Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

The last corridor was in front of her. Moon Aiko was curious what would be in this one.

This corridor was much more decorated and also very long. Moon Aiko’s curiosity peaked.

And she was immediately disappointed.

What did she find to be disappointed?

”Fucking pervert...” Moon Aiko groaned as she observed the overly large bed and the numerous paintings of what were probably supposed to be Immortal beauties.

Moon Aiko clicked her tongue, she would tear this room apart, but first she would inspect everything, just in case something had actual value.

And to her shock, or possibly not, everything was valuable.

The bed? A priceless Treasure. The paintings? Also, priceless Treasures that were even moving! What about the fur carpets and normal carpets? Most of them were from extinct materials (Beasts)!

’I’m upset I can’t actually take them.’ Moon Aiko clicked her tongue. All of these had the ’modifier’ [Soul Bound], meaning that if she took them, the person who they were bound to would know her location at all times.

Could her tails prevent that? Yes, but Moon Aiko wouldn’t be able to use them then, so it would be bad to take them.

The Demonic Foxes? Moon Aiko didn’t verify if he couldn’t come over into the ’space’ that her tails created, so she didn’t want to risk anything.

As for her system, it was silent. She might not be able to talk about this issue, but this simply reinforced her prediction further.

”Hmpf.” Moon Aiko snorted as she pulled out a large torch out of her tails. ”Nobody said I would leave this place intact!”

She threw the torch down. It fizzled out almost immediately, but the fur below it still caught ablaze.

Why did it fizzle out at first? This place was probably protected by more Inscriptions and Arrays, making it difficult to destroy. That’s also why Moon Aiko picked the fur pelt that would burn the brightest even with little flame.

Just a cinder was enough to light it ablaze, making for spectacular fire.

”Kekekeke.” Moon Aiko laughed sinisterly. ”Dumbass doesn’t understand he needs to fireproof it even when something catches fire.” This situation could be prevented if the person who created it would add another Inscription to extinguish already started fires on the ’art’, but that was not the case.

And that’s only natural. Nobody would dare burn this room as it was just an artistic expression in the Immortal World. Moreover, most would simply ignore it, seeing the Array that extinguished most natural and unnatural flame. And to top it off, nobody really wanted to piss him off, so...

”Burn, burn~” Moon Aiko hummed. This was unlike her and that was obvious, looking closely it was actually Sun Aiko peeking through for a brief moment.

”Phew.” Moon Aiko was more used to changing her forms when she needed to. It was still a bit unstable, but at least her emotions were easier to manage.

”I did good.” Moon Aiko believed that she had done a great service. Especially since that pervert used this room a lot, considering the paintings.

What she didn’t know was that this room was also used as storage for the paintings. They were given to the owner of this place for safekeeping, so Aiko burning them was a...

...

Moon Aiko watched everything catch ablaze. She waited for a while to make sure everything would burn nicely before turning around.

There, the cute doe was staring at her.

”Want to warm up?” Moon Aiko shamelessly and with impassive expression suggested.

But a cute smile was still plastered on her lips.

”... You are crazy.” The doe felt like she chose the wrong person to be contracted to, but that was already water under the bridge. She would have to deal with the aftermath now.

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’Why thank you.” Moon Aiko smiled like it was a great praise to her.

”...” Xinyue rolled her eyes. It was simply unbelievable what Aiko achieved in this short span of time and how many things she was able to mess up.

The heart in the previous corridor? Xinyue ’heard’ about this from her ’father’ that it was supposed to be used to enslave the Glacial Dragons.

The Herb? That was supposed to tie the Immortal Empress in the Golden Palace.

Needless to say, everything would now be messed up. Would it cause a war? That’s the brightest outlook one could have. It would not be a stretch to say that what would happen next would be an absolute carnage...!

”Fine, I will warm up.” Xinyue gave up thinking about the situation. Since she followed Aiko around, she was a bit chilly from the heart, so it would be better to warm up a bit before leaving.

”Wait, where did you store the heart? Wouldn’t that cause issues?” Xinyue suddenly asked Aiko, concerned about the answer.

”It will be fine.” Even when Aiko stored the polluted blood into her tails, nothing else was affected. In similar fashion, nothing would change just because she threw it into her tails.

”I would love to have your confidence or arrogance?” Xinyue thought about it for a while before giving up. It was pointless to even think about it, considering how many miraculous things have happened so far.

