Cultivation till the end of time

Chapter 551 Bitter Powder

A platinum-level pharmacist is the one with the highest status besides wizards. After all, a platinum-level pharmacist has already stepped half a foot into the threshold of being a wizard and deserves the respectful title of "Sir" from the world.

Therefore, when the captain of the guards called Duoduo "Sir", his subordinates would immediately understand why they were in trouble.

Of course, the so-called highest status here refers to those people who are highly respected among the general public, excluding all nobles and royal families.

Pharmacists of other levels will call each other brothers and sisters.

If a pharmacist is of a higher rank than oneself, one would add the suffix "Master" after his name to show respect.

The guards were not stupid. From Duoduo's few words, they had guessed that someone was using them to embarrass Duoduo.

Not only did they secretly hate this person, they also wanted to catch him and whip his corpse.

No matter who you offend, you must not offend pharmacists and wizards. This is an iron rule.

Everyone will catch a cold, have a fever and get sick, and no one can guarantee that one day they will not have to ask the pharmacist in front of them for medicine. That's why it is said that one should not offend pharmacists or wizards.

You can't offend pharmacists, let alone doctors.

Fortunately, the pharmacist in front of them was kind-hearted and did not care about their mistake.

Thinking of this, the guards became even more vigilant and patrolled the surroundings, determined to catch this villain.

The guards came forward aggressively, left respectfully, and did not take Duoduo away. It was obvious whether she entered the venue pretending to be a pharmacist.

The audience who were far away could not hear the conversation between the captain of the guard and Duoduo, and did not know what was happening.

But other pharmacists who were making medicine near Duoduo heard it clearly and were secretly glad that they had not said anything rude.

While everyone was rejoicing, they continued to refine the medicine with a watchful attitude, waiting for the person who instigated the guards to go forward and arrest people to show up again.

The judges' area also sent people to the chief guard to find out what happened. After hearing the two statements, they found out that no one in the judges' area had shouted for arrests, and the guards had not disrupted the competition without permission.

The judges felt that this incident had a bad influence, so they ordered the chief of guard to arrest the real culprit who disrupted the competition.

The first game ended quickly, and Duoduo's alternative pharmaceutical method attracted the attention of everyone in the judging area.

However, they suppressed their curiosity and started scoring from the first contestant.

The scoring criteria are mainly based on efficacy and preparation time. The quality can be judged from the color and taste of the potion.

The high-quality potion has a particularly strong smell, a stinky and rancid smell that is very pungent.

The darker the color, the higher the purity of the extracted potion and the more significant the efficacy.

From the above two points, you can know the quality of the potion.

There is no need to say much about the duration. Among two potions of similar quality, whoever takes the shorter time to make the potion will win.

The judges' scoring went smoothly at first, until they came to Duoduo and looked at the brown powder on a square piece of white paper. They looked at each other, unsure how to score.

As mentioned before, there are no drugs in powdered form on this continent, so the judges have no idea how to score them.

They already knew from the captain of the guards that the young girl in front of them was a platinum-level pharmacist, and they would not look down on her just because she was young.

On the contrary, I feel that there is a lot to be done and the future is promising.

They are very clear about the assessment of pharmacists and will not let them off for any reason. The assessment has its own set of standards.

The fact that Duoduo was able to reach the platinum level at such a young age shows how talented she is.

Regarding talents, everyone in the association has a unanimous opinion, which is to incorporate this person into the association.

But now that they are in the middle of the game, they have suppressed their desire to snatch people.

None of the judges of this pharmaceutical test were known to Duoduo, so they naturally did not know that in addition to being a pharmacist, Duoduo was also a wizard.

Although they knew from their partners that one of the contestants in yesterday's medicine test was very talented and held a wizard certificate, they didn't know what that person looked like, let alone his name.

If they had known earlier that Duoduo was the wizard, they would not have dared to snatch him away. Not everyone is as stubborn as Polivi.

One of the older judges asked, "Is this medicine... powder? How do you judge the effectiveness of the medicine?"

The judge was not being sarcastic; he was sincerely seeking advice from Duoduo.

