“I will accept the silver notes! Treating the sick and saving lives is the responsibility of a Physician! No need to kneel in thanks! Get up!” Ye Qingcheng casually took the silver notes from Liang Zongyao, tucked them directly into her sleeve lining, and waved her hand, completely unlike a young lady of ten-odd years.
This made Doctor Ji even more interested in her.
As soon as Ye Qingcheng went out, he followed her out of the room and trailed behind her.
Ye Qingcheng knew he was following behind her, but since he didn't speak, she ignored him and walked on her own.
When they arrived at the Pharmacy, the people waiting for Doctor Ji to see patients were still there, and quite a few people were waiting to dispense medicine.
When those people saw Ye Qingcheng emerge, they looked over curiously. Several women opened their mouths several times, wanting to ask about the Pregnant woman's condition, but they were a bit afraid to ask, fearing they might hear some bad news.
Just then, Doctor Ji also walked out. At this, the people stopped caring about others' problems and quickly lined up, waiting for consultations and medicine dispensing.
However, Doctor Ji did not walk to the desk to see patients; instead, he followed Ye Qingcheng to the counter.
“Is the medicinal materials I requested dispensed?” Ye Qingcheng lightly tapped the counter with her hand, asking the Medicine Boy, Xiao Qing, who had just gone to fetch the medicinal materials for her.
“They are all dispensed, Young lady! They are all here! That will be eight hundred and ninety-three taels of silver in total!” The Medicine Boy was overjoyed that the young lady who ordered the medicine hadn't left.
He had gathered the medicinal materials for her and then she disappeared. He thought that young lady wasn't buying them and had left.
He didn't expect her to come back to collect them.
He hadn't seen the scene with the Pregnant woman when he went to the back to fetch the medicinal materials, so he didn't know that Ye Qingcheng had just gone to save someone.
“What? How much silver? Did you calculate it wrong?” Ye Qingcheng felt terrible upon hearing eight hundred and ninety-three taels of silver.
They only charged three hundred and fifty taels for one 500-year-old Ginseng; how could the medicinal materials she requested be so expensive? Were they trying to cheat her?
“Young lady, this junior did not calculate incorrectly. These medicinal materials add up to eight hundred and ninety-three taels of silver!” The Medicine Boy patiently explained.
“How is this more expensive than Ginseng? Are you sure your Pharmacy isn't fooling people?” Ye Qingcheng’s expression darkened. She wanted to use her imposing manner to scare the Medicine Boy into telling the truth.
She only bought the medicinal materials for the Muscle Regeneration Pill and the Bone Regeneration Pill recipes; how could they be so expensive?
“Let me see! What medicinal materials did this young lady order!” Seeing this, Doctor Ji reached out and asked the Medicine Boy for the list of medicinal materials Ye Qingcheng had written down.
Seeing Doctor Ji not attending to patients but coming over to his side, the Medicine Boy immediately handed him the paper. He then recalculated the total in his mind, fearing he had made a mistake and would be scolded by Doctor Ji.
“Young lady, the medicinal materials listed here are indeed worth that price! Take this Dragon Bone Flower, for instance; our Pharmacy only has one, and you might not find a second one in Sunset Town! And this Ice Muscle Fruit, storing it intact is very difficult, so these two are the most valuable among the medicinal materials—more expensive than a 500-year-old Ginseng!” After reading the medicinal materials Ye Qingcheng requested, Doctor Ji explained to her.
However, the more he looked, the more astonished he became, realizing the medicinal materials this young lady requested looked increasingly familiar.
“Young lady, isn't this the recipe for the Muscle Regeneration Pill?” Doctor Ji’s eyes were full of expectation and excitement, and his voice unintentionally rose.
This caused the people queuing for consultations to gather around.
He didn't know the Bone Regeneration Pill recipe, but he had the fortune to see the Muscle Regeneration Pill recipe; it was kept like a treasure among his Master's prescriptions.
Although his Master had never succeeded in Pill refining even once in his life, he loved collecting Pill recipes, and the Auction House was his favorite place to go.
He said that by chance in his youth, he obtained such a Muscle Regeneration Pill recipe, and he studied it his entire life but never managed to refine a single Muscle Regeneration Pill.
Every time he obtained an Ice Muscle Fruit, the Old Man would become extremely excited and start refining the Muscle Regeneration Pill, but every attempt ended in failure.
