Chapter 64

Volume 1_Chapter 64: Completing the Ultimate Task Rewards an Operating Room

Seeing that the young beggar's hand was about to grab the mantou in Yun Qiyue's hand, Yun Qiyue lifted the hand holding the mantou, while her other hand reached out, grabbed, and swung, directly throwing the young beggar to the ground with a 'bang'.

The other beggars who had been eager to try heard this sound and all retreated in fear, not daring to have any more thoughts of snatching the mantou.

As for the young beggar, after being thrown until he was dizzy, he didn't think of giving up, but instead climbed up, baring his teeth and glaring with blood-red eyes at the cloth bag in Yun Qiyue's hand, ready to strike.

Yun Qiyue curled her lips, "Are you sure you can snatch the mantou from my hands with your ability?"

The young beggar wiped his face and said fiercely, "So what if I can't?"

Did that mean he was still going to snatch it?

Honestly, Yun Qiyue quite appreciated his unyielding spirit; he was a good seedling.

"You even have the courage to snatch my mantou, why don't you have the courage to let me take your pulse and treat you?" Yun Qiyue said, "Your chances of getting mantou should be greater if you let me take your pulse and treat you."

The young beggar was stunned, and then a bit of struggle appeared in his eyes.

"If I let you take my pulse, will you really give me mantou?" The young beggar asked, unconvinced.

Yun Qiyue nodded, "Not just you, all of you are the same; you get mantou to eat if you let me take your pulse and treat you."

The young beggar hesitated for a long time before acting as if he had made a hard decision, "Fine, take my pulse."

After deciding, the boy very decisively extended his hand, which was still relatively clean.

Yun Qiyue was satisfied with the boy's compliance and then began to take his pulse.

It was called taking a pulse, but it was actually just for show, as she had a pair of Ghost Hands that could cheat.

The boy's body was fine; he was just suffering from long-term malnutrition.

After taking his pulse, Yun Qiyue directly signaled Sixue to distribute the steamed bread.

Sixue took a bun and a steamed bread and handed them to the boy.

The boy silently took the mantou, pursed his lips, and finally took a deep look at Yun Qiyue, said thank you, and turned to leave, though his steps seemed somewhat hurried.

The beggars who had been hesitant saw that the boy had gotten the mantou so easily and all rushed forward to let Yun Qiyue take their pulses.

Yun Qiyue didn't rush this time, but first had Qingyan fetch a table and chairs. After setting up a simple pulse-taking table, Yun Qiyue said coldly to the beggars who had been waiting impatiently, "Line up, one by one."

The beggars were used to being lazy; who would line up obediently?

Besides, everyone was hungry and wanted to eat the mantou first, so they pushed and shoved each other, shouting various things.

"Take my pulse first, I'm not sick, it'll be quick."

"Check me, check me, I've been hungry for days."

"..."

The scene was chaotic for a moment.

Yun Qiyue didn't move, just looked coldly at the beggars.

Although she didn't speak, her actions made her attitude clear: no line, no food.

Without rules, there is no order; if she wanted these beggars to be used by her in the future, she first had to make them establish a sense of rules.

Here, they had to follow her rules.

The beggars pushed and shouted for a long time, but seeing that Yun Qiyue had no intention of moving, they understood her attitude.

After a moment of silence, the beggars finally resigned themselves to their fate and began to line up.

Excluding the boy, there were sixteen beggars in the ruined temple at this time.

Yun Qiyue took the pulses of six people in one go; three were malnourished with no major issues, and three just had minor colds that would be cured with a dose of medicine.

After writing the prescriptions, Yun Qiyue had Sixue start a fire to boil the medicine and told Qingyan to buy the medicine, then began to take the pulse of the seventh person.

While taking the pulse, Yun Qiyue asked the system, "How many points are needed to redeem the New Century operating room?"

If she had an operating room, she would definitely be able to defy the heavens in ancient times.

System: "One thousand points..."

Yun Qiyue: "..." She should have never asked; things were fine as they were.

Yun Qiyue directly gave up unilaterally, but at this moment the system spoke: "If the host can complete an ultimate task, the equipment can be directly rewarded to the host."

Eh? There's a chance!

Yun Qiyue's eyes lit up, "What ultimate task?"

It sounded quite challenging.

System: "Remove the Regent's mask."

Yun Qiyue: "..."

Thinking of the Regent Ye Lanjue's cold eyes, Yun Qiyue felt the hope was slim.

However... no matter how slim the hope, it was still hope; she had to try to know if it would work.

So Yun Qiyue asked: "Is there a time limit?"

System: "No."

Yun Qiyue was in a great mood, so she overspent five points to exchange for tweezers, disinfectant, cotton balls, and a bottle of ointment from the system.

After the exchange, Yun Qiyue looked at the top of the beggar's head in front of her.

Although Yun Qiyue hadn't removed her veil, her gaze still made the sensitive beggar feel it. The beggar's eyes darted around nervously, not daring to look at Yun Qiyue, and the fleeting look in his eyes was an inferiority complex etched into his bones.

Seeing the beggar's appearance, Yun Qiyue had a look of understanding.

Then, before the beggar could react, she used a scalpel to quickly shave off the beggar's dirty hair. Without the long hair covering it, the scabs on the beggar's head appeared clearly in everyone's sight.

After the shock, the scab-headed beggar was furious, "You..."

"Shut up!"

She didn't like noise when treating patients.

After speaking, Yun Qiyue used the cover of the empty medical box to take out the exchanged items.

The strange items were laid out on the table by Yun Qiyue one by one, immediately making the other beggars in line feel uneasy, and they all began to doubt whether Yun Qiyue really knew medicine.

The scab-headed beggar was scolded and subconsciously shut his mouth.

By the time he reacted and wanted to get angry, Yun Qiyue had already started using tweezers to hold a cotton ball to disinfect the scabs on his head, followed by applying the medicine. Her movements were swift and performed in one go, leaving the scab-headed beggar no chance to resist.

And when the ointment touched his painful and itchy scalp, the scab-headed beggar was startled.

Therefore, as soon as Xu Shi mentioned the Hundred Flowers Festival, the expressions of everyone in the Yun family became incomparably solemn.

Just then, the gatekeeper came to report: "Old Madam, First Master, Third Master, the Third Miss requests an audience." ===== CHAPTER 50 =====

The scab-headed beggar's tone subconsciously carried a bit of respect, and his eyes were filled with anticipation.

The scabs on his head not only made it hard for him to sleep but also made it very difficult for him to beg for things; every time he reached out, he would be shunned and driven away before he could even speak, and sometimes he would even be beaten up.

Thinking of these bitter experiences, the scab-headed beggar looked pained.

Yun Qiyue nodded, "Small problem, it will recover by tomorrow."

With New Century special medicine, she wouldn't be worth her salt if she couldn't even cure a few scabs.

Fortunately, this medicine for scabs wasn't a rare item in the New Century; it was everywhere and very cheap, costing only the price of a lollipop, so the ointment and tools only cost five points. Otherwise, she would never have used her precious points for such a minor ailment.

The scab-headed beggar was pleasantly surprised and thanked Yun Qiyue profusely.

The scab-headed beggar happily took his mantou to eat, and just as Yun Qiyue was about to take the next beggar's pulse, she saw the young beggar who had left earlier stumble over, looking terrified and anxious.