Battle Through the Heavens, Reborn as Xiao Yan's Sister

Chapter 6 Pharmacology
Xiao Family, Pill Shop

At this moment, inside the alchemy room, an old man dressed in a brown robe, with disheveled hair, looking like a madman, was staring intently at a pill furnace with a pair of worried, old eyes.

"Which step went wrong?!" The old man was clearly getting frantic, almost jumping up and down in his anxiety.

Although the old man seemed crazy, the Xiao family members passing by the pill room did not dare to underestimate him in the slightest. After all, his brown alchemist robe and the pill furnace emblem painted on the chest of the robe all indicated that he was an alchemist.

Moreover, on the surface of the medicine furnace emblem, there were two wavy lines that shimmered with a noble purple light, indicating the alchemist's level.

"Dong dong~"

Hearing the knock, the old man in the brown robe frowned, puffed out his beard and glared, and said, "Who is it? Don't you know this is a sacred place? Can't you see I'm refining pills? Get out, get out! Even if that old bastard Xiao Zhan comes today, get out of here! You're interfering with my pill refining, can you afford to pay for it!"

This deafening voice startled the birds that were passing by, and the Xiao family members who were passing by also quickened their pace and left the scene, fearing that they would be angered by him. This crazy old man's strange temper was well-known in the Xiao family. When he got angry, even Xiao Zhan, the current patriarch, dared to swear at him.

After all, he's a second-grade alchemist, so he certainly has the right to be arrogant, and he's currently the only alchemist the Xiao family respects...

"Elder Jiang, it's me."

Outside the door, Xiao Yue spoke calmly.
Upon hearing her voice, Elder Jiang's expression changed slightly. The old face that had just been glaring and showing disdain even towards the current patriarch of the Xiao family instantly transformed into a fawning expression.

"Oh my, it's Xiao Yue! Come, come, have a seat, hehehe!" The crazy old man opened the door without stopping and welcomed Xiao Yue and Xiao Xun'er behind her in with a fawning expression.

"I'm just here to get some medicinal herbs, you go ahead with your work..." With that, Xiao Yue went into the pharmacy to get her medicine.

This made the old madman scratch his head awkwardly, glancing at the alchemy furnace beside him, hesitant to speak. But Xiao Yue ignored him, and after taking the medicine, she prepared to leave with Xiao Xun'er.

"Hey, Xiao Yue'er!" Seeing that she was about to leave, the crazy old man became extremely anxious and hurriedly tried to speak.

"Blood ginseng is the sovereign, jade fungus is the minister; just as water cannot nourish wood, and yang cannot conceal yin..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yue glanced at the alchemy furnace, left behind this inexplicable remark, and then turned and left with Xiao Xun'er, leaving behind only a dashing silhouette.

"Tsk, that back view is so damn cool!"

Looking at that dashing figure, Old Jiang couldn't help but feel a little envious. This is what a genius is like.

"What a pity, a genius with almost perfect scores in pharmacology, yet unable to refine medicine and become an alchemist..." Thinking of this, Old Man Jiang couldn't help but feel regret and sigh.

...

...

Medicine and martial arts have been inseparable since ancient times.
As a master of medicine, Xiao Yue was quite interested in the alchemy and various spiritual herbs of this world. She used to visit the alchemy room quite often, and over time, Old Man Jiang discovered her amazing talent in pharmacology.

Although Xiao Yue couldn't quite figure out the properties of those strange and unusual medicinal herbs in this world at first.

However, once you understand the theoretical properties of those medicinal herbs, figuring out how to combine them becomes much simpler.

After all, everything in the world is inseparable from the evolution of 'Yin and Yang and the Five Elements', and pharmacology is no exception. Yin and Yang can give rise to the Five Elements, the Five Elements can give rise to the Eight Trigrams, the Eight Trigrams can give rise to sixty-four variations, and so on, giving rise to all things.
This is a universal equation, but the difficulty lies in the fact that you have to keep deriving and calculating until you find the correct combination, which is a tedious and boring process.

