Then they cut off about seven or eight ounces of the inner white bark...

There was no other way; she genuinely didn't know how much to use, but seeing how seriously ill Liu Sisi was, adjusting the dosage seemed like the right approach.

After chopping the bark into pieces, throw it into a pot and put it on a fire to cook.

Next, all you need to do is wait quietly...

In her spare time, she touched Liu Sisi's forehead; it was burning hot...

Even the damp strips of cloth seemed to have been scalded dry...

Qi Xiaoyan frowned and quickly poured water on the compress again, feeling extremely anxious.

When Qi Xiaojie was a child, she also had a fever once. If the hospital director hadn't discovered it in time, it probably would have developed into pneumonia...

At this moment, Liu Sisi's condition was almost ready as well.

If that were to happen, in the wilderness without any medical team, she would almost certainly die.

Seeing this, she immediately tore off the remaining fabric from her bag, wet it, and...

The stickers covered Liu Sisi's cheeks and neck...

After they finished, Fu Changxiong and Qi Xiaojie each carried back a small bundle of soaked, dry branches.

Qi Xiaoyan hurriedly urged:

"Sisi's condition has worsened. If this continues, she might develop pneumonia before the medicine is even ready."

"Huh!? Then... what should we do?"

"Sister, this... medicine... will take two or three... hours to brew!"

Qi Xiaoyan's features contorted in pain as she racked her brains for a solution...

If Brother Feng were here, what would he do?

After thinking for about a minute, she actually came up with a solution.

Ye Feng once used mud to build a furnace that could reach 1400 degrees Celsius.

Time is of the essence now. Although we can't build a furnace, we can make a simple enclosed boiler...

After thinking it over, she immediately began to direct the two of them…

"You two hurry up and dig some mud... not too much, just enough to surround the stove."

Both of them were somewhat puzzled...

"What do you need that thing for?"

Qi Xiaoyan hurriedly gave the two of them a push...

"Oh no, there's no time to explain! Hurry up, or it'll be too late!"

For some reason, the two of them quickly got to work...

Qi Xiaoyan, meanwhile, began collecting withered grass from the surrounding area…

Because of the rain, soil is basically everywhere, and you can quickly dig up a pile even by hand.

Sure enough, in less than 5 minutes, Fu Changxiong and his partner dug up a small pile of damp, black and yellow soil.

At this moment, Qi Xiaoyan also collected a handful of wet, dry grass and leaves.

She had the two men place the soil next to the stove, and then moved all the fire inside the stove out.

And place the freshly collected damp firewood aside to dry...

He then haphazardly tore up all the withered grass and leaves and mixed them into the soil.

Ye Feng said that this increases the plasticity of the soil…

Because the stove is square, roughly one square meter in size…

Qi Xiaoyan wanted to build a round pot rack in the middle of the stove.

This allows the frying pan to sit stably on top, while also sealing off the fire and preventing heat loss...

If you fan it vigorously outside, the temperature will rise significantly, thus creating a simple boiler.

As she recalled the steps Ye Feng took when he built the smelting furnace, she began kneading the mud into long strips...

However, it was too slow for one person to do it, so she asked Fu Changxiong and another person to help her.

Upon learning that she was going to replicate Ye Feng's moves, Qi Xiaojie couldn't help but praise her:

"Sis, you're so...so amazing! You watched Feng...do it...and you...learned it in just one try!?"

"I've learned nothing!"

Qi Xiaoyan glanced at him…

"I can only imitate it; whether it will work or not is still unknown."

But now, I have no other choice. If this drags on any longer, Sisi may really be beyond saving.

Hurry up and pinch it!

Upon hearing this, the two of them diligently kneaded the clay strips...

Qi Xiaoyan slowly coiled the clay strips into a circle and stacked them one by one...

Before she met Ye Feng, she and Liu Sisi had actually lived together for about ten days.

The shelter, bird traps, arrows—almost everything was described by Liu Sisi, and then she carried out the operation…

In terms of practical skills, she is probably the strongest in the team besides Ye Feng.

In less than fifteen minutes, he had piled all the mud strips into a large cylinder about twenty centimeters high.

Although it was a bit crooked and irregular, given the time constraints and the fact that it was her first time doing it, the result was already quite good.

After finishing, another opening for putting firewood was cut at the bottom of the cylinder, and the simple heating device was completed.

She immediately had the two men put the fire inside the cylinder to heat it.

By this time, the previously collected wet firewood had mostly dried out.

As the fire gradually burned brighter, the damp soil quickly evaporated its moisture and became increasingly dry.

Soon, Qi Xiaoyan realized it was time... so she put the pot on the stove...

"Quickly, fan it!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Changxiong and Qi Xiaojie began to fan their raincoats rapidly towards the firewood outlet.

Because pigskin is made by sun-drying, it has a relatively hard texture, so it can barely be used as a fan.

But soon, a thick cloud of gray smoke rushed towards the two of them.

They were choked and coughed repeatedly…

Qi Xiaoyan then realized that she had been too hasty and had even forgotten about the exhaust vent.

However, it's clearly too late to start working again now...

So all she could do was take out a damp strip of cloth and gently cover their mouths and noses...

The three of them endured the choking smoke, taking turns fanning themselves...

There was no other way; his companion's life depended on this bowl of medicine...

For a moment, the sound of coughing echoed incessantly along the riverbank…

Fortunately, their hard work paid off. About twenty minutes later, a strong, distinct aroma of Chinese medicine slowly wafted from the pot…

Qi Xiaoyan looked and saw that the water in the pot had turned a light black color, which meant that the medicine was about to be extracted.

"If we keep working hard, the medicine will be ready soon."

After hearing this, the two increased the force of their fanning...

They endured another ten minutes of this agonizing and painful ordeal…

Heaven rewards those who work hard; an even stronger, more pungent smell of traditional Chinese medicine immediately filled the air…

"It's a success! It's a success!"

Qi Xiaoyan shouted happily…

Upon hearing this, Fu Changxiong and his companion left the stove area almost simultaneously…

"Cough cough cough..."

They coughed and spat incessantly, their faces completely blackened by the smog, as if they had just crawled into a coal pile.

Qi Xiaoyan quickly cleared out the wooden jar that had been used to store salt…

Now there's only about a bowl of water left in the pot...