Feeling deeply moved, Su Yin was just about to point out the problems he saw in order to pass the other party's examination when he saw Apothecary Mingyu looking at him with a dark expression. "Enough, you don't have to speak anymore!"
He came into contact with pill forging when he was eleven and had studied it for more than fifty years. This occupation had long been a part of his life. All along, he had thought that he was talented and his forging techniques were profound. Yet, in the eyes of others, everything was wrong...
He was afraid that if he were to continue listening, his faith would crumble and he wouldn't be able to forge pills anymore!
"It's useless no matter how much you say. No one can tell whether what you said is true or false. Unless... you can forge a pill according to what you said!"
Gritting his teeth, Apothecary Mingyu harrumphed coldly.
Even though what the other party said made sense, it might not be applicable to pill forging. There was a huge difference between theory and reality. Unless the other party was able to forge a pill of a higher tier than the one he had forged, it was all just talk.
"Me?" Su Yin smiled bitterly and shook his head. "I have never forged a pill before..."
"Never forged a pill before? You dare to spout nonsense? If you can't put it into practice, the problems you speak of are all lies! "Apothecary Mingyu sneered. He looked at Zhang Xuan as though he was looking at a clown.
Chen Xiao Yue heaved a sigh of relief.
That's right.
There were many theories that couldn't be put into practice, but they were all just twisted logic!
She thought that the other party was an expert, but in the end, he was just a contrarian... She was nearly fooled!
"How can what I said be true to the medicinal properties of the pill be false!" Su Yin frowned.
Apothecary Mingyu sneered coldly. "The reason why my teacher gave you the jade token is because I hope that you are a true genius and not a blabbermouth! If you only know how to spout nonsense, please return the jade token to my teacher. Don't let him, who has been famous for more than a hundred years, be labeled as someone who was fooled by others! "
You aren't even an apprentice yet, yet you dare to criticize me... You sure are gutsy!
Since that's the case, I'll let you embarrass yourself. Don't use my teacher's jade token to swindle others and ruin his reputation.
"I can give it a try, but …"
Judging by the other party's attitude, if he didn't concoct pills today, he definitely wouldn't let the matter rest. Su Yin pondered for a moment before saying, "The first three steps are fine, but as for forming the pills … I haven't thought of how to do it yet!"
Concocting medicinal herbs, tempering, and even igniting a flame could be done through the experiments that he had learned previously. However, as for the step of forming a pill, without his cultivation, he was unable to control his pill qi. If he wanted to forge a pill, he could only improvise according to the circumstances.
"Then let's begin!" Apothecary Mingyu waved his hands.
Knowing that it was impossible for him to refuse, Su Yin didn't say anything else. Instead, he walked up to the shelf and took out the medicinal herbs that the other party had used earlier.
Having learned the thirty-six battle techniques, Zhang Xuan had a photographic memory. The medicinal herbs the other party had used and the details of each step appeared in his mind at this very moment, as if a video recording.
Among the herbs, he found those that had similar medicinal properties and could neutralize each other. There were originally more than thirty herbs, but now there were only twenty left.
After another round of cleaning, there were only leaves and roots left of the herbs. Most of them had also been picked.
"You wish to forge a Spirit Gathering Pill with just this amount of medicine?" Apothecary Mingyu sneered.
The other party didn't even have a fifth of the medicinal herbs he had used. Concoct pills? You must be joking, right?
Just as Apothecary Mingyu was about to see how the other party would embarrass himself, the young man who had finished selecting the medicinal herbs stopped and asked awkwardly, "Do you have firewood here?"
"Firewood?"
"Yes, I will use this to ignite a flame!"
"You intend to use... this to forge a pill?"
Apothecary Mingyu and Chen Xiao Yue nearly fainted from shock.
Firewood only burned a few hundred degrees. Forge a pill? Are you for real?
Previously, they still agreed with some of his theories. However, from the looks of it now, it was pure nonsense!
"Pills are made from herbs and their melting points aren't high. Using firewood to ignite a flame might not be inferior to charcoal!" Su Yin said.
Even so, the main reason was that... he had no cultivation and was unable to control charcoal. As for firewood, after learning the culinary arts for so many years, it was still easy for him to control the size of the flame.
"We don't have any firewood, and we don't need that table over there for the time being. If you wish to use it, you can chop it up and use it as firewood!" Apothecary Mingyu pointed casually.
Since this fellow wanted to embarrass himself, he would fulfill his wish. By then, he would have to answer to his teacher and let him know that he had chosen a fool...
"Alright then!"
Turning around to look at the table, Su Yin heaved a sigh of relief. Walking forward, he flicked his wrist and a hatchet appeared.
"..."
Covering her eyes, Chen Xiao Yue didn't want to look anymore.
Judging from his attire and actions, he seemed to be the scion of a large clan. Yet, he casually took out a hatchet and was even a chef... Brother, what in the world are you?
Why do you look more and more like a servant instead of an expert?
Apothecary Mingyu was also speechless.
Firewood, hatchet... If such a person could forge a pill successfully, he would chop off his head and feed it to a donkey!
Just as their thoughts were running wild, the young man moved. The hatchet in his hand trembled and a sharp white light flashed.
Weng!
A light buzz sounded in the room. In the blink of an eye, the originally flat table shattered into several piles of firewood of varying thickness.
"This is... a sword art?"
Apothecary Mingyu, who had a mocking expression on his face, suddenly froze. His eyes narrowed to the size of wheat.
The mocking words that he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, unable to come out at all.
Without using any Zhen Yuan, he was able to split the wooden table into so many pieces in an instant... What kind of sword art is this? Even a Divinity realm expert of the Zhenxian Sect would find it difficult to achieve such a feat!
"Could it be that... he isn't just spouting nonsense, but a true expert?"
A thought popped into Apothecary Mingyu's mind and his body trembled.
When he saw that the other party didn't possess any cultivation or strength, he thought that he was just spouting nonsense. But from the looks of it now, how could someone with such profound swordsmanship spout nonsense?
Chen Xiao Yue was also taken aback. Cold sweat trickled down her back.
It was fortunate that she didn't belittle the other party due to his lack of cultivation. Otherwise, how could he possibly escape from a hatchet?
Oblivious to the shock of the duo, Su Yin, who had just finished chopping the firewood, stroked his chin.
"The finished table is much easier to chop than the wood outside. I only used a tenth of my strength to chop it so neatly... Not bad!"
After moving the firewood to the cauldron and preparing the medicinal herbs, Su Yin was once again troubled.
"How do I forge the pill? If I don't think of a solution now... I won't be able to forge it later on! "
Without a cultivation, one wouldn't be able to control the gathering of the pill essence, thus making it impossible to forge the pill. This was an unsolvable problem.
"If... I had something similar to a pill beforehand, and I just had to infuse the pill essence into it during the forging process, would I be able to succeed?"
Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. After a moment of contemplation, Su Yin flicked his wrist and a bag of flour appeared in his palm.
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