In the Yaowang Mountain.
Fang Qiu could only follow Zhu Benzheng to do so weeding, because he hadn’t learned the other things before.
It was rare to see that Sun Hao and Zhou Xiaotian, who used to be laughing and joking, were very behaved in the Yaowang Mountain.
They devoted themselves to work very carefully, which surprised Fang Qiu.
“I asked you to recite the ‘Compendium of Materia dica’. Have you finished it?”
The keeper of Yaowang Mountain suddenly asked.
Zhu Benzheng was stunned.
Sun Hao and Zhou Xiaotian nearby also shivered.
“Uh, we haven’t finished yet.”
Zhu Benzheng answered.
Sun Hao and Zhou Xiaotian also revealed bitter faces.
It was a book. How could they morize so many dicines easily?
“If not, go on!”
While speaking, the keeper of Yaowang Mountain walked towards Fang Qiu and added, “If you want to follow to learn, you should recite the entire Compendium of Materia dica, too!”
Upon hearing that, Fang Qiu raised his head.
Only then did he have ti to look carefully at the keeper of Yaowang Mountain.
According to Xu Miaolin’s description, the keeper of Yaowang Mountain was absolutely a legendary herb expert, but who appeared in front of Fang Qiu was just an ordinary old man.
Like ordinary old n, the one before Fang Qiu had grey hair and beard, and a thin face with a few wrinkles.
At a glance, the old man was hale and hearty without the appearance of old age.
“I can recite it already.”
Looking at the old man, Fang Qiu replied.
“Oh?”
The old man was stunned.
“Youngest, when did you recite it?”
Zhu Benzheng asked in surprise.
“Well done, Youngest! You unexpectedly recited the ‘Compendium of Materia dica’ and didn’t tell us.”
Sun Hao complained.
“Why not tell us earlier?”
Zhou Xiaotian also asked with a wry smile.
“Because the books that Mr. Xu asked to recite contains the ‘Compendium of Materia dica’.”
Fang Qiu explained.
Upon hearing that, the three imdiately relieved.
Fang Qiu had shown them the book list. But after a look at it, they were scared by the number of books. They didn’t even know what books were on the list.
“You should not only recite it, but use it correctly.”
The old man looked at Fang Qiu with a smile, saying, “You boy looked quite self-confident. How about I testing you today?”
“Okay.”
Fang Qiu nodded.
“Well, let’s start with an easy one.”
The old man opened his mouth and asked, “How many volus, words, dicines, and prescriptions are there in the ‘Compendium of Materia dica’?”
Hearing the problem, Zhu Benzheng and the other two began to think involuntarily at once.
However, without short thinking at all, Fang Qiu blurted out, “There are 52 volus in the ‘Compendium of Materia dica’. It has more than 1.9 million words in total, records 1,892 kinds of dicines and collects 11,096 prescriptions. It’s divided into 16 parts and 60 categories.”
“Good.”
The old man nodded smilingly.
It was the most basic question, which didn’t refer to the content of the “Compendium of Materia dica”. But if Fang Qiu couldn’t even answer it, there was no need for the old man to continue to ask.
Next to him, Zhu Benzheng, Sun Hao, and Zhou Xiaotian were looking at Fang Qiu the way as if they were looking at a monster.
“The second question.”
The old man continued, “How many dicines are there in the Insect Part?”
“Forty-three.”
Fang Qiu answered at once.
“Good.”
The old man nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, “What part does the dicine belong to, if it can detoxify, stop bleeding, quench thirst, cure oedema, tonify kidney, treat wind, treat rheumatism paralytic, treat water, treat beriberi, cure dysentery, cure eye disease, kill insects, treat joint ache, treat numbness of hands and feet and so on?”
Zhu Benzheng and the other got dumbfounded when they heard the question.
Was there such a dicine in the world?
How could it treat so many diseases?
