Library of Heaven's Path

The other physicians in the group entered the room and bowed deeply.

“I am indebted to Apothecary Zhang, and I wish to repay his favor. Besides, it’s about time for me to retire. Alright, there’s no need to say anymore. My mind is made up.” Guild Leader Liao waved his hand.

In truth, he shared the same assessment as the other physicians. He felt that while Zhang Xuan was able to forge incredible pills, his medical skills were likely lacking in comparison.

The main reason he had accepted the request was to repay Zhang Xuan’s favor.

Compared to his life, he felt that a small stain on his reputation did not mean much.

Understanding the worries of the other physicians, Zhang Xuan did not lose his temper. “If that’s the case, shall we follow the proper process instead? The usual way to do it is through the Physician Tournament, right? Since everyone is here, shall we do that?”

He was still young, and it had not been long since he arrived in the Firmament. It was normal for others to doubt his capability.

“You wish to challenge us in a Physician Tournament?” Guild Leader Liao asked.

“I’m already here anyway,” Zhang Xuan replied with a smile.

“This…”

Guild Leader Liao was a little hesitant, but seeing that Zhang Xuan had made up his mind, he eventually nodded in agreement.

There are four main segments to the Physician Tournament, namely Observation, Scent, Inquiry, and Contact. In each step, you must jot down your diagnosis, determine the illness, write down a cure, and verify whether the cure is effective or not.”

Zhang Xuan nodded.

He had been wondering how the Physician Tournament would work, but from the looks of it, it appeared to be no different from how physicians usually diagnosed their patients. It was just that…

“What about the patients? Do we involve patients in the duel?” Zhang Xuan asked with a frown.

It did not seem right to him to make a tournament with the life of the patients at stake.

That infringed on the ethics that a physician should have.

“Of course not!” Guild Leader Liao replied. Then, he looked at Zhang Xuan doubtfully as he asked, “Could it be that… you don’t know what the Physician Tournament is?”

The young man was the one who proposed having a Physician Tournament, but based on what he was saying, it seemed like he knew nothing about it!

He had thought that he could just admit defeat to the young man in order to return the favor. Even though he did not think that the young man would actually be more skilled than him when it came to the Way of Medicine, as someone who was able to create the Beauty Pill, he thought that the young man still would not be too bad.

But based on what he had seen thus far, that did not seem to be the case.

A physician who did not even know what the Physician Tournament was… Was he even a physician at all?

“The top physicians of the Nine Skies have worked together to create an artifact known as the Stone of Symptoms, and it’s through this that we hold the Physician Tournament.”

Seeing that Zhang Xuan was really ignorant of it, Guild Leader Liao shook his head and explained the matter.

It seemed like Vice Guild Leader Wang’s worries were not unfounded.

From the current looks of it, it appeared that the young man’s medical skills were not too amazing. There was no way a skilled physician would not know about the Physician Duel.

“Stone of Symptoms?”

Yes, it’s a unique treasure that is able to record a patient’s physical condition with great precision. Through the data stored in it, it’s able to generate a projection of the patient in real time to provide the physician with information. If you can provide it with a feasible cure, the projected patient will be able to recover from their ailment.”

As Liao Xin spoke, he took out a stone and tapped lightly on it.

The stone released a light buzz before generating ten human projections.

These projections were created through a formation inscribed on the stone.

Every single one of these projected humans appeared sickly, as if they had been afflicted with some sort of lethal disease. It looked like they would not live much longer without treatment.