”I think we can leave?” Moon Aiko tilted her head.

”You think? If I were the guy I would try to stop us at all cost.” Xinyue rolled her eyes. It was unbelievable that they were still fine, considering what Aiko had done already.

”Oh, shush. It’s not like I twisted his balls, he will recover.” Moon Aiko shrugged. It was a harsh truth, but she didn’t really harm him directly.

If he wanted to keep things safe, he should’ve prevented others from approaching this place.

What she didn’t know was the fact that this place was actually unapproachable.

Then why and how was Aiko able to get here? Well, it all started with the [Soul Domain].

That thing consumed all the energy this place used to maintain itself. Thus, this place suddenly lost a lot of its defences and traps, but if that were it, it would still be hidden.

What nailed the final nail into the coffin were those dead walking herbs. Those things were maintaining the concealment of this place by their numbers, but since they died, nobody was concealing this place any more, revealing it to others to exploit.

”Nonono, he won’t be able to recover.” Xinyue knew about the rewards of this place, but if she uttered them it was possible that she would die, so she could only hint at it.

”Ah, you want to go back? Sure.” However, Moon Aiko completely misinterpreted her gestures and before Xinyue could correct it, she was back inside the tails.

”Well shit...” Xinyue cursed out loud. She didn’t want Aiko to get injured, but she also couldn’t stop her.

How could she stop her when she was so innocently wrecking everything? Would she even understand her words?

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Meanwhile, Moon Aiko was warming up for a while. That cold heart actually did a number on her, even when it was in a ’sealed’ state.

Fortunately, this fire came in handy and Aiko was now ready to leave.

”Well, I will actually miss this place.” Moon Aiko uttered as a silent tear trickled down her cheek.

It was only natural. On the other hand, there was a lot of work to do. From seeing the flying ship, to talking with the whole team, and let’s not forget the Nightmare Owls which might already be causing a mess over there.

”Well, that’s for later.” Moon Aiko nodded seriously as she used [Jaws of ####].

She felt energy leaving her body and a lot of it at that.

”Gosh, I hope I won’t end up injured like last time.” Moon Aiko was concerned, but this time she set up her return point near to where Mei was located, so everything should turn all right...

Moon Aiko felt like sleepiness was overtaking her, so she slowly curled up into her tails and drifted to her dreams...

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”I think Aiko will be returning soon.” Mei paused and suddenly voiced her thoughts.

”What a coincidence, I suddenly feel the same.” Danji smiled at her.

”Tsk.” Mei clicked her tongue.

How did they know that Aiko was returning? Her Soul was strengthened a lot and her entire being was even more ’clear’ even over the large distance.

That meant that she finished her business, whenever she was, and would soon be returning.

”I understand your enthusiasm, but what if she can’t return?” Dai Lu had to voice out that opinion, since she was acting as Mei’s right-hand.

”Is that even possible? Keep in mind she escaped from the Sacred Realm, somehow.” Mei gestured seriously, since that one was a big deal.

”That might be true, but you also have to keep in mind that ’that’ place might be part of the person who messed up this place.” Dai Lu wanted them to be more cautious, to prevent anything unnecessary from happening.

”That’s fair.” Mei nodded her head, but she was still unconcerned.

”It’s Aiko we are talking about.” Yuxi suddenly chimed in. She was so natural that it made everyone speechless.

...

”My apologies for disturbing you. We have found a certain bundle of problems on our premises.” A cute Fox came announcing the arrival of a certain Fox.

”That’s sooner than expected.” Mei raised her eyebrow. Was it possible that Aiko just half-assed it? That’s unlikely. Knowing her, Aiko would try to clean the whole place up.

The cute Fox bowed before leaving.

Mei already knew where Aiko was located due to their connection, so there was no need for a guide.

Of course, she would reward this Fox for giving this information. Rewards and punishments needed to be clearly stated for others not to feel anxious and Mei knew it all too well.

”Let’s go?” Mei smiled and others also nodded. The whole group gathered, walking over to where Aiko was located.

...

”Of course she picked a meadow.” Mei was a bit speechless, but this was so Aiko to do.

”It’s par for the course.” Dai Lu chuckled, while everyone had their individual thoughts, everyone was happy that Aiko returned, especially the Twins.

’What a few toys can do...’ Dai Lu shook her head, but she was also curious about them.

”But this...” Mei suddenly pursed her lips. Didn’t Aiko have a bit too many tails!?