When Su Ruojin saw Fu Linglong vomit black water, her expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly stepped forward to check her pulse.

Aya, standing nearby, grew anxious. "Princess, what's wrong with Master? He was perfectly fine before."

Su Ruojin released Fu Linglong's wrist and breathed a sigh of relief. "Aya, Master is alright. He just vomited out the remaining poison after drinking the medicine, which is a good thing."

Aya breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

After spitting out the black blood, Fu Linglong felt the pent-up frustration in her heart lessen, and she felt much more comfortable, knowing that what Xiao Jin said was true.

"Xiao Jin, thank you."

Fu Linglong had already heard Ye Xunzhi's explanation and knew that Xiao Jin had saved her again this time.

“Master, why are you like the head master, with your whole family thanking each other every day? Aren’t you tired?”

"At this rate, do I have to thank you and Master for teaching me so much every day? If you don't mind, I'll start thanking you now," Su Ruojin said reproachfully.

Fu Linglong was amused by Xiao Jin's words, "You silly child..."

Grandma, are you feeling better?

Just then, a childish voice came from the doorway.

Su Ruojin turned her head and saw a child of about three or four years old leaning against the door, peeking out timidly into the room, or rather, looking at Fu Linglong.

"Zhuang'er, come in." Fu Linglong beckoned to the child.

The child slowly and cautiously walked to Fu Linglong's bedside and asked again, "Grandma, are you feeling better?"

"Zhuang'er, good boy, Grandma is much better. Come here, Zhuang'er, this is your eldest aunt and your youngest aunt, quickly kowtow to your aunts."

Zhuang'er obediently knelt down immediately and kowtowed to Su Ruojin and Aya, saying, "Zhuang'er greets Senior Aunt and Junior Aunt."

Yesterday, Su Ruojin's attention was entirely focused on Fu Linglong. After the treatment was completed, she went back to sleep and did not see Zhuang'er.

The child called her and Aya "Shigu" (a term of respect for their respective teachers), and also "Fifth Master Grandma." This is...

“He is a child that your fifth master and I rescued in the village.” Ye Xunzhi walked in from outside the door at this moment, carrying a bowl of porridge in his hand.

Afterwards, Ye Xunzhi told Su Ruojin about the child's origins.

Su Ruojin understood. It seemed that her master and fifth master were planning to adopt the child, otherwise her fifth master wouldn't have asked him to call her "aunt".

With this connection established, I'll have to take care of this junior apprentice in the future.

This child seems to be very well-behaved.

That's fine.

Neither the eldest master nor the fifth master had any children, so it's good that they have this child to keep them company.

Su Ruojin took a jade pendant from her waist and handed it to Zhuang'er, saying, "Zhuang'er, this is a gift from your aunt."

Aya followed suit, quickly taking off the jade pendant from her waist and handing it to Zhuang'er.

Zhuang'er hesitated to take it, then looked at Fu Linglong. Seeing his grandmother nod at him, he finally accepted it and kowtowed to Su Ruojin and Aya, saying, "Thank you, Senior Aunt, thank you, Junior Aunt."

Yes, she's a sensible person.

Ye Xunzhi picked up the porridge that had been placed on the table, touched the rim of the bowl to make sure the temperature was right, and handed it to Aya, saying, "Feed some porridge to your master."

Aya took the bowl and fed her master porridge in small sips.

While Fu Linglong was eating porridge, Ye Xunzhi and Su Ruojin recounted their encounter with the mutants.

Su Ruojin, like Fu Linglong, also discovered two problems.

She had previously read the records related to the Demon Gu King in the Star Gu Pavilion, and she did remember that people who were bitten by the Demon Gu King and his offspring Gu were incredibly strong, and their skin would become as hard as firewood, so that swords and knives could cut through it as easily as chopping firewood.

Some people's swords and knives get stuck inside the mutant's body when they try to pull them out. Then, the mutant bites them instead, allowing the venomous insects to invade and turn them into new mutants.