She should thank the ghost Bai Ronglan for not really helping Qing Zhi.
She didn't even know what would have happened if the ghost Bai Ronglan had helped Qing Zhi.
She saw the ghost Bai Ronglan following Qing Zhi, and she wasn't not scared. But in the instant their eyes met, she felt she could trust her.
Thankfully, the ghost Bai Ronglan didn't let her down.
The ghost Bai Ronglan was taken aback. Seeing the fox in so much pain that its fur stood on end, she finally softened her tone. "You're welcome. After all, I promised you to lend you my body."
Seeing that the ghost Bai Ronglan had responded, the little fox turned to look at the young man with golden pupils. "Si Mo—"
She originally wanted to thank Si Mo too. If Si Mo's protective shield hadn't appeared in time, she would surely have been tortured and killed by Qing Zhi. However, she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.
She had exhausted all her spiritual power to torture Qing Zhi like that. Later, she forcefully summoned the thunder tribulation regardless of her real situation. She felt as if her meridians were being broken into pieces.
She held on, thinking that she should at least say thank you before collapsing. However, the pain was too much for her to bear. Her fox paws couldn't support her on the ground, and she fell forward with all her might.
Si Mo was waiting for the little fox to talk to him. However, she only called his name once, and then the whole fox slumped forward, exhausted.
He was startled. With a dragon's roar, he dispersed the tribulation clouds, and then quickly walked to the little fox's side.
He knelt down on one knee, carefully circulated his spiritual power to protect her heart meridian, and gently stroked the little fox's half - charred fox tail with some pity.
"Can you do me a favor?" He turned his head to look at the ghost Bai Ronglan who was also approaching.
The ghost Bai Ronglan readily agreed. "Tell me. What do you need help with?"
Si Mo stood up. "Help me hold the little fox. I'll go and carry that human body. The formation here has been almost completely destroyed. We'd better find another place to see how to treat them."
He didn't dare let the ghost Bai Ronglan get too close to that human body for fear of something unpredictable happening.
The ghost Bai Ronglan also didn't dare get too close to her own body. She simply bent down and picked up the unconscious little fox.
She thought the little fox would be heavy since it was almost as tall as a person when standing upright. However, it wasn't. She could pick up the little fox easily.
Si Mo walked to the human body, bent down and picked it up. It was equally easy.
"Let's go." As he said that, he used his mind to draw a teleportation formation in the void.
The ghost Bai Ronglan followed him. For safety's sake, she still kept a distance of about one person from him.
The teleportation formation was drawn. A great light shone under the feet of the dragon and the ghost. The next second, they disappeared on the spot and appeared in the fortune - telling shop in no time.
Since Qing Zhi had taken her there with the teleportation technique before, the ghost Bai Ronglan wasn't scared by the teleportation technique. But it was her first time in the fortune - telling shop. After landing, she looked around for a while, and then carefully placed the little fox she was holding on the sandalwood table.
There was no bed in the fortune - telling shop. Si Mo had no choice but to first put the human body in his arms on the ground.
He looked at the human body and then at the unconscious little fox, and sighed. "We can only help the little fox treat her wounds first. We'll make further plans after the little fox wakes up."
"Is the little fox in no danger of life?" asked the ghost Bai Ronglan who had already stood in the corner.
Si Mo slowly shook his head. "No." With him around, how could his friend be in danger of life?
"That's good. Then I'll leave first. I don't know if it's just my illusion, but I always feel uncomfortable being too close to my own body." As the ghost Bai Ronglan said that, she took half a step back.
She always felt an inexplicable pulling force attracting her to her own body, but she really didn't want to go back when she asked herself.
Si Mo didn't force her to stay. He nodded slightly, extremely politely. "Okay. Thank you for your help."
"You're welcome." After saying that, the ghost Bai Ronglan directly passed through the wall and left.
After the ghost Bai Ronglan left, Si Mo started to treat the little fox's external injuries.
Fortunately, he had lived for about three thousand years and had experience in this regard. Otherwise, he would have had to find a pet hospital nearby and send the little fox there.
After bandaging the little fox's external injuries, he circulated his spiritual power again to help repair the little fox's injured meridians.
After nearly an hour of fussing around, when the time on the phone showed a little after six twenty, the weak little fox finally woke up.
"Brother..."
Ronglan struggled to open her eyes. In a daze, she subconsciously wanted to call Chu Hengyuan.
Hearing that "brother", Si Mo, who had been stuffed with a mouthful of dog food, rolled his eyes. "Your brother isn't here. And if you call your brother's name in this form, he'll probably be scared."
He deliberately scared the little fox.
However, with Chu Hengyuan's strong acceptance ability, he might not actually be scared.
Ronglan heard Si Mo's voice. Her fox ears twitched. She opened her eyes a little wider in confusion and said in a daze, "Where am I?"
"The fortune - telling shop. Little fox, sober up a bit before you talk." She couldn't even tell where she was. Could the little fox have some internal injuries that he hadn't noticed? Si Mo guessed nervously.
The fortune - telling shop? Ronglan looked around. Judging from the furnishings, it was indeed the fortune - telling shop. But...
Wasn't this perspective a bit wrong?
She lowered her head, originally wanting to see how her injuries were. But when she lowered her head, she saw a pair of furry fox paws.
Ronglan: "???"
She was so startled that her fur stood on end.
"What's going on? Why am I still in the form of a fox?" She endured the pain and stood up. Only then did she find that she was standing on her own office desk at the moment. "Wasn't my fox body condensed with the spiritual power you lent me? Logically speaking, after I've exhausted your spiritual power, I should return to my human body in the form of a soul body."
Si Mo was expressionless. "I don't know what's going on either."
It was a pity that he had also consumed a great deal of spiritual power in this fight. Otherwise, he could have tried to contact his family members by force to see if they could answer his questions.
"Your current state is almost the same as that of a normal fox, and ordinary people can also see you. But!" He sat up straight, and his expression suddenly turned cold. "But the fact is that your original body was turned into ashes by the thunder tribulation. Your real state should be a soul body, and you must rely on a human body to survive. And the longer a soul is separated from its body, the weaker it will become..."
After all, the little fox wasn't a native fox in this world. If the soul body became too weak, it would be expelled from this world.
By then, the little fox didn't know which space - time rift it would be thrown into.
Ronglan knew the serious consequences of not being able to return to the human body. "Since I can't automatically integrate into the human body, I can only take the initiative." As she said that, she stared at the human body still lying on the ground.