"There's a slight sensation, as if a mosquito had bitten me," I whispered softly.
Xiao Honghong's voice grew softer and fainter, "Madam, I really did try my best."
"Yes," I responded gently, placing my hand on my abdomen and fell into a deep sleep.
I hadn't slept for over twenty hours, either fleeing or immersed in crippling fear and sorrow.
My spiritual power had been overdrawn, and now I could finally rest for a moment.
When I woke up again, there was a slight burning sensation on my body.
Opening my eyes, I saw the pre-dawn light and realized I was holding Xiao Shenshen in the Medicinal Pool, where we had soaked for an entire day and night.
Fortunately, this Medicinal Pool was rather special; otherwise, we would have certainly peeled our skin.
The cuts on my palm had healed completely, though I wasn't sure whether it was Xiao Shenshen's breath-healing or the peculiar effects of the Medicinal Pool.
I first carried the sleeping Xiao Shenshen to the shore and leaned her against a fairly round and protruding rock.
I clumsily put on the cheongsam and then dressed the bare-bodied Xiao Shenshen in a white garment; this little girl was quite interesting.
The clothes could transform into different styles based on one's thoughts.
She probably liked the white dress for herself, so she wore a dress, but on me, it was an ancient-style sheer garment.
"Young Madam, are you helping Shenshen get dressed?" Shenshen woke up bleary-eyed, looking bewilderingly adorable.
I wrapped a long, thin sash around her slender waist and tied a cute bow, "Yes."
"Why are you wearing so little? You'll freeze the Life Lamp of our young master," Shenshen said anxiously.
I calmed her down, "My body is healed already; I don't need to wear clothes to protect the Life Lamp inside my Soul anymore."
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Her little face turned red again as she pointed to her fingers, "Shenshen, hungry."
"I'll take you down for some delicious food," I pinched her chubby cheek and slung the shoulder bag on.
The rest of the clothes had acquired a strange smell and had turned a mold-like color from the green medicinal juice of the Medicinal Pool.
I thought it over, packed them up, and threw them down.
Then, climbing down the green vines with Shenshen, I carried the cumbersome bag on my back.
I was planning to find a household to knock on and ask where my master, Zhang Zidao, was, before considering where to eat.
Just then, I saw an old man with white hair under an ancient banyan, pacing back and forth irritably with a cigarette in his mouth, "Elder, you are too composed! Your top disciple has soaked in the Medicinal Pool for a day and night! That pool becomes corrosive after midnight. Falling in could turn one into a skeleton!"
"You're so noisy that the Old Taoist Priest can't even enter meditation," Zhang Zidao said, picking at the large holes in his old cloth shoes.
He touched his toes a few times then sniffed his fingers.
Although the white-haired and black-clothed elder showed great respect to Zhang Zidao, seeing the Old Taoist Priest's sloppy speech and behavior, he could hardly stand it and shifted to the side, "It's like the emperor isn't in a hurry while the eunuch is dying of anxiety! We've stayed up all night just because we were worried about her..."
Turning around, the elder saw me walking with Xiao Shenshen holding my hand.
"Little girl, it's good you're alright. What does it feel like after soaking all night?" The elder breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked about my condition.
I politely greeted Zhang Zidao and the elder, "Master, elder, hello. I feel alright, just... a bit hungry. I wonder if it's convenient to have breakfast inside the stronghold? To be honest, I haven't eaten anything for a day and a night... Also, here is the Yin Bell back to you."