184 What a Mischievous Child!
Yu Youyao quickly put down her brush, tidied her clothes, and left the study for the reception pavilion.
When she saw Yu Youyao, Nanny Liu smiled and said, “On April 10th, a few disciples who are in the middle ranks of the clan’s examination will be participating in the second examination in front of the palace. Old Madam values it very much and asked to co over to ask Eldest Miss for so dicinal tea and fragrances to nourish their bodies. She also asked to send so dicinal recipes over. We can also help out a little and leave it to fate.”
Yu Youyao smiled. “I made a lot in my house, so Nanny can take them over.”
With that, she turned around and instructed Chun Xiao.
Chun Xiao entered the side room. Not long after, she ca out with the dicinal tea that had already been wrapped neatly.
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When Nanny Liu saw this, her smile deepened. Then, she heard Eldest Miss say, “There’s nothing taboo about dicinal tea and dicinal fragrances. Just use whatever you want. The dicinal cuisine is more important. It’s more appropriate to pick an old woman who knows dicinal cuisine from my courtyard and send her over to take care of it.”
Nanny Liu smiled and took the items. “Eldest Miss, you’re so thoughtful.”
After returning to An Shou Hall, Nanny Liu looked for Old Madam. “Once you ntioned it, Eldest Miss asked Chun Xiao to bring sothing over. As soon as I took a sip of tea, the things were already brought out. It’s obvious that Eldest Miss had already thought of this. She was already prepared and waiting for to get it.”
Old Madam Yu was also happy to hear this. “Yao Yao is a ticulous person. She thinks of others in every way. Now that she’s grown up, she can also take care of her family’s affairs. It’s our family’s luck to have such a child.”
After sending Nanny Liu off, Yu Youyao did not plan to continue practicing her calligraphy. Thinking that there was still no news of the Essence Protection Pill, Yu Youyao inevitably felt a little anxious, so she went to the Green House to look for Uncle Sun.
At this mont, Uncle Sun did not close the door. He stayed in the pharmacy all day and did not even leave the house. He looked like he had gone crazy. His beard was disheveled, and his body was sloppy. There was a strong sll of sour herbs on him.
“Why is it still not working? It doesn’t make sense!”
“What went wrong?”
“Although the prescription for the Essence Protection Pill doesn’t record the steps to making it, doctors with brilliant dical skills have their own unique thods of making dicine. According to my many years of experience, it’s impossible for not to be able to make it…”
Yu Youyou endured the sll on Uncle Sun’s body and said casually, “Could it be that the Essence Protection Pill was not concocted but made using other thods? The Daoists have alchemy skills, the Southern Barbarians have Miao doctors, and the Xie family has dicinal artifacts…”
Who knew!
“Why didn’t I think of this?” Uncle Sun’s eyes widened, and he slapped his forehead hard.
Yu Youyao looked at Uncle Sun in shock. What did I just say?
Uncle Sun looked excited. “I knew it. Why didn’t it work after trying more than ten thods in a row? It doesn’t make sense. It turns out that the thod I made it with was wrong. The Essence Protection Pill is called the Essence Protection Pill. It’s obvious that it’s also refined with alchemy…”
Yu Youyao was stunned when she heard this. She couldn’t help but ask, “Alchemy is a Daoist thod. Uncle Sun, do you know how to refine pills? Do you want to find an alchemist…”
Uncle Sun’s eyes widened, and his white beard trembled. “Little girl, who are you looking down on? Haven’t you heard that dicine doesn’t differentiate between sects? My Sun family’s ancestor was the King of dicine. Not only was that King of dicine’s dical skills outstanding, but he was also an extrely powerful alchemy master. As a descendant, how could I not know how to refine pills?!”
Yu Youyao’s eyes widened in shock as she looked at Uncle Sun in disbelief. “Uncle Sun, you’re too amazing. You even know how to refine pills.”
