Chapter 274

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Chapter 274: The Heat of the Medicine

Seeing Jiang Yun’s frown, Elder Han’s face briefly displayed a subtle, strange smile.

Pointing at Jiang Yun, he said, "Jiang Yun, as a disciple from an external sect, you may speak first!"

"How well is the medicine in your alchemical furnace prepared now?"

Before Jiang Yun could speak, Elder Han continued, "However, we, the Grand Medicine Sect, will not deceive you."

"Because you didn’t take part in the second round of the test, you don’t know which herbs are inside your alchemical furnace."

"If you can name these herbs, even if you can’t get the perfect heat for the medicine, I might still let you pass this round of the test."

Elder Han’s words seem to offer Jiang Yun two choices, showing that he might be looking out for him.

However, most people understand that this is actually a way to make it harder for Jiang Yun to pass the test.

While others have to pass by getting the right heat for the medicine, Jiang Yun has a different set of rules to pass.

So, even if he can name the herbs in the alchemical furnace correctly to pass, it might not seem fair and may not convince everyone.

Moreover, without being able to see or use divine sense, relying solely on the senses of smell and hearing to name all the herbs inside the alchemical furnace doesn’t make the task any easier.

Only the sect master of the Grand Medicine Sect, after hearing Elder Han’s words, gave the other person a meaningful look.

Everyone else’s gaze naturally turned to Jiang Yun, waiting to see what choice he would make.

Jiang Yun seemed like he didn’t hear Elder Han, he just kept frowning and staring at the alchemical furnace in front of him, not saying anything.

Then, a strange voice spoke up, "Jiang Yun, Elder Han has been kind to you. He’s given you two choices. If you can’t answer, it’s better to admit defeat now and not waste any more time here."

The voice belonged to Li Changlin.

At this moment, he wasn’t sure if it was because he had made it to the top three in the second round of the competition that he was feeling a bit light-headed, forgetting that he had just been startled by Jiang Yun.

However, his words were timely.

At this moment, Jiang Yun’s expression clearly showed that he couldn’t figure out which herbs were in the alchemical furnace and the temperature needed for the medicine, so he hesitated to speak.

Just as Xiao Zheng was about to say something for Jiang Yun, Jiang Yun finally raised his head, ignored Li Changlin, and directly asked Elder Han, "Senior Han, may I ask a question?"

Elder Han smiled slightly and said, "Feel free to ask!"

"Can the herbs in my alchemical furnace be used to make a certain type of medicine?" Jiang Yun asked.

In the story, nobody else noticed anything when this question was asked, but Elder Han’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.

However, the surprise disappeared quickly, before anyone could notice.

Elder Han nodded solemnly and said, "I can guarantee with my reputation that the herbs I give you can definitely create a special medicine!"

"Can you answer now?"

Jiang Yun closed his eyes again, but soon started listing names, "Heavenly Grass, White Honey, Feng Ling Leaf, Water Lotus, Cicada Molt, Guardian Palace…"

Even though Jiang Yun’s words sounded like he was speaking to himself, everyone heard them clearly.

They all knew that Jiang Yun was naming different herbs.

Obviously, these were the herbs inside Jiang Yun’s alchemical furnace.

Except for Elder Han, nobody knew what herbs Jiang Yun had in his alchemical furnace, so they couldn’t confirm if Jiang Yun’s list was correct.

Everyone looked at Elder Han, hoping to see if Jiang Yun’s answer was right by Elder Han’s expressions.

Unfortunately, at that moment, Elder Han unexpectedly closed his eyes, just like Jiang Yun.

Apart from a slight smile on his lips, there was no other expression on Elder Han’s face for everyone to judge.

However, Jiang Yun ignored all of this and continued to say one medicine name after another, "Jindi Luo, Wang Buliuhang, Zihuadi Ding, Mantuoluo…"

Gradually, people’s faces began to show surprise and doubt.

Because Jiang Yun had already mentioned more than thirty different types of herbs!

It was worth noting that in the previous round, the disciple who collected the most herbs had not even reached twenty types, but Jiang Yun kept on going.

This caused many disciples to whisper among themselves after exchanging glances with each other.

"Is Jiang Yun really right about this? Could it be that he is just randomly naming herbs to fool us?"

"I don’t know, but it’s very possible!"

"It’s not certain. The most complicated recipe in our sect is said to require thirty-seven different herbs. Jiang Yun named thirty, which isn’t that many."

However, the voice defending Jiang Yun closed soon after.

Because the number of herbs Jiang Yun listed had already exceeded forty, yet he continued.

As a result, almost everyone believed Jiang Yun was just talking nonsense.

Who needs so many herbs to make a pill?

Even if such a pill exists, how skilled in medicine would one need to be to successfully make it?

Whether Li Changlin or Guan Yiming, they both smirked, watching Jiang Yun with mocking eyes, curious about how many herbs Jiang Yun would list next without being interrupted.

Finally, after Jiang Yun listed forty-nine herbs, he closed his mouth, opened his eyes, and looked back at Elder Han.

When Jiang Yun stopped talking, Elder Han almost immediately opened his eyes and still had a slight smile on his face. He looked at Jiang Yun and asked, "Have you finished speaking?"

Jiang Yun didn’t answer the question but stared straight at him and said, "Out of these forty-nine medicinal herbs, nine are of the gold element, seventeen are of the wood element, three are of the fire element, and ten each are of the water and earth elements."

"This combination of the five elemental properties is very contradictory and it is impossible to refine them into a certain elixir."

"Later, I thought of using the fire from the alchemical furnace. Since both are of the fire element, I believed that by balancing each other out, it would help neutralize the contradictions between the five elements."

"However, this would result in twenty-four mutually beneficial herbs and twenty-five mutually harmful herbs, creating an imbalance."

"In theory, it is still impossible to refine into a certain elixir!"

Jiang Yun’s voice echoed once again in the ears of all the people from the Grand Medicine Sect, making them more and more startled as they listened.

Initially, they thought Jiang Yun was randomly naming the herbs.

But little did they expect that Jiang Yun had actually calculated all the elemental properties of these herbs.

And further deduced the mutually nurturing and restraining relationship between each other.

Some attentive disciples, while listening to Jiang Yun’s narration, started to calculate the Five Elements properties of the medicine names he previously mentioned in order.

The final result turned out to be completely identical to what Jiang Yun had said!

Although this still couldn’t confirm the accuracy of Jiang Yun’s answer, just by relying on the senses of smell and hearing, they could do this much.

This clearly shows that Jiang Yun’s sense of medicine is really strong!

Elder Han paid no attention to these and fixed his gaze on Jiang Yun, asking, "Is this the final answer you have for me?"

Jiang Yun suddenly smiled and said, "Originally, my conclusion was that with these forty-nine medicinal herbs put together, it’s impossible to refine any elixirs."

At this point, Jiang Yun reached out to lift the alchemical furnace in front of him, unaffected by its scorching temperature, saying, "This alchemical furnace should be empty!"

"However, Elder Han, you answered my question with such certainty earlier, so my final answer is—"

Jiang Yun paused here and then said slowly, "The timing of this medicine has reached ninety percent!"