Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Aiko tried standing up, but Yueying’s tail was completely wrapped around her lower body.

Aiko blinked a few times before staring at Yueying. ”What are you doing?”

It was such an unaroused voice that Yueying snapped out of her trance.

”N-nothing!” Yueying immediately withdrew her tail and hugged it tightly. That lingering heat made her face burn bright red.

”What did you do?” Aiko asked her again.

”N-n-n-nothing!” Yueying stammered like crazy before storming out of Aiko’s room.

Moon Aiko licked her lips. ’Cherries with Lotus?’ She tilted her head.

Aiko knew that Yueying didn’t drink that kind of tea, so what was wrong with this gentle scent?

Moon Aiko couldn’t figure it out, so she just gave up and went back to sleep.

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*bang**bang**bang**bang**bang*

The constant and strange banging woke Yanyan up.

She went to the main room and saw her Princess banging her head on the table.

The closer she came, the more ridiculous the curve became, like someone didn’t build this as a table, but as a piece of art and with the added face of the Princess on top.

”Princess?” Yanyan approached cautiously.

”Kill me...” Yueying sniffled. She was so embarrassed about her behaviour that she wanted to dig a hole and hide in it.

Yanyan breathed a sigh of relief. ”I’m glad you are back...” She sat next to her Princess, but realised there was still something wrong.

”Is there something wrong?” Yanyan spoke gently. She prepared tea for both of them and sipped it calmly. ’It couldn’t be anything too bad, since the Princess is pretty- mostly calm.’ She nodded to herself.

*bang**bang*

Yueying immediately banged her head on the table. ”I almost seduced her...!”

Yanyan’s body stiffened as tea poured out of her mouth and onto her lap.

”Ack!” This was special Fire Tea, so it easily burned her skin.

She had to use a Healing Pill so that there wouldn’t be any scars.

Yanyan had so many questions, but the lurking death around her forced her to be silent.

As long as she wouldn’t ask, there would be plausibility to ignore this situation even in front of the Elders.

”I mean, she is p-pretty, but s-she.” Yueying was stammering like a young girl.

Yanyan’s eyes rolled back, and she fainted, falling from her chair.

”Yanyan?!” Yueying was startled and immediately helped her, but Yanyan was out cold.

”...” Yueying pursed her lips. ’I will be nice to Aiko, she will forgive me, right?’

Aiko was not bothered at all, since her sleep was not rudely interrupted, but that passed from one ear in and the other out for Yueying.

She was in her own dream, making up her own little stories about them as she helped Yanyan to bed.

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Aiko stirred awake. She knew for a fact that the sound talisman was already burned, yet there was not much noise outside.

’Should I sleep more...?’ The usually productive Moon Aiko didn’t want to move. She was still confused about the previous situation, but she also had to refine that Relic.

There was so much work waiting for her that Moon Aiko wanted to give up for a second.

With such abundant Qi around, she didn’t even need to try to have her Beast Core filled up.

’I should move...’ Yet Aiko didn’t budge an inch. The bed was nice, soft and warm. There was no way that she would want to leave it willingly.

...

It took a few more days before Aiko was able to sit down. Her body was stiff from the constant lying around.

She slept so much that even Nightmare Aiko recovered.

”Let’s refine it.” Moon Aiko still believed that Yueying was still undergoing those stages, so she was not too eager to go out.

Pulling out her [Fire-Fox Glass Vessel], she was able to observe those cracks.

’How violent.’ She didn’t believe that the Demonic Saintess would be able to do this, so it was probably someone else, and the Demonic Saintess stepped in.

However, the Demonic Saintess said that refining this treasure would help it recover, so Aiko was curious about what would happen.

The refinement process itself was easier on that Treasure since it didn’t have a Spiritual Sense.

This Relic was the same. It didn’t have any thoughts, so Aiko was only supposed to give it enough Beast Core Energy to be accepted.

...

A day later, Aiko was still pouring Beast Core Energy inside with a flabbergasted expression.

”What am I supposed to do?” Moon Aiko shook her head. She never saw such a hungry little Relic!

Well, she didn’t see too many Relics, but even her Inscription Carving Pen didn’t take all that much Beast Core Energy!

Aiko shook her head and just kept supplying more and more energy into that translucent thing.

...

A month later, the [Fire-Fox Glass Vessel] lit up.

Inside was a small flame dancing around.

”And now I’m trapped...” Grandpa Flame stared at Aiko unblinkingly.

”Not my fault. What can you do inside?” Moon Aiko pursed her lips. She didn’t expect this.

”Refine it, repair it, probably enhance it, but I doubt the last part. My firepower is barely enough to keep this thing going, much less repair it.” Grandpa Flame shook his flame.

”... what if you repair it?” Moon Aiko noticed that the [Fire-Fox Glass Vessel] was leaking a lot of energy, so it might be a good idea to fix it first before doing anything.

”That will take too much time, are you sure?” Grandpa Flame tilted his head.

”It’s fine. I should stretch my legs a bit more.” Aiko stretched her nice body before returning to her bed.

”Fine, I will take care of this thing.” Since Aiko had already refined it, Grandpa Flame could take it with him and slowly repair it over time.

