Unrivaled Medicine God c1-1444

by Feng Yise 风一色

  But now, Ye Yuan casually used six high-grade Essence Qi Pills to actually conjure out a transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pill like magic.

  It was too miraculous!

  Ye Yuan took the medicinal pill and placed it in a medicine bottle, saying, “Not bad. This is called Six Astral Array; an array specialized in extracting and refining low-level medicinal pills.”

  Lu-er found it all very mystical and praised in admiration, “Young Master, you are too amazing!”

  Chapter 36

  Translator: celefoata_ Editor: RegiusProfessor

  The next day after the duel, Ye Yuan had a medicinal theory lesson.

  The medicinal theory lesson’s teacher was Feng Ruoqing, the youngest teacher in the entire Dan Wu Academy. She was also a ridiculously beautiful teacher with countless pursuers.

  Fen Ruoqing’s medicinal theory classes were always fully packed. Even if the other instructors whipped their horses, they also could not catch up. Furthermore, every student would be thoroughly engrossed and kept their gaze fixed on Feng Ruoqing.

  The initially dry and boring medicinal theory class even appeared to be interesting.

  However, Ye Yuan did not seem to have too much enthusiasm for it. Currently, he was snoring away. Yesterday night, he expended a tremendous amount of essence energy to extract and refine transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills and was currently completely exhausted.

  Every high-tier alchemist was also an array master. Someone at the Alchemy Emperor level like Ye Yuan naturally was not an exception.

  High-tier medicinal pills required the inscription of arrays in order to attain the best medicinal effects. Hence, array formations were compulsory lessons for high-tier alchemists.

  Although the Six Astral Array was not some high-tier array, extracting and refining tens of thousands of Essence Qi Pills still drained Ye Yuan completely. Even so, Ye Yuan still had yet not finished extracting and refining. Tonight will be another long night, so how could he not catch up on his sleep?

  By the time all of the pills were extracted and refined completely, Ye Yuan would have several thousand of transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills. This amount would definitely shock anyone.

  The difference between transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills and high-grade Essence Qi Pills was basically that there were prices, but no sellers.

  How could something that even Alchemy Grandmasters could refine only when they were lucky to circulate freely on the market?

  The moment a medicinal pill reached the transcendent-grade, there would be a qualitative change.

  With regards to medicinal efficacy, a transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pill was already no longer inferior to a low-grade Explosive Yuan Pill. Furthermore, transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills had no side-effects at all. Even if one used it all the way to the Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm, their body would not develop any resistance to it!

  Of course, the pre-requisite was that one had to have a lot of transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills in the first place.

  Who would dare to eat transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills like jelly beans?

  Except for Ye Yuan . . .

  Although the Explosive Yuan Pill might be good, firstly, its tier was a little high. Secondly, with Ye Yuan’s current strength, he could not guarantee that every pill refined will be high-grade or superior-grade, let alone transcendent-grade.

  Even though Explosive Yuan Pill used only Tier 1 ingredients, it was still much more expensive than Essence Qi Pill. Even Ye Hang would not be able to provide it endlessly.

  Under these circumstances, transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills were without a doubt the most suitable medicinal pills for Ye Yuan.

  However, even though transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills were good, it was so damn tiring!

  “The Seven Star Lotus’s attribute is water, and it is a yin attribute. Commonly found within a spirit lake, it’s suitable for refining . . .” Feng Ruoqing threw the ‘Herbal Essentials’ book on the table, as her words continued to flow easily. Clearly, she already knew all these medicinal herbs’ attributes like the back of her hand.

  Feng Ruoqing was young and already a middle-rank Alchemy Master. This made many seniors perspire in embarrassment.

  One had to know that even though Master Qian employed by the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion was a high-rank Alchemy Master, his age was even greater than Feng Ruoqing by half a sixty-year cycle. That was the disparity in talent!

  Feng Ruoqing walked lightly while talking about the subject with great familiarity, and the students’ gaze swayed along with her body.

