97 Chapter 96: The Red Herb! (1/2)
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”There are many ways to identify whether a plant or herb is dangerous or not. But the most basic way is by using your eyes.” the teacher, Ding Huiqing said as she winked innocently.
Very quickly, some of the male students blushed as they started to whisper with one another.
”Hey, I think she just winked at me!” a fat male student whispered silently to his friend besides him, feeling excited.
Pa!
”Even my blind dog dared not look at your face. She must be worse than a blind person if she winked at you! Focus!” said his friend as he was smacked behind the head.
”The most obvious way to first look for clues using your eyesight is to observe the leaves! I'm pretty sure that everyone here should at least know of this.” the teacher said.
The students nodded.
”Very good! But for those who didn't know yet, the colour coding of the leaves is very important. When you have memorized the contents of 'Common Herb Compendium' book, just by looking at the colour of the leaves and you would already be able to to identify on what kinds of herb it is!” she continued.
”Furthermore, for this semester, you would do well to memorize the contents of another important book as well, called 'Herb Identification 101'. This is a really good book for beginners and the final exam will reflect mostly on the knowledge from within it.”
”However, what you must remember is that, just by mastering this basic identification method would not keep you 100 percent safe from danger. For example, take a look at these two herbs!”
She pointed towards the two different herbs that she just whipped out a few moments ago.
”These two different herbs are common that you would frequently find when you adventure out. One is called the Tallroot grassherb and the other is called Shortroot grassherb.”
Taking a sweeping gaze towards the crowd of students, she pointed out to one of the female students and asked her to describe the herb.
The student then rose up from her seat and bowed slightly before answering. She had a noble disposition to her and Duan Li knew who this person was.
It was none other than Xiahou Yu as she was also a junior student in the academy.
”These two herbs are of the same species, one is taller than the other and had their roots spread out onto the ground like grass, hence the name.” Xiahou Yu said fluently.
”They are most commonly used to concoct grade 1 elixir. Which were sold on the market for a very cheap price. If a person could haul a large number of them, they could make themselves some quick small money!” she continued, and ended her answer with a bow before sitting down.
The teacher nodded with a smile. What a good student!
”Perfect! Your description is quite spot on! Now that everyone has heard her, take a look at these other herbs then!” she said as she whipped out another three different herbs from her spatial ring.
These three herbs appeared to be no different than the other, but the keener ones were able to spot some crucial differences between them.
”This one looks just like the previous Tallroot grassherb right? But look at the edge of the leaves, they are more pointed when compared to the previous one which were more rounded.” she said as she plucked out one leaf from each herb to show the crowd the differences between them.
”Well, this one is called the Tallroot trapherb, it is poisonous but treatable. Make this into an elixir though, and you would concoct a poison instead of recovery elixirs!” she said as she plucked out another leaf from the other herbs that had almost the same appearances.
”Here is a Tallroot snakeherb. A tonic for snakes but deadly for other creatures, including humans. Look at the underside of the leaves, they have some black patches on it. Consume it, and you would go into a cardiac arrest. 30 percent that did just that had died before.”
”And this one here is Shortroot shockherb. Its branches are way more thicker than usual and if you eat it, you would be paralysed for three whole days. In the wild, three days of laying down on the ground would definitely make you an ideal target of free food for the wild animals.” she chuckled.
As she continued to explain and whip out more common herbs that has their appearance almost identical with each other, some of the students began to sucked in cold breath.
To think that the world out there would be this treacherous!
Just the plants alone could kill them in so many ways!
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After about two hours, the long lecture was finally ending. Duan Li sighed in relief at the sight of this. After all, he had almost slipped into the otherworldly plains and had to fought back hard so that his eyelids wouldn't close.
That was such a close battle!
And by the looks of it, plenty of the students around had also seemed to fight against their own personal 'battlefield' as well. Some were even raising their head haggardly with panting breaths.
Those people must have gone through such an intense battle that one dared not imagine!
”That's it for the first lesson today. But before everyone here is dismissed, let me give you guys a good present!” Ding Huiqing said.
Huala!