Chapter 118: It’s Actually Become Science! The Accusations Of A Demonic Cult Rogue!
That lump of paste left Xiao Yu stunned.
Why was it pills when senior brother did alchemy, but just a lump of paste when she tried?
“Xiao Mi Jie, this is a wrong demonstration.” Xiao Yu explained awkwardly, then looked to her senior brother for help, asking what was going on: “Senior brother, why did I refine a lump of paste?”
“It must be that you made an operational mistake.” Chen Han did not even need to guess to know the reason; it also meant his junior sister had failed this round of alchemy.
When Xiao Yu heard this, she immediately cleaned the pressure cooker and started refining again.
This time she was clearly more serious.
Step by step, she controlled the heat between high and low, and finally finished refining again.
After releasing the steam this time and opening the pressure cooker, she could not help feeling nervous. In her heart she prayed over and over that it would succeed.
She had already embarrassed herself once in front of Xiao Mi Jie.
After her prayer, she opened the lid. As the steam drifted away, the pills lying inside made her cry out excitedly: “Xiao Mi Jie, look, look quickly, it worked.”
Xiao Mi also saw the pills lying in the pressure cooker, and an expression of surprise instantly appeared on her face.
This really was somewhat miraculous.
After a moment, Xiao Yu put away those pills, examined them carefully, and could not help asking Xiao Mi, “Xiao Mi Jie, amazing, right?”
With her face full of surprise, Xiao Mi nodded. “You actually made use of the high-pressure boiling point effect in this alchemy.”
Xiao Yu was instead confused when she heard this. “What high-pressure boiling point effect?”
Xiao Mi explained, “It’s a physics and chemistry concept from university, related to sudden temperature changes and material condensation, pressure airflow changes and separation patterns, and separation patterns of material fibers or particle structures. For example, when the pressure cooker’s temperature rises, the internal pressure at high temperature…”
Just now when she heard her senior brother talking about scientific alchemy and dragging in physics and chemistry, Xiao Yu had thought he was just fooling her.
Now, hearing Xiao Mi Jie’s explanation, she was a bit stunned.
It really was related to physics and chemistry?
The key point was that she did not understand a word of what Xiao Mi Jie was saying, so she could only awkwardly say, “Xiao Mi Jie, can you explain it again in simpler, easier-to-understand words?”
Xiao Mi looked at Xiao Yu awkwardly and then remembered that this best friend was terrible at studying.
She could only try to pick simple points. “You’ve seen this phenomenon, right? A fan blowing a stream of water downward so that the water spreads out in all directions. If the wind force is controlled well, it will form smaller and smaller clusters of water.”
“In the same way, in a pressure cooker, heating in a sealed space raises the internal air pressure. Once it reaches a certain level it forms a similar pressure that can generate a separating push on the medicinal paste…”
“If, during this process, you adjust and weaken the pressure, it can create a kind of reverse airflow circulation phenomenon, which is like repeatedly kneading those separated bits of medicinal paste back and forth…”
Xiao Yu felt that what Xiao Mi Jie was saying made a lot of sense.
She truly envied her knowledge.
But she did not understand any of it and only grew more confused as she watched Xiao Mi Jie.
Seeing her expression, Xiao Mi felt she was playing music to a cow and said helplessly, “Anyway, it’s science, physics and chemistry. The related university courses all have this little experiment.”
Xiao Yu still did not understand, but since Xiao Mi Jie had explained this far, she could only nod earnestly. “So that’s how it is.”
Chen Han was actually very surprised when he heard Xiao Mi’s explanation.
He had been talking nonsense about physics and chemistry to his junior sister.
Now from Xiao Mi’s explanation, it sounded like it really could be explained with physics and chemistry?
This…
Watching his junior sister and Xiao Mi enthusiastically start another round of alchemy, he did not want to expose how confused he was, so he simply focused on seriously editing the video.
By evening, he had finished editing this alchemy video and uploaded it to the Chen Family Head’s account. After thinking for a moment, he wrote the title: 《A new era, scientific alchemy!》
He hit send.
Chen Han already had quite a few fans now. As soon as he posted an update, many people saw it, especially those who followed him closely.
