Work Prophet
Chapter 138 - 54: Each with a Unique Trick

Chapter 138: Chapter 54: Each with a Unique Trick

The little boy stood in front of the copper basin as the Female Priest had instructed, and soon began to cough from the fumes.

Instinctively, he tried to step backward, but he had only moved half a step when his mother firmly held his head.

The peasant woman, fearing that her child had not completed the purification, pushed him forward toward the copper basin again.

The boy struggled a couple of times, but far from breaking free, he inhaled even more smoke and his coughing grew more severe.

Seeing this, his mother felt pity, yet to treat his illness, she had to harden her heart.

Because too many assorted things had been added to the copper basin, the smell itself was already unpleasant, becoming even more choking when those items were burned.

The boy coughed loudly, his eyes tearing up from the smoke.

"Endure it a little longer, once you get through this phase, it won’t be uncomfortable anymore," said the Female Priest, her voice seemingly magical, quickly persuading the boy to stop resisting.

And indeed, the beautiful older sister at his side had not deceived him.

After a while, the boy miraculously discovered that the smoke didn’t smell as bad as before.

Not only did it not smell bad, but it was even somewhat intoxicating.

This time, without his mother forcing him, he leaned forward on his own, taking two deep breaths. Instantly, he felt light as a feather.

It was as if he were as light as a cloud, and he wanted to sniff more, but the Female Priest blocked the copper basin with a wooden board and then stamped out the fire underneath, saying, "All right, come and pray with me, the ritual will be complete after that."

The boy, feeling dizzy, followed Adelle and completed the prayer.

His mother, standing to the side anxiously, asked, "How is it, has the impurity been driven out?"

The Female Priest smiled, "You can let him try and see."

The peasant woman hesitated, then said to her son, "Move around a bit, but remember not to run too fast."

Upon hearing this, the boy spread his legs. At first, he heeded his mother’s words and jogged slowly, but gradually his speed increased, and he could feel the wind brushing against his cheeks.

His chest rose and fell continuously. Normally, it wouldn’t be long before he would start experiencing breathing difficulties, as if someone were strangling his throat, yet this time, the choking sensation wasn’t as severe.

Even though he was running faster than usual, he could still breathe, albeit with difficulty. It felt like a dream. The boy ran, shouting happily, "I can breathe again, I can breathe again!!!"

Witnessing this scene that seemed like a miracle, the crowd surged with excitement once more.

Many now truly regarded Adelle as the earthly messenger of the Goddess Pexia.

Even Li Yu was somewhat surprised at this time.

Because neither the blood of the owl nor the scales of the snake, nor any of the other spices inside, would have such miraculous effects on relieving an asthma attack. Therefore, it must have been that dark stuff the Female Priest added last.

But that stuff was definitely not some sort of glucocorticoid.

While others focused on the boy who could suddenly run, Li Yu concentrated his gaze on the few people who had been near the copper basin earlier, who, like the boy, had all inhaled that strange smoke.

Especially the female priest closest to the boy, Li Yu found that her eyes were somewhat vacant, and she seemed as if she had just woken up.

At that moment, Adelle’s gaze also met Li Yu’s.

A hint of guilt flashed in her eyes, and she seemed about to say something, but she quickly regained her composure, washed her face with clean water, steadied her mind, and said to Li Yu,

"Prophet Merlin, I have healed my patient, and now it’s your turn."

Li Yu guessed something; this time, he was at a disadvantage because of his half-baked medical skills.

Like gout, asthma is also a disease that can’t be completely cured by modern medicine, and the medicines used to alleviate asthma attacks all have very professional names. Li Yu thought neither the female priest herself nor the Silver Moon Church behind her should have any solutions for this disease.

But he had overlooked something.

It was that generally these indigenous churches, especially those that also received prophecies and offered prediction services, would have some hallucinogenic drugs to communicate with God.

Although these drugs have many side effects and are addictive, they are indeed natural painkillers and can also somewhat alleviate the airway spasms caused by asthma.

At least in terms of effects, they were quite impressive.

Moreover, Adelle also put forth the so-called ’sinful diet,’ and took the opportunity to enlighten the followers, killing two birds with one stone. However, that story involved some background research, which clearly wasn’t something the female priest could fabricate on her own.

At this point, Li Yu didn’t dwell on it. It was only the second round; there were more challenges to come, and Li Yu wasn’t completely unguarded against the intervention of the Silver Moon Church.

He quickly turned his attention to his second patient.

It was a middle-aged man, about in his early thirties, judging by his clothes, his financial condition appeared to be quite good.

Sure enough, Li Yu then heard him introduce himself as a small businessman, who traded in furs in the western territories, using the money he earned to marry a beautiful wife fairly quickly.

At this point, the fur trader hesitated a bit, but since he had been selected and had the opportunity to cure a deeply troubling hidden ailment, he finally mustered the courage to continue.

"About a year ago, something went wrong ’down there,’ and suddenly... it just didn’t get hard anymore, no matter how much my wife flirted or posed, it wouldn’t respond, and I’ve tried handling it many times privately, but it was all the same."

The fur trader’s words provoked laughter from those around, as seeing rich people’s misfortune was always a big entertainment for the poor in any era.

Li Yu was taken aback; he hadn’t expected the female priest to throw such a curveball at him in the second round.

He then glanced at Adelle, whose cheeks were also slightly flushed at this time.

He wanted to cover his pointed ears on top of his head, but thinking he was still in the competition and couldn’t move, he just stood there helplessly.

Li Yu immediately realized that this was probably a move by the Silver Moon Church, fearing his ability to treat serious conditions; they specifically chose small, seemingly trivial but troublesome ailments for him to treat.

But this time, the Silver Moon Church’s cleverness had backfired. Li Yu did indeed have medicine to treat erectile dysfunction.

As the Double Rest Sect’s territory’s construction expenses had been enormous lately, and they now also needed to build a giant crossbow, Li Yu’s finances were almost stretched too thin, and he wasn’t planning to increase the sale of pepper yet, so he had to start looking for other financial avenues beyond selling pepper.

This thing had to fetch a high price but shouldn’t attract too much envy like Artificial gemstones, and ideally, it should precisely target those nobles.

Li Yu quickly thought of something—Viagra!