The male supporting character was actually myself.

I can't understand why he's so self-pitying. The world is vast, and as an extraordinary being, he can do anything that's a hundred times better than ordinary people. If he wants respect and wealth, he should strive for it. What's there to complain about?

"Brother Xingzhou, I heard you have a beautiful master?" With the help of the little white cat to shield her from the halo effect, Yan'er, who did not instantly turn into a love-struck person, first asked some questions about the disputes to corroborate what the demon cat senior had said earlier, and then suddenly changed the subject to ask a question.

"Uh... well..." Gu Xingzhou was pondering what to say to make Yan'er feel more favorably toward him based on their past friendship. The two of them took advantage of the late hour and the beautiful scenery to stroll hand in hand in the woods, and their feelings for each other blossomed naturally.

Unexpectedly, she would suddenly ask about his hidden secrets. Gu Xingzhou couldn't control his expression and immediately gave himself away. He then smiled and said perfunctorily, "Who told you that nonsense? Don't believe those ridiculous rumors. Ever since I was jilted by the magistrate's illegitimate daughter..."

He deliberately changed the subject to gain sympathy and play the victim, putting on a calm expression that showed he was hurt but still strong, and said nonchalantly, "The townspeople ridiculed me to the extreme."

The Gu family mistreated our family and even drove us out of the Gu family!

That was the life of luxury my father had earned through a huge compensation payment back then. After they took advantage of us, they kicked us out..."

Before he could repeat how miserable he was, Yan'er interrupted and asked, "Now that Brother Xingzhou has fled to the mountains to hide, where are Uncle and Aunt? I only rushed here as fast as possible after receiving a message from Aunt. Where is she now and is she alright?"

Besides Xingzhou, the only other person who felt the warmth of family in the Gu family back then was his beautiful, virtuous, and gentle mother.

My uncle is physically disabled and has an eccentric personality, while my aunt is not only hardworking and devoted but also incredibly kind to everyone around her.

Especially since she was young and had no mother's love, she only felt the feeling of being pampered by her mother when she was with her aunt. That's why she specially left that pendant for her aunt when she was taken back to the sect.

“Uh… Mother…” Gu Xingzhou was speechless for a moment.

Although he used his mother's name when he came to demand money, he never considered where his mother was going or how his disabled father would live after his wife and children left.

"I...I was injured by the Gu family, and then the county magistrate's constables, who were in cahoots with the Gu family to settle a personal score, searched everywhere for me. I got separated from my mother." He muttered under his breath, "It's all those bastards' fault! The Gu family framed me; even the county magistrate looked down on me and tacitly allowed his illegitimate daughter to break off the engagement..."

Yan'er frowned slightly and interrupted him again, saying coldly, "If that's the case, you should have told me first. Guards!"

Two white-robed cultivators quickly rose, bowed, and asked what their orders were.

"It's getting late, and Aunt Gu has nowhere to go. We don't know where she is now. You must go and find her quickly." She made a hand seal and extracted Xu Xueqing's image from her mind, condensing it into an image of a beautiful woman in mid-air for them to examine closely.

The two men, swords in hand, bowed and said, "Please wait a moment, Miss. We will go find the person immediately!"

Watching them disappear at incredible speed on their flying swords, Gu Xingzhou was so envious he almost drooled.

This is what a real cultivator is like!

Superhumans aren't even worthy of carrying their shoes!

Riding on flying swords and making hand seals, one can float like an immortal and unleash unpredictable spells. If only I could cultivate such immortal arts...

"Yan'er, is flying on a sword difficult to learn?"

Faced with his overjoyed and covetous question, Yan'er felt a sudden surge of disgust.

His aunt, worried about his safety, immediately opened the pendant to call for help. However, as a son, upon seeing the reinforcements, he didn't mention searching for his mother at all. This shows that the Demon Cat Senior's statement that he had character issues was indeed not unfounded.

It's one thing that my uncle's personality is unpleasant;

My aunt is such a gentle and considerate person. It is not easy for her to support the whole family with her frail body all these years. Yet he always talks about his suffering and grievances as if the whole world has wronged him. He doesn't think about how much more difficult it must be for his mother, who is a weak woman.

Growing up and not sharing your mother's burdens, not even searching for her after being separated from her, don't you worry that she, a woman, will be bullied? There are many wild animals in the mountains and forests near Junxi Town, and with nowhere to hide, wouldn't she be easily injured by wild animals at night?

If someone can be so cold-blooded and heartless towards their own mother, how can they possibly be a considerate and loving person, no matter how nice their words are?

Unaffected by the aura of intellectual impairment, Yan'er's enthusiasm quickly cooled down, and she didn't even want to say another word to Aunt Xia, closing her eyes to rest beside her.

