Wild Boar

Yan Jue only then remembered that it had been too hot earlier, and the collar of her inner robe had somehow been tugged open.

“…"

Although she had transmigrated into an ancient world, Yan Jue was, after all, a modern person.

Ancient clothing was divided into an outer robe and an inner robe; she just kept forgetting.

Looking utterly resigned to her fate, Yan Jue slowly raised a hand and tied the collar of her inner robe back up. Only then did she belatedly realize that when she had woken up earlier, she had been wrapped up in the blankets like a baby, and even her outer robe had been taken off.

Who took it off?

Du Ying?

The room was dimly lit. The girl lay on the bed; the skin exposed outside her clothes was snow-white, and the throat bone in her neck moved up and down.

She lifted a hand and slowly fastened her sash; faint blue veins showed on the back of her slender hand.

Qi Xianqing watched her for a while. Taking advantage of the time while she was getting dressed, she said slowly, “According to our earlier agreement, this time you and I will go down the mountain.”

It was a reminder.

In fact, when Qi Xianqing had initiated the arena challenge in class this time, she had her own motives.

Ever since that cooperation in Nanxing Town, Qi Xianqing had realized that Yan Jue was incredibly clever; she was someone worth cooperating with for the long term.

Such people were far too hard to find among outer sect disciples.

And on top of that, Qi Xianqing had her own private thoughts, thoughts even she did not quite understand.

So this time, when she went down the mountain, she had wanted to bring Yan Jue along.

But first, she did not know how to say it directly; second, she was not sure whether Yan Jue had the strength to go down the mountain with her.

Because she had previously taught Yan Jue martial arts, she had suddenly thought of using the arena challenge in class.

If Yan Jue had that ability and could defeat all the competitors, then bringing her along would be only natural.

But if Yan Jue’s martial arts were not up to par, then that would be her own problem. Even if she were somewhat clever, Qi Xianqing could not possibly bring her by her side.

In some respects, Yan Jue really had not disappointed her.

Yan Jue: “Mm, I know. Senior Sister, don’t forget what you said.”

Qi Xianqing: “Hm?”

Yan Jue: “Come back and teach me martial arts.”

Qi Xianqing: “…All right.”

The room fell quiet.

Qi Xianqing moistened her lips and said again, “I just checked the spiritual energy in your body.”

Yan Jue’s hand paused; she instantly went on guard.

Qi Xianqing: “There’s nothing abnormal about it.”

At that, Yan Jue could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As far as spiritual energy went, there was no difference between the demon race and the human race.

The main difference between demons and humans lay in the pulse, also known as a beast body with human meridians.

If she did not take a pulse, that was one thing; once she did, the truth would be exposed.

Yan Jue could not help but feel grateful that Qi Xianqing was not skilled in medicine. Otherwise, if she had really examined her pulse, she would certainly have discovered the abnormality in her demon body at a glance.

Qi Xianqing looked up at her and asked, “Does Junior Sister usually have symptoms like this?”

Yan Jue: “I do. I often have… angina.”

Qi Xianqing paused. “Angina?”

Yan Jue: “It’s a congenital illness. It flares up every time the seasons change.”

Qi Xianqing considered it. “I’ve never heard of a similar illness before. Why don’t I have Junior Sister Duan from the Muyin Sect come and take your pulse?”

Yan Jue hurriedly said, “No, no need. Before I came up the mountain, I’d already seen many famous doctors. They all said it was something I was born with; as long as I paid attention when the seasons changed, it wouldn’t flare up so badly. I’m already used to it. What happened today was just an accident.”

Qi Xianqing caught the key point in her words. “May I ask where Junior Sister’s family home is?”

Yan Jue: “…”

Yan Jue: “My home is in the north.”

Qi Xianqing raised her brows and suddenly asked, “How old are you this year?”

Yan Jue: Are you interrogating me or what?!

How was she supposed to answer that? She herself did not really know how old the original owner was.

If one counted by demon years, foxes could take human form at a thousand years old, so the original owner’s age should have been very great.

But if one counted from after transformation, Yan Jue felt this body was at most sixteen or seventeen.

Yan Jue: “Don’t you know it’s very impolite to ask a girl her age?”

Qi Xianqing’s brows lowered slightly; her fingertips unconsciously tightened on the hem of her robe. “My apologies.”

Yan Jue folded her arms and put on a very angry expression.

