Chapter 16 (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
It wasn’t until a long time later that Mr. Xin finally realized what was going on. “You’re talking about the container where spicy lobsters are made?”
“That’s right!”
Shen Zhe nodded.
“You can make drugs… with that?”
Xin Qi was truly going crazy.
Crucibles could melt herbs thanks to their high melting point, but what could griddles do?
It was weird enough that oil and pepper powder were added in the process, and Shen Zhe was even asking for a different pot…
Holding his chest, Xin Qi felt that he was having a heartache.
Why did it feel less and less related to refining?
Was it a mistake to bring Shen Zhe to his office?
“Master, please wait a moment. I’ll go and fetch my pot…”
Seeing that the teacher was confused, Shen Zhe smiled and ran to his dormitory.
He returned ten minutes later with the iron griddle he had used before.
His lips twitching, Xin Qi waved his hand helplessly and said, “Here are the drugs. You can refine them for me…”
Words were always easier than action. He wanted to find out if it could work.
“Alright!”
Shen Zhe was about to get started, but then he turned around and asked, “Do you have seasonings in your place?”
“…”
Xin Qi left his office speechlessly.
After another ten minutes, he returned with soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, pepper power and other seasonings that he had just bought.
“Are they enough!?”
“Of course!”
Shen Zhe nodded in a hurry.
All preparations were done. Shen Zhe picked up the Masculine Sun Grass and the Purification White Lotus and placed them in the griddle.
Fire sprang again when he added oil into the griddle, and smoke spread out as he sprayed the pepper powder.
Shen Zhe had learned to put less salt that time.
“They have indeed melted…”
Xin Qi was stiffened and dumbfounded to witness the whole procedure.
He had done 129 experiments without any success, but Shen Zhe made it with nothing but some oil and pepper powder…
Since when had herb liquids become so easy to make?
Xin Qi’s world collapsed even harder.
“It’s done!”
It was very easy to melt the herbs. Shen Zhe grabbed the griddle and poured the product into the crucible. It was perfect with the attractive amber color.
Xin Qi moved closer in a hurry and studied the crucible carefully, only to discover there were no flaws at all.
“Can… Can I try it?” Xin Qi asked excitedly, his hands shivering.
“Of course…” Shen Zhe nodded in a hurry.
“Thank you…”
Xin Qi cleaned the griddle, put the herbs in, and poured oil according to Shen Zhe’s procedures.
Fire was burning, and the fragrance of oil spread out.
As a Druggist, Xin Qi had an even better memory than Ling Xueru’s. Although Shen Zhe had only done it once, he had remembered all the details.
BAM!
The moment Xin Qi added the Purification White Lotus, the griddle exploded with a dull noise, and the herbs splashed out.
“Well…”
Xin Qi was stunned.
He did exactly what the young man had done, but why was there an explosion?
“My crucible…” Shen Zhe, upset by the loss of a great tool, asked with a scolding tone, “Are you really capable of refining?”
He had spent quite a lot of money on the griddle…
“I’m sorry…”
Xin Qi was rather embarrassed.
Their procedures were the same, but Shen Zhe had created the perfect herb liquid whereas he broke Shen Zhe’s pot… It was truly humiliating!
It was truly a fiasco for a renowned Druggist… He wished that there was a hole on the ground that he could hide in!
…
“The class is already over, and the teacher and Shen Zhe are still not back. Is he really giving him a beating?”
After Ling Xueru explained her answer, the bell rang. She turned around, only to see that Mr. Xin Qi and Shen Zhe were still not back. She was slightly worried.
Shen Zhe hadn’t explained to her how he resolved the question the other day. How could she find the answer if he was sent to the hospital?
“I’ll take the answers to Mr. Xin’s office…”
While she was stunned, Cui Xiao approached her.
“That’s unnecessary. Let me take them.”
Glad that she had a chance, Ling Xueru collected the paper on the desk and walked to Xin Qi’s office in a hurry.
She was about to knock on the door, when she heard someone scolding angrily.
“Are you really capable of refining?”