N-A-A Chapter 1024: The one who made her a poison filter canister, eventually became a poison filter canis
Chapter 1024: The one who made her a poison filter canister, eventually became a poison filter canis
Ningguang listened to Barbara's sincere words, which didn't seem like casual remarks.
There is a shortage of doctors in Qiaoyingzhuang at the moment, and the death-qi infection of the elderly cannot be delayed. Having one more person who knows medical skills to help can indeed relieve a lot of pressure.
Following the principle of "strength in numbers", Ningguang finally relented.
"Since Miss Barbara is so enthusiastic and has relevant experience, I won't refuse. Thank you for your willingness to help. Afterwards, I will have the Qun Yu Pavilion prepare a corresponding reward. Your hard work will definitely not be in vain."
After all, she is a guest from Mondstadt, and we can't let her run around for Liyue's affairs for free.
"No need for reward." Barbara immediately waved her hand, her tone seemed particularly generous, with a gentle smile on her face.
"Mondstadt and Liyue are friendly neighbors, and our relationship has always been good. Now that Liyue is in trouble, it's only natural for me to lend a hand and help. Asking for compensation would be unreasonable."
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In the end, Barbara still did not ask for any reward, which left Ningguang and Keqing with a favor, and also facilitated Barbara's efforts to spread the esoteric religion.
As for whether Ningguang and Keqing ever doubted Barbara's motives?
Please, who would doubt a girl with the title of "Mondstadt Priest" and a pure and enthusiastic smile?
The "benevolence of a doctor" in her eyes was so genuine, and even her frankness when refusing payment was flawless. Anyone who saw her would think that she was just a kind-hearted girl who simply wanted to help.
The afternoon sun shone through the clouds onto the tea garden in Chenyu Valley. Barbara, followed by Keqing and a team loaded with medicinal herbs and supplies, boarded a "passenger hot air balloon" converted from a "cargo hot air balloon" and arrived at the open space outside Qiaoying Manor.
Qiaoying Village is a famous tea-producing area in Liyue. Tea plantations spread across the mountains and valleys. The tender green tea leaves shine in the sun, and the air is filled with the unique fragrance of "Chenyu Xianming".
This kind of tea grows in the warm and humid climate of Chenyu Valley. After thousands of years of careful selection and cultivation by the people of Liyue, it has long become Liyue's "treasure of tea".
When brewing, the soup is clear and sweet, and what is even more rare is that the aroma is long-lasting.
Several courtyards in Qiaoying Manor had already been temporarily requisitioned by the Qianyan Army. Wooden signs with the words "Temporary Ward" were hung on the gates, and no unauthorized personnel were allowed to approach.
In one of the largest courtyards, coughing and groaning sounds could be heard one after another. Straw mats were laid along the courtyard wall, and on them lay patients who had been contaminated with deathly aura during the evacuation.
Bai Zhu was squatting beside a little boy, holding a silver needle in his fingertips and carefully inserting it into the acupuncture point on his wrist.
As the grass element seeped into his body through the acupuncture points and slowly fought against the death energy, the boy's frown gradually relaxed and his cough became lighter.
After the boy's breathing stabilized, Bai Zhu took out a "talisman" from the medicine box and gently placed it on the boy's chest, firmly suppressing the remaining death energy in his body to prevent it from running around.
"This talisman can stabilize the Qi in your body. When your condition stabilizes a little tomorrow, I will remove the dead Qi from you."
Since receiving the news in the morning, Baizhu has treated no less than a hundred patients in a row.
Just as Bai Zhu stood up and prepared to see the next patient, a burst of brisk footsteps was heard.
Qiqi trotted over to his side and said softly, "Mr. Bai, Master Yuhengxing is back, and he brought a lot of people with him!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhu immediately told Qiqi to take good care of the patient first, and then quickly walked towards the gate of the yard.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Keqing standing next to the cargo hot air balloon, directing the Qianyan Army to unload the medicinal herbs and supplies from the vehicle.
"Master Yuhengxing, reinforcements have finally arrived." Bai Zhu stepped forward and said with great relief, "If they hadn't arrived sooner, the medicinal materials would have run out, and the children wouldn't have been able to hold out for much longer."
Keqing nodded, stepped aside to let Barbara pass, and introduced, "Well, Ningguang has allocated enough herbs and doctors, and also..."
"This is Miss Barbara from Mond. She said she knows some medical skills and has handled cases of the Abyss Curse before. She came here specifically to help."
Barbara immediately stepped forward, bent her knees slightly, twirled her skirt with both hands and bowed, with a gentle smile on her face.
"Hello, Mr. Bai Shu. My name is Barbara. I am a priestess of the Mondstadt Knights of Favonius. I also treat the public on a daily basis, so I'm considered a doctor."
"I heard about what happened here, so I wanted to come over and lend a hand, hoping to be of some help."
When Bai Zhu heard that Barbara was a doctor from Mond, he warmly welcomed her, "A doctor from Mond? Thank you so much for coming to help! We are short of manpower right now."
But just as he finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly changed the subject, asking seriously, "But, Miss Barbara, have you ever treated patients affected by 'death energy' before?"
"This death energy is different from the curse of the abyss. We need to be extra careful when handling it."
