Chapter 14 Madam, please respect yourself
Fu Ning sat down on the stone, took out the powder for treating external injuries from the storage bag, and poured it on her left arm. The moment the powder was sprinkled on the wound, she grimaced in pain. Fu Ning quickly bandaged it with gauze.
Lu Wu on the side called out softly.
Fu Ning took a look at it and saw that its chest was also bleeding. It was the one he had stabbed with his sword. He waved to him, "Come here, I'll put some on you."
Lu Wu came over obediently.
Fu Ning applied medicinal powder on its wound and scratched the back of the big cat's neck like he was teasing a kitten. Lu Wu immediately squinted his eyes in comfort and looked like a little child.
Fu Ning asked: "What is the relationship between you and that Luwu?"
Lu Wu growled twice, feeling a little depressed.
Fu Ning stroked its head soothingly and said, "So it's your mother. Let me help you bury her."
She picked up the sword that had fallen aside, found a piece of soft soil and started digging. Lu Wu also used his claws to help her.
By the time the man and the beast finished their work, the sun was almost setting.
Fu Ning placed a wooden sign in front of the Luwu and said, "From now on, your child will follow me, Fu Ning. I will take him to the world of cultivation."
She knew why these Luwu were so determined to guard the Xiling Grass.
Like himself, they want to return to the world of cultivation.
Luwu were originally a species of beast unique to the world of cultivation. Several wars between the world of cultivation and the world of demons hundreds of years ago brought them to the human world, and then they were forgotten in the human world.
The monks can still return home through the teleportation stone, but these lost Luwu can only live in the human world.
Perhaps in their hearts, only by growing nine tails can they become gods and return home.
Fu Ning patted Lu Wu beside him and said, "Let me give you a name."
Lu Wu stared at her with his eyes wide open.
Fu Ning stroked his chin and thought for a while, "We met at the edge of the cliff, so I'll call you Xiaoya."
The system finally made a sound, "Boss, if you don't know how to name something, you can come to my resource library and pick a name!"
Fu Ning didn't like what she heard, so she asked, "Xiaoya, do you like this name?"
Xiaoya nodded.
Fu Ning then smiled and said, "Xiaoya is still obedient."
System: Feeling the chill.
Fu Ning found a thick vine and tied it around his waist, deciding to take advantage of the last bit of sunlight to pick those Spirit Cleansing Herbs.
She came to the edge of the cliff, grabbed the rocks with both hands, stretched out one foot, looked for protruding rocks, and moved down step by step.
Some of the fragile boulders rolled down the hill as she moved, without even a sound being heard.
The system said in a trembling voice: "Boss, I'm scared."
Fu Ning looked back. The mountains in the distance were pale golden in the sunset, and the lake in the distance was sparkling. She asked in confusion, "Why are you afraid of such a beautiful scenery?"
System: “…I’m afraid of heights.”
Fu Ning laughed twice. The system has no entity, but it is afraid of heights. She said, "You should block the signal."
The system was very aggrieved, "Boss, you are in danger now, and my program does not allow me to block the signal."
Fu Ning wanted to tease the system, but her left arm was in so much pain that she did not dare to stay any longer. She climbed to the location of the Xiling Grass with difficulty and picked four plants. Put it into your storage bag and return the same way.
System: "Boss, why did you pick four plants? You don't want to take four pills, do you?"
This was indeed Fu Ning's intention. Now that she had broken through the foundation-building stage, she could already refine fifth-grade medicinal pills. However, the effect of the fifth-grade Spirit Cleansing Pill would not be very good. She would have to take it again when she succeeded in cleansing her spirit and refined higher-level medicinal pills.
However, she did not say these words to the system. She thought the system was noisy, so she only said, "I'll collect more just in case. If the refining fails, I can still use it."
When Fu Ning returned to the top of the mountain, it was already dark and Xiaoya was still waiting for her there.
Fu Ning patted its head and said, "I will go down the mountain first to settle the horse I rented, and then come to see you tomorrow."