  All of a sudden, Feng Ruoqing frowned lightly and stopped the lesson.

  Everybody could tell that Feng Ruoqing was unhappy.

  Everyone followed her gaze only see someone bent over the desk fast asleep, while drool was coming out of his mouth.

  In a moment, many scornful eyes shot towards Ye Yuan.

  How could there be someone who was so daring as to sleep during Teacher Feng’s class? So offensive to a beauty!

  However, Ye Yuan was currently in dreamland, and could not feel everyone’s eyes filled with enmity.

  Feng Ruoqing lifted her hand and casually shot out two wind blades.

  Kacha! The table legs broke into two, and the table fell to the ground with a crash.

  The area under Ye Yuan’s hands became empty space, and he was stunned awake; nearly falling to the ground.

  Fortunately, his movement technique was already at the acme of perfection, so he managed to stabilize his figure.

  “What happened?” Ye Yuan obviously still was not aware of the situation.

  But he immediately discovered something was off, because all the students were staring at him, and the beautiful teacher in front of him had a fierce expression. He quickly realized what happened.

  “Ah . . . Haha . . . Teacher Feng, you know this; I just experienced a deathmatch yesterday, and I exhausted too much essence energy. I still haven’t recovered after one night so I couldn’t help myself from falling asleep. Haha . . .” Ye Yuan tried to laugh and smoke his way through.

  Feng Ruoqing did not recognize Ye Yuan, but she had indeed heard about the deathmatch yesterday that caused a huge commotion.

  Hearing what Ye Yuan said, Feng Ruoqing’s expression became slightly better. But Feng Ruoqing felt that behavior like sleeping during class should not be tolerated.

  “You are that Ye Yuan?”

  “Haha. I’m that Ye Yuan”

  “Don’t be cheeky during the lesson!”

  “Ah. Yes yes, Teacher Feng is right. I will be serious!”

  “En. If it’s because of the deathmatch, then it’s still understandable.” Ye Yuan thought that this was over, but who knew that Feng Ruoqing would change the subject. “However, in the Dan Wu Academy, the Alchemy Path is as equally important as the Martial Path. Medicinal theory class is also the foundation of Alchemy Dao. Someone like you who sleeps in class is delaying your future!”

  Ye Yuan apologized with sincerity. “Teacher Feng, I was wrong. I won’t sleep during your lesson ever again.”

  “Humph! Not just my lesson; you are not allowed to sleep in all lessons! Go back and copy the ‘Herbal Essentials’ ten times. I will check during the next lesson,” Feng Ruoqing said lightly.

  “Ah? T-ten times?” Ye Yuan was stunned.

  The ‘Herbal Essentials’ was a simplified version of the ‘Herbal Compendium’ written by an Alchemy Sovereign of his generation, Li Shizhen. It covered a systemic overview of all sorts of medicinal herbs.

  Although it’s a simplified version, it was still a very thick book. Copying it ten times was too horrifying!

  Ye Yuan had some impression of the name Li Shizhen; he came to apprentice himself to his father, Zhengyang Zi. Back then, Qingyun Zi happened to be at the scene.

  That punk . . . after I return to the Divine Realm, I will definitely show him some colors! I should teach him what shouldn’t be written, to actually write such a thick book!

  Since he alread
y wrote such a thick book, then forget it. But there were so many things inside that were incorrect. Wasn’t this harming others?!

  “That’s right, ten times! Any complaints?” Feng Ruoqing felt that she absolutely could not tolerate this matter, so as to serve as a warning to others.

  “Yes, I have!” Ye Yuan cried out.

  Ye Yuan’s words stunned Feng Ruoqing, along with all the other students.

  In the students’ opinion, being punished by Teacher Feng who was as beautiful as a heavenly fairy was something wonderful. Why would there be any complaints?

  The way Feng Ruoqing saw it, this was the first time that she was rebuffed in the academy. Furthermore, it was a man. Moreover, he was even a student!

  “The things inside here are so simple. Isn’t copying it a waste of time? If there’s time, then it’s better off to just refine two furnaces of medicinal pills.” Ye Yuan refused to give in.

