Chapter Eighty-Seven: Official Competition
At this point, he waved his hand, and immediately a maid brought up three pots of plants covered with red gauze. Before I could get closer, a faint fragrance had already arrived, and it was not clear which one was emitting.
The most conspicuous is the third basin, which is poked like a stick, and in addition to the red cloth, it is also covered with a glass cover.
"The contest begins, and everyone can write their answers on a piece of paper. Meng Ran suddenly announced, and as his voice fell, the red cloth covering the first potted plant was violently lifted.
"Uh-huhββ?"
Everyone's eyes widened, and they saw a palm-sized, cactus-like plant suddenly appear. The difference is that each barb is curved and covered with red fruit the size of a blueberry.
At first glance, it looks ordinary, but you can feel its extraordinaryness here.
"What's thatββ?"
"Tut-tut, where did Master Meng get these rare things?"
"It looks like it was made in the Northern Desert, but what is it......"
"Tsk, that's thousands of miles away, who can know?"
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With everyone's discussion, the contestants also got up one after another, and took a closer look, this thing is indeed rare, barbed long fruit, it is simply to lure predators to come and devour, and the result will inevitably be injured by barbs, think about the core value of this plant, or the rhizome under the barb and not the fruit.
"This is ......" The ten contestants, including Xu Hao, all watched carefully and walked around several times.
They are all experts in this way, and when faced with fresh medicinal herbs, it is like being aroused. It took a few minutes before a few people returned.
"Hehehe, the old man really saw this thing ten years ago......" Suddenly, one of the contestants was a slightly chubby old man in fancy clothes muttered to himself.
He was the sitter of the essence medicine store, and because he guessed the name of the object, he couldn't help but be proud.
Obviously, this guy was lucky enough to come across a medicine he knew.
Other people may not be so lucky, the world is so big, there are thousands of medicinal materials, and no one can recognize all the medicines.
"I don't believe you can answer correctly this time!" Liu Tongyun was staring at Xu Hao from beginning to end, although she didn't come forward to disturb again, she was secretly fighting in her heart, and she was almost stunned.
Meng Ran looked at everyone with a smile, waved his big hand and said loudly: "Everyone, please announce your answers." β
Several people immediately picked up their pens, splashed ink, and wrote down the answers in their hearts on the paper.
After a while, the maid put away these answers and handed them to Meng Ran.
"Hehe......" The old man lowered his head and stared one by one, with a faint smile on his face, and after a few seconds, he raised his head and looked at a few people: "Sure enough, they are all masters! That's right, this plant is the medicine leaf known as the 'Northern Flame Mountain'. β
"Hiss......" Three of the ten contestants immediately suddenly, and then someone shook their heads with a wry smile, got up and left, the knockout round, in addition to knowledge, there is also an element of luck.
If you don't know this thing, you don't know it. If you answer incorrectly, you will never have a chance to continue.
"Yaoyao?" Most of the onlookers looked dazed, but the remaining seven people who were sitting all had calm expressions.
Seeing that there was no Xu Hao among the eliminators, Liu Tongyun suddenly gritted her teeth hard.
Xu Hao can naturally answer correctly, and he can distinguish the medicinal herbs in the world with the help of the Ten Thousand Poison Classics. Of course, he really hadn't seen this plant, it was a specialty of the Xiluo Continent, and if it weren't for the help of the Ten Thousand Poison Codex, the four of them would have left.
"Little brother, your surname?" Liao Yuan sat next to Xu Hao, and actually personally reached out to pour a cup of tea for him, which was supposed to be the job of a maid, and for the only young man among the contestants, he rarely maintained a very high courtesy.
Xu Hao looked at the other party, this person has a simple appearance, but he has a strong figure and extraordinary momentum.
The Liao family hopes that he can set foot in the medicine business, and it seems that the choice is right. Unfortunately, the other two have been deeply rooted in this industry for many years, and they are not comparable in a short period of time.
"Xu Hao. Xu Hao nodded softly, others were polite to him, and he would naturally give face.
Liao Tian picked up the teacup, smiled, and said with tea instead of wine: "Meeting is fate, it is a great honor to make friends, Jinyitang is a newly opened store, we can cooperate more in the future." β
"Yes. Xu Hao also smiled, stretched out his wine glass and touched the other party, Liao Tian This is just a kind word in the business field, the strength of the two sides is not equal, how can you really talk about cooperation?
At the same time, Meng Ran stood in the middle of the square and introduced aloud.
"The medicinal leaves of the 'Northern Flame Mountain' are produced in the desert of Northern Xinjiang, and the rhizomes can restrain the great poison of the desert scorpion, of course, do not be injured by its barbs, otherwise, you will be poisoned by it. Meng Ran explained to everyone. Then, he shouted again in a loud voice: "Next question!"
The two maids immediately lifted the red cloth cover of the second potted plant.
The audience was stunned, because this plant looked even more strange than the medicinal leaf! The red flowers, on which stood a "little man!", white and tender like ginseng, but "erected" and did not have many roots.
The seven contestants got up one after another, walked closer with wide eyes, their faces full of curiosity, and stared carefully, as if the fragrance just came from them.
If you look closely, you can find that this little person is only similar in shape, and it looks slightly shaped from a distance, but its crystal clear appearance is very attractive.
It seems to be carved from white jade, which is integrated, and the light fragrance spreads from above. Before the contestants put down their pens, the onlookers had already opened their mouths again, all of them seemed to be experts in this way, and they were quite pointed.
"I think this should be the ...... of ginseng!"
"How is that possible! It's all legend, no one has ever seen it. β
"In my opinion, this should be the legendary white lotus fruit of the Western Cold Plateau. β
"Cut, that thing is not that big, and it is said that the fruit can only be transplanted in the snowy mountains, and cannot be transplanted to survive. β
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Several contestants frowned, staring carefully around the table.
Xu Hao's face was also solemn, if he could, he still hoped to confirm it with his eyesight, as an expert in this way, he had a strong interest in this.
It can be seen that several people participating in the competition are thinking seriously and their faces are solemn, and it is obvious that they have indeed been tested in this question.
Some simply look at each other, hoping to get a hint through eye contact. Unfortunately, due to the rules, the answer must not be communicated before the pen is mentioned.
A few minutes later, the seven of them slowly returned, and after thinking carefully, they took a pen and wrote down the answer in their hearts on a piece of paper and handed it to the maid.
Most people are hesitant in their hearts.
After everyone "handed in the papers", some contestants opened their mouths to discuss: "In my opinion, it should be a dragon elephant fruit." According to medical records, the essence of the mountain gathered on the cliff of Nanyu Wanzhang, the fruit is produced for a hundred years, the fruit is white and tender, it can be transformed into shape over time, and the fragrance is pleasant like Longjin. β