Chapter 142: Fire
I guess few people can stand the method that Mr. Hu said. This is not the murderer of your father who is forcing you to death, so just listen to it and forget it. It’s better for your own apprentice to be mediocre. Otherwise, if you drive people crazy, they won’t even be able to find their graves to cry.
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Mr. Hu and his disciple Wen Le with awe. One was cruel to his disciple, the other was cruel to himself. These two were indeed a perfect match!
But it can be used to motivate apprentices, to get these brats to follow suit and make progress, so they don't have to stay up all night to observe the activity of potions and then cry and cry about how hardworking they are. Look at them, that's what real hard work is.
After a half-hour break, it was time for the practical test.
Still in the same cubicle where the written exam had taken place, the workbench inside was already set with the medicinal herbs and all the necessary tools for making the potion. There was even a smart rice cooker with automatic temperature and scale adjustment. Wen Le was initially puzzled as to why the potion-making association had provided a rice cooker, secretly speculating that perhaps the potion was particularly difficult to make, and the association was afraid that they would get hungry mid-way through, so they prepared this specifically.
Or, perhaps, a more risqué thought, the association might have received advertising fees from the rice cooker manufacturer and was helping to promote it. He racked his brains and couldn't figure out what a therapist could mean by providing a rice cooker when he wasn't actually cooking. It wasn't until he stumbled upon a comment from a longtime fan that he suddenly understood.
It turned out that this rice cooker was not for them to cook, but for making medicine.
Wen Le: “…”
I've learned a lot! I found out that rice cookers can be used like this...
The audience watching the live broadcast also saw Wen Le reading the comments and laughed:
Look, the guy's expression brightens up~
I guess the guy didn’t know the purpose of the rice cooker at first, and only found out after reading the comments 23333.
This audience member revealed the truth, and Wen Le only found out after reading the comments.
Some people also said they wanted to take screenshots and make emoticons. In short, there were all kinds of jokes, and the comments became lively for a while.
Where there are fans, there are naturally haters. The comment section is not entirely friendly and harmonious, and some discordant voices will pop up from time to time. Some people cursed, saying that Wen Le must be a fool who didn't even know this common sense, and even suspected that Wen Le's therapist qualification was purchased through the backdoor.
This statement was immediately met with widespread ridicule, with many commenting that the person was a fool. If therapists could be paid for, the Therapist Association would be overwhelmed. They'd only heard of therapists not being able to treat complex conditions due to low qualifications, but never heard of quacks killing people. Under such intense scrutiny, the man immediately retreated into the livestream audience, remaining as quiet as a chicken, pretending he hadn't spoken.
The housing management department then issued a serious clarification, stating that every therapist in the association undergoes a rigorous review process before obtaining their qualifications, and that there is no such thing as backdoor or paid-for services as claimed in the comments. They also issued a stern warning to those who followed suit, stating that if they spread rumors and caused any negative impact on the association, they would be held legally responsible. They also pinned this statement to prevent further criticism from trolls.
If some uninformed viewers believed it, not only would it create a misunderstanding about the association, but he, the property manager, would definitely be fined first. A fine would be fine, but he was worried about losing next month's benefits and the subsidy for this live broadcast. These were all medicines, and even money might not be easy to buy.
Therefore, as soon as a black fan comes out to curse, the room manager will ban the person immediately to prevent anyone from disrupting the atmosphere of the live broadcast room.
The audience teased the property manager, saying he was the most powerful they had ever seen, silencing anyone who disagreed with him. Others urged him to stop being timid and confront the haters head-on, letting them know that a father is a father, and no matter how powerful a son is, he can never be better than his father.
As soon as these words were spoken, the comment section was immediately flooded with laughter. The room manager took a look, snorted proudly, and then disappeared without a trace. If it weren't for the eye-catching warning at the top and the message that viewers were banned from posting from time to time, everyone would have thought the room manager didn't exist.
As for Wen Le, he never paid attention to the comments in the livestream. Seeing praise was fine, but seeing haters scolding him was a real turnoff. After all, this was a practical exam; the key was to craft the potion within the allotted timeframe and get a high score. If the final result wasn't good, he was afraid the audience praising him would turn around and scold him en masse, and Teacher Hu wouldn't let him off the hook. So, he simply ignored the comments and focused on his own work.
Processing medicinal materials and making medicines are Wen Le's strengths. Especially under the training of Teacher Hu, he is now able to estimate the temperature and dosage with his hands and eyes without any tools.
Normally, before making a potion, one would use a professional scale to weigh the herbs in the required proportions to avoid errors caused by imbalanced proportions. However, Teacher Hu wouldn't allow him to do this, insisting he use his eyes and hands to weigh the ingredients. If he was unsure, he could add the herbs based on his gut feeling. Even if he failed, he was not allowed to use a weighing tool.
