Chapter 1909: Paying Medical Expenses

At eight o'clock the next morning, on the Sixty-Second Mountain, the big boss of the evolutionary forest clinic, Xia Qing, went out in person to give the Xiong Wang a follow-up visit and change its dressing.

"Bear Brother, you really are a very compliant patient. The wound is free of mud and dirty water, very clean. This way, it can heal quickly, and you can continue to stand at the top of the pyramid of evolutionary bears on Blue Star!"

After earnestly praising the Xiong Wang, Xia Qing used scissors to cut open the waterproof gauze wrapping the second and third fingers of the Xiong Wang's right paw, earnestly washing the wound and changing the dressing.

She had to be earnest. Her idol required Xia Qing to record the video; if her operation was not standardized and angered her idol, the consequences would be very serious.

Xia Qing wore extremely clean antibacterial gloves, used normal saline to wash the Xiong Wang's wound, and then gently cleared away the dried blood scabs and exudate.

"Roar." The Xiong Wang, who was gnawing on fresh corn, sensed obvious pain and let out a low roar of dissatisfaction, signaling this monkey with no sense of restraint to be lighter.

"Okay, I'll be lighter. Bear Brother, bear with it; if the broken surface isn't cleaned thoroughly, it will affect the absorption of the medicine." Xia Qing took out a small jar of honey, hung it on the Xiong Wang's left arm, and stuffed a stalk of sugarcane into its hand, "Bear Brother, taste this sugarcane; it's very sweet and delicious."

Later, Xia Qing had to use a special medicine containing recovery factors for the Xiong Wang. During the wound healing and nail growth period, the Xiong Wang needed to supplement a large amount of high-quality food.

Green-light sugarcane belonged to high-sugar, high-fiber high-quality food.

The Xiong Wang, leaning against the rock, took a bite of the sugarcane, and its egg-sized eyeballs lit up, shaking its large feet.

Seeing that the Xiong Wang was very satisfied with the sugarcane, Xia Qing felt relieved. She nimbly cleaned its wound, then opened the red medicine in the thermal insulation box, exhorted the Xiong Wang not to move, and applied the medicine evenly to the Xiong Wang's broken nail bed.

The medicinal liquid rapidly permeated the tissue, soaking the dark red nail matrix until it looked like it had been coated with a layer of glaze, and the most magical part was that this layer of glaze was actually colorless and transparent.

It truly lived up to being a medicinal agent configured by her idol, who stood at the pinnacle of the universe's pyramid; after being poured out for just this short while, it had turned into a colorless, transparent gel!

"Brother Bear." Xia Qing placed a segment of sugarcane with the skin on into the left paw that the Xiong Wang extended, then had it look at its own right paw. "Look, Brother Bear, I've used a special medicine on your wound. It will only take three days for your newly grown nail to cover the entire nail bed; there's no need to bandage it!"

It would take about two months for the nail to grow to its original length, which was five-sixths shorter than before.

No wonder so many people were crazily hunting down recovery-type evolvers; the effect of recovery factors is too heaven-defying, and it can even be used across species!

The Xiong Wang moved its injured finger, continued to stare at Xia Qing's backpack, and crunched on the sugarcane.

Three minutes after applying the medicine, Xia Qing took out sterile waterproof gauze, bandaged the Xiong Wang's two fingers again, gave a few instructions, and then took out the special medicinal agent for oral administration.

Xia Qing had never fed oral medicine to a bear before, so she was still a bit nervous.

She held up the medicinal pouch, slowed her speech, and gestured to communicate with the Xiong Wang, "Lord Xiong Wang, this is a medicinal agent. Eat it to accelerate the healing of your wound and boost your resistance. Just like this: tilt your head, open your mouth, and eat it."

This medicinal pouch is made of edible material, so it can be eaten along with the pouch.

After gesturing twice, Xia Qing smeared sucrose on the surface of the medicinal pouch and placed it on the large paw the Xiong Wang extended.

