Chapter 197 Demons and Monsters (21) The Pharmacy and Independence

     In that instant, the wood and water spiritual energy in the forest, as if finding an outlet, surged towards the salt lake wave after wave, even forming small-scale spiritual energy vortexes.

     Bathed in such wood and water spiritual energy, even those who had not awakened elemental abilities, or were not wood and water dual-attribute talents, could feel physically and mentally refreshed.

     After the spiritual pressure balanced, Ye Mo moved a key point of the formation. The spirit-gathering formation’s power to draw in spiritual energy was no longer so turbulent, because such turbulence might bring misfortune instead of fortune, and was not conducive to the long-term operation of the formation.

     Only then was the large spirit-gathering formation truly completed.

     Ye Mo only told the water algae clan leader and the three elders the locations of the key points. The water algae tribe leader and the others were so grateful that they were moved to tears. After discussing for a long while, they gave her all the demon cores they had accumulated over the years from those who had intruded or accidentally entered the salt lake.

     These demon cores included gold, fire, and earth attributes, as well as mutated attributes like wind, lightning, ice, and space. For the water algae tribe, these energy sources are practically no different from ordinary stones—some even counter water and wood elements.  

     What an unexpected windfall!  

     After thanking them earnestly, Ye Mo pondered: “…In fact, various tribes have wasted resources for many years. Besides mission points, a market economy could also be established.”

     Watson’s assessment over there was also completed. He selected five water algae demons with alchemy talent, including three youths and two underage demonkin. These were the future he had chosen for the water algae demons.

     What was both funny and baffling was that no one, including the leader, questioned the numbers five and six.

     Watson seemed to have expected this. The water algae tribe’s mathematical sensitivity was truly worrying. When they go to the half-demon base, they should probably memorize the multiplication tables first!

     One of the water algae elders, unwilling to leave the youths unsupervised, decided to accompany them, making it 6 + 1 = 7.

     Parting is always tinged with sadness, especially for the water algae demons who rarely leave the salt lake.

     Ye Mo promised the water algae demons a time to return to their ranks. The water algae leader and the others flew above the salt lake, watching as Ye Mo and her group disappeared from their sight.

     …

     The primeval forest was full of trees, grass, vines, shrubs, rocks, insects, and ants. Even though the water algae demons could float in the air by using water vapor, they were definitely not as mobile as creatures with legs.

     They curled up into balls, hiding with the Flying Elder or within the fluffy fur of the leopard cat.

     The sadness of parting gradually faded.

     Especially for the little water algae demons who had almost never left the salt lake, they quickly became immersed in the surrounding plants and trees. Even the half-demons’ furry ears piqued their curiosity.

     From time to time, their silvery laughter and playful noises mingled with the scolding voice of the water algae elder.

     Compared to the young half-demon who had experienced hardship, these water algae children, having always been doted upon, possessed a greater sense of carefree innocence.

     After a while, Watson, under the pretense of imparting knowledge and resolving doubts, was personally carried by Ye Mo. He quickly noticed the confused, envious, and jealous gazes of the other half-demons.

     The tacit understanding between Ye Mo and Watson was not concealed at all, it would have been strange if they hadn’t noticed.

     As time passed, these gazes almost shifted from open to covert. They were curious – this tiny clump of water algae, without even a core, what was so remarkable about it that Ye Mo would look at it with such favor?

     “Suddenly reminded me of the last dungeon,” Watson said. “Starting from the Irish dungeon, the survivor forum has called me the ‘child of luck,’ and my luck has continued all the way here.”

     Ye Mo replied, “I’m very lucky too.”

     Watson smiled: “So lucky Maria, can you let your team stop, I found a piece of herbs–“

     “Okay.” Ye Mo smiled helplessly, snapped her fingers, and asked the half-demons to stop.

     If it weren’t for her growing reputation, they would definitely not stop like this dozens of times, and every time they went to collect “flowers, plants, fruits, stems and leaves” that were completely unimportant in their eyes.

     Compared to the prehistoric plants they didn’t recognize in the Jurassic dungeon, the plants in this “Demons and Monsters” dungeon were more akin to those described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas – truly a paradise for apothecaries.

     Watson had been excited about every medicinal herb he saw at the beginning, but now he only collected the rare, precious, and those with special properties. Before this, he had already inquired with Ye Mo about the soil conditions at the half-demon base to avoid collecting duplicates.

     Ye Mo helped Watson gather the herbs into her storage space, feeling gratified. “With you here, the safety of the half-demon base can be greatly improved.”

     Watson was confident in his profession and didn’t bother being modest in front of his friend. “That’s for sure.”

     Now, the team was only missing Wang Xue.

     Watson asked, “What’s the plan?”

     “The plan has been underway all along. We’ve cast the bait so many times, but the fish just won’t come into the net,” Ye Mo finally had someone she could talk to about her frustrating work. “I have to say, humans are truly the most cunning and cautious creatures, and that doesn’t change even in this world of strange creatures and demons.”

     …

     Because of collecting herbs, the return trip took almost twice as long as the trip.

     Ye Mo the others hadn’t even reached the base yet, they had just caught sight of its outskirts, when hundreds of half-demons came running towards her, hopping, leaping, and flying.

