Chapter 7: The Book of Herbs

"The Book of Herbs" is a strange book created by a generation of medicine god Shennong Emperor and constantly improved by later generations. The "Hundred Herbs Sutra" is not static, but every time a new medicinal material is discovered, it will be recorded in the "Hundred Herbs Sutra" after the pharmacist uses and verifies. The human race was unified from 5,000 years ago, and countless pharmacists worked hard to leave the name "Baicao Jing", which can be said to be a sacred text recognized by pharmacists. The name, form, medicinal properties, and method of use of medicinal herbs are all recorded, and it can be said responsibly that if someone can read through and memorize all the contents of the Baicao Sutra, then he can obtain the title of "Master of Medicinal Materials".

The Book of Hundred Herbs is not a book circulating in the market, and is generally only disseminated among pharmacists. And not all pharmacists can have the Hundred Herbs Sutra. Generally speaking, those who can independently and stably make one ordinary potion can be called a pharmacist, and this type of pharmacist is called a junior pharmacist, and those who can independently make more than 5 ordinary potions and a rare potion can be promoted to an intermediate pharmacist, and those who can independently make more than 10 rare potions can be promoted to a senior pharmacist. The promotion of senior pharmacists no longer requires the type of ordinary potions to be made, after all, there are not many high-level pharmacists in a large tribe, and no high-level pharmacist will waste time on the production of ordinary potions.

There is also a level above the senior pharmacist is the big pharmacist, and the promotion of the big pharmacist is the most difficult, and it must require the identity of a senior pharmacist at the same time, and be able to create a new pharmacist, which has stumped more than 90% of the senior pharmacists. The most famous thing is that two hundred years ago, there was a pharmacist surnamed Wu in the southern part of Linnan, who could make more than fifty kinds of rare potions, but he did not become a great pharmacist until he died.

Those who can own the "Baicao Jing" are at least intermediate pharmacists or above, and junior pharmacists can only borrow books, but cannot own them privately, which is an unwritten rule of the pharmacist class. The main reason is that the content of the "Hundred Herbs Sutra" is too varied, and being able to become a junior pharmacist is enough to cultivate as an elite of the human race, and there is more than one book about medicinal materials. When a junior pharmacist is promoted to an intermediate pharmacist, he will be awarded the Hundred Herbs Sutra.

Seeing this book, Chu Yi at least knew that Yuan Wen was a pharmacist above the intermediate level. "Granny Wen, this is too precious, I can't take it. "Chu Yi is very honest and knows the value of this book, not to mention that Yuan Wen even gave him the cold jade box.

"Haha, who said they were going to give it to you. Yuan Wen said with a smile, "We are going to the Qiyun tribe, the road is far away, but this item is too important, so it must be taken away, just temporarily handed over to you for safekeeping, and when you get to the destination, you have to return me, how much you can learn on the way depends on your own creation." ”

"But this ......" Chu Yi was still about to speak, but was interrupted by Yuan Wen. "That's it, we're going to leave tomorrow, you can check your belongings again. ”

"Okay. Chu Yi could only agree, and at the same time, the gratitude in his heart became even stronger. Chu Yi and Yuan Wen have no relatives and no reason, but Yuan Wen treats Chu Yi as his own child. Although Chu Yi helped Yuan Wen take care of the medicine garden, everyone knew that being an assistant to a pharmacist was not a chore at all, let alone an intermediate pharmacist. If Yuan Wen is willing, with her identity, there will be countless people rushing to work for her, and the intermediate pharmacist is a fragrant bun even in the medium-sized tribe.

Therefore, Chu Yi has always been grateful to Yuan Wen for his teaching, but Chu Yi didn't understand why Yuan Wen looked at him differently, and even handed over such a valuable "Hundred Herbs Sutra" to Chu Yi for safekeeping. Chu Yi knew that he didn't have any outstanding talents, which was also Chu Yi's biggest doubt, maybe only Yuan Wen knew. But these are not important, the important thing is to take good care of these treasures now, and at the same time memorize the content of the "Hundred Herbs Sutra" well, and live up to Yuan Wen's expectations.

Chu Yi knew that he was going to lose sleep again today, but this time it was not worrying, this time it was to read a good book.

Chu Yi opened the cold jade box again, still with a cold air, and then took out the "Hundred Herbs Sutra". There are hundreds of pages in the "Hundred Herbs Sutra", each page records dozens of medicinal materials, and thousands of medicinal materials are recorded scattered in one book, so that Chu Yi has to feel the intentions of his predecessors. Such a thick book, hundreds of pieces of demon beast skin, but it seemed to have no weight, which was also the reason why Chu Yi felt that there was nothing in the box at that time. The touch of the whole book is very good, the words and medicinal materials are very clear, coupled with the unusual weight, which makes Chu Yi associate with the material of the book.

This shouldn't be an ordinary demon beast skin, Chu Yi thought. In fact, Chu Yi's guess was not wrong, this was made of empty cicada bird skin. The Sky Cicada Bird is a flying monster beast with a very fast speed, its flight speed comes from the talent of the race, the Sky Cicada Bird can depict the wind between heaven and earth on its own skin, so it can get a bonus to its flight speed, so the skin of the Sky Cicada Bird can float in the air in defiance of the laws of nature.

However, Chu Yi didn't know this, if Chu Yi could look at the pages more carefully, he would find that it was moving slowly on its own. It's a pity that Chu Yi is not interested in these, Chu Yi is still interested in the patterns and words on the book.

Chu Yi is a hardworking child, as a 5-year-old child, he can give up the happiness of childhood, and his perseverance can be seen by burying his head in the medicine garden for 3 years. And now, for Chu Yi, it is the best opportunity to improve himself. "Snow lotus, born in the extremely cold and secluded land, grows in early 30 years, grows 6 lotus leaves, and after 50 years grows 12 lotus leaves, which can be used to make ......" He is like a piece of soil that has been dry for many years, and when it is watered by a sudden heavy rain, no amount of rain can meet his needs.

This night was too short for Chu Yi. Even if Chu Yi kept looking and memorizing without sleep, he only read 3 pages, and the content of 3 pages had not been memorized. You must know that there are nearly 80 kinds of medicinal materials recorded on 3 pages, and these more than 80 kinds of medicinal materials are different, if Chu Yi can remember the appearance of these medicinal materials in one night, the ingredients and sources will be a genius. It's a pity that Chu Yi is not, there are only 30 kinds of appearances that Chu Yi can really remember, and there are only 14 kinds that can completely recite all the introductions, and 6 of them are already planted in the medicine garden, so there are only 8 kinds that can really be remembered.

The so-called chewing too much is exactly this truth. If you read all the "Hundred Herbs", you will find that there are hundreds of medicinal materials that look similar, but the effects are completely different, hundreds of medicinal materials will show different forms in different production cycles, and the medicinal uses are also different, and so on. Therefore, junior pharmacists can watch and borrow the "Hundred Herbs Sutra", but they cannot own it, and this is the reason. If you want to refine medicine, it is better to go directly to obtain the prescription, and then go to the "Hundred Herbs" to verify the medicinal materials according to the needs of the prescription, which is the mainstream idea of junior pharmacists. When it comes to the intermediate pharmacist stage, it is more necessary to have a complete knowledge reserve of the system, and then launch an attack on the senior pharmacist.

And the reason why Yuan Wen wanted to give a pharmacist apprentice to watch the "Hundred Herbs Sutra" was just to give Chu Yi a chance, test the child's temperament, and at the same time cultivate Chu Yi's interest in reading. However, Yuan Wen didn't expect Chu Yi to be so studious.