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Chapter 163 The Second Round of the Young Scale Cup - Healing Pets

The highly venomous lizard looks somewhat like the Komodo dragon in the real world, but it is slightly smaller. Its entire body is covered with purple scales, and even its pupils are purple.

Its back was covered with thorns like brambles.

Its teeth, blood, and claws all contain a deadly poison that can kill instantly upon contact with blood.

The saliva secreted in the mouth is extremely corrosive, comparable to aqua regia.

The venom of highly venomous lizards has extremely high medicinal value.

The black water snake is a highly venomous snake-like creature with a single horn and no scales on its body.

The giant black water serpent sleeping in the underground sewers is the evolved form of the black water serpent.

It needs to constantly hunt and accumulate energy in order to have a chance to evolve into the Blackwater Giant Serpent.

Generally speaking, black water snakes are one of the food sources for highly venomous lizards, and their venom is not as terrifying as that of highly venomous lizards, so how could they cause symptoms of poisoning in highly venomous lizards?

Unless this isn't poisoning, but rather the body's immune response to a highly venomous lizard.

Ye Bai quickly grasped the situation. The second round of the competition was given three days, and the scoring criteria were the time spent treating the alien beast, the recovery status of the alien beast's body, and the techniques used to treat the alien beast.

However, the final score will be rated based on the difficulty of the treatment and multiplied by a difficulty coefficient.

There is a countdown timer above the laboratory, starting from the moment the experimental materials arrive at the laboratory.

Treating a highly venomous lizard is considered a level four surgical procedure, which is extremely difficult.

However, the laboratory was well-equipped. Ye Bai put on gloves and touched one of the scales of the highly venomous lizard.

The venomous lizard, which had been somewhat agitated, gradually calmed down after being soothed by Ye Bai's gentle touch.

"Venomous lizard, in order to more accurately determine your condition, I hope you can tell me the answer by nodding or shaking your head."

"I'm not sure if you can understand what I'm saying. If you can, please nod."

The venomous lizard gave Ye Bai a deep look with its purple pupils, and then nodded.

It seems this highly venomous lizard is quite intelligent, comparable to a five-year-old child.

"Did you develop poisoning symptoms after fighting with the black water snake?"

"Before this, have you eaten anything strange or unusual?"

The venomous lizard racked its brains to recall that it seemed to have swallowed a purple mushroom that had suddenly appeared before it fought the black water snake.

These purple mushrooms are incredibly beautiful, emitting a faint glow and emitting an elegant fragrance that makes even the most venomous lizard drool.

However, the time from its appearance to its withering is very short.

However, a mushroom just happened to fall into its mouth.

Without a second thought, it swallowed the mushroom whole.

Having thought of this, the venomous lizard nodded and indeed ate something.

"Okay, my initial assessment is that you ate something you shouldn't have, which caused a problem with your immune system."

"To give an analogy, it's like you were originally a highly venomous beast, but you suddenly took an antidote, which would cause you to be free of toxins in your body for a period of time."

"Originally, the potent venom in your body could provide immunity to the venom of the black water snake, but now that you no longer have the venom, you are no longer immune."

"Therefore, the venom of the black water snake will have a certain effect on you."

"Once the medication is removed, the toxins in your body will be eliminated, and your poisoning symptoms will disappear immediately."

"However, we still need to use instruments to examine your physical condition before we can make a final confirmation."

"Please don't be nervous. Lie down in this machine and I'll give you a full-body check-up. Relax."

The Young Lin Cup is in full swing. The chairman of the organizing committee is looking at the huge screen with Chairman Li, the president of the Provincial Capital Nursery Association, with his hands behind his back.

The first round eliminated nearly 300 people, and only 200 people have advanced to the second round.

After the results of the second round are released, it is estimated that only the top fifty people will be able to enter the third round.

According to the rules of the Yan Guo-level Young Lin Cup, only the top three students in the province are eligible to participate.

If you can get into the top five in the Yan Kingdom's Young Lin Cup, you will be qualified to represent Yan Kingdom in the World Olympic Research Competition.

Winning first place in the World Olympiad Research Competition will grant you admission to any prestigious university on Earth without taking the entrance exam.

This is something that everyone who aspires to pursue a research career dreams of.

