Chapter 170: The Alchemist's Blessing
In the green mountains, under the old trees.
Hua Yinyang still stood there with his hands behind his back, pointing at a vine nearby and said, "Do you know what this is?"
Chen Mo shook his head: "I don't know, I have never seen this kind of plant."
"That's why you haven't seen it. This is a plant from the Nether Abyss." Hua Yinyang said.
"Plants from the Netherworld can be grown here?! Doesn't that mean they can also be used as alchemy materials?"
"Things that can be used to make medicines are basically not alive. Otherwise, there would be no need to be so stingy in distributing medicines."
Hua Yinyang shook his head and said, "Even ordinary plants, only a small number can survive here. Come, come closer, take it in your hand and take a closer look, and remember its appearance."
Chen Mo did as he was told, picked up the slightly whitish vine and held it in front of his eyes.
Only then could he see clearly why the skin of the vine was white, because it was covered with dense white spots.
While observing, Chen Mo suddenly felt his wrist tighten, and a vine wrapped around his arm with a whoosh, and like a living snake, it instantly climbed up his body and tried to pull him into the air.
However, Chen Mo was also a practitioner in the late third realm. He reacted very quickly, pulled out a short knife from his waist with his left hand, turned around and slashed.
The vines broke and scattered all over the ground.
Chen Mo steadied himself and took two steps back.
state!
Hua Yinyang patted the back of his head.
"I didn't use my true energy. If I wanted to harm you, even if I was only at the second level, you would be dead."
Chen Mo turned around and nodded thoughtfully: "I understand."
Hua Yinyang smiled slightly: "Tell me, what do you understand?"
Chen Mo said firmly: "You mean to say that I not only have no talent for cultivation, but also have a stupid brain.
Yes, I have been like this since I was a child. The fundamental reason is that I am not good at thinking. If I had thought of you, old Deng, before I got the vines, no, you, the old senior, wanted to do something bad to me, so I should have been alert in advance.
If I had been alert in advance, I wouldn't have been attacked by the vines, and you wouldn't have approached me so brazenly."
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These few words controlled Hua Yinyang for thirty seconds.
"Do you really think so?"
Chen Mo chuckled: "I'm joking. What you mean is that although environmental factors may not kill me, if the opponent can take advantage of them, he will gain an advantage when fighting me, and vice versa, right?"
Hua Yin Yang glared at him: "That's more like it. That's what I meant."
He waved his hand, motioning Chen Mo to follow him.
“I don’t know how the exam will be conducted, but there is a high probability that there will be a similar mechanism.
For top players like you, strength is of course the most important thing, but what if you encounter an evenly matched opponent? Whoever has a better grasp of the environment will win, right?"
"You're right."
Chen Mo nodded in agreement, then bared his fangs, "For a useless person like me who has poor cultivation, I have to consider some environmental factors. After all, I may not be able to win in a head-on fight."
He followed along, beeping, and the sound of his words echoed in the woods, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside.
At noon, the father and son finally returned from the mountain.
To be honest, Chen Mo did learn a lot from this trip, but this is not the end yet.
Hua Yinyang walked into the Taoist temple with his hands behind his back. "You must remember everything you learned today. Ten days later, I will give you a test. If you can't answer it,
Halfway through his speech, he suddenly shut up because he could predict that after he finished speaking, the boy would say again that he was trash and would definitely fail the exam.
Turn around and look.
really!
Chen Mo was staring at him intently, as if waiting for the second half of the sentence.
Hua Yinyang had an idea, "Ahem. There were some leftovers from yesterday's alchemy class. I thought of a way to make some medicinal mud for you. Come with me."
Chen Mo suddenly shut up and even wanted to bow down.
He followed him into the deepest courtyard of the Taoist temple, which was the alchemy room.
Chen Mo was somewhat expectant. He had never seen the alchemy room and he had not been bold enough to visit it when he visited Professor Cui before. Now he finally had the chance. He could not help but imagine the antique alchemy furnace, the Taoist boy watching the fire with a palm-leaf fan, and pills floating in the furnace.
However, I was dumbfounded when I came in.
When I came in, I saw a full set of modern equipment, including beakers, crucibles, titration bottles, ovens, computers, microscopes. The only unusual thing was the cylindrical metal tank in the middle, which had inscriptions related to the formation on it.
"This" Chen Mo's fantasy was shattered.
Hua Yinyang said with a smile: "You don't think that there will be an antique alchemy furnace in here, a Taoist boy watching the fire with a cattail leaf fan, and elixirs floating in the furnace."
Chen Mo said stubbornly without changing his expression: "Tsk, I wouldn't think of such an old-fashioned picture."
Hua Yinyang seemed to know the outsiders' fantasies about alchemy. He gave a look that said "I know you think so but I won't expose you", then walked to a locked cabinet, opened it, and took out a sealed box from it.
"Come with me into the yard."
He took Chen Mo to the courtyard in front of the alchemy room, and asked him to take off his shirt and sit on the steps next to him.
Then, Hua Yinyang opened the sealed box in his hand, and a medicinal fragrance instantly came out from it, which was a bit similar to the taste of ginseng stewed chicken.
Chen Mo swallowed his saliva, looking at the green paste, and wanted to eat it. Just as he was daydreaming, he raised his eyes and found that the old man's eyes became serious, like an eagle staring at its prey.
He was stunned and suddenly remembered what Gan Qianqian said, that Master Hua would become strict once he dealt with anything related to elixirs.
As expected, at this moment, Hua Yin Yang scolded: "Sit up straight, keep your back straight! Even elementary school students know how to sit properly, and you don't understand it at your age?!"
If the other disciples heard this, they would probably feel uneasy, but Chen Mo just continued it.
"Teacher Hua, I'm wrong. I've been disobedient since I was a child. I didn't listen to my teachers or my parents. Now, 20 years have passed and I've accomplished nothing. It's all my fault."
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Hua Yin Yang was choked. Others remained silent when being scolded, but this kid seemed to be very used to it and was even able to continue speaking.
To be on the safe side, he did not continue speaking, but started applying medicine to Chen Mo with his hands. However, after a few applications, he could not hold back any longer.
“Remember this for me. I will only say this once. This ointment can strengthen the skin and flesh. Although it is made from leftover materials and is not as effective as regular elixirs, it is worse than nothing.
After applying the paint, go stand still. You should know without me telling you that standing still is good for strengthening your body. Do as I say. If you do anything wrong, I will beat you with a feather duster!"
Chen Mo quickly replied: "Yes, yes, Mr. Hua is right. I am stupid and lazy, and my memory is not good. If you emphasize it once, I may remember it for half a day. If you say it twice, I will remember it for at least a day. But if I forget it tomorrow, you will be angry again, and then I will do something wrong again."
With Chen Mo's tight spell filling his ears, Hua Yinyang failed again, and for the first time he began to reflect on his habits of all these years.
Am I being a little too harsh?
(End of this chapter)
