Chapter 47 - 38 Xie Wanxin’s Invitation
Lin Yuan noticed something wrong with the texture of the Blue Essence Fruit in his hand and began to carefully ponder the differences.
Although he had just entered the basics of alchemy and could only refine Qi-Blood Powder, entering was still entering. Crossing the threshold of alchemy brought him immense knowledge and experience in alchemy that was anything but ordinary, as if he had been immersed in the field of alchemy for decades, and the techniques for preparing medicinal herbs were already second nature to him.
"This Blue Essence Fruit hasn’t been dried enough; it contains too much moisture and is approximately half a percent heavier than usual." Lin Yuan weighed it back and forth and silently estimated in his heart: "Is this an isolated case or a general one?"
Discovering this issue, Lin Yuan immediately heightened his vigilance.
He glanced at the chores worker who was responsible for drying the herbs; both Gu and Miao were inspecting other areas and were not here. Lin Yuan promptly inspected the batch of medicinal herbs that came with the Blue Essence Fruit one by one.
"White Ancient Wood, Black True Moss, Bear Ganoderma, and most of the other herbs also have issues. Moreover, they all haven’t been dried enough and are heavier by half a percent than usual. No more, no less, always half a percent." Realizing this, Lin Yuan had some inkling in his heart.
Just then, a disciple from chores brought over processed herbs and saw Lin Yuan calculating the accounts. He laughed and said, "Lin senior brother, there’s three jin and five liang of Qionghua Vine, please enter it into the account."
Lin Yuan opened the herb bag, took out the dried Qionghua Vine, held it in his palm, carefully examined it, and compared it to the image of processed Qionghua Vine in his memory, having an idea in his head.
"When did this Qionghua Vine start being processed?" Lin Yuan asked gently with a smile.