First of all, none of the judges has a higher qualification than Duoduo, after all, the highest level is platinum.

Even judges with platinum qualifications couldn't understand what Duoduo had done.

Secondly, Duoduo is a platinum-level pharmacist and deserves their respect. They are indeed humbly asking Duoduo for advice.

Duoduo did not hesitate and answered them: "Yes, this is medicine powder, but don't worry, the effect is no different from that of medicine liquid.

The quality of medicinal powder can be judged by its appearance and taste.

The darker the color of the powder and the finer the powder, the higher the quality of the medicine.

There is also a faint medicinal aroma. Even without getting close to smell it, everyone should be able to smell the faint medicinal aroma, right?"

The judges listened to Sui Duoduo's words and their noses twitched. They indeed smelled a faint medicinal fragrance, which was N times better than the smell of high-quality potions.

In addition to the sour and rancid taste of the potion, there was also a burnt smell. It was probably because the refiner did not control the temperature well during the refining process, resulting in a burnt smell mixed in the potion.

To extract the medicinal properties of herbs, you need to use magic power to transform it into magic fire and roast out the essence of the herbs.

During this process, if the magic fire is not properly controlled, it will burn the herbs and cause the potion to be mixed with a burnt smell.

This smell does not affect the efficacy of the medicine, so pharmacists do not deliberately improve the refining techniques or control the temperature, but the taste will become more unfriendly.

One of the judges boldly asked, "Are the powders of other medicinal effects also this color? Are the judging criteria the same?"

Duoduo continued to answer patiently: "Not all medicinal powders are brown, there are medicinal powders of other colors. The color of the medicinal powder is determined by the type of herbs added.

I remember that the color of the potion also changed with the mixture of various herbs.

In fact, if you want to know whether the medicine is effective or not, you can find out by asking someone to try it. The appearance of the medicine is not the only way to judge the quality of the powder."

After listening to Duoduo's explanation, the oldest judge immediately arranged for someone to find the corresponding patient.

During this period, several judges continued to evaluate the finished potions of other contestants.

For the sake of fairness, a lot of medicine powder will be kept by the organizer, and when the patients come, they will know whether the powder is good or not after trying it.

Duoduo had no objection. Testing the efficacy of the drugs was the job of the judges, and all she had to do was wait quietly for the results.

Anyway, this is only the first round and she will continue to compete later.

Soon the patient was brought in, and the judges made the patient drink the powder in front of the contestants and the audience.

For patients suffering from painful wounds, after taking the powder, the pain gradually turned into numbness after a while. The effect is very significant, even better than that of medicine.

The patient, who was originally dissatisfied with the bitter taste of the powder, cursed a few times, but did not dare to make a fuss as the pain quickly eased.

He cursed in a very unpleasant way, "What a crap thing! Bah, bah, bah, it's so miserable, who made it, can you make medicine? If you can't, just go home and hide, don't come out to hurt people.

Well, you asked me to come here to test the medicine, just to make me suffer? Everyone, please judge for yourself, they tricked me into coming here to test the medicine, saying it can help me relieve...pain...suffering..." As the medicine quickly took effect, the patient also shut up, not daring to say anything more.

Originally, his reaction made everyone present think that Duoduo's medicine powder was ineffective and too bitter to swallow, which was why the patient was making a fuss.

Usually, the effect of the medicine will be seen quickly after taking it, so the patient's angry reaction will make everyone misunderstand that the powder is ineffective.

Before the contestants and the people in the audience could open their mouths to criticize Duoduo, the patient's cursing stopped abruptly. His cowardly expression and the fact that he didn't dare to look anyone in the eye told everyone that the powder was working.

The person who was jealous of Duoduo and wanted to discredit her thought he had found another opportunity to ridicule Duoduo, but he didn't expect the reversal to come so quickly.

He was glad that he hadn't had time to speak, otherwise he might have been caught by the guards standing by.

The slander he just said against Duoduo will also be discovered by everyone.

He just couldn't stand the fact that Duoduo behaved differently from other pharmacists in public, making him look like a standout among chickens.

He felt that she was just trying to attract attention, so he couldn't help but encourage everyone to ostracize Duoduo.