The herbal trading venue in the royal city.
Yang Wu once again clashed with the people from Yaowang Pavilion, but this time the conflict was not resolved with fists, but with the alchemist's competition.
Distinguishing herbs is common sense for pharmacists. Don’t underestimate this common sense. There are thousands of herbs. Not every pharmacist can distinguish these herbs clearly, not to mention that some herbs look very similar. , and also have to tell their medicinal properties. If you are not careful, you will misidentify them. This is the time to test the alchemist's eyesight.
Yang Wu and Zhang Huojie each found three notaries. Two of them recorded the status of the herbs they identified, while the other made the final decision and decided the final winner.
These three people are all veterans of this trading place. They are not alchemists, but their ability to identify herbs is first-rate. They rarely misjudge herbs, so it is relatively fair for them to be the notaries.
"I think it might be a little slow for you to identify the medicine alone. Why don't you two brothers and sisters do it together." Before Yang Wu was about to start, he once again made provocative remarks.
"Arrogant!" Zhang Huojie shouted.
People around him also felt that Yang Wu was too loud. It is absolutely fair to distinguish medicine one-on-one, but it is different when one-on-two. The efficiency of two people is more than double that of one person. Woolen cloth.
"Senior brother, please promise him." Wu Nan whispered to Zhang Huojie.
Zhang Huojie hesitated for a moment and said to Yang Wu: "Okay, you brought this on yourself, you can't blame anyone."
"Well, if I lose, I'll just pay it off, don't worry." Yang Wu responded lazily.
In this way, Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan faced off against Yang Wu to see who could identify the most herbs and the most accurately within a quarter of an hour.
Due to the temporary addition of Wu Nan, an additional notary was found to record the testimony.
Under the witness of everyone, each stall owner divided the herbs on the stall into two rows for people on both sides to identify.
In addition to ordinary herbal medicines, there are also many old medicines here. There are so many types, but it is not possible to distinguish them clearly with just one or two eyes.
After the notary in the middle announced that the medicinal identification had begun, the notaries on both sides were ready to record the results to see which side could identify the medicinal herbs faster and more accurately.
"Ebony grass is a common herbal medicine with mild medicinal properties and can improve eyesight."
"Spicy star horn is a common herbal medicine with hot medicinal properties. Regular consumption can detoxify."
"Chicken Spatholobus, an old medicine that is more than fifty years old, has the effect of warding off evil spirits and nourishing the blood."
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Zhang Huojie is worthy of being a senior spiritual herbalist. His ability to distinguish herbs is not random. He can easily pick out the names and properties of herbs after getting them.
Wu Nan on the other side was not bad at all, and quickly reported the names and medicinal properties of several medicinal herbs. After all, these were commonly used medicines, and they could easily recognize them without any difficulty.
The real difficulty lies in the age evaluation of more old medicines later, and there are even one or two elixirs that others cannot discover. This particularly tests one's eyesight.
After Yang Wu glanced at the herbs next to him slowly and leisurely, he also quickly reported the name and properties of the herbs.
"Dried green fruit is an ordinary fruit. It cannot be eaten raw. It needs to be peeled and boiled in fire before it can be eaten. It can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs."
"Barley grass, a common herbal medicine, is beneficial in clearing away heat and relieving summer heat."
"The stems and leaves are common herbs with a light and sour taste, which can refresh the mind and nourish the essence."
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At first, both sides were equally quick to distinguish. No, it should be said that Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan combined were much faster.
In the eyes of those around him, Yang Wu must have lost.
"How can one mouth be compared to two mouths? I really think the people who come out of Yaowang Pavilion are drunkards and ricebags."
"Isn't it? As long as a discerning alchemist can distinguish more than half of the herbs here, the disciples of Yaowang Pavilion soak in the herbal piles every day, so it is much easier for them to distinguish the herbs."
"Earl Shaowu can march and fight. His ability to identify medicines is not bad, but he is a little overconfident."
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The people of the Death Legion were not worried at all. They had complete blind trust in Yang Wu. As long as Yang Wu felt that he could do something, they felt that it was not a problem at all.
At first, Yang Wu single-handedly led the barbarian suppressing army to defeat the barbarian army. Later, he went deep into the barbarian tribes and forced the barbarian tribe chiefs to come to negotiate peace. He also made elixirs such as the Earth King Pill in front of the army, and they Some people can become kings, and some people can improve their general level. It is all due to Yang Wu. They feel that Yang Wu is omnipotent.
In fact, Yang Wu is indeed omnipotent. He reports the names and properties of herbs faster and faster. He can almost pick up an herb and report all its properties without thinking about it at all.
If one strain is like this, two strains are like this, it is not surprising, and dozens of strains are like this, then the ability to identify medicines is extraordinary.
Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan could easily tell the names and medicinal properties of the first few dozen herbs, but for the following herbs, they had to weigh them carefully before naming them, for fear of making mistakes.
