Chapter 86: Chapter 78: I’m Not Human, But You’re Really a Dog!!!
The mandala grass pulled from the earth, beneath its green leaves, was a plump little chubby doll, all white and covered in dirt.
Excluding its humanoid shape, Ye Bai truly felt that this guy was nothing more than a large white radish grown in a mold.
He wondered what the taste of stewed beef with mandala grass would be.
Ye Bai swallowed hard.
The eyelids of the mandala grass began to tremble shortly after being uprooted, revealing red eyes as it opened its wide mouth and wailed loudly.
Its mouth was full of sharp teeth, and piercing sound waves spread out.
This ghastly appearance frightened the nearby students.
"Mandala grass is so ugly, it’s so scary, I don’t want this mandala grass,"
the students jumped and ran away.
Coincidentally, a small Wind Sparrow flew overhead.
Upon hearing the mandala grass’s cries, it felt as if its head were struck by an iron hammer with a bang.
It plunged to the ground, its pupils dilating continuously, blood seeping from its small beak and nostrils, its body convulsing until it was nearing its end.
A little while later, the small Wind Sparrow died.
Oh dear!
Seeing the fist-sized little Wind Sparrow die right in front of him, Ye Bai finally understood the terror of the mandala grass’s cries.
The meat of the little Wind Sparrow is very tender and it’s an expert at flying, usually quite cunning, yet it was killed by the mandala grass’s cries.
Is this called guarding the grass waiting for the sparrow?
Ye Bai looked up at the sky and found that there were still many small Wind Sparrows around, but the mandala grass cried so loudly that it scared them away.
The small Wind Sparrow in front of him wasn’t enough to fill the teeth gaps.
Looking at the mandala grass in his hand, screaming like a cicada, Ye Bai suddenly had an idea.
So, Ye Bai gathered his energy at the energy center and with a puff, plunged the mandala grass back into the soil.
Plug it back to where it was pulled from.
Mandala grass!!!!
Truly ungrateful!
Ye Bai’s eyes stared firmly at the small Wind Sparrows in the sky.
The small Wind Sparrows flapped their wings, groups of air formed under their wings, making them incredibly fast.
They come and go without a trace, if it weren’t for Ye Bai’s Eye of Insight constantly tracking the trajectories of the small Wind Sparrows, he really couldn’t have discovered them.
Indeed, it’s known as the hardest exotic beast to capture and also a delicacy.
Despite its small size, the Wind Sparrow has a high fat content and needs no oil when roasted over an open flame.
As the flames burn, the fat gradually transforms into aromatic oil, its bones turning crispy.
Ye Bai was lucky enough to eat it once.
It’s said that the Iron Chicken Nation even regards the Wind Sparrow as a national delicacy.
Due to its deliciousness, there’s an unwritten rule when eating Wind Sparrows; one must cover their head with fabric to avoid revealing their clumsy eating manner.
As the Wind Sparrow approached Ye Bai, Ye Bai pulled the mandala grass out.
To make the mandala grass cooperate with him, Ye Bai even proactively plucked one of its top leaves.
The mandala grass felt a surge of intense pain, causing it to scream loudly.
"I’m not human, you’re truly a dog!!!"
The nearby Wind Sparrows fell to the ground one after another, with no sound after a short while.
Then the mandala grass was placed back into the soil again.
Mandala grass!!!!
After repeating this several times, the Wind Sparrows learned their lesson and no longer approached. Only then did Ye Bai reluctantly put down the mandala grass.
The mandala grass’s top leaves were nearly stripped by Ye Bai.
It looked exhausted, thinking, "Just let me be destroyed."
When the mandala grass and Ye Bai’s eyes met, Ye Bai understood the mandala grass’s helplessness.
It didn’t cry or fuss, just stared at Ye Bai with big eyes, looking ready to be slaughtered.
Seeing the mandala grass neatly handled, Ye Bai decided to use this guy as raw material for this contest.
At this moment, Ye Bai noticed a gray mist approaching him.
The gray mist was becoming denser.
Could this be the Mandala Grass King?
Ye Bai’s heart filled with joy.
The Mandala Grass King can be used to concoct top-grade recovery and awakening potions.
Although Ye Bai’s Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm had advanced to Tier Two, the new Little Coal Dog he contracted hadn’t.
Ye Bai planned to have the Little Coal Dog be a test subject for the Divine Phoenix Group’s awakening potion experiments.
And the Mandala Grass King would be his recommendation.
A chance to embrace another golden opportunity.
The gray mist vanished instantly, seeming as though the Mandala Grass King knew how to choose between benefit and harm.
But don’t be anxious, as long as the Mandala Grass King is in this herb patch, Ye Bai will eventually find a way to capture it.
"Candidates, please be aware, there are 30 minutes left."
"Contestants who haven’t selected their Mandala Grass, please hurry up."
