Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

”The ’Central’ Sect, huh...” Yuan nodded her head. ”They would always kick up a fuss when something didn’t go their way.”

”Considering how stuck up they are, I’m shocked that the other Sect allowed them to take the name ’Heavenly’.” Mei snorted disdainfully.

”Blackmail is a powerful thing.” Yuan shrugged. She thought that it was due to blackmail, but it was worse than that.

The other Sects revelled at the thought of worshipping that Sect, only because they had the most prodigies and thus most resources.

”It’s not just that.” Mei shook her head.

”I know, but I wanted to see them in a better light...” Yuan groaned as one of her aspirations in her life was to join that Sect.

Needless to say, that aspiration didn’t last all that long...

”Don’t worry, the Beast Sect will turn out better than you expect.” Mei chuckled sinisterly.

”How can you be so sure?” Yuan was sometimes speechless at this group’s confidence.

”We have Aiko.” Mei laughed heartily.

”We have Aiko...” Yuan repeated those words before sighing. ”We have Aiko.” She decided to give up and not think about it, since it was true that Aiko coming to this place was a big turning point for everything.

The Evil Elders wouldn’t become that shameless if those ’meat’ pieces didn’t arrive here, but what was more, those ’meat’ pieces even mocked them, making them more reckless in what they were doing.

Yuan knew that the conspiracy ran deeper than that, but even then she was unable to act because of her own worry.

”But what about the other Sects?” Yuan tilted her head.

”What about them?” Mei tilted her head as she sipped her tea.

”I mean, we are pretty much at war with them, no?” Yuan glared at Mei, but she didn’t try to accuse her of anything, since she understood that they were safe because of this group’s ridiculous nature.

”Only with the Northern Sect.” Mei chuckled, confusing Yuan.

Yuan couldn’t understand this confidence, so she simply asked her. ”But we killed their Elders and everything...”

”It’s not about the Elders.” Mei chuckled even more sinisterly. ”Those were just failures that barely managed to get into the last human cultivation stage. Well, at least everyone outside the Northern Sect. Those guys were more confident about their so-called ’prophecy’.”

”I don’t understand...” Yuan always avoided confrontation, which was also probably why things ended the way they did.

Did she regret what happened to her...?

That was difficult to say. She did wish things to turn out differently, but she was not creative enough to make those changes.

She could only silently lament at her poor judgement and skills.

”The only one who was serious about the invasion was the Northern Sect.” Mei explained, since she knew that Yuan needed to expand her horizons.

”The only Sect that had high quality continental flying ships was the Northern Sect. The others send either half-broken or damaged products.”

”That means they never truly trusted the Northern Sect, as the other Sects wouldn’t be able to earn as much.”

Mei then suddenly smiled even more sinisterly. ”Then tell me, which human cultivation stage is the most troublesome?”

”The Mahayana Stage?” Yuan tilted her head.

”At least you understand that part.” Mei chuckled.

”I don’t...” Yuan pursed her lips. She knew that they were trouble, but she never understood why.

”...” Mei sighed, truly a foolish duo, but both of them were earnest about their part.

”You don’t have to understand it, but I will still explain.” Mei smiled faintly, this was not a bad feeling.

When she was in the Immortal World, everyone was trying to maintain a subtle distance, maybe because she never earned the right to get True Kitsune Form, but that couldn’t be helped.

In her life she was neither skilled in cultivation nor relationship. She didn’t pretty much have anyone...

”It’s because they are resources sinks. Endless holes devouring everything that comes into their hands.” Mei snorted disdainfully at that thought.

”But why would they be, can’t they just ascend?” Yuan felt like she was missing something.

”It’s only natural that you don’t know, but it doesn’t end with the Mahayana Stage.” Mei slowly shook her head.

”Just stepping into that stage doesn’t immediately mean you will be able to ascend. Rather the Mortal World will force you to ascend once you fulfil all the conditions. And no, you can’t prevent it, so survival depends on how caught off guard you are.” Mei pursed her lips. Her previous ascend was... kindly put, rough.

Thanks to that, her cultivation fate was sealed and she was unable to progress smoothly.

”I didn’t know that...” Yuan was startled that it was even more complicated later on.

”It’s only natural that you don’t know. You are not at that stage yet.” Mei chuckled. ”But anyway, the Human Cultivators that barely reach the Mahayana Stage, will have a hard time gathering enough Qi to fulfil one of the requirements.”

”Thus they pretty much become dependent on how many resources they can consume to aid their cultivation.”

”And because it’s Mahayana Stage, normal Pills won’t work.” Yuan’s eyes widened. She now understood a few things that she was missing.

”No wait, this is ridiculous.” Yuan suddenly realised the reason. ”Were they getting rid of a burden so that more resources would flow downwards?!”

Mei just smiled, not saying anything.

Yuan suddenly got the chills

”Culling. The most efficient way to get rid of excessive ’fat’.” Mei sipped her tea. ”Well there are better names for it, but culling seems the most fitting, don’t you think?”

