Pharmacology

"Han Tao, Martial Uncle, I want to go out too!"

"Martial Uncle, you arranged it yourself when I rejected Ning Rongrong. You can't just abandon me now."

When Ning Fengzhi was about to leave with Han Tao, Ning Tian naturally was not happy.

He suddenly rammed into them. Perhaps because his body was a little weak, his footing slipped and he fell to the floor, but he did not find it embarrassing. Instead, he stretched out both hands and hugged the sect leader's thigh.

"Han Tao, this has to be blamed on Han Tao. He was the first one to reject Ning Rongrong. If he'd agreed, Ning Rongrong wouldn't have come looking for me afterward, so me getting locked in here is pure injustice!"

Ning Fengzhi pried his hands away, patted his own robes, and said, "Stop wailing. You're only being locked up for two and a half months. If you have time to cry and shout, you might as well properly study the contents on the book list."

As he spoke, Ning Fengzhi walked to one side of the Little Black Room and opened the hidden window inside.

Han Tao froze.

So there was a window here. Ning Tian did not want to study, of course he would not tell Han Tao about the window. If you did not believe it, just look—how aesthetically pleasing this pitch-black room was.

As light shone in, the furnishings inside the Little Black Room were laid bare.

There was an exceptionally precious Red Sandalwood Desk, giving off a faint woody fragrance that calmed the mind and aided Mind Focus.

Several chairs surrounded the desk, and some books were placed on its surface.

The Little Black Room had originally existed to let Sect Disciples study and think, not to torment disciples.

Once the window was closed, the entire room would sink into darkness. This was the environment most capable of clearing the mind. At certain times, even the sect leader would come to this room for enlightenment.

How had it become suffering when it came to Ning Tian? "How about this. If you can pass the Hall Guardian Elder's next assessment, you'll naturally be let out."

Hearing the sect leader's promise, Ning Tian finally felt satisfied and laughed.

With Ning Tian's own ability, of course he could not pass the assessment, but he could rely on the Hall Guardian Elder's efforts.

In his happiness, Ning Tian seemed to have forgotten something.

In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Little Black Room—no, more accurately, the Enlightenment Room—Han Tao had gained a relatively shallow understanding of his Martial Soul Essence.

The essence of Blue Silver Grass was "adaptation." If he wanted to use this essence to drive Martial Soul Evolution, he could not do without Master and Ye Lingling's help.

"Can Blue Silver Grass only adapt passively?" An inspiration suddenly surged up.

"Is there any way to make Blue Silver Grass actively obtain these traits?"

"Blue Silver Grass is a plant."

Breakthroughs in theory originated from the accumulation of knowledge.

If he wanted to understand his Martial Soul Essence more profoundly, cognition of Botany was indispensable.

Botany and Pharmacology could both promote Blue Silver Grass's future development.

After coming out of the Little Black Room, Han Tao was brought to the Sect Leader's Residence.

"Aromatic Silk Beauty. Do you know where this Immortal Herb can be found?"

Ning Fengzhi had only just returned here when he asked Han Tao.

Han Tao rolled his eyes and said, "Teacher, Aromatic Silk Beauty is an Immortal Herb, not the kind of thing you're imagining, where you break off a leaf and shove it into your mouth and your martial soul naturally transforms."

"First, you have to know what this Immortal Herb looks like, what traits it has, and how to pick it. Only then comes finding its location."

The appearance of Flora Essence, as well as his studies at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, gave Han Tao deeper thoughts.

Among herbs and Medicinal Materials, a portion of elements could bring benefits to Soul Masters, but as the saying went, all medicine was three parts poison. Not all microscopic elements within Medicinal Materials could be absorbed by Soul Masters.

Why was Flora Essence made through refining and fusing Medicinal Materials, instead of directly stuffing raw materials into one's mouth? Was it not because Medicinal Materials contained toxicity? The neutralization of multiple Medicinal Materials could reduce the influence of toxins, especially those of the kind that acted on the human body.

