How The Little Medical Cultivator Saves the Furries

Chapter 62

Ye Yumeng accompanied the little rabbit and watched the movie from beginning to end with great enthusiasm. He was already looking forward to the release of the next theatrical version.

Children in this world were truly blessed. Ever since they were young, there had been so many interesting things made especially for them, and every little detail was filled with care and affection.

Back in the cultivation world, something like this was simply unimaginable.

Ye Yumeng stretched lazily in comfort.

Now he got to enjoy these things too. It really was wonderful! Of course, what made him even happier was that during the movie, the newly arrived Blue Guard had even brought him snacks and ice cream.

He said that eating snacks while watching movies was what made it fun.

Seriously, he was super considerate!

After the movie ended, it was time to continue working.

Next, Ye Yumeng greeted Lan Fangyu, asking him to keep an eye on the little rabbit and contact him anytime if there was a problem, before heading to Room 006 next door.

Recently, Ye Yumeng had been researching spirit plants. Aside from the one placed with the little rabbit, the two plants in his own room were also key observation targets.

After a week of observation and experimentation, Ye Yumeng discovered that the different colors of spiritual energy released by different spirit plants corresponded to the Five Elements.

This was different from the cultivation world.

In the cultivation world, spiritual energy existed as attribute-less light particles. It wasn’t released by spirit plants, but instead gathered within spirit veins and broadly existed throughout the surrounding environment.

But the two worlds were fundamentally different, so having differences was perfectly normal.

Depending on the spiritual attributes released by the spirit plants, he might be able to develop entirely new medicinal formulas.

There was also another piece of good news—after carefully studying the burn treatment agent provided by Lei Qi, Ye Yumeng had finally begun to see results.

He had already roughly determined which materials could assist in producing the ointment, and the Royal Sanatorium happened to have reserves of all those materials. Now they only needed to gather enough Red Leaf Lotus.

Ye Yumeng organized the documents and set them aside before turning on his optical computer to browse the forums.

The reason his progress had been so fast was largely thanks to the enthusiastic people from the medical and pharmaceutical sections.

People in this world truly loved sharing knowledge. Any question he posted on the forums would quickly receive answers, and the replies were always substantial and useful.

As repayment, Ye Yumeng decided that starting today, he would give away calming sachets every day—

The newest batch of calming talismans had already been tested and verified. Lasting for at least two weeks was no problem.

So for those living on Medical Star and nearby planets within a week’s voyage, the calming sachets would still be useful.

At present, the reputation of the calming sachets had already spread throughout the Royal Sanatorium, and many people were trying to purchase them.

Ye Yumeng handed over his daily stock to He Jun to manage—

Originally, he had wanted Sheng Hao to help sell them so they could earn money together, but plans could never keep up with changes. For safety reasons, he no longer intended to involve outsiders.

After considering Ye Yumeng’s suggestions, He Jun ultimately set the price of the calming sachets at 800 Yaojin Coins each.

Compared to their true value, this was naturally dirt cheap, but there were conditions for purchasing them.

Only retired soldiers and their families, individuals who had made major contributions in fields such as technology, agriculture, or medicine, and children under the age of fifteen were eligible to buy them.

Though the selection criteria wouldn’t necessarily guarantee people with golden merit light, at the very least, they probably wouldn’t be deeply sinful villains.

As for the calming sachets Ye Yumeng planned to give away daily on the forums, they were temporarily limited to retired disabled veterans.

The moment the idea occurred to him, Ye Yumeng immediately contacted He Jun.

When He Jun heard his proposal, the emotions in his eyes became impossible to describe. He fell silent for a moment before solemnly thanking Ye Yumeng.

Ye Yumeng shook his head gently and said softly, “Actually, I should be the one saying thank you. If not for the Yaojin Empire’s soldiers risking their lives, we wouldn’t be able to live in such a peaceful environment today.”

He sent the post link to He Jun.

“Post them every day. Sorry to trouble you with selecting the recipients and shipping them out.”

He Jun shook his head. “It’s only a small matter. How could it count as trouble? Doctor Ye, please leave it to me. I guarantee I’ll complete the mission!”

After ending the call, He Jun immediately forwarded the link to Mo Yin.

He and his teammates were all stationed soldiers on Medical Star. Since Colonel Mo currently held the highest command authority over the stationed forces, and this matter also involved Doctor Ye, it naturally needed to be reported to him.

