Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

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”At least she is having fun, right...?” Even Aiko was startled at how many boulders Yueying was able to throw.

Or even just effortlessly ripping them out of the mountain, how ridiculous was that?!

Aiko shook her head. Yueying was single-handedly keeping those Cultivators in check, and it was not just Human Cultivators, but also Beast Cultivators.

A lot of them had already given up, and only masochists remained, but their numbers dwindled faster than Aiko could blink.

”We should go inside...” Aiko didn’t know how to deal with this kind of Yueying, so she would just not deal with it at all.

”...” Yanyan didn’t want to voice her thoughts, but her feet still followed right behind the Fox.

She didn’t want to badmouth her Princess, but what she was currently doing was too scary for her.

Yanyan could no longer compare in strength to the Princess. It felt so ridiculous, almost like the Princess now was so much stronger than the Princess before.

But that definitely must be her imagination, since her Princess shouldn’t be this strong!

...

”You have left meeeeeeeee!” Yueying came dashing at them with a heartbroken expression.

Aiko’s lips twitched, and she glanced at Yanyan as she was being brutally tackled by Yueying.

”I didn’t expect such an expressive third stage...” Yanyan didn’t think that her Princess would cry so much just because they went inside.

This was quite bothersome, since it signified that she was more than just fond of this Fox.

Yanyan had to change plans, but first...

”Yes, yes...” Aiko patted Yueying. ”We should eat now. Aren’t you hungry? I still have a bit of that meat.”

Yueying’s hidden ears twitched.

Looking closely, those weren’t human ears, but long, sharp ears.

They were quite cute as they were thinner than normal human ears.

Aiko pulled out the meat, and Yueying trained her eyes on it immediately.

”I will lose all my meat...” Aiko wanted to cry, but this was a much better option than taking care of Yueying.

Aiko had no idea how to take care of her properly, so she would just feed her some meat, which should tire her out, maybe give her some toys and let her stick around.

’Let’s hope this form doesn’t last long.’ Aiko groaned slightly, still feeling the aftereffects of that impact.

...

They sat around the table that Aiko had prepared.

Yueying was quietly munching on her meat slowly, so that it would last longer.

She kind of looked like a squirrel slowly taking it piece by piece.

However, even at this point, Aiko was not allowed to move.

Yueying’s tail was wrapped around Aiko’s waist, not allowing her to move all that far.

This made Aiko concerned, but she had already figured out a plan that would allow her to go rest in her room and just sleep through this whole mess.

It was definitely not a perfect, foolproof plan, but it should last until she switched her mood again.

”Full?” Aiko smiled gently at Yueying, and she nodded cutely.

Aiko felt no remorse about what she was about to do. She was tired of the kid-like Yueying and raging Yueying. Now added the crying Yueying, it was simply too much for Aiko...

Yueying nodded her head slowly. She was just finishing a few last pieces, but she really wasn’t in the mood to do anything.

”I will give you something to play with if you let me go~” Aiko patted Yueying gently, she was aiming for her escape.

Yueying shook her head with tears in the corners of her eyes.

Aiko pulled out 10 Spirit Crystals, making Yanyan spit out her tea with a shocked expression.

”You can play with these if you let me go.” Aiko still kept her smile; this was not too much for her if she could rest away from Yueying.

”Can I keep them?” Yueying’s eyes sparkled.

”Sure.” Aiko didn’t mind; she just wanted to go out! ’I will never have kids.’

Just one adult was enough to exhaust her.

’... I’m sorry, Mei...’ Aiko realised how much she burdened Mei with her constant running around. She would definitely make up to her once she returned from this place!

Aiko shook her head gently as Yueying’s tail let her go.

She immediately dashed into her room and set up a talisman that would keep the crying Yueying out.

She added one more talisman for sound, so that she wouldn’t be disturbed.

With preparations done, she used more Spirit Crystals for the bed and added extra padding to make it extra soft.

She would absolutely sleep through this whole thing! She would absolutely not deal with this!

-----

Meanwhile, outside, Yueying changed again.

”What did I tell you about coming into Sacred Realm without proper equipment?! You could’ve died even before encountering me!” Yueying switched to a scolding teacher stage this time and was running Yanyan dry.

”I’m sorry.” Yanyan almost cried. ’Why did she leave? Did she know that I badmouthed her? Please come back, I can’t take this...’ She was praying that the hateful Fox would return, and was also scolded by Yueying.

”Tsk. If you were at least a bit like Aiko, I would worry about you less.” Yueying had Spirit Crystals that could be found only in the Immortal World. How was it possible that Aiko, who was in the Mortal World, could obtain them?

It was simply impossible, so this showed how powerful Aiko was.

’I take it back. Stupid Fox.’ Yanyan started to cry as she was ’beaten’ by her Princess.

...

”If we were to find the core, we would be able to find the owner of this place or even make it ours.” Yueying changed again and again.

