Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

The girl's face stiffened, revealing a stubborn yet innocent expression: "I don't understand what you're saying, but I truly like Young Master Gu."

"Please don't stop us from being together, okay?"

The way this is said makes it sound like Shen Nian is a wicked mother-in-law who breaks up a loving couple.

Gu Yuncheng groggily opened his eyes and, upon hearing Shen Nian's words, asked, "What...who became a spirit? Spirits aren't allowed after the founding of the People's Republic of China!"

Shen Nian ignored him, raised her hand, chanted a spell, and tapped his eyelid with her fingertip, saying, "Look for yourself, what kind of monster did you bring back?"

Gu Yuncheng felt a chill in his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found that the girl who had been supporting him, who originally had a pretty and pitiful face, had suddenly changed her appearance.

Her chin suddenly became sharp and long, her eyes turned sharply upward, and strange red downy hairs suddenly grew on her snow-white skin.

That's not a person.

That was exactly like a red, hairy fox!

Gu Yuncheng sobered up considerably from the shock and shrank back behind Shen Nian, crying out, "Master, save me!!!"

The girl covered her face and cried out, "No! Young Master Gu! It's all fake!"

However, Gu Yuncheng was no longer listening to her explanations and kept hiding behind Shen Nian.

That's absolutely terrifying!!!

It turns out that not only ghosts exist in the world, but also monsters!!!

When Gu Qiwen entered the Tiannan Mountain courtyard, this was the chaotic scene he saw.

"...What happened?"

He reached out and pulled Gu Yuncheng, who was clinging to Shen Nian's back, out of his sight. He then glanced at the girl beside him, who was sobbing with her head turned to the side, and frowned: "Who did you bring back?"

"Brother! Brother, brother, brother, help me! She's not human!"

Gu Yuncheng wailed.

Shen Nian's head was throbbing from his howling, so she patted the stone table next to her and said, "Shut up."

Gu Yuncheng immediately fell silent.

"Sit still."

Shen Nian pointed to the seat next to her, and Gu Yuncheng obediently sat down as well.

She looked down at the girl in front of her.

Under the moonlight, her shadow stretched long, but what was most striking was that, besides her own shadow, there was also a huge, fluttering fox tail behind her.

"Are you a fox spirit?"

Shen Nian asked.

The girl seemed to know that she could no longer hide her identity, and lowered her head to whisper, "I wouldn't call myself a demon."

"It's just a little sprite."

"really."

Shen Nian nodded: "I've never seen a fox demon with only one tail."

Only those who have cultivated three tails are qualified to call themselves fox demons.

"Tell me, what are you planning to do to him?"

"Senior...don't you already know?"

Shen Nian then turned to Gu Yuncheng: "Then you tell me, what's going on with this girl?"

Gu Yuncheng: "She was brought here by one of those young masters..."

I wonder if this girl offended those young masters, and that's why they brought her out to humiliate her.

They tried all sorts of torturous methods on her.

Gu Yuncheng couldn't stand it any longer and stepped in to stop the group.

"She said that the group of young masters would continue to retaliate against her and insisted on following me, constantly chasing after my car. I had no choice but to bring her back first."

Gu Qiwen said coolly, "Do you think tomorrow's headlines will be about Young Master Gu's late-night rendezvous with his lover?"

Although the Gu family is the most prestigious family in Jinghai, the family tradition under the rule of Old Madam Gu is still very upright.

Before getting engaged or married, all members of the Gu family are not allowed to keep mistresses or cause any scandalous gossip.

Gu Yuncheng choked for a moment: "I was wrong, brother."

The girl lowered her head: "Young Master Gu is a very good person."

Shen Nian said, "Oh, so you took advantage of his kindness to harm him?"

"no!"

The girl shook her head vigorously, denying it, "I didn't mean to hurt him! I had no choice!"

"You didn't want to hurt him? Then why did you cast a love spell on him?"

Gu Yuncheng was stunned for a moment: "...What love spell? Did she cast a spell on me?"

The girl pursed her lips, seemingly unwilling to speak, but for some reason, when she met Shen Nian's dark pupils, she couldn't help but say, "I want Young Master Gu's heart's blood... to help me cultivate."

Gu Yuncheng's identity is extremely special.

She's just a tiny spirit with insignificant magical abilities. Let alone obtaining Gu Yuncheng's heart's blood, she'd probably be stopped by his bodyguards even if she got close to him.

In this era of spiritual depletion, humans possess far too many sophisticated weapons. Even demons with magical abilities would be like throwing an egg against a rock if they were to face them.

That's why she came up with this idea.

The insidious nature of the love spell is that it does not kill.

Only through daily interactions will the cursed person become increasingly obedient to her.

Shen Nian gave her a cold glance: "Do you know what it means for an ordinary person to have their heart's blood ripped out?"

This means that Gu Yuncheng, who may be lively and energetic today, could be lying in the ICU of Gu's Hospital tomorrow.

This means that his current luck may dissipate.

Heart blood is different from other blood; even a highly skilled cultivator needs a long time to recover after having their heart blood removed.

The girl bit her lip tightly, but words still escaped from between her lips: "He is blessed with golden light of merit, he will be fine."

"But why would he risk all his merits, fortune, and life just to help you cultivate?"

Shen Nian looked at her with a half-smile, and slowly uttered the second half of her sentence:

"You dare to challenge me?"

"I'll say the same thing again."

"Stop now, and I might spare your life."

"I will remove the love spell from him myself."

"Senior...you're being far too arrogant!"

The girl suddenly sprang up, and a sinister gust of wind rushed straight at Shen Nian's face.

"If you refuse a toast, you'll have to drink a penalty cup."

Shen Nian flicked her palm, pushing Gu Yuncheng and his group behind her, and then threw out a cyan token.

Suddenly, the entire courtyard was filled with a bright blue light. The token collided with the fox demon's sharp claws, and Shen Nian heard an extremely painful roar.

After the blue light faded, the pretty girl had disappeared, and on the ground in the courtyard lay a dying red fox.

"This token is that powerful?"

Gu Yuncheng leaned closer and said.

Shen Nian carefully put away the token: "It's because this fox's cultivation level is too low."

She lifted the red fox from the ground. "Your spiritual energy is depleted. Considering how difficult it was for you to cultivate into human form, I will spare your life. Now, remove the love spell from him."

The red-haired fox glanced at her, seemingly somewhat resentful: "If you're so capable, why didn't you solve it yourself?"

"My solution?"

"I only have one solution: kill the caster. Are you sure you want me to do it?"

Ultimately, the fear of death prevailed.

The red fox leaped in front of Gu Yuncheng, chanting a spell that no one could understand.

After the spell was broken, Gu Yuncheng didn't feel anything special.

However, the red fox coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed unconscious.

Gu Yuncheng: "Is this some kind of new type of staged accident scam?"

Shen Nian glanced at him: "Why didn't you bring the lightning-struck wood I gave you with you?"

If she had carried the talisman she gave her, she wouldn't have been ambushed by this one-tailed fox.

"...I forgot."

"Remember to bring it next time."