Chapter 97: Pill Debate
Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Frappe
"Give it a try?"
Not only Ouyang Cheng felt as though the world was going mad, Du Man and the rest also felt faint-headed.
[Brother, do you take apothecaries to be like the cabbages and cucumbers sold in the market, so easily obtainable?
Give it a try? Are you playing with ?
As one of the highest-standing Upper Nine Path occupations, who didn’t study for nurous years and put in effort multiple folds of that imaginable to an ordinary person to join their ranks?
Yet, you said to give it a try...
Your head!
Do you know the content of the examination? Do you know how can one beco a true apothecary?]
"Cough cough cough!" Ouyang Cheng’s body staggered and he suppressed his urge to vomit blood. He looked at Zhang Xuan seriously and replied to him, "To beco an apothecary, one must be more than capable of knowing and discerning dicinal herbs. One must also learn to formulate dicine, extract and refine the essence of which, condensate and forge it into a pill and many more. Just pill forging itself contains several thousands of thods to do so... It isn’t that easy to pass the examination!"
"Indeed. Furthermore, one must possess sharp control over the fla in pill forging. If an error were to occur in any of the sequences, it would end in failure. Only by learning seriously and practicing continuously will one succeed. It is impossible for one to beco an apothecary with a mont’s effort!"
Du Man added.
"So complicated?"
Zhang Xuan felt helpless, "So it’s impossible for to achieve it in half a month’s ti?"
The Freshn Tournant would be held in half a month. His purpose here was simple, that was to find a pill that could awaken Yuan Tao and Zhao Ya’s unique constitution so that their cultivation would soar by leaps and bounds and they would be able to achieve victory then.
Thus, he had to settle this matter in half a month’s ti. If he wasn’t able to, what’s the use of him becoming an apothecary?
After his conversation with Huang Yu, he had already decided on a goal. That was to beco a master teacher! This ti, Lu Xun laoshi’s challenge was an opportunity as much as a threat. If he was able to erge victorious, it would prove his capabilities and it was likely that he would catch the eye of a master teacher!
Similar to an apothecary, if one wanted to beco a master teacher, they must beco an assistant master teacher first. This was a process that they must go by.
If one wasn’t valued by a master teacher, how could one beco an assistant master teacher?
"Half a month..."
Hearing his words, the crowd went speechless once more.
[Which apothecary wasn’t an apprentice apothecary for many years before daring to take the examination?
Yet, right after becoming an apprentice, you wish to take the examination for an apothecary... Half a month so more, you must be joking!]
Especially for Sun Tao and Zhu Hua Hua, they were just barely suppressing the urge to throw their shoes at him.
[Brother, is it really alright for you to be putting on an act like this?
It is even more difficult to beco an apothecary than an apprentice. You should have already seen the others struggling so furiously just to beco an apprentice.
Becoming an apothecary in half a month?
I think you should just keep it to your thoughts...]
"Zhang Xuan, don’t be too ambitious and complacent. You are barely twenty, and becoming an apothecary at thirty is already sothing unprecedented in Tianxuan Kingdom. Fifteen days is an impossible goal! I advise you to study normally, proceed on step-by-step and don’t think too much into the future..."
Ouyang Cheng offered his earnest advice to Zhang Xuan.
[This fellow is talented, but he is way too impatient. To want to beco an apothecary in half a month... You must be daydreaming!]
"Alright, since it is so troubleso, then I will not take the examinations. I will look for another way then!"
Upon listening to the words of the other party, Zhang Xuan shook his head.
He didn’t have much interest in becoming an apothecary. Possessing the Heaven’s Path Divine Art, breaking through was like eating and drinking to him. Pills were completely unneeded to him. If so, what was the use of becoming an apothecary?
If not for Yuan Tao, he wouldn’t co here at all.
Thinking that Zhang Xuan had given up because he had found it botherso, Ouyang Cheng and Du Man quickly tried to persuade him otherwise, "There are many occupations in the world, and apothecary is considered as one of the noblest. You possess such incredible talent and you have also specially taken the trouble to study the dicinal herbs. Wouldn’t you have wasted years of your efforts if you were to not beco an apothecary at this point?"
"Years of my effort?" Zhang Xuan blinked.
[It was just four hours, where did the years you speak of co from?]
"I still have other matters to attend to. Since becoming an apothecary is such a complicated process, requiring one to learn how to formulate pills, it is unlikely that I am able to grasp the technique of such within a short mont. I will just give up on it!"
Without much hesitation, Zhang Xuan shook his head.
"Calm down, there is more than one way for one to beco an apothecary. Actually, there is another way other than Pill Forging!" Ouyang Cheng suddenly recalled sothing and spoke. "Given your formidable mory, this thod might be more suited for you!"
"It can’t be that you are referring to..." Astonishnt appeared on Du Man’s face.
"Indeed!" Ouyang Cheng nodded his head.
"But... You should consider the consequences. If he fails, the penalty will be harsh. He might even lose the opportunity to ever take the examination to beco an apothecary..."
Du Man was filled with anxiety.
"I know, but this is the only way one can beco an apothecary quickly. Otherwise, one would have to walk the conventional path of practicing routinely. Given the countless dicinal herbs and each of their unique properties, it is nigh impossible for one to succeed in a short period of ti!"
Ouyang Cheng said.
"But..."
"There are no buts. We are only responsible for informing him of the possibility. The choice is up to him!" Ouyang Cheng shakes his head.
"What is this thod you speak of?"
Upon seeing the commotion between the two, Zhang Xuan’s couldn’t help but ask.
"There are actually two thods for one to beco an apothecary. The first thod is the usual one, Pill Forging. As long as one is able to forge a grade-1 pill, he will be able to beco a 1-star apothecary. This is the standard and traditional thod!"
Without hesitation, Ouyang Cheng started to explain.
"The second thod is not Pill Forging but Pill Debate!"
"Pill Debate?"
Zhang Xuan was bewildered.
Not just him, even Zhu Hua Hua, Sun Tao and the others seed to have never heard of it and a perplexed expression appeared on their faces.
"Indeed. You all should have heard of the noblest occupation of the Upper Nine Paths, master teacher!"
Ouyang Cheng said.
"Un!"
The crowd nodded their heads.
Those who knew of the Lower, Middle and Upper Nine Paths naturally knew of master teachers.
This was the highest ranking occupation of the Upper Nine Paths and their social position was superior to that of the apothecaries by nurous folds.
"The more formidable master teachers can offer pointers beyond that of cultivation, pill forging, smithing, formation creation and such are all possible for them!" Ouyang Cheng explained. "However, one has to expend quite a lot of ti just to beco a master teacher, so how can they have the effort to spend on learning pill forging and smithing to beco an apothecary and blacksmith?
"At the sa ti, if they do not join their ranks, how can they be qualified to teach them?
"To deal with such a situation, a unique examination thod was created, Pill Debate!
"It is clear to see from us apothecaries that one requires a lot of practice, forging pills ceaselessly, to beco a true apothecary. However, master teachers do not have the ti to waste on doing so. In fact, all he needs is to comprehend and integrate the knowledge of pill forging!
"That is to say, he doesn’t really need to learn how to forge pills. As long as he has complete knowledge of the theory, he is able to successfully beco an apothecary!
"Of course, the examination isn’t easy. It requires one to debate with ten true apothecaries about the various aspects of pill forging and one could be disqualified with just a single mistake. Furthermore, a huge penalty will be enforced on one if that happens!"
Ouyang Cheng slowly explained the other thod of becoming an apothecary, Pill Debate, to the others.
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