Medical Advice??? (Please Bookmark and Vote)

After receiving the enormous sum of 7.2 million, Shu Tong went straight to the resource sales area and bought the 2-million Superior Poison Barb. It came in an exquisite sealed box and could not be touched casually, or it would be easy to get poisoned.

He had already bought everything he needed and was ready to head back, but then he suddenly remembered something and turned back toward Apricot County's largest pharmacy.

"May I ask what medicine you need?" A young and beautiful physician greeted Shu Tong.

"This..." Shu Tong suddenly did not know how to put it into words.

The physician smiled. "Just tell me what symptoms you have."

"I just feel very weak. I can't muster any strength at all," Shu Tong said.

The look in the physician's eyes changed as she said, "Do you also experience dizziness and the feeling that your body has been drained dry?"

Shu Tong nodded vigorously. "As expected of a physician—you hit the nail on the head. Is there any medicine that can treat it? I want the best and fastest-acting one."

The physician sighed as she looked at Shu Tong, then shook her head. "This is Nine-Flavor Rehmannia Pill. It contains extracts from several special medicinal ingredients and is one of the country's finest tonics. Even Pokémon can use it to recover some stamina. It is just a little expensive. There are one hundred pills in a bottle, priced at 2,000 yuan."

"As long as it works, money isn't a problem. Give me two bottles," Shu Tong said.

"What? Two bottles?" the physician asked in surprise.

Shu Tong looked puzzled. "What is it? Is there a purchase limit?"

"No, no."

Shu Tong simply took two bottles himself and went to the counter to pay.

After that, everyone in the pharmacy looked at him strangely.

After he paid, the physician packed the medicine for him and said, "You can only take one pill a day. Don't take too many, or the tonic effects will be excessive. One last reminder: you're still young, so you must practice restraint."

"Huh? You misunderstood. Actually, I—"

"Alright, alright, we understand. Be sure to follow the doctor's orders and take care of your body," the physician interrupted Shu Tong directly.

Shu Tong felt utterly helpless. Now I've been seriously misunderstood. With a body as strong as mine, if it weren't for Weedle, I wouldn't need to take this stuff in my whole life.

He had originally planned to stay in the city for the night, but his father happened to be on duty that evening, so he simply took the bus back to his old home in Creek Town.

It was already past eight at night when he got home. His grandparents had kept calling him the entire way.

"You're home. Now we can finally rest easy." His grandparents welcomed him into the house.

Before long, his grandmother brought out the food. "Why did it take you so long in the city today?"

"A lot did happen, but overall it went pretty smoothly. I bought some Moomoo Milk for Weedle. Was it delivered?"

"It arrived this afternoon. We put it in your room," his grandfather said.

"Alright, then Weedle won't drink today. It can try the Moomoo Milk in a while," Shu Tong said.

Chirp, is it better than alcohol?

"Holy crap, don't tell me you're addicted to drinking already. Hurry up and eat. We still have something important to do later."

After Shu Tong and Weedle finished eating, he quickly washed up and returned to his room, locking the door behind him.

Shu Tong took out the box containing the Superior Poison Barb and placed the Nine-Flavor Rehmannia Pills beside it, just in case.

"Weedle, look." As he spoke, Shu Tong opened the box, revealing a purple Poison Barb about three inches long.

Chirp.

Weedle was instantly drawn in by the powerful Poison-type energy, but when it approached the Poison Barb, it instinctively backed away half a step. The energy contained within was too powerful—even a Poison-type Pokémon like Weedle felt afraid.

"Weedle, don't be afraid. Try absorbing some of the Poison Barb's energy. I have Viridian Force to help you," Shu Tong said.

Chirp.

Weedle's gaze became resolute as it slowly crawled toward the Poison Barb.

Having finally overcome its fear, Weedle looked at the Poison Barb before it, then at Shu Tong. It steeled itself, and its confidence surged.

Weedle merely stuck out its tongue and lightly licked the Poison Barb, but its body immediately swelled like a balloon, turning purplish-black as though it were about to explode.

Seeing that things had gone wrong, Shu Tong hurriedly used every ounce of his strength, nearly draining all the energy in his body to maintain the output of Viridian Force.

Gentle green energy entered Weedle's body and helped it absorb the Poison Barb's energy.

"It's this powerful from just one lick?" Shu Tong inwardly cried out in alarm. Even after using all his Viridian Force, Weedle's body had only become slightly less black; its size had not changed at all.

At this point, Shu Tong felt his vision spinning, his limbs weak, and his head heavy.

"I can't worry about that now. I can only treat a dead horse like it's alive." Shu Tong grabbed the Nine-Flavor Rehmannia Pills off the table. Who cared about medical advice? He poured out a handful and swallowed them in one gulp.

It really worked. Shu Tong immediately felt much better, and the energy in his body slowly began to recover. All that recovered energy transformed into Viridian Force and flowed into Weedle's body.

He did not know how long it took. Shu Tong only vaguely remembered eating five handfuls of Nine-Flavor Rehmannia Pills before Weedle's body finally returned to normal. After that, he fell into a deep sleep.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Tong, get up and eat lunch. Even if you want to sleep again afterward, at least eat first," his grandmother called from outside the door.

"Alright, I'm getting up now." Only after Shu Tong answered did his grandmother leave.

Ouch!

Shu Tong felt sore all over. He forced himself upright and saw that Weedle was still sleeping soundly, so he did not disturb it. He quietly slipped out of the room.

After lunch, when he returned to his room, Weedle finally opened its eyes slightly.

"Quick, drink a bottle of Moomoo Milk to replenish your strength." Shu Tong opened a bottle of Moomoo Milk and placed it in front of Weedle.

Weedle drained an entire bottle in one breath before it finally came back to its senses.

"That was too risky." Shu Tong still felt a wave of fear when he recalled last night's events.

He had only just looked it up. The Poison Barb was originally a held treasure. Simply having a Pokémon carry it allowed the Pokémon to better sense its energy, enabling moves of that type to be used faster and with greater power.

Through energy resonance, a Pokémon could absorb a tiny amount of energy from a treasure. As for directly letting a Pokémon absorb the energy inside a treasure, it was not as though no one had tried it before—only, all of those people's Pokémon had died.

The most recent experiment had been conducted by a world-renowned eighth-rank Trainer from Unova. His main Pokémon, a Druddigon, had tried to directly absorb the energy from a Dragon Scale, but it too had died after being unable to withstand the overwhelming energy.

Shu Tong let out a long breath and lay down on the bed. If he had read this information beforehand, he definitely would not have dared to try it.

But he had succeeded, which filled him with even greater confidence in Viridian Force.

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