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 me?
As one of the highest-standing Upper Nine Path occupations, who didn't study for numerous
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 become 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 become an apothecary, one
must be more than capable of knowing and discerning medicinal herbs. One must also learn to
formulate medicine, 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 methods to do so... It isn't
that easy to pass the examination!"
"Indeed. Furthermore, one must possess sharp control over the flame 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 become an apothecary with
a moment's effort!"
Du Man added.
"So complicated?"
Zhang Xuan felt helpless, "So it's impossible for me to achieve it in half a month's time?"
The Freshmen Tournament 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 time. 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 become a
master teacher! This time, Lu Xun laoshi's challenge was an opportunity as much as a threat. If
he was able to emerge 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 become a master teacher, they must become 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 become 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 some 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 become an apothecary than an apprentice. You should have already
seen the others struggling so furiously just to become 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 something 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 become an apothecary in half a
month... You must be daydreaming!]
"Alright, since it is so troublesome, 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
"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 time just to become a master teacher, so
how can they have the effort to spend on learning pill forging and smithing to become an
apothecary and blacksmith?
"At the same time, if they do not join their ranks, how can they be qualified to teach them?
"To deal with such a situation, a unique examination method was created, Pill Debate!
"It is clear to see from us apothecaries that one requires a lot of practice, forging pills
ceaselessly, to become a true apothecary. However, master teachers do not have the time 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 become 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 method of becoming an apothecary, Pill Debate, to
the others.
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