Transforming into a stunningly beautiful fox spirit, leaving a scar on the heart of a prodigy.

The Supreme Sect of Forgetfulness, the Abode of Severing Emotions.

The name sounds impressive, but it's actually just a broken cave carved out of the top of a snow-capped mountain.

Besides a stone bed, the only other thing in the cave was a steaming natural spring; there wasn't even a decent table or chair.

The wind rushed in from the cave entrance, howling and howling like ghosts and wolves.

Su Chang'an peeked out from Chen Xuan's arms and looked around the so-called "Chief's Cave Residence" with disdain.

"Is this the place you've lived in for four years?"

Su Chang'an clung to Chen Xuan's collar with both paws, her little nose wrinkled up. "Anyone who didn't know better would think you were locked up in solitary confinement. These conditions aren't even as good as the pigsty in Qingniu Town."

Chen Xuan placed her on the stone bed and casually patted the dust off the bed.

"Those who cultivate the Tao do not value external things."

He took the broken sword off his back and placed it on the bedside table. "This place is quiet and full of spiritual energy; it's a good place for cultivation."

"Peaceful my ass."

Su Chang'an rolled around on the stone bed; it was hard and uncomfortable.

She jumped up, pointed at the spring, and said, "I want to take a bath. The journey has been filled with wind and snow, and I smell terrible all over. It's awful."

Chen Xuan paused for a moment, then looked down at the palm-sized fur ball.

"You...wash it yourself?"

"Nonsense, do you expect me to scrub your back?"

Su Chang'an rolled her eyes and shoved him. "Get out of here right now, and while you're at it, get me a roast chicken. Remember, it has to be tender, lots of chili, and not too much cumin. If you dare try to fool me with some kind of fasting pill, I'll tear this hole out of you."

Chen Xuan pursed his lips, wanting to laugh, but ultimately swallowed it back.

"it is good."

He turned and walked out, but stopped at the cave entrance and turned back to remind them, "The water is a bit deep, don't drown."

"roll!"

Su Chang'an picked up a small stone and threw it.

Chen Xuan dodged to the side, a slight smile playing on his lips, and strode into the snowstorm.

As soon as Chen Xuan left, Su Chang'an jumped off the stone bed and rushed to the edge of the spiritual spring in a few steps.

The water temperature was just right, steaming hot, and it looked so comforting.

She stretched out her paw to test the water temperature, then jumped in with a "plop".

The warm spring water instantly enveloped her entire body, gradually expelling the chill that seeped from her bones. It felt so comfortable that she almost groaned out loud.

"This silly boy, although he's not very bright, he found a place that's not too bad."

Su Chang'an lay on his back on the water, his limbs outstretched, like a glutinous rice ball floating on the water.

Just then, that familiar mechanical voice suddenly rang in my mind.

[Ding! Detected an increased affinity between the host's avatar and main body, and the avatar is in a high-concentration spiritual energy environment.]

[Reward: One Celestial Fox Transformation Pill (Temporary Version)]

[Note: This elixir can temporarily transform the host into human form. Although you cannot use your cultivation, it will allow you to experience the joy of being human.]

Before Su Chang'an could react, a surge of heat suddenly exploded from his dantian.

Immediately afterwards, that long-lost tearing sensation spread throughout my body.

"Holy shit! You son of a bitch, you didn't even give me a heads-up!"

Su Chang'an cursed and sank to the bottom of the water.

The water began to churn violently, as if a pot had boiled.

The small, palm-sized ball of fluff began to stretch and deform underwater.

The feeling was strange, like bones being broken and put back together, or like crawling out of a small shell.

First the limbs, then the torso, and finally the head.

Nine large, furry tails churned wildly in the water, turning the entire spring upside down.

After a while.

The water surface calmed down.

"Splash—"

A splash of water.

Su Chang'an suddenly emerged from the water, panting heavily.

She raised her hand, looked at her slender, fair fingers, and then looked down at them.

It was no longer that round, fluffy ball, but a human body.

Although it looks a bit small, at most like a legal loli, the feel and the skin make it definitely look like a human.

Her long, silvery-white hair was wet and clung to her back, hanging down to her waist.

Nine snow-white fox tails swayed gently behind it, raising strings of water droplets.

She was wearing a red bellyband that came with the system, barely covering her vital parts and revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin.

"Finally, I have hands!"

Su Chang'an excitedly pinched his face and patted the water, creating a splash.

Although being a fox means not having to wear clothes, you can't even hold chopsticks properly, and you have to gnaw on chickens to eat them. It's really undignified.

Just as she was basking in the joy of "starting anew".

Suddenly, footsteps came from the cave entrance.

Immediately afterwards, the broken wooden door was pushed open.

"Sister, the chicken is roasted. I specially went to the back mountain to catch a Lingjin chicken; the meat is so tender..."

Chen Xuan strode in, carrying a roasted pheasant that was golden brown and glistening with oil.

The wind and snow poured in through the cracks in the door, dissipating the heat inside the cave.

Before Chen Xuan could finish speaking, he froze on the spot.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Beside the sacred spring.

Su Chang'an was half-lying on the pool wall, her silver hair cascading down her back and her red hair burning like fire.

Her exquisitely beautiful face was tilted slightly upwards, and water droplets slid down her chin and dripped onto her collarbone.