"Dead air?" Barbara was slightly stunned when she heard this unfamiliar word, then raised her hand to scratch her head and guessed uncertainly,
"Then it's similar to the Curse of the Abyss, right? I often come across cases related to the Abyss in Mond."
As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Bai Zhu's face faded a little, and he suddenly felt troubled.
"Well, the death energy is caused by the abnormality at the boundary between life and death in Liyue. The two are actually incomparable."
Barbara finally understood the difference between "death energy" and the curse of the abyss. To avoid wasting her trip, she immediately explained:
“Although I have never dealt with death energy, I have helped many adventurers affected by the power of the abyss in Mondstadt, as well as the injured Knight of Favonius.
"I can use the elemental power of water to relieve their pain and help them dispel the remaining abyssal energy in their bodies."
She was afraid that Bai Zhu would be worried, so she added, "Besides, my water elemental healing power is very gentle. How about just relieving the pain a little?"
Bai Zhu heard this and pondered in his mind, saying, "Elemental power can indeed play a supporting role. Perhaps it can temporarily stabilize the stagnant dead energy in the patient's body."
In short, you, Barbara, come and buy time so that I, Bai Zhu, can take a breath.
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Based on the principle of "something is better than nothing", Bai Zhu finally nodded and agreed to her request for help.
But for safety's sake, he still said cautiously, "Miss Barbara, since this is your first time encountering death energy, I'd better let you experiment first."
"Let's first find a patient with a relatively mild condition. You use healing magic to try to suppress the death energy, and I'll observe from the side to avoid accidentally causing more trouble."
Barbara had no objection.
The two men came to the straw mat of a middle-aged woman. Although the woman was surrounded by deathly aura, her breathing was still relatively stable.
Following Bai Shu's instructions, Barbara placed her palm on the woman's wrist, controlling the water elemental power and slowly injecting it into her body.
The pale blue elemental light flowed along the woman's veins, suppressing the faint deathly aura lingering around her.
"effective!"
Bai Zhu quickly used the grass element to consolidate the effect, saying:
"Very good, the death energy has indeed been suppressed..."
"This way, I can have more time to draw talismans and regulate the bodies of seriously ill patients, without having to worry about the rapid deterioration of the conditions of patients with mild symptoms."
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Later, Baizhu asked Barbara to try it on two other patients, and the results were very ideal.
After confirming again and again that Barbara's water element could not only effectively suppress the dead energy but also would not cause any additional burden on the patient's body, he was finally relieved.
"Ms. Barbara, you can go to each courtyard and help out on your own. If you encounter any difficult situations, let me handle them!"
Barbara was delighted to get Bai Zhu's permission. She nodded to Bai Shu and turned to go to another yard to accommodate the wounded.
As soon as she walked into the yard, her eyes fell on the little girl lying on the nearest makeshift straw mat.
She was a child of about five or six years old. Everyone in Qingce Village called her Xiaoliu. At this moment, she was curled up on a straw mat, her little face flushed red, her consciousness had become blurred, and she uttered weak mumblings from time to time.
"Ahem... I feel so uncomfortable... I want to drink some water..."
Barbara squatted down gently beside Xiaoliu.
She could clearly see that wisps of gray death energy were wrapped around Xiaoliu, tightly wrapping around her small body like vines.
"Is this the aura of death? It feels quite similar to the breath of the abyss..." Barbara muttered softly.
Just as Barbara was trying to use elemental power to suppress the death energy wrapped around the little girl in front of her, she felt that the transparent bottle containing the soul of the 'God of Wind' in her waist bag vibrated slightly.
This sudden movement made Barbara's heart tighten. She subconsciously withdrew her hand, completely ignoring Xiaoliu who was still mumbling, and took out the palm-sized glass bottle.
In the bottle, the dark green gas that had been quietly lingering was now surging restlessly, gently hitting the bottle wall again and again, just in the direction of Xiaoliu lying on the straw mat.
"Strange? My Lord God, what's going on?"
Barbara frowned slightly and raised the bottle to her eyes to examine it carefully.
She soon discovered that the dark green gas hit the gray death energy lingering around Xiaoliu.
A bold idea suddenly popped up in Barbara's mind. She carefully brought the transparent glass bottle in front of Xiaoliu, only a few centimeters away from the child's chest.
The next second, something magical happened.
The gray death energy that was wrapped around Xiaoliu slowly separated from the child's body, turning into thin strands of thread and floating towards the glass bottle.
The mouth of the bottle continuously sucked the dead air into the bottle and was swallowed by the inky airflow.
The flush on Xiaoliu's originally red face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, his weak mumbling stopped, and his breathing became steady and long.
Barbara held her breath and stared closely at the changes in the bottle.
After absorbing the death energy, the dark green gas seemed to become a little darker in color, but not a trace of death energy leaked out, completely devouring the negative energy.
Barbara's eyes were fixed on the inky gas in the glass bottle, and a smile slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
The smile was a bit fanatical and ferocious, and his eyes were full of obsession with the gods.
"This is the god in my heart! He can devour death and purify suffering. This is the power that can protect believers!"
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The person who made others the poison canister ended up becoming the poison canister herself. What an irony.
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