Free Web NovelChapter 352: Chapter 352: The Secret of the Ancient Book
When Wang Hao awoke again, the voice that had spoken in his mind was gone, and all he could remember were these names.
The Herb Section was of course easy to understand, describing the effects of all Chinese herbs; the Pharmaceutical Section should be about using these herbs to blend medications in order to achieve different effects.
As for the latter two sections, they seemed a bit more mystical.
The Alchemy Section, as the name implies, should be about how to concoct alchemical pills. Many Daoist practitioners in ancient times practiced alchemy, and there were even emperors who specifically commissioned the crafting of elixirs of immortality.
But as everyone knows, what the outcome was.
The Heavenly Dao Section seemed even more wondrous. The Heavenly Dao generally follows the laws of nature, and many things are irreversible, one can only comply with the will of Heaven.
As for the contents of this section, Wang Hao presently did not know exactly what it discussed.
Whereas Wang Hao could guess a thing or two about the first three sections from their literal meanings, only the Heavenly Dao left him somewhat puzzled.
"Wait, could the stuff from the dream be related to this translated book?"
Suddenly, Wang Hao thought of the Shennong Herbal Medicine that Shen Qingshan had translated for him, hurriedly picked it up, and skimmed through it, only to be astonished to find that the entire book was indeed divided into three major parts.
And these three parts matched the names from Wang Hao’s dream perfectly.
The first part took up almost half of the book and was mainly about the uses of Chinese herbs. The remaining part was about blending and collaborating herbs, similar to the Pharmaceutical Section.
The final part was the Alchemy Section, which taught one how to perform alchemy and the benefits of the pills produced.
But for the Heavenly Dao Section, no trace of it could be found anywhere in the whole book.
Wang Hao realized that the information that had appeared in his mind must have come after he received Shen Nong’s energy in the ancient tomb.
Therefore, it was not surprising that this information matched the content in Shennong Herbal Medicine.
The only thing that puzzled Wang Hao was, why was the Heavenly Dao Section present in Shen Nong’s memories but not recorded in the Shennong Herbal Medicine?
"Could there be other ancient texts hidden in this ancient tomb?"
Wang Hao said doubtfully.
But Wang Hao soon dismissed this thought, because when he and Su Zhenping had returned to the ancient tomb, they hadn’t found any traces of other ancient texts.
Now there were only two possible explanations for this situation: one is that the Shennong Herbal Medicine was not a complete version; the other is that Shen Nong had never recorded the Heavenly Dao in this book at all.
Wang Hao thought the former possibility seemed more likely.
Even though Shen Nong’s memories were somewhat ethereal in his mind, these terms, however, made a deep impression on Wang Hao, suggesting Shen Nong must have valued these Chapters greatly, especially the last Heavenly Dao Section.
But why wasn’t it recorded in the book?
Thus, Wang Hao figured that the Heavenly Dao Section might not be in the ancient tomb, but he didn’t know where exactly it could be.
"Let’s not worry about that for now, let’s study the Alchemy Section a bit more!" fгeewebnovёl.com
Thinking of the pills he had brought out during his first visit to the ancient tomb, Wang Hao was now eager to find the Alchemy Section to study it.
The Alchemy Section immediately presented Wang Hao with a challenge, as alchemy, first and foremost, requires an Alchemy Furnace.
Past Daoist alchemists used an Alchemy Furnace, and the same was needed now, but the ancient furnaces had already been protected as cultural relics by the state. So where could Wang Hao get an Alchemy Furnace?
Just as Wang Hao was contemplating this, he discovered that another page of the book contained a detailed design plan for an alchemy furnace.
It even included blueprints, and when Wang Hao saw these, he was instantly stunned.
People always said that ancient thinkers were conservative and even foolish, claiming that we are more advanced today than the people of the past.
But now, if Wang Hao ever heard someone say that, he would have to teach them a good lesson.
Because the designs for the alchemy furnace in this book nearly achieved automation, one only needed to light a fire and put in the required Chinese herbs, then there was no need to do anything else.
When the time came, one would simply retrieve the medicine from inside, everything was designed to be orderly, even separating the pill medicine and the dregs.
A lot of physical and mechanical knowledge went into the design.
Just from the design principles of a small alchemy furnace, it was clear that ancient people had mastered many pieces of knowledge that modern people couldn’t fully grasp.
Upon discovering this knowledge, Wang Hao was overjoyed, and hastily sketched out a draft of an alchemy furnace according to the book, planning to have Xia Xue refine it later and then find a factory to produce a prototype for testing.
After a whole night of work, Wang Hao felt frustrated looking at his own convoluted sketches, lamenting his lack of artistic talent.
So he sent a photo of it to Xia Xue.
Xia Xue then sent back a string of question marks because there were indeed too many points to criticize about the drawing, leaving her unsure where to even begin.
However, after Xia Xue’s modifications, a perfect design drawing was soon forwarded to Wang Hao’s phone. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
Now there was just one issue remaining, which was where to send this alchemy furnace design to be manufactured, and since the alchemy furnace would likely be used frequently, it was essential to choose a reliable factory.
The workmanship and materials had to be of guaranteed quality.
Before this matter was settled, Chen Hongying called.
"Mr. Wang, the property manager of that office building said they are free at ten o’clock this morning. Do you have time to come over and meet with them?"
Only then did Wang Hao remember that Chen Hongying had wanted to rent an office space, but the other party was asking for a high price, and was not willing to lower it. More so, they did not allow the leasing company to deal with traditional Chinese herbal medicine.
Wang Hao wanted to meet this manager to see what kind of person they were to make such bold statements.
"Ten o’clock is fine, send me the address, I’ll come over right away," he said.
Wang Hao checked the time; it was still early, and there was enough time.
After receiving the message from Chen Hongying, Wang Hao left the house. It wasn’t too far away, located around Deshan outskirts, and was under an hour’s drive away.
But since he had not obtained his driver’s license yet, and not wanting to bother the Sun Family brothers, Wang Hao decided to walk, taking it as a chance to clear his head.
"I must make time to take the driver’s test when I’m free!" he resolved.
Determined, Wang Hao decided he must find time to get his driver’s license. Despite being a good walker, covering such long distances on foot was still exhausting.
He hadn’t had the chance for breakfast in the morning and, after walking for so long, he suddenly felt hungry.
He saw a noodle shop on the roadside that looked quite fancy, but it was crowded with a long line of people waiting. Wang Hao didn’t want to queue up, so he grabbed a pancake from a nearby street stall to fill his stomach.
"Taotao, take a good look. This is what happens if you don’t study hard. When you’re hungry, you can only eat food from a roadside stall, just like a beggar, and even then, people despise you!" said a voice.
Wang Hao followed the voice and saw a young man pointing at him while talking to his eight or nine-year-old son.
With a bitter smile, Wang Hao couldn’t help but wonder why this man was speaking such harsh words to him when he was just squatting and eating a pancake, not bothering anyone.
And didn’t they say to not judge a book by its cover?
But since the young man was with a child, Wang Hao didn’t want to argue and continued to eat his pancake and drink his soy milk, which looked quite delicious.
"Son, get in the car!" the young man said, casting another glance at Wang Hao.
"You’d better study hard in the future, or you won’t be able to afford a car and end up having breakfast on the street like this; how pitiful!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Hao’s expression darkened. What exactly did that mean? If he wanted to instruct his son, he should have done so without need to mock others.
Just as Wang Hao was about to retort, the young man drove away.
After finishing his meal, Wang Hao hurried to the meeting point arranged with Chen Hongying. She was already there waiting for him.
