Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend
Chapter 223 - 93: Madman or Genius

Chapter 223: Chapter 93: Madman or Genius

The Sixth-rank Alchemist, surnamed Mei, was originally a little-known alchemy prodigy in Xia Capital. From a young age, it was discovered that she had a talent for refining Elixir Pills.

When she was still a Second Rank Alchemist, she was exceptionally recruited by the then Chief of the Imperial Hospital.

After entering the Imperial Hospital, she lived up to expectations, rapidly growing from Second to Sixth Rank. But at that time, Alchemist Mei, in pursuit of higher alchemy skills, went to Beiqing.

Upon returning from Beiqing, Alchemist Mei seemed like a completely different person. She declared that she would focus wholeheartedly on refining Reincarnation Elixirs.

The Reincarnation Elixir, is not an ordinary Elixir Pill. It is a powerful tool for those strong enough to pass through the Reincarnation Tribulation.

In Daxia, the Reincarnation Pill was a Seventh-grade Elixir that only Xiahou Venerable could refine. Yet, a mere little alchemist of Sixth Rank dared to claim that she could refine the Reincarnation Elixir.

As one could imagine, when Alchemist Mei uttered these words, everyone deemed her delusionally arrogant.

The genius suddenly turned into a madwoman, yet Alchemist Mei herself, stubbornly and desperately continued refining Reincarnation Elixirs.

She even neglected her cultivation of spiritual power and stopped refining basic Elixir Pills. All her time each month was dedicated to refining Reincarnation Elixirs.

If it weren’t for the late Chief of the Imperial Hospital, who valued talent and insisted on keeping Alchemist Mei at all costs, she would have likely been expelled from the Imperial Hospital long ago.

But the newly-arrived Ye Lingyue, oblivious to these stories, only knew that she must find an Alchemist that would allow her to stay in the Middle Courtyard.

To agree or not to agree?

Ye Lingyue gazed intently at Alchemist Mei.

"Hurry up and purify the Medicinal Grass, what are you standing there for?" Alchemist Mei blurted out, shoving several handfuls of Medicinal Grass at Ye Lingyue and urging her to begin the Purification.

Nangong Qinglin’s gaze darkened; that damned Alchemist Mei, she actually dared to let Ye Lingyue become her assistant.

Most of the alchemists here had already been won over by Nangong Qinglin, except for Alchemist Mei, whom Nangong Qinglin had completely ignored and had not bothered to inform previously.

Unexpectedly, she had just agreed to Ye Lingyue’s request.

Just like that, Nangong Qinglin also came to despise Alchemist Mei.

"Don’t celebrate too soon, don’t think that just because Alchemist Mei is willing to take you as an assistant that you can establish a foothold in the Middle Courtyard. Wait until you produce enough Elixir Pills this month before you celebrate. Alchemist Mei herself is already in a precarious position, she’s been at the very bottom of the public Alchemy Room’s Alchemy List for five consecutive months now. If she’s last again for the sixth month, you’ll be swept out the door along with her,"

While Ye Lingyue was washing the Medicinal Grass, Nangong Qinglin muttered these cold and harsh words.

When Ye Lingyue had first entered the public Alchemy Room, the red list she had seen was the Alchemy List.

The Alchemy List is a unique performance list used to assess the performance of Alchemists at the Daxia public Alchemy Room.

Each month, the top name on the Alchemy List would receive the best alchemy materials.

Continuously ranking first on the Alchemy List for six months, or having refined Seventh-grade or higher Elixirs, would entitle them to the rights to use a private Alchemy Room for one month.

With rewards come penalties. If one ranks last on the Alchemy List, they would only receive the poorest alchemy materials, and if they are at the very bottom of the list for six months in a row, they would be removed from the public Alchemy Room and sent to the Outer Academy to serve as miscellaneous servants.

The rules of the Alchemy List are such that each Third-grade elixir refined is worth one point, Fourth-grade is worth five points, Fifth-grade is ten points, and Sixth-grade and above are worth one hundred points. For Seventh-grade Elixirs, one would directly attain the right to use a private Alchemy Room.