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It was almost noon when Song Jinghe finished reading the book in his hand.
He went into the kitchen as usual, only to remember that the woman had been gone for five days.
He had already been fasting, relying only on pills to survive, but he had never thought that he would stay in the human world for so long. The pills he brought with him seemed to be insufficient, so he had no choice but to eat light food.
Perhaps she was a little hungry today, so she walked into the kitchen, but the two maids had gone somewhere and there was no one to cook.
Song Jinghe returned to the house and opened his storage bag after a long time. Ever since Fu Ning provided him with the elixir, he had not touched the storage bag for a long time. Now when he opened it, he unexpectedly found that there was something extra inside.
An octagonal gilt glass palace lantern.
Song Jinghe took it out along with the elixir and placed it on the table, looking at the palace lantern carefully.
There is a dragon head on the palace lantern, surrounded by tassels.
The workmanship of this palace lantern is very exquisite, but it is not a rare item. Song Jinghe frowned, as he had no idea when it was put into the storage bag.
Maybe it’s a gift for Qingning?
He really couldn't remember, so he put the lantern aside.
There were strange footsteps outside the door. Song Jinghe quickly drew out the dagger in his hand and saw that his door was opened.
A pretty woman came in with a lunch box in her hand.
Song Jinghe silently put the knife back into the sheath. This woman was the concubine of the county magistrate, but for some reason she frequently came to her yard to find him after Fu Ning left. He didn't do anything, just chatted with her casually.
As soon as the woman came in, she saw the palace lantern on the table and her eyes widened. "What a beautiful palace lantern!"
Song Jinghe blocked her sight calmly and asked, "What are you doing here?"
The woman put the lunch box on the table and said with a smile, "Young Master, I saw those two girls were playing outside again. I guessed that they didn't make lunch for you, so I brought some to you."
She opened the lid of the lunch box and the aroma of food hit her face.
Song Jinghe looked at the woman coldly as she placed the dishes on the table, and felt that he had no appetite at all.
He said, "I have already eaten, please go back."
The woman paused for a moment, and said in a panic, "Oh, I am being nosy. I will take the food back right away."
But there was no movement on her hands. Song Jinghe sneered and saw water drops falling on the woman's hands.
He raised his head and saw that the woman's eyes were filled with tears and even her nose was slightly red.
"I'm sorry, I lost my composure." The woman wiped away her tears with a handkerchief. "You think I'm annoying, don't you?"
The woman sobbed twice. "It's just that no one talks to me usually, and I think we get along well, so I..."
The pitiful beauty should have been crying, but Song Jinghe showed no emotion at all, and even felt a little annoyed.
Inexplicably, Fu Ning's rough face appeared in his mind. If it were that woman, she would never leave a table full of food and talk to him about these useless things.
He moved the wheelchair back a few steps and said, "Madam, please respect yourself."
The woman looked at him in surprise, covered her face with her hands, and ran out of the house without even taking the lunch box.
Song Jinghe glanced at the table full of food and poured it into the slop bucket without hesitation.
When he came back, Song Jinghe's eyes fell on the palace lantern.
He didn't like the look in the woman's eyes when she saw the palace lantern.
He was silent for a while, then irritably put the palace lantern back into his storage bag.
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The next morning, Fu Ning found a coachman who was going to Suluo County, Quzhou, paid him some money, and asked him to go back with the horse he rented.
She entered the forest again and found Xiaoya.
Xiaoya was still waiting for her at the place where he was yesterday. As soon as he saw her, he came over and rubbed Fu Ning with his huge body.
Fu Ning tickled it, took out a pill from his storage bag and threw it to it.
This time she was going back to Quzhou, she was going to ride Xiaoya back.
Luwu is originally a spiritual beast. It is much faster than an ordinary tiger and has greater endurance than a tiger. Therefore, it will be brought to the battlefield by monks.
When she went to the human world, she also rode her eight-tailed Riku.