This is a place where herbal medicines are traded, not the medicine warehouse of their Yaowang Pavilion. Everything is listed clearly, and they can easily tell it apart. The herbs here are all in a mess, piled up in piles, and anyone who looks at them will be confused. After sorting it out, they can be distinguished and determined.
Both Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan were correct in identifying medicines step by step, and they were already very fast, but they still couldn't see enough in front of Yang Wu.
The notary who recorded it in front of Yang Wu was dumbfounded.
When Yang Wu kept reporting the medicinal herbs and their properties, he felt that he could hardly keep up with the writing. He had to use all his strength to write notes quickly. He cursed in his heart: "This guy It must be nonsense, how could it be repaid so quickly."
Yang Wu didn't even need to think about it. In fact, this was the case. His Shenting mental power had already clearly sensed the herbs here, and he knew all the information about the herbs. This was not only because he had followed Xiao Hei. Learning to identify medicines is also because the various medicinal herbs have already been recorded in the medicine refining chapter that Xiao Hei passed on to him. This is basic common sense, which saves him the time of slowly learning to identify medicines. It can be said that he has it in his mind. The encyclopedia of herbal medicines and the ability to identify medicines can compete with the top alchemists, let alone the two small elixir masters Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan.
"Illustrated iron lotus is a 70-year-old medicine. It is used as a condiment in food to increase the fragrance. It can also be used as medicine. It has the effect of neutralizing the strong properties of the medicine."
"Dried Rehmannia glutinosa is an 85-year-old medicine. It tastes sweet, increases liver vitality, and enhances physical fitness."
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Yang Wu didn't stop talking. In the blink of an eye, he had already caught up with the total reported by Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan, and had a tendency to surpass it.
Yang Wu spoke loudly, and the people around him could hear it clearly. They felt that Yang Wu's speed of distinguishing medicines not only did not slow down, but got faster and faster, which was not normal.
Both Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan could hear it, and they cursed in their hearts: "That guy must be shouting randomly."
They didn't believe that Yang Wu could clearly distinguish all the herbs without taking time to think.
But in fact, this was the case. As time passed, Yang Wu still showed no signs of stopping. Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan became more and more panicked. They reported the names and effects of the herbs intermittently. They didn't know whether they were wrong or not.
Yang Wu's voice was like a reminder, so fast that they couldn't resist it, and sweat flowed like crazy.
They felt that the names and efficacy of the herbal medicines mentioned by Yang Wu did not seem to be random reports, and they were described in a realistic manner, which caused a lot of obstacles for them.
The people around him completely shut up. They were waiting for the end of time to worry about whether Yang Wu had made a false report.
After a while, the notary in the middle loudly announced: "The time is up, please both parties stop distinguishing medicine."
Both sides stopped. Yang Wu looked at Zhang Huojie and Wu Nan with a smile on his face and asked: "You seem to be a bit slow."
Wu Nan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Don't bluff people. Don't think that you can get away with making false reports."
Zhang Huojie said solemnly: "Ask the notary to make a judgment. Just because he reports quickly does not mean that everything is correct."
"I know you are not convinced, please ask a notary to bear witness." Yang Wu spread his hands and said.
Four notaries began to audit and evaluate who could identify the most herbal medicines most accurately.
The notary in the middle serves as the verifyer and judge. He also reads the results given by the other three notaries and makes the final determination after repeated judgments.
After he first looked at Wu Nan's record of the number of herbal medicines identified, he said loudly: "Master Wu identified a total of ninety-seven types of herbal medicines, and made thirteen mistakes in total."
"Impossible, how could I make so many mistakes?" Wu Nan lost his voice.
The notary turned to him and said, "Come and take a look. Did you identify the thirteen herbs wrongly?"
Wu Nan came closer and looked at the thirteen selected herbs. After matching the accuracy and medicinal properties that others said, his face instantly turned pale. He covered his head and said: "At least half of the herbs I usually use here are I remember it all clearly, why am I making such a stupid mistake now? Damn it.”
Zhang Huojie was also watching. He patted Wu Nan on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. You still have eighty-four things right. We can definitely win."
The intermediary notary went to identify Zhang Huojie's medicinal results, and soon announced: "Master Zhang identified a total of 132 medicinal herbs, and there were three errors in total."
"How could I have made a mistake?" Zhang Huojie said dissatisfied.
The notary in the middle brought the three herbs to Zhang Huojie and said respectfully: "Look, this is Green Tongue Blue, not Blue Vein Blue, and this one is Red Blood Vine, not Green Blood Vine..."
Zhang Huojie didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and said loudly: "That's enough, don't say it anymore. It was my mistake. Go check out his herbal medicine. There must be many mistakes."
The three herbal medicines he misidentified all have similar medicinal species, and it is easy to misidentify them if you are distracted. Sure enough, it was because Yang Wu's loud words affected his state of mind that he misidentified them.
Next, the notary in the middle began to distinguish the status of Yang Wu's herbal medicine, and everyone's attention was also focused on Yang Wu.