"Liang Guozhu said: Old Jiang, you are over seventy years old, and you still act like that. Everyone is watching you, be more careful with your image."
Tan Daoming said: Yes, old Jiang, be more cautious!
Jiang Hongtai didn't pay any attention to them at all. He continued to read the papers, and when he finished, he murmured to himself: A world-class genius! He's no less impressive than Shennong, able to thoroughly expound on the properties of medicinal herbs, unheard of before!
Liang Guozhu said: Bring it over, let the old man take a look. It's really as exaggerated as you say.
Jiang Hongtai handed the paper to Liang Guozhu. To everyone's surprise, a highly respected and honored national physician saint was swearing that he said: "I rely on it!" The old man has lived for decades, and I really can't believe that medicinal herbs can have so many variations. It's really admirable!
Jiang Hongtai said with a smug smile: "Old Liang is over fifty, how can he behave like this? Don't you know to be civil?"
Jiang Hongtai said proudly: Old Liang, you're a man in your sixties, and you can't be like this. Be civilized, do you know?
Following closely behind, Tang Yanran also handed in her paper after forty minutes, which only added to their confusion. They knew Tang Yanran; she had been the fourth place in previous competitions. What was happening today? She had suddenly become extraordinary. After all the judges reviewed Tang Yanran's paper, they too were amazed.
Unexpectedly to the judges, three more people handed in their papers in just ten minutes. After reading the papers, they all praised them enthusiastically. The foreign judges, however, were devastated and said: "The top five in this competition are all from Longguo. Longguo people are really evil for hiding their strength. In the previous competitions, they were showing weakness completely. It seems we are going to be slapped in the face this time, and it will be a resounding slap that echoes through the clouds. Longguo people are cunning."
After twenty minutes, the two candidates from Japan and South Korea handed in their papers. The foreign judges, upon seeing their papers, found them to be utterly uninteresting. With the subsequent candidates handing in their papers, they even lost the desire to look at them anymore.
Twenty minutes later, two examinees from Japan and South Korea handed in their papers. The foreign judges saw their papers and were bored. They even didn't want to look at the rest of the examinees' papers after that.
The competition will start at 8:00 AM sharp tomorrow noon. All participants are requested not to be late, otherwise it will be considered as a withdrawal.
Ge Changjun said: "Master, you're really biased. If your wife can get second place, can you say it's not your merit? You have to make up for my injured soul. Let's go out for a big dinner tonight."
Mo Wenjie smiled and said: "No problem. It's been a long time since I've seen you all. I'll treat you tonight. You can order whatever you like."
Ge Changjun raised both hands in a victory sign and shouted, "Yes!"
Mo Wenjie said: "Let's go eat."
The five of them went to a hundred flavor scented luxurious restaurant and sat in the 666 packaging box.
Ge Changjun was utterly unembarrassed while ordering dishes and wine. The waiting staff were startled by the dishes and wine he ordered. The total bill for this meal would be over a million yuan. It's thirty years of aged Maotai, over 50,000 yuan per bottle, and he was asking for two cases of it. Are you trying to take a bath, you bastard!
Ge Changjun looked at the waiter's expression and said: "Son, don't look at me as if I'm broke. My teacher is rich. Just order whatever you want. We won't dine and dash."
Mo Wenjie said: "Just prepare it according to what he said. This card has no password, so swipe it at the front desk."
The waiter took the bank card, went to the front desk, and swiped it. When he saw a series of zeros on the card reader, his face turned pale, and he murmured to himself: "Luckily I didn't make any sarcastic remarks; otherwise, losing my job would be a minor matter." He dared not procrastinate and hurriedly went to fetch the dishes and serve the wine.
As they ate and chatted, toward the end of the meal, Ou Yanna went to the restroom and returned to say: "I just saw a few foreign competitors arguing with the restaurant's servers."
Ge Changjun, who was already an unruly person, and with a few bottles of wine down his throat, became overconfident and said: "Dare to cause trouble in Dragon's land? See how I'll deal with them! Let's go out and check it out."
He stepped out of the room first, and Mo Wenjie and the others had no choice but to follow.
They walked out of the banquet hall, where they saw two judges from South Korea and about seven South Korean participants. They were arguing with the waitstaff at the restaurant, shouting: "There's something unhygienic in your restaurant's food. I've got a problem after eating it. Your restaurant has to compensate us. According to the regulations of the World Health Organization, your restaurant must pay us five million won. Otherwise, we will directly file a claim with the World Health Organization. It won't be just five million won that you have to deal with."
Ge Changjun looked at the people shouting and saw they were South Korean competitors, Pu Bai. He asked the waiter: "What happened?"