Ming Di was one of them. Seeing that the Chen Family Head had updated, this demonic cult rogue naturally checked immediately.
The title 《A new era, scientific alchemy》 caught his eye.
After all, the Chen Family Head’s videos were abstract cultivation, and alchemy was an important skill in cultivation, but what did scientific alchemy mean?
When he clicked the video, it showed the Chen Family Head going to the county. The key was that in the Chen Family Head’s narration, this county had become Tianhe City.
He was already used to this kind of abstraction and felt no surprise.
When he saw the Chen Family Head in the pharmacy solemnly calling ordinary ginseng and Eucommia Bark century-old ginseng and century-old Si Zhong Root, it really cracked him up.
Especially when, in the video, the Chen Family Head secretly filmed the boss looking at him like he was crazy, with a medicine-cutting knife in hand, it made him burst out laughing.
That boss probably thought the Chen Family Head was insane and was considering holding the knife for self-defense.
If the Chen Family Head had not picked his medicinal herbs a bit faster and paid to leave, that boss might really have drawn the knife.
But as the video continued, when the Chen Family Head entered the kitchen and displayed that spirit fire stove and spirit pressure cauldron, he completely lost it.
“Holy crap, when it comes to abstraction, you, Chen Family Head, are still the king of abstraction.”
It was actually just a gas stove and a pressure cooker.
Good heavens.
Although there were many jokes online about making pills with a pressure cooker, those were just jokes. Chen Family Head, you are actually doing it?
Then he watched the Chen Family Head prepare the medicinal herbs, slice them, mash them with water, and pour everything directly into the pressure cooker.
This operation left him dumbfounded.
Wait, is this just messing around?
If you throw it in like that, you are making decoction, not pills. And with that little water, it is guaranteed to burn into paste.
At least, that was what he thought.
But when he saw the Chen Family Head open the pressure cooker lid and find neatly formed pills inside, shock instantly appeared on his face.
Special effects, right?
How else could this be possible?
By this point he was already shocked. As for the two young members of the Chen Clan who appeared later in the video, they did not attract much of his attention.
Especially when those two knelt on one knee and swore to be loyal unto death to the family head and marveled at the pill’s effects. The acting was way too obvious.
Besides, as if he wouldn’t know whether the pill had any effect.
There was no way it had the miraculous effects that Xiao Jun and Dalong claimed.
After he finished watching the video, he checked its stats. The likes were already high, and it was clearly going viral.
The comments were extremely lively, and this abstract video from the Chen Family Head was generating a lot of discussion.
“When the gas stove and pressure cooker appeared, I was completely confused.”
“Holy crap, can someone tell me how those pills appeared in the pressure cooker when it was opened?”
“Is this special-effects pill formation? A pressure cooker producing a few pills is not realistic, right?”
“…”
“Is it hard for a pressure cooker to produce a few pills? It’s just the high-pressure boiling point effect. Wait, I’ll show you the miracle of science.”
This comment caught Ming Di’s attention. He thought it was just some bragger and was about to reply when he saw many people responding to this person, and the replies felt off.
“Waiting for the big shot.”
“Waiting for the big shot +”
“I almost mocked him. Luckily I clicked into his homepage and didn’t embarrass myself with my ignorance.”
“…”
Puzzled, Ming Di clicked through to the homepage and discovered this person was actually a physics PhD from Huaqing University, whose videos were all hardcore science experiments.
No wonder everyone called him a big shot.
Now he was really curious and waited to see this so-called scientific miracle.
He did not have to wait long. That person actually posted an experiment video, though instead of medicinal herbs he used mashed apples and pears and put them into a pressure cooker.
Then he began operating the pressure cooker and even explained several physical effects as he went.
Ming Di realized he could only understand words like airflow, pressure change, lift… but when those terms were all strung together, he was completely lost.
He felt the full impact of the world of straight-A students.
When, in the video, the pressure cooker was opened and the mashed apple and pear bits had separated into different portions and formed round clumps, his eyes went wide.
So this was the power of science?
Though the video result was still rough, it had been thrown together quickly as a small experiment.
Ming Di deeply understood why so many students worked so hard to get into Huaqing University. The world of top students was intimidating.
