The "Sweet-Defense Fun Sports Meet" hosted by Qingniu Medical Hall officially kicked off at the southern parade ground, literally transforming the venue into a giant garlic-scented amusement park. Huwa had constructed the spectator stands into the shape of a moving green ox; whenever the ox swung its tail, it flicked out fluorescent wristbands printed with epidemic-prevention maxims from Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold, while a loudspeaker hanging from the ox's horns played "Epidemic Prevention Disco" on a loop: "Step left three times, jump right three times, spit phlegm into the cuspidor and lose your mind!"
"On your marks!" Huwa shouted, wearing a green ox helmet with un-wiped garlic paste still stuck to its horns, and waving an "epidemic-prevention command flag." "Today we aren't competing on speed, but on who can use sweet tactics to send the dysentery bacteria spinning!" As soon as the words fell, the contestants pulled out all the stops: a Tibetan apprentice from Tibet had his yak carry a mini disinfection stove in the "obstacle race," scattering Tibetan medicinal herbal powder as he ran; a Silla apprentice surnamed Kim made a stellar showing in the "relay race" with his "epidemic-prevention spinning-top team," and every time a top completed a rotation, it flung out a disinfection line marked with formulas from The Nine Chapters on Mathematical Art.
When the sweet-defense magical operations backfired, Huwa reconfigured the "garlic steamed buns" into "rac…
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