Uncle Sun enjoyed the little girl’s shocked expression very much. He stroked his long beard and looked like an unfathomable expert as he pretended to be deep in thought. “Of course. Although I rarely refine pills, my alchemy skills are aweso.”
Seeing the little girl’s sly expression, Zhou Linghuai knew that she was fooling Uncle Sun again.
What a mischievous child!
Yu Youyao’s eyes darted around and she frowned. “I heard that there’s poison in the pills. It’s not good for one’s health to take too many pills. Cousin…”
Uncle Sun glanced at her from the corner of his eye and snorted. “The King of dicine has recorded a thod of refining pills using ‘fire suppression’ in the ‘Pill Scripture: Internal Sulphur thod’. It can reduce the toxicity of the pills. Then, using a traditional Chinese dicine formulation, the toxicity of the pills refined can be reduced to the minimum. I’ll also refine a special poison expelling dicine for Young Master to take. Then, I won’t have to worry that the pills will harm his body.”
The pill poison was accumulated in the body. If it couldn’t be completely removed with dicine, it would more or less damage Young Master’s body. However, compared to the effect of the Essence Protection Pill, that little pill poison was still acceptable to Young Master.
Yu Youyao was relieved when she heard this.
Spiritual dewdrop had the effect of purging poison. She used it to nourish her cousin’s body. Even if there was a trace of pill poison left, she was no longer afraid.
Hence, Yu Youyao hugged Uncle Sun’s arm. “Uncle Sun, tell quickly what you need to refine pills. I’ll get soone to prepare it imdiately.”
Uncle Sun nodded. “Sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal…”
Yu Youyao’s eyelids twitched when she heard this. She couldn’t help but ask, “These are all explosive items. Can they really be used to refine pills?” Why did she feel that Uncle Sun was a little unreliable?
Uncle Sun was so angry that his long eyebrows trembled a few tis. “According to what I said, these are considered black powder used for alchemy. Black powder doesn’t explode easily.”
Yu Youyao was still worried, but since Uncle Sun had already said so, she did not dare to doubt him. She quickly nodded. “Whatever Uncle Sun says then. I’ll get soone to prepare it imdiately.”
Uncle Sun snorted.
Yu Youyao ran out but retreated after a few steps. “Cousin, I’ll go prepare what Uncle Sun wants first. I think he’s very confident this ti. He’ll definitely succeed.”
The little girl was clearly hesitant, but she still ca to comfort him. Zhou Linghuai chuckled. “Go!”
When Yu Youyao returned to the Jade Courtyard, she was not in a hurry to prepare what Uncle Sun wanted. Instead, she first looked for Nanny Xu and asked about the dicinal pills.
Nanny Xu said, “In The Kinship of the Three, it’s said that gold is indestructible, so it’s a treasure. Most of the ti, gold is used to refine longevity dicine.”
Yu Youyao was puzzled. “Aren’t all dicinal pills refined using gold?”
Nanny Xu shook her head. “There are also alchemists in the palace who can refine dicinal pills. Chinese dicine has a thod to treat illnesses with ‘fire suppression’. It’s said that the fire suppression thod can borrow the power of Yin and Yang, and the aura of the five elents. By following a traditional Chinese dicine formula, one can unleash the greatest effect of the dicinal herbs. It’s equivalent to brewing dicine properly when it is prepared. However, there is a water refinent thod, and a fire refinent thod. The thods are different, but they all lead to the sa goal.”
Yu Youyao suddenly realized that she was too inexperienced.
Nanny Xu smiled and said, “You’re thinking too much. Uncle Sun is most likely going to refine dicinal pills, which are sowhat poisonous. For the effects of the pill refinent to be better, the amount of pill poison also has to be greater. However, it doesn’t hurt if a person nourishes his or her body more often. The Empress Dowager takes the dicinal pills refined by alchemists all year round to nourish her body. Back then, I specially arranged for her body to be nourished in the palace.”
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