Looking at Lu Shi, who had put on an eye mask and was getting ready to sleep, Li Cuiling asked curiously:

"Shishi, why aren't you meditating? You're sleeping like a normal person. Is this your secret to leveling up?"

ah!

Lu Shi was somewhat speechless, her mind racing. Her eyes darted around, and she sweetly shook Li Cuiling's hand, saying:

“Master! Meditation can improve your magical cultivation, but it’s not as good for your body as sleep! Women need to take better care of themselves. Look, Master, you meditate every day, and you’ve got wrinkles. Sleep is much better for you; it helps you stay young and beautiful. Look how youthful I am.”

Lu Shi's serious nonsense fooled Li Cuiling a bit. After all, her apprentice's appearance was indeed impeccably beautiful. Could sleeping really be good for beauty?

She couldn't help but touch her face. Wrinkles already? She was only sixty-three; for a high-level mage, that was still the prime of life!

This was exactly the effect Lu Shi wanted. She immediately put on the eye mask, reclined the chair, and lay down, all in one smooth motion.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Cuiling said to Wu Chenyi across Lu Shi:

"Chen Yi, keep an eye on things. I'm going to take a nap too. Call me when we get there."

Then, just like Lu Shi, he put on an eye mask and went to sleep.

Wu Chenyi stared blankly at the two women lying beside him, then closed his eyes and began to meditate.

...

Lu Shi hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time. Lately, she was either fighting or on her way to fight.

Now that I have a powerful master by my side, I feel very peaceful when I sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Shi felt a tremor in her body, as if she had been moved. She could no longer feel the softness of the seat beneath her, and her whole body was suspended in the air, with the sound of wind whistling past her ears.

She hurriedly pulled off her blindfold, and what she saw was a clear blue sky, with clouds beneath her feet, and she was being bound in the air by a strange force.

This is 10,000 meters above the ground!

Although Lu Shi could fly, she had never flown to this height before. Usually, only aircraft could fly this high! Immediately, she activated her magic, trying to break free from the invisible restraints on her body.

"I advise you not to do this!" A light and melodious voice rang out behind Lu Shi.

Just as Lu Shi was stunned, her vision blurred, and a woman appeared in mid-air about ten meters in front of her...

What a beautiful woman.

Lu Shi was confident that her current appearance was enough to make any man's heart flutter. But the woman in front of her was in no way inferior to her own, and she possessed a natural charm that could completely captivate anyone who saw her.

When Lu Shi glanced behind the woman, her eyes widened in surprise.

One, two, three, four... seven fluffy tails wagged behind it.

Good heavens, she's a vixen.

"Little girl, you're quite pretty. Would you like to join our Celestial Fox Clan? Our clan really likes beautiful young women," the seven-tailed fox said with a seductive smile.

Thank you for the invitation.

Young lady, I'm not worthy. I'm an old auntie.

"Tell me why you're here." Lu Shi shook her head, her expression serious as she skipped over the topic.

"How ungrateful! What a waste of such a beautiful face." The seven-tailed fox suddenly stepped forward and gently lifted Lu Shi's chin with her right hand.

"Even if you don't say it, I know. Did you come because of the little fox?" Lu Shi turned her head to the side.

"The Hou has come to question my Celestial Fox clan. Although we are not afraid of it, I came specifically to see what's going on since I heard that a member of the Nine-Tailed Fox royal family is out there." The Seven-Tailed Fox withdrew her hand, her smile still as radiant as ever. "Now, hand over my royal bloodline."

Lu Shi rolled her eyes, her entire body surging with magical power.

“Master, this vixen has used a three-elemental fusion magic of mind, wind, and space. It won’t be easy for her to break free. Why don’t you just back down and hand over that annoying little fox?” Little Scissors swayed in the consciousness space, seemingly eager to get rid of the pet that was stealing its food.

"It is my contracted beast, and I will not hand it over."

Lightning began to flicker on Lu Shi's body, and the force binding her weakened.