With Fu Ning's systematic navigation and Xiaoya's lightning speed, they returned to Quzhou in just one and a half days.
She brought Xiaoya back to Yanshan, one reason being to let it get familiar with the environment first, and the other reason being that she was afraid that if she brought it directly back to the village, the people in the village would be scared.
She planned to take Xiaoya back with her after she returned to the village.
Fu Ning took half a day to walk back to Suluan County.
She hadn't eaten anything good these days, so she went straight to her yard after entering the county magistrate's mansion and prepared to ask Da Mao and Er Mao to make something to eat.
But she didn't expect that when she opened the gate, she would see Song Jinghe and an unfamiliar woman holding a broom together.
Song Jinghe immediately let go of his hand when he saw Fu Ning. The woman was still trying hard and staggered backwards.
After the woman stood firm, she was surprised and said, "Sister Fu, didn't you come back just a month ago? How come you came back so early?"
Fu Ning asked, "Who are you?"
The woman said awkwardly, "I am Xiangyi, the county magistrate's tenth concubine. Maybe you don't like to go out, so you haven't seen me."
Fu Ning said "hmm" and asked, "What are you doing in my yard?"
The woman said, "I'll help you sweep the fallen leaves."
Fu Ning walked in. "I have maids to clean my yard. How dare I trouble you, sister? Besides, you and I... my brother live in the same room. You are not afraid of rumors, but my brother has not yet married, so I am afraid of being talked about."
The woman's face suddenly turned red. "I was too abrupt."
She put down the broom and walked out with Fu Ning.
Only Fu Ning and Song Jinghe were left in the yard.
"I haven't got a wife yet?"
Fu Ning didn't expect Song Jinghe to care about this, and smiled, "How about I say you are my husband? I'm afraid Sister Xiang won't be able to accept it."
Song Jinghe pursed his lips and looked unhappy again.
Fu Ning didn't care. He poked his head out and looked around. "Where are Da Mao and Er Mao? Is there anything to eat? I've been starving these past few days."
Song Jinghe answered the question irrelevantly, "You are injured. I will help you treat the wound."
Fu Ning was stunned for a moment. She had clearly changed into a new set of clothes. She looked at her left arm and found that the wound had split open and blood was oozing out.
It must be because I was rushing too fast with Lu Wu that the wound was torn, but the feeling of flying was really great.
Fu Ning said: "It's okay, I'll take care of it myself later."
Song Jinghe looked at her pale and bloodless face and found it an eyesore.
He frowned, turned the wheelchair in front of Fu Ning, and held her left wrist. "Let's eat later. I'll bandage you first."
Seeing that he was about to take him into the house, Fu Ning smiled and said, "By the way, let's not talk about this for now. I have something to give you."
Song Jinghe asked subconsciously: "What?"
"Guess."
Fu Ning's face was full of "I have something good for you".
Song Jinghe stared at the only shining eyes on her face, and was a little flustered. He turned his eyes away and said, "I can't guess."
Fu Ning took something out of the cloth bag, wrapped it in his hand, stretched it in front of Song Jinghe and spread his fingers.
Lying in the palm of her hand were four small white flowers, with layers of translucent round petals that seemed to emit a faint light.
A fragrant and clean scent wafts over.
It is the flower that blooms from the spirit-washing grass.
Song Jinghe's breathing paused. The flower in the woman's hand was very beautiful.
He looked at it for a long time before asking, "Why did you give it to me?"
There was a smile on Fu Ning's face that was brighter than the June sunshine.
"Because I am in a good mood and the flowers are beautiful."
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Note: Luwu, also known as Jianwu, is a god of Mount Kunlun in ancient Chinese mythology and legends. According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: Western Mountains", "Four hundred miles to the southwest is Kunlun Hill, which is actually the capital of the emperor. The god Luwu governs it. The god has a tiger body with nine tails, a human face and tiger claws. He is the god who governs the nine parts of the sky and the emperor's hunting grounds."
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