While wondering if the old man had made a wrong question, they looked at Fang Qiu, waiting for Fang Qiu’s answer.
After hearing the question, Fang Qiu imdiately smiled and answered, “It’s the Vine Category, Herb Part, with a total of 12 kinds of dicines.”
“Sweet vines have the effect of detoxification and stopping bleeding; water vines can quench thirst and heat; fairy vines can cure oedema and colic; purple golden vines can tonify man’s kidney, and cure evil sores and swollen poison; south vines can treat wind; Sabia japonica Maxim and lark vines can treat rheumatism paralytic; purple vines can treat water, but are slightly toxic; fallen goose tree can treat beriberi; Qianliji can cure dysentery and eye disease, but is slightly toxic; sea vines can kill insects, but are toxic; Caulis Spatholobi can treat irregular nses, joint ache, and numbness of hands and feet.”
Fang Qiu said in one breath.
This question was asked by the old man to test Fang Qiu’s mory.
The first question was to see whether Fang Qiu had indeed recited the “Compendium of Materia dica”, the second question was to test his familiarity with the “Compendium of Materia dica”, and the third one was to directly select a small part in the book for Fang Qiu to recite.
Of course, the old man had made a trap in the third question.
Because there were so many dicines that could cure these diseases. He let Fang Qiu answer it without even referring to a part.
Such a difficult question couldn’t be answered by ordinary people.
However, Fang Qiu answered it correctly, without a single word that was mistaken!
The old man was surprised. He didn’t expect Fang Qiu could answer such a question without any wrong word. He imdiately asked, “In addition to the ‘Compendium of Materia dica’, what else can you recite?”
“The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, the Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic, the Treatise on Febrile Diseases, the Classic of Questioning, the Synopsis of Golden Chamber, the Pulse Tips of Lakeside, the Source of the Four Saint, the Pulse Classic, the A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, the Detailed Analysis of Epidemic Warm Diseases, the For dical Gurus, the General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases, the Four Records of dical Interest, the Essential Recipes for Ergent Use Worth A Thousand Gold, the Zhouhou Beiji Prescription, the dical Records as a Guide to Clinical Work, the Soup Recipes in Rhys, and the Drug Properties in Verse.”
Fang Qiu answered.
Hearing so many titles of books from Fang Qiu’s mouth, the keeper of Yaowang Mountain turned dumbfounded imdiately.
It seed to him that Fang Qiu ntioned the titles of books as simply as ntioning the nas of dishes.
But, could he really recite so many books?
“Can you recite these books?”
The old man asked with amazent.
“Yes.”
Fang Qiu answered with a nod.
“You’re really a freshman?”
The old man asked again, looking at Fang Qiu in disbelief.
“Yes.”
Fang Qiu nodded.
“Hiss...”
The old man took a cool breath and gazed at Fang Qiu for a long ti before he opened his mouth and said, “Okay, you can follow to learn from today on.”
Then, he turned his head imdiately.
With an angry face, he stared at Zhu Benzheng and the other two who stood closely and warned, “You three, follow him to study hard, understand?”
The three imdiately answered.
Then, they turned to look at Fang Qiu bitterly without prior agreent.
Why did he perform so well? It seed that they were terrible!
Fang Qiu revealed a smile.
He was not here to rob their master, but to learn knowledge.
Obviously, the old man of Yaowang Mountain also knew it, so he didn’t intend to accept Fang Qiu as his disciple. On the contrary, he was very strict with Zhu Benzheng and the other two, as if he were their master.
That made the three sad on the surface, but happy in their hearts.
At least, the keeper of Yaowang Mountain, the mysterious old man, wouldn’t abandon them.
Then, the four people had worked in the Yaowang Mountain for the entire morning.
And actually, Fang Qiu learned a lot this morning.
For the keeper of Yaowang Mountain, every herb in the mountain was precious.
Therefore, he must keep an eye on the four all the ti, keep teaching them how to work, how to not hurt the herbs, and how to make the herbs grow better and play their effect.
