As for Qing Lin, although she was cute, the technological level of Battle Through the Heavens was not as advanced as Xiao Xue's previous life.
Therefore, there were no 'child predators'.
Just then, a small girl in white with twin pigtails bypassed the long queue and walked directly into the clinic.
However, none of the people queuing stopped her; in fact, their voices quieted significantly.
That small girl in white was Zi Yan, the 'Brute Force King' and the number one ranked student on the Inner Academy's [Strong Ranking].
Since the Little Doctor Fairy was also an alchemist, she sometimes went to the Inner Academy's medicinal ingredient storage to see if there were any ingredients she needed.
Zi Yan, however, treated the ingredient storage as her personal cafeteria, constantly going there to'shoplift'.
Because of this, the Little Doctor Fairy had encountered Zi Yan several times, and they had become acquainted over time.
"Little Doctor Fairy, Qing Lin, I'm here!" Zi Yan walked in casually and shouted into the room.
Zi Yan's personality was this straightforward; in the original novel, she also called Xiao Yan by his first name.
However, she wouldn't rush directly into the inner room to interrupt the Little Doctor Fairy's detoxification process... although it seemed she had already caused a disruption.
The moment they saw Zi Yan, the student preparing for treatment immediately stood up and offered his seat, even though he had just queued for two hours.
This wasn't cowardice; this was respect for a powerful individual.
"Zi Yan? Please wait a moment."
A few minutes later, the Little Doctor Fairy, Qing Lin, and the recently treated patient emerged from the inner room of the clinic.
The student thanked the Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin, exchanged a greeting with Zi Yan, and then quickly slipped away.
Zi Yan ignored him, took out a few medicinal ingredients, handed them to the Little Doctor Fairy, and asked her to refine them into "candy pills" or "biscuits."
The difficulty of this refinement was actually not high; as long as the heat was sufficient, the Little Doctor Fairy could manage it.
The Little Doctor Fairy took the ingredients, brought out her medicine cauldron, tossed them inside, and then introduced her purple flame into the cauldron.
The cauldron she was using was the Tier 5 medicine cauldron that Xiao Xue had gifted her previously.
Qing Lin went outside to inform the queuing "patients" that the clinic was closing for the day due to an emergency, and then handed out a number tag to everyone waiting outside.
The next day, they could simply come first according to the number on the tag.
There was no need to worry about being late, because those who didn't get treated today would be waiting outside before the clinic even opened the next day.
The Little Doctor Fairy generally spent every day finishing the patients left over from the previous day before moving on to the current day's queue.
After all, she couldn't spend all day guarding the clinic; she still needed to cultivate and refine medicine.
She spent a maximum of three hours at the clinic each day, sometimes only an hour, or even less.
And in that short amount of time, the queue could definitely not be cleared.
Thus, the "number tag" rule was established and continued.
Just like the mercenaries in Qingshan Town, the students in the Inner Academy spontaneously upheld this "rule."
The students who received their "number tags" departed one by one, and Qing Lin returned to the clinic.
By this time, Zi Yan was already eating and shared some with Qing Lin.
Only Qing Lin, being a human-snake hybrid, could withstand the potency of the medicinal effects.
As a Magical Beast, Zi Yan was quite lonely at the Jia Nan Academy; most students avoided her if possible.
Therefore, she was very close to the Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin, who also possessed Magical Beast blood.
The Little Doctor Fairy was also very gentle toward this "little girl" who was, in terms of age, countless times older than herself.
Qing Lin and Zi Yan's personalities were highly complementary—one quiet, one active—and the three of them got along quite harmoniously.
Just as the two lolis were happily eating, the Little Doctor Fairy took out a jade plate from her storage ring. "Hmm? A message from Teacher?"
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