Invincible Divine Doctor of the Beautiful Lady-Chapter 618 - 607 Preparing the Antidote

When they arrived at the reservoir, the village chief had already sent over some equipment.

"Everyone split up for the experiment, form pairs. Feel free to pair up as you like," Tangyu said.

Naturally, Tangyu paired up with Liu Shiyi, and the others also formed pairs.

"The Golden Thread Snake has metallic properties and tends towards the Yin. It has a Yin poison, and its venom is extraordinarily potent. A single type of poisonous herb surely won’t achieve this effect. Use the blood of the Golden Thread Snake as a sample to match the poison," Tangyu explained.

Deng Jianguo had already had a truckload of live fish delivered early on to test the water.

Twelve people divided into six groups, all diligently working on antidotes.

Fifteen minutes later, Tangyu had concocted something, but after using live fish for testing, they died within three minutes. The fact that the fish didn’t die immediately showed the medicine had some effect, but it wasn’t quite there yet. The fish died of poisoning, and there were some abnormalities on their bodies, indicating that the toxicity in the water had killed them.

Tangyu pondered for a moment then started formulating the medicine again.

The second attempt was also a failure.

After each failure, Tangyu would carefully analyze before trying to formulate a new poison antidote.

After three, five, ten tries and finally on the twelfth attempt – losing track of time – everyone had forgotten their fatigue, hunger, and everything else, fully immersed in concocting the antidote. On the twelfth attempt, he finally saw a glimmer of hope; the fish was lively and jumping around for six to seven minutes before gradually showing some reactions. But this result gave Tangyu hope for victory.

On the thirteenth attempt, the fish’s lively period was a bit longer.

On the fourteenth and fifteenth tries, the fish almost lasted a lively fifteen minutes.

On the eighteenth attempt, the fish maintained its vitality for half an hour without any abnormal signs.

Seeing this, both Tangyu and Liu Shiyi exchanged smiles of relief. Tangyu curled his lips and said, "I think we might have succeeded."

"Ah, it worked? If you succeeded, Tangyu, then there’s some hope for me too. How did you manage it?" Yu Zhaoke immediately turned towards them, with a deeply impacted expression.

Rao Yuanzhi shook his head and said, "This time the fish lived for twenty minutes. Give me more time, and I should be able to come up with an antidote. But since Tangyu has already succeeded, there’s no need for me to continue."

"I think I succeeded too," Doctor Xiao spoke up.

Everyone also glanced at her briefly, reaffirming that aside from Tangyu, Doctor Xiao had the best medical skills. As for Divine Needle Rao, he had admitted himself that his medical skills were not as good as Doctor Xiao’s.

"Did you succeed? Are you sure, Divine Doctor Tang?" The Yang County Magistrate came over beaming with joy, as did Group Leader Kong.

Tangyu pointed at the fish in the water and said, "This fish has been alive for over half an hour now, and there is still no sign of any abnormalities; I think it should be okay. But no worries, I will test the water myself to be absolutely sure the medicine is effective."

"What, Divine Doctor Tang, you testing the water yourself? This won’t do at all, it’s absolutely out of the question," the County Magistrate raised his voice in alarm, immediately trying to stop him. He could not allow Tangyu to take such a risk; if something happened to Tangyu here, he couldn’t bear the responsibility.

"Boss Tang, there’s no need to take such a risk. Just get an animal for testing. And I think it should be fine. If you’re not reassured, why not wait another hour or two to see if the fish is still lively? In the meantime, we could go have some lunch," Yu Zhaoke suggested.

Liu Shiyi also looked at Tangyu worriedly, her mouth hesitating to speak, swallowing back her words.

"Haha, what’s there to fear? Even if there’s still some residual poison, it can’t kill us, right? Boss Tang, let me do it. If I really get poisoned, you can just cure me," Shi Naixin said.

Yu Zhaoke hurriedly spoke up, "Let me do it instead, I’m the weakest in medical skills here. Testing the medicine should be my role, don’t fight me for this." This statement from him shifted people’s perception. Initially, he was the one worrying, but now he was the one volunteering to test the medicine; it was quite a change.

"Yu Zhaoke, why are you even competing with me for this? Don’t you leave me any chance to show off? I despise you," Shi Naixin said.

Yu Zhaoke clucked his tongue and retorted, "We’re brothers, aren’t we? How could I let you take the risk? If someone has to suffer, it should be me."

"I won’t be thankful," Shi Naixin said.

"No need, no need, weren’t they calling me Lei Feng?" Yu Zhaoke said.

The two bickered, eliciting laughter from everyone around and lightening the mood for a bit.

Tangyu scooped up some water with a bowl and drank it, then said, "I can’t be bothered with your babble. It’s not like there’s any danger, so why the fuss? Whether you drink or I drink, it’s all the same. I drink—I’m better at detecting even the slight issues with the water. You guys might not notice them. Using animals is definitely out of the question."

"Haha, Tangyu is really something else, so mighty and imposing," said Yu Zhaoke with a grin.

All eyes turned to Tangyu, and Doctor Xiao and Rao Yuanzhi got ready to spring into action if needed.

A moment later, Yu Zhaoke couldn’t help but ask, "Boss, how do you feel?"

"Flying high, feeling great. Um—no, that’s not right. Ah, my stomach hurts." Tangyu’s expression suddenly changed, and he clutched his stomach, crying out in pain.

