An Yiqing searched all around the dicine Sect without finding Xiao Hong. In the end, with no other choice, she had to pull out the napping Yin Xilin.
"Master, do you know that disturbing a child’s nap is unethical? I’m still in my growing phase..." Yin Xilin murmured vaguely, rubbing her eyes, looking like she hadn’t fully woken up from her sleep.
"Lingling, what does your grandmaster say about Xiao Hong recently?" An Yiqing gently patted Yin Xilin’s little head, smiling as she asked.
"Xiao Hong?" Yin Xilin, still drowsy, suddenly perked up as if she rembered sothing, "Where has Xiao Hong run off to again?! Sothing hasn’t happened to it, has it?" She started turning her head, searching all over the room, even upending the drawers.
"Stop looking, I’ve already searched the whole compound front and back, and Xiao Hong isn’t there." An Yiqing, both amused and exasperated, pulled the dizzy Yin Xilin closer. Only at this mont did she feel that this little girl was still just a child.
"Lingling, what’s happened to Xiao Hong after all?" An Yiqing asked once more.
"I can’t say for sure. Ever since you went to the Country Fei, Xiao Hong has been getting these hot spells, just like a human having a high fever." Failing to find Xiao Hong, Yin Xilin pursed her lips dejectedly, her face full of worry, "Master, you know that snakes are cold-blooded animals, how could they get hot? But lately, Xiao Hong’s been so strange, it’s frightening. Every ti it has a fever, it won’t let touch it, hiding away until its body temperature returns to normal. Master, Xiao Hong is missing, it might have a fever again!"
Yin Xilin didn’t know how to describe the heat emanating from a snake’s body other than by calling it a human "high fever." Had it been anyone other than An Yiqing, so knowledgeable and experienced, an ordinary doctor would probably laugh their head off at the idea of a snake having a fever.
"Don’t worry just yet, I’ll notify everyone to help look around. Xiao Hong stands out so much, if it’s really nearby, soone will surely find it." An Yiqing comforted Yin Xilin while heading outside. For so reason, Xiao Hong’s odd behavior suddenly reminded her of her family’s pet Xiao Hei, whose body also developed so round formations, and she still didn’t know what they were.
An Yiqing had a strong feeling that the changes in Xiao Hong and Xiao Hei’s bodies were anything but coincidental.
Very soon, the whole dicine Sect knew that Xiao Hong was missing again, and everyone joined in the search. With so many people, working together helped; within half an hour, a little disciple in the sect found the feverish Xiao Hong in a corner of the warehouse.
"Sister An, we’ve found Xiao Hong, but its body temperature is too high for to pick it up. Plus, Xiao Hong seems a bit irritable." The little disciple recalled the scene he just witnessed, feeling a chill. He normally liked playing with this Little Red Snake a lot, but today, for so reason, he felt that Xiao Hong’s gaze was different, not how a familiar little pet snake should look. Instead, it was like...a fierce beast...
Yes, a fierce beast! It was a kind of murderous aura that could tear a person to pieces in an instant!
Upon hearing the little disciple’s incoherent description, An Yiqing raised her eyebrows in surprise. She knew just how intelligent Xiao Hong was. As long as the disciples of the dicine Sect didn’t threaten its life, the gentle nature of Xiao Hong would never lead it to attack them. This little brother wouldn’t be lying, so what exactly caused Xiao Hong’s drastic change in behavior?
With countless questions swirling in her mind, An Yiqing and Yin Xilin, led by the little disciple, headed to the warehouse.
Indeed, in a dim corner of the warehouse, Xiao Hong was coiled, occasionally twitching.
Its body temperature was so high that even standing a ter away, one could feel the heat. Xiao Hong was like a little furnace, continually emitting heat, while also letting out a low growl from its throat.
An Yiqing had heard Xiao Hong’s hissing, which was a very sharp sound typical of snakes. But the low growls of Xiao Hong now, carried more of a low and rugged tone, completely different from its usual sound.
An Yiqing looked at Yin Xilin, noticing she too was gazing back with a puzzled expression. Clearly, as a constant companion to Xiao Hong, Yin Xilin had also never heard Xiao Hong growl like this before.
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