Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Moon Aiko worked more on sorting those metals, while Grandpa Flame melted them.

She wanted to find the best possible mix of metals that would be perfect for the Twins.

It would be nice if she also found something that could change weight based on Qi used, but that would be difficult.

”How can we help you?” Yuxi asked Aiko, since she wanted to be more involved with her.

”I’m not sure...” Moon Aiko didn’t know how they could help her, since this was very hands-on work.

She had to sort those metals which was not easy without her eyes.

”You can make them lift those metals so that I have less work to do.” Grandpa Flame suggested. Without having to lift the metals, with Aiko’s help, it still cost a lot of energy on his part.

With these two helping with it, he should be able to melt about 30% faster than before.

Moon Aiko glanced at Grandpa Flame. ”Do they have powerful enough Divine Sense to do that?” She was worried that they would overwork themselves.

”It doesn’t require that much, it’s more about precision, since once it melts it’s similar to water.” Grandpa Flame demonstrated by sloshing some melted metals around.

”Can you do that?” Moon Aiko asked them carefully.

”It sounds difficult, but fun.” Yuxi wanted to help.

”We had some training in Divine Sense, but it will take a while for us to get used to this.” Wanshu never saw anyone using Spiritual Flame for melting metals without actually creating anything out of it.

The reason being was that Spiritual Flames were quite prideful, albeit brainless, so they might not want to cooperate with you if you make them do things like that.

”Oh, then just pick one at first, preferably from the less valuable pile.” Moon Aiko pointed at a large pile. This one was from the newer generation, so even if they lost control over their Divine Sense it would not be as expensive of a mistake if they did it with the old Treasures.

”We will do just that~” Yuxi moved her body next to the pile and levitated some of those metals.

”One at a time.” Wanshu scolded her partner. She knew that Yuxi wanted to show she grew well, but if they wasted materials that were painstakingly prepared, Aiko might start to hate them.

”Okay.” Yuxi pouted, but still listened to her. Wanshu could be overly cautious at times or completely carefree at others.

It was kind of difficult to keep up with her, similarly to Aiko.

However, while Aiko was unpredictable, she would still wait for others, while Wanshu tended to get carried away.

”Just take your time, we will be here for a while.” Moon Aiko rolled her eyes. It was fine if they were enthusiastic, but they probably had no idea how difficult it was to hold those metals in place for prolonged periods of time.

...

And her worry proved to be right.

”Huff, huff.” Yuxi was already quivering from holding the metal in the air for a while.

This burden was quite great on her, since as the metal heated, you had to protect your mind against that heat too, otherwise it might boil you alive.

All of these things combined with the slow melting speed and you had a recipe for disaster for those that were not used to using their Divine Sense as a levitation tool.

”You don’t have to do it.” Moon Aiko worried about their minds and souls.

”It’s fine.” Wanshu was looking better, but even she had trouble maintaining it. ”This is actually a really great way to train your Divine Sense.”

It was a very safe way to reinforce it and even if they failed at worst they would only get minor burns.

It was much better than failing during combat which could and would endanger their lives.

”How tricky.” Moon Aiko clicked her tongue. She didn’t want to see them injured, but if they were stubborn like this then it couldn’t be helped.

She wouldn’t prevent them from doing this, as long as they didn’t overdo it.

Moon Aiko levitated even more metals, making them stupefied at their poor control.

”We will be sorting this for weeks.” Grandpa Flame sipped on some juice that the Twins gave him due to their worship.

”Bear with it, it also improves your control, so as things go on everything will speed up.” Moon Aiko nodded her head slowly.

”Sure, but your Beast Core won’t manage.” Grandpa Flame rolled his eyes.

”Ah...” Moon Aiko completely forgot about that part. ”I will manage!” She was convinced that she would be able to come up with something that would allow her to ignore that part, hopefully...

[Sun & Moon Nurturing Meditation (Stage 1)]

It was really good for recovering her energy, but the problem was that it was not passive. She had to do the whole meditation and so on, but that would limit her.

On the other hand [Embryonic Breathing] was a passive way to recover your energy through breathing, but as you might expect, meditation and breathing were very different.

The main and most important difference was that she could do the [Sun & Moon Nurturing Meditation] even underwater, while she couldn’t with [Embryonic Breathing].

That’s also why she hesitated over using her {Cultivation Points} to change the way it worked, since once it changed it would require even more {Cultivation Points} to change it back.

’Let’s not waste anything for the time being and convert everything later.’ Moon Aiko understood the importance of versatile abilities, so she wouldn’t haphazardly change them just because this situation called for it.

”So you will be having a rest.” Grandpa Flame nodded his head. He believed that Aiko might go crazy and actually accomplish it, which would mean no rest for him and that was just straight up no-no!

Moon Aiko clicked her tongue, but she didn’t have a way to refute that.

