Chapter 31: Alchemy Apprentice
Shen was distracted by the sound of the doors opening and thus closed the book and stood up.
"Greetings Elder!" Seeing Elder Jian Hu, Shen cupped his hands and bowed.
"Did you finish learning?" Jian Hu asked with a deep voice.
"Yes Elder!"
"Then I'd assume that you know everything that the book has to mention?"
"Naturally so Elder!"
With a quick nod, Elder Jian Hu threw a small herb towards Shen Wang.
"So, tell me the name of this herb?"
"This herb is called the Jade Green Leaf, it is a Tier 1 alchemy material. This herb is crushed into a green paste which is then used to provide first aid to injuries like bleeding. We can also use this herb to concut pills or tea which have the effect of providing serenity and calmness."
Hearing Shen's answer, Elder Jian Hu gave a quick nod ans started speaking again.
"Not Bad, what about this?"
This time, Elder Jian Hu threw a white leaflet towards Shen.
"This is called the Ice Bay Leaf, this is filled with yin and wooden qi. This is a Tier 2 Alchemy material which grows in places with yin, for example the peaks of mountains. This material is used by Foundation Establishment cultivators to cure yang related problems or used to concut yin related pills and tea."
Elder Jian Hu gave another quick nod.
"Now then, second last question question, what about this herb?"
This time Elder Huang threw a strang of hair towards Shen.
"This-"
Shen held it in his hands and went through the entire booklet in his mind, by now he had read the entire book more than 10 times, thus recalling it was quite easy right now.
"This is out of the syllabus!" Shen spoke with confidence.
Elder Jian blinked a few times in surprise.
Shen Wang was indeed right, there was no such herb inside the book.
"Haha, Very well then, Shall we proceed to the last question?"
Shen Wang was beaming with confidence at this point,"Yes Sir!"
"Okay then, name every single herb that you studied and tell me all the details regarding it," Said Elder Jian Hu with a polite smile.
Shen Wang "...."
"Go on, what happened.... did a fish get stuck in you throat?"
Shen looked at Elder Jian Hu with a complex expression but still started speaking.
"Okay, so the first herb is... "
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10 hours later.....
"The Nine-thousandth Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine is Purple Shard Grass, it is a thunder qi spiritual herb rated Tier 3 which grows on Thunder Cloud Soil, we can use it to concut thunder qi related pills or treating the injuries of a Thunder type cultivator of Golden Core stage."
"Finally, the Ten-Thousandth Herb is the Blood Vitality Lotus, it is a herb which is based on blood qi and wooden qi which is rated Tier 4, it grows in a blood lake, this herb can be used to treat a Nascent Soul cultivator's injuries and concut Tier 4 pills which are related to Vitality or a Blood poision."
Elder Jian Hu had been listening attentively this entire time, the expression on his face was quite shocked.
Shen Wang had managed to learn the name of every single of the ten thousand herbs and was able to recite their details verbally, even remembering their sequence.
'Could this Shen lad be a natural alchemy talent? If not then is he a prodigy at remembering?'
Elder Jian Hu was in a dilemma of his own thoughts, even though he had thought of turning this kid away after making him see one of the biggest difficulty in alchemy for beginners, which was naturally rote learning.
Although, cultivators with higher cultivation could overcome this limitation by opening the meridians of their mind, this Shen brat was naturally not at that level of cultivation.
He was at the Stage 9 of Qi Condensation, judging from the aura of his spiritual qi, not only this, he had also cultivated the Iron Flesh Body.
Peak of Qi Condensation was generally achieved by the cultivators at the age of 18, thus Shen didn't stand out in that aspect.
Although the Iron Flesh Body was a slight surprise, it was natural considering that Shen was using the Vital Lotus Breathwork and had achieved Vital Lotus Body.
'What truly interests me is that he has already condensed the Vital Lotus Body completely, either he is a genius of Body Cultivation, or has the backing of a Golden Core Elder who can afford to give him many Blood pills or ..... he did stumble upon a treasury of a lot of Blood pills'
Elder Jian Hu was not an idiot, nobody who could cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment would be an idiot.
'But... let's see the how the situation develops first'
Naturally Elder Jian Hu didn't speak these words out.
"Very well, Disciple Shen Wang, from now onwards you are my alchemy apprentice let's start right away, come in." With a smile Jian Hu led Shen into his room.
And closed the door.
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