Work Prophet
Chapter 458 - 76: Fast Delivery of Anything

Chapter 458: Chapter 76: Fast Delivery of Anything

No need for Blake to search, Li Yu had also arrived in front of those who were blocking the way and quickly understood the situation.

He certainly had no reason to reject these devotees who came to him, and behind them, they also had family and friends. Altogether, they numbered at least a thousand or two followers.

However, Li Yu did not have that much Penicillin on hand anymore.

And today was Friday; his next visit would not be until six days later.

The group had already been staying at Fertile Corner for four days and could not continue to stay on; otherwise, they might not be able to reach the Royal Capital before the start of the martial arts competition.

Li Yu thought for a moment and then said to Ireya, "Can you slow down the pace a bit?"

The Lady thought of something and asked in surprise, "Are you planning to take these people with us?"

"Hmm, we can’t just ignore them," he replied.

What Li Yu actually wanted to do was to pick out those who were severely ill to take with them first. As for those whose conditions were not so severe, they could stay at Fertile Corner for now.

After they had dealt with their business in the Royal Capital and returned to the Western Territory, Li Yu would come back to treat the remaining people.

However, all those people had been terrified by syphilis; they preferred to trek with Li Yu and company rather than stay put obediently at Fertile Corner.

Moreover, the situation itself was a paradox: those who were critically ill could hardly keep up with the convoy, and most of those who could keep up were only in the first or second stage of the disease.

Therefore, Li Yu could only redistribute the remaining Penicillin, giving priority to those with more serious conditions.

He also had some people who didn’t affect mobility much from the farmsteads join the group, and it was almost sunset by the time they finally set out.

With Ireya and the others leading the way, a long queue trailed behind them, all eagerly waiting for Li Yu to remove their curses.

This peculiar convoy of over six hundred people immediately attracted countless gazes upon setting out.

They even caused some confusion when passing through some smaller lords’ territories.

Certain outposts, upon seeing them from a distance, mistook them for an enemy army bearing down on them.

After all, walking at the forefront, whether it was the guards of the three families or the Black Dog Guards, they all appeared to be well-equipped.

And in this era, the pattern of warfare among the nobles was nearly the same: a small force of regular army leading a group of militias.

Many weighed their options and felt that their wooden fences could not stop this mysterious force that had appeared from nowhere, so the people from Ireya’s territories ran off before she even got close, leaving only an empty Wooden Castle behind.

After a few such misunderstandings, Ireya had to send people ahead to communicate with the local lords.

She informed them that they were simply passing on the way to the Royal Capital and that those people behind were merely civilians waiting for the Double Rest Sect to lift their curses.

However, this not only greatly enhanced Li Yu’s and the Double Rest Sect’s reputation, but also gradually added some people infected with syphilis who joined the group along the way after hearing about them.

Others believed they had been afflicted by other curses and also hoped that the great Prophet Merlin could save them.

By the time Li Yu returned six days later, the group had nearly reached a thousand people.

Ireya and Wild even had to allocate some of their staff to maintain order, and Ferdinand took the initiative to fall back and reinforce the rear of the procession.

What was supposed to be a leisurely sightseeing tour of a strange world had suddenly become very busy.

Li Yu had to keep holding the General Practitioner’s Handbook, acting as a barefoot doctor on the side.

At this time, he kind of missed Cola Bear.

In fact, when he encountered uncertain diseases, Li Yu would first give the person ibuprofen for pain relief, then record the symptoms, and contact Cola Bear after work hours to seek answers.

After three days of serving as Li Yu’s human version of chatgpt, Cola Bear finally started to feel overwhelmed and took the initiative to make a suggestion.

"How about I send a doctor over to you?"

"What, do you have a suitable colleague?"

"Pah, pah, pah, pah!" Cola Bear spat out four pahs in one breath, then said, "A Daoist moved into the hospital ward some time ago, and he can treat illnesses."

"A Daoist? If he can treat illnesses, why was he admitted to the hospital?"

"Because he said he couldn’t cure cancer."

"Traditional Chinese medicine?"

"Traditional Chinese medicine is still medicine, so don’t be picky," said Cola Bear. "Before the advent of modern medicine, wasn’t the whole civilized world getting by like this?

"Whether it was medieval Europeans, the indigenous peoples of America, African witch doctors, everyone relied on herbal medicines for treatment. Our country’s traditional medicine is already considered very impressive and should be able to handle most situations for you.

"Plus, that Daoist isn’t a stickler for old ways, he’ll do chemotherapy if it’s needed, without any hesitation."

"It’s not that I’m worried about his professional skills, it’s that he has a faith."

Li Yu was quite concerned about this as it was a matter of principle.

He was recruiting people to work for the Double Rest Sect, not to bring over a competitor.

Taoism was already a bona fide religion with a very complete system, with doctrines, rules, ceremonies, and the like all ready to go, although it might not be effective on the Bratis Continent.

Unless the person was willing to give up their current beliefs, Li Yu had no intention of helping him with rebirth.

"Let me talk to him first," said Cola Bear, "to see what he thinks."

"Sure."

Li Yu didn’t take the matter too seriously, but two days later, someone who had passed the background check and had signed a contract with him died.

Li Yu collected his soul into the "Rebirth Bell" and took him to the Bratis Continent.

He then picked someone from the prisoners he had brought with him and conducted a Servant Summoning Ceremony in front of over two thousand onlookers.

The person being reborn was named Ge Lipeng, a professional food delivery Rider.

But that wasn’t the main point; the point was, just like many anecdotes on the internet, Ge Lipeng was also multi-talented.

Before getting to know him better, Li Yu hadn’t realized that the leisure life of this dark-cheeked Shanbei man could be so rich and colorful.

Apart from delivering food, he could dive, forge iron, do carpentry, and had research on gunpowder, often crafting various gadgets in his free time.

In Ge Lipeng’s own words, delivering food was life, and handicraft was his passion.

However, there is only one Handicraft Geng, and Ge Lipeng wasn’t the type who knew how to use the internet to get traffic.

Neither diving nor handicraft could bring him much income.

So most of the time, he wore the yellow kangaroo uniform, helmet on his head, riding his electric scooter rain or shine through the streets and alleys.

For this city, he was just a symbol, a piece of code, repeating the same mechanical cycle day after day.

Until the day he died, hardly anyone knew that behind that blurred face was actually hidden a beautiful and magical little world.

An individual’s ideals and passions were never the theme of this industrial society.