Chapter 3251: Your Level is Average

At noon that day, Su Xiao's reputation as a pharmacist had already spread in the Sun Church, and more and more believers came to seek treatment.

Su Xiao rarely asked for surgery on these patients, the reason being that it consumed more time.

In most cases, the Sun believers had hidden injuries in their internal organs, as well as bone dislocation and growth, or invasion of alien energy.

For internal organ damage, Su Xiao would decide based on the situation. If it wasn't too severe, he would use Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy to form a micron-level energy thread, and through opening a 0.5~1cm wound, let the energy thread enter the patient's body. This thing was between energy ~ crystal transformation, belonging to energy-based entity, so it could sew up wounds.

Su Xiao relied on perception and energy manipulation to sew up the damage to the patient's internal organs with energy threads, and finally supplemented with potions and other means to complete the treatment in stages. Su Xiao of course wasn't responsible for the materials required for those potion formulas. As for the brewing of those potions, the formulas weren't complicated, and he could spend gold coins to find other pharmacists.

With this efficiency, Su Xiao could solve a believer's internal organ hidden injury in less than five minutes.

As for bone dislocation and growth, this was very simple: break it and reconnect it.

You heard it right, it was breaking it and reconnecting it. Su Xiao, as a close-combat master + sword master, of course had a very strong control over strength. All morning today, he used 【Sin Fall Heaven Legacy】 to break more than 20 legs and 13 arms, and the treatment process was divided into the following steps:

Break it with a click -> open the wound to clean the broken bones -> connect the bones -> sew with energy threads -> take the recovery potion formula, and get as far away as possible as fast as possible, there were still people queuing behind.

The final invasion of alien energy was even simpler. Understand the devouring and extinguishing characteristics of Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy.

Su Xiao picked up the clear tea on the table. Sitting opposite him at this time was not a patient seeking treatment, but Bishop Cooper, and her granddaughter, pharmacist · Ailika.

"I'm very busy recently, make it short."

Su Xiao put down the hot tea in his hand. Bishop Cooper opposite him was silent, squinting his eyes and wondering what he was thinking. Ailika, standing diagonally behind him, was observing Su Xiao.

"There's nothing important. Bai Ye, in your cognition, did a certain believer of the Sun Church save you before?"

Bishop Cooper asked the doubt in his heart. In fact, not only him, but other high-level members of the church were also very confused, unable to figure out what Su Xiao was doing.

"No."

"Since no Sun Church believer saved you, then your current performance is really..."

Bishop Cooper's expression was almost wrinkled into a ball. He had no way to let Su Xiao leave right now. The system of the Sun Church was too extreme, and there was no help for it.

"In this world that is constantly moving toward destruction, everyone has secrets. Bai Ye, from now on, you are a pharmacist of the Sun Church."

Bishop Cooper seemed not to care about Su Xiao's background, but in reality, there was no way to let Su Xiao leave at the moment. The system of the Sun Church was too extreme, and there was no help for it.

Su Xiao didn't stay too long. After politely declining Bishop Cooper's invitation to develop potions together, he took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha downstairs. 【3

Bishop Cooper felt that Su Xiao's behavior was severely contradictory, lacking a clear sense of purpose. It felt as if the other party did whatever he wanted, without any definite code of conduct.

"Pharmacist Bai Ye, why are you doing all this? Everyone must have a purpose for doing anything, including you and me."

Bishop Cooper decided to bring it up directly; this matter could not be dragged out any longer.

"Purpose? Don't the pharmacists of the church do these things when they have nothing better to do?"

Su Xiao looked at Bishop Cooper with a 'confused' expression.

"Of course not, you are free to manage your own time..."

Bishop Cooper was halfway through his sentence when he felt the angry gazes behind him. The believers behind him had been queuing all morning. Some of them had been desperate about their hidden injuries before coming, but upon learning they could be cured, they had rushed over. Yet now, Bishop Cooper was actually letting the pharmacist who could treat them go off to do whatever he pleased?

