The Emperor Arrives! Outside the Golden Throne Hall!

The merchants stood on the east side, while the physicians and alchemists stood on the west. The two groups were separated as clearly as the Jing and Wei Rivers.

Zhao Mengdong stood among the merchants, his face anxious as he kept glancing toward the entrance.

For the past few days, he had been out searching for physicians. Cui Shou'an had sent word of Li Bufan back to the Zhao Family, but Zhao Mengdong had not returned home and knew nothing of Li Bufan's whereabouts.

He had sought out every physician he could find and invited quite a few of them, yet he still felt far from certain.

Now, as he stood in the crowd and looked over the physicians and alchemists to the west, he sighed inwardly.

Just then, Cui Shou'an walked in with Li Bufan. Zhao Mengdong's eyes widened at the sight of him, disbelief written across his face. He rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen wrong, but that familiar figure was unmistakably Li Bufan.

Li Bufan saw Zhao Mengdong too and gave him a slight nod.

Zhao Mengdong hurriedly sent him a voice transmission. "My worthy nephew Li, what are you doing here? Are you... are you here for the assessment too?" His voice was full of surprise.

Li Bufan replied by voice transmission, "Master Zhao, I told you that day I had some skill in medicine as well." His tone was calm, yet it carried a reassuring strength.

Only then did Zhao Mengdong realize that Li Bufan had been telling the truth. He simply had not believed him.

He was about to say more when Cui Shou'an led Li Bufan over to the physicians and alchemists. The crowd on the west side parted for them. Everyone eyed the young man, who looked almost impossibly young, with