Shao Yin was still a little dizzy. She rubbed her forehead in pain and asked, "Did you deal with the tigress's body?"
Xueli nodded and said, "I took care of it. I performed a ritual to save its soul and buried it at the entrance of the cave where the family used to live."
Shao Yin sighed, feeling a little depressed. She and Xueli had lived in the fairyland for many years and were familiar with every creature in the forest. They had watched the tigress grow into an experienced tiger, watched her become pregnant, watched her give birth to two cubs, and the cubs grew up day by day.
When the tigress was pregnant, she took Xueli to touch her belly. The tigress's belly was very soft, and when the baby was older, she could feel the fetal movement.
I didn't expect it to end like this.
The forest population is sparse and life is simple. Even creatures without intelligence are like family members to them.
Shao Yin was older than Xue Li and had seen more things like this. She couldn't help but lower her eyes at this moment, unable to hide her sadness. But when she saw Xue Li and the little animals hiding at the door also lowered their heads when she mentioned this topic, she paused.
It has been such a long time since the tigress passed away. She only found out about it just now, but everyone else in the wonderland already knew about it. After such a long time, they should have gotten over their grief a lot, but they all looked so sad now, undoubtedly because of her.
She shouldn't make them feel sad again.
Thinking of this, Shao Yin suppressed the sadness on her face, turned around and smiled, waved to Xue Li, and said, "Come here, baby."
"Ouch?"
Xueli walked forward puzzledly.
Shao Yin touched Xueli's little head and said with a smile: "You did a good job."
“Woo!”
When Xueli was touched on the head by her aunt, she was immediately happy! She rubbed her hand affectionately and jumped to touch her aunt's palm.
The atmosphere inside and outside the cabin eased instantly because Xue Li was happy, and Bai Lu and the others who were guarding outside also became more energetic.
Shao Yin picked up Xueli and held her in her arms, rubbing her head and paws, making Xueli giggle. Soon she turned over on her belly and happily patted her aunt's hand with her paws, wagging her tail happily at her while playing.
Shao Yin rubbed Xueli’s little belly, and her heart softened.
She and Xueli have lived together for so long, and the little nine-tailed fox was completely raised by her. Xueli has both a fox body and a human body, and is also spiritual. She took care of and raised her when she was a child, and when Xueli grew up a little, she taught her medical skills. Although Xueli calls her aunt and the relationship between the two is master and apprentice, they are actually not much different from mother and daughter, and are even closer than many biological mothers and daughters.
Shao Yin played with Xue Li for a while, then frowned and said, "I just came back from outside today. I have been traveling day and night for the past two days, and I am a little tired. I want to rest for a while. You can rebandage this big snow wolf and go out to play by yourself."
“Ouch!”
When Xue Li heard her aunt talking like this, she knew that her aunt must be very tired and didn't have the energy to continue talking to her.
In fact, she still had a lot to say to her aunt, but seeing the dark blue in her aunt's eyes that could not be concealed, Xue Li swallowed her words back temporarily, and rubbed her aunt's hand worriedly and obediently.
Xueli said, "Aunt, you should have a good rest."
"Um."
Shao Yin responded to her gently.
Shao Yin soon got up and went back to her room.
Xue Li watched her aunt go back to the room. When her aunt's figure disappeared behind the curtain, she turned back to bandage the big snow wolf again and then take him out so as not to disturb her aunt. But when she turned back, she couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh".
She saw that the big snow wolf was still staring intently at the painting of the four-clawed dragon with its head lowered.
Xueli asked in confusion: "Why are you still looking at this? Is this dragon really similar to the thing that hurt you? Stop looking at it! I need to bandage you again!"
As she said that, Xue Li jumped up and pushed hard against the big snow wolf's body, trying to push him over.
Of course Xue Li couldn't push with her little strength, but when the big snow wolf felt the little nine-tailed fox rubbing against it, it received the signal and turned around on its own initiative.
Xue Li happily re-bandaged the big snow wolf.
