Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

First-tier Blood Bone Grass, first-tier Snow Bell Grass, second-tier Thousand Sorghum Flower, second-tier Ice Dragon Grass... more than a dozen kinds of spiritual herbs were put into the alchemy furnace one by one. After the scorching flames slowly rose to a certain temperature, Si Qing used spiritual techniques to control the temperature.

Shen Bai has no spiritual sense, let alone divine sense, so he cannot perceive the situation inside the alchemy furnace. Therefore, the only thing he can learn is the content mentioned earlier.

It is known that they possess spiritual awareness, but they cannot explore at will, because the situation inside the alchemy furnace is a unique secret passed down by each alchemist and is not taught to anyone other than their direct disciples.

Zhou Zhi was just an ordinary first-level alchemist. He was nominally Si Qing's disciple, but after leaving Kunbai Pharmaceutical, their relationship became less intimate.

To put it simply, it's the relationship between the technical director and an ordinary technician at another world company.

This is another reason why Zhou Zhi was so jealous of Shen Bai earlier. He keenly sensed that Si Qing was much more attentive to Shen Bai, her apprentice, than to herself, her disciple.

An hour later, Si Qing reached out and opened the lid of the alchemy furnace. Twelve jade-white spiritual pills flew out of the furnace and landed in a medicine bottle.

As Si Qing scanned the pills inside the bottle with her divine sense, a hint of disappointment appeared on her face once again. This bottle of pills still did not meet her expectations.

"That's all for today's research. I need to figure out where the problem lies!"

Si Qing got up and left the alchemy room, and Zhou Zhi followed closely behind. Shen Bai consciously began to clean the alchemy furnace and remove any uncleaned spiritual herbs, which were things that apprentices should do.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Shen Bai had finished cleaning. Now it was time to slack off.

As an apprentice who has not yet entered the Qi Refining stage, all he can do right now is this simple thing.

During his stay at home these past few days, he has basically integrated the herbal medicine catalog that Si Qing gave him with his experience as a first-level alchemist and memorized it completely.

With nothing to do, Shen Bai strolled out of the alchemy room and downstairs. After leaving the alchemy building, he headed straight for a medicinal field where Kunbai Pharmaceutical cultivated its own medicinal herbs.

After merging with Xuanhua Pharmaceutical, Hu Fangkun used his great magic to combine the two floating islands into one. All of Xuanhua Pharmaceutical's original factory buildings were transferred to Bai's Pharmaceutical area, and then the entire floating island space of Xuanhua Pharmaceutical was transformed into medicinal fields.

In the vast medicinal field, hundreds of herb farmers were scattered throughout, tending to different kinds of spiritual herbs. Shen Bai knew very well that if he hadn't cultivated a good relationship with the Hu sisters, he would likely have started as an ordinary herb farmer after graduating from the Dao Academy, accumulating experience and gradually becoming a first-level alchemist.

This is an inevitable process.

After wandering around for a while, Shen Bai spotted a familiar figure: "Sister Fei'er, what are you doing here?"

Upon seeing Shen Bai, Hu Feier smiled and said, "I will be in charge of this medicinal herb field from now on."

Watching this scene, Tong Wenxiao, who was standing next to her, became even more certain of her guess: Shen Bai must be a direct descendant of the Hu family, and she would have to deal with him carefully in the future.

Shen Bai understood immediately, but began to mutter to himself, "You two sisters, one in charge of administration and the other in charge of the medicinal fields, plus Hu Zhenjun's disciple in charge of alchemy, does that mean the original team of Bai's Pharmaceutical will either be relegated to assistants or just sit back and collect dividends?"

There are many intricacies involved, but Shen Bai knew he only needed to do his job well. In any case, he would be going to the Dao Academy soon anyway.

Following behind Hu Feier, they inspected the medicinal fields and then headed to the canteen together. Hu Feier's cultivation level was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, but she had not yet reached the Abstinence from Grain Realm.

I ran into Zhou Zhi as soon as I reached the cafeteria entrance.

"Shen Bai, where did you go this morning? You only worked one day a few days ago, then skipped three days straight. You were only behaving for a little while this morning before disappearing again. Do you think this is your family's company?"

Zhou Zhi glared at Shen Bai, his face full of displeasure.

Si Qing assigned him a bunch of work in the morning. He originally wanted to find Shen Bai to help him, but he couldn't find him after searching around, which annoyed him greatly.

Shen Bai quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Senior Brother Zhou. I've already finished memorizing the herbal medicine catalog. I was thinking of going to the herb field to see the actual herbs, so I went there."

"You've memorized the entire herbal medicine catalog? Are you kidding me?"

Zhou Zhi was taken aback. The jade slip had only been given to Shen Bai for four days, and including this morning, it was only four and a half days. Even if a martial artist at the Innate Realm had strong mental power, it was impossible for him to memorize all the contents of the jade slip in such a short time.

It's important to understand that the number of herbs and their properties described in that jade slip were at least a million words long, far too many for an ordinary person to memorize. Even someone at the Innate Realm with spiritual power couldn't possibly memorize it so quickly.

"Yes, I've memorized it all!"

Shen Bai stood at the entrance of the cafeteria, revealing his eight teeth, his face full of sunshine and innocence.

The lively atmosphere in the cafeteria suddenly quieted down, as if many people had heard something unbelievable.

This alchemy apprentice at the Innate Realm has only been working for a few days, yet he has already memorized the herbal medicine catalog.

It should be noted that many of the Qi Refining stage apprentices present have not yet finished memorizing it.

Hu Feier tugged at Shen Bai, signaling him to be quiet, but Shen Bai laughed and said, "Why don't you test me, Senior Brother Zhou?"

