At this moment, ten types of medicinal herbs were placed before each of them.
Each medicinal herb was completely covered by a box, and no one knew what was inside.
Ye Feng and Murong Xue needed to open the boxes one by one and write down the name, year, and medicinal properties of the herbs.
Only after writing down the three items for the opened box could they open the next one.
As soon as the word "Start" was uttered, Murong Xue immediately picked up her pen, opened the first box, and upon seeing the medicinal herb inside, she began to write rapidly.
Meanwhile, Ye Feng stood with his arms crossed, showing no intention of making a move.
Seeing this, the others revealed looks of confusion.
"What's wrong with this guy?"
"Yeah! Wasn't he supposed to compete? The start has been announced, why is he not moving? Could he have given up?"
"No way! We were looking forward to a master's duel!"
Listening to the surrounding chatter, Master Gongsun, who was beside them, became anxious and hurriedly said, "My esteemed teacher, why haven't you started yet!"
Ye Feng heard this and calmly replied, "No rush!"
At this moment, Ge Nan, that fellow, jumped out again and shouted, "Ye Feng, didn't you say you wanted to compete? What, are you chickening out now?"
However, Ye Feng rolled his eyes at his words and said, "You don't know anything! When men compete with women, they should be considerate, understand!"
"What? Yield? Haha, you're just too funny! Does Miss Murong's skill require you to yield?" Ge Nan mocked.
The others also chimed in.
"Indeed! Does Miss Murong's medical expertise require you to yield?"
"I think you're doing this deliberately, looking for an excuse to quibble when you lose later!"
"Right! If you can't win, admit defeat quickly and don't waste everyone's time..."
While everyone was talking, Murong Xue had already opened the third box.
Seeing this, Ye Feng nodded and said, "It's about time!"
As he spoke, Ye Feng looked at the ten boxes, twitched his nose slightly, and then made a move that astonished everyone.
He didn't open any of the boxes at all, but picked up his pen and started writing.
This left everyone dumbfounded.
"What is this guy doing? He's writing before opening the boxes?"
"Does he know what the herbs are inside? He's actually writing already?"
"Yeah! This guy must know he's going to lose and is just writing nonsense!"
However, while everyone was discussing, Ye Feng completely ignored them and wrote with a flourish.
A minute later, Ye Feng stopped. He had finished writing.
"Done, all set!" Ye Feng handed the paper to the leading figures and said calmly.
At this point, Murong Xue had only opened the eighth box. Hearing that Ye Feng had finished, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.
"How is that possible?"
Murong Xue exclaimed, quickly finished her own writing, and then stepped forward to check.
Hearing this, the others stepped forward and began to discuss.
"Miss Murong, don't pay attention to him, this guy is definitely writing randomly!"
"Exactly. He started writing without even opening the boxes, how could it be correct!"
"Yes! There's no need to compete, what he wrote must be wrong..."
However, Ye Feng sneered upon hearing this, "Heh, who says you have to open it to know what the herb is! As for whether it's correct, you'll know when you open the boxes!"
Ge Nan heard this and said, "Ye Feng, keep pretending. I'll open them for you now, and see how you can still pretend!"
With that, Ge Nan opened all ten boxes in front of Ye Feng.
Then, everyone began to compare. The next second, they were all stunned.
Because the names, years, and medicinal properties of the ten herbs were all correctly written by Ye Feng, without any errors.
"This, this is all correct?"
"What? All correct? This, how is this possible?"
"All correct? Fake! He didn't even open the boxes before!"
Everyone exclaimed in disbelief.
The one who found it hardest to accept was not them, but Murong Xue, who was competing with Ye Feng.
She stared at Ye Feng and said, "This, how is this possible? Did you cheat?"
Upon hearing this, others chimed in.
"Exactly, that guy definitely cheated!"
"Yes! He wrote it down immediately without opening the boxes, and it was all correct, this is definitely cheating!"
"Too despicable and shameless, cheating just to win?"
Facing the slanders of everyone, Ye Feng smiled faintly, "Heh, cheat? Do you have any evidence?"
Everyone was stunned by his words.
Because Ye Feng had not left his spot the entire time, and the people who prepared the herbs had no relation to Ye Feng.
"This... although we don't have evidence, you wrote it down without opening the boxes, this is simply impossible?" Murong Xue said.
Ye Feng smiled, "How is this impossible? Miss Murong, don't you know of an ability called 'scent identification'?"
Scent identification, as the name suggests, is the ability to identify medicinal herbs through their scent.
Just now, Ye Feng had smelled with his nose and understood all ten herbs in the boxes.
Murong Xue also knew this, and she could do it too, but she had to bring the herbs very close, and there couldn't be any other scents mixed in, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to distinguish them.
She hadn't expected that Ye Feng could stand so far away and distinguish the scent of each herb among so many.
This nose was even more sensitive than a dog's!
Murong Xue had already believed him for the most part after hearing Ye Feng's explanation.
But others didn't believe it. After all, how could outsiders like them know such profound things?
The first to disbelieve was Ge Nan. He said, "Ye Feng, we don't believe you. Prove it again!"
Ye Feng heard this and smiled, "Oh? Prove it again? How do you want me to prove it?"
"Didn't you say you identified them by smell? Now I have a medicinal herb on me. If you can smell it, we'll believe you!" Ge Nan said to Ye Feng with a smug look.
He didn't believe that smelling could be so accurate, unless Ye Feng was born a dog.
Oh no, even a dog couldn't smell it. Unless Ye Feng was a dog, then it might be about right.
Ye Feng heard this and calmly nodded, "Heh, alright!"
As he spoke, Ye Feng looked at Ge Nan and twitched his nose slightly.
The next second, Ye Feng looked at Ge Nan and gave him a strange look, saying, "Ge Nan! You're young, pay attention to your health!"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, everyone looked confused, even feeling bewildered!
"Ye Feng, what are you talking about?"
"Exactly, they asked you to identify the herb on him, not to check his health!"
"Right, you can't smell it and are just talking nonsense, right?"
Ye Feng ignored their words and continued to look at Ge Nan with a sinister smile.
Ge Nan heard Ye Feng's words and looked at his inexplicable smile, his face turning extremely unpleasant.
Seeing Ge Nan remain silent, Ye Feng calmly asked again, "Ge Nan, do you really want me to say it?"