“As for why I chose Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill, it’s because golden snow lotus contains a special ingredient called snow lotus essence, which can resolve physical discomfort caused by the expansion of true essence…”
In this answer, Ling Xiao not only talked about why he chose the Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill but also quoted several case studies. From the books he had read, he listed many classic quotations and cases.
Through the course of his answer, he said thousands of words. His profound understanding of the basic books and thorough understanding of medicine principles and medicinal materials was simply astounding.
Outside, Hall Master Old Yang was pleasantly surprised. He even wondered if Ling Xiao had already read those books before.
However, that was impossible. He could say so about other books, but <Spirit Herb Collection> and <Spirit Beasts Illustration> were definitely not something that people of the secular world could see.
Moreover, even if he had seen it, he was just 14 years old. Could it be that he had started studying these things from his mother’s womb?
That was also obviously impossible. Therefore, there was only one conclusion: this kid was a freak!
Lan Yu’er was also greatly surprised. At this moment, she couldn’t understand this youth in front of her who was younger than her.
From her first conversation with him, she knew that he was truly a layman in alchemy and medicine. But now, his performance was no different from an old alchemist who had studied alchemy and medicine for many years.
This was too inconceivable.
“You truly haven’t learned alchemy before, right?”
“I haven’t!”
Ling Xiao shook his head, and his eyes were very clear. He didn’t need to lie.
Dai Yuling was also pleasantly surprised.
She knew that Ling Xiao didn’t know alchemy when they had been in the Hidden Dragon Battalion. Otherwise, he would have treated Leng Mei himself at that time.
But now, it seemed like his foundations were stronger than hers. He truly was an alchemy genius.
One should know that among those things Ling Xiao had said, not to mention Dai Yuling, even Lan Yu’er still had some confusing problems.
“Okay, the last question!”
Lan Yu’er took a deep breath; she decided to make the question even harder.
“Senior Sister, please ask.”
“Now, here are some materials used for alchemy. You must refine ordinary Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pills with these materials. Refine an ordinary Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill.”
Squeak!
The door was pushed open and Hall Master Old Yang walked in, before saying with a smile: “Lan girl, don’t make things difficult for him. Being able to understand alchemy methods in less than two days is already pretty good, but theory and practical are completely different. Even you, did you successfully refine an ordinary spirit pill after a month?”
Lan Yu’er also knew that this problem was too difficult for Ling Xiao.
This was a very complicated and comprehensive practical problem.
Not only did one have to understand medicine principles, medicinal materials, fire control, basic alchemy and so on, but one also had to understand various tools and processes of alchemy.
If there was even the slightest mistake during the process, the alchemy would fail.
She had asked this question simply to find Ling Xiao’s bottom line. She didn’t mean to make things difficult for him.
However, Hall Master Old Yang’s reminder suddenly made her realize that in the eyes of others, this truly seemed like she was intentionally making things difficult for Ling Xiao.
Honestly speaking, Lan Yu’er didn’t want to offend such a genius.
She wanted to use Hall Master Old Yang’s words to step down.
Therefore, she said: “That’s right, although the actual process is described in those books, you have yet to learn it, and I also haven’t taught you. It’s beyond the scope of our allowed topics. I’ll ask you another…”
“Hehe, Senior Sister Lan, you don’t need to change the problem. In any case, it won’t take much time to refine an ordinary Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill. Let me give it a try.”
Although Ling Xiao had never actually done it, his Martial Soul Clone had already tried it many times in the Landscape Martial Soul.
He had already confirmed that it was not a problem.
“What? Are you sure that you want to do this?”
Hall Master Old Yang was stunned.
One should know that alchemy was something only a true alchemist could do. Although an ordinary Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill was relatively simple to refine and its formula was not complicated, it still required more than a dozen medicinal materials.
One needed to clearly understand the attributes, characteristics, and taboos of each medicinal material. A single error could lead to failure, not to mention that one had to control the flame throughout the entire process, which was simply a nightmare for beginners.
A beginner who had just learned alchemy for less than two days couldn’t even memorize the various medicinal materials’ names, not to mention their characteristics and taboos. Would you let him refine a pill?
Wasn’t that ridiculous?
But Ling Xiao actually agreed.
Was this kid truly able to do it? Or was he just not admitting defeat?
Was he just arrogant?
Ling Xiao didn’t know their thoughts. He had to rush to teach Li Anle and Yang Cheng a lesson; therefore, he had already started.
Hall Master Old Yang and Lan Yu’er looked at each other in confusion.
However, what happened next was unbelievable.
Ling Xiao’s selection, prescription, ignition, fire control, alchemy, and other processes were incredibly smooth and without pause.
He even accurately identified medicinal materials from a single glance.
Golden Snow Lotus was comparatively easy to identify, but the dozen or so supplementary medicinal materials were difficult because they were somewhat unassuming things. Unless one was an experienced old alchemist, one might not be able to identify them immediately.
However, Ling Xiao was even more terrifying than old alchemists.
He didn’t weigh his materials, as if his hand was a standard measuring tool.
Hall Master Old Yang was stunned.
As for Lan Yu’er, her heart was in chaos. She couldn’t believe that this 14-year-old youth in front of her was actually better than her.
She had always been hailed as one of the most outstanding geniuses among the inner disciples. In terms of alchemy, she was absolutely number one.
But now, her number one position was slipping away.
She should be angry and furious, but the strange thing was, a special feeling appeared in her heart.
She couldn’t tell what it was, but just watching Ling Xiao earnestly doing alchemy, his originally unremarkable appearance actually seemed handsome.
“It’s time!”
Ling Xiao suddenly reached out and opened the furnace.
Seeing this, Hall Master Old Yang and Lan Yu’er were relieved.
They thought that Ling Xiao had been too hasty: this Ling Xiao was still not a heaven-defying freak.
Ordinarily, 15 minutes was standard for refining a Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill, but Ling Xiao actually opened the furnace long before 15 minutes had passed.
It was at least 60%-70% earlier than the standard time.
