Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 281: Your Thoughts Need a Thorough Cleansing

Chapter 281: Chapter 281: Your Thoughts Need a Thorough Cleansing

The cool river water.

Ning Mengyao and Xu Zhi Rou were thoroughly enjoying their bath.

Perhaps women are naturally fond of cleanliness.

After soaking for a while, they were reluctant to come ashore.

Lin Fan squatted at the bend.

He cleaned the peeled bear skin with the river water.

After drying it out on the side, he lit a campfire.

He placed some sliced pieces of bear meat over the fire.

"Brother-in-law, the meat won’t taste good without salt, will it?"

A sound of military boots approached.

Xu Zhi Rou walked up to Lin Fan, wearing large military boots.

Since her shoes could not be retrieved, Lin Fan had to go back to last night’s campsite.

He took the military boots off a corpse and brought back all the supplies.

The three then continued heading towards the mountain peak in front of them.

"Don’t worry, I have something essential here."

Lin Fan mysteriously pulled out a knotted Divine Artifact from his pocket.

When Xu Zhi Rou saw the white crystals inside the transparent Divine Artifact,

her face instantly flushed.

"Are you a pervert... Not throwing this thing away after using it... Why do you still keep it with you... you... you didn’t take advantage of my sleep last night... you two secretly... uh... that’s too much..."

She thought about how she had slept right beside them the night before.

The inexperienced Xu Zhi Rou couldn’t help but frown.

If it weren’t for her feverish deep sleep,

waking up midway would have been very awkward.

"Can’t your brain contain some proper thoughts? This isn’t what you’re thinking,"

Lin Fan rolled his eyes and opened the knot of the Divine Artifact.

He gently dabbed his finger on the white crystals.

"This is salt I specially preserved from dried seawater, prepared for wilderness survival,"

"Then... then you should have clarified..."

Xu Zhi Rou immediately pursed her lips in embarrassment.

"The essence of seawater, what’s wrong with that? You’re always overthinking. I think you should wash your thoughts in the water too, clean them up a bit,"

Lin Fan rolled his eyes and rubbed the salt on the bear meat.

These pieces were thick with fat.

When roasted by the fire, they sizzled and oozed oil.

It looked quite appealing.

"Wow, I think it rivals the best steak. I feel like I could eat a whole cow,"

Ning Mengyao now came back, having washed her hair.

Seeing the meat, her appetite increased greatly.

"You’ll be disappointed soon,"

Lin Fan said with a smile, as he skewered a piece with a sharpened stick and handed it to Ning Mengyao.

"How could that be, it must be delicious,"

Ning Mengyao took the meat and bit into it directly.

But after chewing briefly, she immediately furrowed her brow.

"Why does it taste a bit bitter? And the meat isn’t that fragrant either."

"Because this is just simple sea salt, unprocessed, that’s the taste. And bear meat is naturally coarser than beef or lamb. However, it’s considered quite a delicacy in the wilderness,"

Lin Fan chuckled as he took a piece of the meat and popped it into his mouth.

The chewing sensation was akin to rough bark, not as pleasant as poultry.

"That’s why our ancestors domesticated all the edible animals; this type of meat is just for energy replenishment. It’s definitely better than eating rats and maggots, at least,"

The recently recovered Xu Zhi Rou also began chewing heartily.

Having grown up in the military, she was naturally familiar with wilderness survival.

"Can we not talk about that disgusting food?"

Ning Mengyao frowned.

Just thinking about that scene almost made her vomit.

This is the difference between ordinary people and special forces.

"Brother-in-law, do you think these genetically modified mutant species could be poisonous?"

Xu Zhi Rou could only change the subject.

"I am also considering this issue, don’t you think this has surpassed the current level of human technology? I am beginning to suspect that these strange animals were not cultivated by the Jiujui Sect. For starters, they don’t seem to be much help, given that even though they are larger, their combat abilities haven’t substantially increased, and they don’t carry any viruses. This doesn’t seem like Jiujui Sect’s style."

He had clashed with the Jiujui Sect several times before.

He had also witnessed their zombie plans.

Which had nothing to do with these giant beasts.

"Are you suggesting this isn’t human-made? I’ve read books about the extinction of dinosaurs. It’s said that during the age of dinosaurs, the oxygen content was extremely high, which is why dinosaurs had such massive bodies. Even if dinosaurs were resurrected now, due to their massive size and excessive oxygen consumption, they wouldn’t be able to survive. Could it be that because of the high air density on this small island, animals develop larger than elsewhere?"

Ning Mengyao instantly deciphered the implications in Lin Fan’s words.

She couldn’t help but look around the entire island.

"Maybe, I just feel something is odd, but can’t quite put my finger on it."

Lin Fan shook his head.

Without evidence, everything was mere conjecture.

"They won’t come after us again, will they?"

Xu Zhi Rou kept a vigilant watch over their surroundings.

Fearful that the group from last night would catch up again.

"Wild animals have a sense of territory. The man-eating ants and brown bear we encountered earlier indicate that this area belongs to wild beasts. Without aerial reconnaissance capabilities, they wouldn’t dare to recklessly invade. Moreover, if I remember correctly, we are currently on the west side of Evil Island. When the old timers came before, they took the east side, and they didn’t encounter any beast attacks. Clearly, this area belongs to these wild beasts, and the ones on the east side have probably been dealt with by the Jiujui Sect’s people."

Now the situation was becoming clearer.

But Lin Fan felt as if there was still an invisible layer blocking his view.

"Exactly, our previous battles were also fought on the eastern side of the island, where we didn’t encounter these kinds of wild beasts."

Xu Zhi Rou, having reached Evil Island just one step earlier, also confirmed Lin Fan’s speculation.

Previously, there were only Jiujui Sect members.

"So does that mean we’re absolutely safe now?"

Ning Mengyao looked uncertainly at Lin Fan.

"Not necessarily, we haven’t encountered any other wild beasts on the way here, so I’m not sure if we’ve left that brown bear’s territory. Let’s hurry up and eat. After eating, we should leave immediately. We must enter the mountains before dark. We might not have as much water later, so I’ll go get some backups."

Lin Fan swallowed his meal and took out two divine artifacts.

These were the best water containers.

Once they entered the forest, they couldn’t walk along the river anymore.

So water was more important than food.

"Then I will go soak in cool water for a bit more."

Xu Zhi Rou still had a bit of a fever.

Soaking in cool water would help her recover faster.

So she walked past a huge rock to the riverbank where they had bathed earlier.

She took off her outer clothes at the bank and walked barefoot into the cool river water.

As for Lin Fan, he cleaned up the lubricant behind the huge rock.

He also filled two water bags and knotted them around his neck.

Just as he finished preparing and turned to go towards Ning Mengyao, who was still tidying up,

His sharp ears picked up sounds of splashing water from behind the rock.

"Bathing so vigorously, shallow water like this can’t be for swimming."

Lin Fan, whose view was blocked, wasn’t overly concerned.

He took two more steps forward, when suddenly he heard another sound near his ear.

"Help... glug..."

It seemed like Xu Zhi Rou’s call for help.

And it sounded desperate.