Her whole body was this stiff.
He would have to give Qiqi a thorough, full-body massage, leaving no spot untouched.
He needed to completely loosen all her joints before she could start moving.
He had to carefully massage, knead, and lightly tap each spot to make sure she could move normally without anything locking up.
Whenever he finished massaging a spot and confirmed it could move freely, he moved on to the next.
Once the entire massage was finished, Qiqi could move as freely as any ordinary person.
"Phew... finally done."
Xiu Yuan was drenched in sweat from the effort.
He looked as though he had just been through an intense workout.
"Qiqi... can move now..." Qiqi was delighted to have her freedom of movement back.
But before she had enjoyed it for long, she noticed Xiu Yuan panting for breath.
"Xiu Yuan... thank you..."
A gentle smile appeared on Xiu Yuan's face when he heard that. "You're welcome."
"Qiqi... wants to... repay Xiu Yuan..."
Innocent as she was, Qiqi understood that kindness should be repaid.
So she lowered her head in thought, seemingly trying to come up with something.
"Let me teach you some Soft Gymnastics. Once you learn them, that'll be your way of repaying me," Xiu Yuan said.
"Okay~"
Then Xiu Yuan began teaching Qiqi some Soft Gymnastics.
He chose only a few simple movements that would still exercise most of her body.
"One, two, Qiqi... two, two, Qiqi..."
Xiu Yuan taught her this simple chant as well.
Xiu Yuan knew Qiqi had a poor memory, so he would also need to find her a notebook.
But before that, they needed to build their camp.
"Qiqi, let's build our camp," Xiu Yuan suggested.
"Our camp... is it our home...?"
"Uh... yes, our home. A home that can shelter us from the wind and rain."
"That's wonderful... Qiqi... is going to have a home..."
Thanks to her Vision, Qiqi was astonishingly strong, and chopping down trees was effortless for her.
By contrast, after losing his Vision, Xiu Yuan only had Flame Flash Body Flicker and no other particular abilities.
So Qiqi handled the tree cutting while Xiu Yuan handled the building.
But halfway through construction, Xiu Yuan suddenly heard some unfamiliar voices.
"Where did this little girl come from?"
"She's still out in the forest in the middle of the night. Probably got lost."
"Huh?! There's a paper talisman on her forehead."
"Holy shit, she looks like a little zombie!"
"You useless coward. What's so scary about a tiny zombie? Just kill her."
Xiu Yuan froze, then abruptly hurled a crimson spear toward the voices.
"Flame Flash Body Flicker!"
He vanished on the spot, reappearing far away.
From the looks of it, they must be members of the Bandit Group!
Without another moment to think, he immediately ran over.
Just as Xiu Yuan vaguely made out several figures, a blast of icy wind surged toward him.
"Right, Qiqi has a Vision. How did I forget that?"
The power granted by a Vision was certainly not something the Bandit Group could withstand.
Xiu Yuan, who had been worried about Qiqi just moments ago, now wondered whether that whole Bandit Group was already dead...
When he reached them, he found every last one sprawled on the ground, badly injured and barely alive, while Qiqi stood right in their midst.
"They... bad people..." Qiqi explained.
"Great job, Qiqi," Xiu Yuan praised her.
At that moment, the Bandit Group looked at Xiu Yuan as though he were their savior and hurriedly begged him for help.
After all, this little zombie's combat prowess was absurd. Without Xiu Yuan there, they would probably all die here.
"Leave your Mora, then get lost," Xiu Yuan said in a low voice.
"We will, we will! Anything you want, just don't kill us!"
Then the whole group left behind a considerable amount of Mora and staggered away, supporting one another by the shoulders.
"Now we can buy Qiqi a notebook," Xiu Yuan said happily, looking at the Mora.
He had been planning to catch some fish and gather materials to sell later, but he had never expected the Bandit Group to come delivering money to his door.
"What else were we doing again...?"
"Sorry... I don't remember..." Qiqi apologized softly.
"Building our home," Xiu Yuan reminded her.
"Right... I remember now... we're building... a home with Xiu Yuan..."
"Qiqi... is so stupid..."
"Qiqi... mustn't forget this..."
She reproached herself, clearly unhappy with her poor memory.
"It's all right, Qiqi. Once we finish the house, we'll go into town tomorrow and buy you a notebook. You can write down important things in it, and then you won't forget them."
"Go into town... buy a notebook... write it in the notebook... okay~..."
"Let's head back. We'll finish our home, then set off."
"Okay~..."
With Xiu Yuan and Qiqi working together, a simple little cabin in the woods was soon finished.
Though it was crude, Qiqi seemed very happy, finding every part of the cabin wonderfully new.
"Qiqi... has a home now..."
"A home with Xiu Yuan..."
"Qiqi... likes it here..."
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