At last she had managed to bluff her way past that damned question.

Qi Xianqing pressed her lips together, then took two pale-yellow pills from the Qiankun bag at her waist. “These are Ningbi Pills. Though I don’t know what old ailment you have, under the effect of these pills, all pain in this world can be eased.”

As Qi Xianqing walked over, Yan Jue clutched at the slight ache in her chest. “Senior Sister, there’s something I’m not sure whether I should say.”

Qi Xianqing: “Hm?”

Yan Jue: “Today’s match really should thank Chu Junior Brother.”

Qi Xianqing: “?”

Yan Jue swallowed hard and said solemnly, “Chu Junior Brother is gifted and intelligent. I originally couldn’t beat him. It was only because I told him before the match that I really wanted to go down the mountain with Senior Sister that he held back during the competition.”

“Chu Junior Brother is a good man who understands restraint and is overflowing with talent.”

Since it was because she had interfered with the feelings between the male and female leads that the Heavenly Dao had punished her, Yan Jue might as well take this chance to make up for it and rescue Chu Fu’s precarious image in Qi Xianqing’s heart.

Sure enough, after she said that, Yan Jue only felt the pain in her chest lessen considerably.

This Heavenly Dao was just like that; if she obstructed the development of the male and female leads’ relationship, it would send down punishment.

If she actively promoted the male and female leads’ relationship, then that was a different story altogether.

These were the rules Yan Jue had figured out over so many days.

Qi Xianqing stared at Yan Jue for a long time, then tossed the Ningbi Pills in her hand onto Yan Jue’s body and said coolly, “If that’s the case, Junior Sister can go thank Chu Junior Brother herself in a bit.”

Yan Jue, who had suddenly seen Qi Xianqing’s expression change: “…"

-

Yan Jue lay in Qi Xianqing’s room for a while longer.

Perhaps because the surroundings were too comfortable, her eyelids gradually grew heavier.

To keep herself from falling asleep again in Qi Xianqing’s room, Yan Jue got up and took her leave.

Ever since she had heard that whole explanation just now, Qi Xianqing’s expression had remained faint; she sat at the table, reading with a blank face.

Of course, Qi Xianqing would not read those messy little books in front of others.

Yan Jue’s gaze fell on the cover of the book in her hands; it looked like some kind of cultivation manual.

“…"

Sensing Yan Jue’s gaze, Qi Xianqing looked up. Her peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and a sharp glance swept over her.

Yan Jue immediately looked away: “…"

Qi Xianqing herself did not know what she was thinking. After hearing Yan Jue’s farewell, she gave a slight nod and let her leave.

This little episode only deepened Yan Jue’s view of one thing.

Treasure your life and stay away from the male and female leads.

She naturally had no improper thoughts about Qi Xianqing; the only thing she loved was martial arts.

After Yan Jue came out of the gate of the Thunderflame Sect, she walked slowly through the forest, thinking through her next plan.

If this down-the-mountain training session was not very long, then when she returned she would still have time to learn martial arts from Qi Xianqing.

This time, she wanted to see whether she could make a request to Qi Xianqing or something.

For example, she could ask Qi Xianqing to teach her some more useful divine abilities.

As Yan Jue was thinking, she suddenly blinked and saw a familiar figure over there.

…

“Big brother, that wild boar comes here every day to worship the gods.”

Li Hao held a bow and arrow, glaring irritably in that direction. “Is that information reliable? If I find out you lied to me, I’ll kick you.”

The man beside Li Hao smiled ingratiatingly. “I’ve been watching for seven days already!”

“A wild boar worshiping a mountain god; that is rare indeed. It’s probably a spirit beast close to taking human form. We should catch and tame it early, so Father won’t keep saying I’m good for nothing!”

Li Hao waited for a long time, his gaze fixed on the bamboo clearing over there.

It was already spring; grass and trees had sprouted new shoots.

In the clearing stood a mountain god statue of Five Dragons Mountain.

Every main peak of Five Dragons Mountain had a mountain god statue. Because it absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the statues were often quite efficacious.

A few days ago, Li Hao had received word that a wild boar on the verge of taking human form had been worshiping here. Just a few days before that, he had been scolded by his father, so he came out to blow off some steam.

Time passed without him noticing.

Li Hao crossed his arms and frowned; he was almost getting impatient when he suddenly saw a staggering figure slowly appear over there.