”Gosh...” Yuan panicked, since she felt that Mei might actually do that once there are ’burdens’ around them.

”We have no intention of doing that.” Mei interrupted Yuan’s thoughts.

”Huh? I thought you would do it.” Yuan blinked blankly at Mei.

”We are Beasts, not Humans.” Mei rolled her eyes. ”It’s obvious that some human limitations won’t affect us.”

”Our main issue is knowledge, huh?” Yuan nodded her head slowly as her eyes closed.

However, those closed eyes didn’t last long. She suddenly shot them open.

”Y-you want to use the Beast Sect as a remedy for that part?!” Yuan was shocked once she realised that Mei’s plans run much deeper than she expected.

”Oh my, would you like a cookie?” Mei genuinely giggled. It was so refreshing to see someone’s growth in real time.

”You know that they will rip your head off if they realise it, right?” Yuan was quite scared of her.

”We have Aiko.” Mei smiled from ear to ear. ’Let Aiko do her chants and they will have no reason to antagonise us.’

Yuan groaned. She didn’t think that Mei could be so shameless, but Yuan was learning a lot from her!

”Let’s not discuss this again. I feel like I will stumble over another Boom-Shroom.” Yuan shuddered. She was much happier filling that paperwork and spanking her- *Ahem*

Mei giggled. ”Suit yourself, but you are still leading the Foxes.” She had no intention to reduce her already limited time!

”Ugh...” Yuan groaned, but it was not like she would be able to reject that.

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Moon Aiko paced outside. She didn’t want to be inside since her thoughts would drift.

’But they wanted a portable massager. Does it possibly have to be something light that they could use?’ Moon Aiko raised her eyebrow.

’What if I made the shafts vibrate?’ Moon Aiko had a good idea, but then she suddenly groaned. ’I don’t think I will be able to easily set up the vibration strength considering the limited space on the toy.

’What if the vibrator itself was small and connected to the actual vibrating part by a string?’ Moon Aiko thought she could do that, but then what would the consumption be like? Astronomical? There was no way she would be able to do that without issues.

’Then how about making it bigger...’ Moon Aiko thought that she could use that strange wooden horse that was inside the house.

’Slap a dick on it and you can ride it.’ Moon Aiko nodded her head, but then she paused. ’There is a reason why they like small portable things...’ She groaned and lamented that she didn’t have enough toy experience to come up with something nice.

”You are still here?” Mei already thought that Aiko would leave.

”Unfortunately.” Moon Aiko sighed.

”Seems like you had a rough time, huh?” Mei shook her head.

”Let’s not talk about that. Are they finished?” Moon Aiko didn’t want to think about that part either, but that one was important...

”A long time ago, we had a discussion about the mainland.” Mei smiled faintly.

”Shoot, I should’ve stayed then...” Moon Aiko groaned, since she was curious about the mainland and how it would look.

”You will have your fill, let’s take our time for now.” Mei believed that the Cauldron and other parts were more important right now.

”Are you planning something?” Moon Aiko tilted her head.

”Bonding time.” Mei giggled.

”Phew, I thought that you would get some weird ideas about bondage...” Moon Aiko shuddered.

’So she doesn’t like it, huh...’ Mei made a mental memo. ”What do you think about me?” She snorted unhappily.

”So, what is your plan?” Moon Aiko ignored that remark.

”Cauldrons.” Mei licked her lips. While she never specialised in crafting Cauldrons, she had enough information to create a Cauldron that could last against 3rd Grade Pills.

”Oh, I’m definitely looking forward to this~” Moon Aiko hummed, following Mei...

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{Somewhere in an unknown place.}

”So, what will we do now?” The drunk patrons asked the duo.

”We are currently assisting the Princess through this so-called ’system’. Although we had to clear it up from that damned Vixen and ex-fiancé, there is still a lot of work to do.” The shrouded youth said simply, but it was obvious the work was hard.

”She also doesn’t know how to properly invoke us, so any direct conversation uses Providence, which is not cheap.” The girl next to him added clicking her tongue.

”We have a lot of Cultivation Manuals, can’t we send them over?” One patron asked them.

”Have you forgotten where we live?” The duo rolled their eyes.

This place was fundamentally different to the outside world. What worked easily outside, would not work in this space and vice versa.

However, this introduced a troublesome situation where they had to run around the Immortal World and steal things in order to introduce them into the [Primordial Shop].

Not that those so-called ’Mighty Sects’ could do anything, but it still took a lot of time and sometimes the Princess had... very detailed demands.

Well, nothing that they could do right now. They will protect their Princess by sending a few uncles here and there to stabilise the situation and help around against the privy eyes!

The patrons groaned. They knew that this place was special, but it never occurred to them, it would be THAT special.

They would just have to suck it up until their Princess didn’t do anything that broke the balance...