Chapter 37 Assistant

In the Danwu Academy, Feng Ruoqing had always been someone looked up to.

She came to teach pharmacology, naturally because her attainments in pharmacology were quite high.

Even the current Feng Ruoqing dared not claim to have fully mastered the 'Compendium of Herbal Essentials,' let alone its complete version, the 'Complete Herbal Summary,' which was a model even for Dan Kings to study meticulously.

But now, this brat before her, who wasn't even a Dan Apprentice, dared to say the 'Compendium of Herbal Essentials' was simple—this was an insult to her years of hard study.

Ye Yuan, however, seemed not to catch the meaning in Feng Ruoqing's words and said casually, "Yeah, it really is too simple. The author should have done better research."

Everyone looked at Ye Yuan with schadenfreude, eager to see how Teacher Feng would punish this fool.

Many among them had been tricked by Ye Yuan out of their Vitality Pills, and seeing Ye Yuan suffer now was most welcome.

In the life-and-death battle, Ye Yuan had shocked them too much, making them feel he was no longer the same, but today, Ye Yuan was still the same old Ye Yuan!

Ignorant and fearless!

"Fine! Fine!" Feng Ruoqing said two 'fines' in a row, clearly furious: "I'd like to see just how simple the 'Compendium of Herbal Essentials' really is. I'll set a question now; if you can answer it, you can sleep however you want in pharmacology class from now on. If you can't, I'll have you copy the 'Compendium of Herbal Essentials' a hundred times!"

In others' eyes, Ye Yuan was doomed.

Although Ye Yuan's combat strength was now exceptionally formidable, he wasn't even a Dan Apprentice—how could he answer a question from Teacher Feng, an Intermediate Dan Master?

But Ye Yuan himself breathed a sigh of relief; answering questions was much easier. He really didn't want to copy that crappy 'Compendium of Herbal Essentials' ten times.

When it came to pharmacology, who dared compete with him?

"Great, Teacher Feng, please set the question."

Seeing Ye Yuan's eager look, Feng Ruoqing was furious, thinking, 'Just wait until you cry.'

With a stern face, Feng Ruoqing spoke: "What herbs are used to refine the Qi Restoration Pill? What are the refining steps?"

Feng Ruoqing finished asking in one breath and stared coldly at Ye Yuan.

The students also looked at Ye Yuan with schadenfreude, knowing he would surely embarrass himself.

The Qi Restoration Pill was a first-grade top-grade pill, used by martial artists to restore Yuan Power. To refine it required at least the strength of a Senior Dan Apprentice. For Ye Yuan, who wasn't even a Dan Apprentice, it was definitely a high-difficulty proposition.

Among the students present, few could refine this pill.

Since no one could refine it, naturally no one paid attention to the formula of the Qi Restoration Pill, let alone its principles and precautions.

Thus, no one thought Ye Yuan could answer this question.

Ye Yuan stroked his chin and said, "Hmm, the Qi Restoration Pill, simple. The main ingredients are the inner dan of the Green Toad and the Red Sun Sword-Toothed Flower; the auxiliary ingredients are Evergreen, Phoenix Tail Grass, and Arisaema. The steps are somewhat particular: divide the auxiliary ingredients into two portions, refine them separately, add the inner dan of the Green Toad and the Red Sun Sword-Toothed Flower respectively, extract two medicinal bases, put them into the furnace simultaneously for refining, and finally fuse them into one."

As soon as Ye Yuan finished, there was a burst of laughter.

They didn't know much about the pill formula, but the refining method was pure nonsense. Dividing the ingredients into two portions, extracting two medicinal bases—how could one control them in the furnace? And how to fuse them?

Such a refining method was unheard of; it only showed that Ye Yuan knew nothing and was fooling Feng Ruoqing!

Daring to toy with Teacher Feng, this guy was in for it.

A hundred times, a hundred times!

Serves you right for cheating us out of our Vitality Pills!