  Right now, Ye Yuan’s time was very precious. He did not want to waste it on these trivial matters.

  What a joke. Was there anyone who understood medicinal theories better than him in this world?

  Even if Li Shizhen personally came back, he would not even be fit to carry his shoes!

  “Simple? Haha . . .” Feng Ruoqing was so angered by Ye Yuan that she started laughing.

  ‘Herbal Essentials’ was not only one of the compulsory lessons for an alchemist but also a highly profound course. Even if Alchemy Kings were to come, they would not dare say that this course was simple.

  Yet, this brat who was not even an Alchemy Apprentice actually said it was easy.

  Chapter 37

  Translator: celefoata_ Editor: RegiusProfessor

  Within the Dan Wu Academy, Feng Ruoqing had always been an existence who everyone looked up to.

  The reason why she taught medicinal theory was naturally that her attainments in medicinal theory were very high.

  But even the current Feng Ruoqing did not dare to say that she had a thorough grasp on the ‘Herbal Essentials,’ let alone its full version, ‘Herbal Compendium.’ That was the syllabus that even an Alchemy King needed to devote all his attention to study.

  And now, this punk in front of her who was not even an Alchemy Apprentice actually said that ‘Herbal Essentials’ was simple. This was simply humiliating all her years of hard work.

  Ye Yuan did not seem to hear the meaning inside Feng Ruoqing’s words and casually said, “Yeah, it’s too simple. The person who wrote the book didn’t observe and study properly.”

  Everyone was gloating over Ye Yuan’s misfortunate currently. They wanted to see just how Teacher Feng would punish this fool.

  Many among them were cheated out of Essence Qi Pills by Ye Yuan. Now that they saw Ye Yuan being beaten, they naturally welcomed it.

  During the deathmatch, the shock that Ye Yuan gave them was too great, making them feel that the current Ye Yuan was no longer the man he was. But looking at things today, Ye Yuan was indeed still that Ye Yuan of the past.

  Ignorant and fearless!

  “Good! Good!” Feng Ruoqing said two ‘good’ in a row. It was clear that she was extremely angry. “I want to see just how ‘Herbal Essentials’ is easy. I will ask a question. If you can answer it, then in future medicinal theory classes, you can sleep however you like. But, if you can’t answer, I want you to copy the ‘Herbal Essentials’ one hundred times!”

  The way other people saw it, Ye Yuan was definitely dead.

  Even though Ye Yuan’s combat prowess was abnormally strong now, he was not even an Alchemy Apprentice. So how could he possibly answer the questions from the middle-tier Alchemy Master, Teacher Feng?

  But Ye Yuan himself let out a sigh of relief. Answering questions were much better. He did not want to copy that stupid ‘Herbal Essentials’ ten times.

  In terms of medicinal theory, who dared to compete with him?

  “That’s great. Teacher Feng, please ask your question.”

  Looking at how impatient Ye Yuan was, Feng Ruoqing was incensed and thought to herself that he would cry later.

  Feng Ruoqing pulled a long face and said, “What medicinal herbs are used in refining Qi Returning Pill? What are the steps involved in the refinement?”

  Feng Ruoqing asked this in a single breath and stared coldly at Ye Yuan.

  The other students also stared at Ye Yuan, gloating at his misfortune. They knew that Ye Yuan was definitely going to make a fool of himself.

  A Qi Returning Pill was a high-grade Tier 1 medicinal pill, something that martial artists used to recover their essence energy. Refining it required at least the power of a high-tier Alchemy Apprentice. To the Ye Yuan who was not even an Alchemy Apprentice, it was absolutely a highly challenging question.

  Among the students, there were only a few who could refine this sort of medicinal pill.

  Since nobody could refine it, there would obviously be no one who would pay attention to the pill formula of the Qi Returning Pill. Let alone paying any attention to its theory and points to take note of.

  Hence, nobody thought that Ye Yuan could answer the question.

