The scene was deathly silent!
No one expected Chen Nan to say such a thing!
After all, under normal circumstances, the matter had already come to an end!
Even if he smoked in public, he had found a reasonable excuse!
But he claimed to have developed a smoking cessation drug, which was tantamount to handing Li Muya another handle!
"Where is your research achievement?" Li Muya asked with a smile that was full of meaning. She didn't believe for a moment that Chen Nan could develop a smoking cessation drug!
However, that was no longer important!
What was important was that she had to seize the opportunity today to kick him out of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department!
Chen Nan reached into his pocket, took out a jade bottle, and placed it on the podium: "This is a smoking cessation pill I refined using eighteen types of Chinese medicinal herbs. It can sever the body's dependence on nicotine!"
With that, he picked up the remote, turned on the projector, and cast the content on his phone onto the screen!
The screen displayed the names of the eighteen medicinal ingredients.
"You actually used Cao Wu in the medication?" Li Muya found a flaw in Chen Nan's prescription and said, "Cao Wu is pungent and bitter, belonging to hot-natured herbs. It's typically used for wind-cold dampness arthralgia, joint pain, abdominal cold pain, cold疝, and as an anesthetic. I'm very curious, why would you use this herb?"
"Do you think you can fool us like three-year-olds by casually making a few pills and calling it a smoking cessation drug?"
Chen Nan frowned: "You only saw Cao Wu, didn't you see Bai Hua Chuan Xin Lian?"
"Don't you know about the principle of medicinal interactions?"
"And, didn't you see Ban Jiu Mu?"
"Ban Jiu Mu is crucial for cooling blood, stopping bleeding, and moistening the lungs to relieve cough!"
"The role of the previous two herbs was to catalyze the efficacy of Ban Jiu Mu!"
"Allowing them to interact and produce stronger effects!"
"Director Li, could it be that you are unaware of the principles of medicinal interactions?"
Yang Mingyu stared intently at the large screen, his eyes growing brighter with each passing moment, until he stood up excitedly: "Marvelous, marvelous, truly beyond words!"
"I never imagined that these eighteen medicinal ingredients, when combined, would produce such a miraculous chemical reaction!"
"Little Chen, if I'm not mistaken, these eighteen medicinal ingredients can produce seventy-eight chemical reactions, right?"
"Although the medicinal properties of several of these herbs are antagonistic, they are neutralized by other herbs!"
Yang Mingyu was a renowned figure in the Traditional Chinese Medicine department!
He was publicly praising Chen Nan!
Everyone else looked at Chen Nan with astonishment!
After all!
Not everyone could earn Elder Yang's appreciation!
The other four senior professors also carefully examined the names of the herbs on the screen, their minds working rapidly to analyze the medicinal properties of these herbs and the chemical reactions that occurred after their interactions!
Unfortunately, their attainments were far inferior to Yang Mingyu's!
In their minds, they only saw over sixty chemical reactions!
Chen Nan took a puff of his cigarette and smiled, "Elder Yang, in fact, the chemical reactions of these eighteen medicinal ingredients are far more than seventy-eight. For example, the first medicinal ingredient, the ninth medicinal ingredient, and the last medicinal ingredient, when these three herbs collide, they will also produce different chemical reactions!"
Elder Yang was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "Eighty-one! There are eighty-one chemical reactions in this!"
"Amazing, amazing!"
"I never imagined that you would apply the Taoist concept of 'nine returns to one' to drug development!"
The others listened as if hearing a foreign language!
They had no idea what Elder Yang was talking about!
Could eighteen medicinal ingredients really produce so many chemical reactions when combined?
Moreover, it was related to Taoism?
"Little Chen, come, come, give me a pill of your smoking cessation drug!" Elder Yang's expression was one of eager anticipation!
Chen Nan walked down from the podium and poured out a pill the size of a soybean.
"Elder Yang, absolutely not!" Li Muya hurriedly said, "This prescription seems fine, but the drug should ideally be tested. What if there are any potential hidden dangers?"
Many people also agreed with Li Muya's suggestion!
To put it bluntly!
They had no confidence in Chen Nan at all!
Elder Yang burst into laughter: "I believe in Little Chen. The fact that he could come up with this prescription alone shows his profound understanding of medicinal properties and theories, far surpassing my own!" He then popped the smoking cessation pill into his mouth and took a bottle of mineral water to swallow it.
At this moment!
The atmosphere seemed to freeze!
Everyone looked at Elder Yang with bated breath!
Suddenly!
Elder Yang's face turned a dark purplish hue, and he clutched his mouth, coughing violently!
As he coughed, a gurgling sound could be heard from his lungs!
"Trash can!"
Chen Nan said to a senior student nearby!
"Oh, okay!"
The girl quickly picked up a trash can and brought it to Elder Yang.
Elder Yang coughed violently, spitting out several mouthfuls of phlegm accumulated in his lungs for years.
Along with those mouthfuls of phlegm, Elder Yang's complexion returned to a healthy rosy color, and he looked significantly younger!
"Marvelous, marvelous!" Elder Yang laughed heartily, "I never imagined this pill would have such a lung-clearing effect! I feel my breathing is exceptionally smooth now!"
"Yes, I feel ten years younger!"
"I have absolutely no desire to smoke anymore!"
This surprised everyone!
Putting aside whether Chen Nan's smoking cessation pill could help people quit smoking successfully, this effect alone was enough to earn him respect!
Li Muya's face turned sallow!
In her eyes, Chen Nan was just a special recruit who got in through connections.
Who would have thought he actually had some talent!
Chen Nan smiled and took out a cigarette, offering it to Elder Yang: "How about you have another one, Elder?"
Elder Yang nodded slightly, took the cigarette, and placed it in his mouth!
Chen Nan lit a lighter and held it out to him!
Elder Yang took a puff with a 'let's try' attitude!
But that one puff almost sent him to his grave!
He coughed violently, his face turning purplish again, looking incredibly pained!
"My goodness, why is this cigarette so hard to smoke? I'm not smoking anymore, not smoking anymore. Anyone who smokes in front of me from now on... *cough*... don't blame me for getting angry!"
He quickly extinguished the cigarette, and only then did he feel a bit better!
The other senior professors also looked surprised!
"Is this little pill so magical?"
Elder Yang chuckled, "If you don't believe me, you can try it!"
The other senior professors also took a smoking cessation pill with a 'let's try' attitude!
Their reactions were the same as Elder Yang's. After spitting out the phlegm in their lungs, they felt their breathing was clear, their minds refreshed, and especially after trying to smoke again, the nausea they experienced would be etched in their memories forever!
They were certain they would never touch cigarettes again for the rest of their lives!
Instantly!
Everyone's gaze towards Chen Nan changed!
Especially the female students!
Their eyes were filled with admiration as they looked at Chen Nan!
They never imagined that this young, dashing junior would possess such skills!
They wondered if he had a girlfriend!
"Little Li, I think it's also necessary for you to take a smoking cessation pill!" Elder Yang said with a smile, looking at Li Muya. He meant well, wanting her to quit smoking!
But after saying it, he regretted it!
Not only did he see Li Muya's face darken, but he also remembered that Li Muya was currently working on developing a smoking cessation drug!
However, her studio, funded with tens of millions, and her growing team had yet to achieve any results, and they had been surpassed by this newcomer, Chen Nan!
Wasn't this like adding insult to injury, asking her to take the smoking cessation pill now?
This was pure pouring oil on the fire!