Chapter 16 Becoming a Medicine Disciple

"The first assessment is over, and the second assessment begins. ”

With the announcement of the two elders, the seven disciples in the assessment hall stopped the heated discussion and became nervous again. Next to the assessment hall is the medicine hall, in which there are thousands of kinds of medicinal materials, basically covering all the medicinal materials in the detailed explanation of the hundred ghosts, and it is also the venue for the second assessment.

"Gu Yifeng, come with me. The white-bearded old man shouted, and then he saw the young man named Gu Yifeng hurriedly stand up and follow the two elders to the medicine hall next to him.

The remaining six disciples in the hall could not hide the tension and anxiety in their hearts at this moment, they had all experienced many medicine apprentice assessments, and they understood that the second assessment was the most difficult one, and success or failure was in this link.

Meng Hao didn't have much change in mentality, although he was surprised for a moment when he heard Chen Yu's assessment introduction, Meng Hao was still very confident in himself.

As time passed, a disciple in the famous hall was called out by the white-haired old man, and in the end, only Meng Hao was left alone in the assessment hall, and the disciples who were called out never came back, Meng Hao didn't know if they passed the assessment.

"Meng Hao, it's your turn, come with me. After waiting for a long time, the white-haired old man returned to the assessment hall again, called Meng Hao's name, and Meng Hao passed the first assessment with a full score, which made the white-haired old man full of interest in Meng Hao, and I don't know what kind of results Meng Hao will have in the second assessment.

Meng Hao followed the white-haired old man to the medicine hall next to him, and found that this medicine hall was very similar to a Chinese medicine shop in the world, with rows of medicine cabinets containing all kinds of medicinal materials, and the air was filled with a faint smell of medicinal fragrance.

"Do you know the rules for the second assessment?" The white-bearded old man was standing in front of the medicine grabbing table at the moment, looking at Meng Hao with a smile.

"Clear. Meng Hao nodded, and then sat down on the chair in front of the medicine grabbing table, waiting for the assessment to begin.

The first written test is to test the disciple's memorization of kung fu, and the second test is to test the disciple's practical ability. There are 100 questions in the second assessment, the first 50 questions are olfactory assessment, and the last 50 questions are taste assessment, and the assessment is considered to be passed if the assessment reaches 80 points.

The first 50 questions test that the disciples will obscure their vision and identify medicinal materials only by their sense of smell, while the last 50 questions will obscure their vision and sense of smell at the same time, and they will rely only on their sense of taste to identify medicinal materials, which is staggeringly difficult.

"Okay, let's start now. The white-haired old man who brought Meng Hao to the medicine hall shot out a spirit rune, which turned into a cloud of black smoke in the mid-air where the spirit rune shot towards Meng Hao, and floated directly into Meng Hao's eyes, Meng Hao's eyes were suddenly shrouded in darkness, and he could no longer see anything.

"The first herb. At the same time that Meng Hao's eyes were covered, the white-bearded old man in front of Meng Hao spoke, and then a special smell wafted into Meng Hao's mouth and nose, with a faint fishy smell.

"Houttuynia cordata, cold in nature, can clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and treat sores. Meng Hao quickly confirmed the answer in his heart, and without hesitation, he directly said the entity of this smell.

"Correct, next. The white-bearded old man said lightly, and then the smell of Houttuynia cordata disappeared, and then another different smell wafted into Meng Hao's mouth and nose, with a faint aroma. At first, they were all highly recognizable medicinal materials, and if they couldn't answer it, it would be disappointing.

"Lingxiao flower, cold sex, has the effect of invigorating blood and removing stasis. Meng Hao hesitated for two seconds and gave an answer.

"Correct, next. The smell of Ling Xiaohua disappeared, and then another scent of grass wafted into Meng Hao's mouth and nose.

"Impatiens Grass"

"Ginkgo biloba"

"Kowloon Teng"

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With the removal of one medicinal herb after another, Meng Hao could accurately say the body of each medicinal material, without any mistakes, which made the eyes of the two elders look at Meng Hao hot, it is definitely a good seedling.

Meng Hao had already guessed the forty-eight medicinal materials correctly at this moment, the white-bearded old man and the white-haired old man glanced at each other, and decided to increase the difficulty for Meng Hao alone, to test how high Meng Hao's ability was, and then took out an Araki flower.

Araki flower is a strange flower that grows on rotten wood, it has a miraculous effect on healing, and the floral fragrance has a strong smell of rotten wood, and it is easy to make a mistake with another kind of cloud wood if you don't carefully identify it.

