Chapter 334: The President

"We do not know? What does that mean?"

"I don't know either!"

"It is said that the Wall of Difficult Cases connects to headquarters, and the correctness of answers is personally verified by four-star and five-star physicians... When it says 'we do not know,' could it mean... although Teacher Liu gave an answer, the four-star and five-star physicians on the other side don't know whether it's correct or not?"

"This... can't be true, right? If so, wouldn't Teacher Liu's medical skill surpass even five-star physicians?"

"This..."

...

Everyone stared at the wall before them as if dumbfounded.

The four large characters "We do not know" made their heads spin and their vision go dark.

The other side of the Wall of Difficult Cases was connected to four-star and five-star physicians, yet they couldn't determine the answer and responded with "do not know"...

Damn it.

Teacher Liu, what kind of answer did you give? That they didn't even have the courage to reject it and directly admitted they didn't know?

Physician Mu Hong's mouth twitched, feeling as if he could barely stand.

He had imagined a wrong answer, imagined five more orange lights, but never in his dreams had he imagined a direct "do not know"!

Do not know my ass!

You are four-star and five-star physicians, saying this in front of so many people... what the hell?

"Buzz!"

Before the maddening feeling subsided, the four characters on the wall slowly faded, and another line of text appeared.

"Answer to be given in ten days!"

Then the characters slowly dissipated.

"It seems... they really don't know and need to report to a higher-level branch or find a patient with muscle weakness for experimentation."

Although the Wall of Difficult Cases could connect to headquarters, the headquarters was lofty and grand, filled with eight-star and nine-star physicians—how could it be in contact with a small place like the Tianwu Kingdom?

When they said headquarters, it actually meant the next level up, or perhaps one level further.

Just like when Zhang Xuan applied for the Breaking Yin Pill at the Tianxuan Kingdom Alchemist Guild, he contacted headquarters, but it stopped at the Tianwu Kingdom, sending Master Hongyun.

Otherwise, if all branches consulted the headquarters directly, wouldn't they be worked to death?

"Answer to be given in ten days... Does that count as passing or not?" Everyone was stunned.

"Even if the last answer is wrong, this Teacher Liu has perfectly solved nineteen problems, surpassing President Mu Hong. He is... a well-deserved new president!"

Someone sighed.

Everyone came to their senses.

What if the last one was wrong? His previous achievements were enough to surpass all previous presidents!

It could be said that he was already the new president, beyond doubt.

"But, wasn't he here to take the physician exam? If he had no rank before, how should he be rated now?"

A question arose from the crowd.

Everyone fell silent.

Indeed, if he had no physician rank before, how should this situation be resolved?

He had solved all the problems on the Wall of Difficult Cases, even forcing four-star and five-star physicians to admit they didn't know...

His medical skill was certainly far beyond three-star, even reaching five-star!

But... this guild couldn't rate such a high level either. How could the badge rank be issued?

"Don't rush. The answer will come in ten days. Once the answer appears, headquarters will definitely set the rank themselves. We don't need to worry."

A two-star physician spoke up.

"Mm!" Everyone nodded.

That was right. These matters were not for them to consider. He had broken into the Wall of Difficult Cases, solved so many problems, and written an answer that even four-star and five-star physicians didn't know was correct or not. The problem would naturally be thrown to headquarters.

What use was it for them to think so much?

"Creak!"

As they were discussing, the door to the Physician Hall opened, and Zhang Xuan walked out.

Seeing so many people outside all staring at him, he was startled.

"This... what's going on?"

He was just taking a physician exam—why so many people?

He looked around, found the guard captain and Yarou, and quickly walked over: "How is this different from what you said about the exam... Did I pass?"

These two had said that the physician exam, like other professions, required both basic knowledge and practice. But as soon as he entered, without seeing anyone, he was brought before a wall and had to keep answering questions?

It was different from what they said. Could it be that he had taken the wrong exam and wouldn't pass...

"P-President is joking..."

The guard captain trembled, shaking uncontrollably.

"President?" Zhang Xuan was startled. He looked around and was about to ask when he saw more than a dozen physicians in robes, badges on their chests, stride up to him and clasp their fists: "We greet President Liu!"

"President Liu? What does that mean..." Zhang Xuan was baffled.

He had just taken a physician exam, and they were all calling him president—what the hell?

"Physician Liu took the Wall of Difficult Cases exam, consecutively solved nineteen difficult and complicated diseases, and has become the new president of our guild!"

Physician Mu Hong stepped forward.

"New president?"

Zhang Xuan blinked his eyes.

Answer a few questions and become the guild leader... Isn't this too much of a joke?

Soon, after hearing the other party's explanation, Zhang Xuan finally understood and looked speechless.

He had originally planned to just take the physician exam, but never expected to cause such a stir and directly become the president of the Physician Guild...

However, since things had already happened, dwelling on it was useless. He immediately looked at Yaru beside him: "Then... since I've become the president, am I qualified to purchase medicinal herbs like Angelica Dahurica, Red-tailed Red Leaf, and Wolfsbane?"

