Young genius

Not far from the city of Xiang, thirty people along with tracking dogs were looking for a slave who had killed one guard and escaped. Of course the one they were looking for was Yangyou, the veteran and the other guard who were responsible for transporting the slave had been killed for not doing their job. Manager Yu was interviewed by law enforcement to gather more information, but not much could be learned. Obviously the purpose of this was to keep the slaves under the whip so others wouldn't try their luck. The boy had no family, no past, so after a week of searching with no results, it was determined that the boy had drowned in the river.

For seven days Yangyou lay in bed and Ma feng looked after and treated him every day. After a few days, he was finally able to get up and leave the room. Today a week passed and he was officially supposed to be helping Ma feng with his work. In the morning he woke up, washed up and went downstairs with a slight limp. His daughter and father were sitting at the table waiting for him to come. "You made us wait a long time for you." - he said with a smile on his face. Yangyou was confused and didn't see why they should wait for him. "Why were you waiting for me ? Something happened ?" - He asked with a surprised look on his face. "hahahahah oj nothing happened, but in this house we eat every meal together, but for you it's probably something new" - He laughed and said. " Actually I have never eaten with anyone before" - he replied understanding his mistake and the differences here. "Well never mind sit down and eat because we have a lot of work to do today" - he said handing him the food. After eating Ma xianmei went to collect herbs and he and feng went to his workshop.

"So many herbs and pills probably must be quite rich. Maybe with this job in the future I can make some money from it too." - he thought. " Here is a book and familiarize yourself in an hour with the basic herbs and then I will teach you how to grind and process them to make pills" - he said and then handed him the heavy book.

Yangyou was a very intelligent boy and after only reading it once, he already remembered what each herb looked like, but he decided that he would also learn their uses and began to memorize other more advanced plants. When Ma Fang saw that the boy was already reading from other pages he wanted to interrupt him, but he also wanted to see what the boy was capable of. From the beginning he seemed intelligent, so he decided to test him. After an hour he managed to memorize all the plants in the book and most of their uses. When it was time to work, Ma Fang asked: " How much did you manage to memorize? From what I saw you also read other herbs besides the basic ones." "I managed to memorize all the herbs and most of their uses" - he replied as if it was nothing abnormal. When Ma fang heard this he thought he had overheard, even he can't remember them all and he has been an alchemist for over twenty years. ''Alright then let's get started, I'll tell you what I need and you have to bring it to me and then I'll teach you how to make an herbal decoction.

Ma fang shouted the name every now and then and the boy ran around the room and brought the herbs. Seeing that the boy was not joking he decided to see if the boy would mindlessly give him everything or tell him something when he asked him for the wrong herb. "Bring me a golden silk rose," he said. The boy ran up took a flower from the shelf and was about to hand it over but stopped and looked at Feng from under the bull as if he knew he was testing him. When Feng saw the way the boy looked he knew he had been caught and he started laughing being happy to have such a helper. He then taught Yangyou how to make a decoction of herbs and then let him handle it while he made the pills. In seven hours they did what he usually did in 3-4 days, so he was satisfied and they went to eat dinner.

When they came out of the room xianmei was already waiting for them with dinner, she was afraid that her father would be angry with the boy because she remembered how her father would yell at her when she gave the wrong herbs or when he failed at something, but when she saw him smiling she didn't know what to think herself. They sat down to dinner and started eating in the middle of eating xianmei asked: "Father why are you so happy? Is something wrong?" - She asked curiously. "Nothing my daughter, but this boy has a talent for alchemy and we made four times the standard today and he even learned how to make a decoction and never once made a mistake." - he said with a satisfied expression on his face. "Father I don't want to say you're lying but it's impossible I spent 2 years learning which herb is which let alone making a decoction." - she said in disbelief. " Oh daughter how could that old father lie to you it's all true if you don't believe me ask him." - he said looking at the boy. Hearing that he just nodded his head, while xianmei still couldn't believe it a bit but she was happy because it would help the family finances a lot and father wouldn't spend so much time in the studio and she was glad that the boy had abilities and that father didn't beat him.

Yangyou cleaned up after eating and in the house and then went to his room. The next day he went to collect herbs and the daughter and father finally had a day of rest. They went out to the market to do some shopping and meet with friends. When xianmei's friend found out that a boy was living with her he thought he would boil over with rage. He planned that he had to deal with this boy. After two weeks of alternating between working in the lab, the house, and collecting herbs, father and daughter had already gotten used to this kind of life and were happy that it allowed them to spend more time together. Yangyou, on the other hand, hardly spoke at all or only when they asked him something. Xianmei tried to talk to him from time to time but he only answered briefly so that after his answer the conversation was over. Feng laughed at their interaction and thought that the boy despite living with them for three weeks said maybe about ten words and never once complained and mostly did most of the work. What he didn't know was that the boy was secretly studying the pill making technique in addition to helping make the decoction and purely theoretically his knowledge was already at his own level.

After today's work Feng invited him to his room, when he approached the room he knocked twice and only heard "come in!" he opened the door and went inside at the desk Ma feng was sitting and showed him with his hand to sit down. He sat down and waited for Feng to start talking, but he didn't start so after a few minutes : "So Mr. Feng why did you call me? I guess not to..." he hesitated to continue.

- pffyyyy - Feng spit out his tea - of course not who you think I am, little boy. So to the point, you asked me how to cultivate, so I called you to give you a breathing technique that allows you to sense Qi and increase its amount". - he replied, frustrated that the boy was still thinking of such things after three weeks of being together.

- I see, so how much will it cost me? - asked Yangyou

- I will lend it to you for two weeks of work, one week of work for food and here are the coins for another week of work. There are 10 silver coins in total," he said throwing the bag.

- I understand sir, can I ask you a question? - without waiting for an answer - if I can also create pills in addition to creating potions and aids? I think that I have already figured out how you do it and I understand the technique needed to do it. - he asked with nervousness

When Ma fang heard this he didn't know what to say, he couldn't believe that the boy had learned it just by watching him do it for two weeks. Silence fills the room, so Yangyou decided to propose something else.

- How about you just use the materials for the money you gave me? - he asked

- Alright, but then don't cry that you are short of money - he teased but expected that if the boy proposed it he must be quite confident." Come with me" - He said and they walked together towards the pill making room. In the room Yangyou lit a fire will make a decoction of various flowers and started to combine them in a cauldron. Seeing this Ma fang couldn't believe it. The boy is doing it as if he has been doing it for at least ten years. "Boom"- the first attempt failed, but Yangyou wasn't discouraged and started doing the same thing a second time only now with increased attention trying his best. "What a perfect character, I didn't even notice the change on his face after the failed attempt, a born alchemist" - he thought when the boy tried for the second time.

After thirty minutes he finally succeeded and although the pill was one of the easiest, the level of purity was within the average. " Actually you managed to make a pill, well you can also make the easiest pills, from today when we finish making pills you will be able to use the lab and materials and in return you will get 20% of the profits because god knows how many materials you will use." - he said trying to hide his excitement. The boy on the other hand just nodded and went to his room to start his first training.