"Miss Bai, please wait a moment." Yun Zhan said, and then ran out.
It took him quite a while to return carrying a jar of spring water.
He went to the back mountain to get it.
Although there is water in the courtyard, even the water in a puddle on the ground is from a divine spring.
Yun Zhan was afraid of "damaging" the medicinal properties.
This incredible maneuver left Bai Qingqing completely stunned. It took her a while to remind her, "There's water in the courtyard."
Yun Zhan had already prepared his explanation.
"The entire Star Moon Sect drinks from spiritual springs. I think that since we want to thoroughly understand the medicinal properties, we should use ordinary mountain spring water."
“You’re not wrong in thinking that way.” Bai Qingqing nodded. “Then let’s continue.”
“Okay.” Yun Zhan nodded, took a teacup, threw in a dark Buddhist vine, and a flame appeared at his fingertips as he began to heat the bottom of the cup.
Before long, the water in the teacup turned dark brown.
After Yun Zhan used his spiritual power to investigate, he indeed discovered that the medicinal soup contained different effects.
After that, Yun Zhan tried many other methods.
Boil, steam, stir-fry...
Later, different parts of the dark vine were selected, and the above steps were repeated.
Sure enough, things were different again.
The more Yun Zhan fiddled with it, the more excited he became, his mouth practically stretching to his ears in a wide grin.
Amazing, absolutely amazing.
The seemingly weedy *Myrtle of the Dark Buddha* actually contains so many medicinal and toxic properties.
Are the other "weeds" the same?
And also, can we test more medicinal properties or toxicity in those precious medicinal herbs?
Yun Zhan was so excited that sweat beaded on the tip of his nose.
Bai Qingqing was speechless at Yun Zhan's excited appearance. After a while, she took out a handkerchief and handed it to him.
"I'm fine." Yun Zhan waved his hand, then casually wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose with his sleeve.
“All of these you listed are good,” Bai Qingqing said.
"Thanks to Miss Bai's guidance, if I were alone, I'm afraid I would never have been able to figure it out even if I spent my whole life on it." Yun Zhan raised his eyes and said with a serious expression.
"Learning requires constant discussion and exchange in order to make progress," Bai Qingqing said with a smile.
“Miss Bai is absolutely right.” Yun Zhan nodded repeatedly.
“While the examples you listed are all good, they can only be considered basic,” Bai Qingqing added.
Yun Zhan was taken aback.
Having already achieved so many results, can it only be considered a foundation?
Is there more?
But I have almost exhausted all my methods.
Even the Dark Buddha Vine was cut into sections for testing.
"Please enlighten me, Miss Bai." Yun Zhan pondered for a long time but could not find a solution, so he could only cup his hands and ask.
“Actually, it’s not difficult.” Bai Qingqing paused for a moment and said, “Each medicinal herb has different medicinal properties in different environments. Similarly, different medicinal herbs combined with each other will naturally produce different effects.”
"Can...can we mix and match whatever we want?" Yun Zhan's voice trembled uncontrollably. "No, different medicinal properties are fine too?"
“Okay.” Bai Qingqing nodded: “However, whether it is medicine or poison, good or bad, requires continuous testing and judgment.”
"How could this be?" Yun Zhan took a deep breath, but still couldn't calm himself down.
From the moment he began learning alchemy, he was told that the medicinal properties of herbs were fixed.
All the prescriptions were made by layering medicinal materials with the same medicinal properties.
The more precious the elixir, the more precious the medicinal materials used, and the more medicinal materials with similar properties there are, so the stronger the medicinal properties are.
I never knew it could be like this...
This completely overturned his deeply ingrained beliefs over the years.
It was as if a novel door had suddenly opened in his mundane life, constantly enticing him.
“Of course.” Bai Qingqing smiled: “The ancient story of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs is about the same idea.”
"Shennong? Who is that deity?" Yun Zhan asked curiously.
"One of the Three Sovereigns of ancient times. He tasted hundreds of herbs and devoted his life to writing the Shennong Materia Medica, which is the foundation of Chinese medicine."
"The Three Sovereigns of antiquity? The Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica?" A look of shock appeared in Yun Zhan's eyes.
This...this sounds like the power of an unparalleled being.
Yet, the book compiled by such an unparalleled being, who devoted his entire life to it, was defined by Miss Bai as "basics".
In Miss Bai's eyes, what exactly is a precious thing?
“If you’re interested, I can explain these things to you in more detail later,” Bai Qingqing said.
"Alright." Yun Zhan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Listening to Miss Bai's words is better than reading countless books; it has enlightened me greatly."
In the study, the two continued their discussion on alchemy.
Bai Qingqing mainly explained, while Yun Zhan listened attentively and occasionally raised questions from his mind.
After the explanation was cleared up, I was so happy that I could almost see my back molars.
Seeing that the two of them were having a lively conversation, Xiao Hao secretly ran out.
"Sister Tao, Sister Lian, Sister Xue, Brother Teng, Sister Hu, Brother Long, Brother Xuan, Sister Ling, Brother Qing..." Xiao Hao called out to them one by one, being incredibly well-behaved.
"Why did you run out again? Aren't you afraid your master will find out?" Ling Yuan's leaves all bristled.
The master is in the study right now.
This little Hao is getting bolder and bolder.
"I... I have a question I can't figure out," Xiao Hao said weakly.
"What's the problem?" Yan Xi asked, swaying the branch slightly. A green ripple swept across the surface, instantly forming a green light shield that enveloped them.
"Today, Master was helping Yun Zhan with his cultivation. To prevent Yun Zhan from biting himself, Master used her own hand as a cushion, and then..."
At this point, Xiao Hao paused for a moment, and his voice rose eight octaves: "As a result, Yun Zhan bit the master."
"What?" Mo Xuan stumbled and rolled out, falling into a puddle and getting covered in mud.
"How is this possible?" Huo Qing also fell straight to the ground with a thud, and even bounced up a bit.
"Didn't we go back to his past last time? He was just an ordinary cultivator, leading a rather boring life. Besides, in these three thousand worlds, who could possibly harm our master in the slightest?" Ling Yuan excitedly spat, "Are you kidding me?"
"Xiao Hao, tell me in detail," Yan Xi said after thinking for a moment.
"Mm." Xiao Hao responded and then recounted the events of that time in detail and in their entirety.
"I understand." Yan Xi nodded.
"Sister Tao, what do you understand?" Xiao Hao asked eagerly.
“It’s such a simple thing.” Li Xue smiled: “If the master didn’t allow it, even if you knocked out all of Yun Zhan’s teeth, he still wouldn’t be able to bite through it.”
"Master, does Master allow it?" Xiao Hao was a little confused: "Sister Xue, I don't understand what you're saying? Isn't Master still not recovered?"
“It’s a subconscious instinct,” Yan Xi said. “The pills that Master gave Yun Zhan were too powerful. If it weren’t for Master’s drop of blood helping him improve his aptitude in time, he would probably have exploded and died long ago.”
P.S.: Happy Lantern Festival to all my darlings! Mwah!
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