Many people in the dicine Hall wanted to beco Pharmacists.
Any Official Disciple who could morize the first three volus of the dicine Scripture could beco a Pharmacist’s Assistant and take on the tasks in the dicine Hall most likely to lead to becoming a Pharmacist.
When a Pharmacist compounded dicine, they would always offer a few pointers and share knowledge about utilizing dicinal Properties—all of which was invaluable.
This was knowledge not recorded in books, attainable only through accumulated experience from using and testing dicines countless tis. Receiving a few words of guidance could naturally save a great deal of ti.
The dicine Scripture was a collection of texts compiled by the dicine Hall, a culmination of various dical-related books from all over Qing State, including dical treatises, Pharmacopoeias, and Alchemy Scriptures. Its contents were incredibly vast.
In total, there were fifteen volus, each one incredibly thick. Just opening one was enough to give you a headache, as they were filled with knowledge about all sorts of dicinal herbs and their uses.
The first three volus contained detailed illustrations of various dicines, along with the characteristics and functions of different herbs.
The latter twelve volus covered knowledge related to the application of dicine—such as various herb combinations, administration techniques, and dication records—and were extrely complex.
Previously, one could beco a Pharmacist’s Assistant just by morizing the first three volus. After mastering the latter twelve and passing the Pharmacist examination, one could beco an official Pharmacist of the dicine Hall.
When Yang Chan saw the imposing thickness of the first three volus of the dicine Scripture in the dicine Hall’s library, he felt a headache coming on. The amount of content was imnse. Soone had previously calculated that the first three volus recorded 7,632 types of dicinal ingredients, so of which were so similar they were difficult to tell apart.
morizing so many ingredients would take a considerable amount of ti, and this was just to beco a Pharmacist’s Assistant.
The sight of the thick books was enough to scare off a large number of people, filling the Official Disciples who envied Pharmacists with a sense of awe.
Because of this, the dicine Hall couldn’t find any Pharmacist’s Assistants, so they lowered the requirent: one only had to morize the 1,253 most commonly used dicinal ingredients.
But even with the lowered requirent, not many people wanted to beco a Pharmacist’s Assistant. The key was becoming a full-fledged Pharmacist, which ant morizing all fifteen volus of the dicine Scripture, along with other dical treatises and Pharmacopoeias, and also having practical experience. It was naturally a very complicated process.
None of these steps could be skipped, making it extrely difficult and ti-consuming.
Of course, there were still people willing to spend ti on the dicine Scripture. Most of them were either individuals with average Talent or those genuinely interested in dicinal herbs.
Martial Arts Cultivation inevitably involved dealing with these ingredients. It would be incredibly regrettable to encounter a precious herb while out and about and not even recognize it.
’Ti to start cramming like I’m prepping for college entrance exams again.’
After seeing the books, Yang Chan let out a long sigh, a look of determination in his eyes.
’It’s just a few books. I’ll morize them all sooner or later.’
’If it cos to it, I still have Potential Points!’
After discovering that the dicine Scripture contained many uncommon characters, Yang Chan started attending classes at the Mongolian Academy within the dicine Hall.
Although he was literate, he didn’t know every character. The Mongolian Academy was the perfect place to learn the ones he didn’t understand.
After becoming an Official Disciple, Yang Chan’s life surprisingly beca a path of scholarly pursuit. He spent a significant amount of ti studying diligently every day, which made him feel like he was back to the hardworking, painstaking life he led before his college entrance exams.
It was arduous but fulfilling. At night, he would go to the dicine Hall’s training grounds to practice the Ox Demon’s Mighty Fist, Tai Chi Health Cultivation Skill, and Turtle Breath Body Cultivation Skill.
By training them all, he improved every day.
At the sa ti, after inquiring about the situation among the Official Disciples in the dicine Hall, he followed Shi Gaoshun and joined the sixth small organization, becoming one of its mutually supportive mbers. Other than spending half a tael of silver each month as a mbership fee to receive pointers once a month from soone accomplished in the Wild Ox Force, nothing else changed.
Among the six small organizations, two were led by won. One was so burly she hardly looked like a woman. The other was quite beautiful, with a figure so buxom she couldn’t see her own feet, which was naturally alluring. She was always surrounded by a crowd of followers, their intentions obvious. Yang Chan, adhering to his belief that beautiful won were a source of trouble, stayed far away from her.
’As long as I’m not near the source of trouble, trouble won’t co looking for .’
「A month passed quietly.」
Yang Chan went from being a new disciple to an old-tir. Within that month, a new batch of Official Disciples joined, becoming the new "newbies" and the main targets for Shi Gaoshun and the others to fleece.
So of them were promoted from Servant Disciples who had comprehended the Wild Ox Force, while others were Noble Family Descendants from under the Cyan Yuan Sect who got in through connections. Of course, they still practiced the Cyan Yuan Sect’s Ox Demon’s Mighty Fist.
During this month, all the Servant Disciples who had been on the mountain for more than two years were dismissed and sent down. Yang Chan heard that the total number exceeded ten thousand people.
Soti during this period, Wang Sheng sohow found Yang Chan and begged him for a serving of Qi Nourishing Soup, promising to pay him back double after his breakthrough.
Yang Chan decisively rejected this request. The two of them were never on good terms to begin with. The fact that he, now an Official Disciple, didn’t seek revenge was already magnanimous. For Wang Sheng to ask him for a Qi Nourishing Soup—he really had so nerve.
Seeing the venomous look in the other’s eyes as he left, Yang Chan contemplated whether he should just get rid of the man for good.
But then he thought about how difficult it would be for the man to survive after leaving the Cyan Yuan Sect. Besides, with his abysmal Talent, he would likely never amount to anything in his life, so Yang Chan gave up the idea.
’Actually, the main reason is that doing so would be bad for my reputation.’
’Killing soone right after becoming an Official Disciple would likely give people the impression that I’m arrogant and letting success go to my head. That conflicts with my plan to keep a low profile.’
’Wang Sheng isn’t worth it. Besides, I know where his family lives. If he becos a problem, I can deal with him personally without causing any ripples here.’
His mindset was a bit ruthless, but in these chaotic tis, only the decisive could live long.
His studies at the dicine Hall went smoothly. He quickly mastered all the uncommon characters; it didn’t take him long at all.
He had already finished reading the first three volus of the dicine Scripture. In that ti, he had morized not only the 1,253 common dicines but also the 6,379 uncommon ones—all 7,632 dicines in total. All their recorded effects and dicinal Properties were imprinted in his mind.
Besides his own hard work, he had also used one Potential Point.
This caused the Pharmacist entry under the Mastered Professions section of his panel to advance from Beginner to Tier One. In an instant, a flood of Pharmacist-related mories poured into his mind. There was so much information that it took Yang Chan a mont to process it all.
Afterward, not only were all the ingredients from the first three volus of the dicine Scripture imprinted in his mind, but he also gained knowledge of an additional 1,245 dicinal ingredients not recorded in the scripture, all of which were herbs not commonly used in Qing State.
This was an unexpected bonus. Basic knowledge related to being a Physician, pharmacology, and more also flooded his mind. The amount of information was far greater than he had anticipated.
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