Ye Wudao took a deep breath, organized his thoughts, and then began to speak, "Dean Li invited me here for a medical exchange, and to be honest, I feel somewhat apprehensive, and even uneasy. Strictly speaking, I don't qualify as a doctor within the formal system. At best, I could only be considered a roaming doctor from the rivers and lakes, and moreover, an unlicensed one practicing medicine illegally. Of course, I'd give myself a more pleasant title, like a 'wandering doctor'."
Ye Wudao's opening remarks took everyone by surprise and elicited a friendly laugh from the crowd, who probably took his words for a joke.
If his superior medical skills were merely that of a wandering healer, what did that make them? Did it mean they were even less than a doctor from the rivers and lakes?
As Ye Wudao listened to the merry laughter below, he didn't find anything funny. What he said was merely the truth. After the audience calmed down, he continued.
