"I chose to produce the Golden Snow Lotus Rejuvenation Pill because the Golden Snow Lotus contains a special ingredient, Snow Lotus Elent, which can resolve the physical discomfort caused by the swelling of True Essence..."
In this answer, Ling Xiao not only explained why he chose to make the Golden Snow Lotus Rejuvenation Pill, but he also quoted classic excerpts and real case studies from a few books he had read.
The entire answering process took him over a thousand words. His profound understanding of the basic books, and his thorough grasp of pharmacology and dicinal materials, was simply breathtaking.
Outside the door, Elder Master Yang was both surprised and delighted. He even wondered if Ling Xiao had read those books before.
But that was impossible. Other possibilities aside, the Spiritual Herb Catalog and the Spirit Beast Guide were definitely not available to people in the secular world.
Moreover, even if he had seen them, Ling Xiao was only fourteen years old. Could it be that he started learning these things from the womb?
Obviously, that was impossible too, so there was only one conclusion: this kid was a monster!
Lan Yu’er’s face showed a look of amazent; she was now entirely unable to comprehend this young boy who was even younger than herself.
From their initial conversation, she knew that Ling Xiao was truly an amateur in alchemy. But his current performance seed like that of an alchemist who had studied the craft for many years.
This was too unbelievable.
"Have you really never studied alchemy before?"
Lan Yu’er couldn’t help asking.
"No!"
Ling Xiao shook his head, his eyes were very clear. No ant no, there was no need to lie about it.
Dai Yuling was all smiles beside him.
She knew about Ling Xiao. During their ti at Hidden Dragon Camp, he definitely lacked knowledge in pharmacology, otherwise, he could have cured Leng i’s injury back then.
But the Ling Xiao of today seed to have an even more solid foundation than her. He truly was an alchemy genius.
After all, the things Ling Xiao ntioned weren’t just unknown to him, even Lan Yu’er herself had issues understanding so of those problems to this day.
"Good, one last question!"
Lan Yu’er took a deep breath, deciding to increase the difficulty of her question even further.
"Sister, please ask."
"Now, here we have the materials needed for alchemy, and the ordinary Golden Snow Lotus Rejuvenation Pill can indeed be produced with these common alchemy materials. Go ahead, try to make an ordinary Golden Snow Lotus Rejuvenation Pill."
"Creak!"
The door opened, and Elder Master Yang ca in with a smile, "Lan girl, don’t be too hard on him. It’s already good that he’s understood the thods of alchemy in less than two days. But what’s on paper is entirely different from practical operation. Even you managed to successfully produce an ordinary Spirit Pill only after one month, right?"
Lan Yu’er also knew that her question was really too difficult for Ling Xiao.
It was an extrely complicated comprehensive practical question.
It was not only about understanding pharmacology, dicinal materials, fire control, and the basics of alchemy, but also about knowing the various tools and processes for making pills.
A slight mistake in any part of it could lead to failure in alchemy.
She posed this question just to understand where Ling Xiao’s limits lay, not to deliberately make things difficult for him.
However, after being reminded by Elder Master Yang, she suddenly realized that from soone else’s perspective, it did seem like she was deliberately challenging him.
Truth be told, Lan Yu’er didn’t want to offend such a talent.
She wanted to use Elder Master Yang’s words as a way to gracefully retract her question.
So she added, "You’re right, the actual process of operation, although described in those books, you haven’t really learned it, nor have I taught you. It’s out of your scope. I should rather..."
"Hehe, Sister Lan, you don’t need to change the question. After all, making an ordinary Golden Snow Lotus Rejuvenation Pill won’t take too long. Let give it a try."
Ling Xiao, although he had never actually practiced in reality, his Martial Soul Avatar had already tried many tis in the Mountain and River World.
He was sure there was no problem.
"What? Are you sure you want to do this?"
Elder Master Yang was also stunned at once.
You should know, Alchemy is sothing that only real Alchemists can accomplish. Even though refining a common Golden Snow Lotus Rejuvenation Pill is relatively simple and the formula isn’t complicated, it still requires the use of more than a dozen dicinal herbs.
The properties, characteristics, and taboos of each herb must be clear and understood, as even the slightest mistake can lead to failure.
Not to ntion controlling the fla’s temperature, which for a beginner, is nothing short of a nightmare.
A newcor who has just studied pharmacology for less than two days probably hasn’t even morized the nas of the various herbs, let alone their characteristics and taboos. And you’re asking him to refine pills?
Isn’t that simply a joke?
But Ling Xiao actually agreed.
Was this young man truly capable, or was he just unwilling to accept defeat?
Or perhaps he was simply arrogant?
Ling Xiao was unaware of their thoughts. He was in a hurry to teach Li Anle and Yang Cheng a lesson, so he had already started.
Elder Master Yang and Lan Yu’er looked at each other, both seeing disbelief in each other’s eyes.
However, what happened next was even more unbelievable to them.
Ling Xiao’s process of selecting herbs, combining them, lighting the fire, controlling the fire, and refining the pill was done in one go without any pause.
He could accurately identify so herbs with just a glance.
The Golden Snow Lotus is relatively easy to recognize, but the dozen or so herbs to be used in combination with it are quite difficult, being inconspicuous things that only an experienced Alchemist could possibly identify correctly at a glance.
Yet Ling Xiao was even more terrifying than an experienced Alchemist.
Including the amount of each herb needed, he never bothered to weigh anything, as if his hand were the most standard asuring tool.
Watching all this, Elder Master Yang was dumbfounded.
Lan Yu’er’s heart fluttered; she could hardly believe that this fourteen-year-old boy was even more outstanding than her.
For how many years, she had always been acclaid as one of the most outstanding talents among the Inner Sect Disciples, and in the field of pharmacology, she was absolutely the first, without equal.
But now, that number one had clearly been surpassed.
She should have been angry, enraged even, but strangely enough, she felt a peculiar sentint in her heart.
She couldn’t describe it, just watching Ling Xiao seriously refining the pill there, his originally ordinary face suddenly beca handso.
When all his analysis was complete, he left Old Guan and Master Cloud Yun Yao Dan Master speechless.
"Ti’s up!"
Ling Xiao suddenly reached out to uncover the Alchemy Furnace.
Seeing this, Elder Master Yang and Lan Yu’er both breathed a sigh of relief.
Because they felt Ling Xiao was too early, he hadn’t yet beco a monstrously defiant being.
Ordinary people refining a Golden Snow Lotus Rejuvenation Pill would consider a quarter of an hour the standard ti, but Ling Xiao was doing it much earlier than that, actually opening the furnace before the quarter-hour mark.
And this ti was a full sixty to seventy percent earlier than the standard ti.
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