Chapter 1330: Able Assistant

"I'm not tired either; why don't I go help you? It'll also let me get familiar with the surroundings?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"All right!" A Xing saw Ye Liuyun being so proactive and was also very happy.

She herself had never had a servant before, so she didn't know how to order people around.

Ye Tiandao also didn't speak, just silently followed out.

A Xing was the tribe's only doctor, and she was busy every day.

Besides gathering herbs and purchasing medicinal materials, she also had to prepare medicines and treat people.

The doctor here is equivalent to the alchemist in Ye Liuyun's world.

I don't know if it's because this tribe is too backward or if the world is like this, but they actually don't know how to make pills; they only use simple herbs to treat wounds, at most just boiling them.

Many medicinal effects cannot be fully exerted.

Ye Liuyun had studied alchemy, and he was fairly familiar with various herbs.

But he still pretended to ask around before starting to help.

His task was also simple: help sort the herbs, then hand them to Ye Tiandao.

Ye Tiandao was responsible for boiling the medicines according to requirements, and he wouldn't make mistakes.

After a few days, the two of them also became A Xing's capable assistants.

With their help, A Xing became much more relaxed.

Especially Ye Liuyun, sorting herbs seemed a complicated task to her, yet Ye Liuyun never made a mistake.

At first A Xing would carefully check everything, but later she didn't need to check at all.

"Weren't you previously the child of a doctor's family?" A Xing asked Ye Liuyun during a casual chat.

"Who knows? I can't remember anything at all!" Ye Liuyun pretended to scratch his head, showing a painful expression of amnesia.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun also helped A Xing with some simple treatments, mostly fractures and similar external injuries.

With Ye Liuyun's help, treating some male patients made things much more convenient for A Xing.

Over time, everyone also knew the tribe had another doctor; even Ahu, upon seeing Ye Liuyun, although he still regarded Ye Liuyun as a weak opponent, dared not mock him anymore.

After all, they are all martial cultivators, often hunting and fighting; no one can guarantee they won't get injured.

Ye Liuyun and Ye Tiandao also worked during the day, and at night they went inside the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate, letting their clones stand guard.

Even the clan chief knew the tribe had gained a male doctor, and he personally took time to come take a look.

For a tribe like theirs, a doctor is a very important profession.

In this area, they are all such small tribes, frequently fighting over resources and territory.

The size of a tribe is calculated by population.

A tribe with over thirty thousand people is considered medium-sized; over fifty thousand, it's a large tribe!

The advantage of a large tribe is that it can levy food from these small tribes.

And for their kind of small tribe, they must regularly pay tribute in food; otherwise they have to send people to make up the numbers. And the fewer the people, the weaker their fighting strength naturally becomes, gradually falling into a vicious cycle.

Therefore, the men in the tribe are almost always in a state of combat—either going out to hunt or fighting other tribes—and the living conditions are still quite harsh.

Many people get injured each day and need treatment.

Previously, A Xing alone would often be busy until midnight. After Ye Liuyun came, they basically finished treating all the wounded before dinner.

Even some injuries that A Xing couldn't treat, Ye Liuyun could find a way to resolve.

Because Ye Liuyun's role was relatively significant, A Xing never fully treated him as a servant.

"Think about it—you were definitely a doctor before!"

Every time A Xing chatted casually with Ye Liuyun, she would bring this up.

Because she felt Ye Liuyun's medical skill was superior to hers. Perhaps it was just due to amnesia that he needed to ask her at first.

But now, Ye Liuyun basically has nothing to ask her; instead, she wants to learn from Ye Liuyun.

"Well, you just got a bargain—hired me as your doctor-servant!" Ye Liuyun would joke like that each time to brush it off.

But as Ye Liuyun's reputation rose, Ahu began to feel restless.

He would run to A Xing's place every few days, bringing her some game, fearing that Ye Liuyun would lure her away.

A Xing always kept her distance from Ahu; although she didn't dislike him, she absolutely treated him as an ordinary tribesman. Ye Liuyun could still tell that.

That day, Ahu came again to deliver something.

Whenever A Xing refused to accept, he would just drop it and leave.

This time A Xing also got anxious, directly telling Ahu: "Don't bring me anything anymore, and don't go around telling people we have some kind of relationship!"

Ahu also felt embarrassed: "A Xing, I'm sincere toward you!"

"You're overthinking it! I don't like you!" A Xing directly refused.

The people here sometimes speak just that directly.

"You weren't like that before!" Ahu said, feeling wronged.

"I've never accepted you! So don't bring me anything anymore!" A Xing said again directly.

Her words were somewhat hurtful, but Ye Liuyun thought it was good, so Ahu wouldn't keep harboring illusions.

At that moment, Ahu also saw Ye Liuyun.

"Is it because you now have that pretty little face that you've changed your heart?" Ahu asked jealously.

"Stop talking nonsense! Don't ever come see me again!" A Xing also got angry and directly drove Ahu away.

Ahu refused to leave, pointing at Ye Liuyun and saying: "If you've got the guts, fight me! If you win, A Xing will be yours!"

According to their tribe's rules, this is a challenge.

If Ye Liuyun didn't accept, people would consider him a coward. So ordinary men, even if they know they'll lose, will still go out to fight when challenged.

But if he accepts, people will think he also likes A Xing, that he is competing with Ahu for A Xing! In the tribe, women generally have no choice.

A Xing is relatively free because of his special status.

Not accepting, he fears in the tribe "Ahu this idiot, obviously unrelated to me, why must he challenge me!" Ye Liuyun also feels troubled in his heart.

In the tribe, he can't get by; if he accepts, he fears others will misunderstand.

But at this moment, A Xing instead fell silent, turned around and looked expectantly at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun wanted to explain, but what he feared more was A Xing misunderstanding him.

However, before he could speak, Ahu started shouting again: "I knew you, this pretty boy, were a coward. Don't think that just because you can treat people's illnesses, others will look up to you!"

"Alright, I accept your challenge!" Ye Liuyun said helplessly.

He estimated that if he didn't accept, Ahu would come and scold him twice a day, and he would then have endless trouble.