Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 108 : . The Little Fox

Xiao Han...?

Gu Xun'er stared blankly at the infant in Xiao Yunxi's arms, unable to process what she had just heard.

Was this Senior Sister as a child? But... wasn't Senior Sister the fourth young miss of the Xiao family? How could she be an abandoned orphan who was picked up by someone?

As her thoughts drifted, Gu Xun'er suddenly found the world before her becoming blurry, as if covered by a layer of mist. She instinctively reached out towards Xiao Yunxi, but in the next second, she felt the familiar sensation of weightlessness.

The world became fragmented, revealing a pure white interior. Gu Xun'er's vision went dark, and she lost consciousness.

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As her consciousness gradually returned, Gu Xun'er slowly opened her eyes. What she saw was a patch of emerald green shrubbery and two youths who looked about fourteen or fifteen. For some reason, in Gu Xun'er's eyes, these two handsome youths appeared like giants, looking down at her from above.

Gu Xun'er was startled and instinctively tried to back away, but the moment she moved her legs, she felt a sharp pain from her leg.

Wait, this leg...

Gu Xun'er stiffly looked down and saw a pair of small, fluffy paws.

"????"

"Wait, what's going on?" Gu Xun'er muttered to herself in panic, but the sound that came out was like the whimper of some canine animal cub.

Seeing Gu Xun'er's movement, one of the youths excitedly said to the other, "Senior Brother Wei, the little one is awake."

The youth addressed as Senior Brother Wei nodded and carefully extended his hand, intending to touch Gu Xun'er, but she warily avoided it.

Retracting his hand with some disappointment, the Wei youth frowned slightly and said, "She won't let us touch her, but her hind leg is too severely injured. Like this, we can't help treat her wound."

The other youth let out a soft "Ah" and looked somewhat anxious: "Then what should we do? If we don't treat her wound, there are spirit beasts all around our Qishan. If this little fox leaves like this, I'm afraid she won't survive for long."

Fox? Qishan? Gu Xun'er twitched her ears, puzzled in her heart. Had she really turned into a fox? And from what the two were saying, this should still be Qishan?

As the two youths and the fox were at an impasse, a childish voice came from behind them: "What are you doing here?"

Hearing this childish yet deliberately serious female voice, the two youths quickly stood up and cupped their hands in salute to the person behind them: "Senior Sister."

Senior Sister? Gu Xun'er curiously poked out her small head and looked up, immediately freezing in place.

The newcomer was a child about five or six years old. This child had a pair of jet-black eyes, exuding a calmness that shouldn't belong to someone of this age. She wore a long ivory-colored robe that was slightly too large, looking as if a child had stolen her older sibling's clothes.

What made Gu Xun'er freeze in place was the child's extremely familiar appearance.

Wasn't this Xiao Han as a child? Although there were some slight differences from her appearance when she was in the Xiao family, Gu Xun'er recognized her at a glance.

Xiao Han glanced at her before turning her attention to the two youths. Although these two youths were nearly ten years older than Xiao Han, when facing her, they couldn't help but show genuine respect.

"Skipping morning lessons, go to the Punishment Hall to receive your punishment," Xiao Han said calmly.

Immediately, the two wilted like frost-bitten eggplants, responded with a dejected "Yes," and left with cupped hands.

After they left, Xiao Han turned her attention back to Gu Xun'er. She hesitated for a moment, then took a tentative step forward. Seeing that the snow-white little fox didn't fear her, she squatted down and reached out to pet the little fox.

Gu Xun'er poked out her head and nuzzled Xiao Han's palm. Smelling this familiar scent, she finally relaxed.

It really was Senior Sister.

"Are you injured?" Xiao Han's gaze fell on the little fox's bloody hind leg as she carefully picked up Gu Xun'er.

Originally thinking that this wild fox would struggle, Xiao Han had prepared to use a bit of spiritual power to subdue it if necessary. Who would have thought that when she picked her up, this little fox actually adjusted its position, found a comfortable spot, and obediently lay in her arms.

"So friendly, could it be a pet of some elder or disciple in the sect?" Xiao Han muttered softly.

Hearing this, Gu Xun'er rolled her eyes at her.

You're the pet!

After searching through her memories and finding no relevant information, Xiao Han shook her head. Holding Gu Xun'er, she focused her thoughts, and a long sword emanating lightning appeared before her.

The sword circled around Xiao Han once before lying flat in front of her.

Channeling her spiritual power, Xiao Han jumped onto the sword with Gu Xun'er. In the next second, the sword carried the human and fox pair into the air, shooting off in a specific direction.

Having already broken through to Dou Venerate and able to fly through the air, Gu Xun'er naturally wasn't afraid of flying. However, this didn't prevent her astonishment. In the Dou Qi Continent, to fly through the air, one needed to be at least a Dou Ancestor level expert. Yet here was Xiao Han, only five or six years old, already able to fly through the air?

The young Xiao Han, who had just broken through to the initial stage of No Self at only six years old, had only recently learned to fly on a sword. Thus, she focused almost all her attention on the long sword beneath her feet, not noticing anything unusual about the little fox in her arms.

Bringing the little fox to her residence, as the only personal disciple of the Qishan Sect Leader and the heir apparent to the next Sect Leader position, Xiao Han had her own independent cave dwelling. This cave dwelling was a high-grade spirit tool given to her by Xiao Yunxi when she broke through to No Self, which had made other disciples envious for a long time.

Carefully placing Gu Xun'er on a wooden table, Xiao Han turned to retrieve several bottles of medicine from a nearby cabinet.