Gu Xingzhou was rebuffed and sat there silently, smacking his lips in embarrassment. He was overjoyed to take this opportunity to learn magic from Yan'er, but was instead met with a cold shower. He was deeply discouraged and his mind wavered slightly.

"Ha, the prettier a woman is, the worse she is. My beautiful master has gone to find someone else; and now even Yan'er..." He clenched his right fist, his nails digging into his palm, and his eyes gradually turned cold.

I must become stronger at all costs!

The weak can only look up to others; only the strong can make them submit to their feet!

Time passed slowly, and apart from a fire crackling and burning in the forest, the only sound was the wind blowing through the thicket, making a low, mournful sound.

"Little cat, I did it!" After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Hong Luo opened her eyes, looking slightly tired but unable to hide her excitement. She reminded him, "You need to find a quiet place now. The remnant soul power of the Nine-Tailed Fox is stronger than I expected. We can't disturb that little girl."

"Okay, meow!" Jiang Chen's small body shot into the distance from the grass like a black arrow.

He ran until Honglu shouted for him to stop, then he stopped in a forest.

A translucent body floated out of the Soul-Nourishing Jade. Hong Luo made hand seals and chanted incantations to complete the final part of the soul-guiding ritual.

"call……"

The wind in the mountains and forests suddenly picked up, and the huge trees bent slightly, making a sound like waves crashing against the ground, like the roar of a ferocious beast.

Hong Luo's blood-red skirt fluttered, and a dazzling light gradually shone in front of her, causing Jiang Chen to involuntarily squint his eyes.

"Who is summoning me?" As if awakening from a long slumber, a dry, deep voice suddenly appeared, followed by a pair of blood-red, ferocious eyes belonging to a wild beast.

Hong Luo floated forward with a solemn expression. "My soul-guiding array can't last long, so we need to get straight to the point."

His blood-red eyes glanced at her, and his tone became grave. "We shouldn't be here. The entire Heavenly Dao Laws are in chaos."

"Hmm, I don't know." She paused for a moment, then shook her head helplessly. "I'm just a remnant soul, and I don't even know why I awakened in the human world. I've forgotten many things from before. How are you now? How can I rescue you? If you're refined by that little girl, the demon realm might..."

The nine-tailed fox was clearly in much better condition than her. She blinked and chuckled, "You're still so impulsive. Don't rush, listen to me. The laws of Heaven have gone awry and everything is in chaos, but before that, I glimpsed a sliver of heavenly secrets and deduced a variable."

Chapter Thirty-Five: You're Just a Tool

The nine-tailed fox looked through Hong Luo's semi-transparent body at Jiang Chen.

There was even a hint of pity in his eyes, "But I really didn't expect the variable to be such a little kitten, without even a trace of demonic energy. A single breath from a demon would kill it."

Jiang Chen: ...

o('^｀)o

Okay, okay, I know this body looks weak, you all don't need to emphasize it anymore!

"I made many preparations in advance for this variable," the Nine-Tailed Fox continued to explain, "including letting Long Li take the sacred artifact of the demon race to the human world. At the same time, it also took a Flaming Phoenix Egg with it, which I specially prepared for you so you can use it in the future."

Not long after they were prepared, divine punishment descended.

My soul was shattered by the attack, and the remaining part was sealed and suppressed in the little girl's body by the divine artifact, the Heaven-Turning Seal.

"I sensed the change just now, and I tried to release my aura to attract attention, but it was forcibly suppressed. Fortunately, you're not completely stupid; you thought of using a soul-summoning array to summon me. Otherwise, if I had missed this opportunity and been refined and perished, the demon race, relying on that fool Long Li, might have truly been finished."

Jiang Chen: ? ? ?

Judging from this tone, the Nine-Tailed Fox seems a bit like a bug?

"Senior, please tell us quickly how we can rescue you!" He licked his paws and sighed in a childish voice, "This is a rare opportunity. If we miss tonight's chance, things will really get difficult!"

The nine-tailed fox blinked, curious about the little kitten that wasn't afraid of her at all, and said in a deep voice, "Saving you isn't exactly difficult, but it's not exactly easy either."

The girl had a red mark on her collarbone, which at first glance looked like a red petal. I was sealed inside the Heaven-Turning Seal. Correspondingly, there was a small red dot on the third vertebra of her back, which was the key point of the suppression array, a one-inch-long bone nail.

First, prepare a talisman to seal the mark on her collarbone. Then, channel your spiritual power and incantation to remove the bone nail. Once the nail is out of her body, I will be free.

The problem is, to protect the seal that suppresses her, special methods have been left on her body. If a demon or someone of a higher cultivation level approaches, a protective array will automatically form, attracting the attention of your companions, making it very difficult for you to succeed.