Without doubts, while teaching the four how to do their work, the keeper of Yaowang Mountain was already teaching them how to grow herbs.
Over there in the auditorium of the School of Sports and Arts.
The Campus Singer Contest was in full swing.
However, with no reason, Xin Zheng, invited to add luster, making comnts at the judging table, was so an toward every student on stage.
He said many harsh words, such as unsuited to singing, terrible voice, unable to carry a tune, and so on.
In this case, the school leaders present beca very embarrassed, so were the students on the stage taking part in the competition.
In fact, Xin Zheng, himself, also knew that his comnts were a little vicious.
After all, this was a university.
And this competition was only a campus singing competition, not a talent show to enter the entertainnt circle. But, he just couldn’t help it.
He knew he was giving vent to the evil fire in his heart.
And the source of the evil fire was Fang Qiu.
The thought of last night’s New Year’s party made him furious.
He was a singing star.
How could he lose, on his own turf, to a freshman who had just entered school for a short ti?
He just couldn’t take it.
Therefore, he turned an on his comnts and set strict requirents for the competitors.
Helplessly, the school leaders could say nothing, but just watched in embarrassnt, because Xing Zheng was a great star, as well as a great singer, who was invited at the expense of money.
At this mont, a student ca to the stage.
“Hello, dear teachers, dear judges, and Senior Brother Xin Zheng!”
The young student stepped on the stage and greeted the school leaders and judges with a favorable smile.
“No cotton up with us. This is a competition.”
Xin Zheng blurted out, “Start your singing directly.”
As the voice faded away, the young student revealed an awkward smile.
Then, the accompanint began.
It was “My Dream”, the song that Fang Qiu sang last night.
Hearing the prelude, everyone imdiately gathered spirit, ready to hum together.
However, Xin Zheng imdiately frowned with a gloomy face.
The song began.
However, just after two sentences.
“Stop, stop!”
Xin Zheng waved his hand and shouted to stop the singer, “You missed the beat at the beginning, and your key was also wrong. Start again.”
The face of the younger student on the stage suddenly turned pale.
It was too humiliating!
He could only start singing again.
However, after two sentences, he was stopped again.
“You can’t even carry a tune. Never sing again! Next.”
Xin Zheng yelled angrily.
“Humph!”
Even a clay man had so courage, let alone a real man!
“I can’t carry a tune? Can you?”
The young student directly said back with anger, “If yes, dare you have the nerve to sing a song before ? If no, don’t talk crap. A singer is nobody for !”
The audience got stunned.
Nobody expected the young student, looking kind, to be bad-tempered.
Humiliated in public, Xin Zheng burst into anger imdiately.
“Humph!”
With a snort, he stood up directly and said, “Then, as a senior, I’ll give you a good lesson.”
He ca to the stage while speaking, intending to use his strength to prove himself.
The accompanint ca.
Xin Zheng imdiately began to sing affectionately.
After the song, he cast a disdainful glance at the young student.
“Why look at ? I thought a great singer’s singing should be wonderful. As a result, it is outdone by that of Fang Qiu. How dare you have the face to be a singer at this level?”
The young student said disdainfully with a sneer.
His words made the atmosphere embarrassing at once.
Outdone by Fang Qiu?
Xin Zheng was extrely outraged. This sentence had great lethality to him.
However, at this ti, the crowd of onlookers under the stage began to discuss unexpectedly.
“His singing is not bad. But compared with Fang Qiu’s, it is indeed outdone.”
“Yes, his singing is not as good as Fang Qiu’s.”
“It seems that Fang Qiu’s singing level has completely surpassed the singers’.”
...
These young people didn’t care about identity. Now that Xin Zheng was too arrogant, they must irritate him by words too. After all, Xin Zheng couldn’t do anything on them.
Hearing those words, Xin Zheng was indeed irritated.
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