in front of her.
Director Liu could not help but be surprised when he saw Jing Yunzhao’s speed and quickly followed her.
However, when he smelled it, he felt that his mind was in a daze. Halfway through, he could only smell three of them: agarwood, mint, and dried orange peel. As for the rest, he could roughly draw a range for some of them, but he had no idea what to do with the rest!
Jing Yunzhao was so fast that he even suspected that she was writing nonsense.
There were 30 medicinal ingredients, and each of them was given 15 seconds.
Therefore, after more than 10 minutes, the first round was over.
Director Liu was still in a daze and had a bad feeling.
This was not the way he had imagined to compare herbs. He did not use his nose, but his eyes! If he relied on his eyes, he could guarantee that he could recognize all these medicinal herbs!
“Xiao Liu…Fifteen.” Xu Jingzhi didn’t even raise his head. He glanced at his answer sheet and said directly.
His answers were all messy, so it was obvious that he was not sure about many of them. However, he had some foundation after all, so he guessed half of them correctly.
Director Liu heaved a sigh of relief. Although the results were a little bad, it was better than he had expected.
“Jing Yunzhao, you’re right.”Xu Jingzhi nodded in satisfaction when Director Liu was guessing Jing Yunzhao’s results.
“Impossible!” Mr. Liu rushed to Jing Yunzhao’s side and snatched the answer from her. He was stunned when he saw the answer.
Director Liu looked at the neat handwriting on the white paper, and the thirty types of medicinal herbs were listed on it. He remembered that Jing Yunzhao was right.
But how could Jing Yunzhao do that?
“Are you done? Let’s continue after we’re done.” Xu Jingzhi didn’t care about Director Liu’s thoughts at all. He glanced at him and said a few words. Then, he asked Xing Yuan to remove the herbs from the table and spread out dozens of small paper bags.
“Here are ten kinds of medicinal herbs: Tianma, Chinese yam, Sanqi, Morinda, Fritillaria, Linyao, Safflower, Eucommia, Antler, and Ginseng. However, there are also fakes among each kind of medicinal herbs.”Uncle Xingyuan added after tidying up his things..