Chapter 13 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

“I have few requirements in my class. Being late, or even not coming at all, is no biggie…”

Turning around, Xin Qi declared, “However, that is on the grounds that you can answer my questions satisfactorily!”

Shen Zhe’s face cramped.

He ran as fast as possible, but he still arrived late. How unlucky!

“Considering your grades, I won’t give you a hard time. It’s a simple question. What are the characteristics of the Hundred Beard Grass we learned in the last class?” asked Xin Qi.

“The Hundred Beard Grass?”

Shen Zhe scratched his head.

It was the former Shen Zhe who took the class. How could he possibly know what had been taught in the previous class?

He did read a lot of books in the previous afternoon, but certainly not all of them. He had never heard about the Hundred Beard Grass before. How was he going to answer the question?

Awkwardly, he hesitated for a moment and ventured, “Is it… a grass with a lot of beards?”

“Haha!”

“Is the Hundred Beard Grass an herb with a hundred beards?”

“He didn’t sleep through the last class, did he?”

…

The students burst into laughter.

Xin Qi nearly exploded in fury, “You are truly unteachable!”

He had taught so much in the last class, but Shen Zhe didn’t remember a thing… The student was truly hopeless.

Ling Xueru frowned.

Hadn’t he changed his attitude?

He answered Ms. Bai Yu’s question precisely in the last class, and he even beat Lu Zihan up just then…

Why was he making a fool of himself in the drug class?

“Cui Xiao, you will answer this question!” Xin Qi sniffed and said.

“Yes, sir!” Cui Xiao stood up and declared proudly, “The Hundred Beard Grass, also known as the Hundred-Year-Old Long-Beard Grass, is an herb which has a white rhizome that looks like the beard of an old man. It has a great effect on the wounded and the weak and can lengthen their life spans. Its full name means that it can make a person live beyond a hundred years. It’s about three to five inches long when mature, and it prefers coldness!”

“To melt it with other herbs, it has to be dried first. Its melting point is 377 degrees, which is the best temperature for the herb to take effect. Every degree above that temperature will result in a 0.13% loss of the effect. Iron-made furnaces and high-temperature coal should be avoided when such herbs are refined.”

“After they are refined, they cannot be contained in wood-natured containers or raw porcelain made of mud, because they will absorb the effect of the herbs…”

“…This is the end of my answer!”

Cui Xiao elaborated on the nature, effect and methods for refining the herb in great detail.

“…”

Shen Zhe’s eyebrow twitched.

It was so detailed. He couldn’t have memorized it in three days.

Should he remain a bad student instead of trying to become a good one?

“Very good!” Xin Qi nodded in satisfaction again, because it was the same as his interpretation in the last class.

He looked at Shen Zhe angrily and said, “Did you memorize it?”

They were students from the same class, but why were they so different?

“I…” Shen Zhe scratched his head.

Cui Xiao had spoken too fast for anyone to remember.

“I have no time to waste on you today. Get in and take the test. If you get more than sixty points, I’ll forgive you for being late; if not, you will take two punches from me as punishment!” Xin Qi said without asking further.

The most important issue was to find out the master who had made the perfect herb liquid. If he could learn from him, it was possible that the conundrums that haunted him for years could be resolved.

As for Shen Zhe…

He had always been the last place. It would be fine as long as he didn’t cause any trouble in class.

Not every teacher had Mr. Xin Qi’s sense of responsibility.

“Yes, sir!”

Shen Zhe returned to his seat gloomily.

What were the bad students most scared of?

Exams!

Every exam was a chance for the geniuses to show off, but it was also a time of embarrassment for the bad students.

While Mr. Xin had temporarily let go of him, getting more than sixty points in the test was even more difficult than a slap.

“This is the question. Copy it down. I have to start calculating…”