I Just Won't Play by the Book - Chapter 638

Chapter 638: Octagonal Grass (2)

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Jiang Beiran only glanced at Shi Jiamu, who had descended from the sky, before continuing to push open the door and return to the house.

Shi Jiamu seemed to have gotten used to this as she followed Jiang Beiran into the house.

Walking to the tea table, Jiang Beiran was thinking about what tea he should brew today when he saw Shi Jiamu take out a round blade of grass covered in frost from her Cosmos Ring.

“Here, this is the reward for the champion of this round, the Octagonal Frozen Grass.”

Before this, Jiang Beiran had originally thought that Shi Jiamu would not change her request and would just ask for the Flying Swallow Profound Pearl that Shi Weiyi had promised him.

However, humans could not escape the essence of “true fragrance”.

The moment he saw the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Jiang Beiran threw the Flying Swallow Pearl to the back of his mind.

This was because it was a medicine that he was lacking.

The Frozen Grass was a very common herb on the Black Dragon Continent. It was used as a supplementary herb to neutralize various potent herbs.

However, any herb would have different medicinal effects due to its quality and age, and this was especially obvious for the Frozen Grass.

Witn every additional norn on tne Frozen Grass, tne ditterence In mecncmal effects would increase greatly. Moreover, when five horns appeared, there would be a qualitative change. Seven horns was already a top-grade medicinal ingredient. As for this Frozen Grass with eight horns…

He had even heard of Jiang Beiran from rumors.

It was rumored that this Octagonal Frozen Grass could not be refined because its use was not to refine pills, but to prevent furnaces from exploding.

An alchemist who was afraid of exploding his furnace was not a good alchemist.

If an Alchemist had never exploded a pill furnace before, then he would be too embarrassed to greet anyone outside.

As for why the furnace exploded, the reason was simple.

The higher the age of the spirit herb, the denser the medicinal spiritual energy it contained, and the more reasonable and stable the composition of the spirit herb’s material.

The higher the upper limit of the medicinal spiritual energy he could withstand.

However, for alchemists, the high upper limit of medicinal spiritual energy was a double-edged sword. If they did not control it well, they would seriously injure themselves.

The reason was that the material of the medicinal herb determined the upper limit of the medicinal spiritual energy that it could bear, but the potential value of this upper limit could not be estimated. This was even more absolute than the jade refiner’s inability to estimate the potential of the jade.

This was because only when the medicinal ingredients were thrown into the alchemy furnace and refined could one know their true potential value. Some of them even fluctuated during the refining process.

Therefore, alchemists could only rely on their own experience and vision to guess and estimate a rough value before refining.

Once the alchemist miscalculated the upper limit, if it was just an underestimation, the effect of the pill would be greatly reduced. However, at least it could still be refined. If he overestimated it, then during the spirit injection conversion, the spiritual energy that exceeded the upper limit would cause the medicinal liquid to explode!

This kind of explosion would at least knock the lid of the pill furnace off, and at worst, it would directly blow the entire pill furnace into pieces, posing a fatal threat to alchemists with low cultivation.

Therefore, Jiang Beiran, who owned one of the legendary Nine Cauldrons, could not accept the fact that his furnace had exploded.

One had to know that when refining high-grade medicinal pills, the spiritual energy of those medicinal herbs was so high that it made one’s hair stand on end. Once an explosion occurred, even a divine cauldron like the Golden Crow Cauldron might not be able to withstand it.

Jiang Beiran had gone to great lengths to find such a divine cauldron, so he definitely wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. However, the situation had become complicated.

This was because if he underestimated the upper limit of the medicinal ingredients when refining high-grade medicinal pills, then the medicinal effects of the medicinal pills that were refined were very likely to be investigated thousands of miles away. The higher the quality, the more it was like this.

On the other hand, the medicinal herbs that Jiang Beiran had obtained on

Golden Cauldron Island were all brimming with medicinal spiritual energy. Wouldn’t it be a piece of cake for him to throw a few of them in and blow up the road? At the same time, Jiang Beiran couldn’t accept the fact that he had used such high-grade herbs to refine a defective product. Hence, he had been debating whether he should open the furnace or not two days ago.

He didn’t expect to encounter a pillow right after he dozed off.

He had been troubled by this matter, but the Shi family had actually given him such a big gift.

As long as the Octagonal Frozen Grass was added to the medicinal cauldron, once the medicinal liquid was about to explode, it would instantly cool down, and it would not destroy the material itself.

This meant that the Octagonal Frozen Grass could not only prevent the furnace from exploding, but it also provided a chance for continuous trial and error. It was one of the treasures of alchemists.

“He really treats me as one of his own, spending so much money…”

Just as Jiang Beiran had thought, the higher-ups of the Shi family were well aware that Shi Jiamu would definitely give him the champion award after she received it. Hence, the award given to Shi Jiamu was equivalent to giving it to him.

Even under such circumstances, Jiang Beiran was still moved by the fact that they had taken out the precious Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as a reward.

Taking the Octagonal Frozen Grass, Jiang Beiran nodded and said,””You’re so thoughtful.”

It was rare for Shi Jiamu to see such a gentle expression on the uncle’s face. She giggled and sat across the tea table. “I want to drink the Iron Arhat!”

“Alright, the tea leaves are here. You can brew them yourself. I have to go out for a while.”

Jiang Beiran took out the tea leaves of the Iron Arhat from his Cosmos Ring and placed them on the tea table before leaving the hut.

Shi Jiamu, who was sitting at the tea table and planning to be a boss for once, was stunned. For a moment, she thought that Uncle had really changed, but reality proved that she was too naive.

Jiang Beiran left the cottage and headed straight for the inner city. This time, he had received such a huge gift, so he had to go and thank him properly. At the same time, he also paid a visit to the people Shi Fenglan mentioned who had come to look for him in the past few days.

Jiang Beiran arrived at the Sage Mansion as his first stop. Since Shi Weiyi was in charge of the Green Sky Club, he would definitely be the one to decide the rewards. Hence, he was naturally the first person to thank.