However, the World Olympiad Research Competition brings together many elites from around the world. Even a talented researcher like Zhang Lingxue only managed to get third place when she participated in the World Olympiad Research Competition.

That year, both the champion and runner-up were students from the United States.

Of course, the students from the United States who participated in the competition were generally quite old, which is also a point of criticism.

Chairman Li and Grandpa Li looked at the huge screen, which was divided into two hundred smaller screens.

Everyone present was watching the candidate's every move on the screen.

In the final results review stage, each candidate who advanced to the next round of the competition would have the surveillance video reviewed again.

Only after confirming that there is no suspicion of cheating will the next round begin.

At that moment, a violent coughing sound came from behind Chairman Li and Grandpa Li.

Master Jiang came out, his face was dark, and his aura looked even more deteriorated.

He has aged a lot and now looks like a frail, dying old man.

Even walking required the support of paper figures; at this time, he was a frail and weak old man.

When Chairman Li saw Old Jiang's condition, he frowned and said, "Old Jiang, with your superb medical skills, is there no way to heal yourself?"

Master Jiang shook his head: "A doctor cannot heal himself, and this is not an illness, but rather the end of my life."

"My time is almost up."

"It seems unlikely that we'll make it through this time."

At this moment, Grandpa Li's eyes lit up: "Old Jiang, you shouldn't take your skills to the grave."

"I have a son who's quite talented. Why don't you take him in?"

Upon hearing this, Chairman Li immediately retorted, "You're trying to slap me in the face with your worthless grandson?"

"You're good for nothing, yet you want to inherit Old Jiang's mantle! You're asking for trouble!"

Grandpa Li gave an embarrassed smile and dared not say another word.

He was afraid of Chairman Li, that cynical troll.

"The knowledge I have learned in my school is very diverse."

"Only people with a specific talent can pass on knowledge."

"Don't worry, I've already chosen someone. After the Young Unicorn Cup ends, I will pass on all my skills to him."

"As for the rest, you don't need to persuade me. If it were suitable, I would have passed it down long ago."

At this moment, Chairman Li reluctantly took out a ginseng as thick as an arm from his pet space.

Ginseng has a rich, refreshing fragrance that invigorates the mind and body.

"Old Jiang, can this thing extend your lifespan?"

Master Jiang shook his head: "Ordinary medicines are no longer effective for me. Only the legendary Longevity Fruit or Heavenly Peach, which can prolong life, could possibly extend my life." "Old Li, I understand your intentions, and I will accept them."

"Don't worry, I won't ignore your granddaughter's illness. When I'm gone, my disciple will also go and treat your granddaughter."

A beautiful paper doll dressed in a cheongsam, with a graceful figure, walked over holding an umbrella.

She reached out, and a piece of paper slipped out of her sleeve, transforming in the blink of an eye into a rocking chair.

"I'm feeling exhausted. I'll take a nap first. I originally thought the news about the Longevity Fruit was true, but it turned out to be a false alarm."

After letting out a long sigh, Master Jiang fell into a deep sleep.

The paper puppet made a shushing gesture at the two of them, then summoned a paper figure to lift Master Jiang to a quiet place to rest.

He had to race against time; there wasn't much time left.

Chairman Li and Grandpa Li sighed deeply. Old Jiang's time was almost up. The passing of a great doctor would surely cause a lot of turmoil.

Many people are eyeing Lao Jiang's lineage and are putting pressure on him to reveal the lineage of his school.

But Lao Jiang always disagreed, even forcing him to flee far away.

If it weren't for the paper effigy that Old Jiang left behind for communication, no one would know whether Old Jiang was dead or alive.

However, Old Jiang promised that before he left, he would take on a disciple and pass on everything he had.

However, he will not reveal to everyone who his disciples are; this is to protect him.

Both Chairman Li and Grandpa Li were intrigued by this lineage, as they knew that Old Jiang came from an ancient school that only accepted one disciple at a time.

They had to pass on the news that Master Jiang had found a disciple to the people behind him to see how they would handle it.

Over the years, only Zhang Lingxue knew where Lao Jiang was, because Lao Jiang initially favored Zhang Lingxue.

However, she didn't have the talent of photographic memory, so she couldn't inherit Old Jiang's legacy at all.

