books44 Chapter 297 Miscellaneous Matters of Medicine Peak 4
Chapter 297 Miscellaneous Matters of Medicine Peak 4
It seems that Senior Brother Anqi only wanted to teach Wen Sishu a small lesson. The side effects of the pills that Li Hanze brought this time did not last long. Once the injury healed, he would appear to outsiders as a clean-cut and handsome disciple again.
Cheng Jiu also went to see Liu Shaoyuan, whose injuries were much less severe than Wen Sishu's.
It must have been when the alchemy furnace exploded that Wen Sishu took the brunt of the explosion, which is why he was still blasted to such a tattered state despite being protected by his magic robe.
Wen Sishu didn't want to embarrass herself in front of outsiders, so she refused visits from Liu Shaoyuan and Huo Yanqin after she recovered from her injuries.
Since he was injured at the Medicine Peak of the Guiyuan Sect, the protagonist was inevitably embarrassed, so the old medicine master specially invited Liu Shaoyuan to guide him in alchemy.
Although the research on the elixir formula failed, for Liu Shaoyuan, receiving guidance from the ninth-grade alchemist, Yao Lao, made the trip worthwhile.
Wen Sishu initially did not suspect whether her master had done it on purpose.
It wasn't until he took Cheng Jiu to their master to ask for a reward and cried in his master's arms that he realized something was wrong.
His master seemed to have expected this, and even pulled him aside to say that there are no useless elixirs in this world, only wrong applications.
He also said that the pill formula was so powerful that its explosive destructive force must be very strong, and asked him to help deliver it to his sixth senior brother.
He then realized something was wrong; his master's expression seemed to indicate that he had expected this all along.
Although Wen Sishu felt something was amiss, he didn't suspect it too much at the time.
After all, if Cheng Jiu could see the problem with the pill formula, his master, being a ninth-grade alchemist, would naturally be able to as well.
Through his persistent pestering, Wen Sishu successfully obtained compensation from his master.
Upon entering the master's inner treasury again, a stack of pill formulas was placed in the same spot where the original Wen Sishu had obtained.
Wen Sishu went forward to check out out of curiosity and immediately felt the temperature turn red.
As Wen Sishu said, anything that can be placed in the old medicine master's inner treasury must not be ordinary.
But the old doctor had his own research ideas!
The young Yao Lao was not as disciplined as he is now; his ideas were wildly imaginative, and he believed that everything could be refined.
Anything could be added to the pill formula, resulting in many outrageous formulas, but none of them had a chance to be tested.
The ancient elixir formula that Wen Sishu found was one of the many ideas that Yao Lao had.
To enhance the credibility of these pill formulas, the old master even went so far as to attribute the formulas to the names of some well-known powerful figures in the cultivation world and fabricate some stories for them.
For example, there's the unremarkable Qiu Ze Immortal who ascended to heaven smoothly.
As Senior Sister Yingyue said, Immortal Qiu Ze's talent is really not bad, so why are there so many speculations about him?
It's probably because no one wants to accept a lucky disciple who has always been mediocre but has surpassed many geniuses and ascended smoothly.
This was so challenging to their understanding, and it made them extremely jealous.
They would rather accept the ascension of an unparalleled genius than accept the smooth ascension of someone with similar talent to themselves.
The former is too far behind to evoke jealousy in them; they simply take it for granted. The latter, however, would infuriate them with envy—they have the same talent, so why are they inferior? They can't accept it.
To alleviate their resentment, ever since the immortal Qiu Ze ascended to heaven, various speculations about him have never ceased.
The most widely circulated and accepted story is that of the Immortal Qiu Ze, who consumed a peerless elixir that allowed him to undergo a marrow cleansing and transformation, thus enabling him to ascend to immortality.
Since then, countless people have used this name to sell elixirs. Perhaps they genuinely believed in it, or perhaps they were deliberately exaggerating it, and this impression has become deeply ingrained in people's minds.
This prescription is practically designed to screw over unlucky people. You'll have to ask Wen Sishu how he discovered something was wrong.
Because the second prescription it placed on top of was simply outrageous for Wensi Book.
A pill made from stinky fruit juice, fragrant grass, and some medicinal herbs, imparts a unique fragrance to the body when consumed.
Legend has it that a wicked concubine in ancient times took this elixir, causing dozens of countries to vie for it.
For someone like Cheng Jiu, who has always lived in the world of cultivation, he may feel that he doesn't know the whole story and therefore refrains from commenting.
But Wen Sishu himself came from the mortal realm. His family was originally a great clan, and he knew a lot about history.
More importantly, this pill formula is precisely at the sixth grade, which is exactly within the range that Wen Sishu can refine.
It's as clear as day that they're plotting something!
Cheng Jiu simply took a bottle of ninth-grade healing pills refined by the old medicine master, and when he turned around, he saw Senior Brother Wen's ridiculously dark face.
"Senior brother, what's wrong?"
"fine!"
Wen Sishu silently gripped the pill formula in her hand: "Junior Sister, have you made your choice?"
"Ok!"
Cheng Jiu tossed the healing pills in her hand. She didn't bother looking for any precious spiritual herbs, as she didn't need them now. She also had the pill formulas; she never lacked them.
On the contrary, healing pills are extremely precious no matter where they are, so compared to that, healing pills are the most practical for Cheng Jiu at the moment.
Seeing his young apprentice approaching with the pill formula and questioning him, the old apothecary decisively feigned ignorance: "Oh dear, Thirty-Seven, are you sure you want to choose this?"
"Master, don't play dumb. Did you deliberately trick me last time?"
Wen Sishu clapped the prescription in his hand and angrily questioned the old man in front of him.
He said it was such a coincidence that he saw a seventh-grade pill formula.
They talk about the immortal Qiu Ze, and also about an unparalleled elixir formula.
The immortal Qiu Ze himself is shrouded in mystery.
Even if the prescription is outrageous, it's not impossible.
Didn't he fall into the trap?
"Maybe it's true? I don't know either. Little Thirty-Seven, you know, your master loves collecting these pill formulas the most."
"There are so many, how can we have time to distinguish them carefully!" the old medicine doctor retorted.
Wen Sishu sneered: "Where did all these kingdoms come from in the mortal realm? There have only ever been three great dynasties! Where did all these countries come from?"
"Perhaps even more ancient..." Now even the old medicine master couldn't continue his story. If it was even more ancient, maybe the pills hadn't even appeared yet, let alone such a high-level pill formula.
Wen Sishu sneered, "I'm not saying anything more, is it because I can't continue?"
Under his apprentice's condemning gaze, the old doctor guiltily confessed.
He hadn't expected that there would be such a "naive" fellow among his disciples. He was old and couldn't compare to the vitality of his students.
That's it, they'll take advantage of whoever they can!
Having been discovered, the old medicine doctor decisively admitted defeat.
After much haggling, the old doctor paid a hefty price, even getting back the contribution points that Wen Sishu had compensated him, before finally calming his disciple's resentment!
After seeing his young apprentice off, the old master of medicine decisively put away those pill formulas, waiting for the next destined person!
The old man's joys are something his young apprentices don't understand!