Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Two, "Psychic Medicine"
The house where the alchemy master Zhong Lishan lives is called "Qingfengyuan". There are three courtyards in Qingfengyuan. The front yard is a place where some herbs and miscellaneous items are stored, as well as places for tragic disciples to pick up medicine, dry medicine, and process medicinal materials. It is quite messy and does not live in people.
The second entry was the Intermediate Court, which was where the alchemy apprenticeships collected by Master Zhongli and several middle and low-level alchemists lived.
Finally, the third entry is the backyard, and the backyard is Master Zhongli’s own residence. In order to prevent anyone from disturbing, there is always a barrier, and most people are not qualified to break into the backyard casually.
The girl in green took Xiao Mo and stepped directly into the middle courtyard. After turning left and right, she came to the most remote room in the courtyard and said expressionlessly: "Okay, you will live here next to facilitate your study. However, when you are free, you can also go back to your inner courtyard residence, but you must come back the next morning, otherwise Master Zhong will not be able to find someone, but he will get angry."
"good."
Xiao Mo nodded and pushed the door open and saw that this was a very ordinary room. The entire space was only about two meters in size. Apart from a bed, there was only a few tables, chairs, and benches. There was nothing else except that.
The girl in green followed up and saw Xiao Mo looking at the room, then said, "By the way, because this room has not been inhabited for a long time, the bedding, daily necessities and other items have been cleared. If you need it, you can wait in the front yard to find Butler Zhai to receive a free set. In addition..."
After a pause, she continued: "Every Master Zhongli's alchemy apprentice can also go to the alchemy hall for free to get a low-level alchemy furnace, but you can apply until you officially get a master tomorrow. Usually it will take two or three days to come. Before that, the first thing you have to do is to learn from the teacher about medicine, collecting herbs, and a lot of knowledge about pharmacology and medicinal properties. It will be at least one month later to be able to open the furnace and refine alchemy."
When Xiao Mo heard this, he nodded. The girl in green stopped stopping and turned around and left without even saying "goodbye" to Xiao Mo.
Seeing this, Xiao Mo looked at her leaving back, his eyes flashed, and he felt that the girl was strange and strange.
If she said she hated herself, she seemed to have nothing to hate her, and she could not see any hatred and exclusionary gaze from her eyes.
But if she is friendly, it is even more unlike that. From beginning to end, her expression has always been faint. Although she completed the tasks assigned to her by Master Zhongli meticulously, Xiao Mo always felt that she was convenient for dealing with people, as if she was a puppet without emotions, without joy or sorrow or anger.
Although she had only seen such a short half hour, Xiao Mo had never seen a smile on her face, nor had he seen any emotions that humans should have.
"What's wrong with her? Guri is weird?"
Shaking her head, Xiao Mo no longer thought about this matter. She had nothing to do with Xiao Mo anyway, although it seemed that she should have a good status under Master Zhongli, otherwise she would not be able to handle these affairs on behalf of Master Zhongli.
But as long as Xiao Mo doesn't deliberately offend her, she probably won't cause any trouble for herself.
She sat down cross-legged on the bed. Xiao Mo didn't get any daily necessities, bedding and other things as the girl in green said... To be honest, it was not necessary, and the other was that he always believed that such a difficult and simple environment was better, and he came to learn alchemy, not to enjoy it.
I meditated at night and learned alchemy during the day. With Fengdian Jingshu, this house is a temporary place to rest, and I don’t have to take care of it at all. I really need to rest, and I can go back to my residence in the inner courtyard, “Fengdian Jingshu”.
Although Tingfeng Cliff, where Fengting Jingshu is located, is a distance from here, with Xiao Mo's current speed, the distance of only a dozen miles is only half a moment, and nothing can be delayed.
He was speechless all night, and soon, during the next day, the girl in green arrived as expected and called Xiao Mo to go and formally become a disciple.
However, when Xiao Mo opened the door and saw that Xiao Mo's room was still clean and had nothing, she frowned obscurely, but she didn't say anything, and led Xiao Mo to the main hall of the Intermediate Courtyard and got up.
There were four or five disciples next to him, and they all served on one side, all a little older than Xiao Mo, with both men and women, and over time, others continued to join.
Smelling the faint elixir aura on their bodies, Xiao Mo knew without asking that these should be the registered disciples accepted by Master Zhongli before him, that is, the same alchemy apprentice as him.
Before coming, Xiao Mo had already inquired about it. Master Zhongli had collected 16 registered disciples throughout his life. Among these 16 people, four of them were promoted to alchemists one after another, which was to officially become Master Zhongli’s personal disciples.
