Little Spirit

The slanting rays of the setting sun fell over the streets. Xiao Yi Xian walked along, the candied hawthorn in her hand tasting especially sweet. She could not even remember the last time she had eaten one.

Ever since she had started working to support her family in her previous life, she had not eaten snacks for a long time. It seemed that after growing up, she had never truly enjoyed life.

She kept moving forward, wandering without purpose, not even knowing where the road ahead would end.

When she was young, people asked about her grades and ranking...

When she grew up, people asked about work and grades, yet no one had ever asked whether she was tired.

As time went on and she grew older, she understood more and saw through more. Happiness became scarcer and scarcer. Perhaps that was the price of growing up.

Yet now, she had come to such a mysterious world. Everything seemed freer than in her previous life—or perhaps this was what power meant.

Trusting in her own strength...

"Hm?"

After finishing the last candied hawthorn, Xiao Yi Xian noticed someone bullying a child in the alley beside her.

"Whoosh!"

The little stick in her hand shot through the air with Dou Qi, piercing straight through that lecherous man.

The pitch-black figure in the alley looked toward Xiao Yi Xian beneath the setting sun, wine-red pupils fixed tightly on her.

"Hm?"

Xiao Yi Xian looked at the black figure. Wine-red pupils?

Moreover, she sensed that the child's aura was somewhat unusual.

"Is she a magical beast?"

"Why doesn't she feel like one?"

Xiao Yi Xian walked over step by step, then crouched before the child huddled in the corner with her knees hugged to her chest. Smiling, she said, "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."

The child before her was filthy from head to toe, and her tattered cloth clothes looked as though she had worn them for a long time. Only those wine-red eyes were especially striking.

"Hm!"

The little girl showed no fear at all. Her tiny nose sniffed at the scent drifting over, and she greatly liked the faint medicinal fragrance on Xiao Yi Xian.

Smiling, Xiao Yi Xian picked up the child and walked out of the alley. As for the corpse nearby, it was silently rotting away.

Xiao Yi Xian did not mind the little girl's dirtiness at all. She gently smiled and asked, "What is your name?"

The little girl stared at Xiao Yi Xian for quite a while before saying somewhat unclearly, "My name is Little Spirit!"

"Little Spirit? What a lovely name!" Xiao Yi Xian praised the obedient Little Spirit before her.

Xiao Yi Xian tossed out a gold coin and took Little Spirit into a bathhouse, carefully washing her and changing her into fresh clothes.

After her bath, Little Spirit looked incredibly adorable. And her hair was actually white?

A child of six or seven had white hair?

Little Spirit's wine-red eyes stared fixedly at the clothes she was wearing, her face brimming with happiness.

Xiao Yi Xian curiously examined Little Spirit, but no matter how many times she inspected her with her soul power, she could not find anything unusual.

Little Spirit tilted her head and looked at Xiao Yi Xian curiously...

Smiling, Xiao Yi Xian held the adorable Little Spirit in her arms. Her soft touch felt quite nice. She needed to find Medicine Elder; with her soul power, she truly could not make out anything.

"Bang!"

Xiao Yi Xian skillfully kicked open Xiao Yan's door. Looking at Xiao Yan, who was still cultivating, she covered Little Spirit's eyes and said flatly, "Medicine Elder, I need to speak with you!"

After saying that, Xiao Yi Xian took Little Spirit into the side room. Medicine Elder also floated out of the ring on the table and glanced at the somewhat unsteady-breathed Xiao Yan with a smile.

Medicine Elder looked at Xiao Yi Xian, then curiously examined Little Spirit again and again. His fingers lightly rubbed his chin as though he were seriously pondering something.

Little Spirit did not have the expressions a child ought to have. She was especially quiet and obedient, and only felt safe when she lay against Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian stroked Little Spirit's hair and smiled as she felt the steady breathing in her arms.

This child did not like talking much. She was especially well-behaved and expressionless too. Who knew what she had gone through?

"I remember now!"

Medicine Elder clapped his hands together. A glimmer of white light flashed through his eyes as he looked at Little Spirit.

"What exactly is this child?"

Xiao Yi Xian was extremely curious about what this child was. Her aura was extraordinary, yet she did not seem to possess the traits of a magical beast.

With a smile, Medicine Elder folded his hands and drifted back and forth. "This little girl may be a Heaven and Earth Spirit!"

"Hm, an Elf?"

Xiao Yi Xian was somewhat dumbfounded upon hearing the term. There were Elves here?

Wasn't this a fantasy world?

Medicine Elder instantly seemed to become a different person. With his hands behind his back and an immortal air about him, he gazed at the silver moon that had risen and said calmly, "This world is vast, and humans and magical beasts are extremely numerous within it.

"But there are not only those. For example, spiritual objects may take form, medicinal herbs may take form, and even the spiritual treasures of heaven and earth may take form.

"And this little girl may have been formed from a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth. She is an Elf!"

Xiao Yi Xian was still somewhat confused after hearing that.

She knew about medicinal pills taking form, and Heavenly Flames taking form should count as spiritual treasures of heaven and earth as well. But this was her first time hearing of Elves.

Medicine Elder looked at Xiao Yi Xian and smiled. "Heaven and earth are vast. Anything is possible. A strand of hair, a blade of grass, or a flower may all become sentient and take form."

Xiao Yi Xian understood after hearing that, though she still was not quite used to Medicine Elder's immortal-like demeanor.

"Then what did Little Spirit take form from?"

She was quite interested in Little Spirit's origins.

"This child is likely a Snow Spirit. Her white hair is proof enough, and the Snow Origin within her body can also be sensed."

Medicine Elder's eyes shone with silver-white light, as though they could see straight through Little Spirit.

Xiao Yi Xian might not be able to tell, but how could he fail to see it?

Who was he?

He had once been a powerful expert, and an immensely powerful Medicine Master. How could he possibly fail to see it?

Medicine Elder was extremely confident. He could naturally perceive something as simple as a soul origin, and there were no restrictions or concealment whatsoever. It was so obvious that he could not possibly miss it.

"Then why would she appear in Wu Tan City?"

A Snow Spirit should never have appeared here. Xiao Yi Xian had many doubts.

"To the north of the Northwest Continent lies a snowy land. She most likely came from there."

Medicine Elder looked at the sleeping Little Spirit with some amazement. Heaven and Earth Spirits were exceedingly rare, after all.

He had once seen one formed from the lightning of heaven and earth. Its strength had been terrifying, and the lightning it wielded carried a trace of heavenly tribulation aura, making it practically invincible among those of the same realm.

"You little brat, you've really picked up a treasure. This child's talent is terrifying too. She will definitely be a tremendous aid."

Medicine Elder looked at Xiao Yi Xian with deep envy. This was a Heaven and Earth Spirit, transformed from a single snowflake. The heights she could reach in the future would be immense.

Xiao Yi Xian was delighted as well. She had gone out once and returned with a gifted little girl.

And Little Spirit would be able to stay by her side from now on. She just did not know whether Little Spirit could withstand an outbreak of her Poisonous Gas.

The possibility of her Poisonous Gas erupting at any time was now her only source of worry.

Outside, Xiao Yan glanced toward the room, then looked at Xiao Yi Xian, who showed no sign of coming out. He was truly helpless.

Everything about this sister was good. Her looks and figure were both excellent, but kicking open doors whenever she disagreed with someone was not good at all.

He had been naked, after all. He truly had no male dignity left. If he could beat her, he...