It was a little wild boar, still covered in baby fur. Its back was marked with watermelon-like stripes, and its tiny tail hung behind it like a green onion.

Li Hao: “What the hell? This is obviously just an extremely ordinary wild boar.”

Since he had already waited so long, Li Hao did not want to return empty-handed. He drew his bow and nocked an arrow; the sharp arrowhead gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight.

The little wild boar wore a cloak woven from withered grass and stood before the mountain god statue, lowering its head slightly.

Li Hao laughed. “A wild boar wants to worship the mountain god too? Today I’ll show you who the real god of Five Dragons Mountain is.”

The sharp arrow flew through the air. The boar was, after all, still an animal that had not taken human form; its Divine Sense had not yet been trained. Before it could react, the arrow fiercely pierced the hood above its head.

It turned out that Li Hao was usually lazy and inept, and his archery was poor as well, so of course he could not hit it from such a distance.

The wild boar was startled and let out a squeal before bolting away on all four legs.

Another arrow followed, brushing past its back.

The forest was dense; Little Pig charged wildly left and right among the trees.

After all, it was only a young wild boar whose milk teeth had not even fallen out yet; its legs were short, and its stamina was poor, so its steps gradually slowed.

“Puu—” Another sharp arrow flashed past its back, shaving off a strip of baby fur. The scraped wound burned with pain.

Suddenly, Little Pig tripped over something and fell face-first to the ground. Its hind legs were deeply tangled in the vines buried beneath the earth.

The footsteps behind it grew closer and closer. Little Pig frantically nosed at the old vines with its snout, but the more it struggled, the tighter the vines became.

Then, suddenly, a warm hand grabbed it.

Little Pig jerked around and instinctively opened its milk teeth, ready to bite the person.

What came into view instead was a young girl’s pale face.

Wild boar: “Hnng?”

Yan Jue was hiding behind a tree. She shook her head at it.

Little Pig somehow felt that this person seemed very familiar.

Especially those clear amber eyes; they looked just like some annoying fellow.

Yan Jue had seen that scene from the hillside earlier.

Because she went to Qiwu Peak every day, she knew this little pig had a habit of worshiping the mountain god.

Although this had nothing to do with her, at most it was just some rich brat trying to hunt down a wild boar.

Still, after thinking about it, Yan Jue decided she might as well intervene.

Qi Xianqing really liked this little pig.

If Qi Xianqing were here, she would definitely step in.

The little pig looked at Yan Jue in terror, the wounds on its body stinging fiercely.

Yan Jue: “Lend me your cloak.”

The little pig froze for a long moment. Perhaps because its cultivation was quite high, it could already roughly understand human speech.

Meeting those amber eyes, it suddenly saw a thread of extremely faint golden light flicker up in the girl’s pupils.

For some reason, it just trusted her.

The little pig immediately squealed and took off the cloak from the top of its head, handing it to Yan Jue.

Yan Jue used both hands to tie the tiny cloak behind her head; with a flash, she darted out.

Li Hao had missed his shot and was puzzled, still searching everywhere for the wild boar’s figure when he suddenly saw a person emerge from beneath a big tree over there.

That person was slender, with black hair like a crow’s feathers spilling over her shoulders, but something seemed to be covering the top of her head, so her face could not be seen clearly.

The little brother beside Li Hao shouted, “May I ask which fellow daoist you are? Have you seen a wild boar run past here?”

Before the words were even finished, the person stepped forward with strange, ghostly footwork and threw a beautiful left hook.

The little brother was knocked so hard he spat out a mouthful of saliva and flew backward with a crash.

There was no helping it; sword cultivators were born with a sturdy sword-bone frame, but because they usually fought mainly with their immortal swords, most of them loved to summon their swords directly and did not pay much attention to training their physical bodies.

The elders had already emphasized over and over that all inner sect disciples were to practice martial arts techniques.

But the number of disciples who truly practiced martial arts was pitifully small.

Before Li Hao could react, his arm was already grabbed. He faintly caught a delicate fragrance from the other party’s body; although that person had a piece of black cloth covering her face, it was still clear that she was a woman.

Li Hao could not help but feel his soul sway and drift. Then his arm suddenly tightened.

With a pull and a jerk, the other party sent him flying.

“…"

Li Hao usually ran roughshod over people and had offended many along the way.

It was nothing strange for someone with a grudge against him to try to get him in the deep mountains and old forests.

