Bai Ming felt stifled, but he knew that there was no way for him to answer.
Checking the cauldron cauldron and cauldron fire before concocting pills was the most basic thing to do. Even an apprentice would be able to recite it backwards. It was clearly a huge mistake for him to concoct pills right from the start.
In the words of Zhang Xuan's previous life, if you don't fasten your seatbelt before driving, don't look at the tires, and don't look at your surroundings, and directly shift gears, even if there is an accident, there is no reason to argue.
Right now, Bai Ming was in such a state. He was being lectured by an apprentice in front of everyone. Even though he couldn't get out of this embarrassing situation, he couldn't refute it. One could only imagine how frustrated he was.
"Let's talk about the cauldron and cauldron fire. Let's see how to fuse the herbs!"
Knowing that the other party was unable to answer his question, Zhang Xuan couldn't be bothered to pursue the matter any further. Instead, he walked up to the shelf filled with medicinal herbs and said, "The Acupoint Soothing Pill requires a total of 47 medicinal herbs. Of the many medicinal herbs, some of them are compatible with each other while others clash with each other. If the conflicting medicinal herbs are not properly controlled, the pill could easily be ruined!"
"Let me first talk about Apothecary Bai Ming's sequence!"
"He was the first to put in the macaroni! The Heart Grass was able to flow through the heart and was resistant to high temperatures. The medicinal properties needed to be tempered by a large fire before it could be extracted. Placing it in the cauldron first would allow it to come into contact with heat earlier and stimulate its medicinal properties. This was correct. However … his mistake lies in the fact that he placed the Macadamia Grass in. Seven breaths later, he placed in the second medicinal herb, the Shattering Palm Flower! "
"If I'm not wrong, the stalk of Heart Grass that he took should only be half a year old. The medicinal energy isn't strong, and it's basically concentrated on the leaves, not seeping into the meridians. For this kind of medicine, the moment it comes into contact with heat, its medicinal energy will be released. Under normal circumstances, it should be placed into the Splitting Palm Flower after four breaths, but he delayed it until the seventh, causing the medicinal energy to be lost by 13% for nothing.
"The Splitting Palm Flower is five years old, and its medicinal properties are relatively strong. During the refinement process, you should slowly place it on the left side of the cauldron, and the entire process should take about one and a half breaths. During this period of time, the scorching heat of the cauldron will allow the medicinal properties to be unleashed, allowing it to better fuse with the Heart Grass. On the other hand, Apothecary Bai Ming threw the medicinal herb directly into the cauldron, causing it to lose the opportunity to come into contact with the cauldron. As a result, the medicinal herb wasn't fully activated, resulting in a loss of fourteen percent. Failure! "
"The medicinal properties of these two herbs are slightly conflicting with each other. He should have put in the Peng Flower Grass to neutralize it, but he put in the violent Solitary Yang Root, causing the medicinal properties of the two to clash with each other. He lost another 11%. Failure!"
"The Solitary Yang Root possesses the yang attribute, and it is naturally hot. After entering the scorching cauldron, it should have been placed in the Cooling Grass to neutralize it. However, Apothecary Bai Ming placed the Motherly Grass instead. The medicinal properties of the Motherly Grass are compatible with all medicinal herbs, and it is the best choice to neutralize all medicinal herbs. However, it is precisely because of this that the Solitary Yang Root's yang attribute is completely neutralized, causing the effects of the Acupoint Soothing Pill to be greatly reduced.
"… Failure!"
"… Failure!"
"… Failure!"
…
Zhang Xuan spoke faster and faster, like a machine gun. Every word he said was logical and logical, and every failure was like a hammer smashing into Alchemist Bai Ming's face. His face turned paler and paler, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
Pill forging isn't child's play. The same medicinal herbs of different ages have different medicinal properties, and there are all kinds of combinations and cauldrons involved as well. It is a complicated process. Just the Acupoint Soothing Pill alone would take at least three days to explain in detail!