Seeing that young Xiao Han seemed to want to apply medicine to her, Gu Xun'er, now a fox cub, cooperated very well by lying down and even extending her injured paw towards Xiao Han.

Observing Gu Xun'er's actions, young Xiao Han was quite surprised: "Is it really this intelligent? Could it be a spirit beast?"

But she couldn't sense any spiritual energy from it.

Could it be because her cultivation level was too low to sense it?

Gu Xun'er blinked her large, wet eyes, looking extremely innocent.

The young Xiao Han, not yet grown into Qishan's impartial Senior Sister, instantly softened. She reached out to rub the little fox's fluffy, warm little head and said in a childish voice, "I'll apply medicine for you, don't be afraid of the pain."

Hearing this, Gu Xun'er inwardly burst into laughter. She had never seen such a childish and adorable Xiao Han before. When she came to the Xiao family at five years old, she had only seen the already stoic, serious, cold, and mature Senior Sister.

This adorable version of Senior Sister was truly intriguing in its own way.

Young Xiao Han carefully applied the high-quality medicinal ointment to Gu Xun'er's injured hind leg. The ointment was cool and emitted a faint, fresh herbal fragrance. Just smelling this scent made Gu Xun'er feel much better.

After applying the medicine, young Xiao Han wrapped bandages around it and even tied a cute butterfly knot in a very childish manner. Gu Xun'er looked at the butterfly knot tied with bandages on her hind leg, feeling somewhat amused and exasperated.

Was her Senior Sister really this adorable as a child?

After finishing everything, young Xiao Han produced some fruits from somewhere. These fruits were crystal clear, looking less like food and more like works of art.

Pushing the fruits towards Gu Xun'er, young Xiao Han's eyes sparkled brightly. Gu Xun'er could even detect a hint of anticipation in those large, watery eyes.

Unable to refuse such sincerity, and because the fruits indeed looked very appealing and aroused Gu Xun'er's appetite, she lowered her head and took a small, dignified bite.

The fruit practically melted in her mouth, its sweet and fragrant taste instantly filling her oral cavity, causing her eyes to light up.

This fruit was incredibly delicious!

Young Xiao Han watched eagerly as Gu Xun'er ate heartily, once again unable to resist reaching out to pet the fox.

Gu Xun'er enjoyed both eating the fruit and her Senior Sister's affection. However, young Xiao Han had probably never petted a fluffy animal before, so her petting technique was very awkward. If Gu Xun'er were truly an ordinary little fox, she might have swatted at her with a paw long ago.

Before finishing the fruit, a wave of drowsiness suddenly swept over Gu Xun'er. She stopped eating, yawned gracefully, and felt sleepy.

Young Xiao Han let out a soft "Ah," and Gu Xun'er heard her mutter: "Is the medicine taking effect so quickly?"

Medicine? Was it the wound medicine young Xiao Han had applied earlier? Gu Xun'er grumbled inwardly, but finally couldn't resist. Inhaling the lingering scent of milk on young Xiao Han, she fell into a deep sleep.

Gu Xun'er was awakened by the sound of hushed conversation. She opened her eyes groggily and found herself face-to-face with a greatly magnified face. She reflexively shrank back, then bumped into the wall behind her with a thud.

Gu Xun'er: QAQ.

The owner of the face, seeing this scene, burst into laughter, pointing at Gu Xun'er and turning to tease young Xiao Han behind her: "Little Han, do you really want to keep such a stupid fox?"

Young Xiao Han looked at her unreliable, playful master with helpless exasperation, saying nothing.

"It's just an ordinary fox, not a spirit creature, and can't cultivate. Even if you feed her the best spirit fruits every day, she'll probably only live for about twenty years," Xiao Yunxi raised her hand, gently stroking Gu Xun'er's neck fur with her index finger, her smile seemingly taking on a deeper meaning.

Gu Xun'er disliked being touched by anyone other than Xiao Han, but considering this was her Senior Sister's deeply respected master, she dared not attack her. She only moved her body away somewhat disgustedly, shifting herself from under Xiao Yunxi's hand.

"Oh, this little one is quite proud," Xiao Yunxi observed the little fox that seemed quite disgusted with her with interest, but didn't touch her again.

Gu Xun'er ignored Xiao Yunxi and looked directly at young Xiao Han behind her.

Young Xiao Han then remembered the main issue. She gently tugged on Xiao Yunxi's sleeve and said to her master in a childish voice, "Master, I want to keep her."

Faced with her adorable disciple looking at her like this, Xiao Yunxi couldn't resist hugging young Xiao Han, rubbing her chubby little face frantically just like when she was younger, while making indescribable sounds of infatuation: "Ahhhh, Little Han, how can you be so cute? How! Can! You! Be! So! Cute?!!"

Young Xiao Han, as if long accustomed to this, allowed Xiao Yunxi to rub her face. Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er watched with wide eyes, looking incredulous.

Xiao Han would occasionally mention her master to her, and hearing the undisguised reverence in Xiao Han's voice, Gu Xun'er had always imagined her master to be an elegant, powerful, serene, and composed person.

Who would have thought she was such an eccentric person?

After a good while of face-rubbing, Xiao Yunxi finally showed mercy and released young Xiao Han, whose originally fair skin had been rubbed red all over.

"Since you want to keep it, then keep it," Xiao Yunxi said straightforwardly. "But be careful not to let playthings distract you from your cultivation."

Young Xiao Han's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly agreed.

"Yes! This disciple will diligently follow Master's teachings!"