Chapter 54: Physician Lin
The Barak Kingdom, where Shrek Academy is located, is extremely far from Heaven Dou City.
Not only is the Kingdom of Silves between them, but one must also pass through an important pass—Jialing Pass!
Jialing Pass is the final barrier of Heaven Dou and was the primary battlefield where the War of the Two Gods broke out in the original World.
But now, it is merely an ordinary checkpoint.
The journey of nearly a month was long, especially when traveling over mountains and through rivers alone.
Lin Yang passed through the Kingdom of Silves, crossed Jialing Pass, and finally arrived at Heaven Dou City without any mishaps.
Looking from afar, Heaven Dou City resembled a Vicious Beast crouching on the earth, exuding a heavy sense of history.
Whether it was Nuoding City or Soto City, compared to this towering great city, they were simply not worth mentioning.
Before even entering Heaven Dou City, the broad official road was already incredibly bustling, with various merchant caravans seen everywhere in an endless stream.
Lin Yang followed the flow of traffic, driving his carriage slowly toward Heaven Dou City.
After a routine inspection at the city gate, Lin Yang was informed that carriages could not enter the city.
To be precise, non-noble carriages could not enter the city.
Lin Yang shrugged, not surprised; in a city like Heaven Dou, class divisions would only be more clearly defined.
After leaving the carriage at a stable, Lin Yang entered Heaven Dou City on foot.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy was established outside Heaven Dou City, but Lin Yang did not choose to go directly to Heaven Dou Royal Academy; instead, he wandered around the city alone.
It wasn't enrollment time yet; showing up rashly would only result in a snub.
It would be better to use this time to learn more about Heaven Dou City and prepare for his next plans.
Lin Yang spent a few days simply visiting several landmark locations in Heaven Dou City, memorizing the locations of several clinics and pharmacies.
The acquisition of Whale Glue and medicinal herbs could not stop.
He used different identities to privately purchase Whale Glue, trying to avoid unnecessary trouble.
At the same time, he also rented a small courtyard in a secluded alley as a temporary foothold.
He planned to live here until the official enrollment for Heaven Dou Royal Academy began.
A secluded place also meant far fewer distractions.
Ten days later, at the gate of Lin Yang's small courtyard, a middle-aged man accepted a pouch of money with a face full of joy.
Just by weighing it in his hand, he already knew the amount, and then with a flattering expression, he said,
"If Your Excellency needs any more medicinal materials next time, just send someone to notify my Hundred Herb Pharmacy."
Lin Yang nodded and gave a simple response.
After the middle-aged man left, Lin Yang casually carried the bags of medicinal materials in front of him into the courtyard.
He first performed simple processing on these herbs and then sorted them into categories.
Afterward, Lin Yang took a portion of the herbs to a room.
The room was very empty, with a large rectangular table in the center covered with various instruments: test tubes, beakers, distillation flasks, and so on.
These instruments, which were out of place in the Douluo World, were all specially commissioned by him.
Sitting before the experimental bench, Lin Yang's hands moved swiftly: stripping, crushing, extracting, purifying, and blending.
Judging by his practiced movements, his handling of medicinal herbs was clearly not his first time.
Soon, seven or eight test tubes were laid out in front of Lin Yang.
Each test tube contained a small amount of liquid; some were yellow, some pale green, and others a blood-red like agate.
Lin Yang placed the extracted herbal essences into a thick test tube in a specific order or dosage.
Then, his pupils contracted to the size of needlepoints, while he simultaneously diverted a sliver of Spiritual Power to meticulously sense the reaction of the solution in the test tube.
These mixed reagents seemed to undergo a marvelous change.
First changing from pale red to pale yellow, they finally transformed completely into a cyan-blue solution.
Lin Yang frowned, tilted his head back, and swallowed most of the solution in the test tube in one gulp; the remaining small amount of solution was added to a dilution of his own blood.
The moment the dilution was added, the cyan-blue solution seemed to be rapidly stained by something, eventually turning into a pale red liquid.
A failure!
