Questioning Everything
After instructing Ling Yi Weiyi to avoid going out for the time being and to take good care of his body, which had just undergone the baptism of Thunder Sound, and instructing Xingkong Hui and A Huan eye on his physical condition, Ling Yi left the ' Martial Soul Research Institute '. ♔🎄 ✎☠
The current ' Martial Soul Research Institute ' is only in its initial stage, with a small number of personnel, and even fewer with a certain scientific research foundation. Many research projects require Ling Yi to personally oversee them, or even lead the research.
After all, it involves research into extraordinary powers, and a single misstep could easily result in casualties.
Even if these researchers felt their Life were worthless and were willing to sacrifice themselves for Ling Yi's research, Ling Yi was unwilling to let this happen in the early stages.
This is not to say that Ling Yi is overly sentimental, but rather that he does not want his newly established research institute to be perceived by outsiders as a place where "Life is as worthless as grass."
Why did Orochimaru after his human experiments were exposed, bearing the stigma of public condemnation?
The most important reason is not that he conducted human experiments, but that some of his experimental subjects were members of his own village.
Similarly, Ling Yi can freely consume Life beings like Xiao Bai, but when his own people are on the field, he still needs to ensure the Life of the opponent unless absolutely necessary.
After some time had passed.
Martial Soul Research Institute, first floor cafeteria.
Liu Hao got his food from the window and was about to sit down when he saw Eryue Xuan walking over with her tray. ඏ🍧 ☺👮
"A Hao..."
Eryue Xuan plopped down on the stool opposite Liu Hao, looked around, then leaned over and whispered, "You know what? That new guy, Yu Xiaogang, just a few days ago, Brother Yi asked him which research topic he wanted to join at the research institute, and he said he wanted to participate in the research of herbal medicine prescriptions. He even produced a prescription, saying it was his improved ' Wound Medicine 'Wound Medicine prescription, three times more effective than the original..."
"An improved ' Wound Medicine '? Three times more effective?!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Hao became interested. He paused in his eating, chewed and swallowed the food in his mouth, and looked at Eryue Xuan with some surprise. "He actually has this ability, not bad!"
Hearing Liu Hao's praise, Eryue Xuan curled her lip. "Not bad? What's so good about it? Do you know how he improved it?"
Tell me about it~
Seeing Eryue Xuan's tone, Liu Hao, sensing there was more to the story, raised an eyebrow and asked, "How did he improve it?"
"He," Eryue Xuan looked around again, not seeing the figure, before speaking in a rather strange tone, "Replaced the various medicinal herbs in the original ' Wound Medicine,' not the types, but the years..."
"Year replacement?!"
Liu Hao blinked, looking at Eryue Xuan with some surprise. "Higher vintage, replacing lower vintage?"
"Yes~" Eryue Xuan nodded. "That's right, for example, the ' Blue Silver Grass ' in ' Wound Medicine '. Ordinary ' Wound Medicine ' usually only needs about ten years' worth, but he used fifty years' worth..."
Speaking of this, Er Yue Xuan felt speechless. 💣ඏ 69Şђu 🔥♦
Liu Hao was equally speechless, holding a rice spoon and looking at Eryue Xuan with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. He asked, "Doesn't he know that a ten-year-old ' Blue Silver Grass ' only costs five Copper Soul Coin, while a fifty-year-old one costs five Silver Soul Coin?!"
"Who knows what he's thinking?" Eryue Xuan shrugged. "Just on ' Blue Silver Grass ' alone, there's a tenfold price difference, not to mention materials like 'Blood Dragon,' 'Kelp's Fragrance,' 'Camphor,' and 'Myrrh.' The price difference is even greater for higher-grade materials. These aren't things that Brother Yi can control by manipulating the production of ' Blue Silver Grass ' through the [Green Wood Merchant Association]..."
"Then his cost..." Liu Hao said thoughtfully, rubbing the rice grains in his plate with a spoon as he looked at Eryue Xuan.
Eryue Xuan continued, "It's about thirty times the price of ordinary ' Wound Medicine ' on the market."
Liu Hao: "..."
Eryue Xuan: "..."
As Yu Xiaogang 'Eryue Xuan "improved version" of "Wound Medicine," the two at the dining table fell into a strange silence.
After a while, when the food on the plate was getting cold, Liu Hao scooped up a large spoonful with his rice spoon. Before putting it in his mouth, he asked, "Since his talent is so... peculiar, how is Brother Yi handling him? He probably won't let him touch any more herbal-related research topics, right?"
Following Liu Hao's example, Eryue Xuan shoveled a large spoonful of food into her mouth, chewing expressionlessly without answering the question.
Upon seeing this, Liu Hao was taken aback. Forgetting the food still in his mouth, he hurriedly asked, his words muffled, "No way? Brother Yi wouldn't really let him join the herbal medicine formula research group, would he?"
"Isn't this a joke?!"
Swallowing the food in his mouth, Liu Hao frowned, instinctively feeling that even the most delicious food from the past no longer tasted good.
"There's nothing I can do about it," Eryue Xuan pouted, explaining, "When Brother Yi asked him, that guy said he derived his formula by working backwards from commercially available ' Wound Medicine,' unlike us who find original formulas directly in the library."
"Brother Yi said that being able to reverse-engineer the prescription and develop it on his own shows that the guy has a good talent for herbal medicine preparation, which is commendable..."
"What kind of talent is this?"
Liu Hao blurted out, retorting, "I don't believe he deduced it entirely from the finished ' Wound Medicine ' product. Nowadays, most people, if they're willing, can obtain the approximate herbal ingredients from the manufacturers of these three medicines— 'Wound Medicine,' ' Detoxification Powder,' and ' Bruise-Dispelling Powder' —from the manufacturers. The rest is just a matter of a little experimentation with the proportions and amounts—it's a piece of cake!"
In response to Liu Hao's remarks, Eryue Xuan nodded in agreement. "That's right, that's what I think too!"
However, even though that's what they said, the two of them knew that since Brother Yi had already made his decision, no matter how much they doubted Yu Xiaogang's lack of real talent, unless the other party was truly hopeless in the later research, there was really no other way to deal with him.
Just as discussions arose throughout the Martial Soul Research Institute because of Yu Xiaogang's "improvement" of the "Wound Medicine" formula.
On the second floor, in room 213, Yu Xiaogang stared blankly at his workbench.
On the spotless workbench lay various utensils made of crystal and glass: measuring cups, beakers, alcohol stoves, and balance scales...
At this point, besides these utensils, there was also a crucible that was still emitting heat, and a dark brown "wet mud" in the pot.
"Xiaogang, it's great that you thought of using older materials to improve the medicine's efficacy!"
Ling Yi's words echoed in Yu Xiaogang's ears once again.
After offering encouragement and affirmation, the voice continued, "However, you can be a little more flexible. You see, the age of ' Blue Silver Grass ' has increased from ten to fifty years, but its medicinal effects, or rather its energy, are not simply enhanced fivefold. The same goes for 'Blood Dragon' and 'Karp Fragrance.' You could consider doubling the former's dosage from five times to two times, and vice versa for the latter... Hehe, isn't it strange that not only has it not increased, but it has actually decreased?"
As his memories flowed to this point, looking at the newly refined "Wound Medicine," a hint of confusion appeared in Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
"Why? Why is the cost reduced tenfold, yet the efficacy of the medicine is ten times that of ordinary ' Wound Medicine '?"
"Where exactly did things go wrong?"