Chapter 2347

The Nine-Star Pearl Grass had never been able to grow in this plane. It was only because Zhu Yanyi found the Wood Vital Spirit that the grass matured. However, with the grass’s maturity, other medicinal herbs ripened as well. These herbs naturally attracted animals. If any animal consumed these rare medicines, it might mutate. This meant Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan’s future tasks would become much more troublesome.

The people in this world were still mortals. Although Zhu Yanyi’s constitution-improving medicine had enhanced some people’s physical fitness over the years, they remained ordinary humans. If animals mutated, it would not be a good thing for humanity.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yanyi was startled. She immediately shared her concerns with Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan was not very shocked. He said, “The Wood Vital Spirit is also a spirit of vitality. Its appearance can change not only plants but also animals, including humans. So, we will be busy at first because some people may suddenly gain different abilities. But as time passes and things stabilize, it will be fine.”

“So, my priority at first is to stabilize human mutations,” Zhu Yanyi understood the meaning behind Yan Aohan’s words.

Yan Aohan nodded slightly at Zhu Yanyi and said, “Indeed.”

Zhu Yanyi felt speechless. It seemed she had found an ancestor by finding the Wood Vital Spirit.

“It is just a process. We are currently in a world of declining magic. This appearance of the Vital Spirit might transition us into a world of superpowers. If we can make this transition, the spiritual energy and primordial qi of this plane will change. This gives you a great chance to repair this world thirty years from now.”

Zhu Yanyi pondered slightly. Yan Aohan was describing the best outcome. But what if the result was bad? If the elements were incomplete and lost balance, this plane might be destroyed prematurely.

“Sigh, did I do a bad thing with good intentions this time?” Zhu Yanyi sighed helplessly.

“No, since two Vital Spirits have appeared, it means there are others here. We just need to keep looking,” Yan Aohan smiled lightly. “If that fails, we are still here. We even patched the sky, so preserving this place should be possible.”

Although this preservation was temporary, there was still hope.

Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. She understood this point.

This plane was already on the verge of collapse. Now that there was hope for rebirth, Zhu Yanyi would persist no matter what.

“I only hope that people, after gaining special abilities, do not do evil,” Zhu Yanyi sighed.

When human power mutated, human hearts might change too. Selfishness and ambition would likely grow.

Yan Aohan smiled lightly. “Wife, we possess the Earth Book and the Human Book. But you forgot, there is also the Heaven Book. If the three books unite, purifying human hearts is absolutely possible.”

Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. “If human hearts need purification, it means these people should not exist. I only hope human hearts do not change too drastically. That is enough.”

She had once seen a TV drama about Nuwa destroying the world. Nuwa, the mother of humans, was disappointed by the changes in human hearts. She felt it was better to destroy them herself and recreate humans rather than let them continue like that.

Of course, this was just a story. The destruction of the world did not succeed in the end, as Nuwa was not the protagonist. However, it showed that as long as humans live, things that extinguish humanity will always arise.

Zhu Yanyi hoped people would understand truth, goodness, and beauty on their own, rather than being forced to understand these things by others through harsh means.

Yan Aohan listened to Zhu Yanyi’s words, pondered slightly, and then said, “Let’s see. If everyone can understand, that would be best.”

The couple stopped discussing this topic, as the events had not happened yet. However, Yan Aohan ordered the Yin Messengers to monitor everyone in this plane. Zhu Yanyi called Ma Tianliang, Wu Han, and Shangguan Haohan, asking them to pay attention to everyone’s situation.

Whether openly or secretly, everyone began to monitor the situation.

Zhu Yanyi stayed in the depths of the Greater Khingan Range for seven days. On the seventh day, Little Wood returned on time. She was very excited, indicating success.

Zhu Yanyi did not ask Little Wood for details. Since she had returned, they needed to start moving around to search for other Vital Spirits.

According to Little Night and Little Wood, they could not locate the Vital Spirits directly. However, they could sense them if they were nearby. So, all they could do was walk around and look.

Because of this, Zhu Yanyi became a traveling doctor again.

This time, she did not take Little Northwest with her. Little Northwest was in school.

Yan Aohan entrusted Little Northwest to Grandpa Yan and Madam Aluogang.

They knew Zhu Yanyi’s actions were to find true health blessings for patients. Therefore, they did not stop them. They only assured her that Little Northwest would not suffer any grievance with them.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan traveled for another four months and arrived in the desert.

People here had their own beliefs. They trusted witchcraft more than medical skills. So, witch doctors were highly valued here.

For the first two days after arriving, Zhu Yanyi had no patients. She was not anxious at all. The patients she sought came by fate. If there was fate here, they would come naturally. If not, no amount of promotion would help.

