Chapter 579: Chapter 579

Group Leader Liu also advised, "Don’t worry. You’ll only be uncomfortable for a day or two. Drink plenty of warm water."

Song Bin’s face immediately sagged, on the verge of tears. "Can’t you give me more medicine? I don’t mind if the side effects are severe. Right now, my whole body aches and itches. It feels like countless insects are burrowing and gnawing at my flesh... It’s unbearable! And what if they eat my internal organs? What then?"

Hurting for a moment is always better than this terrifying ordeal, he thought. I wonder if it’s psychological, but the leg oozing pus doesn’t seem to have any insects burrowing in it anymore.

Minister Zhao hesitated for a moment then nodded. "That’s also an option. Just now it was only for the leg, but a full-body dose will have side effects ten times worse. You’ll have to endure it."

Song Bin gritted his teeth and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, Jing Shu came out to stop him. Holding a spray can, she began to spray several of Song Bin’s wounds. "No need. There’s no need for that medicine with severe side effects. I have some special medicine here, and its effects are quite good."

I didn’t bring it out before because I wanted to see the progress of the Epidemic Prevention Department’s research and understand the situation better to prepare for the Imperial Capital competition, Jing Shu thought. Right now, of course, I can’t watch innocent Song Bin suffer any longer, nor can I let his body harbor hidden risks. Afterwards, I’ll have to compensate Song Bin properly. I initially planned to use it after we left, but seeing that Song Bin was about to take medicine with extreme side effects, I have no choice but to use the Bodhi Essence now.

Jing Shu was also apprehensive. Minister Zhao had said Bodhi could only suppress 80% of the parasites, and she didn’t know what effect her refined product would have. Looking back at how the parasites burst without any getting close to me, the effect seems pretty good, right?

"Young lady, what are you doing? Stop it right now! It’s dangerous!"

"Oh my, what have you sprayed on him? Ordinary insecticides are even more dangerous if used! Stimulated by medication, parasites can become extremely frantic and burrow chaotically, entering a frenzied state. Many experiments have shown this increases the mortality rate tenfold!"

Song Bin was instantly covered in cold sweat and almost fainted.

For a moment, the whole corrugated iron shed was in complete disarray, noisy and chaotic.

Minister Zhao said urgently, "Group Leader Liu, quick! Get the No. 1 medicine! Xiao Wang, prepare for surgery and be ready for rescue! I’ll check the parasites’ activity first. If the situation is bad..."

The corrugated iron shed sprang into action, bustling with activity. Jing Shu shouted from the side, "Don’t misunderstand! This is Bodhi Essence! It’s..." She shouted several times, but no one paid attention to her. Her voice was completely drowned out, and she was even pushed out!

Forget it. Let them do their thing. This is a good chance to see the effect of the Bodhi Essence anyway, she thought.

These professionals didn’t take long to get everything ready. Minister Zhao personally took a sample from Song Bin, observed it under a microscope, and tested it with reagents.

Group Leader Liu wiped his sweat. "Minister, how is it? Has it entered the frenzy stage? Which rescue protocol should we proceed with? Disinfection and anesthesia are all ready. If it comes to it, we’ll operate to remove them."

A crowd was eagerly watching Minister Zhao.

Song Bin wiped his sweat. Even though his heart was pounding rapidly... Huh? Somehow, I feel wonderfully good, as if I’ve returned to normal?

Minister Zhao looked utterly bewildered. Wiping his sweat, he picked up tweezers to take samples from Song Bin’s foot, hand, and other areas, then started another round of testing.

"Minister? What’s the situation?"

Minister Zhao rubbed his eyes and gestured with his hand. "Group Leader Liu, come look at this. My eyes are hurting." Is my vision blurred? he wondered. There were only a few sluggish parasites inside; the rest were all dead!

The eradication rate was 99.9%!

