Chapter 952: Pharmacist
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Research assistant mission, published by ntor Han Yunfeng. Long-term recruiting low-level Mystic assistants. Requirents: read ‘Mineral and Plants Glossary, Edition 20077’, proficient with Fla Control Technique! Those willing can co for an interview. The reward will be discussed in person!”
‘Mineral and Plants Glossary’? Fang Yuan searched and found that it was an introductory book. Furthermore, there were thousands of them!
As the galaxy was vast and boundless, new species were being discovered all the ti.
Unfortunately... there are only pictorial descriptions. Without seeing it in person, there’s no way to trigger resonance and determine the needs of the Heaven Devouring Mystic Technique, Fang Yuan thought regretfully. He then checked out the comnts below the mission.
...
“Scam! The most that we learn now is the flora and fauna edition for Planet East Dragon. Who would try to rember those of the entire galaxy? Even seniors must find it impossible, right? There are no credits either!”
“Although the Fla Control Technique isn’t expensive, it’s standalone. There are no continuations. Who would waste their energy on learning that?”
“The poster above is a fool! The Fla Control Technique was a must for low-level ancient alchemists. I am from the pharmacy departnt and have trained in the technique. I rembered the glossary and went for the interview with ntor Han Yunfeng, but his requirents for the Fla Control Technique are too high. The ntor only accepts masters of the technique... I didn’t make the cut.”
“What a big revelation!”
“Mysterious senior passing by, just smiling...”
“That ntor Han Yunfeng is known to be stingy. The credits awarded are extrely few. He didn’t impart any dao arts or spiritual techniques either.”
“Wow! The poster above is really brave. You’re not afraid of a teacher giving you trouble!”
“It’s all right. I’m anonymous...”
...
“It looks like the requirents are high, but the rewards aren’t much. He’s received a lot of negative feedback.”
Fang Yuan browsed again and found that the price of the Fla Control Technique was at a low thirty credits. As for the ‘Mineral and Plants Glossary, Edition 20077′, it was a public resource that he could read without paying. He made his decision imdiately.
“Almost all the other missions have a cultivation level requirent, and there aren’t many that are suitable for beginners. This one didn’t ntion a specific cultivation level requirent, so let’s give it a try!”
He searched and found out that although the Fla Control Technique was a standalone technique incapable of further progression, its reviews among the low-level pharmacy students were very solid. He nodded and made the exchange.
“So pharmacy is the ancient alchemy equivalent? I’ve seen so drugs and tools on sale on the school website... If I learn this, I could make so money...”
Fang Yuan received the information, and the Arcane Smart-Brain imdiately ford the psyche model, mastering the spiritual technique.
The interaction between his smart-brain and his True Spirit produced a fundantal change, the fusion of terrifying calculative power and supre intellect. He absorbed the information in the Mineral and Plant Glossary at an incredible pace while walking along the road.
By the ti he arrived at Han Yunfeng’s door in the teachers’ housing area, he had morized thousands of books.
This ntor stayed near the core of the zone, and it was visibly different from Lü Songyang’s corner house near the periphery. It was a three-story courtyard house with a garden.
Fang Yuan walked up to a lion carving on the main door and talked into it, “Teacher Han Yunfeng? I am Student Lin ng, here for the research assistant mission!”
The lion’s eyes flashed red. Fang Yuan was prepared and imdiately strengthened his Breath Holding Technique. A man’s gentle voice erged, and the main door opened.
“Co in yourself. I’m in the living room!”
Fang Yuan entered with large strides. Walking through the pebble walkway in the colorful garden, he arrived in the living room.
“Please take a seat!”
The traditionally decorated living room was full of dark wood furniture that gave off a thick and extrely refreshing herbal scent.
A young man wearing traditional clothes with hair reaching his waist was sitting cross-legged on an almond-yellow cattail hassock in the center of the living room and looking at a pill furnace in front of him.
It was a real pill furnace! It was bronze with three legs and two handles. Patterns of ancient beasts covered its surface, and flas were burning underneath.
Fang Yuan found it hard to take his eyes off of it. This kind of pill furnace must be an antique? It should really be given to a cultivation museum. The pharmacy students now synthesize all their drugs in the lab directly. With a smart-brain monitoring, they can calibrate proportions with extre precision!
“Your na is Lin ng? And you’re a first-year?”
Han Yunfeng used his spiritual will to look up Lin ng’s information and frowned.
Of course, he did not see through Fang Yuan’s disguise.
In fact, Fang Yuan’s Breath Holding Technique (Modified) was only capable of dealing with this kind of initial inspection.
After all, the teachers did not have ntal disorders. Scanning soone with their spiritual will on the first aning was the norm, but constantly monitoring soone with it would be psychotic.
As long as he made it through the initial inspection, he could use the normal Breath Holding Technique in the future without any problem.
I’m also lucky... This Han Yunfeng seems to be at a similar cultivation level as Lü Songyang, both below ten!
Level ten was equivalent to ancient cultivation’s Golden Core stage. By then, the Breath Holding Technique’s grade would be too low, and it would be easy to spot sothing amiss.