Li Hao raised his head, wanting to see the person’s face clearly. “You fucking—"

The figure flashed, and she had already vanished into thin air.

Li Hao hurriedly scrambled up. “After her!”

What a joke; he had been lying in wait in this deep mountain forest for three days already, and everyone in the sect knew about it. If he went back with nothing, and even came back injured, wouldn’t he just be making a laughingstock of himself?

Besides, since the wild boar was injured, it naturally would not be able to run far.

Li Hao stood up and used the Jingang Sect’s inner sect technique, “Gale Step,” to charge forward.

He had only run a few steps when a sharp sleeve arrow suddenly tore through the air, mixed with fierce lightning power; with a boom, it exploded right in front of them!

Golden light rippled across the sleeve arrow, engraved with five-element talismans, and at the moment it was fired, it actually triggered the thunder attribute.

Li Hao froze for a breath, then immediately unfurled the jade-inlaid cloak on his body. In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains swayed; the cloak whipped violently in the air and actually forcibly blocked the power of the lightning!

Li Hao could not help but grin maliciously.

This cloak was still a gift from his father. It could withstand simple five-element attacks, and all of the power unleashed by the sleeve arrow mixed with thunder attribute was blocked outside.

Li Hao shouted, “Who is it?!”

Silence.

Li Hao burst out laughing. “Hahahaha, you even tried to use a sleeve arrow to hurt me? This cloak of mine is built to defend against exactly this kind of hidden weapon!”

“Big brother, it’s just some thing that only knows how to ambush people; forget about her, hurry and chase after them!”

Li Hao’s face darkened. He drew his bow and nocked an arrow, just about to step forward, when he heard a boom.

The sleeve arrow at his feet suddenly exploded.

“Ah!!”

Two-man-high flames suddenly burst from the ground, accompanied by scalding black smoke, and practically steamed Li Hao half done. Li Hao screamed and rolled on the ground. After he had dispersed all the flames on his clothes, he abruptly lifted his head and found that, somehow, they had fallen into a deep pit!

“Big brother… was this a trap dug by someone else?”

Li Hao kicked the little brother beside him. “Nonsense. Have you ever seen a trap with flames in it?”

The little brother suddenly understood. “I have, big brother. Some cultivators, in order to capture top-grade demon beasts, deliberately add arrays to their traps. Once the prey steps on it, it explodes.”

“Idiot, that was a pit blasted out by that sleeve arrow just now!” Li Hao kicked him again. “Think about how to get up first!”

Suddenly, another sleeve arrow whistled toward them.

Li Hao’s pupils shrank; he crouched down sharply. Wind howled past his ears, and the cloak flapped violently, nearly knocking him off balance.

It was actually a sleeve arrow carrying the power of wind!

Li Hao shouted, “Hold the line, all of you! We’re being ambushed!”

“Get up there first!”

Li Hao grabbed the holes in the mud wall and began climbing. The little brother flattered him opportunistically. “That person wanted to ambush Big Brother, but she didn’t know Big Brother is a rare genius sent by heaven, and with the jade-inlaid cloak protecting your body, how could a mere sleeve arrow do anything to Big Brother?”

Li Hao laughed. “A joke; I’m the one and only of Five Dragons Moun—"

Before he could finish, the sleeve arrow at their feet exploded right in front of them, the talisman patterns carrying the power of wind scattering in all directions.

Before Li Hao could react, he was flipped violently into the air by a tornado, directly smashing into the huge pine tree over there.

Then he lost consciousness.

…

“The sleeve arrows Duan Luxi gave me really do have enormous power.” Sitting in the grass, Yan Jue looked at the huge pit in the distance and pondered.

Her original intention had been to ask Duan Luxi whether she had any sleeve arrows that could be controlled remotely, something like detonating them with a hand seal.

But Duan Luxi had actually given her a timed bomb.

This was the advantage of not being a professional artifact-refining disciple.

If a disciple came from an artifact-refining background, then when making magic tools they would be cautious and hesitant, considering the rules of the artifact, its energy, all the various constraints in the books; they would not dare to give the artifact too much power.

But precisely because Duan Luxi was a novice at artifact refining, she feared neither heaven nor earth, and when dealing with magic tools she simply tempered them with the strongest talismans she could find!

As Yan Jue was thinking, the little wild boar behind her suddenly moved. It stepped on the leaves and nosed forward, then looked up at her.

