Now, he finally understood. The other party wasn't closing his eyes to avoid looking, but was using Divine Sense to sense the medicinal materials inside the cauldron.
Thinking of this, he also stirred his Divine Sense, secretly observing the medicinal materials in the cauldron.
At the same time, some doubts arose in his heart.
Wasn't it said that Divine Sense couldn't penetrate physical objects? Why could it penetrate this cauldron? Or were cauldrons like Storage Bags, both having special restrictions?
Actually, Lu Li's guess was about right. Cauldrons, like Storage Bags, were crafted with special restrictions that allowed Divine Sense to penetrate them from the beginning, all for the convenience of controlling the fire.
Moreover, cauldrons also had different grades. The higher the grade of the cauldron, the more evenly distributed the temperature and the more restrictions it had, making pill formation easier.
At this moment, the Mysterious Pearl Grass inside the cauldron was continuously transforming and shrinking. Drops of faint black medicinal essence were slowly oozing from its surface.
After about a quarter of an hour, the Mysterious Pearl Grass had been refined, and a drop of essence the size of a grain of rice lay quietly at the bottom of the cauldron.
"One stalk of Vermilion Jade Grass."
Xiao Jue slightly relaxed and said calmly.
"Yes."
Deng Qingsheng quickly took out another stalk of emerald-red spiritual medicine the size of a palm from the jade basin. Just as he was about to lift the lid and throw it in, he suddenly felt a burning, intense pain on his hand. In his panic, he threw the lid to the ground.
At the same time, he threw the Vermilion Jade Grass into the cauldron.
Sizzle...
Instantly, the color of the already refined Mysterious Pearl Grass essence directly turned a shade lighter.
"Bastard!" Xiao Jue stood up with a start, sharply reprimanding, "How many times have I told you, don't you know how hot this cauldron is?"
"I, I forgot..." Deng Qingsheng lowered his head, not daring to look at Xiao Jue.
"Forgot? I think you simply didn't take my words to heart. Or perhaps, I've been too good to you, making you forget your place?"
"Disciple, disciple knows his mistake." Deng Qingsheng knelt down with a thud.
"Go into secluded cultivation at the back mountain for half a year to grind down that foul temper of yours. Don't think you're something special just because you have three spiritual roots. After half a year, if you still haven't changed, don't stay at Tianjue Peak anymore. I don't have a disciple like you."
"Master!"
"Hmm?" Xiao Jue raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Deng Qingsheng stood up looking dejected. As he passed by Lu Li, he glared fiercely at him, then opened the mechanism and walked out without looking back.
Xiao Jue shook his head, turned off the earth fire, glanced at the remaining dozens of spiritual medicines in the basin, and waved his hand to collect them. After thinking for a moment, he took a book from the nearby bookshelf and handed it to Lu Li, saying:
"This 'Precious Mirror of Spiritual Herbs' was brought back from the upper sect by the founding ancestor of our Qingyang Sect. It records many spiritual herbs and is extremely rare. I don't require you to remember the medicinal properties of each herb, but you must memorize the names and appearances of the first fifty herbs within seven days. In seven days, I will take herbs to test you."
"If you can answer correctly, you may continue to stay. If you can't answer, then return to the service hall. You also won't get those contribution points."
Hearing this, Lu Li's face immediately brightened with joy. He quickly took the Precious Mirror of Spiritual Herbs. Compared to contribution points, this was the real treasure. He didn't make any promises, only saying he would definitely do his best.
Xiao Jue, feeling irritated, didn't waste more words with Lu Li and directly kicked him out.
After leaving the alchemy room, the oppressive atmosphere disappeared instantly. Lu Li took a deep breath and, holding the Precious Mirror of Spiritual Herbs, returned to his cave dwelling.
Seven days to memorize the names and appearances of fifty spiritual herbs-whether others could do it he didn't know, but he had the Time Hall. Seven days was equivalent to seventy days. If he still couldn't memorize them, he might as well bang his head against the wall.
Moreover, Lu Li had loved reading since childhood. He wasn't exactly photographic, but his memory was quite good.
Additionally, since he had opened his first qi channel, his hearing and vision had been enhanced again. He believed memorizing such things would be even easier.
Time Hall.
Lu Li eagerly opened the Precious Mirror of Spiritual Herbs. Looking inside, he was even more delighted. Not only were there illustrations, but below them were notes about the herbs' growing environments and medicinal properties.
The so-called medicinal properties referred to the common effects of the herbs and which herbs they conflicted with.
Stone Orchid Grass, a century for first rank, could grow up to third rank at most. Prefers shade, fears sunlight, often grows under rock crevices, commonly used to refine first-rank Strength Pills...
Fire Yang Spiritual Leaf, three centuries for first rank, could grow up to third rank at most. Prefers sunlight, dislikes shade...
Thorny Algae, a century for first rank, could grow up to second rank at most. Suitable for both yin and yang, amphibious, commonly used to neutralize medicinal properties...
...
Lu Li became more and more engrossed. After quickly flipping through a few pages, he turned back to start studying from the first page. He not only intended to memorize the herb names and appearances but also planned to memorize all the annotations.
This book was truly a treasure. He was afraid if he missed it, he might never encounter it again.
In the evening, Lu Li went out to eat something. Just as he was about to leave, the kitchen's fat cripple suddenly said, "Junior Brother, that Deng Qingsheng came by today angrily taking a large package of dry food, cursing and muttering, looking extremely angry. You should be careful. Find an opportunity to return to the service hall."
Deng Qingsheng.
Lu Li turned around and cupped his hands, "Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother. I'll be careful."
He naturally knew why Deng Qingsheng was angry, but the other party was being punished with secluded cultivation for half a year. He wasn't planning to leave just yet.
"I hope you don't end up like me." Staring at Lu Li's retreating back, the fat cripple sighed, sat at the table, lifted his pants leg, and looked at his right foot with helplessness.
That right foot, from the knee down, was actually a wooden prosthetic leg.
Returning to his room, Lu Li immersed himself once more in studying the Precious Mirror of Spiritual Herbs.
Suddenly, Lu Li trembled. On page twenty, he saw something extremely similar-resembling a strawberry, entirely crimson with faint flames swirling around it.
He quickly took out the Piercing Acupoint Pill formula for comparison. Looking at it, they were ninety percent similar.
Flame Fruit, a century for first rank, up to third rank at most. Yang-natured, only grows in magma fire veins...
"So, you're called Flame Fruit."
Lu Li firmly engraved this name in his heart. This way, he had completely mastered all four medicinal herbs for the Piercing Acupoint Pill. He only needed some self-preservation methods, and then he would leave the Qingyang Sect to search for these spiritual herbs.
That Deng Qingsheng didn't seem much older than him. What gave him the right to order him around? Wasn't it just the cultivation level corresponding to his age? If his own strength were sufficient, why would he need to be so subservient?
If he were strong enough, how would Deng Qingsheng dare speak to him like that!
After memorizing Flame Fruit, Lu Li continued flipping through the book.
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, six days had passed since the alchemy session.
On the seventh day, Lu Li only looked at the book for half a day before putting away the Precious Mirror of Spiritual Herbs, because by now, he had already memorized all 6,301 spiritual herbs recorded in this book.
Including their medicinal properties and growing environments.
In the Time Hall, spending over two months, this speed wasn't very fast, but Lu Li was already quite satisfied.
He wasn't a genius, didn't have a photographic memory-he had just read it many times.
Ding ding ding ding...
Just as Lu Li was about to go out to relax, the bell on the roof suddenly rang. It seemed that Elder Xiao was looking for him.
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