Zhao Yuan and his friends wouldn't learn of the fate of Brother Cheng, Da Huan, and the others until much later.
They met up with the four girls at the school gate.
Seeing the four guys return in one piece, the girls all breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Zi strode up to Zhao Yuan and the other three, held out her hand, and said, "Hand it over."
The four guys stared blankly, not understanding what she wanted. After a moment, Wang Rongfeng figured it out. He took out the few dozen yuan he had just looted and placed it in Yang Zi's hand, asking curiously, "How did you know I took money from those punks?"
"Who said anything about money?" Yang Zi raised an eyebrow. "I want the photos!"
"You were serious?" Zhao Yuan's jaw dropped. "I thought you were joking."
"You guys are so unreliable." Realizing they hadn't taken any pictures, Yang Zi let out a long sigh, her face full of disappointment.
"Oh, so you didn't want the money?" Wang Rongfeng reached out to take it back, but before his hand could even touch it, Yang Zi swiftly stuffed the bills into her own pocket. "Money that's in my hands, and you want to take it back? You've got to be kidding me!"
Wang Rongfeng was dumbfounded. 'Damn, I've run into a female bandit.'
After some banter, the four girls took out the medical supplies they had bought. There were ice packs for cold compresses, analgesic and anti-inflammatory sprays, and several bottles of medicine to improve blood circulation and reduce bruising, like Safflower Oil.
Lin Xue explained, "These are fresh wounds, so you can't use the blood circulation medicine just yet. But after applying a cold compress, you can use these analgesic and anti-inflammatory sprays."
"Thanks," the four guys said in unison, all of them deeply touched.
"Feeling touched?" Yang Zi asked.
"Totally!" the four guys answered in unison.
"Strip!" Yang Zi said.
"What are you 'ah-ing' about? Hurry up and take off your shirts. Stop being so wishy-washy, you're not acting like men at all," Yang Zi said, as Lin Xue and the other two girls also urged them on.
Zhao Yuan and the other three were once again dumbfounded.
Just then, Lin Xue said, "Your injuries need a cold compress and then medication right away. Don't waste any more time. Take off your shirts so we can help you apply it."
"Just to apply medicine?" The four guys were taken aback and blurted out their thoughts.
"Of course, it's to apply medicine. What else did you think it was for?" Lin Xue asked, confused.
Zhao Yuan and the other three took off their shirts.
The four girls divided the medical supplies, each taking one guy to treat. Yang Zi had originally intended to treat Zhao Yuan, but when she saw Lin Xue walk over to him, she hesitated for a moment, sighed softly, and turned to the neglected Wu Yan. "Get over here. I'll treat your wounds."
"Huh? Queen, you're going to treat me?" Wu Yan was overwhelmed by the unexpected favor and scrambled over. But his joy quickly turned to regret. When Yang Zi applied the medicine, she used so much force that he grimaced in pain and couldn't stop crying out.
Yang Zi smacked him on the head and scolded, "What are you yelling about? Can't even handle a little pain? And you call yourself a man!"
Wu Yan felt incredibly wronged. This feeling intensified when he saw Qi Xia and Luo Dan treating Liu Zhu and Wang Rongfeng with gentle hands, causing the two to close their eyes with looks of pure enjoyment.
'We're all human, so why is my treatment so different?'
Wu Yan was on the verge of tears.
After applying the medicine, Lin Xue handed the remaining supplies to Zhao Yuan and instructed, "Tomorrow morning, apply the same medicine you used tonight again. Save this blood circulation medicine for tomorrow evening. If you find it inconvenient to apply it yourself, just give me a call, and I'll help you."
Zhao Yuan nodded to show he understood, then smiled and said, "Thanks."
The other three guys received similar treatment.
It was already past midnight, almost one in the morning, and they had classes the next day. Zhao Yuan and the other three quickly walked Lin Xue and the girls back to their dorm.
By the time the four of them got back to their own dorm, it was after one. They were exhausted. Despite the throbbing pain from their injuries, they couldn't fight off their drowsiness. Not long after hitting their beds, they fell asleep one by one. The sound of snoring rose and fell throughout Dorm 301.
The next day, Zhao Yuan was woken by pain before the sun was even up. Although his injuries were only superficial and not serious, the pain was excruciating.
Zhao Yuan took out the medicine Lin Xue and the others had bought the previous night and applied it again, but the pain remained intense and didn't lessen much.
'I wonder if there are any useful remedies in the medical cases on the Information Leaf.'
As soon as the thought occurred to him, Zhao Yuan quickly summoned the Information Leaf and buried his head in it, starting his search.
After a period of searching, Zhao Yuan didn't find anything useful in the medical cases. However, in the description for the Blood Circulation Soup, he saw a passage that read: 'It can reduce swelling and disperse blood stasis, making it a wondrous remedy for traumatic injuries. It is suitable for both acute and chronic cases.'
"The Blood Circulation Soup can also be used to heal injuries?" Zhao Yuan was suddenly thrilled.
He had already experienced the Blood Circulation Soup's miraculous effects on his Cultivation. And now, besides aiding Cultivation, it could actually be used to heal injuries! Although he hadn't seen the results with his own eyes yet, for it to earn the comment 'wondrous remedy' from Wu Peng, it had to be exceptionally good.
Wasting no time, Zhao Yuan immediately got dressed, crept out of the dormitory, and headed straight for the house he was renting off-campus. Once there, he heated a large barrel of water, poured in the Blood Circulation Soup powder, and mixed a barrel full of brownish-yellow medicinal soup. After a moment's hesitation, he lit a stick of Soul-Stabilizing Incense, took out a Bone Refining Pill and swallowed it, planning to heal his injuries and cultivate the Four Saints Technique at the same time.
Having learned his lesson from last time, he didn't dare take more than the recommended dose again.
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Yuan took off his clothes and got into the wooden barrel.
The brownish-yellow Blood Circulation Soup immediately submerged his body, leaving only his head exposed.
"Hiss..."
The moment he entered the Blood Circulation Soup, Zhao Yuan immediately felt an itching, painful sensation envelop his entire body.
It was a strange feeling, as if tens of thousands of ants were crawling all over his body and biting him, making it incredibly uncomfortable.
Zhao Yuan knew this meant the Blood Circulation Soup was taking effect, beginning to reduce the swelling and disperse the bruising, so he gritted his teeth and endured it.
After more than half an hour, the aching pain gradually subsided. Only then did Zhao Yuan breathe a sigh of relief and begin to cultivate the Four Saints Technique.
His experiences over the past few days had made him realize that the Four Saints Technique was not just a Guiding Technique for tempering the body, but could also be used in actual combat. During last night's fight, if it hadn't been for the powerful defense provided by the Black Tortoise Form, he would have ended up with a bloody head and broken bones. How could he possibly have escaped with only superficial wounds?
By the time Zhao Yuan finished his Cultivation, the medicinal soup in the wooden barrel had once again turned a foul-smelling black.
'I wonder how much my injuries have recovered?'
Zhao Yuan scrambled out of the wooden barrel, eager to inspect the results.