Chapter 100: Yao Han’s Doubts
Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Frappe
When Zhang Xuan was still at the Apothecary Guild, Zhao Ya returned to her living quarters.
"Finally, I am able to solve this problem of mine!"
Holding the dicinal herb that Zhang laoshi gave her in her hands, her excitent was apparent on her clean jade-white face.
Discomfort had been torturing her since childhood, and she was already finding herself unable to endure it any further. Upon hearing that there was a solution to her problem, she could no longer sit still.
"I have to grind this dicinal herb into powder before swallowing it with water..."
Just as she was about to find sothing to grind the dicinal herb, she heard footsteps and Butler Yao Han walked over sneakily.
"Xiaojie, I’ll... be leaving. No one has brought you any trouble, right!"
Xiaojie -> Young mistress
After offending the grandson of Elder Shang Chen and fighting with several teachers in the academy, he decided to leave the academy to avoid unnecessary trouble. Upon seeing that it was about ti for Zhao Ya’s classes to end, he ca back to find her.
"Brought trouble? Who would bring trouble?" Zhao Ya stared at Yao Han, "I say, Uncle Yao, you should stop being so sensitive. Zhang laoshi truly treats well, and he is actually a capable teacher at that. Please stop troubling him!"
She knew her father’s butler didn’t trust Zhang laoshi, thus she tried to persuade him otherwise.
"Treat you well? Hmph, xiaojie, you have been living in the city since young, so you have never seen how vile a human’s heart can be..." Yao Han harrumphed. Before he could finish his words, his eyes happened upon the dicinal herb in Zhao Ya’s hands. His entire body froze before he started trembling uncontrollably.
"Xiaojie... That dicinal herb in your hands... Where did you get it from?"
"This?"
Lowering her head to ascertain what Yao Han was looking at, Zhao Ya lifted the dicinal herb up and said, "Zhang laoshi gave this. I have been feeling unwell recently, so he passed this to have grind it and consu it!"
"Zhang laoshi gave you this? How is this possible? How can a poor teacher like him..." Yao Han was unable to believe the situation unfolding before him.
"What’s wrong, Uncle Yao. Is there sothing wrong with this dicinal herb?" Zhao Ya knew the other party was of reliable character and there had to be a reason for that expression of his.
"No, it’s not that there’s sothing wrong with the herb but that it is... too valuable! If I’m not wrong, this is... Frigid Sun Mother Grass!" Yao Han exclaid.
"Frigid Sun Mother Grass?" Zhao Ya was lost.
"It’s the mother grass of Frigid Sun Grass. Its effects are ten tis greater than that of Frigid Sun Grasses! Frigid Sun Grasses aren’t valuable, but this thing is extrely expensive! Back then when I was traveling around the kingdom alongside the city lord, I once had seen one and a single stalk was priced above hundred thousand gold coins!"
Upon hearing how valuable the herb was, Zhao Ya was taken aback. "Uncle Yao, are you not... mistaken?"
"I am not mistaken, this is definitely Frigid Sun Mother Grass! It is the most valuable dicinal herb that I have ever seen, so I have a deep impression of it! How can I possibly be wrong about it!" Yao Han took another glance at it to confirm his conjecture.
"Frigid Sun Mother Grass? Hundred thousand gold coins?"
Zhao Ya’s slim body trembled.
"You said... that Zhang Xuan... Zhang laoshi gave it to you?"
Yao Han dared not to believe it at all. As he spoke, he even changed his thod of addressing the other party from Zhang Xuan to Zhang laoshi.
[Isn’t he the worst teacher in the academy? Isn’t his wages the lowest among the teachers?
To gift such a valuable dicinal herb so simply...]
"Indeed!" Zhao Ya nodded her head.
Back then when Zhang laoshi passed her the herb, he threw it casually to her as though it wasn’t anything valuable at all. In fact, it wasn’t even packaged, so all along, she thought of it as such... [Hundred thousand gold coins! That is sufficient to buy a residence in the capital.
Furthermore, a huge one.]