After smelling the scent of Araki flowers, Meng Hao did not say the correct answer as quickly as he did in the previous exam questions, but fell into a moment of contemplation.

"Araki Flower" sniffed carefully for about a minute, and Meng Hao finally confirmed his answer.

"Correct, next. The white-bearded old man's face was full of appreciation, and then he took out the medicinal herb for the last question of the sense of smell, which was also beyond the scope of the assessment.

"Mo Guicao?" Meng Hao was silent for three minutes this time before he said what he thought was the answer.

"Correct. The white-bearded old man's voice was raised a degree, obviously he didn't expect Meng Hao to answer this question correctly.

Mo Gui Cao can be said to be a medicinal herb, or it can be said to be a poisonous weed, the medicinal body will emit a very faint smell that paralyzes people's sense of smell, making it wrong in judgment, and they may not be able to guess it after more than ten years in the medicine field, but I didn't expect Meng Hao to do it.

"Here's the taste test, ready. After the white-haired old man finished speaking, another spirit rune was struck, turning into a cloud of green smoke and drifting into Meng Hao's nose, and Meng Hao could no longer smell any more smells. The difficulty of the taste assessment is undoubtedly the highest, and when the sense of sight and smell is blocked, the ability to taste will be greatly reduced.

At this moment, outside the examination room, Chen Yu was waiting anxiously on the side, not only Chen Yu, but also some of the disciples who had just participated in the medicine apprentice assessment did not leave, but stayed here to see if Meng Hao could pass the medicine apprentice assessment.

It had been more than half an hour since Meng Hao entered the medicine hall, and many disciples had expressions of disbelief. Unlike the first written test, the second round of the assessment only needs to answer 20 questions incorrectly, which means that the assessment will be stopped if you fail, so the longer you can stay in the medicine hall, the higher the possibility of becoming a medicine apprentice.

Meng Hao was the second person to stay for more than half an hour today, and only one of the seven disciples in front of him had passed the qualification of a medicine apprentice, and that was Gu Yifeng, who was the first to go.

This person can be said to be very lucky, the written test stepped into the passing line with 201 points, and the second assessment was 80 points on the passing line. However, they are also the results of hard work, and after five years of dealing with Yaotian, they have been assessed no less than ten times, and finally became a medicine apprentice as they wished.

"The first herb of taste. The white-bearded old man reminded, Meng Hao obediently opened his mouth when he heard this, and a leaf fell into Meng Hao's mouth.

After chewing for a while, a bitterness spread throughout the mouth, and the taste was very strong. As with the olfactory assessment, the first herbs are simple and easy to identify, and gradually turn to difficult.

"Dry Yellow Grass" Meng Hao frowned, obviously because the taste of this herb was too strong and unbearable.

"Correct, next. Meng Hao opened his mouth again, and a fruit fell into Meng Hao's mouth, and as soon as Meng Hao bit through the flesh of the fruit, a strong juice spurted out, with a sweet taste, driving away the bitterness in his mouth.

"Red Dust Fruit" Meng Hao's face also became stretched, and he opened his mouth to say the answer.

"Correct, next. ”

"Tiantong Grass"

"Correct, next"

"Bone Leaf"

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Another half an hour passed, and Meng Hao had already answered forty-eight medicinal materials correctly, and there were still the last two left.

Fortunately, Meng Hao couldn't see anything at the moment, otherwise the eyes of the two old men would have to frighten Meng Hao, and the current two elders looked at Meng Hao like a wolf grandmother looking at Little Red Riding Hood, drooling.

When Meng Hao answered the forty-eight questions correctly, the two elders looked at each other together, read what they were thinking from each other's eyes, changed the original assessment content again, and increased the difficulty of the assessment for Meng Hao.

"Forty-nine medicinal herbs. After the white-bearded old man finished speaking, a fruit was thrown into Meng Hao's mouth.

Meng Hao chewed for a long time, constantly savoring the taste in his mouth, and fell into the contemplative stage for a while. After tasting so many herbs, Meng Hao's sense of taste was disturbed a lot, the previous several medicinal materials had a strong taste, and they did not disperse, and they were fused together with the taste of the new medicinal materials, increasing the difficulty of the assessment, and now the second elder took out a very difficult medicinal material, making it difficult for Meng Hao to choose.

"Can you eat another one? Until the whole fruit became juice and entered the esophagus, Meng Hao couldn't guess it, and opened his mouth to propose.

