Chapter 748 – Observations on the Medicine (2/2)

Regardless of their status, they all had the same expression on their faces.

It was an expression that was calm on the surface but actually extremely nervous, and thus seemed rather stiff.

They were all looking at the red pill on the table, and it wasn't just a glance. They had already glanced at it many times, and for a very long time.

They were nervous because they knew what this pill was, so they naturally developed a desire to snatch it away, but they knew that they absolutely could not do this.

One of the doctors from Fengyang County, afraid that he would not be able to resist this temptation, forcefully lowered his head.

To look, smell, ask, and cut were things that doctors needed to do to treat illness. Right now, the subject of their observation was not an illness, but a medicine, yet they still could not escape these methods.

They had looked at this medicine for a very long time, so next, it was naturally time to smell it.

The physician from Wenshui glanced at the Tang Seventeenth Master.

This old physician was specifically meant to treat the Tang Old Master's meridians. If this matter today had not been so urgent, the Tang Seventeenth Master would have been powerless to request him to come over from Wenshui City.

The Seventeenth Master was naturally more courteous to this physician, saying, ”Please, Doctor Yang, do as you wish.”

Upon hearing this, the old physician surnamed Yang from Wenshui immediately lowered his head, bringing it above the red pill, and took in a deep sniff.

In the next moment, Doctor Yang's face instantly turned red and his eyes blurred, as if he was intoxicated. It was like he was amongst a wealthy and pleasant party and had gotten so drunk that he didn't know where he was.

The Guardian from the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets slightly frowned and gave two coughs.

Doctor Yang came to his senses and said, ”The primary ingredient truly is cinnabar. There is also golden eye grass, cinnamon, angelica, gouji berry, cloves, crystal sugar…”

With a single sniff, he had been able to distinguish so many ingredients. This physician's skill as a doctor was truly extraordinary.

Upon hearing these ingredients, the Tang Seventeenth Master creased his brow, thinking, is this for making beef stew? Why does it need crystal sugar?

He had no idea that these relatively common ingredients that the common people would use in making beef stew, with their moderate nature, were also perfect for serving as complementing ingredients in medicine. They could be found in the vast majority of the world's medicines. As for crystal sugar, it was like frying rice, catalyzing the effectiveness of the herbs and also…counteracting the bitterness.

The Guardian from the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets and the two doctors from Fengyang County were both medical professionals, so they were naturally not perturbed by this. They also sniffed the pill, reporting that there were yams, cloves, and cistanche.

As they gazed at the still-wet ink on the paper, the doctors muttered for a while, then chatted amongst themselves. Finally, they said to the Tang Seventeenth Master, ”We still have to work on it directly.”

Until now, they had only looked and smelled, but no one dared to touch it. They all knew how precious this pill was.

All the doctors agreed that they needed to work on it directly, but the one speaking for them all was Doctor Yang. He was a part of the Wenshui Tang clan, so it was more convenient for him to speak.

When the Cinnabar Pill first appeared, the rules laid down by that person had still not been complete. The Great Zhou Army and the Hall of Illustrious Persons had secretly worked together to intercept a few pills so as to analyze them for the composition of the pill. Yet, they wasted three whole pills but were still unable to produce the complete recipe. The doctors present in this secret room were all extraordinary individuals, but how could they perform this feat by just looking and smelling?

The Tang Seventeenth Master had long since mentally prepared himself, but he still couldn't suppress his disappointment, as he knew that this Cinnabar Pill was very quickly going to be ruined.

”Be careful not to waste it,” he warned with a gloomy expression; ”this is the lives of two people.”