Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 44: Gathering Herbs

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Gathering Herbs

In the past, she used to think Liu Ping was excellent and had status, so she had a favorable impression of him.

But yesterday, after seeing Liu Ping’s ugly and disgusting side, her impression of him had become very poor. In contrast, Chu Feng seemed unserious and frivolous, always laughing and joking, yet he often showed amazing performance.

In her mind, her image of him was changing little by little.

This only made her irresistibly curious to explore. She wanted to see just how much skill Chu Feng still had hidden.

Liu Ping watched Lin Yuxin leave without turning her head, his face becoming extremely sullen. "Chu Feng, you’re behind all this! You’ve messed with this Prince, you’ll pay a price you can’t bear!"

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A few people successively entered the classroom, ready for class.

Chu Feng was still outside the classroom when he heard bursts of heated discussions inside. It sounded like boiling frothy water, very lively.

"What happened?" Chu Feng entered the classroom with confusion and immediately saw two striking rows of words on the blackboard.

Notice! To comprehensively train the students’ Alchemy Dao capabilities, all lower-grade students will enter the academy’s Medicine Mountain together to participate in a medicinal herb gathering activity! Please prepare yourselves!

The Alchemy Academy places great emphasis on training students’ comprehensive abilities.

Alchemy skills include many aspects: identifying medicinal materials, mastering pharmacology, harvesting, processing medicinal materials, fire control, pill concoction, etc.

Harvesting and planting herbs are regarded as menial tasks.

Usually done by specialized Medicine Farmers.

But Medicine Farmers belong to a lower-level occupation and can only do some rough manual labor.

Harvesting, processing, and planting high-level medicinal materials require extremely skilled Alchemists.

Also, there are some special medicinal materials with extremely stringent environmental requirements.

They cannot be cultivated at all and must be found and harvested in the wild forests and treacherous terrains.

The academy’s Medicine Mountain is very vast and is considered forbidden territory.

It does not allow outsiders on ordinary days.

Not long after Chu Feng sat down, Teacher Xie Bing entered the classroom.

Today, she wore a fitting First-grade Alchemist Robe, which made her appear even taller and more graceful. She also exuded a sense of nobility, which combined with her beautiful face and fair skin, made her even more stunning than a Fairy by threefold.

"Hello, students! Following the notice from the academy’s higher-ups, today I’ll lead everyone into the academy’s Medicine Mountain to practice herb gathering and identifying medicinal materials! Upon entering Medicine Mountain, each person will receive a Medicine Hoe and a backpack."

"Today’s task mainly involves learning to identify the age of medicinal herbs! Whoever digs up the oldest herb will receive extra rewards given by the academy!"

After announcing these key points, Teacher Xie Bing led the entire class, lined up, towards Medicine Mountain.

Since this was the first time entering the forest to gather herbs, these proud youths living in the Royal Capital were each jumping with joy, filled with freshness and curiosity.

When Chu Feng’s class arrived, there was already a long queue in front of them.

In total, the lower grades comprised five classes.

All the students together were roughly around two hundred people.

"Teacher Xie Bing, your class really is something! Every exam, the last rank is always from your class. Even lining up to enter Medicine Mountain, you manage to be last, tsk tsk, truly, underachievers are quite unrestrained!"

A young male teacher with a face full of pits and rough features teased Xie Bing cynically.

This male teacher was named Ouyang Xiu, with eyebrows thick and bushy, and notably short. His features were barely distributed on that pitted face; just by looking at him, one could tell he was the bad-tempered, lecherous type.

And there he goes, donning an air of superiority. Chu Feng felt so annoyed he wanted to measure that smug face with his shoe.

"Teacher Ouyang, is there really a need to be so hurtful with your words?"

"My students haven’t done anything to provoke you, so why label them as poor students? Is it just because I turned down your date, you’re upset?"

Xie Bing was so angry her pretty face turned pale.

She was like a mother hen with her students, treating them like treasures.

No wonder Teacher Ouyang Xiu started off so rudely. It turns out he’s a toad lusting after a swan’s flesh, resentful after being rejected by Teacher Xie Bing. That turned his regret into rage, bearing grudges in his heart.

"They aren’t poor students? Alright then, let’s have our two classes compete to see which one produces the winner of the medicinal herb gathering competition!"

Ouyang Xiu’s face wore a cold smirk, oozing with arrogance and brimming with confidence.

The class he taught was known as the top class. The student who ranked top of the entire grade was from his class.

And among the top ten students in the entire grade, half were from his class.

This was why Ouyang Xiu was brimming with confidence.

As soon as Ouyang Xiu finished speaking, a tall and handsome boy from his class glanced over at Chu Feng’s class. That look was like a king surveying his defeated foes.

Full of pride, exuding arrogance.

"Class Five, I welcome your challenge! Lin Yuxin, last time you scored 98, just two points less than me. Keep it up! I’m looking forward to the day when you can join me in scoring 100."

This tall and handsome boy was Qiao Sheng.

Every time, this person reigned as the champion in exams. He was a genius from one of the Four Great Families of the Royal Capital, the Qiao Family, and immensely powerful.

Since the Qiao Family specialized in trading medicinal materials, from a young age, gathering herbs was Qiao Sheng’s forte.

For this lower grade’s medicinal herb gathering competition, he was utterly confident in claiming first place, overshadowing everyone. He didn’t see anyone as a threat.

From the intense gaze he gave Lin Yuxin, it was apparent that he had feelings of love towards her as well.

Yet, this person was so proud that he would never pursue Lin Yuxin actively. Instead, he aimed to surpass her in alchemy skills, inspiring her admiration and even prompting her to chase after him.

"Show-off!" Lin Yuxin snorted and turned her head away, looking elsewhere.

To avoid seeing the arrogant and disrespectful Qiao Sheng flaunting his sense of superiority.

Qiao Sheng had sharp ears and actually heard her. His facial expression slightly changed, showing some displeasure.

With a mocking look, he sneered, "Ha, at least I have the capital to be showy! That’s a million times better than that last-ranking failure in your class."

Saying so, Qiao Sheng also glanced towards Chu Feng intentionally or unintentionally.

His face was filled with disdain, and his eyes filled with mockery.

Chu Feng felt upset, probably because he was too handsome, naturally possessing the ability to attract hate. He became a target even without involvement.

He hadn’t provoked anyone, yet Qiao Sheng pulled him out to serve as a stepping stone, a negative example.

"Since you brought me up, let me say this! Lin Yuxin is not only the class beauty of our class but also a top student. It’s only a matter of time before she scores a hundred, but whether you can maintain your position is questionable."

"Modesty leads to progress, pride leads to regress – I believe I need not elaborate on this!"

Chu Feng, the grade’s consistently lowest-ranked student, directly challenged Qiao Sheng, who had been securing the top position year after year.

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