"Good" The white-bearded old man did not refuse, and took out the same fruit again and threw it into Meng Hao's mouth.

"Dillon Fruit" Meng Hao thought for a minute this time, and finally gave an answer.

"That's right, that's the last course. After the white-bearded old man finished speaking, he did not take the medicinal materials from the medicine cabinet behind him like before, but took out an extra rhizome slice in his hand out of thin air and threw it into Meng Hao's mouth, the white-haired old man on the side frowned, and did not stop it, but looked at Meng Hao with expectant eyes.

"Huh?" Meng Hao frowned deeply, and what he put into his mouth seemed to be a rhizome slice, but the texture was hard and the surface was smooth, as if what he was talking about was not a rhizome herb, but jade. I can only taste a faint taste of grassroots, but it is completely different from what I imagined.

"If you can't guess, forget it, anyway, you've already passed the assessment of the pharmacist. Seeing that Meng Hao couldn't give an answer for a long time, the white-bearded old man also knew that Meng Hao might not be able to guess what kind of medicinal herb it was, so he did not show disappointment, and his enthusiasm for Meng Hao did not weaken in the slightest.

"Spirit Grass Shen Nanzhi?" As soon as the white-bearded old man finished speaking, Meng Hao gave a guessed answer.

Meng Hao can be said to have turned over the detailed explanation of the herbs these days, among which there is a mention of the spirit grass, the spirit grass is actually the product of the herb itself being nourished by the aura for a long time and mutated, not only the medicinal effect is enhanced several times, but also has other magical effects, which is the main material of alchemy.

When I looked through Shen Nanmu's introduction, it was mentioned that Shen Nanmu became a spirit grass after being nourished by aura, which was very similar to the feeling in his mouth, after all, he had not seen it with his own eyes, and Meng Hao could only guess.

"Correct" The white-bearded old man was obviously stunned, and then said with a face full of surprise.

"!!Shh

Meng Hao's eyes lit up, and the sudden bright light made Meng Hao subconsciously cover his eyes, and it took a long time to get used to it, obviously the spirit runes that covered his vision and sense of smell had disappeared, and his medicine apprentice assessment was over.

"Congratulations, becoming a medicine apprentice. The white-haired old man walked up to the white-bearded old man, showed a charitable gaze, looked at Meng Hao and said with a smile. Immediately took out a token, the token white jade texture, the back is a pattern of a medicine tripod, and the word medicine apprentice is written on the front.

"This is your medicine apprentice identity card, you must keep it safe, not only in Maoshan, but also in other sects. The white-haired old man handed the token into Meng Hao's hand and reminded at the same time.

"Thank you, two elders. Meng Hao took the token and thanked the second elder.

Looking at the medicine apprentice token in his hand, Meng Hao's heart was also a little excited, half a month of hard work was not in vain, he passed the assessment and became a medicine apprentice, not far from his goal of refining the magic medicine.

"Meng Hao, wait!!" Just as Meng Hao was about to say goodbye and leave, the two elders stopped Meng Hao at the same time.

"Is there anything else going on with the two elders?" Meng Hao turned around and looked at the two of them suspiciously, could it be that there was something else after becoming a medicine disciple.

"Meng Hao, after you become a medicine apprentice, you will definitely go to the Miao Medicine Pavilion to listen to the elders' lectures, but not every day there will be elders to teach, and there are not a few medicine disciples in Maoshan, you will definitely not get good teaching, I have a suggestion, do you want to listen to it." Elder Whitebeard said in a deep voice.

"Elder, please speak. ”

"Among the thirty-six generations of disciples in Maoshan, the two of us dare to say that the alchemy kung fu is the first, and no one dares to say the second, I don't know if you have any intention of worshipping the two of us as teachers, and the two of us will definitely teach each other with all my heart. The white-bearded old man had expectations in his eyes, waiting for Meng Hao's answer.

"Thanks to the love of the two elders, Meng Hao is honored to be a disciple of the two elders, and it is Meng Hao's blessing to meet the two masters. Meng Hao only hesitated for a few seconds, then knelt down directly in front of the two, no matter whether what the two said was true or not, as long as he could teach himself the kung fu of alchemy.

The second elder didn't expect Meng Hao to be so straightforward, and happily accepted Meng Hao's apprenticeship with excitement, and then helped Meng Hao up.

"Haha, well, it's not in vain that the two of us value you so much. The two of us are brothers, my name is Ge Chengren, and his name is Ge Yiyi, you have to remember. The white-bearded old man said with a smile, very satisfied with Meng Hao's apprentice.

