Chapter 359: Completely Finished
Translator: 549690339
Sun Yan was resentful in her heart, but she couldn’t say it on the surface. She drank a few mouthfuls of water to relax her mood and began to prepare for the competition.
She could not lose any of the last three pharmaceutical competitions. If she lost, she would be completely finished.
Jing Yunzhao had a good memory and could recognize medicine, but she might not know how to make medicine. Although she was not as proficient as those masters, she was still the best among her peers. She would definitely win.
Sun Yan looked a little frail while Jing Yunzhao was calm and collected, but the atmosphere was tense.
Many people hoped that Sun Yan could suddenly counterattack and turn the tables.
In front of them, there were complicated tools. The two of them stood on the stage, and soon, someone brought up a covered long plate. It was one of the medicinal herbs to be processed today.
When he opened the red cloth, something that made one’s scalp go numb was revealed.
Jing Yunzhao and Sun Yan were both women, and women were usually weaker than men when it came to making medicine. For example, the snake in front of them looked disgusting and poisonous.
However, the five-step snake’s internal organs had been removed and it was dry. There was no need to worry about it suddenly rushing up and biting.
However, even if it was a dead snake, it still made one’s scalp go numb.
Jing Yunzhao was still young, and she had only lived for twenty years in her previous life. She was mentally strong, but she was still afraid of something like that, but that was before she met Elder Xu.
During the days she stayed in Elder Xu’s courtyard, she had seen many kinds of snakes. Most of them were living creatures. She was responsible for slaughtering them, so no matter how great her fear was, she had overcome it.
Therefore, he was only stunned for a moment before he reached out and took the dried snake in his hand.
Beside him, Sun Yan’s hands trembled.
It was true that she had learned how to make medicine, but most of it was targeted at plants. Of course, she had also seen others make snakes, but this kind of thing was disgusting. She had never personally done it.
Since Jing Yunzhao had already made her move, how could she fall behind?
He braced himself and picked up the snake.
There were about two pounds of Agkistrodon acutus in the box. Jing Yunzhao brushed the exterior of the Agkistrodon acutus and cleaned the dust on the dry surface before she cut off the snake’s head and the tip of the tail.
Everyone could see that her technique was a little inexperienced, but the steps were not wrong.
He placed the snake body in a jar and poured about a pound of white wine into it to soak it. After a long time, he took it out and peeled off the snake’s scales and back bones. After processing it, he washed it and prepared to dry it.
It wasn’t complicated, but the details were important.
The snake’s head, tail, scales, and back were poisonous and were not suitable for medicine.
Rather than saying that this question tested pharmaceutics, it was more like courage. The person who set the question probably thought that both of them were girls, so he specially chose the five-step snake.
Jing Yunzhao’s movements were smooth and fluid, and while she was waiting for the snake to dry, Sun Yan was still removing the scales from the snake. The hand holding the knife was trembling, and the people below were worried.
It was obvious who was superior and who was inferior.
Not long after, the first round ended in a draw.
Although Jing Yunzhao’s medicine was good, Sun Yan was popular among the people, and many people had to give face to the Cui family. Therefore, after Sun Yan finished her medicine, they decided to draw the match. Jing Yunzhao did not want to say anything more, after all, Sun Yan had done a good job.
Sun Yan heaved a sigh of relief, but her face was still pale even after she finished.
However, before Sun Yan could completely relax, another round of processing began. He opened the jar and saw that the centipedes were still alive!