Chapter 2354

Chapter 2354: Changes in the Yin Souls

Zhu Yanyi had told Zhu Ziming that the material came from a meteorite, which was a reasonable explanation. Extracting such materials was not easy; the substance in her hand was refined by Zhu Yanyi using Ice Blue. Even if she gave Zhu Ziming the recipe, it would be useless without her specific method.

Moreover, if Zhu Ziming could extract materials from meteorites, she would possess some regenerative ability, though not as effective as spirit stones. Thus, Zhu Yanyi was not deceiving her.

After leaving, Zhu Yanyi wrote down the prescription and handed it to Zhu Ziming, then went to find Dean Feng Yu.

"Dean Feng, I will cover all medical and hospitalization costs for Xiao Hai. Please settle the bill with me directly; there is no need to contact the orphanage." Zhu Yanyi came specifically to discuss this.

Dean Feng Yu replied quickly, "That is no problem." He then asked cautiously, "But, Divine Doctor, may I ask why you are helping Xiao Hai?"

"She is a brave child. Although disabled, her heart is pure. I do not mind helping such a child." Zhu Yanyi did not hide her reasons. "The vaccine I brought earlier had no side effects and was highly effective. However, it required a first patient. Other children had parents to make decisions for them and were afraid to speak up. This child, being an orphan, agreed. I suspect you approached her for this reason, Dean Feng."

Dean Feng looked slightly embarrassed but nodded. "You are correct. That was indeed part of my reasoning."

Zhu Yanyi hummed. "She accepted the proposal bravely and volunteered. Although she may have been forced by circumstances, I decided then to help her. This can be seen as another form of good deeds bringing good rewards."

Dean Feng agreed. Without Zhu Yanyi, no one would have gone to such trouble for an orphan. Just the material for the hand alone was worth a fortune.

"I will come to visit this child every day until she is fully recovered. Only then will I leave," Zhu Yanyi added.

"Divine Doctor Zhu, may I ask you a favor?" Dean Feng’s eyes lit up at the news that she would stay until Xiao Hai recovered.

Although Xiao Hai’s surgery was successful, she needed at least half a month in the hospital to heal. If managed well, Zhu Yanyi could treat some patients at their hospital during this time.

"What is it?" Zhu Yanyi asked.

"I would like to invite you to hold a clinic at our hospital for a few days. Rest assured, we will only issue expert appointment tickets. What do you think?" Dean Feng asked.

Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment. "Besides monitoring Xiao Hai’s hand recovery, I need to watch for any new cases of the fever virus. Therefore, unless it is a special condition, I cannot hold a regular clinic for now, as there are other doctors in the hospital. However, if there are any difficult or complex cases, I will be happy to help while I am here."

Hospitals existed to help patients, so Zhu Yanyi would not refuse difficult cases. For common illnesses, she felt it was unnecessary for her to intervene, and she did not wish to compete with other doctors.

In the following days, Zhu Yanyi monitored Xiao Hai’s recovery and studied other cases, mainly waiting for Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan had been gone for over twenty days investigating the source of the fever. Although Zhu Yanyi could find him through the Ruyi Space, she did not know the details of his situation. She decided that if Yan Aohan had not returned by the time Xiao Hai recovered, she would go look for him.

Xiao Hai’s recovery went well. Half a month later, she was discharged safely. Before she left, Zhu Yanyi taught her a set of finger exercises to restore hand function.

Once everything was done, Zhu Yanyi decided to find Yan Aohan.

"Brother Luo, Brother Pei, please return first. I plan to go find Aohan," Zhu Yanyi said openly.

"Madam, are you going alone?" Luo Gang frowned slightly. It was not that she did not trust Zhu Yanyi; her skills and abilities far exceeded her.

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Do not worry. I will be fine. Moreover, if you two leave, you will draw attention away from me. Those people will think I left with you, making it easier for me to find Aohan."

Luo Gang and Pei Tian considered this. It was indeed a good idea. They nodded. "Alright, but please be careful, Madam."

"I will leave secretly. Do not look for me. After you pack, leave directly," Zhu Yanyi instructed.

She could find Yan Aohan directly through the Ruyi Space, so she did not need to worry about getting lost. Because she used the space, her departure would be silent and unnoticed.

