"Why not just nibble on spiritual medicine raw?"
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Yao Liangbi's face turned uncomfortable, his eyes displaying a hint of skepticism.
He truly couldn't believe that the essence blood of decades of research by the Medicine Alliance could be worthless as Mu Jinyu had stated.
"If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself."
After looking at it for a while, his hands started to tremble, his face full of excitement.
He had just seen Mu Jinyu whip up a dose of Yunling Powder and was very skeptical about the effectiveness and quality of the Yunling Powder in Mu Jinyu's hands. However, after taking a closer look, he realized that the casually made Yunling Powder by Mu Jinyu was several times better in quality than the Yunling Powder meticulously made by the Leader of the Medicine Alliance.
It was terrifying, truly fitting for a disciple of the Divine Doctor Mu Shao'ai!
Yao Liangbi's heart was full of astonishment.
He then looked up at Mu Jinyu with eyes full of admiration and respect and said, "I've checked it. The Yunling Powder made by the master is of top quality, absolutely top-quality grade!"
The medicines made by alchemists and pharmacists are graded, generally divided into four levels: inferior products, good quality, fine quality, and the highest, top-quality grade.
The Yunling Powder that Mu Jinyu casually produced had reached the top-quality grade, which made Yao Liangbi wonder if given time for Mu Jinyu to become more familiar, could he produce something even beyond?
"Now you try the Yunling Powder yourself and see its effects," Mu Jinyu said indifferently.
"Oh, okay..."
Upon hearing this, Yao Liangbi agreed somewhat nervously as he had never used Yunling Powder of such quality before.
The bearded man and others watched this scene, feeling extremely envious of Yao Liangbi.
They felt that although they were all servants, why was only Yao Liangbi treated this way!
Soon, Yao Liangbi took out the Yunling Powder, applied it all over his body, and then began to sit cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes to cultivate.
Mu Jinyu quietly waited while he went to the medicine field again and picked the most important herb for making Yunling Powder, the Qingling Grass.
About ten minutes passed.
Yao Liangbi opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes sparkling.
He stood up, explained his condition to Mu Jinyu, and how much the Yunling Powder had increased his cultivation speed.
Mu Jinyu quietly listened and then handed the Qingling Grass he was holding to Yao Liangbi, saying, "Now, try nibbling the main herb of the Yunling Powder raw."
"Oh, okay..."
Upon hearing this, Yao Liangbi extended his hand and received the Qingling Grass.
He had not yet tried eating spiritual medicine raw.
After all, first, spiritual medicine is not an elixir; it is truly difficult to refine and absorb, and second, it might contain other medicinal properties unsuitable for human absorption, which could cause trouble if anything went wrong.
The Yunling Powder, which the Medicine Alliance had studied for many years, was primarily based on Qingling Grass, whose medicinal efficacy they had thoroughly understood; they knew there would not be adverse symptoms from eating it raw.
Thus, Yao Liangbi did not hesitate much and started to eat it.
After finishing, Yao Liangbi's face turned red, and his eyes bulged alarmingly, which was quite frightening.
He knew what this was about; it was because the fierce medicinal properties of the Qingling Grass were overwhelming without other auxiliary medicinal herbs to suppress them, making them unsuitable for refining and absorbing—a great deal of the medicinal power would be wasted.
"Circulate your cultivation technique and continue to refine it,"
At that moment, Mu Jinyu came up behind Yao Liangbi, raised a palm to his back, and said softly.
Yao Liangbi nodded, unable to speak as he was overwhelmed by the medicinal power of the Qingling Grass.
Although Yao Liangbi felt that circulating the technique to wildly absorb the medicinal power of the Qingling Grass was an uncomfortable sensation, since Mu Jinyu had ordered it, he dared not disobey. He thought that since Mu Jinyu had made him a servant, he wouldn't go so far as to harm him intentionally, right?
He gritted his teeth and, following Mu Jinyu's instructions, began to circulate his cultivation technique more intensively to absorb the medicinal power of the Qingling Grass for his cultivation.
It was at this moment that Yao Liangbi shuddered all over.
He felt a gentle flow of True Yuan Power from his back moving into his body, helping him stabilize the wild medicinal power within his body, supremely suppressing it until it became as docile as a lamb.
The medicinal power was not dispersed, just made easier to absorb, and as Yao Liangbi rapidly circulated his technique, he began to absorb it even faster.
Soon, the entire Qingling Grass was completely absorbed by Yao Liangbi without any waste.
He opened his eyes, his gaze filled with disbelief.
Then he turned to look at Mu Jinyu, his eyes filled with shame, and said, "Master, you were right, we were indeed mistaken..."
In his recent attempt, raw eating of Qingling Grass indeed provided far more spiritual power than a dose of Yunling Powder.
Previous research by the Medicine Alliance had found that spiritual medicines were difficult to refine; in the process of refining, because the medicinal power was too fierce and not absorbed in time, a lot would be wastefully lost.
However, when combined with other medicinal herbs and made into medicine powder or medicinal paste, the effects were not as intense and more suited for human absorption, and there was a slight enhancement in medicinal power.
Now it seemed, the so-called slight enhancement of medicinal power was completely laughable—it was because they had never fully and completely absorbed a spiritual medicine, which led to this misconception.
Mu Jinyu was right; the Medicine Alliance's decades of research had indeed been a complete waste of spiritual medicine!
When Mu Jinyu heard Yao Liangbi's words, he simply nodded, showing no surprise.
The people from the seven noble families, however, were shocked and had not expected this outcome.
Over the years, whenever they found any spiritual medicine or rare medicinal herbs, they entrusted the Medicine Alliance with refining them into suitable medicinal pastes or powders instead of consuming them directly due to the Alliance's expertise.
Only now did they realize that seeking the help of the Medicine Alliance had been entirely superfluous!
After completely winning over Yao Liangbi, Mu Jinyu did not bother wasting more words or time. He went to the medicinal field, plucked a few relatively common spiritual medicines that he didn't need but these people might, handed them over, and ordered,
"Being my servant will be much better than you can imagine; help me, and I will not treat you unfairly!"
"Now, I have some tasks for you to carry out!"
"If you perform them well, you'll certainly reap the benefits!"