Tianlu College.
With Zuo Rong and several other teachers watching, Chu Liuyue began to process the medicinal materials.
She first took out a palm-sized white shell and rubbed it carefully on the grindstone. After a while, fine white powder fell.
This thing was thick in texture and very troublesome to polish. Chu Liuyue spent about a quarter of an hour on it and still had more than half of it left.
Xuan Cang, who was next to him, endured it again and again. Finally, looking at Chu Liuyue's clumsy look, he finally spoke.
"Chu Liuyue, do you know that this is not how this white elephant shell is handled!?"
Chu Liuyue raised her head in surprise:
"Really? But doesn't the book say that the white elephant shell needs to be ground into powder to be fully effective?"
Xuan Cang rubbed his brows with a headache.
"That's true, but at your current speed, how long will it take to completely grind this white elephant shell into powder? What's more, this is only the first one, and there is another one in the box! How much will it cost you? Have you counted the time!?"
Chu Liuyue seemed a little embarrassed and humbly asked for advice:
"Then...what do you want to do?"
Xuan Cang shook his head in disappointment and said to Zuo Rong:
"Look at how clumsy she is, how can she be smart at all? She can't handle a single white elephant shell, let alone so many medicinal materials behind it! I don't think we need to watch it here! Her method is 80% impossible. Reliable! As for Liao Zhongshu’s injury, I’ll just go back and find a solution myself!”
After saying that, Xuan Cang stood up and left regardless of Zuo Rong's obstruction.
The remaining teachers looked at each other, a little embarrassed.
"Zuorong, what Xuan Cang said is not unreasonable. Chu Liuyue said it herself. She didn't come up with the recipe herself, but got it from others unintentionally. Besides, she didn't remember it very well. Clearly, a large part of it is due to masking. It’s hard to say whether this is effective or not!”
"I heard that during the entrance exam, she barely passed. She probably didn't have much talent. Zuorong, you probably thought too much this time."
"I'd better go back and think of something together with Xuan Cang! Everyone, I'm going to take the first step!"
"Wait for me! I still have something to go back to—"
When Xuan Cang left, he took two teachers with him, leaving only Zuo Rong and another teacher.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Chu Liuyue asked apologetically:
"Teacher Zuorong, did the student do something wrong?"
Zuo Rong coughed:
"It's nothing, they just have their own things to be busy with, you don't need to worry about them! Just make the medicine!"
Chu Liuyue hesitated to speak, but still didn't say anything and continued to polish the white elephant shell.
After a while, she polished it completely into powder.
She wiped her sweat, took out a second white elephant shell and started polishing it.
The other teacher finally couldn't stand it anymore, apologized to Zuorong and left.
Zuo Rong looked at Chu Liuyue doubtfully.
Could it be that he thought wrong
Chu Liuyue's talent is actually not as outstanding as he expected
But if that's the case...how did she directly solve the embarrassment Cui Yao put on her
Zuo Rong stared at Chu Liuyue closely, pondering for a long time, and a vague idea came to his mind.
-Could it be that Chu Liuyue was hiding his clumsiness on purpose
But why
Having the talent of heavenly medicine is something that many people dream of.
With such potential, anyone would be eager to show it to others, but Chu Liuyue... is really a bit strange.
Zuo Rong thought for a while, but didn't want to point it out deliberately, so he found an excuse and left.
In the end, Chu Liuyue was the only one left in the room.
She let out a small breath.
She didn't want these people to notice anything, so she deliberately pretended that she wasn't good at anything.
It doesn't matter if they dislike him, the most important thing is to make the medicine well.
Zuo Rong seemed to have noticed something, but did not pursue it.
Chu Liuyue closed the doors and windows before focusing her attention on the pile of medicinal materials again.
Now, time is running out...
…
Cen Hu asked around in the college and confirmed that Gu Mingfeng had indeed not come to the college in the past two days, so he went to the teacher to ask for leave and went out to look for someone.
Of course, he wouldn't be able to find it so quickly just by himself, but fortunately, Cen Hu also has a group of brothers in the imperial capital. As long as he gives a shout, someone will help him immediately.
After running for most of the day, in the evening, he finally found Gu Mingfeng in a small dilapidated house.
But after meeting Gu Mingfeng, Cen Hu was shocked.
Because his face and body were all covered with injuries!
"What happened to you? Who hit you?"
Cen Hu's energy comes from his heart.
"We will help you get revenge!"
Gu Mingfeng dodged for a moment, as if he didn't want to be seen in such a mess. But after hearing Cen Hu's words, he paused again and finally exposed his injuries calmly.
The corners of his mouth twitched.
"Thank you. However, you are no match, so forget it."
Cen Hu glared:
"Forget it?! Even if I'm not my opponent, there are still Liu Yue and Hongyu! They asked me to come to you. If they see you like this, they won't just let it go!"
Gu Mingfeng's heart moved.
"...They asked you to come?"
"Yes! You should know, Liu Yue is back safely! We originally planned to go to the Phoenix Tower to celebrate today, but neither you nor Zhongshu can go. Liu Yue and the others went to take care of Zhongshu, and asked me to Come out and find you.”
Gu Mingfeng's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and it took him a while to find his voice.
"He's a family man."
Cen Hu’s voice suddenly rose in pitch:
"Gu family? Why do they do this to you!? Aren't you already—"
Gu Mingfeng said nothing.
It was precisely because he was kicked out of the Gu family that many people came to trouble him.
Over the years, many people in the Gu family disliked him.
If it can make his life uncomfortable right now, it will be a great achievement for Gu Yunfei. Who wouldn't do it
He originally thought of returning to the academy after his injury got better, but unexpectedly Cen Hu came directly.
Cen Hu patted his shoulder and said very seriously:
"Don't worry, we have a life-or-death friendship, and we will never ignore it! Let's go back first, Liu Yue and Hongyu are still waiting for us!"
Gu Mingfeng couldn't explain what he was feeling. He hesitated for a long time and finally nodded.
"good."
…
(End of chapter)