Bishop Cooper could feel the meaning behind those dozens of gazes from behind; simply put, it was: 'Don't think you're hot stuff just because you're a bishop.'

"Ahem, Pharmacist Bai Ye, if you have more spare time, you could discuss insights regarding pharmacology with other pharmacists."

Bishop Cooper changed the subject to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"I have roughly understood their level. Bishop Cooper, would you discuss life with a small child?"

"Of course not."

"Mm, neither would I."

"This..."

Bishop Cooper turned his head to look at his granddaughter, Erika. Bishop Cooper appeared young, but in reality, he was over seventy.

Erika asked with a smile: "Pharmacist Bai Ye, are you saying that the potion-mixing level of the other pharmacists in the church is trash?"

"Not at all," Su Xiao rested his elbows on the table, interlaced his fingers, and continued: "I just feel that your level is average."

Hearing this from Su Xiao, Bishop Cooper's old face stiffened. It was hard to refrain from laughing out loud. Although it was his granddaughter who was being humiliated, he inexplicably wanted to laugh.

The other believers in the room were either facing the wall or lowering their heads; Erika was still there, so they couldn't laugh.

"Pharmacist Bai Ye, even if what you say is a fact, you shouldn't say it in public. Just now, you offended all the pharmacists in the church..."

"Can you mix the Sun Potion?"

"No… I can't."

Erika gritted her teeth as she said this. She felt that the pharmacist opposite her was incredibly hateful, yet she truly had no way to deal with him.

"This isn't a precious formula; I can teach you how to mix it."

"Eh?"

Erika felt she had misheard. For a pharmacist, the detailed content of a formula was more important than life itself.

Su Xiao didn't have such a concept. The Alchemy Codex was very thick, and the back of every page contained a formula or blueprint. He had only interpreted up to the fifth page and was about to start interpreting the sixth.

Last time at the Void Banquet, he had obtained an alchemy blueprint from the leader, and from the Undying Old Man, White Bull, and Saintess Seat, he had each obtained a potion formula. These high-level formulas were useless for the time being; apart from the materials provided by those three, Su Xiao couldn't obtain materials of this level at his current stage.

In Su Xiao's cognition, the formula for the Sun Potion wasn't precious. When he obtained the Sun Potion in the Holy Land of Chiriad, he had reverse-engineered the formula. Any formula that could be reverse-engineered was, in his view, not precious.

Furthermore, he was doing whatever he wanted now, without any code of conduct. This way, those who were keeping an eye on him would be completely baffled, which was exactly what he wanted to see.

"This is the formula for the Sun Potion. As fellow pharmacists, I'll contribute it to you."

Su Xiao took a piece of white paper from the drawer, scribbled on it, and placed it on the table in front of Erika. In reality, this thing had no value; the main materials couldn't be obtained at all.

Erika fell into the same confusion as Bishop Cooper. They exchanged a glance, their expressions exceptionally complex.

"Bishop Cooper, Erika, do you have any ailments?"

"Probably… no."

"I'm still so young, of course not."

"Since you don't, don't delay the time of the patients behind you. Pain is gradually eroding their sanity."

With Su Xiao pinning this heavy accusation on them, Bishop Cooper seemed to hear a 'snap' sound coming from his own head.

"Bishop Cooper, I respect you very much, but… I don't think I can hold on much longer, can you…"

"Ahem!"

A dry cough that sounded somewhat familiar to Bishop Cooper came from behind. He followed the sound and saw a believer wearing a bucket on his head. No, this was his old friend, the Beast Bishop.

No one knew the Beast Bishop's name. When he fought, his appearance would become like a beast, hence the name.

Seeing the Beast Bishop wearing the bucket, Bishop Cooper was speechless. This guy had been discussing Kukulin Bai Ye's motives with them just this morning, and it was only noon, yet he was already here receiving treatment. There was a traitor among them.

Realizing this, Bishop Cooper decided to go all the way. A smile appeared in his eyes as he said: "Pharmacist Bai Ye, could you also help treat this old bag of bones of mine?"

"Oh."