The waiter said with tears in his eyes: "They consumed over two hundred thousand won. I asked them to pay the bill, and they said there was a fly in the dish. I saw them finish eating before saying there was a fly. They wanted to eat for free, and I asked where the fly was. They said it was thrown in the trash bin, so I turned the bin upside down and didn't find any flies. They said I intentionally got rid of the flies so they would eat unhealthy food, which would cause serious consequences for their bodies. They demanded that our restaurant compensate them five million won, which is not negotiable."
Ge Changjun said: "You sons of bitches, don't you know any shame? Even if there's a fly in your food, why don't you just not eat it? You can ask for a refund or a replacement. But you finish eating and then say there's a fly. That's truly shameless! Even if there was a fly, does that mean every dish has one? Why don't you pay the money, and then you want to extort money from us?"
Pu Bai said: "We are all doctors, and we naturally know the harm bacteria can cause to the human body. Their restaurant served us dirty food, and we have the right to demand compensation."
Ge Changjun said: "I don't give a shit about your request. The plates are almost licked clean, and you have the face to say you want compensation? For a meal, you don't even care about your face from South Korea anymore. Your name is written backwards, isn't it? If you want to commit wrong deeds, go back to your South Korean country and do them there. Your ancestors knew they were in the wrong and didn't want to apologize publicly, so they gave you such a name as a form of atonement."
Pu Bai said: "You dare to insult my ancestors, I will sue you!"
Pu Bai said: "Dare you insult my ancestors? I will sue you!"
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
The faces of South Korean people turned as red as pig's liver.
Pu Bai said: "Despicable Longguo people, defaming our ancestors and our country, I will report to the embassy, capture you and have you punished in our country."
Ge Changjun said: "You little punk dares to make me get caught? Do you believe that I can turn you into a shemale?"
He raised his hand and threw a silver needle at Pu Bai's body.
Pu Bai was startled and said, "What have you done to me?"
The entire restaurant was stunned as Pu Bai's voice really changed to something between male and female. This Taoist was too powerful; just a wave of his hand, and Pu Bai had turned into a shemale. This wasn't divine ability, what else could it be? With such supernatural skills, who dares to provoke him!
The South Korean competitors were also shocked beyond words. What kind of divine technique is this? Taoist master, your technique is so powerful that you can turn someone into a shemale with just a wave of your hand. This isn't something humans can do! Such supernatural skills should be reported to the International TCM Association. Longguo must have deliberately hidden its strength!
Ge Changjun said: "Hurry up and settle the bill, otherwise, the old man won't mind turning all of you into shemales."
The South Korean competitors hurriedly paid the bill and fled in a hurry.
There were cheers in the restaurant.
Mo Wenjie said: "Let's settle the bill and leave as well!"
The manager of the dining hall said, "Our boss just instructed that the meal is on the house for you!"
Ge Changjun boasted: "The old man's abilities are not exaggerated!"
Mo Wenjie slapped him on the head again and said: "Settle the bill and let's go!"
Ge Changjun said, "Master, can you not hit my head anymore? It might make me dumb!"
Tang Yanran and Ouyang Nana were hiding their mouths and giggling, while Ouyang Hua was laughing loudly.
Mo Wenjie and the others settled the bill and left the restaurant, each returning to their accommodations.
Tang Yanran said: "Gezangjun is actually pretty funny. How did you become his teacher?"
Mo Wenjie said: "His master's medical skills are also divine and adept. He heard that my master's medical skills were unparalleled in the world, so he took Gezangjun to challenge my master. My master knew that his medical skills were on par with his, so he said, 'You should compete with my apprentice.' If you win my apprentice, then we can compete. He said that if I couldn't beat your apprentice, I wouldn't compete with you anymore, and I would refer to your apprentice as an older brother. My apprenticeship would then be his apprenticeship. If I beat him, your apprentice would be my apprentice.' His master lost the match, and that was how it happened."
Tang Yanran said: "Master, you're so cunning, old man!"
Mo Wenjie slapped her on the buttocks and said: "Daring to speak badly about the Master, you should be punished! The Master is wise!"
Tang Yanran pouted and said: "Ouch!" Then she reached for Mo Wenjie's waist and twisted it, saying: "You're picking on me!"
The two of them teased each other and walked back to the National Medicine Hall.
Tang Baichuan said: "Little brother, where did you two go? Have you eaten?"
Mo Wenjie said: "Sorry, Master Five, we went out to eat and didn't inform you."
Tang Baichuan said: "It's all right, as long as you've eaten. Do you think Yanran has a chance in tomorrow's treatment competition?"
Tang Yanran said: "Don't worry, Grandpa Tang. I have true qi now, which will make my treatment twice as effective. I won't lose."
Tang Baichuan said: "That's good. As long as you two can secure first and second place, this time's tournament will give Longguo a lift."
Mo Wenjie said: "The result might surprise you!"