The seven-tailed fox's expression changed, seemingly not expecting Lu Shi to be free so quickly.

It raised its hands, preparing to reinforce the binding magic.

Suddenly, a fiery figure flew in from afar, approaching at a speed so fast that the eyes couldn't keep up; all that could be seen was a red trail of flame streaking across the sky.

Bang.

The enormous fiery fist slammed into the seven-tailed fox's chest.

The seven-tailed fox's face turned completely black. It let out a terrified scream, and its hands, which were releasing the magic to enhance and imprison it, suddenly stopped. Its hands then fluttered wildly, and seven white light walls appeared in front of it.

*Clap clap clap clap clap clap*

The fire-man is like a red arrow shot out, with its fiery fists as the arrowheads, quickly piercing through one white light wall after another.

The seven white light walls were as thin as paper, and would shatter at the slightest touch.

Finally, the fiery fist slammed into the seven-tailed fox's face.

Wow.

The seven-tailed fox was sent flying backwards.

It flew for nearly 100 meters before stabilizing.

When she stood up again, her body flickered between light and shadow, as if she might disappear at any moment.

Lu Shi also felt the force binding her disappear.

Just as the body was about to fall.

A hand grabbed both of her hands.

Wu Chenyi flapped four golden wings behind him and said to Lu Shi in a flamboyant manner:

"My junior sister suddenly disappeared, and we've been looking for her everywhere!"

"Get out of the way."

Lu Shi slapped her senior brother's hand away.

Suddenly, four pairs of wings emerged from its back. Of the eight wings, four were blue and four were gold. As they flapped, colorful lights flashed, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

"Junior sister, you've reached level 10 proficiency in both Wind Wings and Light Wings?" Wu Chenyi was somewhat hurt. As a high-level light mage, his level 10 Light Wings had earned him a lot of face, both in actual combat and for showing off. But in just a short time, his junior sister had not only suddenly acquired light magic, but even her high-level Light Wings spell had reached level 10 proficiency! That was terrifying!

However, Lu Shi ignored Wu Chenyi.

With a flap of her eight wings, she instantly flew towards the seven-tailed fox in the distance. Her speed was even faster than Li Cuiling, who had transformed into a fire spirit.

Bang.

A fist overloaded with lightning and fire struck the seven-tailed fox's...tail once again.

The four fluffy tails vanished instantly.

The seven-tailed fox, having sacrificed its four tails to block the attack, hurriedly raised its hands and cried out:

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. I was wrong, I won't tease you anymore."

Lu Shi stopped his second punch, flapped his wings, hovered in the air, and coldly stared at the seven-tailed fox.

Bang.

Two of the seven-tailed fox's remaining three tails were burned away by the fire.

Li Huoren floated in the air and blew away the hairs that hadn't completely burned off his fist.

"You think you can just stop fighting like that?"

"Alright. If you keep hitting me, I'll really get angry. Even though I'm just a projection, a fox will bite when cornered. If this projection self-destructs, you won't come out unscathed either."

The seven-tailed fox—no, now only one-tailed—floated miserably in the air, wiping the burns from its face. Its once beautiful features were now smeared with smoke and fire, making it look extremely wretched.

"I have no intention of fighting you. I'm just here to see the Nine-Tailed Royal Bloodline that has been separated from us. Our Celestial Fox Clan loves peace and has never started a war with humans. Moreover, many of our ancestors took human form and went to humans to undergo the tribulations of love. You must have heard many stories about our ancestors."

The fox said, forcing a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lu Shi and the other two relaxed their expressions somewhat. They had indeed never heard of the fox clan attacking human base cities, and there were indeed some scandalous stories about fox spirits.

Seeing that the three had stopped fighting, the fox decided to show the utmost goodwill and said tremblingly:

"I really meant no harm. You see, I can bring great nourishment to the royal bloodline."

Then, the fox took out a bead that shone with five-colored light from its body.