The Bear Child's Attendance

To catch that hateful monkey, Luo Yunji decided he absolutely had to make Zhang Xiaofan master the newly created movement technique.

Now that Zhang Xiaofan's foot was injured, Luo Yunji had to think of every possible way to get his foot injury healed in the shortest time.

Soaking his feet in medicinal water, then adding suitable massage to get the blood and qi moving.

After three busy rounds in a row, Zhang Xiaofan had soaked his feet a full three times. After enjoying the little fatty's absolutely one-of-a-kind massage treatment three times as well, he felt that his foot injury really had improved a lot.

Seeing Luo Yunji sitting tiredly on a little stool, his head resting on his leg as he slept, Zhang Xiaofan's face was full of emotion. A gratified smile appeared on his face; it was the satisfying, peaceful feeling of receiving something in return after giving of himself.

Ever since Grass Temple Village had been wiped out, aside from him, Lin Jingyu, and Uncle Wang Er, who had already gone mad, there were no longer any relatives or familiar people left for him in this mortal world.

In that majestic hall, Lin Jingyu had been fought over by everyone to be taken as a disciple, while he had been ignored by all, and in the end had been forcibly stuffed to Tian Buyi.

Under all those watching eyes, he had been disliked by everyone and pushed back and forth. To say that he had not felt inferior or sad, that there had not been the slightest trace of hatred or resentment in his heart, was impossible.

Zhang Xiaofan knew he was not likable, but the senior brothers on Big Bamboo Peak all treated him kindly. Although Master often wore a cold face, he had never beaten or scolded him for no reason, nor had he even deliberately made things difficult for him. And as for Little Junior Brother...

With some difficulty, Zhang Xiaofan slowly shifted his body off the bed, tilted his neck, and carried the little fatty onto the bed. He tucked the quilt around him, just as he did every day.

The little fatty turned over, hugged Zhang Xiaofan, and snored softly. Perhaps he was having some beautiful dream, for the smile at the corner of his mouth looked very happy.

"This is enough!" Zhang Xiaofan said to himself. "Maybe this is what grown-ups call happiness! I have senior brothers who care for me, a master and mistress like a strict father and loving mother, a pretty senior sister, and a little junior brother who's naughty but very good to me! Here, I don't have to worry about food, drink, or shelter. This... isn't this home?"

Zhang Xiaofan slept soundly that night, and for once, he rarely slept in.

A faintly scorching warmth over his eyes woke Zhang Xiaofan.

He raised a hand to shield his eyes and slowly opened them. At that moment, a beam of sunlight was shining on the head of the bed, but there was no one beside him.

"Little Junior Brother! What are you making?" Eldest Senior Brother's voice came from outside the room.

"Medicinal water!" Luo Yunji replied in a tone of "you don't even know that," carrying a hint of disdain.

"What's it for?" Song Daren continued asking curiously. Right now, there was one thing everyone on Big Bamboo Peak agreed on: as long as it was something Little Junior Brother fiddled together, it was all good stuff! Although this had only been proven in the area of food, it did not in the least hinder their curiosity and desire to investigate the other things Luo Yunji fiddled together.

"To treat sprains!" Luo Yunji proudly lifted his double chin. "It works really well!"

"Is that so! What's the prescription?" Song Daren asked with a fawning smile.

"The prescription! I forgot where I put it. Maybe it's in the room? Or maybe I left it in the medicine hut!" Luo Yunji thought for a moment, then shook his head.

After glancing at that thing once and memorizing it, he had casually tossed it somewhere, who knew where. He did not even remember when he had thrown it away.

"Oh! Then I'll go look for it later!" Song Daren also understood his little junior brother's muddleheadedness, and nodded.

"By the way, how did Little Junior Brother's foot get sprained? I heard from Sixth that yesterday Little Junior Brother was carried back by Scarlet Flame!" Song Daren continued asking, filled with curiosity.

Amid one question and one answer, the two entered the room.

"Seventh Junior Brother! You're awake." Seeing Zhang Xiaofan sitting at the head of the bed, Song Daren smiled and greeted him.

