Chen Yinxu, upon hearing them say this and seeing their excited, envious expressions, also knew that the Beauty Pill must have had an effect.
He quickly took the small mirror offered to him and began to scrutinize his reflection.
At his first glance, Chen Yinxu was so startled he almost bit his tongue.
He saw that the once entirely white hair on his head had turned mostly black after taking the Beauty Pill.
Although the hair was not completely black, mingled with gray amidst the white strands, compared to the entirely white hair before, he really appeared to be dozens of years younger!
Not only that, but the crisscrossing wrinkles that had adorned his aged face had also diminished significantly.
Paired with the grayish white hair, he indeed looked much younger.
"This... this..."
The hand holding the mirror trembled slightly, his eyes full of excitement and disbelief.
"Huff..."
Because of the overwhelming excitement, he nearly couldn't catch his breath, taking a while before he finally exhaled slowly.
After catching his breath, Chen Yinxu turned to Mu Jinyu and asked, "How did you achieve such a miracle?"
By then, he had truly believed Mu Jinyu's words; Xu Xiaojiao's beauty secret couldn't hold a candle to his Beauty Pill.
Xu Xiaojiao's beauty cream could only make one appear two or three years younger, and that was with long-term use.
However, the Beauty Pill given by Mu Jinyu needed to be swallowed only once, and instantly the person would look younger.
If you were to describe their secrets in two words, Xu Xiaojiao's would be 'trash,' and Mu Jinyu's... 'defying heaven'!
Yes, 'defying heaven'!
He had lived for more than eighty years and had never seen such a medicine. The term 'defying heaven' wasn't the slightest bit exaggerated!
Mu Jinyu looked at the old man's excited demeanor and smiled faintly, saying, "The prescription is in your hands. Can't you just look at it yourself?"
"Oh oh, right..."
Reminded by Mu Jinyu, Chen Yinxu suddenly realized how muddle-headed he had been. Hadn't Wen Rou given him the Beauty Pill along with the prescription earlier?
But he had been too excited and had forgotten about it.
Chen Yinxu hurriedly took out the piece of paper he had stuffed into his pocket and, after adjusting his reading glasses, he peered closely at the strong, bold script, first admiring Mu Jinyu's fine handwriting before seriously studying it.
As he read, he pondered, his brow furrowing and relaxing intermittently, and the smile at the corner of his mouth grew deeper and deeper as he couldn't stop exclaiming, "Brilliant, brilliant. Such a simple combination of a few herbs can produce such miraculous effects, brilliant, brilliant..."
Then, his frown deepened as he mumbled, "But still, these herbs combined should slow aging, yet they shouldn't produce such a dramatic effect, right?"
This was the part Chen Yinxu couldn't understand.
The various herbs listed in Mu Jinyu's prescription, when combined, did have anti-aging benefits and could help restore youth, but similar to Xu Xiaojiao's beauty cream, they required long-term use to be effective.
So why did the Beauty Pill that Mu Jinyu gave him work instantly, making him look more than a decade younger?
Could it be...
Were there some hidden secrets?
Unable to figure it out, Chen Yinxu reluctantly shifted his gaze from the prescription and turned to Mu Jinyu, humbly asking, "Director Mu, may I ask where you obtained this prescription? There are also some pharmacological aspects mentioned that I find somewhat difficult to grasp. If you know the original owner of this prescription, could you introduce me so I may discuss it with them in person?"
Mu Jinyu replied indifferently, "I wrote this. If you have any questions, you can just ask me directly."
"What? You... you wrote this?" Chen Yinxu asked stutteringly, feeling astonished.
"That's right, Director Mu wrote it. He did it right in front of us," Xu Qingya also spoke up, vouching for Mu Jinyu.
"It was really Director Mu who wrote this?!" Chen Yinxu asked, hardly able to believe it.
It was no wonder he was so surprised. Mu Jinyu's calligraphy was powerful and vigorous, with strokes flowing like a dragon and a snake, resembling iron hooks and silver strokes. In his mind, one would need to have immersed themselves in calligraphy for decades to attain such mastery.
Furthermore, to be able to write such good characters and also be versed in the Qihuang Technique, it was obvious that the person in question would not be much younger than himself.
Yet, he had not expected that someone capable of writing such good characters and possessing such medical expertise would be the young Mu Jinyu.
Could it be... that Director Mu really cured Xu Tianzheng's ALS?
Chen Yinxu gradually began to believe it a little.
Then, he began to ask Mu Jinyu a few questions about certain parts of the prescription that he didn't quite understand.
Mu Jinyu answered each one.
After listening, Chen Yinxu thought it over and suddenly everything became clear to him.
"Oh, so that's how it is! Why didn't I think of that just now!"
"Ah, it can also be done like this? That's really amazing!"
"Wait, how can it be like this? Huh, now that you explain it this way, it seems to make sense..."
"..."
Chen Yinxu's exclamations of surprise could be heard from time to time in the research department.
Wen Rou and Xu Qingya watched this scene, both thinking to themselves that Mu Jinyu's medical skills were indeed much stronger than Old Chen's.
After Chen Yinxu had asked Mu Jinyu several questions, all of which were answered, he was persuaded by Mu Jinyu and finally asked the question that puzzled him the most:
"But Director Mu, although this combination of herbs can indeed slow aging and restore cell vitality, it shouldn't be effective immediately. Is it due to the age of the herbs?" Chen Yinxu asked humbly for guidance.
Mu Jinyu said, "It has something to do with the age, but that's not a major factor. The main reason is because of Spiritual Energy."
Mu Jinyu spoke casually, not expecting Chen Yinxu to understand what Spiritual Energy was.
However, to his surprise, upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Chen Yinxu's expression brightened, and he promptly asked, "The Spiritual Energy that Director Mu mentioned, is it the same Spiritual Energy that Cultivators need?"
Chen Yinxu was no ignorant quack. On the contrary, as a top medical expert, he had come into contact with too many important figures.
He knew that apart from those Martial Artists who could split rocks and trees with their abilities and overturn tigers and leopards with their bare hands, there existed Cultivators.
For example, Maoshan Taoists who used Talismans to summon spirits, or members of the Celestial Master Tao, who could call down heavenly thunder and control life and death at will.
These people were all Cultivators.
And according to his knowledge, their Cultivation required Spiritual Energy...
But he had heard that today was the Dharma Ending Age, with sparse Spiritual Energy, and few Cultivators were able to directly extract Spiritual Energy from the air. Those who wanted to practice Cultivation had to collect high-quality Jade, and then draw the Spiritual Energy from within the Jade to cultivate.
Or, it had to be Thousand-Year Great Medicine.
Ordinary substances simply didn't contain any Spiritual Energy.