Fang Yuan soon labeled Han Yunfeng. A researcher ill-versed in external affairs, but his status is higher than Lü Songyang...
“Although I’m a first-year, you didn’t specify any cultivation level requirents on your mission. It appears that this mission doesn’t put too much emphasis on cultivation level either. I’ve also morized the Mineral and Plant Glossary, and I have so experience with the Fla Control Technique.”
“Oh? Is that so.”
Han Yunfeng was a bit skeptical. He hit the pill furnace with a Dharmic formulation.
Rumble!
The pill furnace rumbled, and an opening appeared. Vapor that looked like rosy clouds rose from the opening, carrying a strong dicinal scent.
Three different colored pills flew out and landed in his hands. “Then tell ... what were the ingredients used in these pills?”
His expression showed that he was waiting for Fang Yuan to make a fool of himself.
Fang Yuan’s eyes flashed, and he answered straightforwardly, “The pills’ vapor looks like clouds. This is ford after Fire Cloud Sand has risen, so Fire Cloud Sand is one of the ingredients. The dicinal scent has the sll of roses mixed with musk. This is caused by the Whirling Flower Powder... I don’t know about the other materials!”
He had intentionally not revealed everything.
“Good! Very good!” Han Yunfeng was slightly excited. “To think that you know even these kinds of transformations in nature. It looks like you weren’t boasting about morizing the glossary. To be able to determine two ingredients, you have very solid fundantals. The remaining ingredients are Golden Bodhi, Yellow Cloud Beast’s blood, and Black Water Mystic Crystal!”
“Understood, Teacher!”
“You have no problems with recognizing materials, so let’s check your practical skills now...”
Han Yunfeng stood up from his cattail hassock. “Co and try this bronze cauldron. I’ve spent a great deal to make this cauldron according to ancient thods!”
“Okay!” Fang Yuan sat down on the cattail hassock cross-legged and skillfully activated a technique.
“Fla Control Technique? Your execution is extrely smooth. Good! Very good!” Han Yunfeng’s eyes glowed upon seeing just that.
As expected, the ancient cultivation cauldron is too rigid. Controlling it is ten tis harder than executing the technique alone!
Fang Yuan silently made a move, and his hand seals moved at lightning speed. “Rise!”
Whoosh!
The fla that was about to die out suddenly grew tall, as though it had devoured so sort of fuel.
Strands of smoke licked the bottom of the cauldron before dividing and dancing around the cauldron like little fla snakes.
Suddenly, all the fla snakes amalgamated into a single body and turned green. The fla that was originally red suddenly turned green.
“Pure green cauldron fire? Good! Great!”
Han Yunfeng stopped Fang Yuan. “To be able to control the Fla Control Technique to the extent of producing pure green flas, not even many third-year and fourth-year pharmacy students could accomplish that. Hard work won’t get you there, but talent will! Have you self-studied this information? How about choosing the pharmacy departnt?”
“Teacher!” Fang Yuan rolled his eyes in his mind. “Can we discuss the reward for this mission?”
“Oh! Right, right...” Han Yunfeng patted his forehead. “As you can see, I am researching the ancient ways of alchemy. I hope to compare it with the modern thods of making drugs and write a paper... As such, I need an assistant to watch over the cauldron fire!”
“I see!”
Fang Yuan nodded. He understood that the other party required soone to play the role of an ancient alchemy boy.
Of course, he would need to know how to deal with small accidents by himself.
“However, hasn’t ancient alchemy died out already?” Fang Yuan voiced his thoughts.
“Yes, many ancient cultivation techniques have been proven to have low efficiency. A long ti has passed... Modern pharmacy leaves the handling of the cauldron entirely to the smart-brain, and it can determine the exact effects. The success rate of making pills is at ninety percent. All we have to do is to infuse spiritual power and use spiritual will to harmonize the drug according to the smart-brain.”
The Scientific Cultivation thod had proved that a cultivator’s spiritual power and spiritual will were the catalysts necessary to synthesize pills. They were irreplaceable and indispensable.
Without this step, the smart-brain would have long industrialized making drugs and pills.
As such, for pharmacy students, the most amount of practice went into controlling their spiritual power and spiritual will, and cooperating with the smart-brain to produce high-quality pills.
“The pharmaceutical industry is far beyond being comparable to the ancient ways. As long as there is enough spiritual energy and spiritual will, cultivators in the Qi Refinent stage can produce Foundation Building and Nascent Soul level pills. People can even jointly concoct pills. In theory, with smart-brain’s assistance, as long as there are enough low-level cultivators, they could achieve Essence Soul or even Soul Transformation level alchemy techniques... Of course, this hasn’t been realized!”
Han Yunfeng said frankly, “But the way I see it, there must be so rits to the ancient alchemy thods. For example, so top-tier drugs can only be produced by high-level pharmacist cultivators because they must be infused with Aural Dao! To put it another way, natural thods... are like... high-tier brain developnt drugs!”
“I see!”
Fang Yuan nodded. It appears that top-tier drugs are precious not only because of the ingredients, but also the difficulty in making them. Even the smart-brain can’t do it. Only top-grade pharmacists can, but with a low success rate.
Reviews
All reviews (0)