Zhang Chu brought Lin SiYu and Shangguan QingXue into the car and left the Snowflake Nine Halls.
In the car, Shangguan Qingxue couldn’t help but frown, “Zhang Chu, are you saying that almost all of the medicinal herbs nowadays can’t be used?”
Zhang Chu, on the other hand, shook his head, “It’s not that exaggerated, it’s just that this old Chinese medicine practitioner you recommended is essentially a quack who doesn’t understand medicinal herbs.”
“He may have some exclusive prescriptions, however, he doesn’t have the ability to discern herbs.”
If it was in the past, without the ability to discern herbs, relying only on a few prescriptions for exclusive skills would still work.
Back then, even if people faked, it wasn’t as outrageous as it is now.
But now it’s different.
The counterfeiting of medicinal herbs has reached the point of heartlessness, greenhouses, pesticides, chemical fertilisers, the main thing is a yield.
Therefore, after Zhang Chu saw those medicinal herbs of Shopkeeper Xue, he understood that this kind of old Chinese medicine practitioner who only mastered a few unique prescriptions would definitely be eliminated.
Shangguan Qingxue, on the other hand, frowned and asked, “Zhang Chu, do you mean that as long as the herbs are not wild, they are useless?”
Zhang Chu instantly shook his head, “It’s not that, there are some medicinal herbs that are artificially cultivated that are, on the contrary, better than the wild ones.”
“However, this artificial cultivation is not the kind of thing that takes chemical fertilisers and pesticides and piles them up, but rather, it is all about the process, and one wrong step won’t do.”
Lin SiYu said, “If that’s the case, we can’t buy herbs in Jinling.”
Zhang Chu then mused, “If it’s really not possible, we can only make another trip to the royal capital.”
Soon, Zhang Chu, Shangguan Qingxue, and Lin SiYu returned to that secluded courtyard.
As soon as Zhang Chu returned, he saw that Hot Pot and Lv Hongyu were topping their heads, Lv Hongyu wanted to play with Hot Pot’s bone toy, and Hot Pot refused to do so, so the one goat and the other dog topped each other, neither one of them letting the other go.
The big donkey that Lu Yangming had turned into was quite calm, leisurely lying under a big tree to take a cool break.
Zhang Chu shook his head, “No money was refunded, they are directly going to close the shop.”
Shangguan Qingxue then said, “The key is that it’s not good to get herbs that can be used, listening to Zhang Chu, the general herbs are grown in barns and are not good to use.”
When Lu Yangming heard this, he immediately asked, “Zhang Chu, you are saying that you need Taoist herbs, right?”
Zhang Chu nodded, “Of course, using daoji herbs is a basic requirement for alchemy.”
In reality, whether it was alchemy or Chinese medicine, both paid attention to “Dao Earth”.
From a metaphysical point of view, the so-called Dao Di means that every kind of medicinal herb has a suitable place for it to grow, and it has to grow in accordance with nature in order to have medicinal effects.
From the empirical point of view, Chinese medicine, always pay attention to the origin, this is thousands of years, a large number of Chinese medicine practitioners to figure out the law.
Many herbs, once the growth of the environment has changed, the efficacy will not work.
Therefore, alchemy or, Chinese medicine or, are concerned about a “Taoist” herbs.
The same seed, planted in a different place, the medicinal effect will have a difference.
At this moment, Zhang Chu looked towards Lu Yangming, “You also know about medicinal herbs?”
Lu Yangming immediately let out a burst of smug donkey bray, “Uhhhh uhhhh, slightly know a little, slightly know a little.”
Immediately after that, Lu Yangming said, “Zhang Chu, if you want to find Taoist medicinal herbs, it’s best to make a trip to Jing’an, go to Lucky Third Road, and look for a shop named Tai Yulong.”
“You can buy Dao Earth herbs there?”Zhang Chu asked.
At this moment, Lu Yangming nodded, “That’s right, the owner of that shop is named Huangfu Chang, he is a man of honour, he claims to be the descendant of the King of Medicine, Huang Fu Tran, and he is very careful whether he is treating people or grabbing medicines.”
“To be honest, I still learnt this expression of Taoist medicinal herbs from Huang Fu Chang.”
As soon as Zhang Chu heard the name Huangfu Tran, his eyes immediately lit up, “Mr Xuan Yan, a descendant of Huangfu Tran?”
“That’s right!”Lu Yangming nodded his head.
Of course, Zhang Chu knew that Huang Fu Quiese was this person, known as the originator of acupuncture, and the Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B Scripture that he had authored, that was the first specialised work on acupuncture and moxibustion in ancient China.
