"Grandma, isn't this not good? Grandpa Niu said when he left..." Before Ah Jiu could finish, Grandma had already opened the door.
"What are you afraid of? Just use it and then close the door. Who will know."
Wang Shi rolled up her sleeves, looking like she was serious.
Ah Jiu's eyes found Grandpa Niu's oil lamp, and she quickly lit it.
Turning around, she took out the little ground dragon and handed it over.
"Keep it far away, just... just put it on the table." Wang Shi's face flushed and turned pale. She twisted her little feet and hurried to Grandpa Niu's bed, sitting down cross-legged.
Ah Jiu retreated a few steps, placing the ground dragon under the oil lamp in the corner of the table: "Grandma, how can you treat it from so far away?"
Can it work?
"Hmph." Wang Shi didn't want to explain. Even if she did, this girl wouldn't understand anyway.
Ah Jiu was still suspicious when she saw Wang Shi draw a circle with her hands in front of her chest, and then make a sound like calling out a ball.
A faint breeze filled the entire room. Ah Jiu even felt extremely comfortable, just like being in the spiritual spring space.
Then, the ground dragon on the table stretched out its body, as if it also felt comfortable.
"What is this?" Ah Jiu was startled. She saw wisps of ethereal blue smoke drifting from the ball of air her grandmother was holding towards the ground dragon.
Ah Jiu, with a look of shock, tried to touch it with her finger. She could see it but couldn't touch it, only feeling a gentle warmth that was neither hot nor cold.
It was like hiding in a pile of firewood in winter for warmth, so comfortable she didn't want to move.
The ground dragon suddenly lifted its head, hissing and spitting, and indeed, it seemed to have regained its spirit.
Wang Shi once again cupped her hands like holding Kunlun, pressed down with both palms, and retracted the spiritual energy back into her dantian:
"Alright, bring the water."
Ah Jiu hadn't reacted yet when the ground dragon on the table coiled its tail and sprung, landing in Ah Jiu's arms.
"Keep it far away from me!" Wang Shi was truly facing her nemesis. One was her granddaughter, and the other was the creature her granddaughter raised. Both of them were together, and one might lose their life.
"It's really better, Grandma. You're amazing." Ah Jiu happily stroked the ground dragon's head. Its recovery speed was astonishing, and even the poisonous lump on its head had begun to swell.
Ah Jiu quickly stuffed it into her embrace and, without another word, took out six water pouches one after another.
Wang Shi's face, like a straw sandal, finally relaxed: "That's more like it."
"Grandma, how did you learn to treat illnesses? I've been studying very hard, and I haven't seen you read any books."
Ah Jiu propped her chin on the edge of the bed and looked up at Wang Shi.
Seeing Wang Shi unplugging the pouches one by one, Ah Jiu eagerly helped.
But Wang Shi didn't drink. She just placed them there and then closed her eyes to meditate: "This spiritual spring water truly has the effect of strengthening the body, but after my cultivation and transformation, it naturally turns into spiritual power. Treating minor ailments is naturally not a problem."
Ah Jiu nodded suspiciously. If it were before, Ah Jiu wouldn't have believed it. But after the rain-making incident and now healing the little ground dragon from such a distance, she naturally believed it now.
"Grandma, can you give Jiu'er a hint? Did you almost die last time and get possessed by some great immortal?"
Ah Jiu still remembered that a shaman in the village had almost died from a serious illness. After recovering, she claimed to be able to speak with deities, and thus could cure people's delusions.
"Ay... My head hurts." Wang Shi's molars were almost grinding to dust. She rubbed her temples and said, "If you say so, then so be it. Go, go play somewhere else. Don't interfere with this old lady's path to immortality."
"Alright." As Ah Jiu got up and prepared to close the door, she gasped.
Ah Jiu looked back through the crack in the door. What were those wisps of light?