Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

The Grandpa Dragon was glaring at Aiko. He was upset that she brought something so smelly with her.

”So what were you doing?” The Dragon kept an eye on Aiko and kept periodically casting [Clean] on her.

”Looting.” Aiko smiled innocently and the Dragon almost facepalmed.

”What?” Aiko was unhappy with his reaction and glared back.

”What did you loot?” The Dragon gave up as Aiko was a lost cause. Hopefully, she would learn over time that it was not always good to take things from everywhere.

Aiko pulled the marbles out of her [Tails Storage].

The Dragon immediately choked. ”Where did you find those?!” He remembered those Beast Cores, they were his colleagues’ Beast Cores!

”In a spider den?” Aiko assumed that the huge ass spider would not just camp there for nothing, so it was probably a spider den.

”Did you kill the Disaster?” The Dragon immediately assumed it was one of the four disasters, since none other would be able to restrain those Beast Cores.

”N-no.” Aiko shifted her body guiltily. She didn’t kill those spiders, but she did dump that filth into their dens...

The Dragon narrowed its eyes. ”Since you have the spider’s Beast Core, you can have this one too.” He gave Aiko the Beast Core from the flying chicken.

”Thank you?” Aiko wasn’t sure what to do with this, since she didn’t have the wind element.

”This guy has Cultivated for a long time, so you should be able to gain his Elemental Affinity... probably... possibly?” The Dragon tilted his head.

”Why is that a question?” Aiko was taken aback.

”I can already feel multiple Elemental Affinities from you, you probably were not born with them, which means you have obtained them. That in turn means you can obtain more of them at an easier rate than others.” The Dragon nodded gently.

”Uhuh...” Aiko could not understand how he was able to make that connection with so little information.

”Anyway, please give me those ’marbles’, as they are my friends.” The Dragon turned soft, almost sobbing-like.

”Sure...” Aiko didn’t really want to part with her Treasures, but since they were his friends; she didn’t reject it.

”Thank you, little one.” The Dragon turned softer as he held the Beast Cores with its whiskers(?).

”So where is the Blood Fox?” Aiko asked the Dragon.

”She is Evolving somewhere else and no, you are not allowed to leave, you will be rewarded for this deed.” The Dragon added since he realised that he tattled on the Blood Fox.

”Tsk.” Aiko clicked her tongue and stared at him.

”Stop clicking your tongue, you will get rewarded!” The Dragon snorted unhappily.

”Tsk, tsk, tsk. But the Blood Fox will grow weaker, talk about abuse.” Aiko shook her head.

”If she can’t even Evolve naturally, she is not worth nurturing!” The Dragon glared at the little rascal, but still gathered his softest energy to break those seals.

”Done.” The Dragon said. The first Beast Core was freed and the temperature immediately rose sharply.

*SKREEEEEEEEEEEECH*

A huge ass bird flew out of that Beast Core, gracing everyone with its presence.

”Calm down you old fart!” The Dragon slapped that stupid bird, so that it wouldn’t burn everything around it.

”Auch! Who dares to slap- It’s you, old fart!?” The Three-Legged Crow was shocked.

”Yes, it’s me, now calm down your Suns.” The Dragon snorted unhappily. He had to burn through quite a lot of energy to shield the young ones.

”Oh, yes.” The Three-Legged Crow coughed awkwardly and flew down. ”So where are we?”

”Secret Realm, all of us got sealed.” The Dragon sighed.

”Damn bastards from the Golden Palace!” The Three-Legged Crow spat on the ground and the ground immediately melted.

”Tell me about it.” The Dragon shook his head.

”I’m guessing that they already used my body to reinforce the Heavenly Gates?” The Three-Legged Crow asked.

”Probably, considering there are others sealed here with you...” The Dragon sighed again.

”More of us in here? I’m surprised this place has not collapsed.” The Three-Legged Crow chuckled.

”So you are the bastard that burned me!” Aiko suddenly spat out, startling both of them.

”You little vi-” The Three-Legged Crow had a short temper, since he was killed and sealed, but fortunately the Dragon still had some sense of reason.

”This little one is the one that rescued you, otherwise I would not know that you were here too...” The Dragon shook his head. Who knows what more seals this place has...

At that moment, he glanced at the little Fox and made a mental memo. Mei already told him about the disaster and the same stuff was sung by the little one’s team.

He might be able to use her hungry nature to prepare for the collapse of this place and then move everyone outside.

”Oh...” The Three-Legged Crow looked at the little Fox with interest, but soon held his nose with his wings. ”Gosh, she smells so bad! [Clean]! [Clean]! [Clean]! [Clean]! [Clean]!”

Aiko’s lips twitched. She was slightly upset that everyone treated her like this, especially the one that she saved!

”But anyway.” The Three-Legged Crow stopped for a moment. ”What others are there?”