  Ye Yuan touched his chin and said, “Oh, Qi Returning Pill? Simple. The core ingredients are the Jade Toad’s inner core and Crimson Sun Sword Toothed Flower. The secondary ingredients are Four Seasons Azure, Wind-Tail Grass, Sky Southern Star, and etc. One has to pay some attention to the procedure. Separate the secondary ingredients into two portions to temper; one of it with Jade Toad’s Inner core, and the other with Crimson Sun Sword Toothed Flower; in order to extract two portions of the medicinal essence. Then, refine it in the furnace at the same time, and finally, merge it into one.”

  After Ye Yuan said finished, everybody started laughing.

  They did not know the pill formula, but this refinement technique was complete rubbish. Splitting the ingredients into two portions, then extracting and refining two portions of the medicinal essence, and finally into the furnace? How does one control it? And also, how would one merge it?

  This sort of refinement technique was unheard of. One could only say that this Ye Yuan knew nothing about it and was trying to hoodwink Feng Ruoqing!

  To dare play tricks on Teacher Feng, this fellow was going to suffer for it.

  A hundred times, oh , one hundred times!

  Who asked you to scam our Essence Qi pills! You deserved it!

  After a series of laughter, everyone still did not hear Teacher Feng’s exasperated reprimanding.

  Looking again, Teacher Feng’s face showed a thoughtful expression. Everyone could not help but question the situation. Could it be that this fellow actually managed to fool Teacher Feng?

  “Ooo? You are saying Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique?” Feng Ruoqing asked.

  Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Teacher Feng is indeed well-read, to even know Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique.”

  Ye Yuan did some research on the Dan Wu Academy’s refinement techniques. This Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique was a rather obscure refinement technique which the average person would not know.

  Saying it was obscure was because it was too difficult to learn. The average person could not grasp it at all.

  Controlling two separate medicinal essences in a furnace of medicinal pills and not letting the two medicinal essences touch at all required one to split their focus. Furthermore, the control over essence energy had to be extremely even. The difficulty involved could not be imagined.

  It was impossible to control without going through severe training and being repeatedly tempered with experience.

  However, this was not even hard for Ye Yuan. Ye Yuan had perfect command over refinement techniques that were even a hundred times, a thousand times more complex.

  “If one uses Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique, is it also appropriate for Duo-Cycle Qi Returning Pill?” The initially cold and prideful Feng Ruoqing looked like a student thirsting for knowledge currently, making everyone’s glasses dropped in shock.

  Could it be tha
t Ye Yuan was also a genius in alchemy? The things that he said completely exceeded the understanding of all the students here.

  “Of course, it’s appropriate. It’s just that the ingredients for the Duo-Cycle Qi Returning Pill are a little more complex, and the refinement process is also a bit more complicated. But the principle still applies. Using the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique is naturally fitting.”

  Ye Yuan’s words flowed with ease as if he was the teacher now, and the well-read Feng Ruoqing had become the student.

  Feng Ruoqing’s eyes lit up, and she muttered to herself, “That’s right. Why didn’t I think of using the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique?”

  A Duo-Cycle Qi Returning Pill was a high-grade Tier 2 medicinal pill. Currently, Feng Ruoqing was a middle-tier Alchemy Master; her soul strength was between middle-tier Alchemy Master and high-tier Alchemy Master. Being slightly inadequate, the refinement was obviously very taxing.

  But this Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique could avoid the weakness of insufficient soul strength, as tempering two smaller portions of medicinal essence separately would be much easier than controlling one large portion of the medicinal essence. It was just that the requirement for an alchemist’s control ability was too demanding.

  In addition, the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique had another advantage, which was separating the core ingredients allowed their medicinal efficacy to be preserved to the highest degree, resulting in an even higher quality pill after refinement!

  If an alchemist was highly proficient in using the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique, the quality of the medicinal pill that he refined would be higher than other alchemists of the same level.

  Having said that, conventional refinement techniques were already more than enough for alchemists to study. To also study an obscure technique like the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique was simply asking for trouble.

  Hence, even though the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique was powerful, little to nobody knew it.