After the laughter subsided, everyone didn't hear Teacher Feng's angry reprimand.

Looking again, Teacher Feng's face showed a contemplative expression. Everyone was puzzled—could this guy have actually fooled Teacher Feng?

"Hmm, are you talking about the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique?" Feng Ruoqing asked.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Teacher Feng is indeed learned, even knowing the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique."

Ye Yuan had done some research on the alchemy techniques of the Danwu Academy; the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique was a relatively obscure alchemy technique, not commonly known.

Calling it obscure was actually because its difficulty was too high; ordinary people couldn't master it.

Controlling two medicinal bases in a single furnace without any conflict required divided attention and very even control of Yuan Power. The difficulty was imaginable.

Without thousands of refinements, one simply couldn't complete the manipulation.

But for Ye Yuan, this was nothing; he could handle alchemy techniques a hundred or a thousand times more complex with ease.

"If using the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique, would it also apply to the Second-Turn Qi Restoration Pill?" The originally cold and aloof Feng Ruoqing now seemed like a student thirsty for knowledge, shocking everyone.

Could it be that Ye Yuan was a genius in alchemy? What he said was far beyond the knowledge of all the students present.

"Of course it applies. The Second-Turn Qi Restoration Pill only has more complex materials and more complicated refining procedures; the principles are actually the same, so the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique naturally applies."

Ye Yuan spoke with ease, as if he were the teacher now, while the learned Feng Ruoqing had become the student.

Feng Ruoqing's eyes lit up, and she muttered to herself, "Right, why didn't I think of using the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique?"

The Second-Turn Qi Restoration Pill was a second-grade top-grade pill. Feng Ruoqing was only an Intermediate Dan Master, with soul power between Intermediate and Advanced Dan Master, slightly insufficient, so refining it was naturally strenuous.

The Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique could circumvent the weakness of insufficient soul power; refining two medicinal bases separately was clearly much easier than controlling one, but it required extremely high control from the alchemist.

Moreover, the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique had another advantage: separating the main ingredients allowed them to retain their medicinal power to the maximum, resulting in higher quality pills after refining!

If an alchemist could proficiently use the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique, the pills he refined would be of higher quality than those of alchemists at the same level.

That said, conventional alchemy techniques were already enough for alchemists to learn; learning obscure techniques like the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique was simply asking for trouble.

Thus, while the Yin-Yang Split Flow Technique was powerful, very few knew it.

"Uh, Teacher Feng, I've answered the question. Can I go back to sleep now? Look at my desk..." Ye Yuan said innocently.

"You!" Feng Ruoqing hadn't expected this guy to still be thinking about sleeping; her anger, which had subsided, flared up again.

"Teacher Feng, you said it yourself: if I could answer your question, I could sleep however I want from now on. Well, though it's a bit impolite, I'm really sleepy now..." Ye Yuan said with a grimace.

Feng Ruoqing looked at Ye Yuan's panda eyes and knew he wasn't lying, but what had he been doing last night? Even after the life-and-death battle yesterday, he shouldn't be this sleepy today, right?

"Did I say something?" Feng Ruoqing blinked, casting a threatening glance at all the students, and asked, "Did I say anything just now?"

Being unreasonable was a woman's prerogative, even for the peerless Feng Ruoqing.

All the students were collectively petrified; many looked embarrassed: "Huh? Did... did you say that? No... no, right? Yeah, how could Teacher Feng have said such a thing?"

Ye Yuan was utterly defeated; the only thing he wanted to do now was sleep...

"Tea... Teacher Feng..."

"Hmm, going back to sleep isn't impossible, but you have to agree to one condition!"

So that's what she was waiting for! But at this moment...

"Not just one condition, even ten conditions are fine."

"Good, I need a student as an assistant. You'll be my assistant."

Everyone was petrified again...

Why didn't such a sweet deal fall on them?

Swish...

With a flash, Ye Yuan was already gone, leaving only his voice lingering: "No problem..."