Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Moon Aiko decided to have some small fauna extinction at their last stop.

The last stop would be right before the Nightmare Forest, making it both safe and dangerous.

Most Human Cultivators would not approach this close without a small army, so they would be safe from those things even if they were spotted.

And since this is the Outer part of the Nightmare Forest, the Beasts won’t be THAT powerful to cause issues.

The Fox Elders would have more work to do, but nothing they can do about that. You have to work sometimes if you want to eat well~!

Moon Aiko slowly nodded her head when an alert was issued.

”There is a continental flying ship approaching!” The Fox Elder sitting behind the Map Table shouted and other Fox Elder immediately spread their Divine Senses.

”This individual is at the Grandmaster stage, we should be careful.” The Fox Elders motioned for everyone to hide if they could.

”It’s fine.” Dai Lu smiled. ”This one is a friend. He was supposed to pick up one of the continental flying ships.”

The Fox Elders groaned. It was never a good idea to be so easygoing, but watching the subtle pressure from their own Grandmaster... They just gave up.

”Oh? He is coming?” Moon Aiko smiled and trotted over.

”Yeah. He is late.” Dai Lu seriously nodded her head.

”Eh, it’s not like we had a concrete plan for when we would leave.” Moon Aiko shrugged.

”That might be true, but this makes some things difficult for us.” Dai Lu chuckled.

”Why are you chuckling like that when it makes things difficult?” Moon Aiko couldn’t understand the thought process.

”Of course, if he made things difficult for us, then he should take responsibility for it.” Dai Lu licked her lips. She just recruited another powerful individual as guard~!

”Ah...” Moon Aiko nodded her head sagely. ”So when are the kids coming?”

Dai Lu stiffened, while Aiko kept staring at her.

”You have 5 breaths to start running.” Dai Lu’s smile was twitching. She really wanted to spank Aiko, but considering her current prowess that might hurt her.

The 5 breaths should be enough for Moon Aiko to get far enough that Dai Lu’s subconscious would stop.

”But I need to be on this for it to keep flying...” Moon Aiko nervously scratched her head.

Dai Lu froze for a moment. ”It’s so difficult to hold back...”

”Hello.” The Grandmaster from Southern Sect stepped onto the flying boat with void steps.

”You are late.” Dai Lu snorted at him. Fortunately he came over and saved Aiko.

”*Cough* Yes.” The Grandmaster was aware of what that little Fox said, so he was quite awkward.

”Let me punch you.” Dai Lu immediately noticed his thought and made a nice fistful.

”Erm... is that a good idea when we are here?” The Grandmaster immediately made excuses, since he didn’t want to fight a friend.

”No worries, Aiko planned to rebuild this flying boat.” Dai Lu immediately dismissed his worries.

”Haha...” The Grandmaster looked towards the small Fox for help.

”If you can give me a blueprint on how to make it, you can duke it out.” Moon Aiko shrugged. Since the aggro was not on her any more, she didn’t need to worry about the consequences.

”Hmpf.” Dai Lu snorted and turned around.

”Don’t be mad. I have more good alcohol.” The Grandmaster soothed his friend.

”Cloud Wine?” Dai Lu’s ears twitched.

”Finely aged.” The Grandmaster chuckled.

”Oho~” Dai Lu immediately turned into a blooming flower, making everyone cough awkwardly.

They couldn’t believe this was the same Fox with half of her body burned and ripped tails.

”We can use the house, right?” Dai Lu pointed at the house on the flying boat that Aiko used before.

”It’s not high-quality, but sure.” Moon Aiko didn’t reject this, since she already knew what Dai Lu was planning.

’Keeping him here means we have another Grandmaster level protection.’ Moon Aiko nodded her head before she went to the Table Map.

Meanwhile, the Dai Lu guided the Grandmaster from the Southern Sect inside for a drink.

Moon Aiko kept checking the map, but it didn’t seem like they were followed, so she would rest for the time being.

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”How are you doing?” The Grandmaster asked cautiously.

”I’m feeling great. I can’t believe how much things have changed.” Dai Lu sighed. The Fox Village was a lot more cheerful and everyone was a lot happier. She didn’t feel any pain while walking or breathing, her tails recovered and her strength returned.

So many things changed in the span of a few years that she couldn’t believe it.

And at the centre of this was the small Fox...

”I can see that...” The Grandmaster nodded his head.

”So~, when will you get your name back?” Dai Lu smirked at him.

”I wonder...” He leaned back. ”I’m not completely free yet, but we are moving the Sect too.” He groaned. There was so much to do that he wanted to just stay here for a while.

”Huh?” Dai Lu spilled her wine, but just before it hit the ground she slurped it back into her mouth. ”Phew...”

”Shocking right? I also didn’t expect that, but once we contacted the mainland ’Southern Sect’, everything became more apparent.” He shrugged.

