Wu Fa and Wang Cai arrived in front of Huangfu Huisheng. Wu Fa gestured for Wang Cai to check if the medicinal decoction was up to standard. No other appraiser or instrument could possibly determine if the decoction was effective, but Wang Cai would know just by smelling it. If the scent left the patient feeling refreshed and clear-headed, the prescription was a success. This method was recorded in the external treatises of Emperor Huang.
"Please," Huangfu Huisheng said, casually lifting the bowl of medicinal decoction. He seemed very confident.
Wang Cai took a sniff.
"How is it?" Wu Fa asked anxiously. He felt responsible for Wang Cai's illness, so how could he not be worried? But his anxious display only twisted the knife in Murong Yezi's heart, leaving her devastated.
"You… You're not deceiving me, are you?" Huangfu Huisheng began to tremble. How could my decoction possibly be substandard?
His face turned livid. He stared at the medicinal decoction in his bowl before taking a small sip, holding it in his mouth for a long while before spitting it out.
He muttered in disbelief, "This... this is just an ordinary Heavenly King Heart Restoring Decoction. Where did it go wrong?"
As the president of the Chinese Medicine Association, he was certainly a skilled physician. He knew the ingredients of the Heavenly King Heart Restoring Pill well: Salvia, Angelica, Acorus, Codonopsis, Poria, Schisandra, Ophiopogon, Asparagus Root, Rehmannia, Scrophularia, Polygala (processed), Sour Jujube Kernel (roasted), Biota Seed, Platycodon Root, Licorice, and Cinnabar. The formula for the Yin Yang Heart Restoring Pill was clearly different, yet he had somehow managed to brew it into a common Heavenly King Heart Restoring Decoction.
He had failed.
At the same time, other physicians also finished preparing their medicines, which came in the form of powders, draughts, and pills. But after Wang Cai personally appraised each one, she simply shook her head. They had all made the same mistake, ending up with Heavenly King Heart Restoring Draughts and powders. The main effect of the Heavenly King Heart Restoring Pill and its other forms was merely to nourish Yin and blood and to calm the heart and spirit. It was suitable for symptoms such as insufficient heart Yin, palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia with frequent dreams, and dry stools. In contrast, the Yin Yang Heart Restoring Pill was meant to rejuvenate the body and cleanse the marrow. It was a harmonizing medicine that could address true Yin deficiency by nourishing Yin, and replenish Yang when it was lacking.
"Grandfather, don't be discouraged! You'll definitely succeed!" Seeing Huangfu Huisheng's slumped shoulders, his grandson, Huangfu Oathsaver, shouted from the crowd, reminding him not to disgrace the Huangfu Family.
Huangfu Huisheng nodded. He glanced at the prescription again, then at his final portion of herbs. He had a sinking feeling that if he tried again, the result would be the same—the Yin Yang Heart Restoring Pill would inevitably become a common Heavenly King Heart Restoring Decoction.
Where did I go wrong? Was it my mistake? Did I forget a crucial step?


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