Chapter Five Recovery

  "Doctor said you absolutely cannot eat hard things, young master. I know you don't like to drink porridge, but you have to wait until your body recovers, then you can eat whatever you want." Ke'er said while handing the spoon to Su Tang's mouth.

  Su Tang's lips were already slightly moving, but his jaw was still out of control. Only a small portion of the thin porridge flowed into Su Tang's mouth, and most of it slid down along his cheek.

  Su Tang was in a dilemma. He just found out that he had been unconscious for six whole days, and his vital signs should have become extremely weak by now. So, Zhu Er had already prepared a coffin for him.

  In fact, Su Tang did something extremely dangerous, forcibly refining the spiritual instrument when his body was very weak. Fortunately, he had already opened up his spiritual aperture, otherwise, he would have died a long time ago.

  Ke'er used a towel to wipe away the porridge stains from Su Tang's cheek, but Su Tang couldn't eat anything, which made her anxious. She furrowed her brow and thought for a moment before suddenly having an idea. First, she took a small mouthful of porridge, then leaned in close to Su Tang's mouth, their lips meeting as she used the tip of her tongue to carefully pry open Su Tang's teeth, slowly pouring the porridge into his mouth.

  Seeing his own attempt was effective, the child's eyes showed a hint of joy and he swallowed another mouthful of thin porridge.

  This way of feeding was too intimate, but perhaps because he was still in his naive and tender years, the child didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

  Even if I understand, Xiaoyu won't mind anyway.

  There is something called ideology, but the environment around her, as well as the explicit and implicit education she has received, have led her to develop a certain understanding, which she firmly believes in: everything about her belongs to Young Master, including her body, heart, and soul.

  There's another important point, Su Tang is a kind-hearted person. When Ke'er was sold to Xiaolingbao at the age of six, she had just arrived in a strange land and faced a group of strangers, her fear can be imagined. At that time, Su Tang was eight years old and treated her as a little sister, always taking her to play together.

  As she grew older, she gradually came to understand things. Listening to her sisters talk about the miserable experiences of servant girls in other places, who suffered from being scolded and beaten as a matter of course, she thought back on Su Tang's kindness to her and gained a deep understanding. She had long since regarded Su Tang as her benefactor.

  Su Tang was in no mood to enjoy the fragrant food, the feeling of being unable to move his body was too terrible, he had been trying hard, trying to regain control as soon as possible.

  Soon, a bowl of porridge was finished, and Ke Er let out a sigh of relief. At this time, Zhu Er appeared at the door, beckoning quietly to Ke Er. She looked just like Ke Er, with a messy bun and a dirty face. With Master's life hanging in the balance, how could they have the heart to primp themselves?

  A bowl of porridge down the stomach, Su Tang felt a lot more comfortable. He cast his consciousness into his mind and found that the symbol array in his brain had changed. Only two symbols emitted bright light, while all the other symbols had disappeared.

  He had already seen the first one, and the second symbol should be the mask that was refined.

  Incomplete Spirit: 0th Level.

  Su Tang immediately discovered the difference, 0th rank? The previous Linghun didn't have it, what does that mean? Could it be that Linghun can level up? But... how do you level up?

  A low murmur of conversation came from outside, Zhu'er and Ke'er had already tried their best to lower their voices, but Su Tang's senses were exceptionally sharp, and she heard it clearly.

  "Ke'er, never mention the Black Forest to Young Master, understand? And also Qian Biao, never!" Zhu'er said: "Lang Zhong said that Young Master fell ill after being greatly frightened, if he remembers what happened in the forest, he might fall ill again."

  "Zhu Er Jie, I'm not stupid, what's the point of mentioning that good-for-nothing?" Ke Er said. Both Ke Er and Zhu Er hated Qian Biao, who didn't stop Su Tang from causing trouble and didn't fulfill his duties, to the point where their teeth itched with anger. If he dared to come back, they would definitely beat him up and then kick him out of Xiao Lin Fort!

  "That's good." Zhu'er said, and then said a few more words before quickly leaving. For the several days that Su Tang was unconscious, she didn't have the heart to manage the miscellaneous affairs of the manor, and all the servants knew that Su Tang might not make it through this ordeal. The Lin Manor would be changing owners, and as the saying goes, "when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter", revealing the unbearable side of human nature, causing chaos everywhere. Therefore, she had to let the Lin Manor return to normal operation as soon as possible.

  ***

  Su Tang's recovery speed was unexpectedly fast, and he could walk on the ground the next day. However, while Xi was overjoyed, she also had some worries and firmly refused to let Su Tang out of her sight.

  In the garden, Su Tang walked slowly. In fact, he was not sick at all. To put it in another way, his energy consumption was too intense, causing a short circuit in his bodily functions and operation. With Ke'er's careful care, food supplements, and spiritual nourishment, he would be fully recovered in just a few days.

  But Ke'er was still worried and followed Su Tang closely, step by step.