The Apostle's Eye behind Su Xiao floated up, and he released his perception. A moment later, a look of contemplation appeared on his face. Seeing this expression, the smile on Bishop Cooper's face gradually disappeared, and his expression became increasingly solemn.

"Is my condition… serious?"

"Mm."

"How much longer… can I live?"

Bishop Cooper's expression was somewhat desolate; he hadn't expected his end to be so sudden.

"At least you can… live until you die."

"Pfft~, hahaha, I'm sorry."

Erika quickly turned her head away. Although she knew she shouldn't laugh, she really couldn't help it.

"Pharmacist Bai Ye, this treatment of yours…"

Bishop Cooper hadn't finished his sentence when he was interrupted by Baja.

"Just tell me if it's accurate or not, that's all."

"Accurate."

Bishop Cooper had nothing to say. He made a move to get up and leave, but Su Xiao spoke: "Bishop Cooper, cherish this last month; this is the final time in your life."

Su Xiao's words made Bishop Cooper's expression solemn once again.

"You mean, I can still live for a month?"

"It could also be half a month, perhaps shorter. The taste of skeletal deformity isn't pleasant, is it? After half a month or a month, you will turn into a bald bird and slowly die."

Su Xiao took out a Soul Crystal (Small) and chewed it in his mouth.

"Is it a problem with myself? I don't feel much during the day."

Bishop Cooper's expression turned serious. In the last few days, his bones had indeed been slowly deforming at night.

"That thing, did you find a piece? A small half? Or a large half? Or perhaps, all of it?"

Su Xiao's expression became increasingly serious. When he had seen Bishop Cooper before, he had felt that something was wrong with him.

Bishop Cooper's complexion changed repeatedly, and finally, he said in a deep voice: "I found a fragment. What exactly is that? Pottery?"

"This question requires a reward. Bishop Cooper, the key you are wearing isn't bad."

Su Xiao looked at a key hanging around Bishop Cooper's neck. Bishop Cooper held the key on his chest with one hand, pondered for a long while, left a sentence about considering it, and then took Erika and left.

Just now, through the change in Bishop Cooper's aura, Su Xiao confirmed one thing: the Abyss Jar had been shattered, and Bishop Cooper had found one of the pieces. There was no mistake; the aura of that thing was too intense and unique.

After Bishop Cooper and the pharmacist Erika left, Su Xiao's treatment continued. Unknowingly, the sunset rose on the horizon.

Su Xiao stretched his shoulders. He had broken more than 40 legs today; it was physical labor. He said with slight fatigue: "Let's continue tomorrow morning. You will be the first patient tomorrow."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Bai Ye."

The bucket-headed man opposite him bowed slightly, and after brewing for a moment, he got up from his seat and walked slowly out of the room. The other believers in line, though somewhat unwilling, didn't say anything. Some greeted him, while others left in silence.

After having dinner at the restaurant behind the cathedral, Su Xiao returned to the third floor of the apartment. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was already waiting inside. After taking a shower, Su Xiao began to mix potions and didn't rest until ten o'clock at night.

The next day, at seven o'clock in the morning, in the treatment room on the third floor of the cathedral, a new day of treatment began.

The reason Su Xiao did this was that the reputation gained from completing a day of treatment was quite considerable. Yesterday, throughout the entire day, he had gained 175,880 reputation points. The reputation gained from treating one or two patients wasn't much, but after the number increased, it became very considerable.

Including the income from yesterday's treatment and the reputation 'blacked' this morning, Su Xiao's current reputation reached 2,575,880 points.

There was also good news. Last night, news came back from Caesar that the Sun Monarch had accepted the 【Sun Holy Potion】. Regarding the cooperation, the other party neither refused nor agreed. Judging by that stance, it was clear he was preparing to get a bottle of potion for free.

Su Xiao didn't care about this. If the Sun Monarch's capacity was only this much, then he wasn't even worth utilizing. He would directly develop power in the Sun Church and then kill him off.