The Dragon was already working on other Beast Cores. ”Just wait a moment, you impatient bastard!”

”Then work quicker, you hungry bastard!” The Three-Legged Crow snorted unhappily.

Another Beast Core was unsealed and it unleashed a tsunami on everyone.

”Does that bastard not know how to hold back?! Fuck! I don’t have an element to deal with him!” The Three-Legged Crow unleashed his Sun to combat that ridiculous tsunami.

The two transcendental powers clashed against each other, levelling everything in a 100-mile radius.

”Wake up you lazy bastard!” The Dragon roared and the tsunami stopped.

”Is... that... you...?” The lazy Black Tortoise spoke like he was still sleeping.

”Come down you oversized lazy bun!” The Dragon roared again. He spends even more energy trying to shield others from these jerks.

”Oh... Is it really you?” The lazy Black Tortoise blinked a few times. ”Damn, and here I dreamed about the Head of the Kitsune Clan.” He snorted unhappily.

”Oh, there are a few-” The Black Tortoise immediately strained its lazy eyes at Aiko and her team.

”They are affiliated with Mei and this one is her mate.” The Dragon explained while glaring at him.

”Tsk.” The Black Tortoise clicked his tongue.

”Don’t you dare to click your tongue at me or I will wrestle you! Keep in mind that I still have my body, unlike you old farts!” The Dragon glared at the Black Tortoise.

”You are just an Azure Dragon.” The Tortoise snorted unhappily.

”But with a body!” The Dragon glared at him even more.

”That means that it was not a dream and I really fought the Golden Palace, huh...” The Black Tortoise yawned. ”I wonder what they did to my body...”

”They were reinforcing Heavenly Gates, so that no Mortal World would be able to connect to the Immortal World.” The Three-Legged Crow scoffed.

”Oh, I thought that someone was warming my waters, but it was your little candle.” The Tortoise yawned again.

”You want to go for another round?!” The Three-Legged Crow roared as more Suns appeared behind it.

”We can go, we can go.” The Black Tortoise smiled as another huge tsunami formed behind it.

Suddenly, both of their bodies were wrapped by the Dragon’s Divine Sense.

”Little one, what would you like? We can have roasted crow or turtle soup.” The Dragon spoke gently towards Aiko, while joking about those two pricks.

”I never had turtle soup before...” Aiko narrowed her eyes. ”But we can also go for the crow, as we only had the most common birds for food.” She caressed her chin, thinking about it carefully.

The Three-Legged Crow was shocked by the little one’s courage, but the more he looked at her, the more sweat formed on his body.

”L-little one, I’m not that tasty and I can give you some Treasures!” The Three-Legged Crow panicked as he saw Aiko’s origin.

The Black Tortoise rolled his eyes. He was not scared about her origin, since she would not be able to do anything to him.

”Treasures...” Aiko tilted her head. ”But meat...” Aiko frowned beautifully. ”Ugh, this is such a dilemma...”

The Dragon chuckled and let them go, since they finally calmed down.

They decreased their sizes, since they didn’t have bodies, but they were still bigger than Aiko.

Aiko wanted to transform into her pseudo-Human form, but the turtle was quicker.

”Ugh! What is this smell?! [Clean]! [Clean]! [Clean]! [Clean]! [Clean]!” The Black Tortoise was hiding inside his shell while casting [Clean] on the little Fox.

Aiko felt a warm current course around her body, it was an incredibly soft and pleasant feeling. It was a lot different compared to the bird or Dragon, not even Mei could match this feeling!

”Where did you find her?” The Black Tortoise asked the Azure Dragon. ”Don’t tell me you fished her out of some kind of swamp?”

The Azure Dragon felt offended. ”Of course not, and you should behave, since she was the one who helped you when you were sealed!” The Dragon snorted unhappily.

”Oh...” The Black Tortoise didn’t believe it, but he also couldn’t refute him, so he let it go.

”By the way, where is Mei? It’s been a while since I was able to see her beautiful jade legs...” The Black Tortoise drooled when he was hit on the shell.

”Who dares-?!” ”Jade legs-?!” ”AGH!” The Black Tortoise was the most comical of the bunch with his reaction.

The first hit rocked his shell with Mei’s energy and she kept pounding him once she heard him say ’jade legs’. Mei was angry at this nickname, since no one appreciated her Illusions or Alchemy skills!

And now that Mei had 9 beautiful tails behind her, she packed quite the punch! Especially against someone who did not have a body!

”Mei!” Aiko shouted happily. ”Can we keep that guy? His [Clean] is so amazing and nice!”

The Black Tortoise coughed up non-existent blood. He could not believe that someone would degrade him into a cleaning tool!

”Hmpf.” Mei slapped him again, but let him go.

”That is not a bad idea.” Mei jumped near Aiko and smiled.

”111/10 will definitely sleep again!” Aiko’s inner thoughts leaked as she saw Mei’s tails up close.