Chapter 394: The Method to Treat Yan Dai Yan, Gathering Terastal Energy!

Mu Dan is a trainer specializing in Eevee; each of her Eevee has a different nature and thus chooses a different evolutionary path.

Among them, this Flareon, while loving battle, left Luo Mu with a profound impression due to the power and temperature of its Fire-type moves.

One could say that aside from the Sylveon that has accompanied Mu Dan the longest, this Flareon is the strongest and most combative member of Mu Dan's Eevee team.

Even Arven's Cloyster and Hearing Hearing Nimo's Tauros (Aqua Breed) must avoid the edge of its scorching flames.

The signs appeared early, yet no one expected such a dire outcome.

Mu Dan felt as if the sky had collapsed; bewildered, she cast a pleading gaze at Nurse Joy, hoping for an optimistic answer from the Young Lady.

But Nurse Joy averted her gaze, calmly explaining to Mu Dan, "In this situation, the best solution is to excise the lesion."

"Since Yan Dai Yan is a type of autoimmune disease, existing techniques can hardly alleviate the symptoms, but removing the lesion can at least prevent easy recurrence."

"Although it is slightly regrettable that it can no longer battle, for the sake of the Flareon, my recommendation is to proceed with surgery."

Signaling with her eyes for Chansey to quickly push the Flareon into the emergency room for rescue, Nurse Joy stepped forward and patted Mu Dan, "It is your Pokémon; the decision rests with you."

Then, Nurse Joy turned to look at Luo Mu and said, "I need to use a bit of medicinal liquid to stabilize the Flareon's condition; could you help me prepare some?"

"Of course."

Luo Mu nodded gently and immediately called the farm, instructing Oranguru to hastily prepare a portion of Secret Herba Mystica: a medicinal liquid made from Sour Herba Mystica, and send it over.

Since his student's Pokémon was ill, he naturally would not stand idly by; there were three portions of medicinal liquid made from Sour Herba Mystica remaining at the farm, so offering one to stabilize the Flareon's condition was ideal.

"Leave the rest to me; I will stabilize the Flareon's condition."

Leaving these words behind, Nurse Joy hurriedly entered the emergency room.

As the red light of the rescue room illuminated, Mu Dan fell silent for a moment, then forced herself to take out her portable computer and began using her technical skills to search for successful treatment cases of Yan Dai Yan elsewhere.

A short while later.

After Luo Mu had delivered the urgently sent medicinal liquid via Dragonite into the rescue room, Mu Dan, having found nothing, voluntarily left her Poké Ball and, surrounded by the Eevee circling her, approached Luo Mu.

Essentially, Mu Dan is an otaku girl who does not rely on others, preferring to solve everything herself.

However, when she cannot think of a feasible solution, she still considers relying on those she trusts.

In truth, Mu Dan did not mind excising the inflamed sac to save the Flareon and reduce its suffering.

The reason Mu Dan remained worried from start to finish and sought other methods to save the Flareon without removing the inflamed sac was simply because she did not want the battle-loving Flareon to suffer from being unable to fight!

She did not want to lose the Flareon, but neither did she want to see it in pain.

Mu Dan approached Luo Mu, looking at him with a plea, and asked, "Teacher, if it were Lei Guan Wang, could it cure the Flareon?"

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Luo Mu fell silent for a moment, then shook his head.

He had thought of Lei Guan Wang from the very beginning, explaining the essence of Yan Dai Yan in detail and consulting Lei Guan Wang.

When Dragonite brought the medicinal liquid, it also brought Lei Guan Wang's reply.

"No, Lei Guan Wang specializes in the power to heal the mind; as for moves like Water Pulse or Healing Wave, their essence is merely treating injuries and restoring stamina; they cannot cure diseases originating within the Pokémon itself."

"Lei Guan Wang can instantly restore dozens or even hundreds of Pokémon heavily injured in battle to perfect health, but it finds it very difficult to cure diseases."

Mu Dan's expression visibly dimmed; nearby, her Sylveon worriedly glanced at the rescue room with its glowing red light, then wrapped its ribbon-like feelers around Mu Dan's wrist, hoping this would ease her sorrow.

At this moment, Luo Mu changed his tone.

"But coincidentally, I happen to have a method to cure this disease."

Mu Dan snapped her head up, looking at Luo Mu with hopeful eyes, her voice trembling slightly.

"Really?"

"Really."

Luo Mu smiled and pointed toward the rescue room.

