Together With the System to Become a Pharmacist at Once a Doctor
Chapter 18's

Task 1: Make five different herbal remedies in five days.

Gift: Magic potion catalog.

Punishment for failure: Subtract one attribute point.

Task 2: Successfully create Anshensan within one month.

Reward: One formula.

Punishment for failure: Unable to use the ancient spring for a month.

Two tasks!

“System, are there any special requirements for five different herbal remedies?” Wang Yao asked.

No. gabe.

“Can I use the existing formula?” asked Wang Yao.

Yep.

“OK, that's great!” Wang Yao was relieved.

If he were to be asked to make a new herbal medicine that had never appeared in history before, he would be unlikely to complete his task. It would be better to just give up. Even with the last task, he completed it by accident.

He immediately took out the books he bought on the internet and took out some simple formulas from the books that had minimal side effects. It was past 9pm when he finished everything.

I have to go to bed early tonight because tomorrow will be another busy day, Wang Yao thought as she looked at the two new tasks.

The next day, he went up the hill to water a very well-growing herbal field. He also allocated another area to grow the moonlight potion seed he obtained last night after improving

He sowed the seeds carefully into the ground and watered them with ancient springs. Then he went to the city to buy some herbs to make his watch. On his way to the city, he met Wang Mingbao.

“Hei bro, where are you going?” ask Wang Mingbao.

“Ke downtown to buy some goods,” replied Wang Yao.

“Come in,” Wang Mingbao said as he pointed to his car.

“Don't worry about Me, it's more convenient for Me to ride my bike,” said Wang Yao.

“Stop talking; hurry up, I'll go downtown as well. I can give you a ride.”

“OK, give me a minute.” After riding his motorcycle back, Wang Yao jumped onto Wang Mingbao's car and they went to the city together.

“What will you do in the city?” asked Wang Yao. Wang Mingbao rented an office in the city center for the internal decoration business. The real estate market has grown tremendously in recent years and Wang Mingbao is generous and open. With the help of his father, the business gets hot. He's made a lot of money in the last few years.

“I'm interested in commercial property in kota—two floors. I want to buy it after negotiating with its owner,” Wang Mingbao said.

“Good, you are fine!” Wang Yao said with a smile.

“Hopefully succeeded,” Wang Mingbao smiled back.

After they arrived in the city, they went to the herbalist shop. Wang Yao took out his shopping list and was going to buy what he needed while Wang Mingbao had to go elsewhere. The two of them would then meet for lunch before returning to the village.

“Hai young man, why did you buy this herb?” the shop assistant took the list from Wang Yao and was amazed by it. There are quite a number of different herbs listed with only a small number written for each one.

“I learned how to make herbs from an experienced practitioner,” Wang Yao said with a smile.

“So, but you actually do not need to use real herbs to learn,” said the shop assistant.

“Of course I need to use real herbs,” said Wang Yao.

“OK, then you have to wait for a while,” said the shop assistant.

Ginseng, Angelica, Poria Cocos, Licorice, Dried ginger, Atractylodes, Bupleurum—more than 20 different herbs weighed separately and set aside. The shop assistant then wrapped the herbs in a large bag with each name written on it.

“Young people, you can use herbs to brew decoction but do not drink it!” The shop assistant was kind enough to remind Wang Yao that she could get sick by drinking herbs. Fortunately, most of the herbs were for improving health so Wang Yao would not lose her life even if she drank them. He would only absorb too much Yang and with Ying and Yang being unbalanced, he would probably suffer from the worst diarrhea.

“Sure, thank you,” Wang Yao thank the shop assistant.

At lunchtime, Wang Mingbao was driving. He and Wang Yao had lunch together at a nearby restaurant. Wang Yao wanted to go home for lunch, but Wang Mingbao insisted on buying lunch for Wang Yao, so they chose a good restaurant to eat at.

After they sat down, they ordered some dishes and started chatting. They immediately mentioned Wang Zexiao who was seriously ill in the past few days.

“I just met Zexiao's mother who told me that Zexiao has recovered quickly. He will be out of the hospital tomorrow,” Wang Mingbao said.

“I also heard the doctors from the hospital had made treatment and processed a classic case,” Wang Mingbao said.

“What?” Wang Yao was surprised.

He did not know the details of the treatment, but he knew that it was the antidote herb that saved Wang Zexiao's life. To be exact, it was the magical function of the poison-bidding potion. The treatment from the hospital only prevented Wang Zexiao's illness from getting worse. Even this was not well managed by the doctors, otherwise, they would not give him a critical illness notice.

“I didn't expect those doctors to be able to cure Zexiao,” Wang Mingbao said.

“Haha,” Wang Yao laughs. He was afraid that the doctors still had not discovered what poison caused Zexiao's illness, let alone cured him.

“Anyway, as long as he is fine now,” Wang Yao said.

“Exactly,” said Wang Mingbao.

Food was delivered to their desks as they spoke.

“How about the commercial property you want to buy?” asked Wang Yao.

“Almost finished. I have made an appointment to sign the contract and complete the settlement at the same time,” Wang Mingbao said.

“So you will stay in the city?” asked Wang Yao.

“But of course. To be honest, I'd rather live in a village where most of my family and friends live. It is easier to get along with friends in the village,” Wang Mingbao said.

“Well, many villagers want to stay in the city,” Wang Yao said.

“Perhaps after a few years, people living in the city will want to return to the village. You never know,” said Wang Mingbao.

They both returned to the village after eating. After Wang Yao returned home, he gathered the herbs he bought in the city and went to the hill.

“I'm ready!” he said to himself.

After the preparations, Wang Yao began picking and forming herbs. He started from a simple formula like Koshiba Ebisu soup, which is relatively easy to make and has minimal side effects.

Step 1: Choose herbs. Step 2: Wash the herbs. Step 3: Brew the potion!

Boiling in a pot, the herbs slowly gave off a pleasant smell. When it was almost finished, Wang Yao threw away the dregs and a bowl of Koshiba Ebisu soup had been made.

Strange, why didn't anything happen? Do I have to drink it? thought Wang Yao.

When the stew was a bit cold, Wang Yao drank it. But still, nothing happened.

“Kok can? System, is there a problem?” asked Wang Yao.

There was an error during the process, the system answered.

“Error? What error is it?” asked Wang Yao.

There was no reply from the system this time.

Wang Yao had to do everything again. This time, he made sure each step was completed correctly and thought about what might go wrong. Finally, he made another bowl of stew but failed again.

“Kok failed again? Where's problem?" muttered.

The formula has been around for thousands of years so it is impossible to go wrong. Is it because of the herbs I bought?

Wang Yao did not know what was wrong.

Let me try again!

This time he was more careful. He searched every potion on his phone, compared it to an online image and then weighed it appropriately before double-checking the process. This time he succeeded and he also guessed where his mistake was.

“System, is it because I didn't get the time right when I failed twice?” asked Wang Yao.

Yep! the system answered after a while.