  A woman in her thirties with a food box walked over, and the child hurriedly said: "Young master, it's time to eat. Do you want to eat in the garden or go back?"

  "It's just right here, the air is good." Su Tang said, his eyes scanned and saw a wooden recliner in the pavilion, so he walked over slowly.

  Ke'er took over the food box and followed him into the pavilion. Although she didn't understand the meaning of "air", whatever Young Master said was worth listening to.

  Su Tang found a most comfortable posture, then pointed at his own mouth and closed his eyes.

  "Master, how can you be like this!" Ke'er exclaimed in a spoiled tone. This same scene had already been played out once at noon, Su Tang refused to feed himself, he must have Ke'er feed him, and it had to be by mouth, otherwise Su Tang would clench his teeth tight.

  Of course, if Su Tang couldn't move, no matter how she was served, it would all be voluntary, but Su Tang had just been talking to her and suddenly 'fell ill' and couldn't take care of herself. Isn't this deliberately teasing people?

  Su Tang didn't say anything, just smacked her lips a few times, the meaning was very clear, I'm a bit hungry, hurry up.

  Ke'er put the lunchbox back on the table, then stood with her hands on her hips, her big eyes staring forward, and her small chest puffed out. She wanted to muster up her courage and say a few fierce words to prove that she wasn't someone who could be easily fooled. But soon she lost her nerve and helplessly opened the lunchbox, took out the rice bowl inside, scooped up a small mouthful, and walked over to Su Tang's side.

  After drinking Ke'er's porridge, Su Tang smiled and rubbed Ke'er's head with his hand, then took over the porridge bowl.

  "Hmm!" Seeing Su Tang's smug smile, Ke'er responded with a nasal sound.

  While eating porridge, Su Tang's eyes had not been idle, sometimes admiring the scenery of the garden, and sometimes turning around Ke'er. When he was sober, no matter what he saw, there was a complex feeling that was both familiar and fresh.

  Familiarity comes from seeing too much, freshness comes from his ability to find things that were previously overlooked or neglected.

  Let's take Ke'er as an example. Every winter, her workload increases by one item, called "warming the bed".

  The houses in this world have almost no insulation, and the building materials are mostly wood, so it's very cold at night in winter. Before going to bed, Su Tang had to take off all her clothes and lie down in Su Tang's quilt for a while. In addition, she couldn't sleep peacefully at night and had to get up three or four times to check the fireplace and brazier.

  In her mind, she recalled the scene where Ke'er poked her little butt in and out, Su Tang's eyes became somewhat strange, but surprisingly, she never took any substantial action, wasn't it too late to mature? It was truly incomprehensible...

  After finishing the porridge, Su Tang lay back in the recliner with a satisfied heart, closing her eyes.

  In the Black Forest, he was reborn and possessed many memories, as if he had lived for several lifetimes, but not all of these memories brought him joy.

  For example, he dislikes the mechanical coldness and cruelty, nor does he want to bear the pressure of struggling on the edge of life and death for years. In comparison, the peaceful and happy days like his current ones are the state that natural life should enjoy.

  However, the memory of that ancient tree was very interesting to him. The ancient tree had existed for tens of thousands of years, and its pursuit and ideals were obviously more advanced than the previous two. That was the ultimate evolution, that was the realm of immortality!

  If one lives a life free from worldly disputes and quietly cultivates and refines oneself, isn't that wonderful...

  It's just another world with a sentence, ideals are beautiful, reality is bony, can it really go on like this?

  Su Tang's breathing became slow and deep, and apart from having an endless brain domain, he also obtained a segment of heart method called Nei Xi Zong Jue, which was compatible with the Ling Lian Fa Men.

  The inner breath is very simple, put a goose feather in front of the nose, keep breathing and the goose feather does not move, that is the frequency of the inner breath. Su Tang did an experiment this morning, only kept it for two minutes, and felt suffocated, couldn't hold on anymore.

  The real inner breath is not maintained for a few minutes or hours, but rather it replaces normal natural breathing altogether.

  At this time, a shout came from afar, seemingly somewhat flustered and exasperated. Su Tang opened his eyes and smiled at Ke'er: "Your sister Zhu is having another outburst."

  "They deserved to be scolded anyway, and these days they've been making too much of a fuss." Ke'er said.

  "Let's go, we'll take a look." Su Tang stood up, he was the master of Xiaolinbao after all, and couldn't put all the burdens on Zhu'er's shoulders. He didn't understand before, but now it was time to try to manage things himself.

  "Oh." Ke'er responded with a sound and followed Su Tang's footsteps.

  Su Tang walked a few steps, turned his head to look at the recliner again, and under the armrest of the recliner, a faint crack appeared that he had caused by twisting with all his might earlier. The two sparkling spirits in his brain made him clearly feel that his strength was much greater than before, and he should go find Zhao Ironworker in the fort to compare hands in two days...