So, upon arrival, Zhu Yanyi was not anxious. She just had people set up tables and chairs for seeing patients, then started reading books inherited from the Azure Sovereign Qingdi, waiting for patients.

This place was not large. The whole town had only seventy-three households. Although called a town, it was smaller than a village outside.

Because there were few households, the town was named Shaojia Town.

Perhaps the name had another meaning before. But to Zhu Yanyi now, it simply meant there were few people here.

“Madam, why are we staying here?” Li Yang asked curiously. To him, although the people here looked thin, their complexion was good.

Probably because of the strong sunlight, the people here were darker. But undeniably, they were healthy, at least in Li Yang’s view.

Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. “I look for patients. Unless it is absolutely necessary, or I encounter a special disaster like the earthquake last time, I go to a place to see if there is fate.”

“Patients also depend on fate?” Li Yang said casually.

Zhu Yanyi smiled calmly. “Other people’s patients do not depend on fate. My patients do.” Then she looked at Li Yang. “Brother Li, you have followed me running east and west for these days. Do your wives have any complaints?”

Wang Ye spoke up from the side. “My Zhang Yan has a complaint. Her only complaint is jealousy that I follow Madam running around, but she cannot come out.”

Zhu Yanyi laughed. “Sister Tianxiang and Sister Zhang both have children and are mothers. So, generally, I think their current work suits them. Following me running east and west is not appropriate.” Qin Tianxiang and Zhang Yan were now instructors at the Beijing branch of the Azure Sovereign Security Company.

Wang Ye laughed. “You running east and west is fine. But I think taking children along is also good.”

“What nonsense. If we really took children along, why did I leave Little Northwest with my parents-in-law?” Zhu Yanyi said helplessly.

“I think Little Northwest is quite pitiful,” Luo Gang said directly from the side.

Zhu Yanyi said helplessly, “No way. The nature of my work has decided all this. Fortunately, Little Northwest understands us.”

“Only you and Young Master Yan can have a child like Little Northwest. I have never seen a child as smart as him,” Luo Gang said. “Too smart.”

“Being too smart is not good either. I always worry that extreme wisdom causes harm. So, I always want her to be ordinary,” Zhu Yanyi said with a helpless expression. “But this child is taught by Young Master Yan. Even if I want her to be ordinary, it might not be possible for a while.”

Yan Aohan had been listening to their chat. He did not mind when the topic turned to him. “Little Northwest is very smart and has a high IQ. You are a doctor, so you should know that children with high IQs cannot be handled by common sense. Just like Zhi Bin, just like you. So, Little Northwest’s future must be chosen by himself.”

“Hmm, yes,” Zhu Yanyi said with a哭笑不得 (laughing and crying) expression. “So you just threw Little Northwest to Mom and Dad, and even told your brother that if Little Northwest finds elementary school boring, you will put her in the genius class, right?”

Yan Aohan did not care about his wife’s complaints. “I am doing this for his good.”

“Yes, I remember coming to Beijing in middle school. Dou Miao went to the genius class, but she was at least a bit older. Little Northwest is not even five years old yet, and you are already planning this,” Zhu Yanyi said. She did not oppose Yan Aohan’s arrangement, but felt the child was still a bit young.

Yan Aohan said, “How do you know Little Northwest will oppose this?”

Zhu Yanyi thought about it. It seemed true. Little Northwest did not seem to oppose this arrangement. Then she smiled helplessly. “Forget it. You father and son are colluding. I guess I can’t fight you two.”

“Why do you need to fight? Little Northwest and I have never thought of fighting this matter,” Yan Aohan said quickly.

Zhu Yanyi glanced at Yan Aohan and did not say more.

Although there were no patients, everyone chatted and laughed. Time passed quickly. This day seemed to be ending.

Just then, a person ran over. “Are you doctors here?”

This person’s Mandarin was a bit stiff, but his expression was urgent, as if something had happened.

“I am a doctor,” Zhu Yanyi said.

The man hurriedly said, “I am the boss of the hotel ahead. Someone in our hotel suddenly fainted. Could you please come help treat him?”

Zhu Yanyi looked at the man, then said to Yan Aohan, “Aohan, let’s go.”

Yan Aohan hummed. “Luo Gang, you four guard here.” Then he casually picked up the medical box and followed the man with Zhu Yanyi.

Since the town was small, walking around took at most forty or fifty minutes. So, reaching the man’s hotel was even faster.

“My name is Ge Tan. This twenty-four-hour bar is mine,” Ge Tan said as he led them inside.

Although called twenty-four-hour, it did not operate twenty-four hours a day. It just had longer business hours than general shops.

When Zhu Yanyi and others entered the hotel, there were not many people. Probably because it was daytime, besides the boss and waiters, there were only one or two scattered guests. They were all gathered together, looking at the person foaming at the mouth on the ground.

