Chapter 38: Assessment (Requesting follow-up reading on Tuesday)

“Grandpa Chen, you said I don’t need to read the ‘Hundred Herbs Classic’ anymore?” Lu Qing was a little surprised.

“That’s right. Your learning speed is faster than I expected. You have already memorized this ‘Hundred Herbs Classic’. You just need to review it more in the future, so you don’t need to study it specifically anymore.”

Old Doctor Chen stroked his beard and said.

During this period, he was extremely satisfied with Lu Qing’s performance.

Lu Qing’s intelligence exceeded his expectations.

In just half a month, he had already learned the entire “Hundred Herbs Classic”.

Originally, he had thought that it would be very good if Lu Qing could read the “Hundred Herbs Classic” fluently within a month.

“It’s because Grandpa Chen taught me well.”

Lu Qing’s heart relaxed a lot.

Finally, he didn’t have to learn this “Hundred Herbs Classic” anymore!

God knows how fluently he had read the “Hundred Herbs Classic” during this period.

It was no exaggeration to say that he could recite it backwards.

But he couldn’t just show that he had already completely memorized the “Hundred Herbs Classic” all at once.

Even if he wanted to show his intelligence, there had to be a process that people could accept.

Otherwise, if he showed how monstrous he was from the beginning, it would likely be counterproductive.

Now, he had finally waited for this moment.

“Lu Qing, although your intelligence has exceeded my expectations, the assessment that we agreed on before still needs to be carried out,” Old Doctor Chen said.

“I understand, Lu Qing. Please proceed with the assessment, Grandpa Chen,” Lu Qing said respectfully.

“You have already memorized the ‘Hundred Herbs Classic’, but it’s not enough to just remember the medicinal book. You have to combine it with practice to truly understand it.”

“My assessment is very simple. You are limited to one hour to find ten kinds of medicinal materials recorded in the ‘Hundred Herbs Classic’ near the village and bring them to me.”

“Remember, you can’t bring the book with you, and you can’t pick the wrong ones. You can’t damage the herbs during the process of digging them.”

Lu Qing silently remembered what the old doctor said. After he finished speaking, he said, “Is that all, Grandpa Chen?”

“That’s right, that’s all. If you can do these things, I will officially accept you as my disciple, my first and only disciple.”

“Don’t worry, I will definitely not let you down!” Lu Qing said with full confidence.

“Take this medicine basket and medicine hoe. Remember, you only have one hour. If you exceed the time limit, even if you have collected enough medicinal materials, it will not be considered a pass.”

The old doctor took out two tools and gave them to Lu Qing.

“Then I’ll set off now!”

Lu Qing took the medicine basket and medicine hoe and went straight down the mountain.

As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he found a medicinal herb.

[Thunder Root Grass: Superior quality, can be used as medicine.]

[Clears heat and detoxifies, has a good effect on treating qi heat and cough.]

This Thunder Root Grass was recorded in the “Hundred Herbs Classic”.

Seeing that his special ability showed that its quality was superior, Lu Qing immediately bent down and began to dig.

The medicine hoe given by the old doctor was quite sharp, so Lu Qing dug very carefully, for fear of accidentally damaging the medicinal herb.

After all, one of the assessment contents given by the old doctor was not to damage the herbs.

After carefully digging up this Thunder Root Grass and putting it in the medicine basket, Lu Qing thought about the time and his heart suddenly tightened.

It took him nearly a quarter of an hour to dig up this one Thunder Root Grass.

According to this calculation, wouldn’t it take ten quarters of an hour to dig up ten herbs?
The old doctor had only given him one hour for the assessment.

“I can’t be so slow. I have to speed up.”

Originally, Lu Qing thought that with his special ability, it would be very simple to find ten medicinal materials.

But now he knew that if he was careless, he might really fail the assessment.

Putting away his relaxed mentality, Lu Qing began to speed up and rush to other places.