Lin Yang ignored the changes in the test tube and simply wrote in a notebook on the side:
Reagent Number Eighteen: long-term consumption can slightly improve Physique; extremely high probability of losing sanity after consumption; no resistance to Demon Blood; currently no research value!
And there were many similar records.
There were the medicinal properties and efficacy of herbs, the therapeutic effects of reagents, and various symptoms of failed products; these were all the results he had accumulated over time.
These herbs or reagents had all been personally verified by Lin Yang, even the poisons were no exception.
Only Lin Yang, relying on his Demon God Body, could minimize the impact of poisons and the like on himself.
Could this be considered the Douluo version of Shennong Tasting the Hundred Herbs?
Just as Lin Yang was preparing to try other reagents, a series of urgent knocks came from outside the courtyard.
"Physician Lin, open the door, help! Save a life..."
Hearing this urgent cry for help, Lin Yang subconsciously sighed and muttered, "I've said it before, I'm not a doctor!"
Despite saying so, Lin Yang still quickly got up, left the laboratory, and opened the courtyard gate.
Standing outside the door were three or four burly men, each thickset and sturdy; judging by the weathered aura about them, they were clearly a group of mercenaries.
Mercenaries were not a Soul Hunting Group; they were basically ordinary people without Soul Power.
They took on thankless tasks like escorting merchant caravans, transporting goods, gathering herbs in the wild, or exploring for treasure.
If the pay was high enough, some would even go to hunt Soul Beasts, even if it was just as cannon fodder to lure the beasts.
Seeing Lin Yang come out, a burly young man who seemed to be the leader—looking to be in his twenties—had a pleading look on his face, his posture lowered to the very dust.
"Physician Lin, I beg you to save my brother..."
Lin Yang followed his gaze and looked back; behind these burly men was a simple stretcher.
On the stretcher lay a relatively young boy; his face was deathly pale, his expression pained, and he occasionally coughed up bloody foam from the corners of his mouth. It looked like he was breathing more out than in, and his life was coming to an end.
Lin Yang just took a glance and then said, "Carry him in!"
A smile appeared on the burly young man's face as he hurriedly called out to the others, "Quick, carry Xiao Hai in."
Several people scrambled to carry the boy into an empty room.
Lin Yang asked, "What happened?"
A trace of bitterness appeared on the burly young man's face.
"Actually, we're not quite sure. Last night we camped in the wild as usual, and Xiao Hai suddenly became like this. We gave him detoxification powder, but it didn't work at all."
"We had no other choice but to bring him to you."
Lin Yang nodded, not asking why they didn't go find a healing Soul Master.
In reality, healing-type Soul Masters were like prized treasures among the upper-class nobility.
Even if they only had one ring, a large number of nobles would scramble to hire them.
As ordinary commoners, where would they have the channels to contact a healing-type Soul Master?
Even if they had a way, they probably couldn't afford the exorbitant treatment fees.
Similarly, because of the existence of Soul Masters, the medical system of this World was polarized.
Powerful healing-type Soul Masters could achieve instantaneous healing of fatal wounds, the most famous naturally being the 'Nine-Heart Begonia' or the 'Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda'.
But medical care for the lower-class commoners remained at an extremely backward level, lacking even a sound medical system.
Even when ordinary physicians treated illnesses, they mainly relied on experience and shallow knowledge of medicinal herbs.
Strangely enough, Lin Yang's current identity as a 'Physician' was purely accidental.
It all originated from a single instance of the Heimlich maneuver.
From then on, the neighbors were convinced he was a young physician, and people constantly came to his door for treatment.
Although Lin Yang repeatedly emphasized that he was not a physician and told them to find a proper one, it didn't seem to have much effect.
People still took the initiative to come to his door.
With no other choice, Lin Yang couldn't really watch patients breathe their last in front of him, so he just bit the bullet and did it.
As the husband of the Kochou sisters, through constant exposure, Lin Yang did know some basic medical knowledge, plus the experience he had accumulated from 'Shennong Tasting the Hundred Herbs'.
Over time, he actually managed to establish this 'Physician' persona.
One could only say that this was entirely a case of unintentionally planting a willow that grew into shade.
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