To avoid wasting herbs, Wen Le had recently been practicing picking them up with his bare hands. While he couldn't achieve perfect accuracy yet, he had at least developed a feel for it after practicing so many times. Getting a rough idea wasn't difficult, and he could adjust the amount later when refining the herbs.
Anyway, if the proportions aren't right, the potion won't work. At worst, I can just start over. There's always a chance it will work, Wen Le thought. Teacher Hu also acquiesced to this. Everyone makes mistakes at first, but as long as you keep improving, those mistakes are tolerable.
Just as Wen Le thought, any potion made with the wrong proportions cannot be used and will be destroyed directly during identification. As long as these unqualified potions are not leaked to harm others, there is no harm in doing this in private.
It's just that wasting medicinal materials will hurt people's hearts and wallets can't accept it, but other than that, it seems to be nothing serious.
As for the tools used to make the potion, Wen Le followed the crowd and used the same ones as everyone else. He thought it best not to be too conspicuous at a time like this, to avoid attracting criticism. Besides, in a situation like today, if the practical exam ended up looking bad, I'm afraid Teacher Hu would be the first to punish him. Plus, since it was a livestream, he was likely to be ridiculed by netizens like memes for the next few days.
When I go online, his emoticons will be everywhere. I definitely don’t want to experience that sour feeling a second time.
However, the audience watching the live broadcast were shocked when they saw Wen Le grabbing the medicine with his bare hands.
666 When it comes to pretending to be cool, I only admire your guy.
Be careful not to pretend too much or you will be struck by lightning.
I feel inexplicably powerful...
These are the amateur spectators who are just watching the fun.
There are also experts who understand it.
It must take a long time to practice picking up medicine with bare hands, right?
It feels like this is going to drive us mortals to death. They have talent and work so hard, so what are we mortals supposed to do? Storm Crying!
Someone also made this segment into a short video and posted it on Starnet, thus attracting some people who rarely watched live broadcasts. Everyone was curious about whether this young man who could make potions with herbs with his bare hands without using any tools was really capable, or whether he was just doing this to become famous and attract attention at such a young age.
There are also therapists who do not use weighing tools when making potions but grab the herbs with their bare hands, but most of them are experienced senior therapists, and Wen Le doesn't look like someone who can do that.
Some people even started a voting contest to bet on whether Wen Le would succeed in the end.
The system, eager to watch the fun, quietly shared the highlights of the audience's comments with Wen Le, including both praise and criticism, even mentioning the audience's voting contest. Then, it quietly observed Wen Le's expression, waiting to chew on the melon. The melon was already in its grasp, ready to be chewed, but the host refused to cooperate. Not only did it not respond to the system, it didn't even glance at it, remaining completely calm, as if the discussion wasn't about it.
Faced with the host's cold reaction, the system hummed twice in boredom and disappeared in a grievance. It felt like the host was becoming less and less fond of it, wuwu...
If Wen Le hadn't needed the system's built-in virtual classroom, the system would have suspected he'd find a way to uninstall it. Now, the system increasingly regretted not being more polite to the host when binding. Otherwise, things wouldn't have gotten this far. If it had a physical form, I'm afraid the system would be crying in the bathroom right now.
However, you have to fill the hole you dug yourself even if you have to kneel down.
Wen Le quickly put the system out of his mind and focused all his attention on the pot in front of him. The potion was almost finished, and success or failure depended on this one move.
The audience in the live broadcast room was even more nervous than Wen Le:
Hurry, hurry, the potion is almost ready. Everyone, keep a close eye on the dealer upstairs and don't let him get away!
They placed their bets.
The housing manager who watched the whole process: "..."
This live broadcast room is really poisonous... Anyway, after being a room manager for so many episodes, he has never seen an audience that can cause more trouble than this one.
Thinking this way, the property manager glanced at Wen Le through the screen and thought: This guy really deserves to be one of the four troublemakers named by netizens, and he really lives up to his reputation as a walking topic maker. What kind of person attracts what kind of fans.
…
Wen Le's potion was tested and found to be 80% effective, earning it an excellent rating. Wen Le's practice of grabbing the potion with his bare hands was also singled out for analysis, ultimately concluding that it's a valuable emulation for young therapists. This approach ensures the ability to create emergency potions in the wild, even in unsuitable locations. Furthermore, Wen Le's potion was already of excellent quality, earning it a high rating.
Finally, the average score was calculated, and Wen Le scored 95 points, nearly ten points ahead of the second place, making him the well-deserved first place. The audience watching the live broadcast expressed their surprise at this result, and some even joked that Wen Le's pretense was very successful. However, this did not stop people from taking screenshots or making short videos to promote it to others.
So Wen Le became popular on Star Internet again, and this time he became famous overnight, making everyone remember this youngest therapist.
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