Along the way, his eyes constantly searched the grass on both sides of the road.

As long as he saw a plant similar to the one in the “Hundred Herbs Classic”, he would immediately use his special ability to check the information.

After confirming that it was a medicinal material recorded in the “Hundred Herbs Classic”, he would immediately start digging.

Dandelion, cocklebur, plantain…

One by one, the herbs recorded in the “Hundred Herbs Classic” were dug out by Lu Qing and put into the medicine basket.

In order to dig for herbs, his forehead was covered with sweat. A casual wipe would leave a few mud prints.

A passing villager saw Lu Qing like this and couldn’t help but laugh.

“Ah Qing, what are you doing? You’ve made yourself look like a mud monkey.”

“Uncle Wang, I’m digging for herbs. This is a task assigned by Grandpa Chen, so I can’t be careless,” Lu Qing replied.

“It’s a task assigned by the old doctor? Then you have to be serious. Do you need my help?”

Uncle Wang’s expression immediately became serious.

The villagers’ respect for the old doctor came from the bottom of their hearts.

As soon as they heard that it was a task assigned by him, they immediately did not dare to laugh.

“No, no, I have to do this myself. This is Grandpa Chen’s assessment of my learning results during this period.”

Lu Qing waved his hand and refused.

“I see. Then Ah Qing, you have to work hard. You can’t let the old doctor down.”

Hearing Lu Qing say this, Uncle Wang’s expression became even more solemn.

After all, whether Lu Qing could learn well was also related to the future medical problems of the village.

“Okay, I will definitely work hard.” Lu Qing waved his hand. “Uncle Wang, I’ll go first. Grandpa Chen only gave me one hour for the assessment. I still have to go over there to dig for herbs.”

Watching Lu Qing’s departing figure, Uncle Wang immediately ran towards the village.

Before long, almost everyone in the village knew that Lu Qing was completing the assessment task assigned by the old doctor.

As a result, even if everyone saw Lu Qing, they did not dare to disturb him at all.

They were afraid that if he couldn’t complete the old doctor’s assessment, he would be driven down the mountain.

Even the little rascals were ordered not to get close to Lu Qing, so as not to disturb him from picking herbs.

Lu Qing, who was concentrating on picking herbs, did not notice these actions of the villagers.

He just found it strange that the village seemed to be much quieter than usual today.

Usually at this time, the little rascals would be running around like crazy, and they wouldn’t stop until they caused a ruckus.

However, this thought only flashed through Lu Qing’s mind before he threw it to the back of his mind.

Right now, he didn’t have time to think about these things.

He had already dug up eight herbs, and there were still two left, but most of the time had already passed.

If he didn’t hurry up, this assessment would probably be in jeopardy.

At this time, Lu Qing also felt a little regretful.

Usually, he didn’t pay much attention to what herbs were near the village. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made the time so tight.

It seemed that sometimes it was not a good thing to rely too much on his special ability.

Wasn’t it because he felt that he had his special ability and could find herbs at any time that he was so negligent?
Fortunately, Lu Qing’s luck was not bad, and he soon found another herb recorded in the “Hundred Herbs Classic”.

“Only one last one left.”

After digging up this herb completely, Lu Qing let out a breath.

But he also knew that there was not much time left.

“Where can I find the last herb?”

Lu Qing thought for a moment, then suddenly, he slapped his head.

“That’s right, how could I have forgotten it? It’s really dark under the lamp. I almost ignored the most familiar one!”

He then ran towards his home.

A villager was startled when he saw Lu Qing running.

“Ah Qing, what’s wrong? Is there a problem with the assessment?”

“It’s okay, there’s no problem with my assessment!”

Lu Qing didn’t have time to think about why the villager knew about his assessment. He answered casually while running.

Soon, he ran to his own house, and then looked at the small patch of well-growing plants in the corner of the courtyard and smiled.

“It’s you, Ox Bone Grass.”

(End of this chapter)