Divine Level Witch Doctor

Driven by impulse, Lu Ping quickly walked around to face Zhao Yuan. He pointed a finger at him and, in an agitated voice, threw down the gauntlet. "Zhao Yuan, I will definitely score higher than you on this final exam! I will crush you, reclaim the glory that should have been mine, and make you remember my name forever!"

Zhao Yuan's jaw dropped. He was dumbfounded.

'Where did this psycho pop out from? Has he been watching too much anime? This is so cringey!'

It wasn't just him. Liu Zhu, Wang Rongfeng, and Wu Yan were also completely dumbfounded, baffled by this person who had appeared out of thin air.

The atmosphere was incredibly awkward for a moment.

Lu Ping, completely oblivious, turned and walked away without the slightest hesitation after making his grand declaration.

Zhao Yuan called out to his retreating back, "Who are you, again?"

Unfortunately, Lu Ping was in too much of a hurry to leave and didn't hear him, so he offered no reply.

"Do you guys know him?" Zhao Yuan turned and asked his three brothers.

"Nope." The three of them shook their heads in unison.

"Well, it takes all kinds," Zhao Yuan said, shaking his head. He didn't think much of it and headed back to the dorm with his three brothers.

「Meanwhile, in the office of the Medical Ancient Texts department.」

The exam paper that Lu Ping was convinced Zhao Yuan had bombed was copied by Ma Hanqing and distributed to a group of professors.

The office was absolutely packed today.

It wasn't just the Medical Ancient Texts professors. Teachers from the Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine department and even from other specialties whose courses wouldn't be taught for several more semesters—like Clinical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture—had all swarmed over, packing the room to the rafters.

The Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine exam that Zhao Yuan had completed yesterday was now in the hands of nearly every professor in the university's Traditional Chinese Medicine-related departments. Almost everyone had a copy!

That exam paper had brought them so many surprises and shocks, and now they were eager to see if Zhao Yuan's answers on the Medical Ancient Texts exam would be equally brilliant.

After getting their hands on Zhao Yuan's Medical Ancient Texts exam, all the professors present, including Xiao Xianlin and Liu Mingzhang, couldn't help but let out a curse.

It was because the Medical Ancient Texts department was simply too vicious. To think they had come up with so many questions, spread across so many pages.

"You all are ruthless! It's like you swore not to stop until you'd squeezed Zhao Yuan completely dry!" Xiao Xianlin gave Qiu Haogu a thumbs-up, his voice filled with sincere admiration for their audacity.

Qiu Haogu scratched his head, looking a bit sheepish. He chuckled awkwardly and changed the subject. "Let's look at the exam, let's look at the exam."

Everyone turned their attention to the exam. The moment they started reading, their eyes lit up, and they found themselves completely unable to look away.

From time to time, gasps of shock and sighs of admiration echoed through the office:

"So *this* is how this passage should be translated? Everything I learned before was wrong! No wonder I was always so confused by the theories in this text; it always felt self-contradictory! Zhao Yuan's new translation is so much better. It immediately creates a Penetration between the preceding and following sections, removing any sense of awkwardness or contradiction!"

"You've got to be kidding me. This is how the text is supposed to be punctuated? This completely subverts the standard interpretation in the entire field of Traditional Chinese Medicine! But after thinking it over, this punctuation really is better. An originally obtuse text has suddenly become easy to understand because of it!"

"What kind of brain does Zhao Yuan have? How can he solve all these difficult problems, and so brilliantly at that? I'm in complete awe of him!"

All the professors were completely enthralled, utterly captivated by what they were reading.

Even veteran experts like Xiao Xianlin and Liu Mingzhang couldn't stop praising it. "Excellent writing! A brilliant exam! This paper is in no way inferior to yesterday's Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine exam! That boy, Zhao Yuan, is simply incredible!"

It took over an hour for Xiao Xianlin to finish a cursory read-through of the exam. To study it in detail and fully digest its contents would take several days, if not months!

But even that cursory glance was enough to get him incredibly excited. "How can we keep such a brilliant paper all to ourselves?" he exclaimed. "We have to get this published in a top-tier medical journal so our colleagues across the medical field can see it!"

Xiao Xianlin was clearly in the mood to show off.

He wanted to boast about the fact that West Hua Medical University had a genius like Zhao Yuan and make the other medical universities burn with envy.

Just the thought of the envious expressions and sour tones from the other medical universities when they saw Zhao Yuan's articles published in *Chinese Medicine* one after another filled him with a deep sense of satisfaction.

Xiao Xianlin pulled out his phone and called Yan Shiyun, the editor-in-chief of the *Chinese Medicine* journal.

The call connected quickly. Yan Shiyun's voice came through. "Old Xiao, what's up?"

Xiao Xianlin paused, taken aback. He could hear the deep exhaustion in Yan Shiyun's voice.

He asked in surprise, "Hey, Old Yan, what's wrong? You sound exhausted. Are you sick?"

"It's all your fault!" Yan Shiyun said grumpily.

"What does that have to do with us?" Xiao Xianlin asked, confused.

Yan Shiyun explained, "You gave me Zhao Yuan's exam paper yesterday, and I ended up studying it until just now. I haven't eaten or slept. Of course I'm exhausted! And it's not just me. The other expert professors reviewing this paper are in the same boat. We've been up for nearly twenty-four hours straight."

Xiao Xianlin was speechless. He never imagined Yan Shiyun would become so obsessed. But it was just further proof of how brilliant Zhao Yuan's Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine exam truly was.

Xiao Xianlin tried to persuade him, "Old Yan, you need to get some rest. The paper isn't going anywhere. It's not worth ruining your health over it."

"You think I don't want to?" Yan Shiyun retorted irritably. "But the moment I close my eyes, images of the exam paper flash through my mind. I can't sleep even if I try! Anyway, let's not waste time with this nonsense. Why did you call? If it's not important, I'm hanging up and getting back to Zhao Yuan's paper."

Xiao Xianlin chuckled. "I have another paper to send you. It's also by Zhao Yuan, but it's his Medical Ancient Texts exam. It's every bit as brilliant as the one for Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine!"

"What the hell!" Yan Shiyun, who was usually so refined, actually swore. "Another one? Are you trying to kill me?"

One exam paper on the Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine had already kept Yan Shiyun up for twenty-four hours. If a Medical Ancient Texts exam was added to the mix... Lord knows when he'd ever get to sleep again.

Xiao Xianlin shrugged. "You don't want it? Fine, I'll just send it to a different medical journal."

Yan Shiyun immediately flew into a panic, roaring into the phone, "You dare! I'm telling you, Xiao, Zhao Yuan's papers belong to *Chinese Medicine*! If you send them anywhere else, I'll storm over to Rongcheng City and fight you to the death!"

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