Ok,
Sometimes, even if the condition is diagnosed as baldness, the prescription may not necessarily produce the desired effect.

But there are always some geniuses in the world.
Just like a math problem,
While you're still learning what 1+1 equals and memorizing multiplication tables to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, some geniuses are already using their brains to solve the equations for nuclear bombs.
Take Xiao Yue for example,
However, she is even more impressive. While others are still researching nuclear weapons, she is already deciphering the antimatter equation of water droplets.

……

"...Sister Yue'er, are you a third-grade alchemist?"

Xiao Xun'er stared in surprise at the beautiful, silver-haired woman who wasn't much older than her.
That crazy old man was clearly a second-grade alchemist, yet Xiao Yue, a child who was only six years old, had to give him pointers. Doesn't that mean that her alchemist level was higher than that old man's, at least third-grade?

But a six-year-old third-grade alchemist with such powerful alchemy talent—even the Medicine Clan doesn't seem to have such a prodigy…

"I only know a little about pharmacology. I was just saying it casually. I didn't expect him to actually believe it," Xiao Yue said with a smile, giving a perfunctory reply.

Hearing this, Xiao Xun'er lowered her head, puffed out her cheeks slightly, and remained silent. She was young, but not stupid. Of course, she could tell that Xiao Yue was just being perfunctory, so she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. She treated Xiao Yue like an older sister, but her sister treated her like a fool...

Looking at her cute, slightly angry expression, Xiao Yue couldn't help but pinch her chubby little face.

"I'm not lying to you. I'm not an alchemist, and I can't even cultivate battle qi..." Xiao Yue said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xun'er's face showed emotion, and she looked up at Xiao Yue's eyes in disbelief.

"Sister, you can't cultivate battle qi?" Xiao Xun'er seemed somewhat incredulous.

In her eyes, although she had only spent one day with this beautiful silver-haired woman, Xiao Yue was so dazzling. Whether it was her temperament, appearance, or her humble and unassuming manner, or her thoughtfulness and care for her, everything about her was perfect. However, she could not cultivate her fighting spirit because of this perfect and intelligent woman in her heart.

"Um…"

Xiao Yue nodded slightly. A gentle breeze blew by, and a few strands of silver hair obscured her vision, making it impossible to see her expression.

The air suddenly became somewhat melancholic, and Xiao Xun'er, who was already a little angry, was at a loss, not knowing what to do. She wanted to comfort her, but didn't know how.

Seeing her somewhat flustered and adorable appearance, Xiao Yue's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile, her mischievous pleasure seemingly finding a small satisfaction...

"What are you going to do with these medicinal herbs, sister?" Xiao Xun'er changed the subject.

“You’re weak and didn’t sleep well last night, so I specially prepared some calming and sleep-inducing medicine for you…” Xiao Yue said softly.

Xiao Xun'er felt even more guilty upon hearing this. Still quite naive, her young heart was touched. She hadn't expected her older sister to notice even her subtle changes.

The cute little girl looked somewhat guilty, and Xiao Yue smiled, thinking to herself that this was her assessment.

……

"Gudu~Gudu~"

In the dimly lit room, flames flickered. By the moonlight from the window, two figures, one large and one small, could be vaguely seen in the shadows. They stood in front of a large cauldron filled with a strangely colored liquid that was bubbling away.

"It's done..."

The taller figure in the shadows spoke, her voice clear and melodious. She held a medicine spoon and slowly dipped it into the pot. The firelight illuminated her waist-length silver hair, making her both beautiful and mysterious.

"Do you really want to drink it?"

Looking at the bowl of strange medicine that her older sister had prepared and handed to her, Xiao Xun'er asked with a hint of resentment, her small and cute face full of resistance, all the previous feelings of gratitude vanishing without a trace.

"What do you think?"

Xiao Yue's lips curled slightly, revealing a kind smile with her eyes slightly narrowed.

(End of this chapter)