Swift Resolution

Xu Wangxian looked regretful. "Why would the boss recommend someone like that?"

"Who knows? Some people really believe in this sort of thing. Maybe something he predicted came true before. What was that saying again—survivorship bias. To him, that person is a prophet."

This deputy director was quite talkative, Chen Xuan thought. "So those two disciples are supervisors?"

"Correct."

"But if even they can't cure this illness, how would they know whether someone else's treatment plan works?"

"Young man, do you think treating illness is a matter of luck? Aside from a very few exceptions, everyone gathered here is a professional. Whether the diagnosed cause and proposed treatment plan are logically sound can be determined through debate." Wang Haitao smiled. "You said you specialize in pharmacology and toxicology. Be careful when explaining yourself to that short disciple later. I hear he's an expert poison user at Northern Heaven Institute. Making things up in front of him probably won't work."

"Could he be You Chi, the Jade Balance Star who solved the ambassador poisoning case on Berkelin Street?" Xu Wangxian chimed in.

"That's right, and that was only his level three years ago."

"Impressive... truly, talent emerges at a young age!"

I never said I was an expert on medicinal herbs. Chen Xuan shifted his gaze away from the two men chatting enthusiastically and swept it across the entire hall. Everyone seemed unsurprised by what had just happened. They were either gathered in groups chatting or playing on their phones alone. Their clothes and manners varied, and their accents came from all over the country. Had he not known beforehand that they were all doctors, he might have thought this was some kind of class reunion.

How should he put it... this was a little different from how he had imagined