For some reason, the little pig somehow felt that this girl in front of it looked very familiar.

Yan Jue turned back and asked, “You come here every day to worship the mountain god because you’re about to take human form, right?”

The wild boar froze.

Yan Jue: “Because demons will encounter heavenly tribulation when they transform, so you’re asking the mountain god for protection.”

Yan Jue had also heard some of the conversation between Li Hao and his little brother just now.

Since she had already sensed that this little wild boar had very strong cultivation and should be close to taking human form, it was not strange for it to come here and worship the mountain god, praying for protection from the heavenly tribulation.

The Mountain God of Five Dragons Mountain was a highly spiritual being; the little wild boar coming here to worship and pray that the mountain god would help it survive the heavenly tribulation was not odd at all.

The little wild boar’s black eyes fixed on her. Yan Jue knew that an animal with cultivation at this level could understand human speech. “I don’t know whether worshiping the mountain god will really help. Here are a few methods for avoiding thunder tribulation; listen carefully.”

The little pig looked at her for a while, then its watermelon-like little tail swayed.

-

Yan Jue was bored anyway. Seeing that little wild boar was cute, and seeing that it was about to transform and face its thunder tribulation, she suddenly felt a strange sense of kinship with it.

Sitting in the grass, she taught the little wild boar how to avoid thunder tribulation, then watched as the little pig wagged its tail and ran off.

Yan Jue looked at its retreating back and let out a sigh.

Humans held a natural prejudice against the demon race.

And beasts and demons were separated by only a thin line.

Before beasts took human form, they were good friends of the immortal race; if they set out on the path of spirit beasts, they could even enjoy the immortal fruits and pills provided by the Five Dragons Immortal Sect.

But after taking human form, they became demons.

What awaited demons was, more often than not, bloody slaughter.

It was also extremely difficult for demons to take human form.

As a fox demon, Yan Jue understood this to some extent.

Humans were the spirit of all things, and beasts generally wanted to cultivate into human form.

The process by which beasts became human was called transformation.

But since this was a path against heaven, the Heavenly Dao would send down heavenly tribulation when beasts transformed.

Thunder tribulation, fire tribulation, wind tribulation…

And not only during transformation. Every time a demon broke through a new cultivation realm, heavenly tribulation could descend.

In short, demons had it rough.

-

Whether it was an illusion or not, as Yan Jue walked back to her dormitory, she kept feeling as if someone was watching her and whispering.

“…"

Yan Jue had a faint premonition that something bad was about to happen.

When she arrived at the entrance to the dormitory, she saw Du Ying already waiting for her in the corridor.

Du Ying: “Yan Jue, oh my god, what you did in class today completely stole the show. My fellow disciples wrote it into The Five Dragons Encyclopedia, and I couldn’t even suppress the news!”

Yan Jue gave a wry smile. She had long since expected this outcome; who told her she was a celebrity in Five Dragons Sect?

Du Ying then handed over a copy of The Five Dragons Encyclopedia. “Take a look yourself.”

Yan Jue opened the first piece of gossip news in The Five Dragons Encyclopedia, and the glaring two characters, “Yan Jue,” stabbed harshly at her eyes.

Today’s Gossip:

Today our topic is Yan Jue.

That’s right; it’s the same Yan Jue from Watercloud Sect who often appears in the Encyclopedia.

Yan Jue, who has remained at the initial Foundation Establishment stage for three years after joining the sect.

Yan Jue, who has been pursuing Chu Junior Brother until she went crazy.

Yan Jue, who a few months ago had just issued a “Five-Dragon Summit life-and-death challenge” to Lord Meng Heng!

Today, during a divine ability class taught by Lord Meng Heng, she voluntarily followed Lord Meng Heng down the mountain for training.

We believe this probably wasn’t sincere.

It was likely, as always, another provocation toward Lord Meng Heng.

But because there were too many people who wanted to go down the mountain to train with Lord Meng Heng, one had to go through a certain amount of competition to qualify.

And so, Yan Jue fought a match against Chu Fu, who also wanted to go down the mountain with Lord Meng Heng for training.

Yan Jue probably never expected that, after originally intending to provoke Lord Meng Heng, she would end up facing off against the Chu Fu she loved so deeply.

Would Yan Jue show any mercy toward the Chu Fu she loved so deeply?

