Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment, then immediately sensed something was wrong and grabbed Feng Xiaoxiantong to question him carefully.
Ah Feng stayed on the mountaintop to preheat the furnace while refining pills for the three Firelight Beast siblings, so he couldn't keep track of news from the outside world.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pang Zhiyuan turned and left.
If the demon cultivators hadn't been so persistent in their pursuit of a perfect prescription, and hadn't been fixated on Pang Zhiyuan because they knew Lin Che couldn't provide them with a satisfactory formula, he probably would have vanished by now.
Although he was briefly stopped by the demon cultivators, Pang Zhiyuan managed to get through it and had already left the boundary of the Hundred Beasts Garden.
Feng Xiaoxian only knew that he left in the south, but he wasn't sure if that was the direction he was going.
Zhao Xi thought it made her even more suspicious.
He left before he could even get the Spirit Snow Rabbit...
He left without saying goodbye again.
She found the little flower fairy and her pet owners, and told them to quickly count the number of monster cubs and check the beast garden warehouse to see if he had stolen any treasures.
The yak meat was almost ready, and Zhao Xi wanted to go back to the kitchen, so she took this back to the processing room first.
Upon entering, I was surprised to smell a burning odor.
The little fairy's hands grew into banana leaves, and she fanned the pot with a pattering sound. The harder she fanned, the stronger the burnt smell became.
Although her porcelain face was expressionless, her confusion was palpable.
Every step was performed according to the prescription, and the pot should have been filled with a brown medicinal soup that contained the essence of wood, but now it has turned black.
It's like a pot of burnt squid ink, so disgusting it makes you want to vomit.
Zhao Xi squinted, sensing the spiritual energy spreading in the air, and covered her nose: "Stop cooking, this isn't right."
The little earth fairy turned off the fire, tilted his head, and looked puzzled.
Zhao Xi wanted to take the prescription, so she rolled up her sleeves and examined it carefully under the spirit stone lamp.
The prescription that Pang Zhiyuan brought had even been examined by the demon cultivators from the outer mountains, confirming that it was usable. Moreover, every step they had taken before was in accordance with the prescription.
"Could it be that the spirit herb Qing cannot be used as a substitute?"
Tu Xiaoxiantong gestured: "The spirit herb has a different preparation method."
Zhao Xi wanted Ah Feng to go to the book pavilion and find all the books on elixirs.
Lingcaoqing is a common spiritual plant in the lower immortal realm. The processing methods vary depending on the different parts of the plant, such as the stem, leaves, and flowers.
But all they need is that wood spirit energy.
This means that the extraction should focus on processing and extracting from the leaf pulp and petals; other parts are unnecessary.
In this way, 90% of the methods in medical books will be lost.
After eliminating some obviously problematic methods, only three to five remain.
Zhao Xi went to the warehouse and found five medicine pots. Tu Xiaoxiantong worked together to take two leaves and petals of the spirit herb Qing and conducted a small-scale experiment.
A moment later, the medicine pot was filled with yellowish-green grass juice, which looked murky, but there were scattered green spiritual energy in the smoke.
Zhao Xi scooped up a spoonful, brought it close to her nose, and inhaled the wisps of smoke, carefully savoring the spiritual energy within.
It has the same spiritual energy as the Spirit Snow Rabbit.
All five methods were correct, and they all managed to obtain the spiritual energy they desired.
So where exactly did it fail?
Then add other ingredients such as vermilion juice, white jade nectar, immortal furnace ash, and wind-condensing pearl.
These five methods all failed one after another.
"so……"
The little fairy boy made a fork with a vine and continued, "There's a problem with the prescription!"
Zhao Xi stood in front of the five cauldrons emitting gray smoke, and picked up the prescription with mixed feelings.
The prescription was illustrated with pictures and detailed steps, down to the exact number of drops, which was simply a deliberate attempt to mystify the medicine.
It turned out to be fake.
Just like medicines for ordinary people, elixirs for immortals also have contraindications regarding their compatibility.
Zhao Xi initially relied on talent to learn cooking, but talent can reach its limits, so she sought systematic training.
China has a culinary culture spanning five thousand years, which she has studied extensively, and thus she has come to understand the concept of food pairings and their interactions.
The most common things you hear are that crabs and persimmons shouldn't be eaten together, people with colds shouldn't eat chicken, and shrimp and fruit shouldn't be cooked together...
Later I found out it was all bullshit!
Even molecular gastronomy is nothing more than breaking down, mixing, and reshaping; as long as it's prepared properly, food poisoning won't occur. As for diners who are picky eaters and believe in the theory of mutual generation and restraint, refusing to eat it no matter what, Zhao Xixiang has no way to deal with that.
How can you wake someone who is pretending to be asleep?
But medicine is different.
When we delve into the actual molecular level, synthesizing specific drug components and then trying to make them compatible with other drugs, problems arise.
Fortunately, the problem was discovered during the pharmaceutical manufacturing stage. If it had been discovered after they had consumed it, the three Firelight Beast siblings would have been killed by Pang Zhiyuan!
Wood-based spiritual energy is mixed with ice and snow-based spiritual energy, while other medicinal herbs contain impurities of fire-based spiritual energy. When cooked together, both are damaged.
If even such a basic medicinal soup fails, then further alchemy is even more impossible; all that will be produced is a pot of dregs.
Since the prescription is fake...
That Pang Zhiyuan...
"wrong!"
Zhao Xi suddenly thought of something and felt a chill run down her spine!
No, no, you've got it all wrong!
Pang Zhiyuan wasn't after Lin Che. The prescription involved not only the Firelight Beast and the Spirit Snow Rabbit, but also Little Armor!
He came specifically for Xiao Jia; the little cousin Xiao Jia found in the snowy mountains must have been someone he sent. Zhao Xi assumed his target was the Spirit Snow Rabbit and that he would only focus on the prescription.
He had frequently interacted with Xiao Jia before, mostly because he had learned about Xiao Jia's pride and ambition as a newly adult demon cultivator.
Young people should aspire to great things and travel the world, rather than be trapped in this dilapidated sect, teaching a bunch of children.
If he doesn't go out and gain experience, he can only rely on hard work and cultivation. How can he have any other extraordinary encounters to improve his realm?
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