Chapter 136

Gu Gu Jinfan and Yuan Yuan Tianchou were good at refining pills, and both of them taught how to refine pills at the No. 1 and No. 2 Qihuang Pavilions.

The matter of spiritual energy recovery was only brought to the surface after the earth-shattering battle that broke out in Mount Mount Wuzhi.

Don't look at the Medical Department as the gathering place for the top physicians and pharmacists in Great Jin; except for a small number of people who defected to powerful nobles early on and came into contact with spirit pill refining in advance, most people in the Medical Department actually only knew about it in the last year or two.

To refine spirit pills, you need pill formulas, spirit plants, and you must be a cultivator and know how to control fire. Don't look at the alchemy process as similar to refining ordinary pills, but the difficulty in actual operation is separated by a chasm.

Therefore, knowing that Gu Gu Jinfan and Yuan Yuan Tianchou were going to teach people how to refine spirit pills, not only did the people from the Disciple Hall and Apprentice Hall of the Medical Department set out, but even some physicians and pharmacists from Ninth Street swarmed over, and the scene could be described as explosive.

Mu Mu Qingying did not teach alchemy but taught the introduction of spirit plants. Limited by the few opportunities to come into contact with spirit plants, everyone's thirst for knowledge about spirit plants was also unprecedentedly high, and quite a lot of people came to listen to the class.

After the three started teaching, every class was full of people.

Before, when Hua Hua Changxi taught, many menials came, but compared to them, it was completely incomparable.

Seeing the high appeal of the three, don't say, Hua Hua Changxi was really a bit jealous.

However, this was not something she could envy. All three had famous teachers as endorsements and were also somewhat famous in the Medical Department, while she was just a small menial, and those who came to listen to her classes were all menials who couldn't afford to learn medicine.

What caught Hua Hua Changxi's attention was that when the three taught, except for the No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion she occupied, they would choose different Qihuang Pavilions each time. Not only did they rotate through the other eight Qihuang Pavilions in the Menial Hall, but they didn't even let go of the Qihuang Pavilions in the Apprentice Hall.

Looking at their operations, Hua Hua Changxi understood in her heart, knowing that they had discovered the connection between the wooden tablet and the Qihuang Pavilion.

Regarding this, she didn't care much.

The medical skills taught in each Qihuang Pavilion are different. Unless the three guess the content taught in the corresponding Qihuang Pavilion like her, then teach the corresponding medical sub-discipline content, and are familiar with and understand it, otherwise, they are just teaching classes, and the wooden tablet will not react.

Just when Gu Gu Jinfan and the three were taking turns teaching in the seventeen Qihuang Pavilions, Hua Hua Changxi followed her own rhythm, improving her cultivation while improving her alchemist rank.

Time flew to the end of the seventh lunar month. Gu Gu Jinfan, Mu Mu Qingying, and Yuan Yuan Tianchou, who had been teaching at the Qihuang Pavilion for twenty days, felt somewhat frustrated because they had gained nothing.

"The wooden tablet has no reaction at all; it's simply a waste of effort."

In the Medical Department building on First Street, Yuan Yuan Tianchou couldn't help but complain, looking at Director Gu Gu Qiming: "Master, could it be that we got the direction wrong, and the wooden tablet actually has nothing to do with the Qihuang Pavilion?"

Gu Gu Qiming didn't speak, directly telling him it must be related, but he still had no clue how it was related.

Mu Mu Qingying thought for a while and said: "Maybe we are not wrong to teach at the Qihuang Pavilion; what's wrong is that the content we teach is not right." As she spoke, she looked at Gu Gu Qiming and Yuan Yuan Tianchou.

"Hua Hua Changxi didn't teach at the Qihuang Pavilion casually. She taught content related to medicinal herbs in the No. 1 Qihuang Pavilion, and in the No. 2 Qihuang Pavilion, she taught how to prepare medicinal herbs."

"In the No. 3 Qihuang Pavilion, she taught how to plant medicinal herbs; in the No. 4 Qihuang Pavilion, she taught the meridian trends of medicinal herbs; in the No. 5 Qihuang Pavilion, she talked about decomposing, extracting, and fusing different medicinal herbs; in the No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion, she taught alchemy; in the No. 7..."

Listening to Mu Mu Qingying's words, Gu Gu Qiming and Yuan Yuan Tianchou thought more and more that this was the case.

Yuan Yuan Tianchou: "Junior sister, hurry up and say it, what did Hua Hua Changxi teach in the No. 7 Qihuang Pavilion?"

Mu Mu Qingying shook her head: "Hua Hua Changxi has never taught in the No. 7 Qihuang Pavilion. Not only the No. 7, but she has also never taught in the No. 8 or No. 9 Qihuang Pavilions. However..."

Yuan Yuan Tianchou said anxiously: "However what?"

Mu Mu Qingying: "Hua Hua Changxi values some menials more and has been to the No. 7 and No. 8 Qihuang Pavilions. I think she should know the content to be taught in the No. 7 and No. 8 Qihuang Pavilions, but due to some reasons, she cannot implement it immediately."

Gu Gu Qiming heard Mu Mu Qingying's words and said directly: "Starting from tomorrow, go to class according to Mu Qingying's guess."

On the first day of the eighth lunar month, when Mu Mu Qingying was teaching how to prepare spirit plants in the No. 2 Qihuang Pavilion, she indeed discovered that the wooden tablet would flash with a glowing white light from time to time.

Yuan Yuan Tianchou saw Mu Mu Qingying's guess come true and directly taught the method of planting spirit plants in the No. 3 Qihuang Pavilion, and also saw the wooden tablet light up with a faint white light.

"Master, junior sister's guess is correct. It turns out that teaching at the Qihuang Pavilion is not done casually; it is divided into different contents."