The medicinal pouch containing 200 milliliters of liquid instantly appeared small when it reached the Xiong Wang's paw.

The Xiong Wang didn't eat it directly; instead, it used the sharp nail of its right paw to poke a hole in the pouch. After sniffing the liquid that flowed out, it tilted its head and opened its mouth just like Xia Qing had done, put the pouch into its large mouth, chewed it, and swallowed.

Then, the Xiong Wang extended its large black paw toward Xia Qing again.

Xia Qing is a member of the wolf pack, and she and the Xiong Wang haven't met many times in total, yet the Xiong Wang is the one among all the fierce beasts in the evolution forest she knows that trusted her the fastest.

At the same time, it is also the one with the highest combat power.

Since it is so easy to coax, can it hold the northern evolution forest defense line and block invading humans and monkeys with ulterior motives?

Xia Qing took out the sugarcane segments from her backpack, placed them on the Xiong Wang's large paw, and decided that after finishing the spring planting, she would immediately start building an audiovisual teaching cave for the Xiong Wang to improve its cultural level and make it understand what complex and dangerous creatures humans are.

For now, she had to make the Xiong Wang pay the medical expenses first.

She took out her notebook, opened it to show a photo of a little bear carrying a crystal pillar, and said, "Brother Bear, do you have any more stones like this? Your medical expenses total 2.56 million points; you need to carry back two stones this big to break even."

The bulk of the medical expenses came from those two medicinal agents configured with recovery factors, totaling 2.532 million points.

Recovery factor is an extremely scarce blood extract; let alone on the market, there is no recovery factor for sale even in the black market or auction houses, so there is no market transaction price.

The recovery factor used by Zhang San was exchanged to Xia Qing by Zhang Shi in order to obtain two territories in the northern first district.

For the convenience of trading and to reduce unnecessary friction, Xia Qing specifically discussed it with Zhang Shi once, asking her to name a price.

Zhang Shi, an employee of Territory No. 3, handed the pricing power over to her boss. The reason was that the boss said her financial intelligence was too low and she would lose everything doing business. Thus, Xia Qing went to find her idol and asked him to set a price.

Although Zhang San blasted Xia Qing out of his office, three days later he sent Xia Qing a price list of precious and scarce medicinal herbs on Blue Star and then gave pricing suggestions.

After Xia Qing handed the list her idol had compiled to Zhang Shi, Zhang Shi lowered the numbers by a notch and set the exchange price for the recovery factor. Of course, the price after the reduction was still quite substantial.

The medicinal agent used by the Xiong Wang should, of course, be paid for by the Xiong Wang!

The Xiong Wang looked at the silly cub on the laptop screen, crunched on the sugarcane in its paw, and extended its black paw again.

Xia Qing sent more food, blah blah blah.

After the Xiong Wang finished crunching, it extended its paw again.

Xia Qing had fed all the food and discovered that the Xiong Wang still had no intention of getting up to take her to find the crystals. Xia Qing showed the Xiong Wang her backpack, "Brother Bear, all the food I brought has gone into your stomach. I have to return to my territory to carry soil and plant vegetables. Brother Bear, recover well from your injuries. Once I finish planting, I'll come over to build the audiovisual teaching cave for you. I'll use the special products of your territory to pay for the medicine, food, and the cost of building the cave I used on you."

She had to rush back to Mountain No. 50 to carry soil and plant vegetables and grain as soon as possible. When Xia Qing hired the strength-type evolvers and mechanical dogs, she had also factored in her own carrying capacity.

If she went back late, she wouldn't be able to fill the planting troughs that belonged to her in the hidden valley today.

The Xiong Wang stared at Xia Qing's backpack with its pair of shifty eyes for a few seconds, sniffed with its nose, extended its large paw to lift Xia Qing up and place her on its shoulder, and then turned and ran wildly within the territory.