Zhang Lingxue also wanted to give her apprentice a chance to see if she could trick him into handing over the inheritance of the Old Jiang School.

After Ye Bai performed a full-body examination on the highly venomous lizard, he indeed discovered that the lizard's blood contained the venom unique to black water snakes.

Moreover, the potent poison within the venomous lizard's body has completely disappeared.

Ye Bai's heart was suddenly stirred. This thing could effectively detoxify. If he could extract the detoxifying substances from it and make an antidote, wouldn't he be able to neutralize most poisons?

It's worth noting that the venom of the highly poisonous lizard ranks 349th among the world's venomous beasts.

The universal antidote currently circulating on the market is a hot commodity among some pet owners who perform dangerous missions, and its price is astronomical.

Even so, the universal antidote cannot completely eliminate the toxins of the highly venomous lizard.

One can imagine that if this newly discovered drug were used to research an antidote, once developed, it could completely replace the universal antidote and fetch an astronomical price.

Ye Bai calculated the time: from the time the venomous lizard swallowed the herbs to the time it was brought over for treatment, it had only been three hours.

The average digestion time for a highly venomous lizard is eight hours.

So there should still be time.

Ye Bai performed a gastric lavage on the highly venomous lizard, which then sprayed out a large amount of golden, pungent liquid from its mouth.

Its gastric juice is highly acidic.

Fragments the size of a thumbnail float in the liquid.

Ye Bai carefully picked up the fragments with tweezers, rinsed them with water, and placed them under the spotlight to examine them carefully.

Judging from this fragment, it is the cap of a mushroom.

The mushroom's exterior was corroded by stomach acid, turning it dark brown.

However, after rinsing with clean water, it turns violet and emits a faint fragrance.

"Purple jade mushroom, this is a purple jade mushroom."

Ye Bai had read about the Purple Jade Mushroom, a special mushroom that takes only 0.1 seconds from growth to decay.

It is said that some people have seen clusters of purple jade mushrooms in the southwest region and even recorded what the mushrooms looked like.

However, no one has ever successfully harvested the Purple Jade Mushroom. Once discovered, touching the Purple Jade Mushroom turns it into a very smelly, slimy mass.

The taste was like concentrated canned herring.

However, judging from the fragments of the purple jade mushroom found in the stomach fluid of the highly venomous lizard, as long as the purple jade mushroom is successfully harvested, its rotting can be prevented.

This should also be a special combination of ingredients and herbs.

I wonder if the Sunflower King can induce the growth of this Purple Jade Mushroom.

Ye Bai placed the purple jade mushroom in a small petri dish and then put it directly into his sleeve.

After undergoing gastric lavage, the venomous lizard's condition has improved, and it is now able to continue fighting the black water snake.

Ye Bai tidied up the laboratory equipment and disinfected the highly venomous lizard with alcohol. After making sure the lizard was safe, he pressed the button to end the exam.

"beep!"

Not long after, staff members pushed open the door and entered.

The countdown in the lab had already stopped the moment Ye Bai pressed the button.

Meanwhile, staff will assess the condition of the beasts, and a group of experts from the evaluation team will also evaluate the extent to which Ye Bai has successfully treated the beasts.

They asked many questions, which Ye Bai answered fluently.

After factoring in the experimental bonus, Ye Bai received a score.

"The specific rankings will be announced after all candidates have finished their exams."

"In order not to disturb others, you may only move around in the canteen, dormitory and arena."

"We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

Ye Bai nodded; he supported the organizing committee's work.

At Ye Bai's request, the Space Pelican arrived in Longhe City.

It needs to find a huge floating island in the waterways of Longhe City.

That huge floating island is the body of the dragon turtle.

The space pelican flapped its wings and flew through the air, occasionally swooping down to search.

A dark shadow suddenly appeared in the river, staring greedily at the space pelican.

That bird is so fat! If I could swallow it whole, I probably wouldn't have to hunt for days.

It followed the space pelican all the way to a secluded spot in the river.

At that moment, the space pelican seemed to have noticed something, and it flapped its wings, preparing to fall from the sky.

A large amount of water splashed up from the surface, and a dark shadow broke through the water.

A strange fish with sharp teeth and a body covered in shiny black scales rushed out.

It opened its gaping maw and bit down hard on the space pelican's belly.

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