Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend
Chapter 222 - 92: Being Excluded

Chapter 222: Chapter 92: Being Excluded

The Middle Courtyard of the Imperial Hospital was larger and more exquisitely constructed than the Outer Courtyard.

In the Middle Courtyard, one could no longer see the figures of palace maids and eunuchs, for this area was a confidential section of the Imperial Hospital, accessible only to intermediate and senior Alchemists.

Upon entering the Middle Courtyard, Ye Lingyue was immediately greeted by the refreshing scent of herbs, with spacious lawns and lush vegetation visible everywhere in the courtyard.

Even in winter, the plants in the Middle Courtyard would not wither.

These lawns were not planted with ordinary grass but were carefully cultivated with Concentration Grass. In the middle of the lawns, several ponds had been dug, and upon closer inspection, pairs of Essence Carp could be seen swimming in the ponds.

Concentration Grass and Essence Carp, just like the Gathering Essence Grass and Yin Yang Carp used by Martial Artists, helped Alchemists quickly recover their spiritual power after conducting Alchemy.

However, the quality of these here in the Imperial Hospital was much inferior to those in Ye Lingyue’s Hong Meng Heaven.

"I heard that among Alchemists, there are those who specialize in Alchemy and others in Artifact Refining. The alchemists who specialize in Alchemy gather at the Imperial Hospital, but where are those who specialize in Artifact Refining?"

Due to her background from the Ye Family, although Ye Lingyue did not frequently engage in Artifact Refining, she had only refined Xuantie, Dragon Saliva Needle, and Siamese Ghost Smoke to date. However, she was still very interested in Artifact Refining.

She still hoped to interact more with Artifact Refiners to help Ancestor Ye fulfill his wishes in the future.

"Why so many questions? The Artifact Refiners are all in the Military Department. You, a Fourth Rank Alchemist, may not even know the basics of Alchemy yet you still wish to learn Artifact Refining? It’s just like trying to run before you can walk, that’s really funny," Nangong Qinglin said irritably.

Ye Lingyue’s presence in the Imperial Hospital was like a thorn in the flesh for Nangong Qinglin; it was uncomfortable in every aspect.

Even though Master Long Yu always claimed to the public that Ye Lingyue’s appointment as a Court Alchemist was through a formal selection process,

the contest between Yao Concubine and Ye Lingyue had been conducted secretly, known only to a few people inside and completely unknown to the outside world.

Thus, Nangong Qinglin never believed it, and she was convinced that Ye Lingyue had entered through the favoritism from the Empress Dowager and the Empress, and probably did not even know the basics of Alchemy.

A few Alchemists approached, and Nangong Qinglin went over to chat familiarly with two of them, leaving Ye Lingyue aside.

After a while, Nangong Qinglin came back. Those two Alchemists glanced at Ye Lingyue with a somewhat strange look in their eyes.

"Don’t say I didn’t warn you, a Fourth Rank Alchemist, in the Middle Courtyard, you’ll only be responsible for tending the fire and disposing of the medicine residue. Don’t even think about anything else," Nangong Qinglin said as she took Ye Lingyue towards the communal Alchemy Room.

In the communal Alchemy Room, there were more than twenty Alchemists. At the entrance, there was a large red list resembling a notice; Ye Lingyue saw some names, each with different numbers marked beneath them.

She didn’t know what they were used for.

It must be said, the people of Xia Capital are exceptionally talented. In the Alchemist Association in Li City, there were no more than three Alchemists above Fifth Rank, but in this communal Alchemy Room, most were Sixth Rank Alchemists, and the least capable were still Fifth Rank.

Ye Lingyue didn’t see any Seventh-rank Alchemists inside the communal Alchemy Room and upon inquiring, she learned that Alchemists above Seventh-rank had their own private Alchemy Rooms, located behind the communal room.

In the private Alchemy Rooms, both the alchemy furnaces and Medicinal Grass resources were much superior than those in the communal rooms, and refining elixirs there was also considered a privilege. Alchemists from the communal room were all eager to have their own private Alchemy Room.

Ye Lingyue had generally grasped the situation in the Middle Courtyard.

Here, it was divided into communal Alchemy Rooms and private Alchemy Rooms.

In the independent Alchemy Room, most were Seven Rank Alchemists.

As Nangong Qinglin had said earlier, new alchemists could not independently practice alchemy. They needed to assist older alchemists in refining for three months before they could start on their own.

This was also to prevent accidents during the alchemy process.

In the past, there had been incidents in the Imperial Hospital where new alchemists mishandled the operations and caused the alchemy furnace to explode.

Ye Lingyue casually chose an alchemist and approached.

Just after explaining her intentions, she found that the alchemist wouldn’t even glance at her.

Ye Lingyue didn’t mind. Most alchemists, because they stayed in the alchemy room all day and never left, had strange temperaments, like her own temperamental master.

She then went to another alchemist.

"Isn’t your master Master Long Yu? A disciple of Long Yu, still needing to assist others?"

The other party smiled sarcastically.

The third, the fourth, Ye Lingyue whipped through almost half the public alchemy room, and not one was willing to let her assist.

Ye Lingyue secretly wondered. She could see Nangong Qinglin looking on with amusement from the side and immediately understood.

It turned out that Nangong Qinglin had already conspired with the other alchemists in the public alchemy room to exclude her.

Nangong Qinglin was the disciple of Chief Chou and the daughter of General Jin Jian, so everyone in the public alchemy room tried to ingratiate themselves with her.

This was indeed a method to dismiss Ye Lingyue effortlessly, without raising a finger.

Ye Lingyue wasn’t discouraged. She walked behind a female alchemist.

Earlier, when Ye Lingyue and Nangong Qinglin had come in, most of the alchemists had stopped their work, except for this female alchemist who remained focused on her refining.

"Excuse me, may I be your assistant to help you refine elixirs?" Just as Ye Lingyue asked, the alchemists who were excluding her and those waiting to see the joke burst into laughter.

Hearing the laughter, the female alchemist finally came back to her senses, turned around in confusion, and saw the sincere face of Ye Lingyue.

Ye Lingyue clearly saw the appearance of the female alchemist. She was young, not much older than her sister Lan Cai’er, with boyish short hair, unkempt, and wearing a somewhat tattered alchemist robe.

On her faded yellow robe were six dim Cauldron Seals, clearly indicating she was a Sixth-rank Alchemist.

In a room full of Sixth-rank Alchemists, this young alchemist was undoubtedly an anomaly.

"Nangong Qinglin laughed so hard she could barely stand straight. "Ye Lingyue, are you out of your mind? You actually want to be her assistant. It really is true that birds of a feather flock together, a pair of useless goods."

The other alchemists also looked at Alchemist Mei with mockery. As for Ye Lingyue, they only had looks of sympathy for her, pitying the new alchemist who didn’t know how she had offended Miss Nangong. It seems she wouldn’t last long in the Middle Courtyard.

Ye Lingyue later learned that this female alchemist, who looked only a few years older than her, was actually considered a "joke" within the Imperial Hospital; no one had high hopes for her, under the tutelage of Alchemist Mei.

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