Chapter 19: A Small Test of Skill

Ning Feiliu first arrived at the medical clinic he had rented, where he took all the books out of his Precious Wonder Pouch and placed them on the bookshelf in the laboratory.

Then, he waited for the Heaven Dou City herbal supplier he had made an appointment with yesterday to deliver various common medicinal herbs, which he placed into the drawers of the cabinets outside and labeled.

Ning Feiliu took the opportunity to touch these common medicinal herbs, completing the task triggered when he finished reading the books last night.

Soon, the task experience for Renata was also maxed out.

Only then did Ning Feiliu stop; he now felt like an experienced alchemy master and quite wanted to start an alchemy experiment to test things out.

Unfortunately, the custom-made laboratory instruments were far too delicate and would not be delivered for another two days.

After all, this was a world similar to the Western Middle Ages.

However, fortunately, the people here possessed powerful special abilities—martial soul and soul power.

Although this stuff was still not as powerful as modern technological productivity, it was far better than a true Middle Ages without any special abilities.

For example, when it came to firing glass or the like, what household in the Middle Ages could possess flames with high temperatures of 1200°C to 1600°C?

Now he just had to wait for these laboratory instruments to be delivered; he was going to use the modern medical experience from the city of Zu'an on the Valoran Continent to give the traditional medicine of the Douluo Continent a little shock!

However, this young man looked taller, about twenty years old or so.

After all, a Spirit Master with a fire-attribute martial soul was not afraid of high temperatures; what was wrong with shaping glass with one's bare hands?

Therefore, the laboratory instruments Ning Feiliu requested could indeed be made.

"Little Dun..."

One could only say that soul power was indeed a ripening agent; even a child could be ripened into a middle-aged man for you.

Just as Ning Feiliu was thinking this...

After all, with martial souls, wouldn't it be simple for some mutated turkey martial soul to spew flames with temperatures over a thousand degrees?

But in the Douluo Continent, don't say that—there really were such things.

"It doesn't matter if I die..."

The old woman on the young man's back was, however, weakly trying to persuade him.

Outside the medical clinic, a figure of a young man carrying an old woman appeared, and the young man ran in with an anxious look on his face.

"Don't worry about me... we can't afford the medical expenses..."

"No! Mom, even if it means losing everything! I will save you!" The young man gritted his teeth at the old woman and said firmly.

The young man saw Ning Feiliu's appearance and frowned, "Young man? Where are the adults in your house?"

However, having cultivated soul power, although he was only twelve years old this year, he looked about the same as a youth of fifteen or sixteen.

"Hello..." Ning Feiliu stood up, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, "Are you... here to seek medical treatment?"

"I am the doctor of this medical clinic." Ning Feiliu didn't mind at all and said, "I'm the only physician here right now..."

So the Douluo Continent could still fire glass laboratory instruments, and could even fire them into different patterns for you.

"You're a physician?" The young man gritted his teeth; he didn't quite believe Ning Feiliu.

After all, physicians were judged by their age; if a greenhorn acted as a physician, people would not believe from the bottom of their hearts that he could help treat illnesses.

But the young man was clearly an ordinary commoner; the clothes on his body were made of linen, and although there were no patches, they were still clean.

But the people living in this vicinity were generally commoners.

Otherwise, Ning Feiliu wouldn't have come here to open a medical clinic; his main focus was to treat the poor, so as to obtain their sincere gratitude to cure his illness.

"I can tell you're probably not very rich." Ning Feiliu suddenly said at this moment, "And your mother looks... well, sallow and emaciated, pupils dilated, hands weak—is it very serious? Tell me the symptoms first."

The young man frowned, but still said, "My mom was washing clothes by the river outside the city before, and she was attacked by a Soul Beast in the river and fell into the water in a panic. She has been lying in bed for the past few days..."

"Hmm, you don't need to say anything yet. I'm asking what symptoms the patient herself feels?" Ning Feiliu shook his head and said to him.

"My mom is feeling uncomfortable right now, so I'll just say it." The young man said impatiently.

"I want your mother to speak." Ning Feiliu insisted, "If your mother were already unconscious, then you speaking would indeed be fine, but your mother is still conscious now, so naturally, her own description of her feelings is the most accurate. What you say is not the same as what she says, understand?"

"You little brat! Do you even know how to treat illnesses?!" The young man was enraged by embarrassment and shouted.

"If you don't want your mother to die, you'd better shut up." Ning Feiliu was also in a bad mood and said bluntly without courtesy.

"You!" The young man's anger was full now, and his expression turned unkind.

But just at this moment, a powerful aura of soul power radiated from Ning Feiliu.

He was... a Spirit Master.

The young man calmed down instantly; after all, he was facing a Spirit Master.

Even if Ning Feiliu was an Auxiliary System Soul Master, with his soul power, he was not someone an ordinary person could manipulate.

"So it's a Spirit Master lord..." The young man broke out in a cold sweat and said, "I have offended you, my lord... we will leave now..."

He felt that since he had offended Ning Feiliu so much, Ning Feiliu would definitely not help him treat the illness, so he wanted to leave.

But...

"Wait, let your mother describe the symptoms." Ning Feiliu, however, did not seem angry at all at this moment and said to him.

Seeing this, the old woman had no choice but to endure the pain and said, "Since I was attacked by that Soul Beast and fell into the water five days ago, I have felt restless. After returning home, I felt dizzy and had a headache, and I vomited a lot. After that, I couldn't eat anything and could only stay in bed."

"What kind of Soul Beast attacked you? If you don't know the name, can you describe its appearance in detail?" Ning Feiliu asked at this time.

"I don't know its name. As for its appearance, it was a water snake, about a meter long, and its body was as wide as two of my sons. It had black and red stripes on its body..."

"Water Daze Nether Snake!" Ning Feiliu's eyes lit up and he said, "A type of mildly poisonous snake that grows in rivers. You must have been poisoned by the venom it sprayed! But fortunately, from your description, it is still a low-level Soul Beast under ten years old, and its toxin won't take your life."

"However, its toxin is still very harmful to humans. According to toxin classification... it should be a neurotoxin, which causes symptoms of dizziness and headache."

Ning Feiliu also provided a classification for the snake venom according to modern medical views.

In the definition of modern medicine, snake venom is a mixture composed of various enzymes and peptides, which can be divided into three types: neurotoxins, hemotoxins, and mixed toxins.

Neurotoxins, as the name suggests, are toxins that destroy nerve tissue, causing neurons to malfunction or interrupting communication between neurons.

Fortunately, according to the records in the local medical books of the Douluo Continent, the toxin of this Water Daze Nether Snake generally does not kill the prey directly, but causes the prey to experience symptoms of dizziness and headache.

However, this is for Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts; for ordinary people and ordinary animals, it is still possible to die from the poisoning.

(End of chapter)