Group Leader Liu took over with a skeptical look and began to examine the sample. After a while, he muttered, "Forget about frenzy, there isn’t a single active insect... That’s not right. Even the best reagent’s suppression rate was only 85%..." Orıginal content can be found at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚫𝙣𝙚𝙩

Group Leader Liu then took samples from various parts of Song Bin for lab analysis and came to the same conclusion. It took him a moment before he reacted excitedly, "Minister, we’ve found a special medicine! It’s the special medicine the young lady just sprayed!"

"Where’s the young lady?"

"Really? This medicine is that powerful?"

"The proof is right before our eyes!"

For a moment, the people in the corrugated iron shed were beside themselves with excitement.

"The young lady is right here!"

Everyone pushed Jing Shu back in. Minister Zhao said excitedly, "Why were you hiding so far away, young lady? Come on, tell us about your special medicine. You’ve made a great contribution, young lady!"

Jing Shu looked helpless. It wasn’t that I was hiding far away; I was squeezed out and couldn’t get back in, she thought. "I shouted several times just now, saying it was an essence extracted from Bodhi, but sadly, no one listened to me. Song Bin, how do you feel?"

Song Bin scratched his head and smiled. "I seem to have returned to normal."

Minister Zhao rubbed his hands together. "Can we take a look at your spray? How did you make it, young lady? Did you add anything else? Can you describe the process?"

Jing Shu casually tossed the small spray bottle over. Group Leader Liu caught it eagerly and began to study it.

Jing Shu said, "Feel free to study it. It’s just a bunch of Bodhi leaves, crushed, juiced, filtered, and then bottled. Oh, right, I also added some lavender essential oil. Smell it. Isn’t it fragrant?"

Everyone exclaimed, "What a spendthrift!"

Minister Zhao cried out, agonized, "Such a sacrilegious waste!" That’s so much Bodhi wasted!

Soon, Group Leader Liu became very excited. "Minister, the results are in! It’s pure Bodhi juice with only some fragrance added, nothing else! We’ve just tested it against fifth-generation parasite samples, and the inhibition rate is 99.9%!"

A chorus of amazed and excited gasps filled the corrugated iron shed.

Jing Shu raised her eyebrows in surprise. I didn’t add anything else. I knew it would be researched for the competition, so I didn’t add a single drop of Spiritual Spring water. If it were to be mass-produced later, I wouldn’t be able to provide the Spiritual Spring; it’s too precious, she thought.

Minister Zhao was puzzled. "Ordinary Bodhi doesn’t have such a high inhibition rate."

Group Leader Liu grew even more excited. "The vitality molecules in the Bodhi juice of this spray are ten times that of ordinary Bodhi! This means that for some reason—be it the cultivation environment or something else—its vitality is far higher than that of normal Bodhi!"

Ah, it dawned on Jing Shu. When I planted Bodhi and other herbs at the Wu City Pharmaceutical Association, I secretly added a tiny bit of Spiritual Spring. And the Bodhi in my space, needless to say, has always been watered with Spiritual Spring.

No sooner had Group Leader Liu finished speaking than the eager eyes of Minister Zhao and everyone else turned to Jing Shu.

Minister Zhao spoke kindly, "Young lady, may I ask how much more of this kind of Bodhi you have? And where did it come from?"

Smiling, Jing Shu extended her hand. "Let’s formally introduce ourselves. I am Jing Shu, the Vice Chair of the Wu City Pharmaceutical Association, and I’m also the leader of the team representing the Wu City Pharmaceutical Association in the Imperial Capital competition. The large batch of Bodhi I mentioned earlier was cultivated by me, and I’ve brought it all with me. Whether or not the Bodhi is good, you can all be the judges."

"This Bodhi is amazing! We need it so much!"

"Oh my goodness! This... this is truly... such great news! A fantastic development indeed!"

"She’s from the Medicine Association? Look at that, she’s one of us!"

"An entire batch of Bodhi ? We’re saved! We’re saved!"