Lin Tianhe's Silver Lotus Wood was also a great help in the battle, so Han Ning didn't keep all the spoils for himself.
After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, Han Ning shouldered a gunnysack, and together with Lin Tianhe, they carried Teacher Fang, quickening their pace toward the dormitories.
Along the way, a few stray Demon Eye Frogs blocking their path were also shattered to pieces by Yin Yi's Silver Thorns. The three of them soon returned to the area where the dorm building was located.
The two of them carried Teacher Fang up to a dorm room on the second floor of Building A and knocked on the door.
"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK~"
"Who is it?" A young voice came from behind the door.
The door opened inward, revealing a delicate face.
"Dr. Chen, Teacher Fang is injured. Could you please take a look at him?"
Han Ning, supporting Teacher Fang's upper body with both hands, jutted his chin toward the teacher's blood-soaked arm.
This Dr. Chen was their school's physician. Since she had just recently graduated from medical school and was quite good-looking, most of the students from the School of Engineering knew her, especially the boys.
"Come in."
When Dr. Chen saw the bloodstains on Teacher Fang's arm, her expression turned serious. She stepped aside to let the two of them in.
The dorm room had been temporarily converted to look like an infirmary, with a single hospital bed placed on one side of the room.
Han Ning and Lin Tianhe placed Teacher Fang on the hospital bed. Dr. Chen put on a mask and gloves, then used tweezers to peel away the layers of gauze on Teacher Fang's arm.
When Dr. Chen saw Teacher Fang's arm beneath the gauze, which had been gnawed by the Monster Rats until only a bloody layer of skin remained, an astonished expression couldn't help but appear on her face.
"With his condition... I can only try to see if I can stitch the muscle back together. The medical facilities are basic right now, so this is all I can do."
After examining Teacher Fang's injuries, Dr. Chen gave her assessment.
"Then please begin. We'll assist you."
"Okay... You two help me hold down his arm. Without anesthesia, the pain will be intense."
Dr. Chen turned around and took suture thread and a needle from her medical kit. After disinfecting and debriding Teacher Fang's wound again, she began the suturing procedure under basic conditions.
"AHH!!" At the same time, Teacher Fang's agonized screams echoed through the room...
After a great deal of patching up, the wound on Teacher Fang's arm finally looked less gruesome. Whether it would retain its original function, however, was up to fate.
The two of them thanked Dr. Chen, then supported the groggy Teacher Fang to his own room.
Han Ning pulled two bloody Monster Rat corpses from the gunnysack, wrapped them in a black plastic bag, and placed them by the wall. He then said to the listless Teacher Fang:
"Teacher Fang, have your Silver Lotus Wood absorb the Energy from these two Monster Rats as soon as possible. As your Silver Lotus Wood grows stronger, it will strengthen your body, which might speed up your wound's recovery."
"Thank you..."
Teacher Fang wasn't in a good state mentally at the moment. The two of them helped him into bed, gave a few more words of instruction, and then left, feeling reassured.
Back at Building B, Han Ning gave the remaining five energy-rich Monster Rat corpses to Lin Tianhe. Only after another round of polite refusals did the other man reluctantly accept them.
...
「Inside the dorm room.」
Han Ning didn't immediately convert his Energy into Attribute Points to strengthen Yin Yi. Instead, he ran to the bathroom, poured half a basin of water from a jug of mineral water, took a towel from a hook, soaked it, and carried the basin back into the room.
He took the damp towel and gently wiped Yin Yi's body where it was stained with Monster Rat blood, carefully cleaning off the foul-smelling gore bit by bit.
"Bobo~"
Yin Yi seemed to really enjoy having Han Ning clean its body. Its two arm-like branches quivered as they wrapped around Han Ning's neck like a child's, its leaves rustling softly.
"Yin Yi, you worked hard today."
Looking at Yin Yi's gently swaying body, Han Ning couldn't help but smile, reaching out to softly stroke the flower on its head.
"Bo~"
"Hey, don't squirm. I'm helping you get all the grime off." Han Ning patted the wiggling Yin Yi and continued wiping its body.
After a thorough wipe-down, Yin Yi's blood-flecked body was suddenly much cleaner and fresher.
Next, he took out the basketball he had swiped from another dorm room yesterday and tossed it to Yin Yi to play with. Then, with a thought, he called up Yin Yi's data panel.
From killing the Monster Rats and a few stray Demon Eye Frogs earlier, he had collected about 2.5 Energy.
Now, he converted 2 points of Energy into 1 Spiritual Attribute Point and allocated it to Yin Yi's Spiritual Ability Attribute.
A hazy green light appeared, covering Yin Yi's body.
A dozen or so seconds later, Yin Yi's stats changed again.
[Race: Silver Lotus Wood
Gender: /
Talent: F
Level: Entry Level II (97/200)
Elemental Affinity (Wood): 1.25
Talent: None
Acquired Soul Techniques: Purification II (23/100), Silver Thorn II (121/200)]
[Body——+ (Distributable Points: 0)
Power: 0.52
Body: 0.45
Agility: 0.33
Spiritual Energy——+ (Distributable Points: 0)
Spiritual Energy: 4.6 (Max 5)]
'Perhaps the stronger it gets, the smaller the changes to its physical size.'
After the point was added, Yin Yi's body only grew by a few centimeters. Other than its color becoming a bit more like an Emerald, there wasn't much of a change.
'Its strength has increased slightly. I'll need about ten more Demon Eye Frogs or Monster Rats to achieve a breakthrough...'
According to Han Ning's calculations, the Energy collected from Monster Rats was slightly more than from Demon Eye Frogs. In terms of strength, the Monster Rats also seemed a bit more powerful than the Demon Eye Frogs.
Although Demon Eye Frogs possessed a deadly poison, it was easy to guard against. As long as one's body was thoroughly covered, they weren't much of a threat aside from their tough hide.
Of course, this was relative to his current physical condition. For an ordinary person, encountering a Demon Eye Frog was still extremely dangerous.
As Yin Yi's data panel improved, Han Ning simultaneously felt a faint, warm current surge through his entire body.
He looked down. The scratches on his abdomen, arm, and cheek from the Monster Rat had, at some point, already healed by more than half, leaving only three faint red marks on his skin.
'There's no doubt about it. The improvement in my physical attributes has given me stronger poison resistance than others.'
He thought back to when his body was invaded by the Monster Rat's toxin, comparing himself to the other two, and came to a realization.
'When a Soul Beast gets stronger, it also makes its Beast Master stronger. If I form contracts with a few more Soul Beasts and raise them, won't my body become as strong as a Soul Beast?'
Han Ning clenched his fists, feeling the power swelling in his muscles. The definition in his arms was becoming more pronounced, and his overall physique was starting to resemble that of a seasoned weightlifter.
Just as Han Ning was savoring the changes in his body, the crisp pitter-patter of raindrops suddenly came from outside the window.
Without any warning, raindrops began to fall from the gray sky. They were sparse at first, then grew more and more numerous, gradually forming a thin curtain of rain beneath the eaves.
It was raining...