Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

The Blood Fox prepared for the next part, but once she leaned closer to Aiko's face...

*Zzzzzzzz*

Aiko was happily snoozing away, without a care in the world.

The Blood Fox pursed her lips. She didn't think Aiko would fall asleep completely, at worst she expected her to be muddleheaded, but this...

"Unbelievable." The Blood Fox muttered under her breath. She did not account for this and the surrounding murmurs were likewise speechless.

"Mhm, meat..." Aiko murmured from her sleep with a chewing expression.

The Blood Fox almost laughed aloud. This is what Aiko is and how she would behave, it was unreasonable for her to think she would be able to account for every little thing Aiko was capable of.

'There is always next time.' The Blood Fox was not really in a hurry, but she wanted to test out her skills in massaging. 'It will also help me to be more obedient so that Aiko can forget about what I did.' She gently nodded her head, almost everything was pre-planned and she just had to act it out.

The Blood Fox gently caressed Aiko's head, which made her squirm in her sleep.

"No veggies." Aiko smacked her lips like she was rejecting something from her dreams.

The Blood Fox raised her eyebrow. 'But you don't reject soups...' She could not understand what Aiko was dreaming about.

"Corn machine guns are scary..." Aiko shivered in her sleep.

"???" The Blood Fox was confused, but soon shook her head and ignored Aiko's strange murmurs.

...

Aiko woke up the next day oddly refreshed. It was strange since she felt quite tired after the illusion of 'training'.

'I need to make more blueprints, but the consumption of energy is insane.' Aiko shook her head. 'I should be able to start learning some normal Skills from Mei later.' She nodded convinced.

"Awake?" The Blood Fox was reading a book as Aiko slept on her legs.

"Somewhat." Aiko wanted to go back to sleep, since those thighs were quite supple.

"Mei was looking for you, but left once she saw you were sleeping." The Blood Fox commented as she turned the page. It was rare to see paper-based books, since most of them would be made out of wood or as a Jade Slip.

Aiko stretched her body gently, attracting the Blood Fox's attention.

"You should wear clothing." The Blood Fox briefly commented, but discreetly licked her lips.

"I probably should." Aiko nodded gently, unbothered by that gaze.

"How about underwear?" The Blood Fox noticed that Aiko was putting on clothing without underwear.

"I don't like those kinds of underwear." Aiko shook her head as she finished dressing herself.

The Blood Fox rolled her eyes. "That doesn't mean you should go around without one."

"Nobody will know anyway." Aiko brushed those concerns away, neither her nor her Nightmare Form liked to wear underwear.

Even the softest ones were too rough for Aiko, so she just decided not to wear them.

Something stirred under her clothing and Aiko giggled.

"What's wrong?" The Blood Fox looked over at Aiko and noticed that something was under her clothing. "Are you alright?"

"En." Aiko giggled as a small spider popped between her peaks. "What were you doing?" She narrowed her eyes.

The spider created a small temporary underwear from its silk.

"Since when did you have such an intelligent pet?" The Blood Fox was shocked that the spider understood their speech.

"It happened during my Evolution and now she is stuck with me." Aiko nudged the small spider and she played with her finger.

'She... another one?' The Blood Fox narrowed her eyes. It was good that the Twins were partners for each other, otherwise she would have to keep in check too many rivals.

Aiko stretched her body again as the spider wobbled, before jumping onto the ceiling and disappearing between cracks.

"Should you keep her like that?" The Blood Fox didn't like the little spider, but that didn't mean she was not concerned that Aiko might lose her pet.

"She will return eventually." Aiko shrugged, not bothered by her roaming pet.

"What if she gets into trouble?" The Blood Fox narrowed her eyes again.

"She can make clones from her silk." Aiko shrugged.

"Huh?" The Blood Fox blinked like she didn't believe Aiko.

"It's a long story, but I have to eat something before working again." Aiko wanted to return to her research, so she would just find Mei, talk to her and leave for her research.

...

Aiko walked around the house trying to find Mei.

She was currently having tea with Ming Xiuying, which slightly surprised her.

Mei noticed Aiko sneaking around and gestured towards her.

Aiko walked next to Mei and poured herself tea.

"Slept well?" Mei narrowed her eyes, it seemed like she was upset.

"I'm refreshed." Aiko nodded. "Illusions are really exhausting, now I can understand why you said it like that." She was no longer surprised that Mei would wait for so long before using illusions.

Aiko sipped her tea while Mei was measuring her.

"What happened to not liking underwear?" Mei observed Aiko closely. That bosom was unnaturally tight.

