Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 943 - 963: Don’t You Need Time to Practice?_1

Chapter 943: Chapter 963: Don’t You Need Time to Practice?_1

"No problem, just follow the strictest standards!"

Lin Chen consulted Su Mubai, only asking for basic alchemy techniques, which belonged to the mutual guidance between friends and did not involve the sect’s secret techniques, let alone Lin Chen’s identity as a personally passed down disciple of the Cave Master, so there was no need for any taboo.

"For an alchemist, the most basic and essential aspects are: first, to identify various medicinal materials and understand their properties; second, to learn how to process and extract various medicinal materials; third, to master basic alchemy techniques, memorize a large number of pill prescriptions. Only after mastering these three points can you be qualified to truly begin to refine pills."

Lin Chen nodded: "I’ve been reading books and studying for a while now, and most of my time has been spent getting familiar with various medicinal materials and their processing and extraction methods. I’ve also memorized many pill prescriptions and learned the basic techniques, but only in theory, and have not yet practiced."

Su Mubai curiously asked: "Why haven’t you practiced yourself?"

Lin Chen replied: "Learning the basics is like a child learning to hold chopsticks. If you start with the correct posture, it will benefit you for life. But if you start wrong and try to correct it later, you will inevitably retain some bad habits. So, in my opinion, mastering the basics should be done in the most correct way, not by blindly groping on my own."

Su Mubai laughed: "Then I’ll test you."

Lin Chen nodded: "Ask away."

Su Mubai grinned: "Wudong Grass."

Lin Chen answered: "Wudong Grass, oval leaves, each leaf divided into four lobes, grows for one year, flowers in the second, bears fruit in the third year. The fruit is like blueberries, and Wudong Fruit is an excellent medicinal harmonizer, used in many pill formulas such as Bishui Pill, Hanyu Pill, Bai Ming Pill..."

Su Mubai looked slightly surprised and continued to ask: "Seven Cold Grass?"

Lin Chen thought for a moment, sorted his memory, and answered fluently: "Seven Cold Grass grows in extremely cold regions..."

Su Mubai listened as Lin Chen talked at length about the appearance, growth habits, and medicinal value of Seven Cold Grass, even giving examples of several pill prescriptions that used it.

Su Mubai asked several more questions, and Lin Chen was able to answer accurately after only a brief moment’s thought.

Su Mubai looked at Lin Chen in amazement: "How long have you been reading?"

Lin Chen replied: "Three months."

Su Mubai was even more astonished, as Lin Chen had managed to achieve such a level in just three months!

"Do you have a photographic memory?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh: "It’s not like that; I just have some special memory techniques. If you’re interested, I can teach you."

What Lin Chen was referring to was the Memory Palace Method he’d learned in the human world. Now that his strength had greatly increased, so had his divine spirit, and he easily built a vast memory palace in his mind, effortlessly retaining the information he wanted to keep.

Su Mubai excitedly asked: "Really?"

With such a vast number of medicinal materials and pill prescriptions, they would intersect and form connections, eventually spawning a large amount of information. If there was a method to clearly store this information in the mind, it would naturally be very useful.

"It’s not complicated. With more practice, you can quickly become a memory master."

Su Mubai looked at Lin Chen in astonishment: "You never cease to surprise me!"

Lin Chen laughed: "I’m merely standing on the shoulders of giants."

Su Mubai didn’t insist on having Lin Chen teach her right away, and instead smiled: "Okay, since remembering these medicinal materials and pill prescriptions is no problem for you, let’s start practicing."

Su Mubai summoned a pill furnace: "The key to alchemy lies in precise control, controlling the amount of medicinal materials, the temperature of the medicinal materials, and the heat. I will now teach you the eight basic manipulation techniques of alchemy, which include the extraction technique."

Pausing for a moment, Su Mubai laughed: "Don’t learn too fast, or I’ll feel very frustrated."

Lin Chen smiled: "I’ll try."

"I was just joking!"

Su Mubai gave a charming smile and then demonstrated in front of the pill furnace for Lin Chen.

Lin Chen had actually read the theory of the Basic Eight Techniques before, but there was a world of difference between having someone teach you in person and just reading a book.

After trying it yourself, doubts would arise: Is this right?

But with a live demonstration, enlightenment would strike: So this is how it’s done!

"These are the Basic Eight Techniques. Each method has its training and assessment methods. From now on, you will practice these Basic Eight Techniques. When you reach an exceptionally excellent standard, you can start real alchemy."

Lin Chen agreed crisply: "Okay!"

Lin Chen returned to Cliffside Cottage and began repetitive training.

Ten days later, Lin Chen found Su Mubai again.

"How’s my performance?"

Su Mubai looked at Lin Chen with suspicion. It had only been ten days. Was it possible to progress so quickly?

It couldn’t be!

Although the Basic Eight Techniques were indeed not complicated, they were not simple for newcomers who had never dealt with alchemy before.

It was one thing to master the techniques, but becoming proficient was quite another.

It was like being a chef. Learning to cut vegetables was easy, but mastering the skill to the point of a flowing, seamless process with uniform size and thickness was not something that could be accomplished overnight.

Mastering the Basic Eight Techniques in just ten days?

Was that possible?

Didn’t practicing take time?