Chapter 481: Chapter 480: Don’t Be So Shameless
Gu Yuan suddenly felt his blood surging in the opposite direction, and his face showed a look of panic.
The Ginsengfruit had disappeared right under his nose. If Yun Ran came back, wouldn’t she just skin him alive!
But right now, he couldn’t spare any effort to look for the Ginsengfruit. Even the slightest distraction could result in being cut by Zhu Qing’s wind blades.
Gu Yuan could only pin all his hopes on the little papermen, watching as one was ’blown’ close to him by a wind blade.
He quickly spoke up: "Go find the Ginsengfruit!"
Although the little papermen couldn’t resist the effects of the wind blades, it wasn’t easy for the blades to shred them to pieces either.
During the heated battle, suddenly hearing Gu Yuan say their big boss was missing, the little papermen immediately paused.
"What? The boss is missing?"
They acknowledged the Ginsengfruit as their boss not just because the boss had been with the master longer, but also because the boss had skills they lacked.
Even though the current situation was unfavorable and they were at a temporary disadvantage, it wasn’t enough for their boss to disappear suddenly.
"I’ll go find it now!"
For the little papermen, finding the Ginsengfruit was much easier than it was for Gu Yuan and the others.
Meanwhile, the Ginsengfruit, worried by Gu Yuan, looked around bewildered—this was not the chaotic stone pile at all.
The Ginsengfruit looked left, then right, and quickly saw a lynx lying not far away, seemingly without any breath, just lying there quietly.
The area they were in was covered with a lot of snow, making it difficult for the Ginsengfruit to move over.
As it finally approached and saw the lynx that seemed rigid, the Ginsengfruit furrowed its brows slightly and slowly brought its hand close to the lynx’s nose.
A weak, almost undetectable breath puffed onto the Ginsengfruit’s finger.
The Ginsengfruit finally breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to hold the lynx, which was even weaker than when they first met.
"What’s wrong with you? Was it you who brought me here?"
Unfortunately, the mountain spirit possessing the lynx couldn’t answer the Ginsengfruit’s question at the moment.
All around them was endless snow, with chaotic magnetic fields making it almost impossible to discern direction for anyone who wandered here.
Feeling that the lynx was on the brink of death, the Ginsengfruit took off its thick scarf and directly wrapped the lynx in it.
After a moment of thought, it bit its own finger, and its body was made of the essence of a spirit tree, so what flowed out wasn’t blood.
However, it looked like blood, but was actually a condensed liquid made from special materials Yun Ran collected, said to have the power to bring the dead back to life.
Back then, Yun Ran was worried that someone would find out the Ginsengfruit’s true form, so she deliberately fused a Heavenly Thunder Pearl into it.
As a result, unless the Ginsengfruit willingly offered it, no one could easily obtain the Ginsengfruit’s ’blood.’
The Ginsengfruit pried open the lynx’s mouth and reluctantly squeezed out three drops of blood.
While doing so, it said: "For the sake of our connection, I’m reluctant to use my blood to save you..."
When the host was injured initially, they didn’t use the Ginsengfruit’s blood, not because of stinginess, but because the host had plenty of good stuff themselves, so it wasn’t needed.
But now, most of the medicine it carried had been fed to the lynx like candy, and the rest was given to the Thunderbolt Team he had ’left behind’ at that time.
Who would have thought that now, when its pockets were empty, it would encounter a lynx on the verge of dying.
Alas, with the host nowhere in sight, if the mountain spirit truly perished, who knew what effects it might have.
Even if this lynx wasn’t the mountain spirit’s host but just an insignificant creature, having met it, the Ginsengfruit couldn’t just sit back and do nothing.
The Ginsengfruit’s ’blood’ was indeed effective; the lynx, whose breathing was previously barely noticeable, now breathed much more heavily.
Night had completely fallen, but fortunately, its body was special, so its eyes weren’t affected by the darkness, nor was it much influenced by the weather.
Otherwise, stranded in this icy wilderness, a little child like it wouldn’t have a chance of surviving.
Just when the Ginsengfruit was feeling troubled, suddenly, the broken connection with Yun Ran was unexpectedly restored.
The Ginsengfruit was overjoyed and quickly began communicating with Yun Ran: [Host, where are you?]
Yun Ran was originally meditating peacefully. This body of hers now was nothing compared to her old, strongly tempered body.
To match the strength of this new body, she didn’t dare to practice overly profound or domineering magic.
She had to start from scratch, practicing the most basic magic, the kind that novice disciples at Qingfeng Temple would practice.
Suddenly, she heard the voice of the Ginsengfruit in her mind.
However, the voice was fragmented, like a poor signal.
But being able to connect with the Ginsengfruit, Yun Ran quickly opened her eyes, feeling a bit excited.
Despite what the junior master had said earlier about their eventual release, being trapped in a place akin to a small dark room made it hard to maintain a good mood.
Yun Ran hurriedly began to connect with the Ginsengfruit again.
But to the Ginsengfruit, Yun Ran’s words came through as: [...Ah...Good...I...]
Ginsengfruit: ...
The two of them started a hilarious conversation where neither understood the other’s words, but the simple fact that they could connect was already a great thing.
Yun Ran stopped meditating properly, which naturally caught the Dragon Spirit’s attention as it opened its eyes and changed to a new coiled posture.
Its dragon eyes rolled towards Yun Ran: "Do you think if I report your lack of focus, the junior master will treat me better?"
Strangely enough, the Dragon Spirit seemed masochistic, as after being manhandled by the junior master, it started calling him junior master along with Yun Ran.
Yun Ran gave the Dragon Spirit a speechless look: "Stop being shameless, that’s my junior master. Also, my junior master hates bootlickers, and you’re no exception, even if you’re a Dragon Spirit!"
The Dragon Spirit didn’t feel its pride was wounded by those words.
The longer a creature lives, the clearer it sees its situation. Many mightier creatures have lived, but why did most of them ultimately perish?
It’s all a lack of tact, unlike it, which is adaptable and practical.
Knowing Yun Ran’s junior master was a formidable figure, the Dragon Spirit quickly convinced itself that showing a little weakness to live better wasn’t embarrassing.
"This isn’t bootlicking, I’m just being honest. When the junior master left, didn’t he warn you to focus?"