"Do you remember the portion of medicinal liquid I just sent in? It is a concoction made by mixing plants and herbs known as Secret Herba Mystica, fermented within a Shuckle's shell, possessing remarkable fatigue-recovery effects."

"Although it cannot improve the Flareon's injuries, the liquid's effect can, to a certain extent, give it a chance to catch its breath."

Mu Dan listened intently to Luo Mu's explanation; upon hearing this, a spark flashed in her mind, and she anxiously asked, "Does the method to treat the Flareon relate to this medicinal liquid, or rather, to the Secret Herba Mystica?"

"Correct."

Luo Mu snapped his fingers, briefly explaining to Mu Dan the existence and effects of the five flavors of Secret Herba Mystica.

Luo Mu focused primarily on the effects of Secret Herba Mystica: Bitter Herba Mystica.

"If my information is correct, Secret Herba Mystica: Bitter Herba Mystica can significantly boost the consumer's immunity, allowing the Flareon, while in a state of enhanced immunity, to attempt training its ability to control flames."

"With this two-pronged approach, perhaps the Flareon can recover without needing to have its inflamed sac excised."

Mu Dan's eyes lit up, filled with the joy of a drowning person rescued, a sense of survival flooding her chest.

The Eevee surrounding Mu Dan also let out happy cries.

"Don't get too happy too soon."

At this, Luo Mu hastily reminded her seriously.

He believed that since Yan Dai Yan is an autoimmune disease specific to certain Fire-type Pokémon, enhancing immunity with a tonic-like Secret Herba Mystica: Bitter Herba Mystica, then training the Flareon's fire-control abilities, and if conditions allow, promoting secondary development of the inflamed sac through other means, might truly offer a chance of recovery.

Of course, this was merely the idea of a beginner who could not even be considered a half-competent medical practitioner; whether this treatment plan is feasible must be discussed after Nurse Joy finishes the rescue.

Not to mention that the Secret Herba Mystica at his farm is still quite far from maturity.

"The Secret Herba Mystica is not yet mature; to save the Flareon, we must find a way to ripen the Secret Herba Mystica first."

Luo Mu directly laid out the obstacle before them to Mu Dan.

To save the Flareon, one must obtain mature Secret Herba Mystica: Bitter Herba Mystica. Mu Dan hesitated and asked, "Can't even the King of Abundance ripen the Secret Herba Mystica?"

Whether in legends or from her impressions during their time in the Wang Guan Snowfields earlier, Lei Guan Wang could ripen crops from seed to maturity in mere seconds.

Could it be that the Secret Herba Mystica is too special, preventing Lei Guan Wang from ripening it?

Luo Mu nodded, then shook his head. "It can ripen them, but it lacks one necessary thing—a large amount of Terastal energy."

According to Lei Guan Wang, it could infuse massive amounts of life force to ripen the Secret Herba Mystica, but it was highly likely that the effects of the Secret Herba Mystica would not reach their limit.

To treat Yan Dai Yan on the Fire Eevee, it is best to find a way to force-ripen a complete Herba Mystica: Bitter Herb.

However, apart from the scattered Tera Crystals that appear randomly across the Paldea region, there are few methods to gather Tera energy.

Generally, this means purchasing those Tera Shards and extracting the small amount of Tera energy contained within the shards.

It seems the Paldea League also uses this method to replenish energy for Tera Orbs.

Previously, Luo Mu and Lei Guan Wang had calculated the costs.

To use the Tera energy inside Tera Shards to force-ripen a single Herba Mystica, a conservative estimate suggests needing more than five hundred Tera Shards.

The Normal-type Tera Shards Luo Mu had purchased previously cost about 3,000 League Coins each; five hundred Tera Shards would therefore mean spending one million five hundred thousand League Coins.

Wanting to force-ripen all the Herba Mystica on the farm using Tera Shards would result in an astronomical expenditure.

Area Zero seems to be the source of Terastallization; the Third Legend, which Luo Mu had not yet had time to learn about, might be hiding in some corner of Area Zero. If there is a chance to meet the Third Legend, perhaps there will be no need to worry about Tera energy anymore.

Luo Mu explained the general situation to Mudip and, patting her shoulder, said, "Don't worry, I will contact the Director immediately to help me find a channel for quickly acquiring enough Tera Shards; stabilizing the Fire Eevee's condition by force-ripening a single Bitter Herb is no problem."

Hearing this, Mudip shook her head solemnly. "Making the teacher use such precious crops and medicinal liquids would burden my conscience, let alone having to spend funds to purchase Tera Shards."

"The Fire Eevee is my Pokémon; I have the responsibility and obligation to save it. Please leave the matters of purchasing and funding to me."

