Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Mei and Aiko arrived in the cave city and walked around for a bit. It was quite deserted and most shops didn't work since everyone was watching the Tournament, or at least all large Sects.

This allowed their group to go around unnoticed.

...

"Awww, will you be leaving now?" Ming Xiuying pouted. "The Tournament didn't even end!"

"We were not allowed to participate, since Aiko liked the story on those large doors too much." Mei sighed.

Old Ming narrowed his eyes. "Are you saying she got the inheritance?" He clicked his tongue. "I will arrange it, so no information will leak."

He was there only for the first day, so he was unaware of the situation and what happened later. He would rather spend his time with his love than listen to stories.

"Thank you." Mei smiled happily.

"Don't mention it, I'm pretty much your slave now, since you have helped my Xiuying greatly." Old Ming shook his head.

"We will meet at the main continent later." Mei suddenly said.

"I see..." Old Ming nodded. "If I keep this job for longer, I can then make use of the connections to leave this place with Xiuying without lifting my finger." He was quick on the uptake.

"Awwww." Ming Xiuying was still sulking. She would miss her new friend Mei and the cuties that came as a complete package.

"We will meet again." Mei chuckled.

"That's too late! I want to see you grow more!" Ming Xiuying protested. This changed her to almost a complete sweetheart and she wanted to know where Mei would be going further.

Mei sighed softly. "It's so like you, you loved getting into others' business so that you could observe them or grope them." She shook her head.

"Grope them?" Old Ming sharpened his ears as he whispered this part.

"I was not that bad! Especially not as bad as you! Demonic Experimenter!" Ming Xiuying pouted.

"Demonic Experimenter?" This time Aiko sharpened her ears. She didn't know about this side of Mei.

They both suddenly awkwardly coughed.

""I will miss you. Let's play again later~!"" They said in sync as they giggled with joy.

...

"Do we have everything?" Aiko asked Mei who was finishing her business with the couple.

"I think so, I should have everything now, but I also might be missing some things." Mei shrugged like she didn't mind forgetting something.

"If you forget something, I will stay inside the flying ship." Aiko proclaimed.

Mei clicked her tongue. "Would it kill you to go with me?"

"Yes." Aiko replied flatly. "All I want to do is lie down on a bed. I have socialised enough for the next few years." She shrugged seeing Mei's glare.

"You are really a sloth." Mei sighed.

"Better than a Demonic Experimenter." Aiko teased.

"You-! Just you wait when we arrive inside the ship-" Mei glared at her, but Aiko finished her sentence for her.

"I will transform into my Nightmare Form and tease you, don't worry." Aiko had a playful expression.

Mei clicked her lips, Moon Aiko was getting more and more daring as time went on! This wouldn't do!

"I have more plans than just that." Mei smirked, trying to unsettle Aiko with her acting.

Aiko blankly blinked. "Sure, let's just go, I can hear them going down the mountain."

"Really?" Mei perked her ears, which she rarely does.

"No, but I don't want to meet them." Aiko made a teasing gesture and Mei 'glared' at her.

"Should I escort you?" Old Ming suddenly asked and Aiko's eyes lit up.

"I forgot that you are the perfect transportation treasure." Aiko smugly nudged Mei.

Mei rolled her eyes. "If that won't take too much of your energy." She would concede this time to Aiko.

"I don't mind." Old Ming shrugged, it was just about creating a space rift near the flying ships and letting them go through it with him.

"Bye~!" Aiko waved at Ming Xiuying before nudging Grandpa Ming.

...

They got kicked out of that space, since too many flying ships distorted the space element around.

"Didn't think it would be so unstable, my apologies." Old Ming ruffled his hair in frustration.

"That is fine, but you should practise more for later." Mei shook her head. She didn't mind this kind of transportation as long as it didn't endanger their lives.

"What will you do from now on?" Old Ming suddenly asked.

"I noticed that Aiko still has an unstable Beast Rank, so we will have to help her finish that so that she doesn't attract Heavenly Lightning like a fly." Mei proclaimed.

"Huh? Is it because of that?" Aiko blinked speechlessly.

"Yeah. There was not enough Heavenly Lightning in the Secret Realm so the Mortal Heavens deemed you unfit for your current stage and are trying to test you to finish this." Mei explained.

'Oh, I will have to Evolve one more time then.' Aiko nodded. "Does that mean it will be as devastating Evolution as before?"

"No, it's just the 'finishing touch' that needs to be done." Mei shook her head. "If you Evolve inside the Fox Village this time, it will completely rid us of any suspicion." She added.