"I still don't like it." Aiko shook her head.

Ming Xiuying perked her ears, it was exceptionally rare for someone to not like or wear underwear.

"But you have them." Mei nudged Aiko.

"No, I don't." Aiko showed Mei part of her cleavage. Her bosom was bound by countless amounts of silk.

"Kyaaa~" Ming Xiuying yelped, thinking that Aiko was a pervert.

"Oh, I didn't think spider silk could be used like this. How does it feel?" Mei promptly ignored Ming Xiuying's outburst, which made her pout.

'Why do they always enter their private world...' Ming Xiuying pouted at them.

"It's very soft and it doesn't get in the way or get stuck you know where." Aiko described the feeling in greater detail and even gestured for Mei to try and touch it.

"Hmmm..." Mei nodded. "We can make something with this later, so that you don't have to be wrapped each time." She was also looking forward to softer underwear, but it would be perverse to use such rare materials for simple underwear.

"We can do that later." Aiko nodded gently, not minding Mei's touch, but there was someone else who did mind it...

"C-can you please do that when you are alone?" Ming Xiuying's face was red and she was covering her face with her hands.

"It's not like we are doing something improper?" Aiko tilted her head.

"Yeah. This is natural." Mei agreed.

"Mei! You are supposed to be reasonable!" Ming Xiuying yelped at Mei.

'But the Blood Fox got ahead of me.' Mei's mood turned sour again. "But it's fine, since we are in private." She would justify it in order to get more touchy with Aiko.

"I'm hungry, can you finish the talk after I get something to eat, please?" Aiko gestured as her stomach rumbled.

""Ah..."" They said in unison, and Ming Xiuying snapped her fingers.

"Yes, wifey?" Ming Qian popped out of nowhere.

"Dear, can you get us some snacks and food for Aiko?" Ming Xiuying smiled gently.

"Of course." Ming Qian was happy that his wife had an appetite for food, so he was cooking whenever she asked.

"Oh?! His cooking." Aiko's eyes shined. She wondered if his cooking was truly an incredible thing or if it was a sham.

"It's delicious." Ming Xiuying giggled, seeing Aiko almost salivate.

Aiko nodded gently. She was looking forward to it.

...

The feast for Aiko was quite large. There was both meat and veggies and Aiko ate all of it, since everything was delicious and...

[Level up!]

From this simple meal, she got 1 Level! That was incredible and Aiko wanted to eat more of it, but she realised that she couldn't! This was a pretty fulfilling meal, which shocked her.

"How is it? Can't eat more, right?" Ming Qian chuckled mischievously.

"It was delicious, thank you." Aiko had to accept that Ming Qian was the real deal. His cooking was delicious, fulfilling and it gave her Levels too!

It was the best package Aiko could ask for.

She rested in her seat before going to train with her illusions.

"It's nice to see her satisfied." Mei chuckled.

Ming Qian tilted his head. "It can't be that hard."

"Oh, don't get me started. She ate half a bear when she was just a cub." Mei rolled her eyes at his arrogance.

"From a cub? You know her that long? Wait, how old is she?" Ming Xiuying felt suspicious that Mei would get attached to someone so quickly.

"It's a long story." Mei chuckled and recounted their history.

...

Aiko was able to make several separate parts through her illusions, but whenever she connected them, they would collapse in front of her.

'Illusions are hard to maintain.' Aiko shook her head and pondered on it.

'The more I know about it, the easier it is to create and connect, but once I reach a certain threshold, the management and things I have to keep in check skyrocket, causing my illusions to disperse.' Aiko summed up her situation.

'This is quite bad...' Aiko sighed. 'Is there an easier way to do this...?' She narrowed her eyes.

She pondered on this for quite some time before figuring something out.

'How about I try different illusions? I know the most about myself, so it should be possible that I can create the illusion?' Aiko narrowed her eyes and got to work.

Her current mission was to create an illusion out of her own body and move from there.

...

"Damn, I'm hot." Aiko nodded as she gazed at her murky illusions. "But for some reason, I feel strange seeing my illusion like this." She tilted her head.

It was not a bad feeling, but also not a good feeling. It was an odd feeling which made her feel bad about this situation.

"I have already checked Mei's body, so it should be possible..." Aiko narrowed her eyes and the illusion in front of her slowly changed into Mei.

It was sharper than her illusions, but there were certain places murky.

"I will have to be more throughout with the research." Aiko vowed to investigate Mei's body closely later. That would allow her to understand why her own body was murky like that!