Zhu Yanyi went over, took out silver needles, and inserted them directly.

Zhu Yanyi’s Thirteen Needles of Reviving the Dead Wood were so熟练 (skilled) that she could use them effortlessly.

After the acupuncture, she said, “This patient has alcohol poisoning. I have performed acupuncture to detoxify. Do you have mung beans here? Boil some soup and feed it to her. she will wake up soon.”

Zhu Yanyi did not even need to write a prescription for such patients.

Although this place was a bit remote, mung beans could still be found, especially in this hotel. Soon, the hotel boss boiled a bowl of mung bean soup. With the help of a waiter nearby, they fed the patient a bowl. Soon, the person coughed and opened his eyes.

“What are you doing?” His speech was slurred, and the strong smell of alcohol showed he was not sober yet.

“It’s fine. Go back and sleep, and you will be fine,” Zhu Yanyi said calmly. Then she stood up, tidied up, and prepared to leave.

Boss Ge Tan hurriedly said, “Doctor, how much money is needed?”

“House call fee is three yuan. Acupuncture fee is ten yuan. Total thirteen yuan,” Zhu Yanyi did not charge extra. Ge Tan knew Zhu Yanyi was not overcharging. She happily took out thirteen yuan and gave it to Zhu Yanyi.

After taking the money, Zhu Yanyi left with Yan Aohan.

Back at the medical vehicle, she checked the time and said, “Let’s go. Find a place to eat first, then rest.”

Their eating and resting meant cooking themselves and resting in the tour bus. They just needed to find a reliable parking spot for the car.

Shaojia Town had only seventy-three households. Fortunately, there was an empty lot not far outside the town. Many travelers parked their cars here. Zhu Yanyi and others naturally parked their car here too.

“I will go fetch water,” Wang Ye said, holding two buckets, planning to fetch water from the oasis pool nearby.

“Okay, go fetch water,” Zhu Yanyi waved her hand. Actually, they had mineral water on the car, and Zhu Yanyi’s space also had water. Luo Gang and others, having been with Zhu Yanyi for a long time, naturally discovered she had storage tools.

Thinking of Yu Qingyun having a storage bag, they were not surprised that Zhu Yanyi and others had similar items. However, since there were few people here, they worried about their secret being discovered. So, on the surface, they still needed to fetch water.

Wang Ye fetched water, while others started preparing dinner.

When traveling, they mostly ate noodles, dumplings, and other foods, especially noodles.

Zhu Yanyi took out four tomatoes and four eggs, made a plate of tomato and egg stir-fry. Then she took out some kimchi and cured meat, made a dish of cabbage and cured meat. Then she started boiling water to make noodles.

The noodles were plain. When the noodles were cooked, everyone took the tomato and egg stir-fry and the cabbage and cured meat and put them in the noodles. Zhu Yanyi also brought many sauces, such as beef sauce, mixed sauce, chicken fungus sauce, and chili sauce. So, they could add whatever they wanted. The noodles were actually quite good.

Zhu Yanyi added some tomato and egg stir-fry and some chicken fungus sauce. Then she said, “Actually, I think if we eat noodles every day, sooner or later, we will get tired of the color of noodles.”

“Noodles are white, which is also nice,” Pei Tiandu said.

“Dried noodles are not white. They are slightly yellow, aren’t they?” Zhu Yanyi refuted. “They are not flour, so they are not white.”

“Aren’t noodles made of flour? So white is very good,” Luo Gang joined the topic.

Zhu Yanyi snorted at this, then looked at the few of them. “I am imagining what you big men would look like with white and tender faces.”

The four of them, including Luo Gang, smiled. It had to be said that after Zhu Yanyi said this, they looked at the noodles and felt a bit nauseous.

Yan Aohan saw his wife teasing Luo Gang and the others. He coughed. “Wife, be kind. Some things are better left unspoken. It is not good to say them out loud.”

Zhu Yanyi was slightly stunned, then said, “Okay, then let’s say I was wrong. I admit my mistake.”

But her tone was too crisp, which startled Luo Gang and the others. One of them shook her head directly. “It’s fine. Actually, we can understand. It is boring here. Occasionally joking with us is okay.”

Zhu Yanyi stuck out her tongue. “Okay, Brother Luo, I won’t scare you. But don’t you think eating noodles all the time will give us noodle aversion?”

“We are already lucky to eat noodles now. This place lacks water resources. The people here eat naan. That is what makes people unable to swallow,” Luo Gang said.

“That’s not right. I remember the naan sold at snack stalls in Beijing is quite delicious,” Zhu Yanyi said.

Beijing had many snacks, especially in recent years. The snacks became even richer. If Zhu Yanyi had free time, she would always go to satisfy her cravings.