The other twelve people still have the title of a registered disciple. If they fail to become alchemists, they can only have the status of a registered disciple in their entire lives and cannot become personal disciples.
Of course, it is the same for Xiao Mo. Today, Master Zhongli accepted him, but he just added the identity of a registered disciple. In the alchemist business, he is the lowest level of alchemist apprentice.
Only when he becomes a true alchemist can he officially join Master Zhongli and perform the formal apprenticeship ceremony. Apprenticeship like today is a formality and familiarity with everyone.
As time passed, more and more people gathered in the lobby. In the blink of an eye, all eleven registered disciples had arrived and lined up in two rows to wait on both sides of the lobby.
Seeing this, the girl in green walked into the crowd and stood in the first row of the left head. Only then did Xiao Mo realize that the girl in green was like him, a registered disciple accepted by Master Zhongli. And judging from the position she was standing, she obviously had a certain identity among these people.
The top of the middle hall is a mahogany chair, located in the middle, with wisps of flowers carved, which is very noble, and it should be the seat where Master Zhongli sits next.
And under the mahogany Grand Master's chair, there were two small wooden chairs on both sides, but they were always empty and no one came. Xiao Mo guessed that it should be the seats of Master Zhongli's four official disciples.
As alchemists, their status is completely different from that of alchemists. Even Master Zhongli has to consider their face and set up seats for them in the hall, while the other twelve people can only stand. This is the difference in status.
Because Master Zhongli had not arrived yet, a few of the twelve young men and women standing in the hall stared at Xiao Mo boldly and kept looking at him. Several of them looked with smiles and were obviously despised. There were also a hint of hostility in their eyes. Xiao Mo didn't know where their hostility came from.
From beginning to end, from yesterday to now, except for Master Zhongli and the girl in green, Xiao Mo has never seen anyone else. These people are just the first time he has seen them. Why does it seem that he doesn't welcome his arrival?
Of course, not everyone is like this. There are still a few people who are more normal. They don’t look squinting and stand upright. Even if Master Zhongli is not here, they stand meticulously, which makes Xiao Mo nodded secretly.
It seems that there is no need to avoid disputes everywhere, but among these twelve people, only three or five are hostile to them, and most of them are normal.
Especially those who stood the straightest, the elixir aura on their bodies was very strong, and they were obviously gradually gaining a glorious state in the process of alchemy. Even if they had not been successfully promoted to alchemist, they should not be far away.
Xiao Mo didn't care about them either. No matter what their attitude towards him, joining Qingfeng Academy and practicing alchemy was something Xiao Mo had already decided. He would not be shaken by anyone or anything, so he stood up straight and waited quietly.
After a moment, a "cough" finally came from outside the hall. Then, Master Zhongli walked in slowly, glanced at the thirteen people who had gathered, and nodded with satisfaction.
He walked to the top of the mahogany master chair and sat down, looked at Xiao Mo, and said softly: "Let's start!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Mo first walked up to him, bowed respectfully for three times, and then presented a cup of tea to honor the teacher. Master Zhongli took it, lifted the lid of the bowl, took a sip, and the gift was considered very simple.
Of course, Xiao Mo also knew that this was very normal. Registered disciples were not considered real disciples. Only when they became personal disciples would they have a big banquet for guests and formally informed the Academy. If they could not become personal disciples, these registered disciples would only be slightly more advanced alchemy men.
After the master's apprenticeship was completed, Master Zhongli stood up and walked to Xiao Mo. He first introduced Xiao Mo to everyone, and then introduced the twelve registered disciples to Xiao Mo. Finally, he said to Xiao Mo: "Okay, the master's apprenticeship has been completed. From today on, you will be one of my thirteen registered disciples of Zhonglishan. In the future, you will need to be close to each other with your senior brothers and sisters and have a harmonious family."
Xiao Mo naturally nodded and said yes, and no matter what his thoughts were in mind, at least on the surface, he agreed to Master Zhongli.
Zhong Lishan smiled with satisfaction, then turned his head and said to Xiao Mo: "Being a registered disciple of Zhong Lishan is just the beginning, not the end. If you want to learn real alchemy, the first thing you must do is to memorize this book completely."
After saying that, he waved his hand and a thick silver book appeared in his palm. Xiao Mo took it and opened it. He saw that there were a lot of herbs in it. In addition, there were simple pictures under the herbs, as well as the medicinal properties, origins, and the names of several elixirs that were mainly refined.
On the front are four dark green characters "The Psychological Memorial".
"The Psychological Medicine, is this the name of this book? Such a thick book, there are only at least five or six thousand medicines on it, right?"
Chapter completed!