     Each of them was eager to speak, chattering away like a pot of boiling porridge. The two little water algae demons were startled and jumped into the leaves of the young water algae demons, wrapping themselves up tightly.

     “Quiet!” Ye Mo had to raise her voice to stop them. “One at a time. Feng, you go first.”

     With only one person speaking, things became much clearer.

     Feng explained the relevant events in detail, and the others added the missing pieces, one sentence at a time.

     In the three days since Ye Mo left the half-demon base, there had been both good news and bad news.

     Good news:

     The number of half-demons had already exceeded 7000, currently reaching 7700, and was quickly approaching 8000. The reason for this rapid growth was that people in the forest knew about Ye Mo’s efforts to save the half-demons. As a result, some collaborators with the half-demon base began to actively send half-demons, with some even bringing dozens or hundreds to their doorstep.

     Ye Mo frowned when he heard this, “We need to pay more attention to the newly joined half-demons. We welcome them as partners, but if they have the intention to betray us, the base will never show mercy, and their evil deeds will be announced to the millions of demons. “

     Many half-demons nodded in confusion, but the specially trained half-demons leaders almost all heard the meaning. A small number of the half-demons sent by the demon clan were from their clan, which means that they may have relatives in other clans, and there is another possibility in the future.

     “Let’s just establish some rules for this and put it to a vote to be included in the half-demon base’s regulations,” Ye Mo said. Then she asked, “What about the bad news?”

     There was quite a bit of bad news:

     First, multiple conflicts had occurred at the mission points outside the base’s illusionary formation. Second, someone whose transaction at a mission point failed had attempted to attack the half-demon base. Third, the base’s support teams had been ambushed multiple times by other demon clans.

     Ye Mo then listened to how they had handled these issues:

     First, they strictly enforced the mission point rules without favoring any side. Second, the illusionary formation was not so easily broken; the intruder had died. What made them cheer was a half-demon named Qian, who had grasped some methods of manipulating the illusionary formation, pending verification. Third, they used spatial formations for rescue and, led by Feng, even launched counter-attacks against the ambushes.

     “You’ve done very well,” Ye Mo said.

     Ye Mo, disregarding the extent of the base’s losses for the moment, first offered her affirmation. Instantly, she was met with many smiling faces from the half-demons. She noticed that some Half-demons had some injuries on their face and body.

     Then, she inquired about the casualties.

     The illusionary formation was not so easily broken, so the half-demon base itself was fine. It was the third support team that had suffered some casualties.

     Ye Mo asked Feng to gather the half-demons. She had an important guest to introduce to them.

     “Watson, a pharmacist.”

     Several minor leaders, headed by the wind-attribute winged tiger demon, remembered that Ye Mo had once said that any other guests allowed into the half-demon base would definitely have good character and contribute to the base.

     The silver wolf clan’s Pushkin counted as half.

     But why did Ye Mo look at this group of algae so differently and even travel thousands of miles to pick him up?

     Watson didn’t say much. After asking about the situation of the injured in the half-demon base, he asked Ye Mo to gather the injured first and start treating them in public.

     To treat more than a dozen half-demons, either medicine, or simple surgical cleaning operations, plus the art of incantation, only It took more than half an hour, and they were all alive and kicking.

     “You must be wondering why these powders can heal injuries, why this potion can make broken limbs grow, why these pills can prevent demons from falling, why these potions can prevent death…”

     Floating in the air, Watson said calmly: “These are all knowledge of pharmacy, and these medicines are not grown in the ground, they are all made by pharmacists. Medicines can not only heal injuries, but also defeat enemies, and make you stronger. I am a pharmacist-Watson, and for some of you, your future teacher.”

     A half-demon felt the scene before them was very familiar, raised their hand high, and when Watson looked over, asked, “Teacher, is it like how Chief Jing refines equipment?”

     “Yes, it’s just like refining equipment. They are both remarkable and very powerful abilities, and I hope you will be fortunate enough to learn it,” Ye Mo affirmed.

     It was at this moment that Watson was completely different in the eyes of the half-demons.

     The algae demons were all confused, even though the elders had been confused by the mess of the half-demons. However, they knew that the leaders of the half-demons base really valued Watson.

     Finally, they joined the celebration banquet of the half-demons base in a daze.

     Demons are intelligent creatures, out of the category of plants. They can of course eat meat delicacies, but they prefer vegetarian food. Therefore, a lot of vegetarian barbecue and wild fruit juice were added to the banquet.

      Since then, the half-demons base has an additional pharmacy.

      …

     With the addition of Watson, Ye Mo increased the construction of the half-demons base. Moreover, she was no longer directly involved in these constructions, 90% of which were handed over to the small leaders of the base.

     She was mainly responsible for training talents, and silently paid attention to Wang Xue’s situation in the human race, including her task completion. The information exchange between the two became more and more frequent.

     As more and more half-demons solved incidents independently, and the variety of goods produced by the half-demons base became more and more abundant, it had penetrated into the fight between the demons.

     When the first demon tribe turned defeat into victory with the help of the equipment in the base, the medium-sized demon tribe could not stand it anymore and stopped watching and joined in; when more and more demon tribes in the forest were using the customized weapons, equipment and potions of the half-demon base, large-scale demon tribes also began to join in one after another.