"Alright, be careful, Madam," Luo Gang agreed. As Zhu Yanyi said, their departure would likely mislead others into thinking she had left with them, making her position safer.

Seeing they agreed, Zhu Yanyi let them leave. She returned to her room, confirmed no one was around, and entered the Ruyi Space. Passing through the Hundred Beast Garden, she arrived at Yan Aohan’s location.

When she appeared, Yan Aohan was in the Underworld, observing the situation below.

"What is wrong?" Zhu Yanyi was slightly surprised to see Yan Aohan in the Underworld.

"Look at those Yin souls," Yan Aohan pointed to the souls below.

Zhu Yanyi followed her finger. The Yin souls below were normally senseless, but these souls had redness on their faces—a different kind of redness, indicating body temperature.

"Yin souls have body temperature?" Zhu Yanyi asked curiously.

Yan Aohan shook his head. "Yin souls do not have body temperature. High fever is strange. I have not returned because I was investigating this."

Zhu Yanyi glared at her. "If I hadn’t come back, were you planning to keep this from me?"

"How could I? I intended to send you a message in the next few days to ask you to return. After all, you are a Divine Doctor. Even as Venerable Yanluo, I cannot handle this condition. I need you to deal with it," Yan Aohan said with a bitter smile.

Seeing her expression, Zhu Yanyi’s anger subsided. "In that case, let me try."

Yin souls were different from humans; they had no pulse. To diagnose them, Zhu Yanyi relied entirely on her spiritual power.

Zhu Yanyi waved her hand, and a green wood aura emerged, wrapping around one of the Yin souls.

As soon as the wood aura touched the soul, Zhu Yanyi sensed its abnormality. "Body temperature is 39 degrees, and there is a heartbeat. Aohan, this is a Living Soul."

A Living Soul meant the person was not yet dead but had somehow come to the Underworld. Yin souls absolutely did not have heartbeats; only Living Souls did.

Hearing this, Yan Aohan’s hand twitched. A spiritual screen appeared in the air, showing a place where many people were lying down. Someone was injecting them with something. The lying figures looked like Easterners, while the injectors were all Westerners.

"Is this a Western research institute?" Zhu Yanyi recognized the layout. It was definitely not a hospital, but a research facility.

Yan Aohan nodded. With a flick of his finger, all the Living Souls were fixed in a barrier. He then opened his palm, and the Earth Book appeared. With a gathering gesture, he absorbed the Living Souls into the book.

"Let’s go check this research institute," Yan Aohan said to Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi nodded. As a doctor, she could not tolerate such acts. Stripping Living Souls was an incredibly painful process.

The institute was located on an isolated island. After looking around, Zhu Yanyi saw only ocean, with nothing else nearby.

Even with their divine sense, the nearest island was about three hundred nautical miles away, meaning this island was extremely difficult to discover.

"Placing the lab here required considerable effort," Zhu Yanyi said to Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan nodded. "Let’s go check the situation inside."

Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment. "I will put Xiao Shui in the seawater first. Then we will enter. We do not know how long it will take for Xiao Shui to activate the water element this time, so we can control the timing."

Yan Aohan considered this and agreed. "I had planned to bring Xiao Shui to the seaside during this period. This works well. Hurry up."

Zhu Yanyi walked to the seaside and called out, "Xiao Shui, we have arrived at the coast."

Xiao Shui poked her head out, looked around, and then flew out. Seeing the sea, she was very happy but said to Zhu Yanyi, "Master, I need seven days in the sea. Please come pick me up in seven days."

"Okay, I understand. Go ahead," Zhu Yanyi smiled and nodded, waving her hand.

Xiao Shui instantly flew into the seawater. Zhu Yanyi returned to Yan Aohan’s side. "Let’s go. We will return in seven days."

Seven days were enough for them to handle the situation in the research institute.

The couple quickly entered the island. After traveling a short distance, they saw a bunker, which could also be called a watchtower. Western mercenaries were guarding it, and the closed bunker below had several openings, clearly for heavy weapons.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan exchanged glances and scanned the entire island. There was a watchtower approximately every five meters in this area, supporting each other to prevent anyone from entering.

"The security is tight," Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly.

Yan Aohan nodded. "Do you have medicine?"

"Yes. Poison, or something that just makes them sleep as a slight punishment?"