When others presented a gift, they would make a big fuss over it so as to make the whole world know how valuable their gift was. Yet, this Zhang laoshi created a cultivation technique just for her and gifted her such an expensive gift without demanding credit for it. He was completely nonchalant about it and if it wasn’t for Uncle Yao recognizing the herb, she would’ve just treated the herb as sothing invaluable and consud it just like that...
Zhao Ya felt moved and her eyes reddened slightly.
"I can’t accept this. It’s too valuable!"
Zhao Ya’s slim body straightened and resolution appeared in her eyes.
She hoped to solve the problem plaguing her, but as a student, she couldn’t bear to receive continuously from her teacher without repaying him!
Usually, it was the students who gave their teachers gifts to please them. Yet, Zhang laoshi had given so much to them. It was one thing if she didn’t know about it, but now that she realized it, she wouldn’t be a human if she accepted his gifts nonchalantly!
"Uncle Yao, how much money do you have on you?" Zhao Ya turned around and asked.
"Only twenty thousand!" Yao Han flipped through his pockets and retrieved several notes.
He might be the butler of Baiyu City, but his mission this ti was only to escort xiaojie to the academy, so he didn’t bring much money.
"Give it to !" Grabbing it over, Zhao Ya didn’t hesitate and dashed out.
Feeling fretful, Yao Han hurriedly followed behind her.
Soon, they arrived at the classroom, but no one was in sight.
There was also no one at Zhang Xuan’s dormitory.
Upon seeing xiaojie so panicked, Yao Han utilized so of his connections and swiftly, he was inford that Zhang laoshi was at the Apothecary Guild.
Before leaving, Zhang Xuan didn’t try to conceal his destination. As the butler of the City Lord Residence, it was normal for him to possess such connections to gather information.
"Apothecary Guild? Could it be that... Zhang laoshi bought this dicinal herb there?"
Zhao Ya clenched her fist. After a mont of hesitation, she gritted her jade teeth and said, "Uncle Yao, let’s go and find Zhang laoshi!"
If she didn’t pass this money to the other party, she would feel too embarrassed to accept this herb.
If soone treated her so selflessly, she would do the sa to him!
How could she, Zhao Ya, consu such an expensive dicinal herb nonchalantly now that she knew of its value?
Soon, she arrived at the Apothecary Guild.
Now that they were here, it was easy to find news on him. It didn’t take long for the duo to find Wen Xue, who still had an awful look on her face.
"You an... Zhang laoshi is currently taking the apprentice apothecary examinations?"
"Zhang laoshi? You’re saying that playboy... Zhang Xuan is a teacher?" Wen Xue was bewildered. After a mont, she recovered and nodded her head. "Un, he is currently taking the apprentice apothecary examination!"
"Apprentice apothecary?"
Zhao Ya and Yao Han exchanged gazes.
Disbelief was especially apparent on Yao Han’s face.
"An apprentice apothecary has to morize the properties of dicinal herbs, and there is at least a hundred thousand dicinal herb they have to rember for the examination. Without several years of studying, it is impossible for one to pass the examination..."
Zhao Ya might not know too much about apothecaries, but as the butler of Baiyu City Lord Residence, Yao Han was well aware of it. Naturally, he understood the difficulty in becoming an apprentice apothecary.
A young and incapable teacher went to take the apprentice apothecary examination?
"He probably failed right... I know that this examination is difficult..." Yao Han couldn’t help but ask her.
"Fail? Initially, I shared your thoughts!” Upon recalling the earlier occurrence, Wen Xue still felt incredulous. She bit her lips and harrumphed, "There are three rounds to the apprentice apothecary examinations. The first round is Written Paper, and not only did he pass, he even achieved a perfect score. Currently, he is undergoing the second round!"
"Perfect score?" Yao Han’s body swayed.
The first examination assessed a candidate’s understanding of the traits and properties of dicinal herbs. Many people found themselves halted by this barrier. Yet, this teacher whom he had always thought of as a trash successfully passed the examination, achieving a perfect score even...
[To casually gift soone a dicinal herb worth a hundred thousand gold coins, to induce xiaojie to beco his student so willingly and to achieve a perfect score in the first round of the apprentice apothecary examination...
Is he really the trash of the legends?]
For the first ti, Yao Han doubted the rumors circulating around outside.
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