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"This ointment seems different...?"

Jinyue tucked her tail and pushed her knees together as the burning feeling on her reddening jade foot increased.

Yino glanced at her and said calmly:

"Relax, this medicine is to suppress the chaotic flow of poison. The previous one was to confuse your nerves."

"I didn't expect Young Master Yino to carry so many medicines. You're truly reliable~"

Jinyue nervously wagged her tail, pursing her red lips to say some flattering words.

However, the more she humbled herself and appeared obedient, the more Yino thought her image clashed with his memories, seeming less genuine.

"I told you earlier that I got lost when perusing the Alchemy Shop on the back mountain last night... These medications are what I bought there."

As Yino continued his lie, he suddenly realized he could tie it back to his earlier story.

Thinking himself quite clever, he began massaging the medicated milky foot and ankle.

Jinyue's feet were similar to his aunty Xinyao's, typical of young girls - white, smooth, small, and cute... It was a pity that Jinyue's poison had caused the skin around her ankle to turn red and purple.

The difference was that Jinyue had blood-red totems tattooed on her ankles, while Xinyao had golden phoenix feathers.

And... Jinyue seemed to have a bloody red totem mark on her sole as well.

"Why... why do you keep staring at the bottom of my foot..."

Jinyue's sharp eyes picked up on Yino's odd focus.

She arched her jade foot, using her left foot to cover the right, unwilling to allow Yino to observe freely out of humiliation.

"..."

Yino didn't respond, just slightly raised an eyebrow.

Immediately, the perceptive fox girl remembered her earlier promise to him - [Be obedient and cooperate with the treatment]

Jinyue gently bit her lip, and after a moment of gathering courage, she raised her toes, voluntarily presenting the pink-tinged delicate flesh of her sole and the crimson mark hidden in the center of her foot to Yino.

Yino didn't hesitate, continuing to apply medicine to the girl's sole.

Jinyue covered her face, red and nervous. Although it wasn't a private area, because the sole had always been protected by shoes and socks, the sensitivity of that delicate flesh when applying medicine far exceeded that of her other skin.

After a moment of application, Yino put Jinyue's foot down-

"It's nothing special, I was just curious. The location of your mark is quite unusual, even on the sole of your foot."

"You... even know about the totem marks on demons?"

Jinyue took away her small foot, forgetting her prior embarrassment, her eyes filled with interest for the young man. Most people would not be as knowledgeable about demon marks.

However, thinking of Yino's earlier battle scene and his skilled medical techniques, Jinyue felt it was reasonable for him to know anything now - after all, he had already demonstrated extraordinary abilities.

Yino shrugged, explaining naturally: "I told you before, my aunty is a demon... So I know a bit about common knowledge regarding various demon tribes."

"Your aunt doesn't have a mark here?"

Jinyue tilted her head in curiosity as the conversation veered off subject.

Yino hesitated for a moment, then poked the center of the pattern on Jinyue's sole with his fingertip.

"You mean this spot?"

He seemed to be indicating, but his technique was professional, precisely gathering a weak spiritual energy at his fingertip, then injecting it into a nerve acupoint on the sole as he poked.

"Eyaaah--!"

Jinyue's body began to twitch uncontrollably.

She tensed her foot arch, her jade toes flexing back and forth several times before she recovered from the electrifying, tingling sensation that had just coursed through her.

"That's one thing, but... don't poke randomly! It feels so strange!"

Jinyue, who was sensitive and out of breath, could only complain with a begging tone.

She hadn't noticed Yino's precise acupoint stimulation, just couldn't understand why her feet were so sensitive in Yino's hands! Especially the sole, which was countless times more sensitive than her legs!

For a moment, she felt like a little fox being played with at will in a human's palm.

She suspected that in just that short time of caressing, every sensitive spot on her legs and feet had been thoroughly explored by Yino!

This was just the skin below the waist; she dared not imagine other areas!

Yino looked at her, pretending seriousness:

"I was just curious. My aunt definitely doesn't have the mark on her soles..."

Jinyue gazed at him and fell silent.

She originally didn't want to explain too much to an outsider, but in the current intimate atmosphere after their ordeal, Jinyue couldn't help but curl her lips upward. She proudly raised her beautiful foot in Yino's lap, saying with a coy smile: "When I was little, Grandma said that I had more totem marks on my body than others..."

"Grandma said, the more totem marks on the body, the more favored one is by the tribe's guardian spirit!"

"So, having a totem pattern on the sole means - I'm more blessed by fate than your aunt~!"

She appeared to be joking and boasting, but her charming eyes were reminiscing about childhood, making it difficult for Yino to tell the difference between fact and illusory

Yino nodded slightly. Although it was the first time he had heard Jinyue's monologue, he wasn't surprised.

After all, this was the Fallen Immortal world.

Even fate prophecies truly existed, so Jinyue's theory about fate totems naturally had some merit.

"So, besides your feet, you have many totems on your body?"

Yino strangely extrapolated.

Hearing this, Jinyue initially wanted to lift her clothes to show off, but quickly, her small face turned bright red.

The fox girl puffed up her cheeks, giving him a coquettish, resentful glance:

"You're trying to take advantage of me again!"

"I'm not, I'm a gentleman. I was just a little curious."

"Yeah, right! I dare you to ask your dear aunty the same question!"

"How do you know I haven't?"