Yan Jue sent Chu Fu flying with one beautiful uppercut!

Yan Jue had remained at the initial Foundation Establishment stage for three years after entering the mountain. Why had her martial arts suddenly become so formidable?

Could it be that she was hiding her true abilities, secretly training, and playing the pig to eat the tiger?!

Wrong!

No matter how much Yan Jue tried to look deep and unshakable, the essence of a waste was still a waste.

After Yan Jue punched Chu Fu flying, she used up all her strength.

After Chu Fu fell to the ground and could not get up, she also clutched her chest and fainted.

Thus: a beauty, driven by love, becomes filled with hatred; choosing a Dao companion requires caution!

Yan Jue: “…"

She had long since seen how vicious the pen of Kongqing Prefecture could be; she was already used to it.

Du Ying said apologetically, “Sorry. I really did my best to suppress the news. This article… I also deleted a lot of the detailed content. It should be fine, right?”

Yan Jue fell silent as she looked at the paper.

This gossip article was written in a very roundabout way; it was obvious that many classroom details had been deliberately removed.

But…

It was precisely because it was not written clearly enough that it would make people imagine even more, wouldn’t it?!

Yan Jue had long expected today’s classroom incident to make it into the paper, but that article just now was already the best possible outcome she could have anticipated.

It did not mention at all that she could fight; instead, it emphasized that she was trash.

That actually was the safest result; it would not draw any unnecessary jealousy or trouble.

Meeting Du Ying’s conflicted gaze, Yan Jue clenched a fist and cheered her on. “You already did your best, Du Ying. It’s fine; keep helping me block it next time!”

Yan Jue did not blame her, which moved Du Ying deeply. “Okay, next time I’ll definitely help you! It was just that I was half a beat too slow this time, and those guys got there first. After all, there isn’t just me in Kongqing Prefecture who handles content review; there’s also another one from the Mystic Escape Sect…”

Yan Jue suddenly asked, “Du Ying, after I fainted in class today, who took off my outer robe? Was it you?”

Ever since she woke up in Qi Xianqing’s room just now, she had been puzzled.

“And who carried me to Qi Xianqing’s dormitory?”

Du Ying: “…What are you thinking? The person who carried you to the dormitory and helped you take off your clothes was definitely the Senior Sister herself.”

“Besides her, who else could carry a living person like you such a long way up the mountain and still have the strength to help you undress?”

Yan Jue was stunned for a long moment. After she came back to herself, her face instantly burned bright red: “…"

Finished. She owed Qi Xianqing a favor.

-

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Perhaps the events that had happened in Qi Xianqing’s room today had been too frightening.

Yan Jue spent a full half hour steadying her heart before she gradually entered the proper state of cultivation.

The main thing was a set of breathing and circulation methods.

All things contained the five elements; how to extract the ice element during breathing and circulation was the most important point emphasized by the Snowy Soul Scripture of the Lesser Yin.

Yan Jue sat cross-legged, calming her mind and merging herself with heaven and earth.

With each breath, spiritual energy was gathered in full.

Everything in the world seemed to quiet down.

Yan Jue suddenly opened her eyes in the darkness and faintly saw multicolored light before her.

White, green, black, red, yellow…

Yan Jue’s Divine Sense suddenly sank.

Then the black and yellow in that dim darkness slowly moved toward her.

Condensing into deep blue ice flowers.

…

After Yan Jue finished cultivating the Snowy Soul Scripture of the Lesser Yin, she exhaled deeply. Then her body gradually shrank, transforming into a crimson fox with fiery red fur.

Demonic energy spilled out in an instant, only to be slowly constrained by the Northern Sea black iron around her neck.

Tonight, she had gained a deep understanding of the Snowy Soul Scripture of the Lesser Yin. After completing her cultivation, she felt as though her whole body had become lighter.

Yan Jue slowly lifted her eyes and stared at herself in the mirror.

Over these past few months, her two fiery red tails had grown longer and longer; they were long and fluffy, exceedingly beautiful.

Yan Jue slowly admired her reflection, feeling that there probably was no fox in this world more beautiful than she was.

Then Yan Jue leisurely began grooming herself, licking her fur for a while, when she suddenly noticed something and froze.

Yan Jue abruptly raised her head to look at the mirror; her pupils shrank suddenly.

Between her two tails, there was something strange standing stiffly in midair.

It was a little tail, thin as a green onion.!