Therefore, as soon as the Grand Elder appeared, the originally noisy square immediately quieted down.

After all, most of these people were here to establish a good relationship with Divine Spirit Island; offending this Grand Elder would mean all their efforts would be in vain.

"Everyone, I believe you all know why we are holding this medical path competition. Without further ado, as time is of the essence, let us begin according to the previously agreed rules. I await the miracles you will bring!"

With that said, several elders from Divine Spirit Island stepped forward.

According to the current positions of these forces, several competition areas had already been divided!

The rules are simple: in each area, only one person can prevail! And this person will be qualified to cure the ancestor!

Moreover, today, the Grand Elder had deliberately spread a message! That is, even if one cannot heal the ancestor, there will be no risk to life; it was clarified that those who previously attempted treatment were neither deceived nor harmed, but rather rewarded generously by Divine Spirit Island!

What happened to those before, these people would naturally not be concerned with. However, since the Grand Elder said so, Divine Spirit Island would certainly not trouble those medical practitioners attempting to heal the ancestor this time.

This inflamed the enthusiasm of the cultivators immediately.

Ye Luo, however, felt indifferent; even the Sea Spirit Pearl didn’t intrigue him much. His thought was to return to the mainland quickly! He still had many things to do! He was truly tired of this damned ocean!

Very quickly, the Elder in charge of this area appeared.

Coincidentally, it was the same Elder who initially brought them in.

The forces competing with Ye Luo this time were also those with medical path inheritance; their strength wasn’t strong, but their expertise in the medical path might not be inferior to Divine Healer Valley.

Originally, Divine Healer Valley intended for their Elder to take action, as the Saintess held a special status there. However, her medical skills were far behind those of the Elders! After all, she had only recently taken this position, and all her abilities needed time to develop.

But all the elders of Divine Healer Valley encountered mishaps, so naturally, the Saintess had to step in.

It seems that among the participating cultivators, Divine Healer Valley had the youngest participants! However, no one underestimated them; for example, several major forces in the same area regarded Divine Healer Valley as their number one enemy!

After all, the reputation of Divine Healer Valley in the medical path world was too resounding.

"The rules for this competition are simple: no use of personal strength is allowed; it’s a pure test of medical skill. You can use elixirs or other techniques as long as they’re related to medicine! Each person has only one chance—lose, and you’re disqualified. Let’s begin now!"

It must be said that Divine Spirit Island’s approach was straightforward and decisive, without any fuss.

But Ye Luo was somewhat puzzled; martial arts competitions were rather simple!

But how do you compete in the medical path? The most common way is to heal someone!

However, this time, it’s clearly not the usual method! Could it be a competition in alchemy? That would be an exceedingly long process, and certainly wouldn’t work!

As he pondered, his opponent had already appeared.

This medical competition didn’t involve martial prowess at all; it was like a simple discussion, requiring minimal space, often just two people sitting there to discuss and determine the victor!

"Young man, how do you plan to compete?" A middle-aged man approached with a smile and asked.

"Well, I suppose I’ll use this!"

He then brought out the Silver Needle.

Ye Luo indeed had precious elixirs, but he couldn’t just display them casually; this eerie place was far from safe. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Not to mention, if the ancestor of Divine Spirit Island knew he had precious elixirs, they might become interested in him.

"You want to use this?" The middle-aged man frowned immediately.

The Silver Needle is common on Earth, but in the Sixth Region, or even the entire Martial Realm, it’s completely unappreciated!

They are prevalent only among ordinary people, rarely used among cultivators!

Acupuncture’s primary effect is on the physical body, but a cultivator’s body wouldn’t succumb to any illness!

Even if it did, they’d dissolve it with a bit of spiritual power!

So, acupuncture becomes practically useless?

Why would this young person from Divine Healer Valley bring out acupuncture?

However, the middle-aged man felt quite happy about this; didn’t it mean he could win?

He couldn’t guarantee healing Divine Spirit Island’s ancestor, but just meeting the ancestor holds immense benefits for his supporting force!

"Young man, I’m competing with this elixir! Let’s start then!"

Ye Luo then understood what the competition entailed! It wasn’t about testing alchemy skills as he had thought!

It’s still about healing, but not treating cultivators; it concerns a semi-spiritual lifeform!

Such lifeform features are rare on land but abundant in the ocean!

The advantageous part is these creatures have life characteristics and are highly sensitive to medicine or different strength attributes!

Raising such semi-spiritual lifeforms has become commonplace.

Whenever a competition is mentioned, these maritime forces naturally consider these creatures.

But for inland forces like Divine Healer Valley, they have never encountered this! Not just them, even forces like Tianzong and Sword Cultivating Sect are clueless!

In terms of intelligence, they were already at a disadvantage!

Currently, the middle-aged man was looking at Ye Luo with a smirk.

Ye Luo understood the reason! Was he waiting for Ye Luo to concede?

Why? Because it’s a semi-spiritual lifeform; they have no tangible form, acupuncture would be pointless, like needling air, no use!

But it’s different for elixirs; they contain laws and diverse strength attributes, effective on semi-spiritual lifeforms!

This is why most competitors chose this method!

Moreover, Divine Spirit Island’s people preferred them to use this method!

It was apparent that the ancestor’s issue was unlikely related to the physical body; hence elixirs were the first choice, and other methods, basically ineffective.