Xia Huanao waved his hand, "Who cares? This shop usually doesn't rip me off, so I can go in without any worries."
Saying that, Xia Huanao pushed open the door and walked in. A strong medicinal smell hit him. Fortunately, Xia Huanao had prepared himself mentally, so he didn't feel uncomfortable.
He walked to the counter and said to the shop assistant, "I need to get some medicine."
The shop assistant glanced at Xia Huanao, "Okay, please give me the prescription."
Xia Huanao slapped his forehead, "I forgot to write it down. Could you please lend me some paper and a pen?"
Borrowing the paper and pen, Xia Huanao wrote down a long list of medicinal ingredients in one go. He then checked it carefully. Yes, nothing was missing. He then handed the prescription to the shop assistant. The shop assistant took the prescription and looked at it, then gave Xia Huanao a thumbs-up and praised, "You're a good candidate to be a doctor. Your handwriting is so abstract, even oracle bone script isn't as hard to decipher as yours, you know?"
Xia Huanao scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed, "This, isn't it because I was in a hurry?"
The shop assistant looked at the medicinal ingredients on the prescription, and picked them out for Xia Huanao one by one. Then, he handed the wrapped medicine to Xia Huanao, "Here you go, this is your medicine. If I may be so bold, what is this medicine for?"
Xia Huanao saw that the shop assistant's attitude was good, and he was happy to chat with him, "I'm telling you, but you mustn't tell anyone."
The shop assistant nodded, "Don't worry, it's our basic quality and professional ethics to keep customers' secrets."
Xia Huanao then said mysteriously, "I'm telling you, this is a prescription I painstakingly put together. It can strengthen the body and beautify the complexion."
The shop assistant chuckled, "Don't tease me. With your prescription, although there are a few ingredients I can't quite understand their purpose, most of them are just the formula for Bai Yao. Based on my guess, this can only treat contusions and abrasions. However, the medicinal effect should be several levels stronger than ordinary Bai Yao."
Xia Huanao's eyes rolled, "Perhaps it's precisely because of those extra few ingredients that the medicinal effect has changed so drastically. I'll do an experiment when I get back. If it works, I'll definitely share the results with you."
After saying that, Xia Huanao left Yu Ming Tang. On the main road, Xia Huanao asked the system, "System, what do you mean by this Bai Yao formula?"
The system blinked innocently, "Honestly, I really think you should use this. That way, no matter how badly you're hit by the tennis machine, you can get up, pat yourself off, and revive with full health after applying the medicine."
Xia Huanao's expression gradually turned grim, "Is this what you called a way for me to catch up to Froakie's progress?"
The system replied, "No, it's impossible to catch up to a genius. Even if you try your best, you can only shorten the gap between you and a genius, allowing you to see their back. And the effect of my formula is to let you play recklessly without any fear, and get up no matter how badly injured you are. Isn't that good?"
Xia Huanao sullenly put away the medicine bag. It was better not to use this medicine if possible.
The next day, in the secret base of Xia Huanao and others.
A tennis ball whizzed through the air and hit Xia Huanao's foot, directly swelling his face. Xia Huanao quickly retreated, rubbing his cheekbones, and then gently bit down a few times, "Luckily, my teeth aren't loose. But it really hurts."
Xia Huanao looked at Froakie, who was still dodging and weaving, and with a gritted teeth and a stomp of his foot, he charged in. It was truly painful yet joyful.
The reason Xia Huanao was so determined was because he had looked at Froakie's growth chart last night. After a day of training, Froakie's speed effort value had increased significantly. Froakie's speed effort value had already exceeded thirty. And the remaining less than ten effort values were all in speed. Not bad.
However, this was not the point. The point was that in the attribute page of Froakie provided by the system, a new data had appeared: Sync Rate.
The system's explanation for this attribute was the bond between Xia Huanao and Froakie, and the degree of mutual understanding. To put it more plainly, as long as the sync rate bar was filled, Froakie's Bond Transformation ability could be activated. And as the sync rate increased, the trigger conditions for Bond Transformation would gradually decrease.
Of course, some of the other Pokémon in Xia Huanao's possession might also have sync rate data, such as Diancie. If he wanted Diancie to Mega Evolve, Xia Huanao would need to increase the sync rate to a certain level, in addition to finding the Key Stone and Mega Stone.
Knowing about this cheat, Xia Huanao naturally paid attention to training, which is why he was being tortured again today.
Xia Huanao's performance today was much better compared to yesterday. Although he was still battered and bruised by the tennis balls, he had started to adapt to the speed. Today, the shortest time before being hit by the first ball was one and a half minutes.
...
Around 3 PM, Xia Huanao, who looked like a ghost, got off the training equipment and went to a large pot placed to the side. The pot was filled with cold water. Xia Huanao opened a sack and poured medicinal ingredients into the pot with a rustle.
