Jiu Baiyun held the pill that emitted a rich fragrance of herbs, feeling the smooth warmth of the jade bottle with his fingertips.
This familiar yet more refined scent confirmed that it was the final product of the half-finished pill formula he had created years ago.
Looking at Yun Yao’s face, pale as paper, and the several gruesome wounds, he no longer hesitated.
‘Yao Fox, this medicine is fine, right?’ he quickly confirmed in his mind.
‘Hmph, you made it yourself, and you still ask me?’ the Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s voice carried a hint of impatience.
‘The medicinal properties are pure and mild, perfect for her current condition.’
“It’s just that I was afraid something might have gone wrong with the refining…”
After muttering softly and receiving the Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s confirmation, Jiu Baiyun hesitated no longer.
He carefully leaned down, gently supporting the back of Yun Yao’s neck with one hand to tilt her head slightly back.
With the other hand, he pinched the emerald-green pill and carefully brought it to her cracked lips.
Unconscious, Yun Yao was completely unaware, her lips tightly closed.
Jiu Baiyun had to once again use his fingertip to press her lower jaw extremely gently, forcing her mouth to open slightly.
The moment her mouth opened, Jiu Baiyun quickly placed the pill inside.
It dissolved upon contact, turning into a gentle, clear medicinal liquid.
He watched carefully, ensuring the liquid slid down her throat without causing a choke.
Soon, an even more pronounced aura of vitality emanated from Yun Yao’s body.
Her tightly knit brows seemed to relax a bit more, and her breathing, which had been so faint it was almost inaudible, became slightly steadier and longer.
Having done all this, Jiu Baiyun gently laid Yun Yao back down on the bed.
He straightened up, and his gaze fell on the empty jade bottle, a hint of curiosity rising in his heart.
“This pill… what was it eventually named?” he murmured, stroking the smooth bottle.
He remembered that when he had tinkered out that half-finished product, he had just tossed it aside, too lazy to even give it a name.
He had abandoned further research because he felt the effects were not ideal.
Unexpectedly, not only did Yun Yao perfect it, but she also refined it to such purity, with effects far exceeding his original expectations.
Being able to quickly stimulate vitality under such severe injuries, the value of this pill was self-evident.
“Qingyuan Dan? Bining Dan? Or something like Huichun San…”
Several common pill names flashed through Jiu Baiyun’s mind, but he felt none were quite fitting or unique enough.
He was very curious about what name Yun Yao would have given it.
‘Want to know?’ the Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s voice carried a hint of mockery.
‘When she wakes up, ask her yourself. What’s the use of guessing now?’
Jiu Baiyun glanced at Yun Yao, still unconscious on the bed, and helplessly shook his head.
Indeed, he couldn’t ask now.
He walked to the corner, a bit further away, and sat down cross-legged.
The urgent task was to recover his nearly depleted spiritual energy and then retract the fox demon transformation features on his body.
Looking at the jade token in his hand, Jiu Baiyun couldn’t help but let out a heavy sigh.
If it weren’t for the fact that spiritual energy ultimately required a certain adaptability, and that the energy in spirit stones was too impure and only for emergency use, he would have already used spirit stones to recover most of his spiritual energy.
Not to mention, he had indeed saved quite a few spirit stones.
After playing with the smooth jade token for a bit, Jiu Baiyun shook his head, then grasped it again in his palm, feeling the spiritual energy within.
Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and began to guide the spiritual energy from the jade token to trickle into his dried-up meridians.
As the pure spiritual energy flowed in, a warm current quickly spread through his body.
Jiu Baiyun could clearly feel that the demon power and spiritual energy that had been quite fused within him seemed to lessen under the adjustment of this new influx of spiritual energy.
‘There’s a chance!’
It was very noticeable that the characteristics of the fox demon transformation were slowly fading.
The strange tingling sensation from the pair of snow-white fox ears on his head gradually weakened, as if being wrapped and isolated by an invisible film.
He subconsciously raised his hand to touch them; the originally furry sensation was becoming indistinct.
Behind him, that fluffy tail that had been restlessly wagging now seemed like a deflated ball, its struggling force getting smaller and smaller, its presence rapidly thinning.
Under his robe, the unnatural bulge caused by the tail slowly disappeared, returning to flatness.
“Haa…”
Jiu Baiyun let out a long breath, and his tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed a little.
‘At least the direction is right!’
Although the process was slow, the fox demon transformation features were indeed receding.
At this rate, in at most half an hour, he could completely return to human form, no longer having to be on edge.
He split off a bit of his attention to sense Yun Yao’s state on the bed.
Her breathing had become much steadier than before.
Though still weak, the lingering sense of imminent death had disappeared.
The gentle medicinal power of the pill circulated within her body, and together with the wisp of spiritual energy he had infused, it was continuously fighting against the remaining Yin Cold Black Qi, nourishing her damaged foundation.
A trace of extremely faint color seemed to have returned to her pale cheeks.
It seemed her life was temporarily saved.
After confirming Yun Yao’s condition, Jiu Baiyun stopped paying too much attention and focused on quickly lifting his own fox demon transformation.
Soon, the pair of furry white fox ears on his head delivered a final subtle, feather-like tingling sensation, and then completely vanished.
Jiu Baiyun let out a long sigh.
“Finally…”
If he couldn’t cancel the fox demon transformation, he really didn’t know what to do.
He propped himself up on his knees, about to get up from the corner to check on Yun Yao, but a very faint groan came from the bed first.
Jiu Baiyun froze, his gaze immediately shooting to the bed.
Yun Yao’s brows were tightly furrowed, and her lips were slightly moving, as if she was muttering unconsciously.
“Xiao… Xiaobai…”
A few syllables escaped her cracked lips, muffled and unclear.
Jiu Baiyun’s heart suddenly leaped.
He subconsciously held his breath, leaning forward slightly, trying to make out the vague murmur.
“Sister Xiaobai…”
‘Clear!’
“Sister Xiaobai…”
Yun Yao murmured again, her voice weak but carrying a stubborn sense of dependence.
Jiu Baiyun stood completely frozen, his expression instantly solidifying, then shifting continuously, finally settling into an indescribable bitterness and embarrassment.
The corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he could feel the veins on his forehead throbbing.
‘I never thought the name I casually mentioned back then would be remembered by Yun Yao until now…’
‘And, did I really look that much like a girl after the fox demon transformation? What does she mean by insisting on calling me “Big Sister Xiaobai” instead of “Big Brother Xiaobai”!’
He rubbed his forehead with a headache, then simply stood up and walked over to stand in front of Yun Yao.
Whether it was because she sensed someone approaching, just as Jiu Baiyun steadied himself at her side, Yun Yao suddenly opened her eyes and let out a hurried call.
“Sister Xiaobai!”
But before her eyes, there was only Jiu Baiyun, no one else…
After looking left and right for a long time, finding no one she was looking for, she didn’t even care where she was, and dropped her head in disappointment.
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