If Huangfu Chang is really a descendant of Huangfu Tran, then his shop, it should not be bad.
Of course, the greater possibility was that Huang Fu Chang was rubbing people the wrong way, after all, it was thousands of years in the past, it was unlikely that anyone would go and check his family tree.
But no matter what, Zhang Chu still decided to make a trip to Jing’an.
Thus, Shangguan Qingxue wrote down Tai Yulong’s address, drove directly, and travelled to Jing’an with Zhang Chu.
Although Lu Yangming and the owner of Tai Yulong were acquaintances, he was definitely not willing to appear in front of his acquaintances with this face right now.
Jing’an was only two hours away from Jinling.
Two hours later, Zhang Chu and Shangguan Qingxue found the shop, Tai Yulong, a medium-sized herb shop.
“This place looks like a good location, but there aren’t many customers.”As soon as Shangguan Qingxue got off the bus, she commented.
Immediately after that, Shangguan Qingxue muttered, “How strange, in front of other people’s gates, they all set up a stone lion, or a bravery or something like that, in front of his house, how come he set up a big stone cat?”
Zhang Chu also looked odd when he saw the stone cat.
Because that huge stone cat was lying there, squinting its eyes, looking as if it was asleep.
Thus, after just a slight glance at the pattern of the place, he slightly deduced it.
Then Zhang Chu laughed: “This place is a bit interesting, it’s actually a lying cat rejecting customers’ bureau, people are deliberately not wanting to do business, trying to get a clean slate.”
When Shangguan Qingxue heard this, she became even more curious: “Figure clean, why open a shop? It’s not good to sell the shop directly and buy a villa between the mountains and water.”
Zhang Chu did not comment any further, but pointed at the door, “Let’s go, go and see if we can buy the herbs we need in this shop.”
Pushing open the door of the medicine shop, Zhang Chu and Shangguan Qingxue instantly saw that in the hall of the medicine prescription, at a table by the window, a young girl in her twenties wearing a yellow dress was holding a thick book and reading it mesmerisingly.
The sunlight sprinkled on the young girl’s body, reflecting the young girl’s slender figure beautifully.
She looked very serene and indifferent, with her long hair draped over her shoulders, giving off a feeling of years of quietness and beauty.
Seeing him, Zhang Chu felt as if time had stopped, causing one to involuntarily reminisce about a certain summer long ago.
Shangguan Qingxue was also slightly stunned and exclaimed in a low voice, “So bookish!”
Zhang Chu, on the other hand, coughed lightly.
That young girl heard someone enter the door, and only then did she insert a bookmark into the book with great reluctance before closing the book and looking towards the door.
The young girl got up, her movements elegant and quiet as she opened her mouth and asked, “Have the two of you come to grab some medicine? May I have a prescription?”
Zhang Chu had previously heard Lu Yangming mention that although Huangfu Chang had made himself a descendant of Huang Fu Qui, he did not prescribe medicines or perform acupuncture.
He opened this Tai Yulong Pharmacy, which was only responsible for selling medicines, and patients got prescriptions from other doctors, and then followed the prescriptions and came to his side to catch medicines.
That was why the young girl asked if she was grabbing medicine.
At this moment, Zhang Chu nodded, “I want to buy some herbs.”
“Where’s the prescription?”The young girl asked.
Zhang Chu handed the young girl some of the medicinal prescriptions he had listed.
However, the young girl took a look at the prescription and shook her head immediately after, “Sorry, this medicine, cannot be grabbed for you.”
“Why?”Zhang Chu was surprised.
At this time, the young girl said, “Our Tai Yulong is not a place that engages in the wholesale of medicinal herbs, and with this list of medicinal herbs of yours, there is no way for me to grab it for you.”
“Our Tai Yulong’s medicinal herbs are for personal healing, not for you to use for profit.”
With that, the young girl returned the piece of paper back to Zhang Chu.
Zhang Chu, on the other hand, directly said, “I’m not wholesaling this either, but using it for myself.”
“For your own use?”The young girl looked Zhang Chu up and down with disbelief, “Don’t lie to me, although I don’t know all the medicinal prescriptions under the sun, on this list of medicinal herbs of yours, many of the herbs cannot be boiled together.”
“Moreover, this prescription of yours requires too many herbs, moving several pounds, this doesn’t look like it’s for self-use.”
Zhang Chu then said, “I want to use it for alchemy.”
“Ah?”The yellow-skirted girl’s expression froze on her face.