After the medicinal ingredients covered the surface of the water, Xia Huanao took off his clothes and jumped into the pot, then turned on the switch.
Xia Huanao shivered terribly in the pot and asked the system tremblingly, "System, are you sure this method is okay? I feel like something is wrong."
The system confidently replied, "Don't worry, when have I ever made a mistake? All you have to do is open your pores once the water temperature rises, and then absorb the medicinal effects of the ingredients into your body through your pores. Remember, the water temperature should be kept at fifty degrees Celsius for the best effect."
Xia Huanao was still shivering in the pot, after all, it was cold water. Even though the pot was being heated, it would take some time.
Xia Huanao sat in the pot and looked at the medicinal ingredients around him, "How should I put it, it really looks like stewing soup. I've cooked dumplings, glutinous rice balls, and instant noodles, but I've never cooked a person."
The system's expression was strange, "Host, is it okay for you to say such things about yourself?"
As time passed, the water temperature in the pot gradually increased, and Xia Huanao's expression slowly returned to normal. At least he looked less uncomfortable.
Xia Huanao didn't soak in the pot for long before the medicinal effects began to show. Xia Huanao's body started to itch, and he couldn't help but scratch it. However, scratching an itch only made it itchier, and the itchier it got, the more he scratched.
Xia Huanao soon couldn't bear it anymore. The pot was no longer Xia Huanao taking a bath, but a monkey being cooked...
"System, this is wrong. You didn't say the medicine would be so itchy before."
Looking at Xia Huanao in a contorted posture, the system also panicked, "That shouldn't be the case. My theoretical research should be fine. Why don't you get out first? If you keep boiling, I'm worried something will happen to you."
Xia Huanao leaned on the edge of the pot, intending to jump out, but unexpectedly his hand slipped, and he fell back into the pot.
Gurgling and struggling, he got up and swallowed a few mouthfuls of liquid that he didn't know how to categorize. Xia Huanao felt a surge of nausea, and just wanted to vomit.
Xia Huanao finally managed to climb out of the pot, his entire body bright red, lying on the ground. The scene was truly...
The system meticulously examined Xia Huanao's physical condition and concluded, "Host, you just have dry skin, and the water temperature was too high when you bathed. It's not a big problem and has nothing to do with my medicine."
Xia Huanao lay on the ground for a while before getting up, wiping himself dry, and putting on his clothes, "System, why didn't you tell me this before I got into the water?"
"Host, you can't blame me for this. Is it too ridiculous to blame me, an innocent system, for your own physical problems? Besides, I did take precautions. I confirmed that you were not allergic to any ingredient in the prescription before I wrote it for you."
"Then I really thank you. If I were allergic, I would probably have boiled myself to death in this pot right now."
After resting for a while, Xia Huanao felt somewhat better. He then cleaned up the secret base and asked the system, "System, do you have any other methods?"
The system thought for a moment, "Yes, Bai Yao can be applied externally and taken internally. Although these two methods are not as fast as stewing, they are stable. After all, this is how Bai Yao was used in your past life."
Xia Huanao rolled his eyes, "So you admit this is Bai Yao, not what you said was a Marrow Cleansing Liquid?"
"Ah, this, are you going to harp on this?"
"If you had said it was Bai Yao earlier, I would have just bought Bai Yao. Why go through all this trouble to come up with a formula?"
The system projected the formula into Xia Huanao's mind, "Look carefully. Scutellaria baicalensis, Angelica sinensis, Astragalus propinquus, these are marked in red as the main components of Bai Yao. Gastrodia elata, these are marked in green as additional medicinal ingredients I added. And those marked in blue are exclusive medicinal ingredients from Ling Yao Star. This formula cannot be compared to just Bai Yao."
Xia Huanao completely failed to understand the knowledge the system was explaining. He just wanted to know if there were any other methods. The system thought for a moment, "Actually, there seem to be other methods, but the cost is greater than using Bai Yao."
Xia Huanao thought for a moment and asked, "What are the costs? Spending money? Then forget it. I think using Bai Yao is quite good."
"No, I mean, you can ask Yu Longdu. After all, their family is a professional Pokémon breeding family. The cost is that you will owe them a considerable favor."
Xia Huanao thought about it and finally gave up. If he were asked to ask Zheng Xiaoxiao and Tong Ruo, he would definitely not hesitate. Even if he owed them a lot of favors, he believed that these two sisters would not make things too difficult for him. But the Yu family was different. In Xia Huanao's opinion, he and the Yu family were on opposing sides. Even a small favor owed would be fully exploited by the Yu family.
"Forget it, I'll just use Bai Yao. I think it's quite good."