Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Aiko yawned sleepily. She was having such a nice dream, yet it was interrupted by something!

Aiko looked around. She was in a cocoon of her own tails and with her, there were many tiny eyes quietly watching her.

Aiko rubbed her eyes and looked again. There was no way that something could enter this place!

However, no matter how much she rubbed, the tiny creature in front of her was still there!

It was a tiny and cute jumping spider with huge eyes! How did she know what that was?

[Beast Familiar: [Divine Fate Weaving Jumping Spider (Magical Beast)]]

That was not all, everything changed, not just with her body, but her surroundings too!

She could feel energies drifting around her. Small lights were drifting past her.

It was a magical, yet surreal feeling...

Aiko checked her body and she found it to her liking... mostly.

She was currently around 155-160 cm tall. Her hair was completely jet black and to her knees, but there was a strange, sinister hue coming from it. She could hear voices whispering when she was in dark places.

She pulled out a small mirror to check the rest of her body.

Her face was picturesque. It could not yet compare to Mei’s Human Form, but it was close enough. Her eyes were burning with mischievous passion as her eyes slowly changed colours depending on her mood. Her eyebrows were thin like the sharpest swords, yet they had this mischievous sensual nature, pulling anyone to look at her longer.

Furthermore, her nose was tiny and slightly pointy. Her mouth was likewise small, but her lips were a shade of red. The one that would be able to sway anyone who observed them.

As for her actual face, it had similar ’tattoos’ that the Twins had, but her tattoos gave her an incredibly seductive air, like it was telling everyone: Come here~.

It was closer to makeup than a tattoo.

Her neck was slimmer than most. It added to the allure greatly, stroking the desire for protection.

Her Tails were right now not tails, but the [Little Nightmares]. She could see that those Tails were not finished yet, so she would have to take her time with them.

Her ears were way too big, compared to her face, which only highlighted her more. They were black and fluffy, but the insides were made out of white for some reason.

She expected them to be made out of pink or something else, but for some reason, they exuded cute and pure vibes, which did not suit Aiko’s body.

Speaking of her body.

”Damn, I’m hot.” Her body was now the perfection of the hourglass figure. The proportions were perfect and her current size was at D. She liked the fact that they didn’t sway all that much, unlike the Dew Form. They were perky with-

’Silk?’ Aiko tilted her head. As she was basking in her own body, she noticed that she was wrapped in spider silk.

She counted her Storage Rings and only a few were left! All of them with the spider silk were gone!

’Noooooooooooooooooo!’ Aiko cried out in her mind and she felt something on her back.

She turned around to see the small jumping spider wrapping her in silk.

The small jumping spider noticed her and waved one of her front legs, whilst blinking happily.

It took Aiko some time to get used to her companion. She gently petted him and he melted under her hands.

Coming back to her body. She had that belly with a nice line and not-so-sunken belly button. It was much more sunken previously, but now it wasn’t.

Her hips were wide, begging for a wrap, while her cheeks were round and smackable. In terms of size, they were on the smaller side, but that was fine with Aiko since she would like to sneak around more later.

Like the rest of her body, her legs were made of the finest Jade. They were long and thin, overall, Aiko was very thin, which just gave her an innocent aura, but her face was telling a different story.

She could finally move her toes individually, which she previously could only in her Dew Form. It might’ve been because the Transformation Technique was incomplete, but it felt much more complete right now.

Her toes were small and cute. Her nails were black, but she would definitely want to paint them differently as they gave her a different air.

Likewise, her arms were slimmer than most, and her even slimmer fingers tempted others to hold them and warm them up.

Aiko was very satisfied with these fingers, since she needed something like this for her Inscriptions and Alchemy. Her short and not-so-slim fingers in her Dew Form got in the way...

The tiny spider finished wrapping Aiko in spider silk.

Aiko noticed that this spider silk was not the one from her Storage Ring, since it was much more luxurious.

The small jumping spider spat more Silk and used it as provisional clothing for Aiko, so that she would not be naked.

Aiko giggled as she rolled around to pat the tiny jumping spider.

Since she was now clothed, she wondered what her real Tails would look like.

She recalled the [Little Nightmares] to see her true tails.

And as expected, they were as glamorous as she expected.

Excluding the size which could easily wrap Aiko a few times and then some. They were incredibly bushy and soft, so soft that they could compare to that spider silk she stored in her Storage Rings.

Aiko narrowed her eyes. ’Maybe it mixed with my tails to make them like this?’ It was a plausible assumption.

Aiko also felt much better when it came to her mind. She had never noticed until now, but her mind was quite hazy and it was hard to do overly complicated things, but now she felt liberated, like the previous time was just a dream!