At Tangyu’s cry, everyone immediately tensed up and crowded around him, especially Liu Shiyi who quickly grabbed Tangyu, looking at him worriedly: "What’s wrong, don’t scare me. Doctor Xiao, Rao Divine Needle, come quick and check on Tangyu."

Doctor Xiao and Rao Yuanzhi, however, did not make any move to help, and although Yu Zhaoke and Ye Mai initially wanted to check on Tangyu, they were stopped by a look from Rao Yuanzhi.

Soon, Liu Shiyi also sensed that something was off. She looked around at the others who had gone back to acting normal, and none of them came forward to check on Tangyu. Especially Rao Yuanzhi, who even had a strange smile on his face?

Liu Shiyi looked at Tangyu again and realized he was pretending, and at that moment, he even flashed her a smile. She immediately let go of Tangyu’s arm, her face blushing shyly as she glared at Tangyu briefly before turning away, pretending nothing had happened.

"Haha, what just happened? I didn’t see anything, did you guys see something?" Yu Zhaoke teased with a laugh.

"Didn’t see anything oh, I was almost killed by the sweetness, couldn’t pay attention to much else, how about you guys?"

"I think I saw love so thick it’s like the deep sea, so affectionate, too blissful."

With Yu Zhaoke and others joking around, Liu Shiyi found it even harder to contain her embarrassment, her face as red as a ripe apple. Stomping her foot, she almost wanted to pounce on Tangyu and bite him; the scoundrel had tricked her so, leaving her utterly embarrassed. freeweɓnovel-cøm

"Just a joke to lighten the mood, don’t be so agitated. How could I possibly be in trouble?" said Tangyu.

"Tangyu, you’re so bad, your acting is top-notch, I really thought you had been poisoned just now; it got my heart racing. But Doctor Xiao, you’re amazing, how did you figure out that Tangyu was pretending?" Yu Zhaoke said.

"It’s quite simple because I know Tangyu wouldn’t be poisoned. Even if he were, he could resolve it by himself. Furthermore, there was a glaring flaw. Given Tangyu’s tough character, a little pain wouldn’t make him react that much, nor would he have cried out. He would definitely have endured it. So obviously, someone was putting in a great effort. As for what exactly they were up to, I didn’t see, so if anyone else saw, let me know," Rao Yuanzhi said.

"Cough cough, alright, alright, it was just a joke, don’t tease the girl anymore, look how red her face has turned," Tangyu said.

Liu Shiyi turned her head and glared fiercely at Tangyu, saying annoyed, "You still have the face to talk, I despise you."

"Oh dear, I despise you, I really do," Yu Zhaoke exaggerated in a very effeminate way.

"..."

After some playful antics, the atmosphere once again intensified, everyone was talking and laughing, significantly narrowing the distance between them. This team had now truly become a united team. Tangyu, undoubtedly, was the rightful leader, winning everyone’s well-deserved respect with his charismatic personality and superb medical skills.

"Alright, enough fooling around, let’s get to work, everyone follow my prescription to prepare the antidotes," Tangyu said.

"Big Brother Tang, there’s another problem. The Late Mountain Reservoir is so vast, it’s impossible to calculate exactly how much water there is. How much antidote should we actually prepare? If it’s too little, it won’t work, and if it’s too much, it might end up poisoning the reservoir’s water," Yu Zhaoke said.

Tangyu said, "That’s a very constructive question, and I’ve considered it carefully. We’ll prepare as much antidote as we have first. As for the amount to be administered, I’ll estimate that later. Of course, we’ll need help from the Yang County Magistrate to bring in people who can survey this matter, to provide a good standard for us. Better more than less. If it’s more, it can be naturally purified even if the water becomes slightly toxic. And a little extra shouldn’t be a big problem. Of course, after purification, the water still can’t be directly consumed for at least a month’s recovery period. I’ll also prepare some mild herbs with Ye Mai, to be poured into the reservoir."

"Oh, I see, that might be the only way then," Yu Zhaoke nodded.

The group started getting active; the Yang County Magistrate had those staying in the valley collect all the herbs there, while Tangyu and his team were responsible for preparing the antidotes.

Upon learning about the situation, the villagers rushed to inform others, and everyone headed towards the Late Mountain Reservoir. The Yang County Magistrate had to have the special police set up a cordoned area to prevent anyone, especially the playful children, from rushing in.

Preparing the antidote was somewhat long-winded, because the quantity needed was immense, and only six groups were formulating it, leaving others unable to help much. Everyone was too busy to have lunch at noon, the Yang County Magistrate and his team accompanied Tangyu and his team in hunger. Finally, by three in the afternoon, they had completely prepared all the antidote. The survey team called by the Yang County Magistrate also reported back the roughly measured volume of water in the Late Mountain Reservoir. Based on this information, Tangyu recalculated a coefficient and then figured out how much antidote was needed. The final result actually amused Tangyu; it matched the amount of antidote they had prepared perfectly, not more, not less, as if it had been preordained, which somewhat made him chuckle unexpectedly.

Since that was the calculated outcome, Tangyu did not hesitate to instruct his team to start pouring the antidotes into the Late Mountain Reservoir, and he also advised all villagers not to drink the water from the reservoir for one month.