However, when the big snow wolf turned around, he turned the painting over as well. While Xue Li was treating his injuries, he was still studying it patiently, especially focusing on the dragon's four claws.
He was quite concerned about the situation of this "Auntie Shao".
He had just watched Xue Li sobbing and talking to this "Auntie Shao" in a language he could not understand. During the conversation, Auntie Shao repeatedly cast untrusting glances at him. However, halfway through the conversation, Xue Li removed the bandages on his body and let Auntie Shao see his injuries. Then, Auntie Shao drew this dragon on the paper.
A dragon does have four claws. To be exact, it has three claws in front and one claw in the back. Dragon claws are essentially eagle claws, which everyone in the immortal world has seen.
But the situation in the mortal world is different, because mortals have never seen a real dragon, they can only rely on their imagination. Mortals use their wild imagination to fill in the image of the dragon. As a result, dragon paintings circulated in the mortal world have ranged from three claws to five claws. There are even dragons that are divided into different levels of cultivation and species according to the number of dragon claws. Therefore, the number of dragon claws in the mortal world has not been uniform.
But when this "Auntie Shao" drew the dragon, she did it in one go and drew a four-clawed dragon on the paper without thinking.
If people have not seen it with their own eyes and are very sure, when drawing a dragon, they would at least pause and think or look through the picture album. How could they just draw the four claws without thinking
Besides, Aunt Shao only took one look at his wound and concluded that it was a dragon wound. How could a mortal who has never seen a dragon immediately think that he was injured by a dragon when he saw a larger scratch
Let's look at the dragon in this painting again. Mortals have never seen a dragon. Apart from the dragon's claws, the dragon paintings circulated in the mortal world have different details due to repeated creations. But looking at the dragon painted by Aunt Shao, every part is exactly the same as the real dragon. Her painting skills cannot be said to be very good, but there is no doubt that it is a real "dragon".
This Aunt Shao must not be a real mortal.
Zi Lan was certain in his heart. In addition, this woman could speak the language of the Nine-tailed Fox in the fairyland, had the appearance of a medical practitioner carrying a medical box when she went out, and was able to teach Xue Li the art of melting snow. He was almost 90% sure that this Aunt Shao mentioned by Xue Li and Bai Lu was the fairy Shao Yin who was experiencing tribulation in the mortal world.
Just thinking about this, Zi Lan was surprised again.
He silently looked in the direction where Aunt Shao went back to rest.
It was obvious that Fairy Shao Yin had no idea what situation she was in.
Immortals who are undergoing tribulation enter the fairyland by chance. Part of their consciousness as immortals will be awakened, and they will remember some memories of the immortals and the corresponding language in the fairyland. But they are still undergoing tribulation after all, and are essentially mortals at this time. The spirit of mortals cannot bear the memory and thoughts of immortals, so the content they can recall is very limited, and they will forget some repetitive things instead.
For something as complex as language, Shao Yin can only use one language in each place now. She cannot use mortal language in the fairyland, and she cannot use fairy language in the mortal world.
If Zi Lan guessed correctly, Fairy Shaoyin was now in the fairyland of the Nine-tailed Fox, and could vaguely remember that her name was "Shaoyin" and could use the fairy language of the Nine-tailed Fox fairyland. The name "Lin Shao" would be like a not-so-familiar and distant nickname to her, but after returning to the mortal world, she would forget her fairy name and fairy language completely. Her usual memory mainly retained her memory as Lin Shao after she came to the mortal world. In essence, she was always the mortal "Lin Shao".
But there are so many fairylands in the world, and each has a different language. If she wants to use fairy language in a fairyland, there is an important prerequisite, that is, she must have learned the language of this fairyland before she comes to the mortal world to experience tribulations. She must understand it when she is a fairy, so that her memory can be awakened when she is a mortal.
The nine-tailed fox clan disappeared thousands of years ago, and all the fairylands belonging to the nine-tailed fox certainly do not have a common fairyland language. The current situation means that Fairy Shao Yin understood the fairy language of the nine-tailed fox fairyland before she came to the mortal world to experience the tribulation.