After clearing her bed, she walked outside, only to find Yueying sitting on the ground with a crestfallen expression.

”I’m so sorry.” Yueying bowed towards her sincerely, but Aiko was simply confused.

”What are you doing?” Aiko tilted her head.

”I want you to forgive me for what I did.” Yueying bowed even more.

”What did you do?” Aiko was more and more confused.

”I-I...” Yueying bit her lip. ”Slept with you and tried to seduce you...” With a completely red face, she confessed.

”Oh...” Moon Aiko nodded like she didn’t mind and helped Yueying stand up.

”Since I have not noticed anything, let’s just say nothing happened.” Moon Aiko smiled. She was a bit hungry, so she didn’t want to do this right now.

”B-but you hate me...!” Yueying cried out quietly.

”...?” Moon Aiko had a headache since she couldn’t understand this situation at all.

”Why would I hate you?” Aiko yawned slightly.

”Well... because of what I did?” Yueying pursed her lips and held in her tears.

”I don’t remember it, so it didn’t happen.” Moon Aiko waved her hand.

”But you are avoiding me!” Yueying yelped, but then shrank back.

”I’m not? I was sleeping?” Moon Aiko tilted her head.

”For almost 2 months straight?” Yueying was startled.

”Ah, I was also refining my Relic, so it took a while.” Aiko shrugged.

Thanks to the abundant Qi, she was able to refine it much quicker than what would normally be possible, so this was quite a short time.

Yueying blushed. ”S-sorry.” And she ran away once again.

’Don’t think about it. It will only cause a headache.’ Moon Aiko didn’t understand why there was such an abnormal difference in their behaviour.

She noticed a gaze on her, but Aiko didn’t even need to turn around to know who it was.

’And now she has turned into a stalker...’ Moon Aiko felt like everyone was trying to make things difficult for her.

”Tea?” Yanyan smiled with an empty smile.

”You look like your head will roll soon?” Aiko tilted her head. There was this strange gnawing feeling that Yanyan was completely without any energy.

”I wonder whose fault it is...” Yanyan’s hands quivered. It was her fault that she went to sleep, but fortunately, she couldn’t sniff out any kind of mark on this Vixen, so she was still safe!

”I will eat food first...” Aiko didn’t want to deal with them and their mood swings, so she just sat down and pulled out a few tasty meals.

Aiko immediately bit into it and ignored their hungry expression.

She needed all the energy she could get to deal with both of them, and she had already refined that Relic, so she could move freely once again.

”What is our next destination, or do you want to stay here?” Moon Aiko noticed that the ambient Qi thinned, probably due to either that Relic or Yueying.

”There is a forest shrouded with fog nearby, I can feel Treasures from there.” Yueying’s senses were heightened after trying to sneak into Aiko’s room.

Thanks to that, her senses are even better than Yanyan’s!

Yanyan’s hands quivered, and she almost spilt her tea. Her Princess was torturing her for not attending to her and running from her!

Which was a lie, but Yanyan’s mind would crumble if she didn’t chant that inside her head.

”Oh!” Moon Aiko’s eyes sparkled.

This place was pretty much constantly with sunlight, so it would be difficult to create something like constant fog.

There might be some kind of Natural Treasure that she would be able to take.

”Do you have enough Treasures?” Moon Aiko asked.

Yanyan grabbed a few Treasures from the buried Cultivators since none dared to approach this place.

They were not the best, but it was good enough for now until her Princess returned to her Grandpa.

”En.” Yanyan replied briefly since she felt like she would faint if Aiko pulled anything else out.

You see, Yanyan was a bit curious about what happened between Aiko and Yueying and if her head would roll.

As you might expect, the moment Yanyan peeked into Aiko’s room, she immediately fainted from the shocking sight.

Her hand quivered. ’Spirit Crystals for bedding. Spirit Crystals for bedding. Spirit Crystals for bedding.’ She chanted inside her mind as her Soul slowly left her body.

”Oh...” Aiko observed her Soul, since it’s been quite a while since she caused something like that.

”Are you fine going there?” Aiko asked none in particular, but it was aimed at the pair of Dragons.

”I’m fine.” Yueying didn’t really need anything else from this, so she was more than happy to go out.

”I will follow Princess’s decisions...” Yanyan sighed. She was considering what to do next since her head might leave her body...

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Mei inside was slightly concerned. ’There is supposed to be only one Dragon, yet there were two Dragons and Aiko on top of the mountain...’ She didn’t think Aiko would be in such a place and protected by two Dragons.

She breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed like Aiko took that dream seriously and joined her hands with others.

That was good, since Mei was constantly worried, especially when nobody mentioned that there were two Dragons.

Everyone was sensitive about Treasures, so it was obvious they would immediately call it out.

Yet they were so silent that Mei believed she might’ve missed something.

Unfortunately, it was not that deep. The Elders and some Sect Leaders were unable to utter a word since their Disciples made fun of themselves.

Not to mention, they couldn’t step in because in that war, they lost all foothold inside, so they could only watch and hope their Disciples didn’t die for nothing...