Chapter 97: Treating the Severely Wounded (Thank you all for your votes and support)

At the thought of this, Wang Keyue’s heart burned with determination. She immediately purchased a large quantity of medicines from the system shop, along with an internal-organ restoration pod. The purchases cost her one hundred thousand gold coins, yet she felt every coin had been well spent.

“Soldiers! General Xiao has come to see you,” one of the physicians called into the large tent.

“General Xiao, what brings you here?”

“General Xiao, it reeks in here. You shouldn’t—”

The soldiers were flustered and at a loss.

Xiao Hongyu raised a hand, signaling for silence. Everyone fell quiet at once, gazing at him in silence. They seemed to have already guessed the answer. Each of them knew that death was near, and they waited quietly for fate to pass its judgment.

The entire tent was silent—silent as death itself. Though they had all anticipated this ending, the feeling of being abandoned was still unbearable.

“Soldiers, you have suffered.”

Xiao Hongyu’s first words left every soldier dumbfounded. None of them had expected their usually ruthless and cold-blooded general to say such a thing to them first.

His words were so unexpected that they could hardly believe their own ears. Whispers began to ripple through the tent.

“Soldiers, a chance to live now stands before you…”

After saying this, Xiao Hongyu stepped aside, revealing Wang Keyue behind him.

Everyone stared in confusion, yet their hearts brimmed with fervent hope. They quietly watched this otherworldly figure appear before them, sensing that something unforgettable was about to happen.

“This is my master, the Daoist of Nine Mountains and Pure Clarity. He comes from a Daoist sect and is highly skilled in medicine. He has a way to save all your lives. However, there is one condition: after your wounds have healed, I hope you will go to my sect and live there.”

Xiao Hongyu spoke with absolute certainty, but the soldiers still could not believe that such a wonderful opportunity could truly exist in this world.

“Soldiers, rest assured. Our Daoist sect is currently under construction and needs a great many people to lend a hand. You may take charge of farming, construction, patrols, and other daily tasks within the sect. You are also welcome to bring your families with you.”

Wang Keyue stepped forward and explained the situation at just the right moment.

“My master will sign contracts with each of you. These contracts will be equivalent to employment agreements, and my master will provide compensation according to the labor each of you performs. I will also represent the army and take responsibility for the lives of retired soldiers from this day onward, ensuring that none of you will have to worry about the future.”

Xiao Hongyu added this, offering his own status as a general as a guarantee. This completely dispelled everyone’s doubts.

“General Xiao, Immortal Elder, is this really true?”

The large tent instantly erupted in joy. After receiving General Xiao’s repeated assurance, the soldiers were moved to tears.

“General Xiao, Immortal Elder, please accept our bow!”

At that moment, every man’s eyes brimmed with tears. Dragging their grievously wounded bodies, they stubbornly lowered themselves and knocked their heads heavily against the ground before the two people in the tent.

Just as expected, Little Treasure’s announcement rang out in Wang Keyue’s mind. The soldiers’ gratitude continued to rise without pause.

Outside the large tent, Wang Keyue brought out the medicines she had previously purchased from the system shop.

The wounded nearby stared at the sight in stunned disbelief.

This… she truly was an immortal!

After their astonishment came overwhelming delight. The Immortal Elder was the genuine article. Their lives really could be saved!

For a time, the soldiers gazed at Wang Keyue with even greater reverence. Waves of gratitude continued pouring forth without end.

Wang Keyue then brought out the internal-organ restoration pod. It was enormous, large enough for two people to lie side by side inside, and each treatment session would take approximately one to two hours.

There were fifteen critically ill patients in the main tent whose internal organs had been injured. Wang Keyue arranged the two in the most urgent condition first, had them carried into the restoration pod, and estimated that by the next day she would be able to give all fifteen of them an initial course of treatment.

At the same time, she had the other patients take some restorative medicines and anti-inflammatory drugs purchased from the system, helping to stabilize their conditions. In order to settle the injuries of several hundred people as quickly as possible, Xiao Hongyu arranged for more than a dozen military physicians, apprentices, and even some quick-witted literate soldiers to come and learn from Wang Keyue.

After just two hours of training, most of them had essentially mastered the use of the rapid bone-repair solution and fixation gel.

The medicines were remarkably effective. Within a mere two hours, more than two hundred soldiers with compound fractures—men who would otherwise have been destined to lose limbs—received proper treatment.

Of course, there were still more than two hundred others whose hands or legs had been severed by the enemy on the battlefield. Because their wounds had not been treated in time, they had already begun to fester and discharge pus.

Wang Keyue also purchased clotting spray and rapid wound-repair spray from the system. These were even quicker to use; they only needed to be sprayed once every fifteen minutes.

Finally, and most difficult of all, were the dozens of people who had suffered severe head injuries and remained unconscious. Wang Keyue was not entirely confident in treating patients of this kind. She first used traditional acupuncture to disperse the blood clots in their heads, a process that took her a full four hours.