The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 10

Chapter 10: Discovery in the Medicine Garden

Fang ChenYue brought him to the medicine garden, and notified the disciple on guard before leaving. Knowing that You XiaoMo was brought here by the Da Shixiong, the disciple gave him no trouble, simply bringing up several important points to take note of before letting him enter.

The level one garden was very big, mostly because the need was great, so it was necessary to prepare beforehand. Upon entering, You XiaoMo saw a huge expanse of magic herbs swaying with the wind. The most familiar magic herb was the Contusion herb, a green c olored stems and leaves, with small purple flower buds on top. This type of magic herb was very effective against external injuries. However , most practitioners didn’t use it to refine magic pills for treating external injuries. For practitioners, external injuries were small matters, so they rarely refined magic pills to treat them.

However, female practitioners had a different view ; after all , preserving beauty was an inherent part of being a woman. Flanking the Contusion herb were the Rabdosia herb and the Peaceful Mind Flower. These two magic herbs were frequently used in refining level one magic pills, so the quantity planted was comparatively greater.

You XiaoMo squatted in front of the Peaceful Mind Flower. Unsure if it was just his imagination, he felt that the flower on his left was comparatively lacking in vitality, while the one on his right was blooming very magnificently and full of vitality. A thin layer of white mist seemed to envelop the stems and leaves of the one on the right. What it was, he didn’t know.

Looking at the other Peaceful Mind Flowers, there wasn’t any that looked as good. Most importantly, the other plants also lacked the thin layer of white mist. You XiaoMo stared absorbedly, his head full of questions. Because he couldn’t be sure if he was seeing things, You XiaoMo decided to shift positions.

Unexpectedly , he found five plants with the same condition among the Rabdosia herbs. Without exception, the plants suffused in white mist were all full of vitality and vigor. It was too bad You XiaoMo didn’t have a deep understanding of magic herbs, so he had no idea what it meant. But , he was definitely not stupid, so he vaguely guessed that those few plants must be of the highest quality. You XiaoMo simply threw this to the back of his head.

Even though Da Shixiong had asked them to re-assemble two hours later, You XiaoMo was so absorbed in examining the magic herbs that he forgot all about it. By the time he came back to earth, he realized that Da Shixiong was standing behind him smiling slightly.

Surprised, You XiaoMo looked up at the sky and realized the time. He hastily apologized, “I’m sorry Da Shixiong, I, I forgot the time.”

Fang ChenYue did not rebuke him, instead smiled at him saying, “It’s hard to come by such an earnest Xiao Shidi, Da Shixiong is very content. Luckily, this is the basics class, so there’s not much content, so I’ll just explain it again for you. Just make sure you’re not late next time.”

You XiaoMo felt a little uncomfortable but could only say weakly, “Thank you, Da Shixiong .”

Returning to the Hall of Magic Herbs, Fang ChenYue proceeded to give him a personal lesson. Before, he taught them about magic herbs, this time, he explained the basics of being a mage.

The ratio of practitioners and mages in Long Xiang Continent to the general population was one to a hundred. Since the population of the Long Xiang Continent exceeded a trillion, there was no shortage of mages. The real shortage laid in the number of high level mages.

The threshold between a mid-level mage and a high level mage was a very high step that many mid-level mages had no way of achieving. This was related to the inborn talent of the mage. The soul level determined the future of the mage. The higher the soul level, the rarer it was.

For example, You XiaoMo and the other disciples that entered with him. They all came from the same district, but among them, only Jiang Liu had a blue aura. However, low inborn talent did not mean that there would never come a time when one could hold one’s head up high. There was a niche in every occupation. There would always be people with specialized skills in each area. Even low level mages could have their areas of success.

“Da Shixiong, low level mages can only refine low level magic pills. But, a lot of low level mages are also able to refine them. Since only rare things are considered to be valuable, what success can there be?” You XiaoMo didn’t really understand what he meant.

As if the question was not unexpected, Fang ChenYue said with a smile in his eyes, “Xiao S hidi, you must know why there is always good and bad for everything.”

You XiaoMo pondered for a moment before lighting up, “Don’t tell me it was because magic pills also have problems with quality?”

“That’s right, you guessed it so quickly. It seemed Xiao Shidi is quite smart.”

Fang ChenYue nodded his head in satisfaction. He praised him because when he had asked other young disciples, they were not as quick as him. You XiaoMo lowered his head, his ears a little red, neither confirming nor denying. After all, he didn’t dare to say that he was from the modern era, so he was more sensitive to this problem. Because there were many counterfeits in the modern era so the question of quality was on everyone’s minds. Even he himself had done some research on this question.

“The quality of magic pills depends on the magic herbs. If the magic herbs used were not cultivated properly, the resulting magic pills would fall short of their promise. Therefore, magic pills are divided into three grades. Low, medium, and top grades, with top grade as the best.”

“So that’s how it is.” You XiaoMo sensed something flash by in his mind but it disappeared before he could catch it. His intuition told him that it was something important but he failed to figure it out right up to the end of the lesson. Only upon returning to his room did he suddenly cry out.

“Could it be what I saw this morning?”