At this moment, however, his eyes lit up. He felt he had found content: a live-streamed alchemy session.
He immediately went to the village chief to borrow a gas stove and pressure cooker, then went to the county and bought the same medicinal herbs the Chen Family Head had purchased.
Finally, he started his live stream.
In just a short while, many people entered his streaming room.
Many viewers knew that when this demonic cult rogue Ming Di started a stream, it meant he was about to stir up trouble.
Sure enough, as soon as they came in, they heard Ming Di say, “A fellow practitioner infiltrating the Chen Clan has sent me an alchemy prescription. The Chen Clan has actually developed a pill prescription and used these pills to boost the strength of two heavenly prodigies.”
“So, after obtaining this pill prescription, I began preparations, intending to break down this alchemy method for all fellow practitioners, so we can improve our strength together. I also hope that when the time comes, you will help me destroy the Chen Clan.”
As he spoke, countless ‘666’ and comments flooded across the screen:
“I just watched the Chen Family Head’s video and knew you, demonic cult rogue, were about to show up.”
“Haha, the Chen Family Head just made pills and the demonic cult rogue already has the formula. The demonic path is strong.”
“…”
Clearly, many people followed both Chen Han and Ming Di. Seeing both of their abstract videos, they all turned into entertainers and joined in the roleplay.
Ming Di then opened the Chen Family Head’s video on another phone and followed the steps one by one. He processed the herbs, mashed them with water, and began refining.
He also borrowed the explanations from that Huaqing PhD’s video for his commentary.
It had to be said that Ming Di was either very skilled or incredibly lucky. When he opened the pressure cooker, there were actually several very rough lumps of medicine.
It was clear that the medicine had separated, but the lumps were irregularly flattened clumps.
Even so, the streaming room exploded with 666 comments, densely filling the screen, and the viewer count jumped by several hundred.
Many people even sent bullet comments saying, “Try the Chen Clan’s pills!”
Ming Di was naturally inclined to experiment. The key point was that ginseng and those herbs should not be a big problem to eat.
So he smiled at the camera. “Hahaha, I have cracked the Chen Clan’s pills. Now I want to see what effect they have.”
With that, he put a pill in his mouth. A peculiar medicinal smell exploded in his mouth, extremely unpleasant and nauseating, twisting his face into a mask of pain.
This delighted the viewers, especially those who had seen the Chen Family Head’s video. They all began teasing:
“The contrast is sharp. Ming Di is the real deal; those two heavenly prodigies from the Chen Clan were acting way too hard.”
“Yeah, Xiao Jun and Dalong ate it with no expression and called it miraculous. Just look at Ming Di’s pained face.”
“Ming Di is being real. With all those herbs mixed together, how could it possibly taste good?”
“…”
When Ming Di swallowed the pill, he almost threw up. He hurriedly downed a glass of water, then could not resist complaining, “This tastes awful, really… but bitter medicine works, that’s normal. Only then can you feel the power of its medicinal properties…”
As he spoke, his expression froze. Blood suddenly started flowing from his nose. He clutched his stomach and ran straight for the bathroom.
Very quickly, his face turned deathly pale. The moment he squatted down, everything poured out.
“???”
“???”
“???”
The viewers were stunned. The medicinal properties seemed really intense.
Not long after, they heard panicked voices in the stream:
“Boss, what’s wrong?”
“Take me to the hospital, quick!”
…
Time passed.
The next day when the alarm clock rang, Chen Han stopped cultivation as usual and put the spirit stone in his warehouse.
After a night of cultivation, the true qi in his dantian had grown a little stronger.
After washing up, he took out his phone to check the stats of his scientific alchemy video from last night, and saw a line under the video: “Purely a video performance, do not imitate or consume.”
This was added by the system.
Wait, were they worried someone might copy his alchemy and eat the result?
People could not be that stupid, right?
But when he looked at the backstage comments and messages, he froze.
“Chen Family Head, such a strategist, sending Ming Di a fake formula.”
“Holy crap, you cultivators are too scheming.”
“Chen Family Head, Ming Di says he will remember this grudge.”