With hope now in sight, Mudip's eyes instantly became determined.

If the cost were even a bit higher, she would have to consider asking her idiot father and uncle for help, or risk temporarily hacking into the LP system currently being built in the Paldea region.

Fortunately, over the past few years she had occasionally accepted commissions from companies, whether constructing firewalls, writing programs, or cracking them, so she had some savings; buying a few thousand shards should not be too much of a problem.

As for channels, she could ask Uncle Rose to use the connections of the Macro Cosmos Group to contact sellers for her; if even the Macro Cosmos Group had no channels, then she would ask Hearing Hearing Nimo, whose family's company seemed very powerful in Paldea as well.

With that said, Mudip bowed deeply to Luo Mu, then ran off to the other side with her Eevee army to contact her uncle.

Watching the girl's stubborn back, Luo Mu shook his head helplessly and did not try to stop her.

Indeed, at a time like this, if Mudip were not allowed to make efforts for the Fire Eevee's treatment, she would surely feel very uneasy.

About two hours later, the light above the emergency room finally turned green.

The exhausted Young Lady Joy and Chansey walked out of the emergency room, removed their masks, and gave Luo Mu and Mudip a gentle smile: "The Fire Eevee's condition has been temporarily stabilized; I treated its inflamed sac during the rescue, so it should be able to hold on for a while."

"Thank you, Young Lady Joy!"

Mudip bowed respectfully to Young Lady Joy once more.

"And to Chansey too!"

"This is my duty." Young Lady Joy waved her hand, then asked, "Have you made a decision regarding whether to remove the inflamed sac?"

Luo Mu and Mudip exchanged a glance, then explained the conclusion the two of them had just reached to Young Lady Joy, waiting for her answer as a professional.

After listening, Young Lady Joy rested her chin on her hand, pondering the feasibility.

Before knowing Luo Mu and personally experiencing the effects of Herba Mystica: Sour Herb, Young Lady Joy might not have believed that such a remarkable plant existed in reality.

But now she felt she could trust Luo Mu's proposal.

After waiting for quite a while, she finally spoke again.

"If Herba Mystica: Bitter Herb is truly as Luo Mu says, capable of greatly improving the consumer's immunity, then I think this plan is feasible, but some minor details need attention, and the plan must be more rigorous."

"You can leave that aspect to me; is it okay to entrust the preparation of Herba Mystica: Bitter Herb to you?"

"It is too late to make it into a medicinal liquid; after obtaining the herb, I will combine it with other medicinal ingredients and crush it directly into a medicinal paste!"

"No problem, please leave it to me; during this time, we entrust the Fire Eevee to your care."

Mudip replied quickly, bid farewell to Luo Mu and Young Lady Joy, and then ran out of the Pokémon Center.

Uncle Rose had introduced an acquaintance to her; now she needed to purchase as many Tera Shards as possible to hand over to Luo Mu, so that treatment for the Fire Eevee could begin as soon as possible.

After Mudip had gone far, Luo Mu followed Young Lady Joy to the observation window beside the emergency room and took a look at the Fire Eevee.

At this moment, the Fire Eevee's body was covered with many circuits he did not understand, either stuck to it or inserted into it, while the heart monitor operated steadily.

Remembering that he still had classes to teach in the afternoon, Luo Mu sighed and called each of his students one by one, informing them that Mudip's Fire Eevee was sick and that the lessons would need to be postponed.

This afternoon would likely be extremely busy.

Before Mudip returned, Luo Mu temporarily left the Pokémon Center, traveling from Pingdie Town back to the farm in the suburbs.

He needed to discuss with Lei Guan Wang how to make plants accept Tera energy without turning into crystals.

Just as Luo Mu arrived home, Lei Guan Wang and Oranguru were fiddling with the black sphere made by Mewtwo, using telekinesis to control a stack of photographs while reviewing them together with Luxray and the others.

Luxray was the first to stand up to greet Luo Mu, while the Dragonite that had entered the house with Luo Mu curiously crowded over to take a closer look.

"Bo-wu!" (These are photos sent back by Delibird!) After petting the cat for a while and relaxing his mood, Luo Mu also walked over to those suspended photographs and examined them carefully.

While rushing back to the farm, Dragonite had temporarily landed in Goldenrod City, leaving Delibird there so it could continue its journey through the Johto region.

The photos sent back by Delibird showed it sampling various foods inside the department store in Goldenrod City's Shangcheng, with the famous Goldenrod Radio Tower also making an appearance.

(End of Chapter)