Not long after He Jun sent the message, Mo Yin called him directly.

“Doctor Ye really said that?”

“Yes.” He Jun nodded. “How should I arrange things?”

The value of the calming sachets had already gradually been verified. Their effect on treating spiritual power disorder was remarkably obvious—

There were many patients with spiritual power disorder in the activity room. After wearing the calming sachets, not only had their sleep improved significantly, but the symptoms of their spiritual power disorder had also lessened.

Among retired soldiers, many suffered from spiritual power disorder caused by the trauma of war. For them, the calming sachets were absolutely like timely rain after a drought.

From the standpoint of benefit, using the calming sachets to win hearts and consolidate the royal family’s rule was naturally the optimal solution, but…

“Do as Doctor Ye said,” Mo Yin replied.

He didn’t even need to report it to His Majesty to know what answer he would receive. After all, when Doctor Ye first wanted to sell the calming sachets, he had already asked once before.

What difference was there between selling calming sachets for 800 Yaojin Coins and simply giving them away for free?

“Once you’ve organized the list, send it to Chen Chaoyu. He’ll be responsible for screening the personnel information.”

Chen Chaoyu belonged to the intelligence department and was Mo Yin’s direct subordinate. Compared to He Jun, he was obviously more suited for this task.

“Yes, sir!”

After responding, He Jun hesitated before saying, “Doctor Ye’s post… the traffic is a little low.”

That was only natural. After all, the calming sachets had only spread among a portion of the patients at the Royal Sanatorium, and Ye Yumeng’s account barely had any followers.

Even though the giveaway was free, it hadn’t caused much of a stir in the medical section of the forums.

“Mhm, understood.”

Mo Yin nodded and casually forwarded the post to the department chief responsible for arranging care for retired disabled veterans—since he himself could technically be considered one of them, he had dealt with the department before.

[Li Hongju]: Colonel Mo, what is this?

Mo Yin compiled a list of Medical Star and nearby planets within one week’s travel distance and sent it over.

[Mo Yin]: Calming sachets. They’re highly effective for treating insomnia. Please help notify the retired soldiers living on these planets.

[Li Hongju]: Understood, Colonel Mo!

Though she didn’t fully understand the situation, military orders were absolute. Li Hongju didn’t ask further questions and simply chose to carry them out.

The task itself wasn’t difficult. She only needed to edit a message and have the intelligent system mass-send it. The Empire usually provided considerable support for retired disabled veterans anyway, so similar notifications were often distributed.

Inside the room, Ye Yumeng had no idea that his post was about to receive a massive wave of traffic. At this moment, he had already closed the forum.

He opened the video website, wanting to see whether there were any new messages that needed replies.

Recently, he had been too busy researching burn medicine to manage the Healthy Qi Exercise follow-along videos, and it had already been quite a long time since he last logged in.

The instant he opened the backend system, he immediately noticed something unusual—

[Unread Messages 99999+]

Ye Yumeng rubbed his eyes, suspecting he had seen wrong.

Huh? Over a hundred thousand unread messages?

Was there something wrong with the system refresh?

Although he knew the children in the activity room had all started practicing Healthy Qi Exercise, and some patients from other wards had also begun using it as morning exercise out of curiosity…

But in just over a week, these patients had generated more than a hundred thousand messages? That was way too exaggerated!

Ye Yumeng sat there blankly for a while before finally opening the backend and asking the intelligent assistant to summarize the information.

Even the normally smooth-running intelligent assistant lagged for a full two minutes this time.

In the end, it filtered and summarized all the information.

There were over 900,000 check-in records in total, with more than ten thousand comments. After filtering out meaningless information, around two thousand question-type messages remained, all of which the intelligent assistant had neatly organized.

Looking at the data, Ye Yumeng couldn’t help clicking his tongue in amazement.

So 99999+ only looked like the hundred-thousand range, but in reality it was already close to one million?

How many days had it even been since he last checked the video backend? This was way too outrageous!

Ye Yumeng also noticed that during this period, his follower count had already reached nearly fifty thousand.

Meanwhile, the number of people checking in daily remained stable at just over ten thousand, meaning that these ten thousand people had managed to produce over 900,000 check-in follow-along records in only a few days?

Ye Yumeng: 0.0

This was way too ridiculous! Could someone have been botting data and accidentally targeted his account?

