Chapter 26

After calmly finishing the last class, Song Shuhang put away his textbooks and stretched lazily.

Beside him, the curvaceous female classmate once again reluctantly left his side. At the same time, the thought of confessing to Shuhang rose in her heart again—she at least wanted to be Song Shuhang's girlfriend for the scorching summer to enjoy the human air conditioner.

Shuhang felt uneasy under the girl's lingering gaze, feeling a bit awkward.

Fortunately, at this moment, Tu Bo and the other two roommates walked over.

"Damn, I almost got peeled by the heat," Tu Bo fanned himself with a notebook, but large beads of sweat still kept sliding down his forehead. "By the way, Shuhang, do you want to go out for a stroll in the afternoon?"

"Are you in the mood to go out in this heat?" Shuhang laughed, the sun today was particularly scorching, definitely not a good day for a stroll.

"Hehe, Yang De has recently developed a program and made some money. So this guy is planning to rent a two-bedroom apartment outside the school to live in without being disturbed. We are going to help him find a good place, maybe it can become our second base—while we can have a feast at his expense tonight," Tu Bo chuckled.

Song Shuhang gave a thumbs up to his slightly dark and thin roommate: "Yang De, you've done well. Both of you are good at tinkering, but you are much better than Tu Bo. You can make money, but Tu Bo only knows how to spend it!"

Tu Bo: "..."

Yang De chuckled, revealing two rows of white teeth. He already had the air of a seasoned programmer at a young age, not good at speaking because he spent more time talking with the keyboard than his mouth.

"But I have something to do at noon, I need to deal with two large boxes that just arrived. Call me directly after you find a place, I'll come over!" Song Shuhang quickly replied—his roommates going out was great, he could try to refine medicine without worrying.

"You little brat, you want to freeload without doing any work!" Tu Bo raised his head and made a cold snort: "Tell you, no way! But there is a window, introduce us to your pretty sister!"

"Get lost." Song Shuhang said: "No way, but there is a window. Treat me to some night snacks tonight!"

Song Shuhang didn't have much, but he did have a few pretty sisters. As for the girl Tu Bo wanted, named Yu Rouzi—sorry, she's not my sister.

Tu Bo immediately made a gesture of hugging his leg: "Deal!"

"Don't we already know your pretty sister, Shuhang?" Yang De asked in confusion. The sister named Zhao Yaya, who sent Shuhang to Jiangnan University City at the beginning of the semester, they had all met. Could Tu Bo be trying to date Shuhang's cousin?

That seems a bit difficult, Zhao Yaya's leg technique is quite formidable.

Thinking back to the beginning of the semester, when Zhao Yaya sent Shuhang to school, they encountered a few unruly teenagers.

Then Tu Bo, Yang De, and the others witnessed Zhao Yaya's prowess. Her long legs kicked out casually, each hit was precise—Zhao Yaya was definitely trained, and she must have used her leg technique quite often. The unruly teenagers quickly fell to the ground, clutching their crotches and screaming. As bystanders, it felt like their testicles would hurt just watching.

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After lunch, the three roommates left the dormitory, leaving Song Shuhang alone.

"Phew." He took a deep breath, the ice bead around his neck kept his mind clear, which was a good state.

Opening a small box of medicinal herbs, Song Shuhang compared it with the 'Physician's' formula for the Body Tempering Liquid.

The small box was also divided into four layers, with about ten types of herbs in each layer.

" Ginseng, Goji berries, Yang Qishi, Daughter's Fragrance..." Shuhang quickly matched the first thirty or so herbs that could be found online.

Chao Lu Xuan Cao, and the subsequent Fresh Tyrant Branch, Nine Yang Red Flame Bamboo Slices, and other items could not be found online. Even if found, they would be some game equipment or items.

Fortunately, Yu Rouzi was a very meticulous woman. Shuhang found that the herbs in the small box were already arranged in the order of the formula, from left to right, from top to bottom.

Even the quantities of the herbs were already divided.

"Careful and gentle girls are the best." Shuhang sighed in relief: "This way, I don't need to consult the Nine Provinces Number One Group."

When refining the Body Tempering Liquid, the herbs need to be added to the cauldron in the order of the formula. If the order is wrong, it will fail. If the materials Yu Rouzi sent were mixed together, Song Shuhang would have a headache.

"Add the herbs to the cauldron in the ratio of the formula, simmer for about five minutes, add new herbs, and continue simmering for about five minutes. Pay attention to the heat! Repeat this until the liquid becomes a paste. The finished Body Tempering Liquid is black, transparent, and has a strong taste." This was the original words of the Physician.

It sounds like a simple task, as if anyone could refine the liquid as long as they are careful?

Indeed, the Body Tempering Liquid is just the lowest level of 'medicine liquid,' not even considered a pill or dregs. Refining it does not require the consumption of one's own spiritual energy or true qi. It also does not require special fire, heavenly fire, or pill fire.

Even ordinary people can refine it as long as they are focused!

But it's not that easy to refine successfully.

The heat and the 'about five minutes' indicate that the time is not fixed at five minutes, but needs to be adjusted automatically by the alchemist based on their experience and the quality of the herbs.

Moreover, the entire Body Tempering Liquid formula consists of forty-five types of herbs, taking nearly four hours in total, requiring constant concentration without a moment's relaxation. For ordinary people to refine the 'Body Tempering Liquid,' they need great perseverance and experience.

Song Shuhang opened the hot pot basin and placed the ginseng slices inside.

"By the way, the formula doesn't mention whether to add water or not?" Song Shuhang scratched his head.

Should water be added? If not, in five minutes, not only would the ginseng slices be burned, but the bottom of the pot would be scorched too?

But how much water should be added?

"Should I ask the group?" Song Shuhang took out his phone, but after thinking for a moment, he calmly put it down.

This is his first time refining the Body Tempering Liquid, there will definitely be many problems during the process. He can't keep asking the group while cooking the herbs, right?

Not everyone in the group is online all the time. If he asks the group every time a problem occurs, it will exceed five minutes, and the alchemy will fail. This way, the thirty-two sets of herbs won't be enough for him to experiment.

So he is best to approach it with the mindset that it will definitely fail, and try once according to the Physician's formula. Then he can record all the problems that occur during the refining process and ask the group all at once.

"Let's add a ladle of water first." He added a ladle of water to the pot and pressed the induction cooker button.

The induction cooker... it was a last resort.

Because there is no fire source in the school dormitory, to prevent fires, all fire sources are prohibited. Having an induction cooker is already quite good.

Since it's just heating and simmering, electric heating and fire heating should be fine, right?

Then he selected the 'stew' option. The induction cooker in the dormitory has four options: 'stir-fry, boil, stew, and fry.' It also has a function to freely adjust the temperature.

If 'cultivation' really exists, he would definitely be the first person in history to refine medicine using an induction cooker and a hot pot. Song Shuhang thought to himself with a self-deprecating smile.

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