Su Ci was shocked and somewhat disbelieving.
Recalling what happened in the Medicine Garden, he had unintentionally discovered that he now had all the medicinal ingredients listed in the illustrated guide Wu Jia had given him completely memorized.
He even remembered the properties of every single medicinal ingredient with perfect clarity!
“I actually remembered everything completely. Is it because of the treasure pearl?” Su Ci felt excited again.
The origin of this mysterious treasure pearl was extraordinary; not only could it strengthen his physique, but it could also reshape Dao techniques.
It even granted him the ability of photographic memory!
To verify this conjecture, Su Ci came to the Medicine Garden the next day, picked up the medicinal ingredient illustrated guide, and began to compare them one by one.
Ultimately, he found that what he had memorized in his mind was exactly the same as what was recorded in the illustrated guide, without the slightest difference.
“It’s truly memorized, truly a photographic memory!” Su Ci’s heart rate quickened; this ability was too practical, and its sudden arrival felt somewhat unreal.
“What are you doing over there, kid?” Inside the medicinal ingredient room, Wu Jia looked at Su Ci, his expression somewhat puzzled.
Su Ci then came back to his senses, waved his hand, and said, “Nothing.”
Then he rolled his eyes, scratched his head, and chuckled, “Senior Brother Wu, can you show me the illustrated guides for the Spirit Medicine as well?”
The illustrated guides Wu Jia had given him before were all for common medicinal ingredients, while the illustrated guides for Spirit Rank medicinal ingredients were all in Wu Jia’s hands, personally managed by him.
Now that he possessed the ability of photographic memory, he also wanted to learn more about Spirit Medicine to enrich his own reserves.
Wu Jia raised an eyebrow and said, “You’re quite greedy, kid. You want to understand Spirit Medicine already?”
Su Ci dutifully said, “Anyway, the work is done, and I have nothing to do, so I want to learn more.”
“Let me show you, kid. As a Disciple, perhaps this is the most Spirit Medicine you’ll ever encounter in your life.” Wu Jia seemed to pity Su Ci as he handed the illustrated guide, which contained many Spirit Rank medicinal ingredients, to Su Ci.
“Thank you, Senior Brother Wu.” Su Ci was somewhat excited after receiving it.
He sat to the side, opened the illustrated guide, and began to look at each one.
After about an hour, he finished reading this illustrated guide.
“Hoo!” He let out a long breath, feeling somewhat relieved.
He gently closed his eyes, and all the Spirit Medicine names, attribute annotations, and so on, that he had just seen naturally reappeared in his mind, completely without error!
Su Ci sighed in his heart, never expecting that he would learn so much about Spirit Medicine just as he embarked on the path of Cultivation.
Of course, the Spirit Medicine in this illustrated guide only ranged from First Rank Spirit Medicine to Ninth Rank Spirit Medicine.
Anything above that was almost not recorded.
However, even so, there were still countless types, and not all were fully recorded.
Opening his eyes, he looked up ahead.
Inside the medicinal ingredient room, the cabinets placed in front had small drawers about twenty to thirty centimeters each, and each drawer contained a type of medicinal ingredient.
Looking around, there were dense rows, corresponding to the medicinal ingredients in the illustrated guide in his hand, a great many of them.
However, with Su Ci’s memory ability, he almost remembered the arrangement of the medicinal ingredients after just a quick scan.
“Just look at them, but absolutely do not touch them.”
“You just manage the common medicinal ingredients. If you accidentally damage a single Spirit Medicine, compensation is a small matter, but if the Medicine Garden Elder finds out, you’ll be in big trouble.” Wu Jia suddenly spoke, reminding Su Ci.
Su Ci came back to his senses and smiled, “Senior Brother, don’t worry, Junior Brother will not touch the Spirit Medicine.”
Wu Jia took out a list from a nearby drawer and continued, “I have some medicinal ingredients here that are needed by Disciples who have not yet stepped into the Refining Qi First Layer. Go prepare them and send them over later.”
“Alright, Junior Brother understands.”
…
Over the next few days, Su Ci adapted to his new life.
The work in the Medicine Garden was much easier.
He had more personal free time each day, most of which he used for Cultivation.
However, due to his extremely poor Spiritual Root, his progress was very slow.
On this day, he once again came to the Medicine Garden.
After finishing his tasks, it wasn't even noon yet; he was very fast.
But at this moment, he saw Wu Jia in the medicinal ingredient room, looking somewhat flustered and busy.
It was the first time Su Ci had seen him like this.
He asked in confusion, “Senior Brother, what’s wrong? Is there anything I can help with?”
“Oh, I suddenly received news this morning. The Medicine Garden Elder didn’t appear, but several lists came in simultaneously.”
“Some need to be sent to Outer Sect Disciples, some to the Pill Refining Room, and others to various other locations.”
“I haven’t even sorted out the quantity of Spirit Medicine yet, and I still need to prepare the Spirit Medicine required in the lists, and then deliver them one by one.”
“Given the short time, it’s going to be very difficult to complete. I’ll be criticized then, it’s driving me crazy.” Wu Jia complained to Su Ci without even looking up, while preparing the Spirit Medicine quantities according to the lists.
Su Ci looked down and indeed saw several lists on the table, each listing more than a dozen types of Spirit Medicine, along with notes on where they needed to be sent.
Seeing this, Su Ci shook his head slightly.
Since they were Spirit Medicine, he naturally couldn't help, as Wu Jia had already told him not to touch them.
However, Wu Jia suddenly had an idea and looked up, staring at Su Ci.
“Su Ci, come quickly and help me. Once this list of medicinal ingredients is prepared, you deliver it for me and help your Senior Brother.”
“Ah? Didn’t Senior Brother say I wasn’t allowed to handle Spirit Medicine?” Su Ci was startled.
Wu Jia said, “What time is it now? We can’t worry about that. Be careful, Spirit Medicine aren’t that easy to damage.”
Upon hearing this, Su Ci could only nod in agreement.
“Alright, since Senior Brother says so, then Junior Brother should naturally help you.”
After spending these past few days together, he knew that Wu Jia’s nature wasn’t bad. He didn’t have the haughty demeanor of an Outer Sect Disciple and treated him well. Now that he was in a hurry, he naturally had to lend a hand.
So, he stepped forward and immediately divided the work with Wu Jia, preparing the medicinal ingredients according to the list.
This indeed helped Wu Jia speed up significantly.
During this time, Wu Jia suddenly discovered that Su Ci, who had never touched the Spirit Medicine area before, was now preparing Spirit Medicine with surprising familiarity, seemingly knowing the location of all Spirit Medicine in the cabinets even better than him.
This made him slightly surprised.
He took a moment to ask, “Did you secretly explore the Spirit Medicine area behind my back, kid?”
Su Ci waved his hand and said, “No, Senior Brother. The names of these medicinal ingredients are pasted on the outside of the drawers. I just looked at them a few more times when I had nothing to do, and I remembered them.”
“You have a good memory, kid!” Wu Jia was somewhat amazed.
However, he couldn't dwell on that now and continued to prepare the medicinal ingredients.
When one list was finished, the required medicinal ingredients were divided into several portions, packed into medicinal bags, and handed to Su Ci.
“These medicinal ingredients are all needed by several Outer Sect Disciples. In the past, I used to deliver them myself.”
“But this time, several unfamiliar Disciple locations have been added, and time is short. I still need to deliver to the Pill Refining Room and other places. You just deliver them one by one according to the addresses.”
“Remember to bow and salute when you see them. No one will make things difficult for you.”