"..." Yaru was on the verge of tears.

She had just said he wasn't qualified to buy the herbs and wouldn't pass the physician exam, but not only did he become a physician, he even became the president...

What a slap in the face!

"As president, you are naturally qualified to purchase them. However, although our guild has the herbs you mentioned, we don't have all of them!"

Mu Hong, who now knew the full story, hesitated for a moment before explaining.

Although physicians could use toxic drugs for treatment, they were still rare. The new president's requested herbs like Angelica Dahurica and Red-tailed Red Leaf could all be found, but some more potent drugs were unavailable even to the guild.

"First, gather what you can find!" Zhang Xuan said.

"Mm!" Mu Hong gave instructions, and soon Yaru came over again, carrying a large bag of medicinal herbs.

After a glance, Zhang Xuan knew that most of the herbs he needed were there, with only two missing.

"Golden Leaf Fire Root and Nine-Petal Flower are highly toxic herbs. We indeed don't have them here, but... the Poison Hall definitely does!" Mu Hong said.

"Poison Hall?" Zhang Xuan shook his head.

He also knew the Poison Hall definitely had them.

But it was at least two or three days' journey away, a round trip of four to five days, not including the time to enter the Red Lotus Mountain Range. Adding that, it would take at least half a month. Even if he bought them, it would be too late.

"By the way, I heard that Hall Master Jiang of the Master Teacher Academy also likes to collect some rare herbs. He might have these two items!"

After hesitating, Mu Hong suddenly remembered something and said.

"Hall Master Jiang? Good!"

Zhang Xuan nodded.

With others, it might be difficult, but Hall Master Jiang was his student. As long as he appeared as 'Yang Xuan,' two herbs shouldn't be a problem.

"How much for all these herbs?"

Putting the herbs into his storage ring, Zhang Xuan looked over.

"Fourteen million gold coins in total!" Guild Leader Mu Hong cupped his fists.

"Fourteen million?" Zhang Xuan was stunned.

He had thought it would be a few hundred thousand gold coins at most, but it was over ten million. This was robbery...

However, he knew that since he was the president, the other party wouldn't deceive him. He had no choice but to hand over the banknotes helplessly.

Although over ten million was a lot, he had earned quite a bit back in the Tianxuan Kingdom and could still afford it.

"I have matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave. Physician Mu Hong, I'm only the president in name; you'll need to handle the guild's affairs!"

Having come specifically to buy herbs, now that they were in hand, Zhang Xuan saw no reason to stay. He cupped his fists.

"Huh?"

Everyone was stunned, expecting the new president to immediately reorganize the guild and make his mark, but instead he turned and left without caring about anything.

"Farewell!"

Ignoring everyone's confusion, Zhang Xuan strode out and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

He had no interest in being a guild president. His current priority was to become a two-star master teacher, inquire about the timing of the Celestial Being Master Teacher, and find a way to resolve the congenital fetal poison.

Compared to that, everything else was irrelevant.

"What happened?"

After Zhang Xuan left, everyone was still sighing in bewilderment when an old man walked over with a puzzled expression.

"Physician Hu? You... weren't in the Physician Hall?" Seeing him, everyone was stunned.

Physician Hu, who was in charge of the Physician Hall exams, how could he be coming in from outside?

"I just stepped out for a bit. What's going on?" Physician Hu had just arrived and didn't know what had happened. Seeing everyone gathered together, even Physician Mu Hong was there, he couldn't help but find it strange.

"Stepped out for a bit..."

Everyone was speechless.

They had originally thought that this Teacher Liu had deliberately challenged the Wall of Difficult Questions, but upon seeing that this guy wasn't around, they realized he had probably stumbled into it by accident.

And yet, he had solved all the problems on the Wall of Difficult Questions...

How could this be so absurd?

"Are you saying... in the short half-hour I was out, someone broke into the Physician Hall and perfectly solved all the problems on the Wall of Difficult Questions?"

After a while, Physician Hu understood what had happened and felt as if thunder was roaring in his head.

He had only been out for a moment, and this happened. It seemed he couldn't escape the charge of dereliction of duty...

...

Some were happy, some were worried.

Zhang Xuan's successful challenge of the Wall of Difficult Questions not only caused chaos throughout the entire Tianwu Royal City.

On the other side connected to the Wall of Difficult Questions, several old men gathered together, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Congenital muscular dystrophy is an incurable disease. Physician Fei Qing encountered this condition back then but couldn't treat it and had to watch the patient die. The answer given on the other side... is it correct or not?"

"This... I don't know either. But there are two ways to verify: first, report it upward; second, find someone with congenital muscular dystrophy to try!"

"I recall that the Second Princess of the Alliance seems to have congenital muscular dystrophy!"

"Right, prepare the carriage. We'll go to the Alliance Lord's Mansion now!"

Several old men stood up simultaneously.