Yanyan was almost without energy, since this kind of Yueying was highly intelligent and was able to disassemble even abnormal situations and figure them out.

Yanyan... was smart, but nowhere near Yueying just was. This made it difficult to follow her, but it was not like her Princess would slow down just because of that.

”Moreover, even if we don’t find where the core of this place is, we can still figure out the most priceless Treasures that could be found inside this place.” Yueying slammed the table.

”Thus, we should figure out more about this place as it could give us basic coordinates that we can follow.” Yueying concluded and stared at Yanyan.

’I want a raise...’ Yanyan still didn’t recover from the previous stages, but her Princess wouldn’t stop. ”But the Fox already destroyed the pedestal, is there a way to figure that out?” She just had to make up a good reason to keep Yueying busy, and then she would be able to sneak out like that hateful Fox did!

It was a good plan, and with good wording, it would definitely work.

”I know Runes, but it’s not like I can translate everything.” Yanyan shook her head. ”So where should we go?” She fed her Princess bits of ideas before preparing to sneak out.

”That’s true.” Yueying nodded her head. The pedestal was destroyed, and the only source of that energy was annihilated by Aiko.

This place was also flooded by Qi, so it was difficult to find that remnant energy when it was drowned out.

”We will have to set up a Formation, add a few Spirit Stones...” Yueying was so busy that she didn’t notice Yanyan missing at all.

’Dummy Yueying.’ Yanyan sniffled as she wrapped herself in bedsheets, trying to sleep peacefully in this disaster.

She knew that she shouldn’t do this, but there are usually around 10 Dragons that take care of the Dragon going through these stages. That just shows how difficult it is to do it in 2.

And one dipped in the middle, no less, so Yanyan had to give out energy compared to 10 Dragons.

To add insult to the injury, Yueying didn’t just finish the 3 basic stages, but it seemed like she would go through them all, adding even more burden on them.

’Let’s just hope she will skip that stage, or my head might roll.’ Yanyan cried inside her mind, but right now she just wanted to knock herself out and let the future deal with itself!

-----

Aiko was peacefully sleeping when the protective talisman slowly burned out.

Of course, it was not because of time, that talisman would’ve been able to burn for a few more hours.

To add to that, the talisman that kept the sound out didn’t burn out, making this place isolated from the outside.

A certain horned girl sneaked around Aiko’s room. She was not mesmerised by that bed at all, but by the being that slept on it.

Approaching it slowly without making any sound, she was able to crawl right next to Aiko without her even realising.

She gently caressed the sleeping, cute Fox, stirring her awake.

Aiko yawned cutely, blinking slowly. This was a nice wake-up, but she was still tired.

”5 more minutes.” Aiko immediately fell asleep, startling the girl.

’Am I not pretty enough...?’ She wondered slowly and decided to take a few layers off.

Those would not be needed for the upcoming ’privacy’.

She waited 5 more minutes before stirring Aiko awake again.

”Ugh...” Aiko squirmed and smacked her lips. Her tail stretched and curled back; it seemed like Aiko didn’t like to sleep with too many tails since they would get in the way.

Her ears twitched a few times before they lay flat yet again.

”10 more minutes.” Moon Aiko smacked her lips.

Nightmare Aiko was so tired that only Moon Aiko was left outside.

Yueying playfully bit her, but she only got a giggle in return before Aiko went back to sleep.

At this point, Yueying was questioning her sexiness and seductive capabilities.

It felt like she was in front of an iron wall that didn’t budge, no matter what she did.

However, at the same time, she didn’t want to progress with the sleeping Aiko. The imprint wouldn’t be proper and would count as self-imposed.

Yueying didn’t want that at all, so she did what her mother taught her. Respecting her partner’s wishes, yet gently pushing forward until she said a clear stop.

Yueying didn’t lack theoretical knowledge, but when it came to practice, it was difficult.

Normally, she was chased by Dragons the moment she stepped foot out of her house.

It was so bad that her brother from the other family started to hate her.

The other family then caused this whole mess, but Yueying was grateful.

Without their shitty idiocy, she would not have met Aiko and many wonderful individuals.

Her knowledge and insight were broadened, and she realised how insignificant young Dragons from her Tribe were.

It was hilarious how they prided themselves on techniques and such, yet they wouldn’t even last against one of Aiko’s companions.

Aiko’s companions would be absolutely weaker, but their proficiency was much higher.

They understood the important thing about cultivation, unlike the young Dragons...

Yueying snuggled up to Aiko and gently caressed her face.

-----

Aiko woke up from her sleep, a hand touching her face.

She squirmed and blinked until her eyesight focused up.

In front of her was Yueying.

As her senses returned, she realised there was a faint scent on her lips and that they were quite wet.

”I wish you wouldn’t wake up...” Yueying murmured softly, but Aiko questioned what she had just heard...