Chapter 119

In the afternoon, the first thing Zhang Fan did upon opening his eyes was to sneak a glance at whether Ba Ke Er had woken up. Seeing that Ba Ke Er still had his eyes tightly shut, he instantly sprang up as if injected with chicken blood. After putting on his clothes and shoes, he tiptoed to the bathroom to wash up.

He, however, had no idea that his every move had already been fully observed by Ba Ke Er. After Zhang Fan had tidied himself up and just stepped out of the bathroom, he was intercepted by Ba Ke Er, who was blocking the doorway. Zhang Fan looked at Ba Ke Er nervously and slightly embarrassed, speaking softly:

"Um, Ba Ke Er, how did you get up? Why are you standing at the door? You scared the hell out of me!"

As they spoke, Zhang Fan grew bolder and bolder, shouting loudly, "Don't you know I'm timid and easily frightened? How dare you block me at the door? Humph! You already blocked me once at noon! Are you coming again? Are you annoying or what?"

Regarding Zhang Fan's words, Ba Ke Er acted as if he hadn't heard them, merely propping himself on the door with one hand, lowering his head toward Zhang Fan with a faint smile, and indulgingly said, "All right, Fan Fan, how could I dare to block you? I'm not blocking you; I'm just waiting for you to come out. If you don't come out, how can I go in to wash up?"

After saying that, Ba Ke Er went into the bathroom and took out his washing supplies to wash up. Because there was no plastic on the Beastmen Planet, people's toothbrushes all had wooden handles. When Zhang Fan first saw this kind of toothbrush, his immediate thought was of Qin Dong! He guessed that Qin Dong was probably also a modern person from Earth, but strangely, he didn't know that animals could be domesticated?

Fortunately, Zhang Fan had been to the countryside and knew a bit about it; then, after researching together with Ba Ke Er and exchanging many ideas with the tribespeople, he managed to get livestock farming into every household of the tribe.

Moreover, because they successfully kept the captured animals alive and even got many of them to breed the next generation, the tribespeople's fear of the cold season lessened somewhat. Zhang Fan also received the tribe's affection and respect.

After Zhang Fan came out of the bathroom, he went to the kitchen to wash dishes. After Ba Ke Er came out of the bathroom, he went to the kitchen to find Zhang Fan. He snatched the bowl that Zhang Fan hadn't finished washing, washed it himself until it was clean, and put it away.

After the two had tidied up the house, they prepared to go to the chieftain's home. At that moment, Zhang Fan suddenly remembered something important. He quickly reached out and grabbed Ba Ke Er, pulling him back to the room together.

After entering the room, Zhang Fan still felt uneasy and checked the doors and windows several times, fastening them tightly, before returning to Ba Ke Er's bewildered side, where he quietly recounted his dream from last night and the matter he had mentioned earlier that morning.

Upon hearing this, Ba Ke Er not only did not blame Zhang Fan for not honestly telling everyone about the matter of the jade thumb ring, but instead he happily embraced Zhang Fan tightly and exclaimed excitedly:

"Fan Fan, I think you did absolutely the right thing! This matter is better known by as few people as possible! But, Fan Fan! Does that mean this secret is known only by you, me, and the Beast God? It turns out that last night, you actually went to see the Beast God without my noticing! I was wondering why you got up so late today!"

Zhang Fan felt a black line across his face at Ba Ke Er's divine logic and sudden twist! In his mind he muttered: I don't know him! I don't know him! I don't know him! Important things said three times!

However, this is merely Zhang Fan's shameful little thought and cannot serve as important grounds for him not knowing Ba Ke Er! After all, the two have been husband and husband for quite a while now. To say he doesn't know him now is already too late!

After Ba Ke Er finished speaking, he curiously had Zhang Fan demonstrate the use of the jade thumb ring in front of him. This time, Ba Ke Er was utterly astonished! It turned out that this jade thumb ring could actually be used to store things! It really is a fine treasure!

After Zhang Fan finished demonstrating the use of the jade thumb ring, he could no longer sit still! After all, the task assigned to him by the Beast God is still unfinished! Moreover, time is pressing, with only a few days left!

Ba Ke Er saw Zhang Fan starting to feel restless, and suddenly recalled the task Zhang Fan had just mentioned about researching a wound medicine. He slapped his forehead, immediately grabbed Zhang Fan, and they headed out together toward the chieftain's home.

Along the way, Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er hardly spoke, given the urgency. Upon arriving at the chieftain's home, they saw the courtyard gate wide open, with a cloth strip posted on the door reading: "See the note, come straight in." Zhang Fan glanced at it, smiled, and pulled Ba Ke Er through the gate, then went to Wei Er's pharmacy.

What they didn't expect was that the chieftain, Lei Ya, and Mo De—three males—were actually also helping here. After Ba Ke Er obtained Wei Er's consent, he followed behind Zhang Fan and entered the pharmacy, where they began busily carrying out the tasks arranged by Wei Er and Di Er.

Midway, whenever anyone had something they didn't understand, they would gather together to discuss it, though it was inevitable that they would argue over their opinions and end up red-faced. Overall, however, everyone's efficiency was still quite high!

By afternoon, everyone had already prepared the medicines listed on the prescription sheet that the Priest had given Zhang Fan. Now they only needed to follow up with later trials to evaluate the medicines in all aspects and classify them.

However, Zhang Fan saw that one-third of the medicinal materials awarded by the Beast God remained, felt a bit hesitant, thought it over, and still asked:

"Uncle Wei Er, why not use up the remaining medicinal materials?"

