Xiao Chen began to observe his surroundings closely. He noticed that these impoverished people seemed to have been waiting for a very long time; each of them wore a look of utter exhaustion. Puzzled, Xiao Chen walked over to ask one of the men.
"Excuse me, sir, there’s such a long line here. Will everyone actually be seen by a doctor today?"
The old man looked at him with a touch of disdain. "How could that be?" He sighed, fanning himself. "This Medicine King Valley only accepts a fixed number of patients each day. Once that quota is met, they won't see anyone else, even if there are a hundred or eighty people waiting outside!"
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