Apparently, others had shared the same doubts.

The intelligent assistant informed him that he had received more than a dozen reports of abnormal data two days ago, but every investigation had passed verification.

In other words, all this data was completely genuine, without any fake inflation whatsoever!

Since follow-along videos earned money through completion rates and advertising revenue with daily settlements, the accumulated income in his account had already surpassed one hundred thousand Yaojin Coins.

Ye Yumeng suddenly felt like none of this was real at all.

Although he had once dreamed of making money through follow-along training videos, it had only ever been a fantasy. After the cold reception during the early stage, he had already accepted reality.

But what he never could have imagined was that after being ignored for nearly a month, his Healthy Qi Exercise videos had suddenly exploded in popularity!

Every day, they were getting hundreds of thousands of full plays and check-ins. At this level, only major influencers could achieve such numbers, right?

Where had all these people suddenly come from?

Ye Yumeng studied the data some more and discovered that these fifty thousand followers each checked in at least six times a day, and the time periods were all roughly the same—mostly concentrated between five and eight in the morning.

That really was the perfect time for practicing Healthy Qi Exercise.

But seeing them persist so unwaveringly for five straight days, almost as if someone were standing behind them with a whip, Ye Yumeng still found it a little strange.

Even so, the number one spot on the check-in rankings was still occupied by a familiar ID—Baishui.

He remembered this ID. They should have been one of his earlier followers, and had probably started checking in a week ahead of everyone else.

Ye Yumeng clicked into the account’s check-in records and saw the same unwavering six sessions every day.

Six sessions meant about two hours.

That was the recommended practice duration for Healthy Qi Exercise. Ordinary people would need to train continuously for two months before seeing noticeable effects.

A strange expression appeared on Ye Yumeng’s face.

He opened his communicator and directly sent Lu Qi a screenshot of the backend before asking:

Ye Yumeng: Lu Qi, did you buy bot traffic for me?

Lu Nanzhou couldn’t help laughing when he saw the message.

Lu Qi: You could say that.

Ye Yumeng: Hm? You really did?

Lu Qi: I just had people promote it at the military academy first. We’ll expand the range later.

Lu Qi had actually promoted Healthy Qi Exercise at the military academy? But after remembering Lu Qi’s suspected identity as a member of the Yaojin royal family, Ye Yumeng quickly suppressed his shock.

Ye Yumeng: Won’t this cause problems for you?

Lu Qi: What kind of problems?

Ye Yumeng: Will it affect you negatively?

Seeing Ye Yumeng’s reply, Lu Nanzhou’s heart stirred slightly.

Standing guard beside the hospital bed, Lan Fangyu noticed that the little rabbit lying motionless on the cushion suddenly twitched its ears upward, clearly looking very pleased.

So His Majesty wasn’t asleep? What was he secretly enjoying all by himself?

Lan Fangyu muttered inwardly, still stuck in the shock from over a month ago when he discovered that His Majesty could actually sing nursery rhymes now.

So how exactly did he sing them? Using a voice synthesizer?

Meanwhile, Lu Nanzhou had already replied to Ye Yumeng.

Lu Qi: Nobody’s been bothering you lately, right?

Seeing the question, Ye Yumeng suddenly thought of that original account ID. That person had never appeared again afterward, and he didn’t know whether they had simply changed usernames.

Ye Yumeng: Nope. If I hadn’t checked the backend today, I wouldn’t even have known about this.

Ye Yumeng: Is this really okay?

Lu Qi: Mm. New recruits already have to undergo daily physical training. They’re the most suitable group for testing Healthy Qi Exercise.

Lu Qi: Wait another two months and we’ll see results. If the training effect among the recruits is good, it’ll continue being promoted further.

Ye Yumeng thought about it and nodded.

That was true. Only a special group like this could realistically spare two hours every day and persist for two straight months practicing Healthy Qi Exercise.

He knew very well what Healthy Qi Exercise could do. As long as they followed the training plan properly, there would definitely be obvious changes.

Ye Yumeng: Lu Qi, are you free for a call right now?

They hadn’t seen each other for several days again.

Because Ye Yumeng had too many patients to treat, his spiritual power was exhausted every day. Right now, he simply couldn’t spare the fifty strands of spiritual energy needed to summon Lu Qi…

The moment the message was sent, the other side immediately initiated a video call request.