Ye Lingyue’s chosen Alchemist Mei had been at the bottom of the Alchemy List for five consecutive months, which meant that if Alchemist Mei were to remain at the bottom again this month, she would be exiled to the Outer Academy.

And as Alchemist Mei’s assistant, Ye Lingyue would have to go with her.

"How about it, do you now realize how foolish you’ve been?" Nangong Qinglin said with evident satisfaction as she made her way to stand next to a middle-aged alchemist.

The alchemist she followed, surnamed Xue, was a Sixth-rank Alchemist and had the highest ranking in the public Alchemy Room for the past few months.

Alchemist Xue had been top of the Alchemy List for five consecutive months, and this month, he was still far in the lead.

Ye Lingyue listened and glanced at the so-called Alchemy List, where Alchemist Xue, at the top of the list, had accumulated two hundred and thirty points for the month.

Looking at Alchemist Mei’s ranking, it was predictably at the very bottom, with a mere, pitiful "three" marks.

This meant that Alchemist Mei had managed to refine only three Third-grade Elixir Pills this month.

Alchemist Mei herself seemed not to care in the slightest.

During the alchemy time in the Alchemy Room, which was four hours a day, Alchemist Mei spent most of the remaining time without talking to Ye Lingyue again, simply instructing her to fetch Medicinal Grass and pour out the dregs.

Ye Lingyue noticed that because Alchemist Mei had been at the bottom for five consecutive months, the Medicinal Grass allocated to her was of the poorest quality, so it was no wonder that her success rate was the lowest.

Not only that, but Ye Lingyue discovered that Alchemist Mei hardly ever refined other Elixir Pills. She was solely focused on refining Reincarnation Elixir.

Every day, the amount of waste from the failed pills would be comprised of more than a dozen cauldrons.

By evening, when Ye Lingyue left the public Alchemy Room, Alchemist Mei’s ranking on the Alchemy List remained at the bottom, with still only "three" Elixir Pills.

Ye Lingyue took advantage of Alchemist Mei’s inattentiveness and secretly took some Medicinal Grass, planting them in Hong Meng Heaven.

Upon exiting the Middle Courtyard, Ye Lingyue saw General Chi Yan waiting outside.

Ever since Ye Lingyue’s "sneaky" tactic last night, General Chi Yan’s gaze towards Ye Lingyue had shrunk with wariness.

"Princess Ye, the Empress and the Sixth Prince have requested your presence."

After the incident with Yao Concubine, Ye Lingyue guessed that the Empress and the Sixth Prince would surely become restless.

Upon her arrival at Chaohua Palace, Empress Liu’s face was fraught with worry, and the Sixth Prince also bore a somber look.

"Ling Yue, have you heard about the matter of Yao Concubine? Do you have any countermeasures?" Just yesterday, Yao Concubine had just been appointed as the State Preceptor, and Emperor Xia had stayed in Yao Concubine’s palace overnight.

It was said that Emperor Xia didn’t even attend the morning court today.

Empress Liu sent someone to inquire, but they were turned away by Yao Concubine’s people.

"That Yao Concubine truly is a demoness. With that Star Chart of hers, she predicted that Crown Prince Hong would bring great strength to the nation, and my father believed her without a doubt, and even specifically rewarded the Crown Prince." The Sixth Prince didn’t understand why his usually wise father, this time, would believe the words of a demoness.

"Sixth Prince, you are wrong. It’s not Yao Concubine that Emperor Xia believes, but rather the Earth-grade Spiritual Treasure in her possession. Knowing both oneself and the enemy can lead to victory in every battle. Perhaps, we should turn the tables and pay a visit to Yao Concubine... no, I should say the newly appointed State Preceptor." Ye Lingyue put forward a suggestion.

Empress Liu and the Sixth Prince were astonished.

"Ling Yue is right. My son, you go with Ling Yue to pay a visit to Yao Concubine and take the opportunity to look into that Earth-grade Spiritual Treasure to see what’s going on," Empress Liu pondered and agreed to Ye Lingyue’s suggestion.