Gu Gu Qiming was also very excited; he finally discovered some connection between the wooden tablet and the Qihuang Pavilion.

However, what is the function of the white light that the wooden tablet lights up with?

Afterwards, Mu Mu Qingying and Yuan Yuan Tianchou taught content related to identifying medicinal herbs, medicinal herb anatomy, and medicinal herb decomposition and extraction in the No. 1, No. 4, and No. 5 Qihuang Pavilions.

Unfortunately, the wooden tablet had no reaction.

Yuan Yuan Tianchou was puzzled: "What is going on? Hua Hua Changxi clearly taught the types of medicinal herbs in the No. 1 Qihuang Pavilion; why did the wooden tablet not react?"

Mu Mu Qingying was also very confused. In the No. 2 Qihuang Pavilion's medicinal herb preparation and the No. 3 Qihuang Pavilion's medicinal herb planting, they taught the corresponding content, and the wooden tablet lit up with white light, indicating that her guess was correct.

The No. 4 and No. 5 Qihuang Pavilions didn't react; she actually understood a little.

They not only systematically studied the preparation and planting of spirit plants but also practiced them personally, and the content they taught was relatively profound, so the wooden tablet lit up.

But the medicinal herb meridians in the No. 4 Qihuang Pavilion and the medicinal herb decomposition, extraction, and fusion in the No. 5 Qihuang Pavilion—they had never studied these at all. The content taught was all speculation, which should not meet the standards of the Qihuang Pavilion, so the wooden tablet didn't react.

But the spirit plant explanation in the No. 1 Qihuang Pavilion, she was confident she didn't teach it wrong, but why didn't the wooden tablet light up?

Mu Mu Qingying stated her doubts and speculations: "The disciple feels that in terms of the medical content taught, the more thoroughly it is understood, the brighter the white light on the wooden tablet will be."

"Teaching at the Qihuang Pavilion is not something anyone can do; the person teaching must truly understand the medical knowledge in the relevant field."

Gu Gu Qiming nodded in agreement. Seeing that both disciples looked dissatisfied with themselves, he smiled and comforted them: "You can't become fat in one bite. It's already very good that you discovered the connection between the wooden tablet and the Qihuang Pavilion. Now you lack some accumulation; just work hard in this direction in the future."

Mu Mu Qingying and Yuan Yuan Tianchou nodded in agreement.

Next, Yuan Yuan Tianchou hesitated again.

Gu Gu Qiming saw it and said helplessly: "Yuan Tianchou, change this habit of yours of hesitating for me. As a man, if you have something to say, just say it directly."

Yuan Yuan Tianchou heard this, smiled sheepishly, and then his expression became solemn: "The No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion should teach alchemy content. My junior sister and I both have alchemy inheritance. Maybe if we teach inside, the white light of the wooden tablet will be brighter."

Although they still didn't know the function of the white light, the brighter the white light, the more beneficial it would definitely be for them; this was certain.

Gu Gu Qiming and Mu Mu Qingying both understood what he meant. Regarding this, Mu Mu Qingying frowned, and Gu Gu Qiming also fell silent.

Yuan Yuan Tianchou immediately added: "We don't want to snatch it from Hua Hua Changxi?"

Gu Gu Qiming thought for a while and said: "You go find Hua Hua Changxi privately and talk about it. In one month, the three of you, ten days each."

Yuan Yuan Tianchou said happily: "This is the best."

No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion.

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Hua Hua Changxi wanted to go home for the festival and specially refined a batch of pills to give to the people at home.

She had just put away the refined pills and stepped out of the courtyard gate of the No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion when she saw Yuan Yuan Tianchou and Mu Mu Qingying waiting outside.

Seeing Hua Hua Changxi come out, Yuan Yuan Tianchou smiled and probed: "Manager Hua, what pills are you refining in the No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion, and you even set up a ban? You made us wait so long."

Hua Hua Changxi glanced at him and cast her gaze at Mu Mu Qingying: "Do you two have something?"

Yuan Yuan Tianchou saw Hua Hua Changxi ignore him and rubbed his nose in embarrassment.

Mu Mu Qingying found it hard to speak: "... My senior brother and I want to teach in the No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion."

Yuan Yuan Tianchou added: "My master said that the No. 6 Qihuang Pavilion will belong to the three of us in the future. In one month, we will each have ten days."

Hua Hua Changxi heard this, and her brows twisted directly. Looking at the two, she understood that they should have guessed that different content should be taught in different Qihuang Pavilions. Based on the content she taught before, they should have figured out the content to be taught in the No. 1 to No. 6 Qihuang Pavilions.

"Are the remaining seventeen Qihuang Pavilions not enough for you to use?"

Mu Mu Qingying was also frank: "My senior brother and I are more familiar with alchemy, and our accumulation of other medical skills is very shallow, so we can't make the wooden tablet react."

Hua Hua Changxi heard this, and her expression shook: "You teach in the No. 1 to No. 5 Qihuang Pavilions, and the wooden tablet reacts?"

That's not right. The wooden tablet keys that open the nine Qihuang Pavilions in the Menial Hall should be the ones she lost. Why would other people's wooden tablets react?

Mu Mu Qingying didn't understand why Hua Hua Changxi was so surprised: "Doesn't your wooden tablet react?"

Hua Hua Changxi didn't answer but asked back: "What reaction does your wooden tablet have?"

Mu Mu Qingying looked at her, was silent for a moment, and still chose to answer: "Our wooden tablet will light up with white light."

Hua Hua Changxi frowned. What's going on? Could it be that the wooden tablets she took before hadn't successfully paired with the nine Qihuang Pavilions in the Menial Hall?