Warm Fuzzies

This change is gradual, just like the arrival of the little white fox, injecting a truly fairy spirit into this place.

Shaoyin looked out the window.

Little Sydney was curiously stretching out her paws to the small animals on the porch, wanting to play with them, and soon ran down to join them.

Although these little animals are not intelligent yet, little Sydney is happy to play with them, just like real friends.

Shaoyin watched Little Xueli play with them for a while, then went back to collect herbs.

Just picking and picking, she looked at the medicine jars and herbs in front of her, suddenly a little dazed.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

Living in this fairyland, I take care of the little white fox every day, gather and develop herbs, and live a peaceful and peaceful life. I don’t know the sun and the moon.

Thinking back now, when she was practicing and studying at Xinglin Peak, from the time when she first entered the teacher's school and attracted a lot of attention, to the despair and helplessness of being forcibly expelled from Xinglin Peak in the rainstorm, it was so far away that it seemed like it happened in her previous life.

When she was in the teacher's school, she didn't care about fighting openly and secretly, and she just focused on practicing medicine. Now no one disturbs her in the fairyland, and although the fairyland is small, there are quite a variety of medicinal flowers and spiritual herbs, and it is easy to plant. Shaoyin practiced with twice the result with half the effort. Immortal art is becoming more and more sophisticated, and his understanding of medicine is advancing by leaps and bounds, which is easier than it was in Xinglin Peak.

It's just that Shaoyin's progress in medicine made Shaoyin excited, but after the excitement passed, she sometimes felt empty again, as if something was missing.

Shaoyin concentrated on taking care of the herbs.

When little Xueli came back to the house, it was already dusk and it was evening.

With water on her body, it looked like she was rolling in the creek, and she squinted her eyes and shook her hair as soon as she entered the door.

Shaoyin's herbs were almost packed, so she took a dry cloth when she saw it, and walked over to help her brush her hair meticulously.

Little Xueli yelled, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" and took the initiative to get into her aunt's arms, cooperatingly wrapped in the wipes and rolled over, revealing her belly.

Shaoyin simply hugged her on his lap and wiped her.

Little Xueli lay obediently in her aunt's arms and rubbed her ears affectionately.

But after a while, Little Xueli suddenly asked: "Auntie, you said that the place we live in is a fairyland, so is it possible to go outside besides the forest and the creek?"

Shaoyin froze.

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Because there are so few people here, and every time I run to the other side of the stream, I feel that the spiritual energy has come to an end, and I can't get through if I want to go any further."

Sydney is at the age of exuberant curiosity, wanting to know everything.

She wagged her tail and asked, "Auntie, what's it like outside Fairyland?"

Thinking of her own experience, Shaoyin felt a pain in her heart, stroked Xue Li's head, and said, "Outside...it's not as simple as in the fairyland."

"There are many people outside. Among them are good people and bad people, strong people and weak people, independent people who can insist on themselves, and people who follow others. These people make up all kinds of human beings, making the world lively and happy There is a side full of humanity, but there is also a cold side that is...painful and cruel."

"There are interesting places in the world, but you are still too young, and the cold side of the world is too dangerous for you, so I and the environment of the fairyland will protect you."

"You can't leave the fairyland now. When you grow up and have the ability to protect yourself from difficulties, you will definitely have the opportunity to go out and see."

"Aw!"

Little Xueli half understood what Aunt Shaoyin said, but she was very obedient and nodded seriously.

Shaoyin watched her tenderly, and after drying the little white fox, he smoothed her fur little by little.

"By the way! Auntie, haven't you finished sorting out your herbs yet? Let me sort them out for you!"

At this time, Little Xueli noticed Shaoyin's clay pot of herbal medicines that had not been completely put away on the ground, turned over and rolled off Shaoyin's knees, and happily jumped to the side to help.

Looking at her positive and happy appearance, Shaoyin smiled slightly, and walked over, intending to simply teach her how to classify.

But to Shaoyin's surprise, before she could open her mouth, she saw Little Xueli wagging her tail and happily dividing up her remaining herbs.

Classifying herbal medicines is easy to say, but Fairy Shaoyin's classification is not ordinary. She directly divides several herbal medicines according to the formula and categorizes them into packages, so that she can directly use them for grinding and refining next time. , and this time not only one kind of medicine was distributed, but also the semi-finished product that she planned to test the effect of.

Little Xueli didn't wait for her to teach her, so she picked up herbal medicines and divided them into several portions. Although the quantity was a little rough, the categories were generally correct.

Shaoyin asked in surprise: "Xue Li, why did you group these types together?"

"Huh?"

Little Xueli tilted her ears, put a small leafy plant stem she was holding in her mouth on the paper bag, and assembled another group.

She said: "Auntie, you told me before that these kinds of herbs can be used together to make a soothing and fragrant medicine. I think your remaining herbal medicines look a bit similar."

Shaoyin pointed to another group of herbal medicine packs with a different combination of herbs beside this group, and asked, "What about this one? Why did you use the previous main herbal medicine as the base, but put a different spiritual herb on it?"

Little Xueli said: "Because the colors of the marks on the medicinal paper are different, it should be different kinds of herbs. Aunt, didn't you say that the same herbal medicine will have different effects when mixed with different things? The combination of herbs is a panacea, and the combination of another herb may be poisonous. I saw that there are herbs that your aunt said have opposite properties, so I put them on it."

