"Divine Doctor, how am I doing?"

The Xianzhou civilian, lying on the ground looking half-dead, watched Wende anxiously as he took his pulse. He had heard that this Divine Doctor possessed medical skills even more superb than the esteemed "Dragon Lady." Coincidentally, he had been harassed by those abominations the day before and his mind was in turmoil. Hearing that the Divine Doctor was here, he had come specifically for a consultation. He prayed it wasn't anything serious!

"Don't worry, your condition..."

Wende withdrew the hand on the man's wrist, about to tell him, "It's nothing more than excessive fright combined with prolonged, complicated thoughts. Just eat some foods that are easy on your digestion and you'll be fine."

But before the words could leave his mouth, a system notification interrupted him.

[Emotion Value increased by 10,000]

It was the sound of the players' emotion value increasing. Wende frowned instinctively.

"Hiss—!"

Seeing Wende's hesitant expression and deeply furrowed brow, the overly anxious Xianzhou civilian immediately sucked in a sharp breath of cold air. Judging by the Divine Doctor's look... could it be! Did he have some kind of incurable disease?

"Divine Doctor, what's wrong with me?" the civilian asked, his hands trembling as his eyes filled with shock.

"No, you..."

[Emotion Value increased by 10,000]

"Tsk..."

Wende clicked his tongue, thoroughly annoyed. Could it not pop up every single time he was trying to speak?

"BOOM!!!"

Watching Wende shake his head and click his tongue as if marveling at some strange phenomenon, a cataclysmic roar thundered through the Xianzhou civilian's mind!

He... was he beyond saving? Did this mean he was about to turn into one of those monsters? No, no, no! Please, no! He was only seven hundred years old! He didn't want to die!!!

"Hm? Why are you kneeling on the ground?"

Wende looked at the grown man who had just knelt down and was about to clutch his head and burst into tears, stopping him with a look of utter confusion.

"Doctor! You don't have to comfort me, I know my time is short..."

"???"

"What do you mean your time is short? Go home, get a few good nights' sleep, and you'll be fine. Next!"

Wende waved a hand at Stelle, who was acting as his assistant, signaling her to escort this gentleman who wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed out the door.

---o---

"Sigh, ever since Wende joined us, every new place we visit turns into a large-scale clinic," March 7th said with a helpless sigh as she packed up medicinal herbs for a patient.

"Indeed... I didn't expect this either, but..."

Welt, who had just returned, wore a grim expression. "Although there are plenty of medicinal supplies within the Alchemy Commission, many of the 'Alchemists' were secretly members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. I just received intel that before the star routes were reopened, the Cloud Knights stationed here suffered catastrophic losses. If we had arrived just one step later..."

"Fortunately, Wende's treatment can suppress the signs of Mara among the Cloud Knights. Now, with logistical support and newly arrived reinforcements, the pressure on the Alchemy Commission should be much lighter," Welt said, shaking his head.

Severing the undying curse... If not for Wende, perhaps half the Cloud Knights here would have been forced to turn their blades against their former comrades...

"Those people from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, they deserve to die!" March 7th exclaimed angrily. Those bastards had absolutely no regard for the lives of the Xianzhou people!

"All we can do for now is stabilize the wounded Cloud Knights in the rear. They have rendered distinguished service to the Xianzhou, and we absolutely cannot let them become mindless, walking corpses," Wende said with a grave expression.

The Cloud Knights on the front lines were constantly expanding the territory under their control, but the price was a growing number of soldiers needing Wende's medical attention. Some knights had personally witnessed Wende forcibly save a soldier who was already deep in the throes of Mara. Although the rescued knight seemed to have aged considerably, their former comrade had been saved from becoming a walking corpse. How could they not feel relieved by this?

Wende's fame, along with the reputation of the Astral Express's "Nameless," gradually spread throughout the Cloud Knights and the entire Luofu.

In a short time, the Astral Express had become something of a savior to the people of the Xianzhou, and Wende, even more so, was hailed as the savior of the long-life species!

---o---

"General, is this really alright? Shifting all the attention onto the people from the Astral Express..."

Fu Xuan frowned, addressing the projection of Jing Yuan before her with clear puzzlement.

Although she had been temporarily granted command of the troops, Jing Yuan still managed other affairs. If the intelligence officer from the Seat of Divine Foresight hadn't informed her of this beforehand, she too might have believed that the young doctor possessed heaven-defying abilities... though from the perspective of the Xianzhou people, his abilities were indeed "heaven-defying."

"Master Diviner, this matter only needs to be known by you and me. Consider it an easy gesture of goodwill we're extending to the Astral Express," Jing Yuan said with a casual wave of his hand.

"The Stellaron Hunters intended for the Xianzhou and the Astral Express to form an alliance, and now we have indeed become allies. From this perspective, all three parties have benefited..."

Jing Yuan's gaze shifted towards the Ambrosial Arbor, his eyes growing deep and sorrowful. But the emotion was fleeting, and Fu Xuan, lost in her own troubles, completely missed the look in his eyes.

"But... isn't this unfair to the young doctor? The pressure from the front lines is now entirely on his shoulders..."

"Master Diviner, have faith in the people from the Astral Express. As the saying goes, 'Trust those you employ, and employ those you trust.'"

"But... forget it. I won't argue with you about this."

Fu Xuan shook her head and picked up a report that had just been handed to her. It clearly detailed the Cloud Knights' personnel losses on the first day after the star routes reopened.

The original Cloud Knight garrison at the Alchemy Commission had been all but wiped out. However, among the new troops who had just entered the fray, casualties were compressed into an extremely small range—aside from some new recruits whose mental states were unstable and were currently receiving a 'personality correction' fist from the veterans.

That young doctor... he alone was more effective than all the physicians of the Alchemy Commission combined... In contrast, more than half of those physicians had run off to become dogs for the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, and the remaining ones were of little help. Worse, there were likely still spies intentionally left behind...

Fu Xuan rubbed her temples in frustration. Perhaps the General's decision was the correct one. At the very least...

If they wanted to provide a "guarantee" for the Cloud Knights on the front lines, they could only rely on the power of the "Dragon Lady"... and Wende.