This is precisely the reason why apothecaries are one of the top occupations in the Upper Nine Paths.
"Everything he says... is correct!"
"With just a glance, he was able to remember the sequence of the forty-seven medicinal herbs that Apothecary Bai Ming placed in without a single mistake? What kind of memory is that? "
"Remembering the sequence isn't a big deal. The crux of the matter is that... he was able to tell the age of each medicinal herb with a single glance, as well as how to match them together to bring out the best medicinal properties of the medicinal herbs... Is he still human?"
"Hearing his words, there are simply too many things to consider in pill forging. It's no wonder why my pills are unable to reach Perfection or Inscription. So that's the reason..."
…
Hearing Zhang Xuan's words, everyone fell silent. As though they had been smashed in the head with a stick, they were dumbfounded.
The heck!
This is what pill forging is!
We were wasting medicinal herbs and insulting the occupation of apothecaries!
They could foresee that if they were to use his method to forge pills, the quality of the pills would definitely be raised by a notch. Perfection and Inscription wouldn't be a dream anymore!
This was no longer a theory that a grade-1 apothecary could come into contact with. It was something that only higher ranked apothecaries could grasp.
While everyone was astonished, Apothecary Bai Ming even felt like dying.
Hearing the other party's words, he realized that everything he did was a failure. How was this pill forging? He was forging sh * t!
More importantly... at the very least, sh * t wasn't wasted. On the other hand, he had wasted all of his medicinal herbs...
Pu!
The stifling feeling in his chest intensified, and a mouthful of blood spewed from his mouth.
All along, he had thought that he was talented in pill forging, and that he was a true expert apothecary. However, after hearing the other party's words, he realized that his level was even beneath that of a child!
He was still confident previously, but after hearing the other party's words, his confidence crumbled. At this moment, he probably didn't even dare to approach the cauldron anymore.
Apothecary Bai Ming's body trembled. A moment ago, he was still brimming with confidence, but now, his complexion was turning more and more awful, as though his cultivation had gone berserk.
A moment later, he gritted his teeth.
"Indeed, with my level, how can I forge pills? It's a complete waste of resources and medicinal herbs! From today onwards, I, Bai Ming, will never forge another pill. If I break this oath, may the heavens smite me! "
A vow sounded.
"What?"
"You will never forge another pill?"
"Apothecary Bai Ming..."
...
Hearing his vow, everyone was stunned. Their bodies trembled uncontrollably, and a sense of sympathy emerged in their hearts.
For an apothecary to swear that he would never forge another pill was equivalent to bidding farewell to the world of pills. His lifetime of hard work would go down the drain.
And the reason for this was because an apprentice apothecary pointed out the flaws in his pill forging!
"Isn't he being too rash..."
An apothecary couldn't help but ask.
"If you were the one being criticized, what would you do?" Another apothecary asked.
"I …" The first Alchemist paused, unable to utter a single word.
The other party was right. If it wasn't Apothecary Bai Ming but him, after forging the pill, he would realize that his technique and actions were useless, and that all of his hard work was for naught. His confidence, which he had persevered for many years, would have crumbled in an instant!
Once he lost this confidence, it would be impossible for him to forge pills in the future. Rather than that, he might as well swear that he would never forge pills again!
Pill forging wasn't a game. It required one's state of mind, technique, and confidence... Not a single one could be lacking. Without confidence, how could one be called an apothecary?
"To make a veteran apothecary lose his confidence just by pointing out his flaws, to the point that he no longer dares to forge pills..."
This thought appeared in everyone's mind simultaneously. Looking at Zhang Xuan once more, their hearts twitched uncontrollably.
It was no wonder he made it clear from the start that he didn't want to talk about the flaws in his pill forging. Initially, they thought that he was intentionally making use of his strengths to make up for his shortcomings. But now, they realized that... it wasn't that he didn't know, but that he knew too much, and he was afraid that he would be humiliated if he were to talk about it!
Brother, we just want to ask, are you the apprentice apothecary or are we?
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