"The Medical Dao heals the sick and saves lives, chiefly through medicine. In my view, medicines fall into-"
Wang Dongbo spared no effort in explaining his understanding of the Medical Dao, medical principles, and pharmacology, hoping to win back a round.
The first contest had been rushed, and with his age and declining strength, errors and omissions in taking pulses and diagnosing patients had been inevitable. But when it came to pharmacology and medical principles, he was confident he was no worse than the others.
And that was indeed the case.
Wang Dongbo had a profound understanding of pharmacology, and the properties and combinations of medicines came readily to his fingertips.
After all, he came from a family with a long medical tradition and knew hundreds upon thousands of prescriptions. Naturally, he had plenty to say.
Once he finished,
the others offered much the same views.
Even Ma Liangcai and Yuan Liu'er failed to bring anything new to the discussion.
It was not that they could not speak of more profound mysteries of the Medical Dao, but that most of those things had come from Chen Yi.
Their understanding of much of that knowledge was only partial, far from thorough mastery.
After they had each explained their understanding of the Medical Dao and pharmacology, Cui Qingwu looked at Xiao Wan'er and Chen Yi and asked with a smile, "Now that these gentlemen have finished, I can't tell who was better. Sister Wan'er, Qingzhou, what do you think?"
Xiao Wan'er hesitated slightly. She could not distinguish their merits either, so she turned to Chen Yi.
Chen Yi naturally understood the strengths and weaknesses of the medical principles and pharmacology Wang Dongbo, Yuan Liu'er, and the others had discussed, but he played ignorant despite knowing perfectly well. He smiled and said, "It's