Zhao Xing arrived at the archway of Bright Moon Medicine Hall at the sixth quarter of the Hour of the Rabbit.
It was the season of End of Heat, and the sky was already bright.
When Zhao Xing arrived, he saw only eight people.
He did not know whether anyone had decided over the past three days that the work was not worth wasting their youth on and changed their minds.
Of the eight, half wore crisp, brand-new clothes, and even their personal belongings were fresh and neat. They had clearly been purchased recently, and their families must have been well-off.
The other half wore clean and tidy clothes, though the fabric was slightly inferior and seemed to have been washed and starched many times. Even if they had medicine satchels, medical talismans, or jade pendants, they were dull in color and looked as though they had been picked up secondhand.
Zhao Xing was probably the poorest of them all. He had only a sachet hanging from his waist and several changes of clothes.
As for the standard equipment of a physician, it would all be issued once he became an official anyway, so there was no need to waste money buying it now.
By the time Zhao Xing arrived, Zheng Yulin had already been waiting there. To appear steady and composed, no one present spoke. They simply stood quietly and waited.
More people arrived one after another, but by the seventh quarter of the Hour of the Rabbit, there were still only thirteen people.
When the time came, Zheng Yulin lowered his gaze from the clouds and looked over the thirteen of them. "Follow me."
At his words, everyone began walking after him.
They had just passed beneath the archway and walked twenty meters along Panliu Avenue when two