”Otherwise they might collapse.” Grandpa Flame glanced at the duo who was trying overly hard.

”We are fine.” Yuxi was already huffing air like crazy.

”You are not fine! You breathe in more air than the Fox Village combined!” Moon Aiko glared at her. ”Have a rest!”

”That goes for you too, rascal!” Grandpa Flame immediately called out Aiko.

”Hey!” Moon Aiko quibbled with Grandpa Flame until it was decided that she would rest too...

...

”This is boring...” Moon Aiko felt bored, since she had enough energy to do more.

”You will sit down and rest properly! Otherwise, those two will collapse!” Grandpa Flame scolded her.

”We can just prevent them from joining.” Moon Aiko narrowed her eyes at him.

”How would you feel if someone was playing right in front of you, but you weren’t able to join them?” Grandpa Flame narrowed his eyes.

”... I understand.” Moon Aiko conceded since she would hate feeling like that.

The Twins were surprised that Aiko calmed down so quickly, but that surprise didn’t last long.

”What are you doing?” Grandpa Flame’s flames twitched.

”Making blueprints.” Moon Aiko snorted at him. ”It’s not something demanding and it’s not like they can’t join me, right?”

Grandpa Flame groaned. It felt like he was being excluded like this, but he also didn’t have a way to retort this.

It was true that this didn’t require any energy since Aiko pretty much doodled everything into the floor.

”Fine...” Grandpa Flame grumbled.

”Hehe~” Moon Aiko giggled mischievously.

Her first tool would be the upgraded massager.

She had a bunch of interesting mixed metals which also were soft and very smooth.

When she tested the friction, it didn’t heat up her skin or anything, making this perfect for the rotating massager.

The vibration from it could also be neutralised with a few more Runes, which won’t add too much to the consumption.

The whole thing won’t deteriorate if she optimises it slightly, meaning that she would be able to create someth-

”How about increasing the vibrations?” Naughty Yuxi suggested.

”Why? It’s counterproductive if you are trying to release the tension in one place.” Moon Aiko didn’t want to know what she was thinking about, considering her expression.

”Your inner thoughts are leaking as much as your saliva.” Wanshu warned her partner, since she should reign it in.

”But tell me that it wouldn’t be nice like that!” Yuxi pouted at her.

”I never said that.” Wanshu rolled her eyes. ”I’m also for increasing the vibrations.”

Moon Aiko blinked at them blankly. She didn’t expect to get such lustful teammates.

’I will give them a proper vibration!’ Moon Aiko pouted at them, since they were ruining her fun.

...

Half a day later, Moon Aiko finished her prototype.

The soft and ’frictionless’ metal was on the top, while tough metal was used as housing. Of course, she picked the weight x durability ratio well, since if it was too heavy it would be cumbersome.

She had to be careful not to make it too light, since then they might press too hard on it and stall the motion.

She also didn’t want to make the rotating motion too forceful, since even if it was ’frictionless’ it could still damage the tissues if one tried hard enough.

’There needs to be a fine balance.’ Moon Aiko cackled as she added like 20 vibration Runes, making the whole thing shake like crazy.

’This will teach them to not mess with me!’ Moon Aiko cackled again as she looked at the duo of horny Foxes.

The duo shivered, since they didn’t expect Aiko to look at them so scarily.

...

”Here.” Moon Aiko finished the finishing touches and placed it in front of the duo.

However, the duo was very cautious since her smile easily reached her ears.

”What is this?” Wanshu cautiously asked as if this was supposed to be something terrible.

”What you wanted.” Moon Aiko smiled even more, scaring them shitless.

”Now, now, try it.” Moon Aiko placed it into Yuxi’s hands, with a smile that would make even the toughest men cry.

Yuxi sniffled, looking at it like a tool for torture and pressed the Rune that was supposed to make it move.

*Bbbbbbbbbbbbb*

Suddenly, Yuxi turned into a blurry figure, because the massager was shaking her whole body and even the surrounding ground.

”HAHAHAHAHA!” Moon Aiko laughed loudly, seeing Yuxi turn into a blurry figure.

”W w w w h h h h a a a a t t t i i i s s s s t t t t h h h h i i i i s s s s?!” Yuxi had trouble even talking and her words were so drawn out and drowned by the vibration that it was hard to make out what she was saying.

”Whoa.” Wanshu was at first startled, but then soon she joined the laughing squad.

Yuxi turned it off and swayed from side to side. Her senses were all over the place and it was hard to stabilise her body.

She also looked a lot paler than before, making it seem like she was sick.

”Let me try.” Wanshu laughed as she took the tool from her hands and turned it on.

”W w w w w w h h h h o o o o o a a a a a!” Wanshu laughed while holding it, making her voice even more distorted than Yuxi.

They had a lot of fun with it, making Moon Aiko concerned that her plan failed...