Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 206 Little Fox

When the little fox saw Ning Xuan looking over, it very human-like raised its two paws, clasped them together in front of its chest, and bowed to Ning Xuan in supplication. As it tilted its head back, a soft whimper escaped its throat; the sound was clear, melodious, and very pleasant to hear.

Ning Xuan was just shocked by the little fox's small size yet powerful fighting ability, but now she was a little stunned to see the little fox's pleading expression.

“Look at it, doesn’t its movement look like it’s calling for help?” Ning Xuan asked.

“Yes, Master, that little fox seems to be seriously injured; its abdomen is bleeding,” Yun Han nodded and said.

"It just killed that brown bear at a great cost, and now its life force is much weaker than before," Di Youlin replied.

As if to verify what the two had said, the little fox swayed and looked unsteady as soon as Di Youlin finished speaking.

Seeing the little fox's teary eyes, Ning Xuan couldn't help but walk over.

However, remembering the ferocious power of the little fox in killing the brown bear, she stopped.

This little fox seems pretty clever; even if she doesn't save it, it should be fine.

Ning Xuan stopped. When the little fox saw her stop, it became anxious and dragged its weak hind legs toward Ning Xuan, making soft whimpering noises.

Upon hearing that voice, Ning Xuan was momentarily dazed, inexplicably feeling a deep pang of pity for the little fox. She felt she should lend a helping hand, but…

Just as Ning Xuan was struggling with her inner turmoil, the little fox tilted its head and went limp.

Ning Xuan didn't have time to dwell on it. She took two steps forward, picked up the little fox, and examined it. She found a deep and long wound on the little fox's abdomen that almost ran through its entire abdomen.

Ning Xuan stitched up and bandaged the little fox's wounds, and then fed it two vials of healing medicine.

After treating the wound, Ning Xuan brought the little fox to the car. Nine-Tailed Fox, Lan Xin, Zhang Nan, and others had already dissected the brown bear on the spot, breaking it down into usable materials and storing them in the bracelet space on Yun Han's hand.

“Master, this little fox is very intelligent. I wonder what breed it is? Nine-Tailed Fox, do you know that you have the bloodline of a red fox?” Yun Han wiped the bloodstains left on the bone knife from dissecting the materials and turned to ask Nine-Tailed Fox.

Just as Nine-Tailed Fox was about to speak, the little fox, who had finished tending to her injuries and was resting curled up on Ning Xuan's lap, suddenly pricked up her ears, her glassy pupils rippling with emerald light as she looked at Nine-Tailed Fox.

"No... I'm not quite sure. I... I don't know much either," Nine-Tails said, bowing her head in shame.

The little fox shook the golden fur on the tips of its ears, and its fluffy tail swayed contentedly back and forth.

Ning Xuan found it adorable and immediately reached out to touch the little fox's ears. Yun Han watched this scene and suddenly recalled a picture in his mind: when he was unconscious, his companion spirit, Xiao Bai, seemed to have been nestled in Ning Xuan's arms in the same way.

He even suspected that the reason his master doted on him now was related to his past fondness for Xiaobai. After all, the way Ning Xuan touched him unintentionally in private was the same as the way she touched Xiaobai in his memory.

Thinking of that scene, Yun Han couldn't sit still. Suppressed by the rules of this celestial body, Xiao Bai couldn't take form right now, and the appearance of this little fox at this moment was simply taking advantage of the situation. Ning Xuan had picked up the little fox on the road and left it in the group. When they were almost at the Jiujiang safe zone, the little fox's injuries had healed, so Ning Xuan put it in the woods, intending to let it leave on its own.

To everyone's surprise, the little fox stayed by Ning Xuan's side and refused to leave.

Ning Xuan tried to chase it away several times, but it wouldn't leave at all. Not only did it not leave, the little fox would often go out hunting on its own and present the spoils it brought back to Ning Xuan like treasures.

Ning Xuan received all sorts of prey, most of which were species that Ning Xuan and her companions had never seen before. In addition to prey, there were also strangely shaped but delicious wild fruits, and sparkling gems that she had obtained from who-knows-where.

Ning Xuan looked at the species she had never seen before and quickly calculated how many merit points she would get after uploading them to the military terminal. As she calculated, her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

They say you're obligated to someone who feeds you, and you're bound to be obligated to someone who gives you money. She couldn't bear to part with so many merit points, so she felt too embarrassed to chase the little fox away again.

Upon arriving at the Jiujiang Safety Zone, Ning Xuan and her group were respectfully received by Qiao Yu and taken to the core area of ​​the safety zone.

The Jiujiang Safety Zone is situated on a plain, without any treacherous terrain or natural mountains to provide cover. What this safety zone relies on is a city as massive as a steel behemoth.

Ning Xuan gazed at the tall, mottled concrete city wall, holding the little fox in her arms and stroking its soft fur.

There happened to be a large iron mine near this safe zone, so the military initially deployed various types of machinery here to mine the iron ore and build the city.

"Commander Yun, this core area covers seven square kilometers, and the outer ecological planting area has been expanded to ninety square kilometers," Qiao Yu reported to Yun Han.

Qiao Yu reported to Yun Han in front of Ning Xuan and so many other people, also wanting to save face for his commander and let Ning Xuan see that their commander had so many brothers supporting him, so she must not mistreat their commander.

Qiao Yu came to pick her up in an armored vehicle. When the vehicle entered the last gate of the core area, Ning Xuan's pupils contracted slightly—the buildings in the core area were extremely similar to those in the Federation, and even inside the buildings, one could see the figures of the Federation's common household robots.

Compared to their last meeting, Qiao Yu was much more humble and polite. Of course, Ning Xuan could sense that although Qiao Yu appeared polite, he didn't dare to make eye contact with her at all.

Ning Xuan didn't think Qiao Yu was afraid of her. The reason he didn't dare to make eye contact was probably because he didn't want to reveal the hatred in his eyes.

After all, he was Yun Han's capable assistant. As long as Qiao Yu didn't linger in front of her, Ning Xuan didn't plan to hold it against him.

After settling down in the Jiujiang Safe Zone, Ning Xuan spent her mornings casually strolling around the trading center, her afternoons refining medicine, and continuing her cultivation.

Although she felt that her current cultivation had reached a bottleneck, she did not give up. Every day, she would refine the new energy in her bloodline, introduce it into her meridians and acupoints, and nourish the various organs of her body.

She closed her eyes and looked inward, discovering that the two energies in her body's meridians seemed to have reached a delicate balance.

As the two energies converged in the Ren and Du meridians, all 365 vital acupoints throughout the body were illuminated, half fiery red and half azure blue, subtly displaying a power struggle.

Ning Xuan could feel the suppressed, surging power beneath the calm surface; she knew that the current balance was just an illusion.