"That’s actually not a bad idea,"
Master Xie finally chose to compromise, refraining from commenting on the prescription they had just discussed.
The conversation then turned to the person they were about to meet.
"You mentioned that this young friend sent you three bottles of pills, and the effects were quite impressive. Could his prescriptions actually be better than those from Herbal Hall?"
For some time now, the two had been together researching the Exquisite Plant Processing Techniques and had barely been apart.
As a result, Master Xie’s ears were never idle, constantly hearing from Master Qin about some internet sensation’s acts of giving and receiving, with the old friend unable to conceal his astonishment in his tone.
This also led to Master Xie feeling a tiny bit of competitiveness in his heart.
He was indeed curious to know what other skills this person had, aside from being able to process Exquisite Plant.
Upon mentioning those three bottles of pills, Master Qin immediately became enthusiastic.
"Indeed, the medicinal effects were excellent. As for whether it compares to your Herbal Hall’s effects, you can try them yourself and see one day. It’s just a pity..."
"Regrettably, despite several days of study, I couldn’t guess any of the herbs used inside."
Master Xie was immediately pleased, "Oh, there are prescriptions out there whose ingredients you cannot identify? Now that is rare!"
Master Qin was nonchalant, "What’s so rare about that? Didn’t you say last time that there was a student of Old Yu whose medicine you couldn’t identify?"
"That’s an isolated case; Old Yu’s students are all geniuses."
Those were Medical University students, and before that, it was said they had been studying under an old Chinese medicine doctor. How could they be the same?
No sooner had Master Xie finished speaking than Master Qin suddenly took offense.
"That’s not right to say. I’ll have you know, this young friend of mine is definitely a genius!"
"I believe he’s talented, but a genius... well, you keep calling him ’young friend,’ but given his insight into the Processing Techniques of Exquisite Plant, I bet he’s already over fifty."
Master Xie was quite certain about this.
After all, Chinese medicine is a profession that values experience, and without a substantial accumulation of knowledge and experience, it’s difficult to achieve anything significant."
Master Qin hesitated, "That... theoretically, you’re not wrong."
He agreed with this statement.
As a knocking sound echoed again, the two men looked towards the door and saw the waitress who had been serving them come in.
"Master Qin, there’s someone outside looking for you. Shall I let her in?"
"Hmm, please, let her in."
Qin Xian and Master Xie exchanged a look, each with a trace of amusement in their eyes,
"You see, the person has arrived!"
"Hahahaha, we agreed on 6 p.m., right? Pretty punctual!"
"Why don’t we guess how old your little friend is?"
"What’s there to guess? Not many people of our age are keen on the internet, so she must certainly be younger than us."
No sooner had he finished speaking and the waitress left the private room, did they see a young girl standing at the door.
"Hello, is there an elderly person with the surname Qin here?"
Qin Xian and Master Xie exchanged looks again, both thinking the same thing.
Could it be... Had news of their whereabouts here leaked out?
Their status in the Chinese medicine community was absolutely prestigious, and on a typical day, countless people wanted to network and interact with them. As a result, both had been living in semi-retirement, choosing both Herbal Hall and their residences with extreme discretion.