"Yes, Master. Meng Hao nodded, and the name of the second elder was firmly in his heart.

"Good apprentice, you go back to rest today, and come to the Mystic Medicine Pavilion tomorrow, and the two of us will pass you on the medicine again. The white-haired old man said with a smile.

"The disciple quit first. Meng Hao said goodbye to the two and walked out of the medicine hall, and Chen Yu, who had been waiting outside for a long time, rushed over directly and asked Meng Hao about the assessment results.

When Meng Hao took out the medicine apprentice's token, Chen Yu sighed, he had really lived to a dog all these years, and he had caught up with his three years of hard work in half a month.

The other disciples who had not left after the assessment looked at Meng Hao with jealousy and envy, but they were helpless, and they all stepped forward to congratulate Meng Hao on obtaining the qualification of medicine apprentice.

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Meng Hao for successfully obtaining a medicine apprentice, in the future, you and I will learn to refine medicine under the same roof, I hope to take care of it more in the future. A young man came over and hugged his fists and said, it was Gu Yifeng, another person who had passed the medicine apprentice assessment.

"Rejoice and rejoice, Senior Brother Gu is polite, I have to rely on Senior Brother Gu. Meng Hao hugged his fists and said modestly, which made Gu Yifeng have a good impression of Meng Hao, seeing Meng Hao's results in the written test, he originally thought that Meng Hao would be a proud person, obviously not.

"Since the two of you have passed the medicine apprentice assessment, I can tell you about the date of the lecture in the Miao Medicine Pavilion, every Monday, Wednesday, 57 morning, there will be an elder in the Miao Medicine Pavilion to explain the knowledge of medicine refining in the lecture hall, and there will be a live demonstration of medicine refining, when the time comes, you can go to the lecture to learn. Chen Yu said to the two.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Chen Yu, for informing me. Gu Yifeng hugged his fists and thanked him, he had been obsessed with the medicine apprentice exam before, and he was not clear about what would happen after becoming a medicine apprentice, and Chen Yu's advice undoubtedly made him know what to do later.

"Hmm, is it just every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and July?" Meng Hao asked with a frown.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Chen Yu asked suspiciously when he saw Meng Hao's expression.

"Fortunately, I worshiped Master Ge, otherwise I wouldn't have enough time to learn alchemy. Meng Hao sighed and said, the choice just now was very wise.

"Wait, Master Ge?" Chen Yu was stunned for a moment, looked at Meng Hao again, and asked uncertainly.

"That's right, the two elders accepted me as an apprentice just now, of course I have to call Master Ge, what's wrong?" Meng Hao said naturally.

"Crunch, squeak... ”

When Meng Hao said this, the entire hall of the Myocaultice Pavilion fell into a terrifying silence, and only the sound of teeth constantly rubbing could be heard. Meng Hao looked around with some fear, and found that the medicine disciples who were originally busy in the lobby were all staring at him, looking like they were gritting their teeth.

"What's the matter?" Gu Yifeng also asked puzzled.

"Let's go, let's go!!" Chen Yu said secretly, pulling Meng Hao and Gu Yifeng to hurriedly run outside the hall, and only stopped when he saw that no one was following behind him.

"Senior Brother Meng, I really don't know if you have any other frightening for me. Chen Yu looked at Meng Hao with a loveless look, constantly shaking his head.

It is not wrong to have an elder give a lecture to the disciple on a single day of the week, but there are some examples of this, such as some talented disciples will be favored by the elders and accepted as disciples, so he can study with the master, and the weekly teaching is dispensable for him.

"The two Elder Ge who assessed the medicine apprentices can be called the bull-eared ones in the thirty-six generations of medicine refining, and there are countless disciples who want to worship them, but the two have never accepted an apprentice since they entered Maoshan, you know what I mean now. ”

Chen Yu sighed, and somewhat understood Jingshu's feelings, the results you have worked hard for so many years have only been obtained in just a few months, and they are even more outstanding than you want, this is fate. What good things did Meng Hao do in his previous life? God loves him so much?

When Gu Yifeng heard this, his eyes were also full of jealousy when he looked at Meng Hao, just like the medicine apprentice in the hall, which made Meng Hao subconsciously take two steps back.

"Looks like my words were a joke. Gu Yifeng finally let out the same long sigh, under the same roof, is it possible?

Looking at the two of them constantly shaking their heads and sighing, Meng Hao sighed in his heart, as for this look, fortunately, Meng Hao didn't say it, otherwise he would definitely be beaten up by the two.