Today, the graduation practical examination of the Qingniu Medical School turned Mount Zhongnan into a scene of utter chaos. Huwa tossed a "test-question sweet egg" right into the center of the examination grounds. The shell cracked open, and out popped a mountain sparrow wearing sunglasses, holding a sweet page of the *Treatise on Cold Damage Diseases* in its beak, with Huwa's note tied to its tail: "Those who flunk the test... hehe, punishment is licking my freshly made 'tear-jerking spicy sweet beans'!" The apprentice of the Prince of Luoyang poked the sparrow's sunglasses and asked, "Brother Huwa, can this bird... understand the 'Shaoyin disease pulse syndromes'?"
"Quit yakking!" Huwa grabbed him by the ear and shoved him toward the examination area. "Demonstrating third-tier sweetness today is the real test of skill. Apprentices are tested on identifying herbs, resident physicians on acute emergencies, and master physicians on... curing Huwa's 'quirky illness'!" No sooner had the words left his mouth than the apprentice-level exam zone exploded into pandemonium. Zhang Dama's grandson Huwa (Little Huwa) mistook "coptis sweet" for "licorice sweet" and was so instantly bittered that he leaped off a cliff, only to be yanked back by Huwa with a "life-saving sweet rope." "Idiot! Coptis is bitter; it clears heat!" Little Huwa wiped away his tears and muttered, "B-but... why is my sweet rope bitter too?" As it turned out, Huwa had long ago soaked the rope in coptis water.
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