Raising a Fox Spirit in My Home

Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Classroom Massage

Today was another lecture class. Li Yundong brought the little fox along and sat down on the last row. Then he asked, "You know traditional Chinese medicine?"

When the little fox sat down down, it was very strange. She had always sat cross-legged in the past. Su Chan blinked her eyes and said, "Of course I know. We all know."

Li Yundong heard the little fox's vague reply and thought that the little fox indicated that everyone living in the mountain knew Chinese medicine. Who would have thought the little fox was actually talking about cultivators.

The little fox had a sudden idea. She thought that it was a good opportunity to guide him into cultivation. Thus she said, "Of ten daoists, nine are doctors. Sun Simiao was not only an immortal that achieved dao, he was also one of the great experts of the Xinglin world (medical world).[1] If you look at Peng Zu, Ge Xuan, Zuo Ci, or Ge Hong, they are all immortals who achieved dao, and all of them are experts in the art of healing."

Li Yundong was astounded. He laughed and said, "I know Sun Simiao was an expert of the Xinglin world. He wrote the 'Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold" after all. But a dao achieving immortal? Where did you hear that?"

The little fox said, "My master!"

Li Yundong burst into laughter, "Your master also deals in faith and superstition?"

The little fox puffed up her cheeks and angrily said, "You're not allowed to say bad things about my master!"

Li Yundong raised both his hands. Suppressing his smile, he said, "Okay. Okay. I won't say anything."

The little fox got angry quickly but she calmed down just as fast. With her large round eyes, she stared at Li Yundong a little nervously and asked, "Do you want to learn or not? I'll teach you."

Li Yundong smiled and waved his hand, "Learn medicine? Forget it. I can't memorize that kind of thing."

The little fox audaciously said, "I'm talking about dao!"

Li Yundong stopped smiling and looked at Su Chan with a strange expression,"Do you mean like you? Let me go already. I'm living well. Practice daoism? I don't want to give up my secular life to become a daoist priest."

Li Yundong thought to himself, 'I still want to push you down. If I become a daoist priest, then what push down?'

The little fox failed her persuasion attempt. With a heart of resentment, she thought, 'Idiot. Learning dao is not some daoist priesthood, but rather dao as in the dao of xiuzhen.' [2]

T/N: I was half tempted to replace all of that acupoint stuff with, "The little fox mobilized Li Yundong's qi up from the dantian along the governing meridian located at his back all the way to the Baihui acupoint before turning around. Then she led the qi into the conception meridian, which led straight back to the dantian along the front of his body."

However, the little fox could not say those things out loud. If she did, Li Yundong might become vigilant. Therefore it was better to move slowly.

Soon, the teacher walked into the classroom. His teacher's pointer hit a school desk several times to signal the start of class.

Li Yundong sat in the back row, listening with half his attention.

Su Chan sat at his side, sizing him up from time to time. In her heart, she secretly exclaimed, 'This fellow really lives in plenty without appreciating it. If a cultivator consumed the Human Origin Gold Pill, they would definitely find a secluded corner to undergo closed door cultivation for three, five, or seven years, in order to convert all of the Gold Pill's medicinal energies for their own use.