Nine tails bared their fangs and claws behind it, filling the already small space to the brim.

She heard the noise and turned around.

Those long, narrow fox eyes were slightly narrowed, with a hint of moisture at the corners, exuding an indescribable languor and charm.

"Clatter".

The roast chicken in Chen Xuan's hand fell to the ground.

The poor golden pheasant rolled twice on the ground, getting covered in a layer of dust.

Chen Xuan's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, his mind blank.

He cultivated the Supreme Dao of Forgetfulness for four years.

The master said, "Red powder and skull, white bones and flesh, are all illusions."

He had crawled through piles of corpses, slept in dens of monsters, and seen countless beauties; his heart was as hard as stone.

But at this moment.

He heard the sound of his own Dao heart shattering.

Click.

It's very crisp.

"What are you looking at?"

Su Chang'an shivered from the cold wind, glared at him irritably, and said, "Haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman emerging from a bath? Close the door, I'm freezing!"

That curse brought Chen Xuan back to his senses.

His face instantly turned a deep purplish-red, even the base of his ears turned bright red.

"You...you..."

Chen Xuan stammered for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence. He turned around in a fluster, his back to Su Chang'an.

"Do not look at what is improper... Do not look at what is improper..."

He muttered to himself, gripping the hem of his clothes tightly with both hands until his knuckles turned white.

Looking at his innocent, virgin-like appearance, Su Chang'an felt a surge of playfulness.

She climbed out of the water and stepped barefoot onto the cold ground.

One step, two steps.

She walked behind Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan's whole body tensed up, as if a prehistoric beast was standing behind him.

"Chen Xuan".

Su Chang'an stretched out a finger and poked Chen Xuan's back.

Chen Xuan shuddered violently and almost jumped up.

"No...don't come any closer!"

"What are you afraid of?"

Su Chang'an walked around to stand in front of him.

Because of her short stature, she could only reach Chen Xuan's chin by standing on tiptoe.

She reached out and gently patted Chen Xuan's burning face.

"Weren't you just yelling that you'd save me? Now that I'm human, why are you chickening out?"

Chen Xuan kept his eyes tightly shut, refusing to open them no matter what.

The tip of my nose was filled with Su Chang'an's scent.

It wasn't that pungent powdery smell, but a faint milky fragrance mixed with the steam from the spiritual spring, which went straight into his brain.

"Put your clothes on!"

Chen Xuan gritted his teeth and squeezed out those words.

He suddenly ripped off his cloak and wrapped it around Su Chang'an with his eyes closed.

The movements were so rough, it was like tying up a pig.

Su Chang'an was wrapped up like a silkworm cocoon, with only his head showing.

"Ugh...be gentle! You're trying to strangle me!"

Chen Xuan ignored her completely, tied the sash of his cloak into a tight knot, then picked her up and threw her back onto the stone bed.

"I'm going to practice my sword!"

After saying this, Chen Xuan grabbed the sword on the ground and rushed out of the cave as if fleeing.

That figure looked utterly disheveled.

They even forgot to close the door.

Su Chang'an struggled out of the cloak and looked at the figure fleeing in panic at the cave entrance, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Tch, little brat."

She picked up the roasted chicken from the ground, blew off the ash, tore off a chicken leg, and stuffed it into her mouth.

Really fragrant.

Just then, the system's voice sounded again.

[Ding! Side quest triggered: The Shattered Dao Heart Plan.]

[Task Description: The cultivation techniques of the Supreme Forgetfulness Sect are too ruthless, easily causing the host's chosen one to become expressionless. Before the sect's grand competition, please completely destroy Chen Xuan's "Forgetfulness Dao Foundation" and restore his seven emotions and six desires.]

[Task Reward: Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox's essence restored by 10%, unlocks the second level of Enchanting Arts.]

Su Chang'an chewed on a chicken leg, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

Destroying the foundation of the Tao?

She's very good at this job.

That scare just now probably cracked the young man's Dao heart.

Next, just add a little more fuel to the fire, and I guarantee his so-called "Forgetful Dao" will be shattered into dust.

"You unfilial son, just wait and see."

Su Chang'an licked the grease from the corner of his mouth, feeling great.

Outside the cave.

The wind and snow intensified.

Chen Xuan stood on the edge of the cliff, his broken sword flashing across the ground.

The sword energy surged and shredded the snowflakes that filled the sky.

But he just couldn't calm his mind.

My mind is filled with that scene from just now.

That snow-white back, that swaying tail, and those watery eyes.

"Damn it!"

Chen Xuan let out a low roar and slashed his sword at the boulder beside him.

The boulder split open with a sound.

He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently.

Master said, "If you have no woman in your heart, you will naturally be divine when you draw your sword."

But now.

He felt his swordplay had gone awry.

And it was a complete mess.

He raised his hand and touched the cheek that Su Chang'an had just slapped.

The warmth of my fingertips still seemed to linger there.

It's a little hot.

It was so hot it made him panic.

"Fairy..."

Chen Xuan muttered a curse under his breath, unsure whether he was cursing Su Chang'an or his own unruly heartbeat.

He raised his sword again and slashed fiercely at the wind and snow.

That night, the snow outside Duanqing Residence was destined to continue unabated.