Ye Mo saw that the judges had started looking at the jade slips. There were thousands of them, but it wasn't a huge workload for them.
Most contestants were discussing the questions at the waiting area.
Mu Yiqing squeezed through the crowd to get to Ye Mo and said, "Martial Brother Ye, how many did you recognize? I only recognized five."
Ye Mo heard this and knew Mu Yiqing had been disqualified for sure. Five herbs and not even an recipe - there was no way Mu Yiqing was going to pass.
"You recognized five of them! I only recognized three," another contestant said with dejection.
"Yes, these herbs are too hard. We rarely get to see them at all. I've only recognized six," someone else said, but he was clearly satisfied with his result.
Ye Mo nodded. Six herbs were enough to form a simple recipe, but he was soon caught up in the conversation of others and eavesdropped.
