Letting You Practice Life Skills, You Grind to Divine Positions

Interesting?

It's rare to hear the word "interesting" from Master Cheng.

Cheng Sufeng extended a finger, flicking a silver needle. "Everyone in the Evil Extermination Division loves to fight and kill. It's interesting that he's come to study medicine. Give me his information later."

The middle-aged man quickly agreed.

He didn't understand.

Why would a mere Bronze Captain attract the interest of a Silver Captain? But since his superior had said so, he could only comply.

The man with the gentle demeanor before him was someone many demonic creatures and false gods in Ling Prefecture feared.

He had only changed his appearance because his Cultivation Method had hit a bottleneck, and he opened this East Glow Hall.

He appeared as pleasant as a spring breeze, but was in reality decisive and ruthless.

He didn't know what fate awaited the Bronze Captain that Cheng Sufeng was interested in.

Cheng Sufeng yawned and walked towards the exit. "Don't overthink it, I'm just curious. I'm going to treat patients now."

As Cheng Sufeng left, the courtyard returned to silence.

After returning to the Evil Extermination Division from the East Glow Hall, Qin An closed his door and began to read the Herbal Medicine Primer.

The Herbal Medicine Primer contained not only text but also brief illustrations for each medicinal herb.

According to Cheng Sufeng, memorizing it was enough to get started.

Qin An possessed the Scholar talent, which allowed him to read very quickly.

However, the content described in the Herbal Medicine Primer was obscure and difficult to understand. Even with his vocational talent, it was already evening by the time he finished memorizing it.

Darkness had already enveloped the outside world.

After Qin An settled his mind, a wisp of smoke appeared before his eyes.

[Healer Lv.1 (0/100): Your treatment of patients has had a slight effect]

"It actually appeared."

Qin An hadn't expected it to be true, just as Cheng Sufeng had said, that memorizing the book was enough to get started.

While memorizing the text, Qin An also gained an understanding of the Healer profession, especially deepening his knowledge of identifying medicinal herbs.

"I'll first raise the Healer profession to level three to obtain the Healer talent."

Qin An pondered for a moment and made his decision.

To improve his Healer talent, he naturally needed to study. Qin An planned to visit the East Glow Hall tomorrow to practice his proficiency using the identification methods from the Herbal Medicine Primer.

It was already late, so Qin An went to sleep fully clothed.

The next day.

As the morning sun cast its rays down, a knock on the door broke Qin An's drowsiness.

"Lord Qin, there's been an issue with the assignments. We won't be able to finalize them for the next few days," said a Prefecture Clerk from the Internal Affairs Division, standing at the door with his hands tucked into his sleeves, speaking in a low voice.

Qin An got up and opened the door. "What issue?"

After being promoted to Bronze Captain, one not only gained the power to recruit Prefecture Clerks but also joined the faction of their supervising Silver Captain.

A Silver Captain commanded a hundred Bronze Captains, and each Bronze Captain in turn commanded Prefecture Clerks, with their numbers ranging from a dozen to a hundred.

These intricate connections formed the network of the Ling Prefecture Evil Extermination Division.

According to the rules, the assignments should have been made today, but now they said there was a problem. He felt it was no small matter.

The Prefecture Clerk from the Internal Affairs Division shook his head. "This subordinate doesn't know either, but there should be a result in a few days."

Qin An nodded. "Understood."

Since he couldn't get any more information, he decided to put it aside for now.

He had no tasks today and still needed to go to the East Glow Hall to practice his Healer proficiency.

If a task were to come in, there were two ways to be contacted by the Evil Extermination Division.

One was verbal communication.

The other was through a token.

If one were not within the Evil Extermination Division, the token would vibrate slightly, indicating that a task had arrived and that one needed to return immediately.

As for the principle behind the token's vibration, Qin An wasn't interested in figuring it out.

After the Prefecture Clerk from the Internal Affairs Division reported, he left on his own.

Qin An went out for breakfast and then headed to the East Glow Hall.

The East Glow Hall was as crowded as ever.

Cheng Sufeng saw Qin An and waved, "Over here."

Qin An walked closer. "I want to identify some herbs."

Inside the room were rows of medicine cabinets, which were perfect for Qin An's purpose.

Cheng Sufeng nodded slightly. "Alright, you can go ahead and identify them yourself, sir."

Qin An rubbed his chin. "You're quite straightforward."

Cheng Sufeng smiled faintly. "I'm just a commoner. I can't afford to offend someone from the Evil Extermination Division, so I can only agree readily."

Qin An shook his head. "I won't interfere with your patients, nor will I disturb your treatment. This money is for you, compensation for my time."

Cheng Sufeng took the money, a glint flashing in his eyes.

He was a Silver Captain and had seen too many of his colleagues.

He had initially thought Qin An was just acting on impulse, but he hadn't expected him to actually offer money today.

An official giving him money was certainly a novelty.

Cheng Sufeng couldn't help but be curious.

For the next two days, Qin An's routine was a simple commute between East Glow Hall and the Evil Extermination Division.

It was this afternoon when Qin An looked at the smoke in front of him and picked up a piece of white cloth from the side.

[Healer Lv. 1 (100/100): Your treatment of patients has had a slight effect.]
[Promotion Condition: Close your eyes and identify one medicinal herb (0/1)]

This was the condition to advance to Level 2.

Qin An was at East Glow Hall right now, so he might as well try it here.

Cheng Sufeng had just seen off his last patient and was about to speak to Qin An when he saw Qin An covering his eyes with the white cloth and reaching out to touch the medicine cabinets.

"What are you doing?"

Qin An picked up a herb. "Identifying herbs with my eyes closed."

Cheng Sufeng was slightly stunned, then shook his head. "You haven't been studying for long. You can't possibly learn this skill yet."

He had entered the Dao through medicine and studied the Suwen Cultivation Method of the Evil Extermination Division. He considered himself quite accomplished in medical skills within Ling Prefecture.

Learning to identify herbs typically took at least three months, and it also required talent.

To be able to identify herbs with closed eyes, one needed to know the taste of every single herb and remain clear-headed despite the influence of the many herbs in the cabinet.

Qin An hadn't been here long; this was impossible.

Cheng Sufeng walked closer. "You can't be impatient when learning medicine. You have to take it step by step."

Having finally encountered such an interesting person, Cheng Sufeng naturally didn't want to dampen Qin An's confidence.

He wanted to see what happened next, even to witness Qin An being discouraged.

"Angelica," Qin An suddenly said, placing the herb back into the cabinet.

Cheng Sufeng stopped in his tracks, his eyes widening. "What did you say?"

Qin An removed the white cloth. "Nothing."

Before his eyes, the Healer profession showed a change.

[Healer Lv. 2 (0/200): Your treatment of patients has had a slight effect.]

The condition was met, and Qin An had successfully leveled up.

Next, he needed to train it to Level 3 and awaken his talent.

With that in mind, Qin An decided to return to the Evil Extermination Division to rest.

Just then, a hand reached out, holding the white cloth.

"Cover your eyes again. Let's try another herb."