Zhou Zhi's eyes narrowed. Even he, who always prided himself on his refined manners, was starting to lose his temper: "A mere alchemy apprentice, who hasn't even entered the Qi Refining stage, dares to spout such arrogant words? Then I'll put you to the test!"

What are the shape and medicinal properties of moonflower?

"Moonstar Grass, a third-tier spiritual herb, gets its name from its moon-like leaves and star-like flowers. It prefers shade; during the day, when exposed to sunlight, its moon-like leaves droop and its star-like flowers close up. At night, it blooms, shimmering with starlight and surrounded by a moon halo. Its main medicinal value lies in harmonizing the conflicting properties between metal and wood-type herbs..."

Shen Bai answered quickly, gaining a deeper understanding of Zhou Zhi's character. This guy was definitely not a good person; he only asked about rare and uncommon spiritual herbs.

Zhou Zhi was surprised that Shen Bai could answer such an obscure herb, and casually asked, "What is the method of harvesting Dragon Bone Jade Cong Grass?"

"Dragon Bone Jade Cong Grass prefers sunny locations and is rooted in soil. It must be harvested using a wooden shovel, but the medicinal properties differ depending on whether it is ten, twenty, or thirty years old. It is best to choose a shovel made of locust wood from different years when harvesting it to preserve its medicinal properties..."

One after another, Zhou Zhi asked about various medicinal herbs, and Shen Bai answered fluently. At first, the questions were of medium difficulty, but later Zhou Zhi began to inquire about the key points of planting and harvesting some rare medicinal herbs in the herbal medicine catalog.

The many employees who were eating in the cafeteria gradually forgot about their meal. They all stared at the innate realm senior high school student in formal attire with a youthful face at the cafeteria entrance, and a million grass mud horses were galloping in their hearts.

Is this the genius of Jiangbei City in this year's college entrance examination?

When I was his age, I was still memorizing the history of Earth in the classroom!

How can there be such a big difference between people?

No wonder Si Qing, that genius alchemist, values ​​her so much!

[Ding! Jealousy from Ling Ze +20, current level 85!]

[Ding! Jealousy from Tong Di +20, current level 85!]

[Ding! Yu Guan's jealousy level increased by 18, currently at 83!]

……

[Ding! 120 rivals have reached a jealousy level of 80, and 30 rivals have reached a jealousy level of 90. You can draw one ability from them.]

Please select 180 of your rival's abilities from the following list.

[Ability 1: First-Tier Alchemist]

[Ability Two: First-Tier Array Master]

[Ability 3: First-Tier Talisman Master]

[Ability 4: First-Tier Weapon Refiner]

[Ability Five: The Qi Refining Chapter of the Mysterious Origin Heart Sutra]

[Ability Five: Grand Mastery - Commanding Wind and Rain]

[Sixth Ability: Mastery-Level Wind Control Technique]

[Ability Seven: Minor Mastery of Water Release Technique]

……

Shen Bai's decision to confront Zhou Zhi at the cafeteria entrance was not without reason; he wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity to show off in front of others.

Unfortunately, none of these employees have the physical qualities or talents to be exploited.

Most of the people eating in the canteen are herb farmers. In order to grow good spiritual herbs, these herb farmers have been using low-level spells day after day for years and decades. Many of their spells have been mastered, and some have even reached the perfect level.

Shen Bai also took the opportunity to complete and improve many Qi Refining stage techniques in his Xuan Yuan Dao Jing, officially entering the proficient level.

As for the four major skills of alchemy, weapon crafting, talismanic arrays, they were all pushed to the limit of the first tier.

Although they were all first-level alchemists or alchemy apprentices, their knowledge of alchemy or their experience varied. After Shen Bai acquired all of these, his theoretical foundation became as solid as the base of a pyramid.

It can be said that, in terms of the theoretical foundation of these four skills, no ordinary employee in the entire Kunbai Pharmaceutical Group has a more solid foundation than him.

Zhou Zhiyue became increasingly alarmed as he asked, never expecting that Shen Bai had actually memorized it all!

This is a catalog of medicinal herbs with over a million words. Even a Qi Refining stage cultivator with spiritual consciousness would need ten days to half a month to memorize it.

Those whose spiritual power at the Innate Realm is just beginning to sprout, and who can persist in reading jade slips for two hours every day, are considered outstanding.

How could he be so amazing?

[Ding! Jealousy from the well-known source +10, current level 90!]

[Ding! Rival Zhou Zhi's jealousy level has reached 90. You can extract one of his abilities.]

[Please choose one of the following three abilities that your rival is aware of.]

[Ability 1: Minor Mastery of Fire Release Technique]

[Ability Two: Minor Mastery of Fire Control Techniques]

[Ability 3: Grand-level Fireball]

[Note: The current rival's level is too far below the host's; this skill is temporarily unavailable after being obtained during the Qi Refining stage.]

……

Shen Bai was overjoyed to find that he had actually obtained the Fire Control Technique, a must-learn spell for alchemists. He chose the second ability without hesitation.

Today was incredibly fruitful!

Thank you, Senior Brother Zhou!

Such a wonderful opportunity to manifest oneself in front of others is rare!

After asking about more than a dozen medicinal herbs, Zhou Zhi stopped asking questions with a grim expression: "It seems you have a good grasp of the herbal medicine catalog. Young man, you must not be arrogant or complacent. Next, you need to enter the Qi Refining stage as soon as possible and then officially begin your apprenticeship. Don't waste your time here every day!"

Shen Bai thanked him and asked, "Senior Brother Zhou, is there anything else? If not, I'm going to have dinner with Sister Fei'er and Sister Xiaoxiao!"