Chapter 5: Loss on Drying
from The Apothecary's Dao Hosted by Serum Writes
The method is perfect. The material isn't. A humid week leaves the bitterroot damp, and damp powder clumps instead of sifting — water, the oldest adulterant. Lin Chen builds a balance out of sticks and string to prove it, then burns one of his six monthly pills on a purge trial that fails exactly the way chemistry says it should. And Su Lan is asking questions he can't answer honestly. Read along: https://www.serumwrites.com/stories/the-apothecarys-dao/
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