Ye Yumeng hurriedly accepted.

Looking at the man appearing on the light screen, he smiled.

“Lu Qi, thank you.”

Lu Nanzhou showed a puzzled look.

“Thank you for being willing to believe in me, and even helping me promote Healthy Qi Exercise.” His eyes sparkled brightly as he spoke.

Lu Nanzhou shook his head. Looking at Ye Yumeng seriously, he said, “If Healthy Qi Exercise spreads, the people who benefit will be the citizens of the Yaojin Empire. The one who should truly be saying thank you is me.”

“Alright then, let’s stop thanking each other.”

Actually, Ye Yumeng didn’t really like endlessly exchanging thanks with Lu Qi either. Looking at the elegantly dressed man on the screen, he felt it was a pity that the mask still covered his face.

“There are only two more days before I can summon you again. When the time comes, I’ll delay it a bit and summon you during the daytime, so we can even go outside for a walk.”

Ye Yumeng looked extremely excited. “I really wish that day would come sooner!”

Lu Nanzhou couldn’t help curling his lips into a smile, but he still asked, “Why?”

“B-Because I want to see you, obviously.” Ye Yumeng looked back at him. “Don’t tell me you’re not looking forward to it?”

Lu Nanzhou stared steadily at him. Only after Ye Yumeng began feeling his face heat up did he finally speak.

“I’m very much looking forward to it.”

Ye Yumeng instantly broke into a smile.

“Then it’s settled.”

“Mm.”

The two chatted for a little while longer before Ye Yumeng finally ended the call in complete satisfaction.

He hugged a pillow and rolled around for a bit to vent his excitement before taking out materials and beginning to draw talismans.

The demand for calming sachets was growing larger and larger, so he needed to make extra for backup.

This time, all the mineral pigments Ye Yumeng used for drawing talismans were switched to ink-black color, because according to previous experiments, its spiritual energy storage effect was at least twice that of Red Rock Sand.

Hopefully this batch of calming sachets could last more than a month.

That way, even people living in distant regions could benefit.

After finishing the talismans, Ye Yumeng replenished his spiritual power and prepared to head over to feed the cubs in the activity room.

During this period, he had basically fed every little animal at least once and had formed rough judgments regarding their conditions.

Both expected and unexpected was the fact that among these nearly forty cubs, over twenty actually suffered from illnesses related to spiritual power.

No wonder Director Lei had been so excited after learning that the calming sachets had obvious effects on Zhang Zhuyu.

Although the exact therapeutic effects of the calming sachets had yet to be fully confirmed, with Zhang Zhuyu’s case as precedent, Ye Yumeng had already placed calming sachets on every little animal.

This batch could still be used for around another week. Before the calming talismans lost effectiveness, Ye Yumeng needed to prepare a new batch.

As for the other cubs, aside from the eleven severely burned ones like the little rabbit, the rest mostly suffered from difficult and complicated illnesses similar to the little owl’s.

Every single case was troublesome, and the difficulty of treatment was no less than the little rabbit’s.

Whenever Ye Yumeng thought about it, he got a headache. But his energy was limited right now, so there wasn’t much he could do. He could only continue following his original pace.

At the thought of the spirit plant garden’s construction, Ye Yumeng became full of anticipation.

If he could cultivate inside the spirit plant garden, his cultivation speed would definitely improve greatly, right?

And once his cultivation level increased, there would be so many more things he could do!

So when he arrived at the activity room today, everyone could clearly sense that Ye Yumeng was in an especially good mood.

Doctor Ye was usually smiling already, but today it was obvious that something good had happened. His whole person radiated a kind of joyful glow.

He looked vibrant and dazzling, yet also gentle. Just looking at him made people feel happier too.

The little bear cub secretly whispered to the little fox:

‘Doctor Ye is really cute.’

This time, the little fox didn’t refute him.

He really was cute.

Unable to resist, the little fox secretly glanced at Ye Yumeng again. Since only six little animals besides Bai Lele and Zhang Zhuyu could receive assisted feeding each day, he hadn’t eaten meat—or gotten head pats—for several days now.

‘After waiting so long, it’s finally our turn again today!’

The little bear cub’s excited voice rang out.

Hu Naonao blinked. Thinking it over, he realized it really was true—today it was finally his and Silly Bear’s turn again!

