Chapter 52: You Three Aren’t Exactly Normal
Originally, when Instructor Ranran thought about Yu Beixuan’s past and saw how cautiously he tried to refuse, she felt a surge of motherly affection. The child seemed rather pitiful.
Even though she didn’t actually have children.
But what this boy wanted was fatherly love?
Well then—goodbye. The kind of fatherly love a City Lord Yu could give was something she absolutely could not provide.
Instructor Ranran grabbed Yu Beixuan and dragged him back into the classroom.
“Class, you all saw that just now. Student Yu performed exceptionally well!”
“No matter how effective the potion turns out to be, his technique and steps were flawless—practically perfect.”
“In the future, when you handle medicinal ingredients and refine potions, use him as your model. Understood?”
“Understood—”
The students answered in unison, which pleased Instructor Ranran greatly.
Only Lu Taiping responded weakly. He felt he could never achieve Yu Beixuan’s level of perfection—especially since Yu Beixuan had been multitasking at the time.
Instructor Ranran, unaware of his thoughts, assumed he was being defiant and decided to keep a close eye on him.
But Lu Taiping had never in his life been the focus of such attention. The more closely she watched, the more nervous he became. And the more nervous he got, the more mistakes he made—he even blew up several test tubes.
Instructor Ranran took a deep breath and pointed helplessly at the Bixi turtle beside him, which had been blasted five times and still hadn’t budged.
“Can’t you learn from it? Be a bit steadier?”
Lu Taiping scratched his head. “Instructor Ranran, no normal person can learn that. I can’t sleep with my eyes open!”
“……”
Instructor Ranran paused and looked more closely at the Bixi turtle—only to realize it was actually asleep!
She inhaled deeply again. “But it’s still steady, isn’t it? You’ve blown it up five times and it hasn’t even woken up.”
“Unlike you—no one’s even done anything to you, and you’re already jumping at shadows.”
Lu Taiping protested, “Instructor, you should know that turtles have thick skin and hard shells. Those little explosions are like scratches to it—they probably just help it sleep better.”
“What should I know?” Instructor Ranran sneered. “That the potion I’m teaching is simple and you shouldn’t have blown it up five times?”
“Look at Student Yu. Then look at the two Students Si! They’ve already finished!”
Lu Taiping no longer dared to argue. The more he protested, the angrier she became.
But he was telling the truth!
Si Er stared at the potion he had completed successfully on the first try—and refined into a top-grade product by the third attempt—feeling puzzled.
This potion is really simple. How did Student Lu manage to blow it up so many times?
Guagua was speechless and lightly smacked Si Er’s cheeks with its two rabbit ears.
[Er’er, you can’t use Si Xu and Yu Beixuan as reference standards. Those two aren’t normal.]
[One is a genius in the potion world, the other a genius in toxicology. You need to look at everyone else’s level.]
[Si Xu is already a third-level potion master. For him, preparing this low-level hemostatic potion is as easy as pouring boiling water—his success rate is 100%.]
[And since he’s a genius, the chance of producing a top-grade version is around eighty percent—maybe even higher.]
[Yu Beixuan has zero talent in potions, but his talent in poisons is on par with Si Xu.]
[As for you, Er’er, your potion talent seems comparable to Si Xu’s. You’re not as creative—you can’t invent many original formulas.]
[But your attributes give you a natural advantage in potion-making. Once you’re skilled enough, you’ll be able to produce top-grade potions with a 100% success rate.]
[Though your “top-grade” is a bit exaggerated—the purity will be 100%.]
[I suggest you be careful. Don’t produce 100% purity potions in front of others unless someone else does it first.]
[In short, you three aren’t normal people. A regular person like Lu Taiping simply can’t compare to you.]
Si Er was rendered speechless.
Even though you’re praising me, it doesn’t sound very flattering…
[Hey, I’m just telling the truth.]
[Look around—no one else is improving as fast as you. And none of them can match Si Xu or Yu Beixuan.]
The purity of Si Er’s first potion was 78%, the second 86%, and by the third, it reached 95%.
The entire class felt like they had just witnessed a miracle. No one could believe this was Si Er’s first time concocting a potion.
But his background had already been made public, and those with better information networks knew this truly was his first attempt.
Looking at the corner where Si Er’s group of four sat, everyone felt that Lu Taiping was utterly out of place among the other three.
Many wondered how on earth he had squeezed into that group. They desperately wanted to drag him out and replace him themselves.
In the end, even Instructor Ranran grew impatient with Lu Taiping. She pulled Si Xu over to help while she supervised the rest of the class.
Si Xu was also helpless when facing Lu Taiping, but he loved making potions and had more patience than Instructor Ranran. Under his guidance, Lu Taiping finally managed to produce a potion—albeit clumsily.
The purity wasn’t high—only 56%, considered low-grade quality.
But Lu Taiping was already satisfied. At least he could learn it. However, he swore he would never choose this course as an elective again!
Unfortunately, in Instructor Ranran’s eyes, any potion below 60% purity was unqualified, so Lu Taiping still had to keep practicing.
Meanwhile, Si Er and Yu Beixuan had long since resumed working on their unfinished paper under Instructor Ranran’s tacit approval.
Sigh. Instructor Wu He was terrifying. A ten-thousand-word paper!
If they didn’t want to stay up all night, they could only sneak in some writing during other classes.
Thankfully, Instructor Ranran was easy to talk to. As long as they completed her assigned classwork, they could work on assignments from other subjects.
Si Er wasn’t very invested in the paper. He felt the teacher’s workload was excessive, so he didn’t feel guilty about being perfunctory.
Not only did he intend to slack off—he planned to gossip while slacking.
Guagua, Guagua, any juicy gossip to snack on? I’m kind of bored.
[Let me check…]
[Wow! There is!]
Guagua’s tone suddenly turned excited.
What is it? Tell me!
The other students also pricked up their ears curiously—they wanted to hear it too.
[Instructor Yan Bo went to settle scores with Scum Gong!]
What? Instructor Yan Bo went to confront Scum Gong?
Si Er immediately perked up, and the other students’ ears stood even straighter.
If they weren’t still busy making potions, they’d be rubbing their hands in excitement.
[Er’er, want to see the scene? I can live-stream it to you.]
Yes, yes! Hurry!
[Alright, please look at the big screen.]
There wasn’t actually a big screen—just a new image appearing in Si Er’s mind.
Whoa! Instructor Yan Bo’s turtle runs so fast! It’s like it’s grown flying legs. Is this what you call a Flying-Fur Turtle?
Hmm, no—that looks more like a Green-Haired Turtle.
Ohhh, so it’s a mixed bloodline—Swift Wind Flying Turtle and Green-Haired Longevity Turtle. No wonder it runs so fast.
But that green fur on its shell is so eye-catching… it’s exactly like the green hat Instructor Yan Bo is wearing right now.