He taught Hong Luo all the unsealing talismans and incantations. Jiang Chen had already figured out a rough plan while taking the opportunity to use the pseudo-master's halo to get Gu Xingzhou to remove the bone nails!

"Senior, once you get back, do everything you can to make sure Yan'er can't get a proper rest." He lowered his voice after making up his mind, "Especially her so-called cold constitution, the more obvious her discomfort, the easier it will be to succeed."

"Alright, whether we can escape depends on you—the only variable in this world." The nine-tailed fox agreed, its blood-red eyes fading until it disappeared.

Jiang Chen rushed to the camp as fast as he could;

Hong Luo then hurriedly prepared the unsealing talisman in the Soul Nourishing Jade.

The firelight in the camp illuminated a small open space where Yan'er had already fallen into a deep sleep; Gu Xingzhou was also drifting off to sleep.

"Ah!" Yan'er suddenly felt a violent churning in her chest. Those blood-red eyes filled with murderous intent reappeared in her mind, causing her soul to feel a series of sharp pains, and she couldn't help but cry out in pain.

Aunt Xia immediately became alert. "Miss, what's wrong?"

She clutched her chest tightly, her face deathly pale, her body trembling violently. She looked up, her eyes filled with tears, pleading for help from Aunt Xia. Her unique constitution, which had been sealed by the ferocious beast since childhood, often triggered flare-ups, but never this severe before.

It is unclear why the ferocious beast has been wreaking havoc so frequently today, and it is becoming increasingly ferocious, showing no sign of being suppressed by the Heart-Cleansing Mantra.

Yan'er felt a burning sensation emanating from her chest, radiating from within;

The cold constitution used to suppress ferocious beasts was immediately activated, and the rest of his body, except for his chest, was as cold as ice and snow.

The murderous aura emanating from the ferocious beast stung her soul, rendering her unable to think or concentrate. She could only whimper as she lay on the ground, her pretty face alternating between ashen and flushed.

"Yan'er! Is your cold constitution acting up again?" Gu Xingzhou was suddenly awakened and saw the little beauty suffering. He hurriedly stepped forward and tried to use the same method he used when she was a child to warm her body.

Aunt Xia flicked her finger, using her magic to send him flying several steps back, and said coldly, "Insolence!"

"I... I was just concerned about Yan'er!" Gu Xingzhou's face turned red with anger when he was attacked for his good intentions, but he was helpless because he was just a minor level two superhuman and no match for a cultivator.

Yan'er was as cold as ice on her body but burning hot in her chest. She curled up on the grass, enduring unbearable torment and pain.

"Miss, please bear with it." Aunt Xia knew that she had a peculiar constitution. When it flared up, her whole body was as cold as ice, and even her breath was covered with thick frost.

The sect had used some method to alleviate the cold, but it seemed to be ineffective at this moment. All she could do was send some spiritual energy to make her mistress feel a little better.

The nine-tailed fox stopped when it felt it had done enough.

Yan'er, who was the vessel for the seal, was drenched in sweat, her face flushed, and she was panting heavily. Her painful whimpers gradually subsided.

Gu Xingzhou, who was pushed aside and watched from a distance, was breathing rapidly and his heart was churning. The petite beauty he had just seen looked so pitiful and made him nervous.

Unable to contain his wandering thoughts, his gaze towards Yan'er became somewhat misty.

If only we could still nurture her body like we did when she was a child...

If... could that alleviate her pain?

Once the restless thoughts took root, they wouldn't go away. As Gu Xingzhou looked at the girl's slightly flushed face, countless fantasies floated into his mind.

"Thank you, Aunt Xia, I feel much better." Yan'er didn't dare to relax after forcibly suppressing the ferocious beast.

Today is different from the past. The ferocious beast within the seal seems to know that it will not give up after leaving the sect. Even after being suppressed, it still tries to break through the seal. Thus, a burning sensation emanates from its chest, spreading throughout its entire body, causing unbearable heat.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead, stood up, and said softly, "Aunt Xia, I need to find a place to take a cold shower to calm down."

Aunt Xia sensed it and flew with her on her sword to a stream not far away.

The others also stepped forward to protect the young lady, lest some lecherous rogue take the opportunity to peep.

The camp was instantly empty except for Gu Xingzhou. He threw a piece of firewood into the fire in frustration, which sparked a shower of firewood.

"Meow? What's gotten into you again?" After Jiang Chen used a prop to cast a charm effect on himself, his small black figure emerged from the bushes.

In the firelight, his eyes reflected the flames, giving him a somewhat mysterious look. "Thinking of old friends again?"

"It's you again?!" Gu Xingzhou was startled by the sudden voice. Upon realizing it was the little demon cat, he angrily threw the wooden stick in his hand at it. "What are you doing here?"