’I can definitely work with this.’ Aiko smirked mischievously.

”I wonder what I should do with Mei when I meet her~” Aiko giggled. She was unaware of how much time passed...

But while Aiko was doing that there was an idea.

”I got the Spiritual Treasures.” Aiko smirked. She first called out a small Ancient Spiritual Water.

It was just a tiny blob of water that was floating on her palm, but Aiko felt intimate with it and could gauge its properties.

’What an incredible little thing.’ Aiko narrowed her eyes. ’I will definitely feed you the [Heavenly Blessed Light-Water].’ She smirked.

This little water was able to obtain the properties of other waters, but it was still too weak to take over other Spiritual Treasures.

’I will feed you nicely, so that you can grow big and strong~’ Aiko took Mei’s words to heart and she would do everything in her power to raise everyone well! She might indulge in things a bit, but that was only natural~!

The next one, she called the Spiritual Flame, the [Mellow Azure Spiritual Flame]!

”...” Aiko blinked a few times.

”...” The Spiritual Flame expressionlessly stared at Aiko.

”Grandpa?” Aiko tilted her head.

The Spiritual Flame choked. ”H-hello, not-so-little Fox.”

Aiko blinked a few times. It felt like she didn’t register his words.

”HUH?!” Aiko recoiled. ”What happened to you, Grandpa?!”

”Some bastard threw my body outside the barrier when I was trying to finish my plans.” The Little Flame clicked its tongue.

”... Are you alright?” Aiko asked, concerned. She didn’t care that her Grandpa was her Spiritual Flame, since she would be able to keep him that way!

”I’m doing great. A bit weak, but I should be able to manifest my real body if you feed me well.” The former Azure Dragon said.

Aiko nodded gently. ”I will naturally feed you well~!” She beat her chest which swayed nicely.

The Spiritual Flame coughed up Essence (’Blood’). He didn’t expect such a destructive power from the newly Evolved not-so-little Fox.

”Are you alright, Grandpa?!” Aiko was startled.

”You have matured well.” The Grandpa held his ’bleeding’ nose as he gave a thumbs up.

”Hehe~ What a pervert~” Aiko smiled mischievously as she hugged the tiny flame with the face of the Azure Dragon into her boobs.

It took a bit for the Spiritual Flame to realise what just happened and he immediately erupted in flames before waning away...

”Oh... he passed out.” Aiko giggled and stored him back into her body. She did the same with the Spiritual Water.

’This is so convenient. It doesn’t take any space or anything and I can take it with me~!’ Aiko smiled happily

Unlike other Spiritual Treasures (Elemental Spirits) which were mostly tied to the body. Aiko’s Spiritual Treasures were tied to the Souls.

Even if someone possessed her body, they would not be able to make use of it as the most important things would leave with Aiko’s Soul!

”And here I wanted to start making the Cauldron...” Aiko sighed, maybe she shouldn’t have teased him so much, but he was being so cute that she couldn’t help herself!

”Now I can’t make it until he wakes up.” Aiko pouted. She still had that kind of personality, but now since she was in THAT kind of body. It had a completely different devastating effect!

”I really want to stretch, but I should visit Mei first...” Aiko pouted as she kicked her legs.

”Hm? What is that?” There was some kind of paper on the ground and next to it were even more papers.

A certain Travelling Merchant’s note:

Aiko was unable to read it, but she felt like this person was sincere. He also prepared some kind of cake for her with numerous meaty snacks.

”When did I scare a merchant?” Aiko tilted her head. She was unaware of when something like that happened.

Aiko placed it away and picked up another note. ”Oh, this smells like Luna.” She narrowed her eyes. ”But this feels a bit too holy for my current personality.” She tapped her fingers on her juicy thigh.

”I will stash it away for the time being, since I feel like I would just make fun of it...” Aiko sighed. She would definitely read it later!

She then picked up what looked like books.

’How to take care of your Fluff.’

’How to take care of your family’s Fluff.’

And so on.

Aiko was speechless at how many volumes and different genres this had. It went from simple fluff care to straight-up Kama Sutra!

”Hehe~” Aiko grinned like a pervert. ”Thank you, Luna~!”

She would absolutely make good use of this.

”There was also a bag with something nice smelling inside, but my instincts tell me that I shouldn’t take it right now!” Aiko nodded seriously.

The last thing that she wanted to try before she went after Mei was the cake and meat from the mysterious merchant.

Aiko licked her lips as she tasted the cake first.

”Not bad.” Aiko liked fruit-based cakes the most.

Then she tested the meat...

”It’s not quite on par with the system meat, but it’s still delicious!” Aiko was grateful to that mysterious merchant for such a gift~!