”Is it that bad?” Dai Lu pursed her lips.

”The tension is everywhere.” He shook his head. ”It seems like the Beast Sect will welcome the Foxes with open arms since the Fox Sect could no longer operate normally.”

”What...?” Dai Lu was speechless. ’Did Mei predict this too?’ She didn’t read her mind all that much these days, due to what happened to her clothes.

”Yeah, apparently the Fox Sect withdrew support from everywhere so we are lacking illusion specialists and other occupations.” He chuckled, but was not worried.

”You seem at ease.” Dai Lu found it weird.

”I feel... light.” He sighed. His biggest burden was how she was injured, but now that she was fine and energetic he felt a lot better.

”But you still have demons inside you.” Dai Lu snorted.

”I’m working on those. Half of them are already gone, and the other half is just a matter of time.” He nodded his head seriously.

”I see.” Dai Lu nodded her head seriously. ”So, wanna Dual Cultivate to speed things up?” She teased him like this before, but it was always fun.

*Pffft*

The Grandmaster choked on his wine.

”How rude.” Dai Lu puffed up her cheeks.

”I’m too old for this...” He cleared his throat and the spilled wine.

”Believe it or not I still have my charms.” Dai Lu pulled on her bra making him choke even more.

”Believe it or not, I don’t have the stamina to follow you.” He said seriously.

”But you still have your tongu-” Even before Dai Lu could finish her teasing he already closed her mouth with a tasty snack.

”Salted fish~” Dai Lu melted from the taste, no longer teasing him.

”Seriously...” He sighed. She was always like this, but she never fancied that many Human Cultivators.

Well, she was not interested in Foxes, since most of them were unwilling to pick up the sword and follow her training regime.

Their group was one of the few who was willing to do that, but he was too stupid at that time...

”So, when do we fuck?” Dai Lu learned from Aiko well!

*Cough!* *Choke*

”Are you trying to kill me?!” He was coughing like his life depended on it.

”What? I heard that this works?” Dai Lu put finger on her soft lips and tilted her head.

”Ugh.” He immediately avoided that sight since he was quite bothered by it.

”Not working huh...” Dai Lu pondered. ”Should I come in just my robes next time?”

”When have you become so shameless?!” He was now scared for his frail heart.

”What? I’m helping you.” Dai Lu rolled her eyes.

”How are you helping?!” He was flabbergasted at her shamelessness.

”Check your Heart Demons.” Dai Lu snorted unhappily. ”By this point half of them should have got a heart attack.”

”What kind of bullshit...” The Grandmaster couldn’t believe she believed in such superstition.

He carefully checked his Heart Demons and...

”What the fuck...?” He couldn’t wrap his head around it. About 3/5th of them were on the floor not moving.

”See? Told ya?” Dai Lu shrugged while loosening her upper robe.

”There is no need for that!” He immediately stopped her.

”Why not? We can deal with the rest now?” Dai Lu played innocent, but he wouldn’t be fooled this time!

”It’s fine! I can deal with them once I get the continental flying ship.” He waved his hand before tying her robes back.

”You are very skilled at this. How many times did you do this?” Dai Lu smirked at him.

”I didn’t do anything like this!” He could feel his blood pressure rising in more ways than just one.

”You were always the cutest to tease.” Dai Lu nodded her head approvingly before sipping more of her wine.

”Ugh...” He groaned unhappily. ”Where did you even learn this?” He never heard about Heart Demons or Inner Demons, could disappear so easily!

”From the ’small Fox’.” Dai Lu chuckled.

”...” He blinked a few times. ”That makes sense...”

”You are also her believer?” Dai Lu titled her head.

”It’s hard to not believe when she wipes out half of the mountain of poisonous Herbs and flowers. Moreover, she also is cunning and knows how to play, so it’s not a stretch to say that she would be able to come up with something like this.” He shrugged, but deep inside he still couldn’t believe it.

”You are not fooling anyone.” Dai Lu laughed. He was as easy to read as ever.

”I still have to get used to this...” He scratched his head. ”It’s hard to imagine that such a small Fox could cause such a destructive stampede.”

”Don’t poke the hornets’ nest.” Dai Lu chuckled sinisterly.

”Indeed, but this can’t really compare to hornets... This is on the scale of Dragons.” He nodded his head seriously.

”So don’t poke the Dragons’ Nest?” Dai Lu tilted her head. She thought that was a bit overblown since this was not even the mainland.

”Don’t underestimate the scale, even the mainland would have issues stopping it.” The Grandmaster shrugged. ”We were able to minimise the damages since most of the stampede was focused on other parts.”

”I did hear something about that, but I didn’t think that Aiko would be so nice.” Dai Lu touched her cheeks, still not believing it...