Zi Lan couldn't help but feel surprised.
Fairy Shaoyin has been a fairy for more than 8,000 years. In terms of time, it is not surprising that she knows the language of the Nine-tailed Fox Fairyland. But as everyone knows, Fairy Shaoyin never leaves Xuelian Peak and is obsessed with medicine. Outsiders who visit her have something to ask of her, so they naturally take the initiative to learn Fairy Shaoyin's fairy language. She doesn't even need to learn the common language, so how can she understand the language of the Nine-tailed Fox Fairyland
And judging from the way she spoke to Xue Li just now, she was clearly very proficient in the Nine-tailed Fox's fairy language. Maybe she even taught Xue Li the fairy language herself.
Zi Lan was puzzled.
He really wanted to talk to Xueli now. If the state of the fairy Shaoyin was really as he thought, it would not be difficult to communicate with Shaoyin. He understood the human language, and they only needed to walk out of the fairyland together and say a few words outside.
Although Fairy Shao Yin may not even know what the Ninth Heaven is in her current situation and cannot help him, it is better to be able to communicate than not at all. At least she can help him and Xue Li have a good chat...
Zi Lan was lost in thought.
At this time, Xueli had bandaged his wound again. Seeing that the big snow wolf was frowning and absent-minded, she bumped into him and rubbed him hard, asking, "What's wrong with you?"
Only then did Zi Lan come to his senses.
He looked down and saw the little nine-tailed fox looking at him in confusion with her head tilted. His heart softened and he licked her gently.
Xueli groaned when being licked, then pushed him hard and said, "Aunt must be tired after running around these past two days. Let's go outside first! Don't disturb her rest."
As she spoke, Xue Li pushed the big snow wolf out even harder.
Zi Lan paused, looked at Xue Li's reaction, and temporarily collected his scattered mind. He planned his wording and approach carefully, and looked for an opportunity to communicate with Shao Yin again.
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Shao Yin had been away for half a year, traveling long distances. During this trip, she had seen countless difficult and complicated cases, and experienced countless joys and sorrows. She was indeed exhausted.
As soon as she came back, she went to the house to rest. She slept all the way until the next morning. When she woke up, it was already bright.
Shao Yin felt a light behind her eyelids. She frowned slightly and opened her eyes with great effort. Sure enough, she saw a bright light coming in from the window. But then, she saw a little white fox lying obediently beside the bed, waiting for her to wake up.
"Awoo! Auntie, wake up!"
When Xue Li saw her wake up, she immediately jumped around happily and came over to lick her face.
Shao Yin was stunned for a moment, then she realized that she had returned home. She pursed her lips and smiled, touched Xueli's head, and replied, "Yeah."
Xueli jumped up and down lively, helped her lift the quilt and pushed her, clamoring to get Shaoyin up.
Shao Yin felt very familiar with this feeling, and she followed Xue Li and climbed up obediently. She slept in her clothes last night, so she didn't need to change clothes at all. She straightened her skirt and stood up. Unexpectedly, when she walked out of the room with the little nine-tailed fox in her arms, she saw a big snow wolf squatting outside.
As soon as the big snow wolf saw them coming out, his eyes silently turned to the little nine-tailed fox in Shao Yin's arms.
Shao Yin: “…”
The author has something to say: Shao Yin: This is not yours, stop looking at it, and go away.
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I found that I wrote the dragon claw wrong in the previous chapter, so I corrected it. _(:d∠)_
I found that there were fewer comments after I updated too late. Oh, I will definitely turn over a new leaf and update on time tomorrow. My fellow furries, please raise your paws qaq.
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Xueli: What are you doing? (Bumping hard)
Big Snow Wolf (blushing): The little nine-tailed fox rubbed against me. How cute! I licked it.
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Thank you very much to the little fur ball of Bunny who came to bed early with a cup of soy milk, the little fur ball of Crane Flying, the little fur ball of Yikou Dawan and the little fur ball of jojojojoooxx, all of whom threw a mine at me!! Kiss and rub the fur ball very hard!!