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Doctor Zou's words served to some extent to soothe the crowd, and the situation was quickly stabilized, allowing Doctor Chen to have the attendant arrange the second competition.
Today's three competitions were actually an elimination round; Xiaoruo advanced to the second competition along with the other victors.
The second competition was more difficult than the first, focusing on identifying the properties of herbs.
Each competitor had a pile of herbs in front of them, just as before, only this time there were many more varieties than in the first competition, and competitors were required to sort the herbs with the same properties into the same basket within the time it took an incense stick to burn, with the top three competitors advancing to the final round.
In the second competition, Xiaoruo remained composed, concentrating on sorting the herbs before her.