Zhou Yuanyuan was very sure that Hu Sanniang was not from Zhaojiagou, but she felt that Hu Sanniang looked familiar.
Daqing Mountain is dangerous at night, home to not only poisonous snakes but also ferocious beasts like wolves and leopards. To avoid danger, villagers near Daqing Mountain avoid entering the mountains at night. Even if they do, they tend to gather firewood on the surrounding hills rather than wander into the main mountain range.
A woman, and an old woman in her twilight years, appeared in a place where she shouldn't be early in the morning. Zhou Yuanyuan felt it was a bit weird no matter how she looked at it.
Zhou Yuanyuan's training ground was in the heart of Daqing Mountain, at least thirty or forty miles away from the nearby villages. Hu Sanniang's early appearance here meant she hadn't entered the mountains early in the morning, but had stayed overnight in Daqing Mountain.
An old woman in her sixties is not even afraid of wild wolves and poisonous snakes?
Zhou Yuanyuan looked at the ray of sunlight that had just risen in the east and fell into deep thought.
Hu Sanniang was searching for Zhou Yuanyuan. The spiritual energy was flowing in that direction. Hu Sanniang's senses were always sharp. Unfortunately, today, her senses seemed to be failing. After circling several times in the direction she sensed, she still didn't see anyone. However, Hu Sanniang's senses told her that the person she was looking for was right here.
Hu Sanniang stood still, not daring to move. When she was little, she had heard the elders of her clan say that cultivators had unpredictable temperaments. They possessed immense power, and if they liked someone, they might even grant them a medicinal elixir to aid their cultivation. If they disliked someone, they could easily destroy them with a single wave of their hand.
Hu Sanniang didn't want to die; she wanted to live. After the agony of her clan's genocide centuries ago, her only wish was to avenge her people. However, as soon as her enemies appeared, her body couldn't support her. Without a cultivator willing to help her, Hu Sanniang would only have six months left to live.
Hu Sanniang had been wandering the Daqing Mountains for over a month, awaiting the opportunity Zhang Banxian had promised her. During this time, she had gathered wild fruits to satisfy her hunger and drank dew to quench her thirst. Although the Daqing Mountains were teeming with wildlife like pheasants and mountain spores, Hu Sanniang dared not take her own life. She waited, hoping that, considering she had never harmed anyone in her life, God would grant her a chance to live.
For over a month, Hu Sanniang had traveled to every corner of Daqing Mountain, but found nothing unusual. Disappointed, she planned to go out in two months to settle accounts with that blind man, Zhang Banxian, for deceiving her, and even if she died, she would take Zhang Banxian with her.
Just now, Hu Sanniang noticed the unusual movement of the surrounding spiritual energy. Hu Sanniang was overjoyed and followed the direction of the spiritual energy to find Zhou Yuanyuan.
But why can't I see anyone? Perhaps this is the magical power of the monks?
When Hu Sanniang thought of this, she quickly knelt down and called out, "Immortal, Hu Sanniang from Qingqiu Sect requests to see you."
"Huh? It turns out to be this vixen?" Xiaoyu's voice rang out in Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness.
"A fox spirit? She's so old, can she still be a fox spirit?" When Zhou Yuanyuan heard Xiaoyu's words, an image of a voluptuous young woman automatically emerged in her mind. In Zhou Yuanyuan's opinion, a woman had to look incredibly enchanting to be called a "fox spirit."
"Master, it's not the kind of vixen you think of as a mistress or a concubine, but a real vixen." Xiaoyu quickly explained.
The fox became a spirit? Turned into a human? This made Zhou Yuanyuan excited.
In her previous life, Zhou Yuanyuan loved watching TV series. While working in H City, she'd spend every free moment after get off work in her dorm watching TV. Back then, the most popular TV series were the Liao Zhai series, and Zhou Yuanyuan loved them. She felt deeply sympathetic towards the fox spirit who, after helping a scholar achieve success, was dumped. But wouldn't a fox still have a long, furry tail after transforming into a human? Otherwise, the scholar wouldn't have been able to discover the fox spirit's true identity!
Looking around, Hu Sanniang looked like a human. How could she possibly be related to a fox? Was Xiaoyu kidding me? Zhou Yuanyuan thought.
"Master, Xiaoyu is not talking nonsense. This Hu Sanniang is really a fox spirit, and is she from the Qingqiu clan? The Qingqiu foxes can transform into human form when they are born. This is one of the innate magical powers given to them by the goddess of creation, Nuwa." Xiaoyu felt a little aggrieved. Why did it leave such an unreliable impression in the master's mind? Think of it, Xiaoyu, as a loyal and good jade spirit, okay? How could the master give it such a nonsense evaluation? Woo woo... Xiaoyu is so sad.
"Huh?" Zhou Yuanyuan responded blankly, but she was actually thinking, "Fuck!" A fox transforming into a human—this world was too fantastical. If Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't just experienced the evil cultivator sucking Wang Xiaona's energy, she would have been more incapable of accepting it.
"Hahaha... This vixen is so unlucky! Her inner core has several cracks. It looks like she'll be dead soon." This time, Zhou Yuanyuan could hear the gloating in Xiaoyu's tone. Could it be that Xiaoyu and the vixen have a grudge? Zhou Yuanyuan secretly speculated.
It had to be said that Zhou Yuanyuan's truth was revealed. Xiaoyu did have a grudge against the vixen, but not against this particular Hu Sanniang, but against another pet of her former owner. The days of competing for favor were too heartbreaking for Xiaoyu to bear recalling.
Hu Sanniang looked unwell. Zhou Yuanyuan initially thought it was just her age, but after hearing Xiaoyu's words, she couldn't help but feel pity for her. A goblin's inner core should be similar to a human heart, right? What if a human heart had a crack? The scene was too gory, and Zhou Yuanyuan didn't dare to think about it anymore.
"Master, the inner elixir is the inner elixir. It's completely different from a human heart!" Xiaoyu quickly jumped out to explain to Zhou Yuanyuan. Mistaking a goblin's inner elixir for a human heart? Master, she's quite imaginative. If her former mortal enemy knew about this, they'd definitely laugh at her for following an idiot master.
Recently, as Zhou Yuanyuan's strength has improved, Xiaoyu sometimes remembers things from the past. Although they are fragments, it doesn't stop Xiaoyu from doing a "jigsaw puzzle" from time to time.
To enhance her persuasiveness, Xiaoyu searched furiously and finally found an Encyclopedia of Cultivation. Knowing Zhou Yuanyuan's curiosity, Xiaoyu used a spell to copy the contents of the book directly into Zhou Yuanyuan's mind.
Huh? So that's how it is?
Zhou Yuanyuan looked at the extra knowledge in her mind and suddenly realized.
According to the "Encyclopedia of the Cultivation World", the cultivation of fairies is different from that of cultivators. The cultivation of cultivators is to absorb the spiritual energy from nature into their bodies, and through the practice of techniques, refine the spiritual energy in their own meridians, and then incorporate it into their dantian.
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