[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 115

115 Walking Medicine

As the rounds finished, Gentleman Deng's face became more and more ugly.

In the first round of identification, Pharmacologist Qin identified his family's secret medicine. In the second round of production, he made the most common medicine – Jinchuang. Since both products had their own benefits, it was a draw for the second round as well. In the third round of investigation, both parties were directed toward an injured martial artist, and they had to find out what the injury was and create a medicine for it. Both parties had their own theories, and under the witness of the Imperial Pharmacy, they started to produce their medicines.

Gentleman Deng had always been an arrogant man. Never did he expect that an unknown pharmacologist from the Hall of Immortals would be so capable. A draw was a disgrace to him, whose family was full of professionals in this area.

The third round must be a win! I bet my family name on this!

That thought spurred Gentleman Deng on. He put his all into his work and sped up his progress.

"Time's up!" The man announced.

The contestants put out their fires at the same time. Hot piping extract was poured out of the pots and given to the official of the Imperial Pharmacy.

"Who do you think will win?" The bunch of youngsters started whispering once again.

At first, they thought that the Hall of Immortals was too arrogant. Even if you were a well-known pharmacy in Tianyun City, one shouldn't look down on others from the other parts of the world! How dare you call yourself the best in the universe without the recognition from us, the Heavenly Sea Pavilion?

But after watching this competition, they realized that the Hall of Immortals was indeed something.

Even though this gentleman from the Linjiang's Deng lineage was way better than ordinary people, he seemed to be less experienced than this Pharmacologist Qin.

"Hard to tell. The Deng family guy confirmed that he has his own secret things, but that Pharmacologist Qin looks confident too."

"Senior Brother Qi, what do you think?"

The one known as the best out of all them, Senior Brother Qi shook his head, "So far, Gentleman Deng has a higher chance of losing."

"Shouldn't it be impossible for Gentleman Deng to lose?" They were still unwilling to acknowledge that Pharmacologist Qin was better. Since Gentleman Deng came from a family of professionals just like them, they were naturally biased toward him.

"Look, they're going to reveal the results now."

The official from the Imperial Pharmacy put the bowls down. His eyebrows furrowed, as if it was very hard to make a decision.

After a moment, he started speaking, "The medicines made by both parties are both suitable for the patient, and both have their pros. It's hard to decide the winner. Gentleman Deng's medicine is delicate and useful over a long time period, but Pharmacologist Qin's isn't lacking in any way either. This is the hardest decision that I've ever had to make over these six months."

All eyes were on the official now. If Gentleman Deng won, then the Hall of Immortals' banner would need to be taken down, and their name would lose reputation. But if the Hall of Immortals won, the name of Linjiang's Deng lineage would be at stake too. The spectators were mostly here to join in the fun, but they never would have expected that today's competition would have such a huge impact.

Would the Hall of Immortals remain the best pharmacy in Tianyun City, or would Linjiang's Deng lineage become even more famous? Everyone was waiting anxiously for the result.