After looking at her daughter for a while, the proprietress bid farewell to the two women amidst their repeated calls for bloodletting, and went to check on the basin of golden blood.

The basin of blood shimmered golden in the sunlight, like a basin of flowing gold.

Yang Lingyao held the little girl's hand and asked Ai Cao, "Aren't we going to my sect?"

Looking at the basin of golden blood, Ai Cao said, "Don't you want to try the blood jelly made by the proprietress?"

Yang Lingyao smacked her lips twice, then laughed and said, "Oh, it's not that I wanted to eat it, it's just that we ran into the Demon King..."

The little girl looked up, gently shook Yang Lingyao's hand, and said, "My mother's blood jelly is so delicious." She proudly raised her chin, "Whether it's Fairy Sister or this sister, they all have to come and eat it."

Ai Cao teased her, "You can call me Fairy Sister too."

The little girl stared at her face, looking left and right, but still shook her head and said, "You're not a fairy, so I can't call you Fairy Sister."

The system, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly popped up.

The system said, "So...so that's how it is..." Its voice was full of exhaustion. "Do you remember the reward I gave you before, the one that kept you pure as a human being?"

Ai Cao said, "I remember. Wasn't it because of this reward that I didn't have to worry about actually becoming a vampire that I went to that Western world?"

When this option was placed alongside the other options, she thought it was a good thing.

Looking back now, it seems a bit too good.

Artemisia asked dryly, "Was that originally continuous?"

"We'll proactively inform you of time-sensitive information!" the system said gruffly. It slowly exhaled and said quietly, "So this world has also identified you as human."

"Or rather... a mortal," the system said with difficulty. A variety of complex emotions were expressed in that short, mechanical voice, and Ai Cao couldn't help but applaud it.

The system stood up indignantly, saying, "This is a major event that will affect all the worlds you'll live in after this!" It said with exasperation, "How will you go to different worlds as different species after this?!"

Ai Cao shrugged and said, "This is your problem, not mine."

The system fell silent.

Ai Cao asked, "Should we report this as a bug?"

The system hesitated and whispered, "...But what if the previous reward became permanent because of a bug?" It resigned itself to its fate, "Anyway, once one is fixed, new bugs will appear in the other places that were originally perfect."

"This didn't really affect you, so just pretend it doesn't exist," the system said.

Ai Cao raised an eyebrow and asked, "So I really am just a mortal?"

The system whispered, "In this world, yes."

"oh."

Seeing that the mugwort only replied with a single word, the system became a little nervous. It pressed, "Do you really accept it?"

Artemisia rolled her eyes without batting an eye and said, "What else can I do? I can't just take a sword and storm into your hometown, put the sword to the neck of the platform and force it to fix the bugs for me."

The system responded hesitantly.

It stopped talking again.

Ai Cao thought for a moment and asked the system, "What's the current situation with Qingyun?"

The system said, "Although the abundant spiritual power of the two tails helped the female protagonist cultivate into human form, she started cultivating from a fox body in this life. She cannot yet fully control the spiritual power within her body, which naturally leads to this situation where she switches between human and fox forms."

Ai Cao asked again, "How can we stabilize her?"

The system paused for a moment, then said, "Add a little more spiritual energy, and it should be fine."

Ai Cao licked her lips.

She asked, "Where is the next male supporting character who can be killed and fed to Qingyun?"

The system hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How did you rank them? If we're talking about cultivation level, the one with the lowest cultivation level is currently on another continent; if we're talking about distance, then you're the number one cultivator on this continent."

The system gently advised her, "And that number one cultivator, it is said, can split mountains and seas with a single sword strike. Cultivators respectfully call him the Ruthless Sword Immortal."

Ai Cao said, "I can't beat him now?"

The system thought for a moment before saying, "Aside from spiritual power, you can defeat him. But like the Demon King, he also has protective spiritual energy around his body. Not to mention his natal sword..."

Ai Cao casually said, "Then I'll throw out both of my natal swords and scare him to death first."

The system dryly echoed, "Okay, throw it all out, chop it into a fine sauce, add some vegetables, and make dumplings for the female lead."

The mugwort was amused by it.

She seriously considered the possibility of chopping a person into minced meat—it seemed a bit troublesome to chop the skin, flesh, and bones together.

Let the little fox eat it raw.

On the other side, the proprietress, carrying the basin of golden blood, left with the group of women. Yang Lingyao spoke to Ai Cao and then took the little girl to watch them make blood jelly.

Ai Cao asked the system, "You said that the weakest male supporting character is far away, how far away is he?"

The system hesitated for a moment, then said, "He's on the Demon Continent, it would take him three or four days to fly there on his sword." He paused, then continued, "This male supporting character is the son of the former Demon King, and according to the order of succession, he will be the next Demon King."

The mugwort curled its lips.

Ai Cao said, "Since he is the Demon King, then we might as well pave more paths for that little girl's future."

The system asked, "What do you mean by paving roads?"

After thinking for a moment, Ai Cao explained, "That little girl has half the blood of the Demon King, so she should be able to compete for the position of Demon King. If she wants to become the Demon King later, I'll just kill that Demon King's son—and kill his other sons as well."

"That way, she can be the Demon King whenever she wants," Ai Cao said.

The system pondered for a moment and then said, "That's true."

It had been completely led astray by Artemisia's line of thought, and continued to reason along with Artemisia's ideas, saying, "If you want to help the female lead cultivate to the Ten-Tails Perfection, then you will indeed encounter a lot of obstacles... The more people on our side, the better."

The mugwort nodded.

“Whether she wants to become a female cultivator in Yang Lingyao’s sect or go and divide up the inheritance left by her father,” Ai Cao said softly, “it’s all good.”

The system hesitated before asking, "...Are you raising her like Song Tang?"

Ai Cao smiled, her eyes crinkling, and said, "How could that be?" She patted the little fox in her arms, carefully weighed its current weight, and continued, "If I have to say that I'm raising a child, then it's this greedy little fox who can't even beat the mother hen."

The little fox just straightened up. It looked around and met the gaze of the mugwort.

Its wet nose rubbed against her cheek.

Ai Cao said, "Although the fox is nice, we still need to restore Qingyun to human form." She pulled out a few white fox furs from the fox's mouth and said, "I don't want to always follow behind it. I'm afraid that if it tries to steal a chicken, the hen will peck off all its fur."

The little fox tilted its head in confusion.

The proprietress called out to her from afar, "My lady! The blood jelly is ready!"

Ai Cao, holding the fox, lazily replied, "Coming!"