Shu Yue listened with concern, but Shu Xin waved her hand, "It's okay, I'm fine."
Back in Huaxia, she often performed such major surgeries. The difference was that then she only needed to stand by the operating table, while now she had to move around the patient. Who could withstand walking for most of the night?
"..."
The males whose wounds had not yet been treated were silently enduring the pain, waiting for the females to rest before receiving treatment.
They had no complaints. Firstly, they could see that the other party was truly exhausted, and their injuries, though serious, were not immediately life-threatening. Secondly, this was how things had always been done in previous years.
In the past, there was only the witch doctor, who was completely overwhelmed. At most, she would throw them some hemostatic grass, and they had to recover on their own.
Someone muttered, "It would be great if the witch doctor woke up."
This sentiment echoed in everyone's hearts...
...
The witch doctor, who had been in a deep sleep for a night, woke up hungry as dawn broke. Seeing her awake, Yi Yi's anxiety from the entire night finally subsided, and she exclaimed happily, "Mother, you're finally awake!"
The witch doctor looked blankly at the cave ceiling, seemingly unsure of her whereabouts.
Yi Yi explained, "Mother, we are in the winter cave. You had a high fever and fainted. During the night you were unconscious, the beast tide came."
The witch doctor's head was still a bit fuzzy. She didn't quite grasp what was being said at first. After a few seconds, she fully regained consciousness and asked with a hint of panic, "What! The beast tide came?! Is everyone alright?"
Yi Yi replied, "Everyone is fine. The chief and the males are outside. Mother, are you feeling any better—"
Before she could finish, she was interrupted by another surprised voice, "It's wonderful that the witch doctor is awake! There are too many injured males, please go and take a look!"
After speaking, the female excitedly shouted to the tribesmen, "The witch doctor is awake! The witch doctor is awake!"
This announcement caused a small stir in the crowd, and a path was spontaneously cleared for the witch doctor to pass.
The witch doctor: "..."
Still feeling groggy, she was helped up by two strong females and was practically dragged towards the injured males.
Yi Yi was pushed to the side, slightly stunned, but her face darkened the next moment. With a grim expression, she followed behind, thinking how rough those two females were!
The witch doctor's face was pale and ashen. She couldn't scold them in front of the tribesmen, so she was simply taken to the front of the cave.
Shu Xin was squatting on the ground, helping a beastman expel poisonous blood. The black blood on the beastman's arm slowly flowed onto the ground until the blood turned red, and then she stopped the bleeding.
The poisoned beastman had been bitten by a venomous snake, and the poison had spread quickly. He thought his life was over, but he never expected Lei Te's female to detoxify him!
After the snakebite was treated, everyone looked at Shu Xin with a sense of deification. Ordinary injuries could be overcome, but poisoning was truly hopeless. Except for a few poisons for which antidote herbs could be found, for others, one could only wait for death!
Everyone watched in stunned silence, not even noticing the witch doctor's arrival.
In reality, although the poison was potent, it was handled promptly. By sealing the acupoints to prevent the poison from spreading internally, the remaining step was to bleed out the toxic blood, and then combine it with the antidote herbs from the witch doctor's cave. The beastman himself had some resistance to poison, which was why it went so smoothly.
However, they did not know this. They only knew that Shu Xin, before them, could set bones, detoxify, and treat various illnesses, as if the beast god had descended to save them!
"..."
The witch doctor did not see the detoxification process. She only saw the other party handing the antidote herb to the injured male.
The injured male chewed the herb and applied it to his wound. His face twitched, and he quickly stopped her, "That's not hemostatic grass, you can't use it on wounds!"
Hearing the voice, the crowd finally noticed the witch doctor being supported by two females. The tribesmen became excited, "Witch doctor, you're finally awake!"
The witch doctor ignored them, her gaze fixed on Shu Xin, and said displeasedly, "Don't give the tribesmen medicine indiscriminately!"
Before Shu Xin could reply, the injured beastman explained, "No, Witch Doctor, I was poisoned, and Shu Xin was detoxifying me."
It was then that the witch doctor noticed the black blood beneath his arm. She knew she had misunderstood, but she showed no intention of apologizing. She broke free from the support of the two females and walked to the poisoned beastman to examine him.
After the examination, although her expression remained unchanged, she was inwardly shocked. Shu Xin could actually detoxify!
She instinctively looked for Shu Xin but found that the other party had already moved on to treat the next beastman's wound.
The witch doctor's mouth twitched. She scanned the injured beastmen and noticed that they were arranged in an orderly fashion. Those whose wounds had been treated were lying together, while those not yet treated were on this side. The more severely injured were closest to Shu Xin, and the less severely injured were further away.
She pointed incredulously at those whose wounds had been treated and asked, "Shu Xin treated all of these?"
Yi Yi ran over and said, "Yes, Mother. You were unconscious, and only Shu Xin knew medicine, so..."
The witch doctor felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. Shu Xin's medical skills were better than hers!
"Where did the herbs come from?"
Yi Yi replied, "I got them from our cave."
"..."
The witch doctor was somewhat angered. Shu Xin had actually used her herbs to save people, and Yi Yi was too naive!
Seeing her mother's displeasure, Yi Yi thought she had done something wrong and stood aside, lowering her head and not daring to speak.
Seeing that the mother and daughter were still talking, Hu Sha became extremely impatient and reminded them, "Witch doctor, Xin'er can't treat them all alone. There are still many injured beastmen..."
Upon hearing this, the witch doctor cast an inscrutable glance at Hu Sha, then said to Yi Yi, "Yi Yi, come and help."
"Go get the herbs," the witch doctor said as she walked.
Yi Yi looked around, not seeing the herbs, and asked Hu Sha, "Grandmother, where were the herbs put?"
Hu Sha shifted her position, revealing the herbs behind her.
Yi Yi walked over and rummaged through the pile of herbs, "Why aren't there any hemostatic grass?"
Hu Sha explained, "There was very little hemostatic grass, and it ran out long ago."
"Ah? Without hemostatic grass, how can we stop the bleeding?" Yi Yi stood up and questioned.
The witch doctor also frowned and looked over, "All the hemostatic grass is used up?" Her tone was one of anger that someone had wasted medicine.
Hu Sha sneered inwardly and pulled at the corner of her mouth, "The hemostatic grass Yi Yi brought was not much, and it ran out long ago."
These words reminded Yi Yi, and she suddenly said, "That's right, there's still hemostatic grass in the cave. I didn't bring it all."
"..."
Hu Sha really wanted to roll her eyes. At such a time, why would she hoard herbs? If Xin'er didn't have her own way to stop bleeding, and she didn't bring out all the herbs, wouldn't that be letting the beastmen bleed to death?
The other beastmen who heard this looked at Yi Yi with strange expressions.
Yi Yi's face became unnatural under their gazes. This couldn't be blamed on her. She wasn't sure if Shu Xin could treat them, so what if she brought all the herbs and wasted them?
Even if she hadn't brought them all, weren't these beastmen still being treated well?