Victory Blessing Paste

In the Wounded Soldier Camp, Bai Pu followed the medical officers around, keeping busy. From time to time, he asked questions and received answers.

This was because he came from a distinguished family, even if only a distant collateral branch. The Wu County Lu Clan was a scholarly aristocratic family, while physicians in ancient times were considered lowly servants.

Moreover, Bai Pu spoke modestly and politely, and his features were refined and elegant. With his high hidden Charm, Physician Liu did not resent Bai Pu's eagerness to learn. He even kindly pointed out shortcomings in Bai Pu's use and preparation of medicine.

You treated a wounded soldier of the Sun Quan Army. Your Merit Points in the Sun Quan Army faction +1.

This notification was an unexpected delight. He had not expected that he could earn Merit Points without taking part in the main battlefield—and those points could ultimately be converted into college entrance exam scores!

Not only had he gained Merit Points, but the experience of his secondary profession, Alchemist, was also slowly increasing. This was because of Physician Liu's guidance.

An ordinary awakened examinee might have been content to remain in this Wounded Soldier Camp. After all, gaining both merits and secondary profession experience killed two birds with one stone! But Bai Pu did not see it that way. He had not become a medic for such a small amount of Merit Points—he wanted to find a way out, to escape the Red Cliffs battlefield!

And he meant to leave without becoming a deserter or abandoning the Sun Quan Army faction.

Military service during the Three Kingdoms era was harsh, and deserters were numerous. As a result, every faction imposed severe punishments on deserters. Not only did they use laws to hunt them down, but their families were implicated as well! A deserter was essentially cutting himself off from his clan.

The Distinguished Family modifier that Bai Pu possessed, granted by his level 1 origin, was extremely important. It was the foundation of many of his plans. Naturally, he would not give it up.

While caring for the wounded, Bai Pu deliberately worked twice as hard, saving Physician Liu considerable effort. Physician Liu's Favorability toward him naturally became available.

During his conversations with Physician Liu, Bai Pu casually asked about basic information regarding the Red Cliffs scenario. For example, where the Wounded Soldier Camp's medicinal herbs were transported from, and whether there were medicines that could greatly increase soldiers' combat strength.

Physician Liu stroked his beard and said, "This camp is located at Sanjiangkou. All military supplies and medicinal herbs are shipped upstream from Chaisang City, then transferred to Fankou Barracks. As for medicines that enhance soldiers' combat strength, there are indeed some."

Physician Liu then produced a bottle of pale yellow ointment and said, "This is called Victory Blessing Paste. Dissolve it in clean water and let the soldiers drink it. It grants tremendous strength and makes them unafraid of blades or spears. Its effects are remarkable."

"There is actually such a thing!" Bai Pu took the Victory Blessing Paste and quickly received a notification from the Spirit Realm Will.

Victory Blessing Paste: Grade A war item. When dissolved in water and consumed, grants Strength +3 and Base Armor +8 for 180 minutes. After the effect ends, the user enters a weakened state with All Attributes -3 for one natural day.

Notice: You cannot take Victory Blessing Paste out of the Three Kingdoms: Red Cliffs Plane scenario.

This was somewhat like a stimulant, and its side effects were quite obvious. It was not very useful to awakened ones, but to an army, it was practically a miracle drug.

That was why it counted as a large-scale war item. One bottle of Victory Blessing Paste, once dissolved, could probably be enough for a large number of soldiers to drink.

"I wonder how this ointment is made?" Bai Pu continued playing the role of a man thirsting for knowledge.

He sensed the value of this war item. If he could learn its production method, it should greatly benefit the advancement of his Alchemist profession!

Physician Liu smiled without answering. He clearly knew something, but their relationship—his Favorability toward Bai Pu—had not yet reached the necessary level. Physician Liu would not casually reveal information of such immense value.

At that moment, a Green Armor Squad Leader suddenly led two people over and said, "Physician Liu, these two have also studied medical texts and know how to use medicine to treat wounds."

Bai Pu glanced at them. One was a man and the other a woman, both dressed in the coarse hemp clothing of ordinary soldiers. Nothing unusual could be seen from their appearances. Yet their bearing was completely different from that of ordinary low-ranking soldiers!

These two were awakened examinees, from the same place as Bai Pu!

Perhaps they had heard that Bai Pu had entered the Wounded Soldier Camp. With a little deduction, they had figured out the benefits and come to imitate him.

The two also glanced at Bai Pu, clearly having known for some time that he was here.

Physician Liu said in surprise, "Those skilled in medicine are always rare. The Wounded Soldier Camp has always been short-handed, yet today it has gained several helpers. Naturally, that is a good thing."

Physician Liu immediately intended to test them, but the male awakened one raised his hand and said directly, "There is no need to test us, Physician Liu. Please witness our methods!"

As he spoke, the two walked straight over to a wounded soldier under Bai Pu's care.

The soldier had suffered an arrow wound to the abdomen. It had festered and become infected, with half of his lower abdomen swollen high and hard to the touch. The pain was unbearable. Bai Pu had been cutting open the sore and squeezing out the pus and blood.

The male awakened one stepped in and scattered a handful of medicinal powder. The female awakened one poured several drops of dark red liquid into it. The powder immediately fused into a pale red protective film that slowly seeped into the wound.

The wounded soldier's groans ceased. The arrow wound on his lower abdomen actually began healing at a visible rate.

Bai Pu frowned slightly. To win the medical officer's trust, these two had actually used precious Alchemy Potions! Alchemy Potions were products of Earth's Spirit Energy Civilization. Alchemists gathered medicinal herbs from the Spirit Realm and refined them with alchemical knowledge learned in the source plane. They were quite expensive.

The Spirit Realm Exploration Subject of this college entrance exam imposed strict limits on item usage.

The authorities had long stipulated that examinees could carry only two bottles of healing and recovery Alchemy Potions as supplies. All other items were forbidden.

This rule also stemmed from the Spirit Realm Will's restrictions. For instance, the C+ grade item Smuggler's Relic in Bai Pu's storage space was currently grayed out and unusable. Only equipment and two bottles of medicine could be used.

Physician Liu showed no great surprise at the sight. He merely said with some regret, "This spiritual medicine shares the same principles as the Daoist healing elixirs. But using it on an ordinary arrow wound is rather wasteful."

The two newly arrived examinees had intended to impress the medical officer with this method. They had not expected Physician Liu to be so knowledgeable, having seen similar medicines before! They became somewhat embarrassed and smiled awkwardly.

The Green Armor Squad Leader asked, "Physician Liu, have these two passed the assessment?"

Physician Liu sighed softly. "Spiritual medicine is likely precious, so your methods cannot be used often. Since you were generous enough to help the wounded, you may stay! Study the techniques of treating wounds properly. Do not rely on spiritual medicine and neglect the basics."

Thus, the two awakened examinees also entered the Wounded Soldier Camp of the Sanjiangkou encampment.

However, unlike Bai Pu, they clearly did not have a secondary profession such as Alchemist. When Physician Liu explained how to prepare medicinal herbs and administer medicine, they lacked the foundation to understand it. It was like listening to a heavenly book, so naturally they did not learn much.

Furthermore, they lacked Bai Pu's status bonus from being born into a distinguished family. Physician Liu could only sigh and assign them to menial tasks such as cleaning wounds, cutting open sores, and squeezing out pus.

Still, the two deserved to be called elites among the first tier of several million examinees. They did not even furrow their brows at such filthy and bloody work, carrying it out diligently.

Otherwise, they certainly would not have been able to gain a foothold in the Wounded Soldier Camp.