Two Boxes of Medicinal Herbs!

At first glance, what ordinary people would definitely remember about Soft Feather were her long legs. But after spending some time with her, the first thing that came to mind whenever they thought of her was her smile when her face flushed with embarrassment. It was incredibly adorable.

At that moment, Tubo and the other two boys stood up and quickly came over to Shuhang. "Shuhang, is something wrong?"

They were the three roommates from Shuhang's dormitory. Seeing a burly man looking for Shuhang, they were somewhat worried and curious.

"Nothing much. He's from the courier service. Two packages of mine arrived, so I'm going to sign for them." Shuhang smiled, then turned back to Jiang. "Hi, Little Jiang. Where are the boxes?"

Little Jiang... The corners of the suited man's mouth twitched. How many years had it been since anyone had dared to call him that? He had never expected to hear it again, much less from the mouth of such a young fellow.

Still, he grinned cheerfully. "They've already been placed outside your dormitory room. We're just waiting for you to go over and inspect them."

"Then shall we go? I happen to have fifteen minutes of break after class." Song Shuhang said.

Sima Jiang laughed heartily. "I've been waiting for you to say that!"

The second floor of the men's dormitory, outside Shuhang and the others' room.

Four men in black suits stood guard over two boxes measuring eighty by eighty, their expressions solemn.

Shuhang clicked his tongue. "Is the service at Harvest Express always this excellent?"

With service this good, do the other courier companies have any chance of surviving?

"Hahaha, our service has always been excellent. But the customer who sent these packages is rather special, so the service is even more excellent this time." Sima Jiang laughed uproariously.

"Thanks for your hard work." Song Shuhang nodded. He came to the two large boxes and glanced at the shipping labels.

Sure enough, the sender's name was 'Soft Feather.' However, the sending address and everything else were blank.

These two boxes should contain the raw materials Soft Feather had promised him for refining the 'Simplified Body Tempering Liquid.'

"Would you like to open them and take a look?" Sima Jiang asked politely.

In truth, there was no need to open them. Even if Sima Jiang had two dragon hearts and tiger guts stuffed into him, he still wouldn't dare open these two large boxes without permission.

"Ha, there's no need. If there's a problem, I can contact you directly." Song Shuhang waved the business card in his hand.

"Naturally. If there's no problem, please sign here, Student Shuhang." Sima Jiang's favorable impression of Song Shuhang rose sharply. He pointed at the shipping label and smiled.

"Mm." Song Shuhang reached out and quickly signed his full name.

"Then goodbye, Student Shuhang. I wish you a pleasant life." Sima Jiang waved, then turned and left with the four men in black.

Shuhang felt that these five men didn't look like people who delivered packages at all. Every one of them was cool beyond reason.

Song Shuhang opened the door. "Oh, I forgot to have them help carry these two boxes inside. I wonder if they're heavy?"

He had a deep impression of Soft Feather's large box and was very worried that these two boxes might weigh a ton.

He picked up the two large boxes. Fortunately, they weren't heavy.

He carried them back to his bed one by one.

After closing the door, Song Shuhang eagerly opened the cardboard boxes. Inside were exquisite little wooden boxes. Each large cardboard box contained four layers, with four small wooden boxes on each layer. There were thirty-two small wooden boxes in total between the two boxes.

After carefully opening the small wooden boxes, he could see more than forty kinds of medicinal herbs arranged neatly inside.

Some were familiar, such as Ginseng, Goji Berry, Yang-Rising Stone, and Daughter's Fragrance;

Others were herbs Shuhang had never seen before. Just smelling them made him feel relaxed from head to toe, as if his body had been cleansed by their medicinal fragrance. They should be those fantastical medicinal herbs, such as fresh Overlord Branch and sliced Nine-Yang Scarlet Flame Bamboo.

Looking at the two boxes of medicinal herbs, Song Shuhang was somewhat dazed...

Putting everything else aside, just picking out all the sliced Ginseng from the two large boxes would already be a considerable fortune. As for Morning Dew Mystic Herb, Overlord Branch, Nine-Yang Scarlet Flame Bamboo, and several other herbs, they were very likely a hundred times more valuable than Ginseng.

But their value wasn't what had left Song Shuhang dazed.

There was only one thought in his mind now: Are these the medicinal herbs for the 'Simplified Body Tempering Elixir' formula?

If I use these medicinal herbs and follow the method Medicine Master introduced in the Nine Provinces Number One Group—boil them in a large pot while paying attention to the heat—can I really refine Simplified Body Tempering Liquid?

What effects does Body Tempering Elixir possess? Can it really allow someone to shed their mortal body and exchange their bones, just as the various immortal-hero novels describe?

"Perhaps I can use these medicinal herbs and Medicine Master's elixir formula to determine whether cultivation truly exists!"

A thought surfaced in Song Shuhang's mind. Once it arose, it spread like a prairie fire, making him restless and impossible to extinguish.

Song Shuhang didn't consider himself stubborn and impervious to reason. If Body Tempering Liquid truly possessed the miraculous effects spoken of in legend, then he felt he could believe that cultivation existed.

And after confirming that cultivation existed, what would he need to do?

"There are no classes this afternoon. There are forty-five kinds of medicinal herbs, and if each one takes about five minutes, it'll take roughly three to four hours. I can give it a try this afternoon!"

Song Shuhang was the sort of person who acted once he decided to do something. Since he had made up his mind, he would put his plans into action!

"If I'm going to refine the elixir, I should first have a... pill furnace?"

There were definitely no pill furnaces for sale on the market. Taobao might have some, but anything he could buy would absolutely be a toy.

So if he wanted to refine Body Tempering Liquid that afternoon, getting a pill furnace was unrealistic. He would have to find a substitute.

Song Shuhang went to the small kitchen and began searching.

Very soon, he spotted something that could boil the medicinal herbs in a covered pot... a hot pot basin.

But as soon as the thought flashed through his mind, he immediately rejected it. "No, this thing is far too different from a pill furnace."

He had never seen a pill furnace and didn't know whether it resembled the kind shown in movies. Regardless, it should at least be a furnace. A hot pot basin was far too different.

Putting down the hot pot basin, Shuhang continued searching through the small kitchen.

After a long while, he found nothing.

The rice cooker, electric kettle, frying pan, and pressure cooker—none of them could replace a pill furnace.

Although the pressure cooker looked relatively sturdy, it was meant for high-pressure steaming and boiling, and it couldn't be opened during the process. Yet refining Body Tempering Liquid required adding the next medicinal herb every five minutes.

In other words, after looking around, the only relatively suitable thing was this—Song Shuhang stared helplessly at the hot pot basin.

"Hey, it's only going to be used for covered simmering anyway. Perhaps I can give it a try?" He rubbed his chin. In any case, he had thirty-two portions of materials. Even if he failed once, he could accept it!

It just felt a little too wasteful. After all, these medicinal herbs seemed to be quite valuable?

"Let's try it. If I don't, I'll never succeed. Even if I fail, I can treat it as gaining experience." Song Shuhang made up his mind.

Then he'd give it a shot that afternoon!

He hoped his roommates wouldn't mind him tinkering around in the kitchen; or perhaps he should find somewhere outside and secretly try it?

But for now, he still had to go back and finish the last class of the morning.

Shuhang opened his storage cabinet and placed the boxes of alchemy materials inside one by one.

The storage cabinet provided by the school was just the right size. After taking out all the personal belongings that had originally been inside, he could fit all the medicinal materials in perfectly.

"Thank goodness. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know where to hide all this stuff." Song Shuhang thought to himself.