"Eldest Senior Brother!" Zhang Xiaofan hurriedly tried to get up.

"Don't move!" Luo Yunji hurriedly stopped him at once. "Otherwise everything I did will have been for nothing."

"Oh!" After hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan immediately stopped and sat obediently on the bed.

"A few more soaks and it'll be fine!" Luo Yunji gestured for Song Daren to place the water basin beside the bed.

"Sorry to trouble you, Eldest Senior Brother!" Zhang Xiaofan looked at Song Daren somewhat embarrassedly and scratched his head.

"We're brothers of the same family, what are you saying that for!" Song Daren smiled and rubbed Zhang Xiaofan's head, saying, "How did your foot get sprained? It looks pretty serious!"

Zhang Xiaofan turned to look at Luo Yunji. He did not know whether he should answer truthfully.

"It's all because Little Senior Brother is stupid! He couldn't even step a few footwork patterns correctly, and he even twisted his own foot!" Luo Yunji's face was full of disdain, and then he made a face at Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan scratched his head at Song Daren in embarrassment and laughed foolishly.

"What footwork?" A shocking guess rose in Song Daren's heart. It couldn't be the one he was thinking of, could it!

"What other footwork could it be! A movement technique, of course! Hmph, hmph! Once Little Senior Brother has mastered it, I'll make that bad monkey sorry!" Luo Yunji's face was full of anger. Thinking of that stinking monkey who had snatched away his precious monkey wine, his belly filled with fire.

In his mind, he fantasized about how he would punish that monkey this way and that once he caught it, and his hands unconsciously became a little rough. He grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's two feet, which had been placed on the bed, by the ankles and pressed them straight into the water.

"So hot!" Zhang Xiaofan gritted his teeth and endured it, without pulling back.

The little fatty rolled up his sleeves and was about to reach his hands into the water...

"Little Junior Brother! The water's hot, be careful!" Zhang Xiaofan hurriedly reminded him.

After hearing this, Luo Yunji hesitated a little and drew his hands back. Then, seeing that Zhang Xiaofan's feet soaking in the water had been scalded bright red, he felt a lingering fear. Good thing he hadn't put his hands in.

"Xiaofan! Aren't you hot?" Seeing big drops of sweat falling from Zhang Xiaofan's face, Song Daren asked worriedly.

"I'm... I'm fine!" Zhang Xiaofan gritted his teeth and forced out a somewhat twisted smile.

"It's really very hot?" Luo Yunji also noticed that something was off with Zhang Xiaofan. "You should've said so earlier!" As he spoke, he reached his hand into the water.

"Little Junior Brother!" Zhang Xiaofan panicked and was about to bend down to stop his hand. But Luo Yunji moved a bit faster and had already reached in, pressing his hand onto Zhang Xiaofan's foot. Afterward, the water temperature changed, becoming just right!

"It's... it's not hot anymore?" Zhang Xiaofan looked at the medicinal water in the basin in surprise. Thinking of his little junior brother's monstrous abilities, he calmly accepted this fact.

"No way! I boiled this water myself, it was scalding!" Song Daren did not believe it, and reached out to test it.

"Little Junior Brother! How did you do that?" Feeling the water temperature, Song Daren's face was full of wonder.

"Very simple!" Luo Yunji looked completely as if it were nothing out of the ordinary, not even glancing at Song Daren.

"Very simple? Why don't I feel that way!" Song Daren was somewhat speechless.

"Isn't it just cooling someone down?" Luo Yunji signaled with his eyes for Zhang Xiaofan to sit properly, but his hands did not stop, gently massaging the feet in the water with a little force. "Water! It can be hot, and it can be cold too! It can even turn into ice!"

"This... you can do that?" Song Daren was somewhat surprised.

Everyone in Azure Clouds knew that the Frost Immortal Art was a spell unique to Dragon Head Peak, because most of their magical treasures were of the frost type. And the so-called Frost Immortal Art was also cast by relying on those frost-type magical treasures of theirs.

Its power was truly considerable.