“…”
From these comments, Chen Han immediately knew that Ming Di must have stirred up trouble again.
He searched for news about Ming Di and was stunned to find that the other man had posted a video: 《Falling for the Chen Family Head’s plot, fake pills caused my strength to plummet!》
In the video, Ming Di was wearing a hospital gown, on an IV drip, looking very pale as he said, “The pill formula from the Chen Family Head was fake. I actually trusted it and refined and took the pills, causing my true qi to pour out uncontrollably…”
“Now my strength has greatly decreased, and I am weak. I can only curse the despicableness of this so-called righteous Chen Family Head. This grudge will be repaid…”
“…” Chen Han quickly figured out what had happened. Ming Di had really copied his alchemy, then eaten the result, and ended up in the hospital?
This…
Without the spirit fire stove or spirit pressure cauldron, what pills was he making? Did he really think it was just a gas stove and pressure cooker?
What he did not expect was that when he looked at the likes, Ming Di’s video numbers were even higher than his.
Where was the justice in that?
And then another trending video soon appeared that shocked him: 《I don’t know if the Chen Family Head can make pills, but his physics and chemistry are definitely top-notch!》
“???” Chen Han was dumbfounded. His physics and chemistry were top-notch? He was a liberal arts student.
He was terrible at physics and chemistry; that was why he chose liberal arts.
But when he opened that trending video, he was completely stunned. Yesterday when Xiao Mi explained that effect, he had already been surprised. Today someone had actually demonstrated that effect’s principles with a video.
Good heavens.
His alchemy had really turned scientific.
Chen Han silently gave the video a like, then finished washing up and went downstairs.
Today there was no Moon Gazing Sand, so he could only take the cow and the dog to cultivate at the special spiritual aperture.
…
As the sun rose and sunlight bathed the land, in Qingmin City, Wang Xinhe also got up early, ate breakfast, gave a few instructions over the telephone about company matters, and had the driver take him to the city’s specialized ophthalmology hospital.
His father’s eye disease had flared up, and he had been recuperating in the hospital for the past few days. Today he needed to take him to the Chen Clan. Entering the hospital, he went straight to a VIP ward.
Inside, a chief physician was using a medical flashlight to examine an elderly man. “Dad, still blurry? Does it hurt?”
“I can’t see clearly, and it hurts a bit.” The old man’s reply carried a sigh.
Wang Xinhe walked in. The old man was his father. Because of his eye problems, his spirits were poor. The doctor was his brother-in-law, who happened to be the ophthalmology director at an affiliated hospital, specifically caring for his father.
“Chu Hui, how is dad’s condition?” As soon as he entered, Wang Xinhe asked.
Putting down the medical flashlight, Chu Hui shook his head. “It’s very bad. His eyeballs are red and swollen today. The experts in the capital previously diagnosed a rare optic nerve symptom, and they still need time to study it further.”
“Help dad with the discharge procedures. I’m taking him somewhere,” said Wang Xinhe directly.
Chu Hui was taken aback. He had already been told by his brother-in-law that they had found a remarkable person who could treat his father’s eyes.
Thinking of this, he said, “Brother, I’ll go with you.”
He understood his brother-in-law’s capabilities. He would not easily be fooled into believing just anyone could treat their father’s symptom.
Otherwise, he would not be able to control the family companies as he did.
For someone to gain his trust enough that he would personally take their father there meant that person was truly capable. Chu Hui knew well that traditional Chinese medicine did have many skilled people, some of whom chose not to practice because they did not have licenses.
Clearly, his brother-in-law had met such a person.
That made him curious. After all, even experts in Beijing had only identified it as a rare nerve disease.
So going along this time, he also had an agenda: if that person could really cure his father’s eyes, it would be astonishing.
He might be able to learn from it, to see if he could pick it up.
“Xinhe, is there really a method this time?” the old man asked with a sigh.
Wang Xinhe explained, “That Chen Family Head is a remarkable person. Dad, he has already agreed to arrange for someone to perform a prayer for blessings for you.”
“What do you mean, a prayer for blessings?” Chu Hui, who had been thinking about secretly learning, suddenly froze when he heard this.
Wasn’t this supposed to be medical treatment?