Wei Er chuckled, smiled, and gently said to Zhang Fan, "Child, these medicinal materials are gifts from the Beast God to you; we shouldn't be using them in the first place. We've already used nearly a third, which is enough. Just keep the rest for yourself."

Zhang Fan strongly disagreed with this!

"But, Uncle, these medicinal materials were originally given to me by the Beast God for me to prepare wound medicine for the tribe! Moreover, the Beast God himself showed up this time—I reckon this year's Beast Tide Month won't be easy! I'm afraid the wound medicine won't be enough! What if—"

Zhang Fan, seeing Wei Er's expression already somewhat loosened by his words, added: "Besides, keeping these medicinal materials with me serves no purpose; it would be better to make them into various common medicines or wound remedies, so that the tribe's people can all benefit!"

Upon hearing Zhang Fan say that, the already hesitant Wei Er was completely convinced. Meanwhile, Di Er, upon hearing these words, couldn't help but recall the small tribes he and Lei Ya had encountered while traveling outside, which had perished due to lack of medicine and medical supplies. Feeling deeply distressed, he also reached out and shook his older brother's arm.

Wei Er saw Zhang Fan saying that and could not refuse, for as a healer he had a parent's heart! As the tribe's medic, he could not stand by and watch someone die without help! Moreover, as Zhang Fan said, if these medicinal materials were made into medicines, they could benefit the whole tribe! And saving one more person would be a great kindness!

Thus, when it came time for the afternoon meal, as a token of gratitude, Wei Er even let Zhang Fan's family of four stay behind, declaring he would personally cook for them. Zhang Fan couldn't very well refuse, so he ended up staying with Fei Er and the others.

While Wei Er and the chieftain Fei Ji went together to the kitchen to start preparing dinner, the remaining few males also went over to help roast meat. Only Fei Er, Zhang Fan, and Di Er were left sitting in the pharmacy, busy sorting the medicinal materials.

By the time the sun set, Wei Er had finally prepared dinner for them, then sent Ba Ke Er to call Zhang Fan and the others to eat. When Ba Ke Er came to call them, Zhang Fan's trio slowly put down the medicinal materials in their hands and walked out of the pharmacy together. Seeing the three come out, Wei Er immediately brought over a basin of clean water for them to wash their hands.

After the four were ready, they walked together to the round table in the courtyard that was laden with food. Once everyone had gathered, they sat down and began to eat. However, because the time was rather rushed, the food wasn't lavish—just plentiful. Especially the roasted meat and rice! There was plenty of it.

So even then, everyone ate with great enthusiasm. Throughout the meal, they chatted with laughter and cheer; after finishing, everyone felt very satisfied. This made Wei Er's smile grow even wider.

After the meal, no one rushed to leave; instead, they took advantage of the fact that everyone was gathered to discuss testing the new medicines that had just been made that day. After unanimous agreement, they decided that starting tomorrow they would first test on small animals.

Of course, the ideal would be to test on Beastmen, but since everyone is healthy, we can't just let the tribespeople get hurt on purpose for the sake of drug testing! Nobody would do that! Besides, given the current situation, this approach is indeed not ideal—unless… someone actually gets injured. Still, when testing drugs, we must first obtain the person's consent before proceeding!

As for Ba Ke Er's drug test, it too was done with his own consent, although his will was somewhat fuzzy at the time. Fortunately, the trial was very successful! Ba Ke Er not only recovered faster than normal, but also, thanks to the Beast God's help, he was completely healed overnight. Moreover, it was the kind of healing that left no scars.

After that was settled, everyone helped the chieftain and his wife clear away the bowls and chopsticks, then bade each other farewell and, under the hazy night, walked toward their own homes.

After Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er returned home, they hurried to the kitchen to boil hot water. After the two had finished their hot bath, they put on their pajamas and went back to the room together. However, after returning to the room, the two did not rush to rest; instead, they studied the Yu pan zhi several times together.

Zhang Fan even had Ba Ke Er put on the Yu pan zhi and then asked him to test whether it could be used. However, repeated failed tests told them that when the Yu pan zhi was on Ba Ke Er's hand, it was completely just an ordinary Yu pan zhi—it could not be used to store anything, let alone retrieve anything.

Regarding this, Zhang Fan felt a bit disappointed; he had thought that the Yu pan zhi, as Ba Ke Er's Beastman partner, should also be usable, but reality told him that only he himself could use the Yu pan zhi.

But Ba Ke Er's thoughts were the exact opposite of Zhang Fan's; upon learning that he could not use the Yu pan zhi at all, he felt no disappointment, but rather grew more reassured. Ba Ke Er looked at Zhang Fan's disappointed face, smiled, rubbed his head, and gently counseled him.

"Fan Fan, do you know? I'm especially glad that this Yu pan zhi can only be used by you! Because this Yu pan zhi is a gift from the Beast God to you, so its significance is extraordinary! I'm very afraid that if others could also use this Yu pan zhi and then harbor ill intentions to harm you, what would we do? And I can't possibly be by your side every moment, even though I'd love to do that…… but, Fan Fan, I know you wouldn't agree."

Having said that, Ba Ke Er pulled Zhang Fan to the bedside, sat down, and continued: "But now it's fine! This Yu pan zhi can only be used by you! You can put life-saving medicines and weapons inside it; if you encounter danger, you can still save yourself even if I can't get there in time!"

Upon hearing Ba Ke Er say that, Zhang Fan immediately emerged from his disappointment! He expressed strong agreement with Ba Ke Er's words, no longer dwelling on it, nodded at Ba Ke Er, then gave an evil laugh and directly pounced on Ba Ke Er, and the two lay down on the bed together and fell asleep.