"Because my Evolution won't be as chaotic, so they will be unable to place it on our heads." Aiko nodded, understanding Mei's intentions.

"As for me..." Mei paused. "I suppose I will keep practising and going through all the resources we acquired and sell some later, maybe." She didn't really have any grand plan and she could not say that she would be going to war with the Old Elders, since there might be some spies.

Mei didn't care if the Old Elders knew that Aiko Evolved inside the Secret Realm, since it would make them more wary about their group.

This in turn would make everything safer since they would not openly antagonise them like they did previously.

'Mystic Fox...' Mei was wary about that variable, since she knew about Mei's origin, or at least something about it.

"Very well, if you need to sell anything I can be your middleman." Old Ming chuckled before waving goodbye.

"Aaand he is gone." Aiko sighed, her portable meat cooker had just disappeared.

"We will meet again." Mei chuckled. "If you have any Treasures that you don't need, we can sell them through him."

"I have plenty of loot, but what I was thinking was... how about we recycle those Treasures and take those precious materials?" Aiko narrowed her eyes.

"That would be difficult, once you fuse metals and other resources together, it's exceptionally hard to separate them." Mei shook her head.

"Even with 'that'?" Aiko smirked. She already let Fang Jia have that Technique, so it should be good enough to get more information about it.

And if others tattle on her?

'I can just wipe them off, no?' Aiko tilted her head, not understanding the gravity of the situation.

Mei rolled her eyes, but then abruptly paused. 'It might be possible?' She raised her eyebrow.

Technically speaking, the Cauldron Aiko was talking about had a lot of 'chambers', so one of them could be for that, but if that was the case...

'We don't have enough resources to buy Treasures and re-smelt them.' Mei clicked her tongue.

"Keep experimenting and tell me if it's possible." Mei nodded gently.

"Ay ay!" Aiko ran towards the flying ship.

Mei chuckled before following with the team.

...

"Phew..." The big Aiko plopped head-first onto the bed. It was so nice to be big again that she didn't mind her overly small and tight clothing.

Mei's lips twitched. If she didn't need to sort out her Herbs and look over this room, she would definitely pounce on her.

The Blood Fox stepped forward and with swift and fluid movements redressed Aiko.

Mei was shocked that the Blood Fox didn't even need to move Aiko in order to redress her. "How did you do that?"

"Trade Secret." The Blood Fox had a mischievous smile.

"Don't tell me you used your intellect in order to come up with a Technique?" Mei frowned.

The Blood Fox shrugged, confirming Mei's suspicion.

"Seriously, you-" Mei sighed, but didn't press on.

"What can I do when Aiko is so cute." The Blood Fox shrugged again, but her intentions were to win over Aiko completely.

"Good luck with that." Mei rolled her eyes. She didn't believe that Aiko would be keen on having the Blood Fox around.

Yet a few moments later, she regretted those thoughts.

"Mmm." A sweet and captivating moan escaped Aiko's lips. "A bit lower."

The Blood Fox was using her old technique to massage Aiko.

Mei's face twitched. She couldn't believe that the Blood Fox was this shameless!

A few minutes later, Aiko was put to sleep, which disrupted Mei's plans.

"You-" Mei was completely speechless that the Blood Fox was able to achieve something like this.

The Blood fox shrugged again. "It's still an incomplete technique." The Twins were a lot more insensitive than Aiko, so it was easier to not put them to sleep and make them horny.

Mei vowed to keep the Blood Fox far away from her, so that Aiko wouldn't grow dependent on this luxury! It has nothing to do with Mei being jealous, nothing, you hear me!

The Twins nudged the sleeping Aiko. "Whoa..." They couldn't understand why Aiko was able to sleep so peacefully after having the Blood Fox's hands on her.

"Vixen." Mei clicked her tongue and sorted her Herbs while sulking.

...

Aiko stretched her body, but she had hands wrapped around her waist.

Mei was sleeping peacefully behind her, while the rest of the team made a big pile with their bodies.

'The Twins are more attached to the Blood Fox now.' Aiko observed.

"Awake?" Mei yawned unhappily. She kept sorting until almost morning, while Aiko slept peacefully through all of it.

"Yeah, it was a nice rest, but I will continue later." Aiko had a few plans to do inside her mind. She needed to visit Fang Jia to progress her Cauldron and...

'I wonder if I can get more pets?' Aiko was reminded of the first village and wondered how they were faring.

'I will probably have to take some missions too.' She groaned unhappily.

Those missions took too much time out of her day, but if there was a mission that would lead her to Fang Jia or that village?

'It should be possible, right?' Aiko didn't believe that those stacks of missions wouldn't contain something like that!