Didn’t that mean they could eat chicken again?

Though he didn’t particularly care about getting his head patted, if there was meat to eat, then being patted wasn’t such a big deal.

The little bear cub couldn’t help drooling. Watching the other companions eat meat every day had been absolute torture.

Because of the rules Doctor Ye established, all the little animals in the activity room now obediently drank nutrient solution during mealtimes—

Previously, one patient had refused to eat the nutritional meal and had been ruthlessly pushed to the very end of the queue by Old Man Chen. No matter how much they made a fuss, it was useless.

Of course, since the Imperial Legion was watching closely, none of the patients were allowed to disturb Doctor Ye directly.

That patient was now confined and wouldn’t be allowed back into the activity room for another week. Not only could they not eat meat, they couldn’t even watch others eat it either. It was unbelievably pitiful.

With that precedent in place, the other patients naturally no longer dared act spoiled. No matter how resistant they felt, they still pinched their noses and drank their nutritional meals.

Over the past week, Chen Limin had been indescribably pleased with himself. Every time people saw his smug smile, their teeth itched with irritation.

But for that single bite of meat, the little animals could only endure silently.

And so they waited and waited, practically until the flowers wilted, before finally reaching their own turn and becoming overjoyed again.

Honestly, although these days were agonizing, they were also strangely interesting. Every day was full of anticipation.

‘I’m so jealous of Bai Lele and that little mouse,’ the honey badger Gu Xingdong lamented in the spiritual group chat.

Because he signed up too late, it wasn’t until yesterday that his turn finally came. He had to admit—even though it was only two bites of meat—it was absolutely worth waiting an entire week for!

Meat really smelled amazing!

Even though there wasn’t much flavor once it entered his mouth, it still brought him tremendous satisfaction, and…

Getting his head patted by Doctor Ye really did feel incredibly comfortable.

His whole body became light and floaty, and for once he couldn’t feel pain anymore. He could peacefully enjoy a beautiful sleep.

What an incredible feeling that was!

So what exactly had he been stubbornly insisting on before?

Whenever he thought about how Bai Shuo and Zhang Zhuyu got to eat meat every single day—and Zhang Zhuyu even got entire lunchboxes full of food—it made people insanely jealous.

‘Exactly! Why do they get to eat every day? So unfair!’

‘Waaah, when will it finally be my turn?’

Gu Xingdong’s complaint immediately resonated with everyone else.

The little snow ferret waiting for food immediately raised his chest proudly, looking smug.

‘Whose fault was it for not believing me before?’

If they’d known earlier, why bother resisting in the first place? From beginning to end, he had always liked Doctor Ye!

But the moment he said that, even more dissatisfaction exploded:

‘You sneaking out of your hospital room was already wrong, and you’re still proud of it?’

‘Strongly requesting harsher punishment for Bai Lele!’

‘Exactly! He should be banned from eating meat for a whole week. Otherwise wouldn’t that just encourage bad behavior?’

The little snow ferret instantly became the target of public outrage. Everyone began condemning him. Bai Shuo had initially looked completely unconcerned, but by the end even he started feeling guilty.

Seeing Chen Limin seemingly fall into serious thought after overhearing the discussion, Bai Shuo panicked and hurriedly changed the topic:

‘Speaking of Zhang Little Yu, where is he today? He’s usually here before mealtime.’

‘His name is Zhang Zhuyu,’ the panda cub Shen Chunming corrected yet again.

Mentioning bamboo immediately made him think of bamboo shoots.

He couldn’t help swallowing his saliva. Compared to meat, the panda cub actually preferred fresh bamboo and tender bamboo shoots.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t chew them properly now, and even bamboo shoots had to be stir-fried before he could eat them…

Meanwhile, seeing the topic successfully diverted, the little snow ferret nodded repeatedly.

‘Yeah yeah, Zhang Zhuyu. So where is he?’

At that moment, Ye Yumeng was also searching for the little silver mouse’s figure. After all, he was always the one who ate the most, so whenever the little silver mouse ate, Ye Yumeng would usually have the other cubs start eating simultaneously.

“Doctor Ye.”

At that moment, a familiar voice sounded, though its texture now carried an unmistakable sense of unfamiliarity.

Ye Yumeng blinked and turned around.

A silver-gray-haired teenager walked in from outside the activity room. He looked around fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features and a shy smile.