The rarest medicinal material in the Muscle Regeneration Pill recipe is the Ice Muscle Fruit; the other medicinal materials can be bought at any Pharmacy.
He originally intended to keep this Ice Muscle Fruit for his Master, but his Master had gone traveling across the world, and he didn't know when he would return. Therefore, when the Shopkeeper said he was going to sell it, he didn't deliberately stop him.
“Yes! Does Doctor Ji also understand Pill refining?” Ye Qingcheng nodded, admitting it casually.
She didn't understand why Doctor Ji was so agitated.
“This old man does not know Pill refining! I have merely seen the Muscle Regeneration Pill recipe!” Doctor Ji tried hard to suppress his excitement. “Is the Young lady an Alchemist?”
Ye Qingcheng thought for a moment. She probably didn't count as an Alchemist, right? After all, she didn't know how to refine pills yet; she just wanted to take the materials to try, so she shook her head.
“No!”
Doctor Ji, though disappointed, also knew that this ten-year-old Little girl couldn't possibly be an Alchemist! Were Alchemists something you could find everywhere?
Like his Master, who studied diligently his whole life without succeeding in refining a pill, how could a young girl possibly be one?
“Then who are these medicinal materials being bought for?” Doctor Ji then assumed that since this young girl had such remarkable medical skills at such a young age, she must have an Alchemist Master, which is why she was buying these medicinal materials.
“Buying them to play with myself! Alright, I won't talk to you anymore! This Young lady is in a hurry to get home!” Seeing Doctor Ji’s demeanor, which suggested he was about to drag her into a discussion about Pill refining, Ye Qingcheng quickly snatched the paper back from his hand, then pulled out all the silver notes Liang Zongyao had given her from her sleeve lining and handed them all to the Medicine Boy!
“See if this is enough!”
She was too lazy to count, so she just let the Medicine Boy count them. If it wasn't enough, she still had the silver from selling the Ginseng, seven hundred taels.
“Young lady, this is one thousand taels of silver. I will go find the remaining silver for you!” Saying that, he turned to get the change.
Doctor Ji was still unwilling to give up and wanted to ask a few more things; at least he wanted to persuade this young lady to stay and practice medicine at their Pharmacy.
“Little girl, are you interested in practicing medicine at our Pharmacy?” he asked in a tone meant to coax a child.
The Medicine Boy, returning with the change, widened his eyes in disbelief.
Doctor Ji, such a bad-tempered person, when did he start coaxing children? Moreover, this young lady looked about ten years old; how could she be qualified to practice medicine in the hall?
“Not interested!” Ye Qingcheng took the one hundred and seven taels of silver from the Medicine Boy’s hand, picked up the medicinal materials, and turned to leave gracefully.
It wasn't impossible for her to practice medicine in this Pharmacy, but not right now!
She turned and left immediately, leaving Doctor Ji staring wide-eyed at where the young lady had gone.
“Doctor Ji! Did she deliver that Pregnant woman’s baby? Is she not dead?” The people gathered around asked Doctor Ji.
They were also shocked when they heard Doctor Ji invite this young lady to practice medicine in the hall.
Then they thought, perhaps this young lady successfully delivered the Madam’s baby, which is why Doctor Ji invited her to practice medicine in the hall?
“Really? Is that young lady that capable? Can she even deliver a baby for a Pregnant woman having a Difficult childbirth?” The Old Madam, who had spoken the loudest earlier and was the most skeptical of Ye Qingcheng’s abilities, asked in disbelief.
“Everyone line up properly! If you aren't getting a consultation, leave quickly!” Doctor Ji roared.
Those who knew his temper quickly lined up obediently.
He was furious because the young lady had so bluntly refused him and turned to leave.
But he also knew that the young lady was no ordinary person, and he wanted to get to know her, yet she refused him, making him extremely irritable.
The Medicine Boy later heard from his colleagues that the young lady had remarkable medical skills and had successfully delivered the Pregnant woman whom Doctor Ji was helpless with.
They did not know that Ye Qingcheng had performed a Cesarean section surgery. Although she had mentioned a Cesarean section to remove the child at the beginning, Liang Zongyao hadn't spread the word afterward.
All they knew was that Ye Qingcheng possessed remarkable medical skills.