Shaoyin herself doesn’t remember when Xiao Xueli taught her what Xiao Xueli said, and most of them mentioned it casually when collecting herbs or making medicines, but she didn’t expect Xiao Xueli to memorize it, and she can draw inferences about other cases from one instance and apply it in practice .

Even though little Xueli might just let it go like a child playing around, but Shaoyin's eyes lit up little by little after hearing what she said.

But at this point, Xiao Xueli couldn't help asking doubtfully: "But I remember that this kind of herbal medicine with opposite medicinal properties must be picked in spring when the ice and snow melt, so it can be used, but the growth time is very short, only two months , most of them are still at the coldest time, so it is difficult to pick. Auntie, why do you have so many?"

Shaoyin pursed her lips and smiled, casually picked up an unopened flower bud from the herbal medicine, placed it in the palm of her hand, then slowly mobilized her spiritual energy, stretched out her hand to show Xiao Xueli, and said, "Look, what is this?"

Little Xueli poked her head and saw that the bud that had been plucked and slightly dry was stimulated by Shaoyin's spiritual energy, and it became plump again, gradually regaining its vibrant color, and slowly blooming, revealing the rose-colored stamen .

Little Sydney shook her ears in amazement.

Shaoyin explained: "This is the art of melting snow, which can melt snow and rejuvenate, and eliminate the cold air left behind under certain circumstances. This herb can only be used in early spring because the cold air left in the severe cold is too severe, but As long as you use spells, the problem can be solved."

"Aww!"

Little Xueli looked at the flowers in Shaoyin's hands with great curiosity.

She carefully stretched out her paw and touched the palm of her aunt, and found that it was really warm, but it was not the usual warmth, it had a kind of gentle and happy feeling.

Xueli said happily: "Auntie is amazing!"

Shaoyin smiled and asked, "Would you like to try it yourself?"

"not bad!"

Little Sydney pricked up her ears.

Shaoyin nodded: "Of course."

As she spoke, she told her the heart formula of the Snow Melting Technique.

Little Xueli tried her best, imitating her aunt's example to mobilize the fairy energy in her body, stretched out her little paws, so that the little white hairs all over her body stood up, but she still couldn't warm Xiaohua up.

However, Shaoyin watched Xiao Xueli imitate her way of using her fairy energy, and the light in her eyes became brighter and brighter.

Although Xiao Xueli is currently limited by her cultivation and cannot use such a difficult medical method, her method is correct, she uses it very transparently, and is very talented.

When Shaoyin was in the mortal world, she failed to teach anyone her unique medical skills. Even the master could not understand the way after she told the truth, but if the little Xueli in front of her was so smart, she might be able to learn.

Shaoyin couldn't help asking: "Honey, do you want to practice medicine with me?"

"Aww?"

Little Xueli was still trying to warm up her paws, but when she heard her aunt's words, she raised her head.

She actually doesn't know much about medicine, but she sees her aunt playing with medicinal flowers and herbs every day, and of course she finds it fun and interesting, as if stepping into an unknown world.

Little Xueli immediately jumped up and said: "I want to learn! I want to help my aunt!"

Saying that, little Xueli happily jumped on her aunt.

Shaoyin immediately picked her up happily and rubbed her in his arms.

The little white fox is rolling with laughter, waving its paws and playing with its aunt, one person and one fox, the picture is very warm.

So from this day on, little Xueli began to learn medicine from her aunt.

Since it is cultivation, there will be hard work.

Little Xueli was young, so Shaoyin would never let her out of his sight for too long. From then on, she always brought little white fox by her side, whether it was gathering medicine, pounding medicine or practicing medicine, she was always watching by her side. , and also specially taught her fairy art.

Shaoyin took her to various places in the forest while collecting herbs, and pointed out to her the herbs on the mountain one by one.

"This is green leaf grass, which can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and has a smooth effect."

"These two herbs look very similar, but this one has tiny toxins and cannot be used indiscriminately. The difference between them lies in the rhizomes. You have to peel off their leaves to identify them carefully."

Shaoyin led her to pound the medicine with her hands: "This kind of hard-shelled fruit is hard to break. If you want to hold the medicine pestle like this, if you really can't break it, you can use a little fairy power."

"You meditate like me. Practicing medicine is different from practicing mortal medicine. Spells and immortal powers are also our medical skills. If you want to use some difficult spells, you must have a solid foundation in your cultivation and you can't slack off. Practice."

As her aunt practiced medicine, Xiao Xueli couldn't always use the fox shape, and she gradually got used to the human body.

Time passed day by day like this.

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years.

The time in the fairyland is peaceful, and the years of more than ten years have hardly left any traces on the scene of the fairyland.

The small wooden house is still the same, outside the house there are luxuriant trees, spring grass is like a carpet, and the clear sky is as clear as blue.

She was pounding medicine, snow fungus and white tail, she was dressed in simple and elegant plain clothes, but she had an elegant temperament. I saw her grabbing a handful of grass leaves and putting them into the medicine mortar, smashing them neatly, with skillful techniques and graceful posture, the room immediately scattered. The medicinal taste is fragrant.

At this time, a half-sized young white deer came to the door, gently raised its front hoof, knocked on the door, and called, "Sydney! Do you want to go out to play together?"

The girl pounding the medicine must have stopped what she was doing, turned her head around, and revealed a beautiful and bright face.