Ruanruan directly pounced into his arms and was gently lifted by Jiu Yun, who then tapped her little nose.
"Did you get scared?"
His voice was gentle as a breeze caressing the face, and as the smell grew increasingly foul, he held Ruanruan and moved further away from the area.
"No, Ruanruan is not scared, just that it's really stinky," Ruanruan complained with her face scrunched up.
"Master, please go check on the Big White Snake; it has sustained very serious injuries."
Jiu Yun pinched her little nose.
"No rush, Master needs to get something first."
The smell of the burnt gu insects and black-robed men was too strong, so Jiu Yun took out a bottle of Medicine Cream from the medical kit he brought and applied it to Ruanruan's philtrum.
The faint scent of orchids was just right, not too overpowering or cloying, and the foul odor from before was no longer detectable.
