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Chapter 205 The interest payment date is approaching.
"When are you going to take action?"

At noon, Feng Xue moved a deck chair to the yard to sunbathe. Liu Yunxi, who was holding a fruit plate and approaching her, suddenly asked out of the blue.

Feng Xue was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, turning her head to look at the face that resembled her own ideal type, feeling rather puzzled:

"What action?"

"It's about taking action!" Liu Yunxi was stumped by Feng Xue's question. After gesturing wildly for a while, she glanced at Tina and whispered:
“You’ve always been in a hurry, but now you’re suddenly not. You must be waiting for something, right? I’ve already refined the moonlight stored in the Jade Rabbit. I’m almost at the threshold of a hundred years of cultivation. Next, I need to decide on my first talent spell. Let me know so I can decide what to choose.”

Feng Xue jumped up from Liu Yunxi's words, scrutinizing the snake spirit: "Wait, why are you asking me such a private question about your innate magic? And why do I feel like there's something wrong with your personality? Could it be that you've gone into a qi deviation due to practicing too fast?"

“You…” Liu Yunxi’s face flushed red, and she looked quite “angry”.

Seeing this, Feng Xue didn't want to be clever, so she swallowed back her words like, "Is that face so red because of a rush of blood? Has he really gone mad with qi?" and changed the subject instead:
"You monsters can choose your own innate spells?"

Upon hearing Feng Xue's question, Liu Yunxi finally realized that she seemed to be in a bit too hasty. However, she had no choice but to be in a hurry, mainly because as she got closer and closer to the first hurdle of "a hundred years of cultivation" for demon cultivators, the feeling in the dark became more and more obvious.

In fact, back when she met Feng Xue, she was already on the verge of reaching the hundred-year cultivation threshold. At that time, her talent could only be said to have barely reached the passing grade, and she didn't even have a trace of innate magic.

This time, her talent was hundreds of times that of ordinary demons. She had been in this world for less than two months, and with the help of the moonlight she obtained from the Moon Goddess, she had cultivated back to the level of a hundred years.

But that's precisely the problem—

Just like humans undergoing tribulations (Note ①), demons also face tribulations when they reach a certain stage of cultivation.

According to the fox spirit grandmother, undergoing tribulation is like paying off debts. The laziness and missed lessons on the path of cultivation will all become debts, which will be paid back all at once during the tribulation.

In fact, the little white snake had suspected that Feng Xue was her tribulation, but not only did she not die, she also gained a lot of talents. Regardless of whether she was her tribulation before, she has now become her benefactor.

As the little white snake approached this threshold once again, it had to consider what kind of tribulation it would take to reach this level in less than half a year to be worthy of it.

Even worse, she also owed Feng Xue a huge debt!
If transcending tribulations is considered repaying a debt, then should this debt also be taken into account?
Realizing this, Liu Yunxi immediately stopped her cultivation and wanted to risk her life for Feng Xue, preferably in a near-death experience. If once wasn't enough, she would do it several times to reduce the intensity of the tribulation.

But she had spent half a year with Feng Xue and knew that although he had all sorts of incredible supernatural abilities, he was illiterate when it came to cultivation. Unfortunately, she couldn't say this out loud, because if she did, she would be in debt again.

The most despairing thing is that the people in this world only see that she is cultivating fast and has high talent. Just by using her spiritual sense, she can sense that she is about to face a lot of big problems!
The purpose of asking about innate magical talents this time is essentially a "debt repayment" behavior. By creating the result of "choosing talents for Feng Xue", a karmic debt is repaid, thereby reducing some burdens.

Suppressing her displeasure at being so eager to sell herself, Liu Yunxi calmly explained:
“It mainly depends on race and cultivation talent, but you can decide your own direction. For example, I am a snake demon. Apart from the powerful body that any demon can choose, I can basically choose poison, water, illusion, and the like. But you have a spirit ghost. Although you are a bit stupid, there is no need to use illusion…” “Who are you calling stupid?” Mo Ying jumped out as if she was stimulated. Feng Xue grabbed the mochi ball and stuffed it back into the painting, but a look of interest appeared on her face.

Liu Yunxi was quite uncomfortable with this expression, but she still forced herself to speak:
"Since you've already decided to use me as a tool snake, rather than making you unhappy and ruining my cultivation by choosing my talent myself, I might as well let you choose from the beginning."

"Is that so?" Feng Xue was a little suspicious that the little white snake might be suffering from Stockholm syndrome, but judging from her stiff neck and wide eyes, it didn't seem like it. She could only ponder:
"Where does the advantage of a monster's innate magic lie? Well, I mean, is it a matter of numbers or mechanics? Take water control as an example. If you can control an entire ocean of water, that's a number. If you can control molten iron, that's a mechanic."

"That's hard to say..." Liu Yunxi thought for a moment before giving her answer:

"Because I have both, I don't know exactly which one I can awaken, after all, I'm not some primordial species, and I don't have any special bloodline..."

"In that case, let's choose physical enhancement." Feng Xue thought for a moment and gave a somewhat outrageous option.

"Huh?" Although she was prepared to choose whatever Feng Xue said, Liu Yunxi still didn't quite understand Feng Xue's reasoning. However, she was afraid that Feng Xue would think she was hypocritical and insincere, so she asked in a weak tone as much as possible:

"Well, I'll definitely choose that, but can you tell me why?"

"There's no particular reason, I just thought that if your physical body is strong enough, you should be able to transform into something larger, more complex, and more sophisticated, right? And if your body is strong, you can also store more demonic power, right?"

"As expected of you!" Upon hearing Feng Xue's answer, Liu Yunxi was amused. It wasn't out of anger, but because she felt that even with such a lame excuse, choosing that one would definitely pay off the debt!
Thinking this, she suppressed her reluctance, lest the spiritual mechanism mistake her for wanting to choose, and nodded, saying:
"I understand. Any plans recently? I'll probably need some time to break through my cultivation level. If you have any fights coming up, I'll stall for time."

"No need, the faster you break through, the better."

Feng Xue shook her head, feeling that Liu Yunxi was turning into a battle maniac, as if he had made up his mind to start a fight.

Does his lack of urgency mean he's planning something big? Is it because his lifespan is nearing its end that he can slow down a bit...? Well, he really is planning something big.

Feng Xue suddenly realized that she was a bit of a rascal, but she still tapped her temples and contacted him through the spiritual contract, asking, "Little Bell, how are your preparations going?"

"Reporting to Master, we have reached 77% of the ideal value, which is basically in line with the plan. However, to be on the safe side, let's wait a few more days."

Hearing Xiaolingdang's reply, Feng Xue nodded secretly and said with a smile:
"Then let's wait a bit longer, prioritizing stability. Also, don't stop those peripheral forums."

"understand!"

(End of this chapter)