"it's me?"
Sun Tao clenched his fists in excitement, looked around and glanced at Zhang Xuan, his neck raised, full of arrogance.
After passing the two assessments, the apprentice status is basically confirmed.
Ignoring the narcissistic Sun Tao, Zhang Xuan frowned when he heard that he hadn't heard it before.
It shouldn't be.
He checked them all using the Tiandao Library. There was no way he could make any mistakes. How could he not pass
"Two alchemists, may I ask where I went wrong?"
Unable to resist, Zhang Xuan stepped forward.
"What? You want to question the corrections of the two adults? If you are wrong, you are wrong. It must be that you did not recognize any of the medicinal herbs, or you wrote it wrong!"
Sun Tao stood in front, flicking his sleeves, and said with a sincere and instructive tone: "Go back and study hard. Theory is theory, practice is practice. Your theoretical answer is good, but you can't become an alchemy apprentice if you can't recognize the medicinal materials! "
His voice was thick and his manners elegant.
Boy, weren't you very proud just now
It’s scary to get a perfect score on the test paper, but it’s still useless!
"That Ichthyophthora was written incorrectly, it was written as Dragon Scale Herb!" Seeing his question, Ouyang Cheng said: "Don't be discouraged. You can get full marks in the test paper, which means that your understanding of medicine has reached a certain level. In the future, as long as you observe it carefully Combined with the medicinal materials, it will definitely pass next time!”
"Yes, you are still young, don't be in a hurry, as long as you are open-minded and studious, and combine it with practice, you should be able to become a real alchemy apprentice in no time!" Alchemist Duman also said.
If they were ordinary people, the two of them would not be able to explain at all. The person in front of them had just received perfect marks, and even they felt very grateful for his talent.
"You mean this?"
Only then did Zhang Xuan understand why he failed the second test. He returned to the table, picked up a medicinal plant, and looked at it seriously: "Are you really sure this is the fish scale plant?"
"Of course, the roots are like fish scales, and the branches and leaves are blue-grey. What is it if it's not a fish scale plant?"
Before Ouyang Cheng and Du Man could answer, Sun Tao spoke proudly.
Fish scale grass is a very remote medicinal material. Its characteristics are just like what he said. The roots are like fish scales and the branches and leaves are slightly gray.
Although rare, it is recorded in books.
This is exactly what Zhang Xuan wrote wrong before.
"Is not it?"
Ouyang Cheng obviously agreed with Sun Tao's judgment and looked over in confusion.
"Of course not!" Zhang Xuan shook his head: "The two alchemists didn't even understand the medicinal materials for the exam, so they just concluded that I failed! It would be too hasty!"
"Presumptuous!" Sun Tao thought that the young man in front of him was trying to please others, so he immediately interrupted: "How could the question given by the alchemist himself be wrong? Stop talking nonsense here..."
If he passes the assessment, it is very likely that he will be the apprentice of these two people. Of course, he must please him in advance.
"Isn't it easy to talk nonsense? There are books in the room outside. Please go and fetch the one at the bottom of the seventh row!" Zhang Xuan said calmly, too lazy to talk to this guy.
"Huahua, go get it!"
Ouyang Cheng and Du Man looked at each other, and the latter gave orders.
The alchemist apprentice who led several people into the room nodded and walked out. After a while, he took out a book, which was an overview of the special medicinal materials that Zhang Xuan mentioned.
"Turn to page 17, there is a detailed description of Ichthyosaurus!"
Zhang Xuan said.
The apprentice Zhu Huahua on one side couldn't help but turn the pages of the book, and sure enough he found a detailed explanation of the fish scale plant.
"Can you remember this?"
The two alchemists Ouyang Cheng and Du Man also looked over, and their bodies shook at the same time, showing their disbelief.
The fish scale grass was a medicinal material they took out at random. They didn't reveal the information at all in advance, so there was no possibility of cheating!
Telling at once what book it was recorded on, what page it was on, and where in the room it was... This kind of memory is already incredible.
"Please read the above detailed introduction about Ichthyosaurus!" Ignoring their shock, Zhang Xuan continued.
"Ichthyosaurus grows in swamps. It is named after its rhizomes are fish-scale-shaped. It is blue-grey with slight white spots on the tops of its branches and leaves. When mature, the scales of Ichthyosaurus are about the size of soybeans..."
Alchemy apprentice Zhu Huahua lowered his voice as he read, because even he found that these characteristics were very different from the "Fish Scale Grass" on the table.
"There are white spots on the tops of the branches and leaves of Ichthyora, but this one doesn't have them! The scales of mature Ichthyora are about the size of soybeans, and each scale of this medicinal plant is about the same as a fingernail, obviously much larger!" Zhang Xuan raised the medicinal material in his hand. , elaborate on it bit by bit.
"this… "
Ouyang Cheng and Du Man hurriedly took the one from Zhu Huahua's hand and looked at it again. Sure enough, they found many differences.
"Since it is not fish scale grass, it is something similar to it. Among many medicinal materials, the only one that is very similar to it is the dragon scale grass I wrote about! If you feel that this kind of medicinal material does not exist, you can go to the room just now. In the upper right corner of the fourth row, there is a book written by Senior Liu Daqian, with detailed records on page 54!"
Liu Daxian was a well-known alchemist thirty years ago. He had made great achievements in searching for medicinal materials in barren lands.
"Of course, if you still don't believe it, I still have a way to identify it!" Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "Ichthyosaurus is a warm medicinal material. When the rhizome is broken, a milky white liquid will flow out, and this root is a cold medicinal material. , when cut open, a light yellow liquid will flow, exuding a damp and cold air! The two alchemists are both masters of medicine, so it should be easy to distinguish with this basic common sense!"
"this… "
Du Man winked at Zhu Huahua and asked him to look for the book again, and he pulled it gently with both hands.
Snap!
The rhizome of the "Ichthyosaurus" in the hand was torn open, and a pale yellow liquid slowly flowed out, giving people a cold feeling.
"As expected!"
The two shook their heads.
Exactly what the other party said!
This medicinal plant is actually not a fish scale plant!
At this moment, Zhu Huahua also came over, holding a book in his hand, and he found a record about Dragon Scale Grass on page 54, which was exactly the same as the medicinal plant in front of him.
Their great examiner actually gave a wrong answer for correction...
Ouyang Cheng and Du Man only felt their faces burning.
The room fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone looked at the young man in front of them as if they were looking at a monster.
Damn it, being able to remember the difference between dragon scale grass and fish scale grass is nothing, but remembering which book, which page, and where in the room...
This is too outrageous!
Or not human
Sun Tao, who had been trying to express himself and laugh at Zhang Xuan just now, was dumbfounded on the spot, his body kept shaking, and he was about to cry without tears.
Damn it, if I had known that the other party had this kind of memory, I wouldn’t have been pretentious even if I beat him to death!
Now it’s okay, I can’t pretend to be cool anymore, I’m just pretending to be a fool!
If there was a crack in the ground, I would have gotten into it long ago...