"Contestants currently conducting experiments, please don’t look around, so as not to interfere with others."
Suddenly, Ye Bai heard Teacher Tian’s voice through his earphones. The earphones were indeed a creative idea.
He carried the Mandala Grass that looked resigned and walked towards the lab bench.
Many students were already busy at the lab benches, and the surrounding Mandala Grass had been dissected by the students.
Ye Bai felt the Mandala Grass in his hand trembling like a rabbit.
Looking down, the eyes of the Mandala Grass were wide open, gazing at its dismembered companions.
"Wow, even a plant has such significant emotional fluctuations. Is Mandala Grass a plant-type Pet Beast or an herb?"
The book describes Mandala Grass as having no self-awareness, and it can’t be contracted into a Pet Beast, so most people consider it an herb.
However, whether it’s the expression of fear or the resigned look, Ye Bai felt it wasn’t that simple.
Nevertheless, making a Recovery Potion requires using the entire Mandala Grass.
Ye Bai gently poked the center of the Mandala Grass’s brow with a laboratory knife. It immediately fell into a paralyzed state.
Then, Ye Bai carefully pulled out the roots of the Mandala Grass one by one. These are the main ingredients used to make an Awakening Potion, while the body of the Mandala Grass is an ingredient for making a Recovery Potion. The two have distinctions.
Ye Bai crushed the processed Mandala Grass into a white liquid.
Smelling the radish-like spicy scent, he truly felt the Mandala Grass was just like a humanoid giant Bai Luo.
After carefully filtering out the fibers with filter paper, he collected the liquid and placed it into a glass test tube to heat at a constant temperature of sixty degrees. The main substances in the Mandala Grass would sublimate at a low temperature, and after condensation, a bright green liquid would precipitate.
These liquids are the main components for configuring a Recovery Potion.
Time ticked by, and Suna and Tiantian were observing everyone’s experimental steps and techniques.
The students from Jiaying First High School proceeded steadily, each step feeling as if they had practiced it hundreds of times.
Whereas the students from Shen Mountain Middle School had varying levels of ability.
The most standardized among them was Ye Bai; every action of his could be a textbook scene, and he was methodically and smoothly preparing the Recovery Potion.
He had already reached the final step, dropping a milky white liquid into a reagent bottle full of bright green liquid.
The bright green liquid turned deep blue at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At this moment, the hour was up. Teacher Tian pressed the pause button, and a piercing buzzing sound went off.
"Time’s up, please stop experimenting and bring your completed potions forward for testing."
"Students who didn’t complete their potions are directly disqualified."
Half of the students from Shen Mountain Middle School hadn’t completed their potions and were directly disqualified.
Among the students from Jiaying First High School, except for one whose potion degraded due to poor control of the heat, all other students successfully completed their potion preparations excellently.
This comparison clearly showed the difference.
"Suna, surprised, aren’t you? I’ve been personally teaching these students how to conduct experiments every day. Now they can complete a Recovery Potion experiment with their eyes closed."
"This competition’s champion will definitely be a student from Shen Mountain First High School."
Tiantian said provocatively.
"Hmph!"
Suna snorted coldly: "I admit that your success rate is high, but the competition is about whose potion is the best."
"Isn’t it a bit early to say that?"
Suna said very displeased.
"Is admitting defeat to me that difficult?"
"Fine, let me show you how my students beat your students."
Tiantian clapped her hands, and the school’s logistics personnel brought forward a piece of equipment.
"To ensure fairness and to prevent you from saying I’m cheating, this machine can rate the potions."
"It’s equipment used by the Pharmacist Union during assessments."
"Let’s use this to determine the final result, okay?"
"Rest assured, I want to defeat you fair and square. I won’t tamper with the equipment, although we’re arch-rivals, you should know how I conduct myself."
Tiantian said arrogantly.
Suna thought about it; indeed, all of their confrontations were in the open, never secretly undermining each other.
"Fine, let’s use this piece of equipment."
Teacher Tian gave her students a look.
They placed the potions onto the equipment stand in order.
A long, thin needle directly extracted a portion of the potion for analysis.
Soon, a score of 86 appeared on the instrument’s large screen.
The quality of this potion was quite good.
The Recovery Potion from Jiaxing First High School was completed, with a lowest score of 72 and a highest of 95, which was an outstanding result.
Next, it was Shen Mountain Middle School students’ turn; they swallowed nervously and placed their potions on the rack.
60, 85, 68, 75, 89, 93, 87, 55, 43.
As each set of data came out, the best so far was only 93, and Teacher Tian watched from the side with glee.
"Very well, this competition, Shen Mountain Middle School lost."
"Bring out the Earth Puppet."
Teacher Tian waved her hand, but at this moment, Ye Bai raised his hand to indicate: "Teacher, my test result hasn’t come out yet."