If even ordinary Medicinal Materials were like this, how much more so for "Immortal Herbs," which could be called great medicines?

What kind of Medicinal Material could be called an "Immortal Herb"? One with medicinal properties so extremely intense, so overbearing as to be unimaginable, and without compare.

Even a Titled Douluo might not necessarily be able to completely absorb a single Immortal Herb.

Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot could be taken at the same time, their mutual restraint neutralizing the toxicity within the two Immortal Herbs.

Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng could assist in absorbing the medicinal effects of Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Then did there exist some method to refine Immortal Herbs into Elixirs? When taking Aromatic Silk Beauty, could some Adjuvant Medicines be used to resolve the immense Medicinal Poison within the Immortal Herb, or increase the absorption of its medicinal properties?

"Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needs to recruit some Pharmacology Experts, or develop our own sect Pharmacology."

Han Tao had once studied quite a bit of theoretical knowledge in the sect, so of course he knew what was lacking in the sect's theoretical system.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Pharmacology research depth was not even comparable to Heaven Dou Royal Academy's.

At the very least, Heaven Dou Royal Academy had studies on the promoting effects of Medicinal Materials on Meridians and cultivation.

"Pharmacology." Ning Fengzhi stroked his beard.

Seeing the sect leader hesitate, Han Tao added from the side, "Elixirs can assist Soul Masters in cultivation."

"Immortal Herbs need Pharmacology as support."

Did the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have money?

He was extremely rich, obscenely rich, with so much money he did not even know how to spend it.

So Han Tao decided to help his teacher think of a way.

If he wanted to achieve his own goal, the best method was to make other people's interests align with his own purpose.

If Ning Fengzhi had no need, then he would create a need for him.

The immortal herb Aromatic Silk Beauty created for him a need for Pharmacology.

Studying Pharmacology would bring an enormous return.

If one understood pharmacology, wealth could be converted into Cultivation Speed, and Whale Rubber would be transformed into Physique strength.

If one did not understand pharmacology, Whale Rubber could still strengthen the Physique, but who knew whether the thing had any side effects?

"Fine!" Ning Fengzhi agreed.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect did not lack money, so investing in Pharmacology was not much of a problem.

"Among the Four Single-Attribute Clans, the Breaking Clan's clan chief, Yang Wudi, is extremely proficient in Pharmacology. We can try to recruit him."

On the Douluo Continent, if they were talking about who recognized immortal herbs, Tang San counted as one, and there were two others who perhaps might recognize them.

One was Chrysanthemum Douluo. His Martial Soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, itself an immortal herb.

Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Soul was an immortal herb, and he was also a Titled Douluo, so he had the authority to consult Spirit Hall's records.

When it involved his own interests, he would definitely conduct theoretical research. It was just like how Ning Fengzhi had never cared about errors and omissions in data on low-level Plant Soul Masters, because it had nothing to do with him and there was no need to study it.

But if some special Soul Beast appeared for Weapon Martial Souls, and there was a Successful Case in the Soul Master World, then no matter how tiny the clue was, Ning Fengzhi would follow that clue and keep researching it.

The other was Yang Wudi. Did he study pharmacology purely because he loved it?

Was it not because his Martial Soul, the Soul Breaking Spear, had a Martial Soul flaw that prevented him from breaking through to Titled Douluo, so he thought to start from pharmacology?

His younger brother Yang Wushuang had joined Spirit Hall, and the Colorful Mottled Chronic Poison that Xue Ye had been afflicted with came from his hand.

"The Breaking Clan. Their current life isn't exactly easy."

Ning Fengzhi nodded. The Breaking Clan was proficient in pharmacology; this was common knowledge in the Soul Master World.

Researching pharmacology required money, and the Breaking Clan had no money, while my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had money.

A great deal of money. An inhumanly extravagant amount of money.