"Impossible!" After thinking it through, the girl regained her confidence and shook her head decisively. "It's irreplaceable because ordinary tools simply cannot withstand the high temperature of a musket."
"What if there are no high-temperature muskets either?" Shen Qian asked with a half-smile.
The girl froze again, then looked at Shen Qian reproachfully, feeling that Shen Qian was deliberately picking a fight.
Many others also frowned, feeling that Chen Qian was just being unreasonable.
"Is there really no way to refine it?"
Shen Qian suddenly looked at Wei Sijian, "Sijian, what do you think?"
Wei Sijian, who was called out, stood up, thought for a moment, and said, "I think it is entirely possible to refine it."
"In my experience, the melting point required for body-strengthening agents is not actually high. They can be successfully refined using a lower temperature and a less durable container, but it will probably take a little longer."
"That's right."
Shen Qian nodded approvingly, "That's why I say that among all the alchemists I've met, Old Wei is the most insightful one, because he thinks about things that aren't written in textbooks."
Wei Sijian, who had been praised before the sinking, was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He looked around proudly before sitting back down.
His arrogant demeanor made his fellow disciples behind him feel somewhat ashamed.
This isn't an awards ceremony, is it really necessary?
"I can share my own experience with you."
Shen Qian looked at the crowd who were still whispering among themselves, "I have also refined body-strengthening potions. At that time, I used the most ordinary iron pot, the kind without even a lid, a few pieces of charcoal, some tap water, a lighter, and an ordinary electronic scale."
"There is nothing else besides this."
"That's impossible!" Before Shen Qian could finish speaking, a slightly sharp voice of doubt rang out.
The person who voiced the doubt was none other than a pharmacy professor sitting in the front row.
Feeling uncomfortable under everyone's gaze, the teacher steadied himself and introduced himself. Seeing that Cheng Shanhe didn't seem to mind, he composed himself.
"Hello, Professor Chen, I am the professor in charge of teaching pharmacology. My name is Yu Qing."
"Hello, Teacher Yu." Shen Qian nodded.
"You just said you concocted a body-strengthening elixir using an iron pot, charcoal, and an ordinary electronic scale?"
“Yes.” Shen Qian nodded again.
"I simply can't help but have doubts."
Yu Qing tried to keep his tone calm, "I can overlook the temperature and the weighing issue, but you're using an iron pot to stew the medicine, which can't even guarantee the most basic airtightness..."
"With the gas constantly evaporating, how do you ensure that the medicinal properties inside the iron pot remain balanced?"
"Rely on your eyes and your smell," Shen Qian said without hesitation. "If you think there's too much, remove some; if you think there's too little, add some more."
"Eyes? Smell?" Yu Qing stared in disbelief, then his face flushed red as if he had been insulted. "Nonsense! You're talking nonsense!"
"How could the human eyes and nose make such accurate judgments?"
"Why is it impossible?" Shen Qian asked again.
"This...this doesn't make sense!"
“Your common sense is just a formula written in a textbook, but it may not be the only way,” Shen Qian shook his head.
"Then you have the guts to refine one for me right now!" Yu Qing finally couldn't hold back and sneered.
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