Zhu Yanyi took out various medicines, including poisons and anesthetics, waiting to see what Yan Aohan needed.

Yan Aohan smirked. "Poison. I can take their souls directly. Seeing the black aura on them, they have committed many sins. However, leaving the bodies is not good. So, give me some medicine to destroy the corpses."

Yan Aohan said this as casually as if discussing the weather.

Zhu Yanyi acted naturally and threw a bottle of medicine to her. "One drop will turn the corpse into plant waste here, leaving no residue."

Zhu Yanyi spoke lightly, and Yan Aohan accepted it easily. "Wait here. I will eliminate the people in this circle first."

Zhu Yanyi made an OK gesture, found a hidden spot, and took out an apple to eat. There was no danger here, so she was not in a hurry.

Indeed, Yan Aohan completed the circuit in less than two minutes. He mainly collected the souls of the outer guards and destroyed the corpses, then came to find Zhu Yanyi.

"Let’s go. We can enter now," Yan Aohan said.

Zhu Yanyi dug a small hole, buried the apple core, and said, "Actually, no one pays attention to this place. Such elaborate security is a waste of resources."

Zhu Yanyi looked down on the people who arranged this.

Yan Aohan agreed. "Indeed. If someone discovered it and came here, they would not be able to deal with them."

The couple’s words were speechless. Fortunately, no one was here. If the people here heard them complaining about their security, they would likely spit blood. They would never know there were such "perverted" people in the world as this couple.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan were goal-oriented. They knew exactly what to do.

Looking at a building ahead, they did not rush in.

Entering was easy, but Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan did not want to alert anyone, especially with satellites overhead. Yan Aohan planned to set up an isolation array first.

Originally, Yan Aohan wanted to set up a barrier, but barriers were related to the spiritual energy of this world. He decided to set up an array instead, which was easy with Zhu Yanyi’s help.

Zhu Yanyi had no objections. An isolation array was too simple for her. Its effect was to make satellites see only the ocean, making it seem as if the island had sunk.

The ocean world was ever-changing. Occasionally, an island sinking or appearing thousands of miles away was normal. Moreover, this island had never been discovered, so no one knew its secrets. Zhu Yanyi’s array would make people regret the loss of the research, without suspecting anything else.

Without planes, people entering, or massive explosions, the island’s sinking would be attributed to tectonic shifts in the sea floor.

Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi had considered this, so they decided to use this array.

To facilitate the setup, Zhu Yanyi used low-grade spirit stones as raw materials. Soon, the entire array was set up.

"Done?" Yan Aohan saw Zhu Yanyi place the array eye and noticed the place no longer had its original appearance, knowing she had succeeded.

"Yes, done. Satellites above will definitely not see anything here. They will only see a vast ocean," Zhu Yanyi answered.

Seeing preparations were complete, Yan Aohan said, "Alright, preparations are done. We should enter."

Zhu Yanyi nodded, and she and Yan Aohan quietly entered the research base.

Probably believing the island was very safe or certain no one would come, no one noticed that the island was disconnected from satellites and the outer mercenaries were gone.

"Jack, come look at this rat’s reaction. He seems unable to hold on," a voice called, summoning a man who looked like a Black person.

The "rat" they referred to was the experimental subject lying on the bed, nearly dead. To them, these people were their rats.

These people had entered their country through smuggling, were discovered, and secretly sent here to become experimental subjects, on the same level as white rats in the lab, so they were commonly called rats.

"It is a pity. Recently, these rats’ resistance is decreasing. Or they were introduced by some agencies under the guise of study or labor export. Our virus has not been successfully researched yet," Researcher No. 1 said.

"Yes, I heard the virus taken to China last time was cracked by a Divine Doctor there," Researcher No. 2 said.

"Yes, that Zhu Yanyi, known as the contemporary Divine Doctor in China. Her medical skills are indeed high. Many medical devices currently used in China were researched by her," Researcher No. 1 said.

"Why don’t we send someone to kill her? As long as she is here, she is opposing us," Researcher No. 3 complained.

"What can we do? We have never seen Zhu Yanyi. I heard she is very young, the关门 disciple of the late Divine Doctor Hua Tianyao. Her medical skills are now even better than Hua Tianyao’s. She cracked our No. 3 virus in just a few days," Jack said.