A Sun Monarch who would covet a bottle of 【Sun Holy Potion】 wasn't worth calculating against, nor did he have any utilization value. Sometimes, the behavior of a fool would instead make those who intended to use him feel like doubting life, appearing with a feeling of, "What kind of thing did I just calculate against?"

Caesar had obtained quite a bit of intelligence, including the fact that Wood was always shrinking back. Su Xiao speculated that this was because the Abyss Jar was broken, and they were planning something.

Ceas had occupied the body of a psychic beast. That psychic beast had an ability that could drive a certain number of other beasts. Recently, Ceas had been giving the Sun Monarch a hard time.

Lilim had joined the Trace King Hall. Initially, she thought the Trace King Hall was a hidden mysterious force with a vast foundation. After joining for a period, she discovered that these people were really just looking for the Trace King and had no other purpose.

Morey and the Moon Apostle were on the run...

Besides these, Caesar also sent back a message that yesterday evening, the Sun Monarch was attacked. It was in a desert. A contractor named Enzo ambushed the Sun Monarch. Two of the Sun Monarch's four guards were finished, and the remaining two weren't dead either, while the Sun Monarch repelled Enzo. Both sides suffered losses.

According to Caesar's intelligence, Caesar had encountered this contractor named Enzo in the previous world, and the other party was in the Western Continent faction at that time.

Enzo came from Death Paradise. Others called him "Water Brother." Contract killer Water Brother was a blind man.

After the Feather Race and the Arcane Eternal Star exited, two new factions joined, one of which was Death Paradise. The one sent by Death Paradise this time was Water Brother. Water Brother's strategy was unknown, but in terms of combat power, he was definitely at the top of the eighth tier. Of course, this was when he faced small to medium-sized enemies; when facing large enemies, Water Brother's combat power would decline.

Wood, Ceas, Water Brother, plus the Crow Woman who might show up—this was already a battle of gods. As for Lilim, when she awakened, she was also a goddamn god. Among the group, only the Apocalypse sisters had a particularly unique style; they couldn't do anything right, but they were number one at running away.

This intelligence let Su Xiao know that there was still buffer time. At least within a few days, the Sun Monarch wouldn't fall. He gave the other party a deadline: within two days, if the other party wanted to contact him, he would 'cooperate' with them.

This time couldn't be too early, nor too late. Too early meant the Sun Monarch acted without using his brain; too slow meant the other party was indecisive when encountering things. If the other party chose to contact him between this morning and noon to talk about cooperation, then he would have to re-examine the Sun Monarch. This was also a troublesome and strong enemy.

On the operating table, while Su Xiao was thinking, he was riding on the back of a female believer. With a 'crack' sound, he used his hands to press her spine into a physiological curve. More than a dozen energy filaments pierced into her fair skin, and after penetrating the flesh, they began to fix the position of her spine.

Su Xiao patted the back of the female believer beneath him, signaling that the treatment was complete. He jumped off the operating table and sat back behind the table to treat the next patient.

Treating the strange and bizarre injuries of these believers was a great harvest for Su Xiao. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and combined with practice, his control over the energy filaments was becoming stronger and stronger.

Su Xiao had just released an energy filament when he felt something lightly bump his leg. It was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang stored a small box made of sand and soil into the team storage space in front of Su Xiao. Because the mechanism of this sand box was triggered, it turned into a line of text after entering the team storage space.

"Mr. Pharmacist, if you have time tonight, could we meet? I look forward to meeting you—Os Valentine."

This was the intelligence conveyed by the Sun Monarch. The timing was just right; it maintained dignity to avoid appearing too urgent, and it didn't drag on too long to appear as if he didn't value this cooperation.

So many people were watching the Sun Monarch, dealing with him openly and secretly, plus the Sun Church had once gone to war with him, resulting in both sides suffering losses. Coupled with this grasp of timing, many phenomena indicated that the Sun Monarch was also very troublesome.

The Sun Monarch, Wood, Ceas, Water Brother, Crow Woman (certain probability of having entered this world), plus the awakened Lilim—this wasn't a battle of gods, but a chaotic brawl of a group of gods. As for Su Xiao, he was continuing to 'AFK'.