Today, the "Renowned Physicians' Research and Development Sweet Contest" at Green Ox Valley turned into the "Grand Peach Banquet" of the sweet-medicine world. Huwa had set up a three-tiered sweet stage at the valley entrance, each tier exuding a different type of sweet mist: the bottom tier was the mint-green "Exterior-Releasing Zone," the middle tier was the chili-red "Dampness-Dispelling Zone," and the top tier was the dark-cyan-and-gold "Difficult and Miscellaneous Ailments Zone." The Protagonist struck the special "sweet gong" crafted by Huwa, and the green ox pattern on the gong surface actually let out a "moo" and spat out sweet mist containing golden quotes from Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold, startling the stream at the bottom of the valley into rippling with "benevolent healing" sweet waves.
"Positions everyone!" shouted Huwa, waving a flag from the top tier while holding a spinning "R&D Scoring Sweet Flower." "Today we are judging three things—therapeutic efficacy, creativity, and side effects (the smaller the side effect, the sweeter)!" Just as his voice trailed off, Shopkeeper Qian of Yangzhou rushed onto the stage clutching "Xi Shi Sweet Pills." These pills were wrapped in osmanthus honey with lotus root powder and motherwort, and biting into them revealed an animation of "beauty and skincare" drawn by Huwa. Just as the judges were about to score, the pill suddenly "pfft-ed" out a puff of sweet mist smelling of cosmetics, causing Su Wanyue to burs…
Chapter 465