Becoming a Fox Spirit from Under One Person.

"Golden light materializes, holy crap!"

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At the Moon-Inviting Pavilion on Mount Tai, Chen Ruoan sat cross-legged on the edge of a cliff, tossing the "Double-Handed Skill" with one hand and weighing the "Old Farmer's Skill" given to him by Zhang Huaiyi before his death with the other.

"Okay, that makes two."

If you say that "Old Farmer's Kung Fu" and "Qi Body Source Flow" have nothing to do with each other, the fox will be the first to disbelieve it.

"Giving it to Zhang Chulan now is tantamount to openly announcing that it's one of the 'Eight Extraordinary Techniques.' Speaking of which, when exactly is this kid going to need the power?"

Zhang Chulan possesses exceptional talent, and with the potential bestowed upon him by the fox, he achieves twice the results with half the effort in cultivating the various methods of Longhu Mountain.

In the original story, a prodigy who wasted ten years of cultivation but was able to surpass most of his peers after a few months of training could have developed to an unimaginable extent without that ten-year "gap period".

However, despite his last wish, the fox couldn't let the thing remain in his hands. So he modified the "Old Farmer's Skill" slightly, turning it into a challenge-based soul restriction, setting up five levels from basic needs to transcendent needs.

"Once you've surpassed yourself, you'll have achieved your goal in this life." The fox clenched his hands, and two wisps of energy vanished in his palms.

The year of Jia Shen passed peacefully, and nothing happened in the industry.

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In the autumn of 2007, Chen Ruoan stood alone in the wind on a cliff, holding her mobile phone, her toes unconsciously digging into the ground, almost carving a three-bedroom apartment out of the hard mountain.

"What are you looking at? You look terrible." The little phoenix walked over silently.

"I've been attacked," the fox said.

"Hmm?" The little phoenix did not notice any unusual fluctuations in the Qi around it. Besides, there are very few people in the circle who dare to cause trouble for the fox.

"look."

Chen Ruoan handed over her phone; the screen displayed a visually striking image: the person had a wild, colorful afro, blonde hair highlighted with bright red and royal blue, the strands standing stiffly upright like a magnificent little mountain. Their eyebrows were drawn thin and long, their eyes were smudged with dark eyeshadow, and they wore a black cropped T-shirt paired with ripped jeans, their waist adorned with numerous silver chains…

Little Phoenix, who loves wearing highly saturated colors, was taken aback: "Is it attacking you? What is this thing that has come to life? Its style is so extravagant!"

The memories of the past are attacking me!

Chen Ruoan rubbed her temples. The older she got, the more embarrassed she became when recalling certain old memories.

Influenced by trends, the non-mainstream style has recently become very popular, with the more extreme "Shamate" style gaining popularity. The young people in this circle are characterized by their unconventional behavior, and they are very unique in their hairstyles, clothing, words and actions.

Who understands the feeling of salvation that comes from opening QQ Space and seeing nothing but gray and white pictures, along with sentimental and pretentious captions?

The little phoenix scrolled through the pictures and read the text aloud: "Looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, it's not that I like sadness, it's just that I don't want anyone to see my tears."

"Later I came to terms with everything, but I had already missed out on everything."

"I used to be completely open and honest with you, but now I'm just indifferent."

"When one person cries, true love is invincible."

Chen Ruoan rubbed her face and said, "Stop reading it. It'll be even more shameful to read it aloud."

What is this?

"trend."

"The current trends are really strange; I can't even understand the written characters." Little Phoenix noticed a series of strange characters, but could barely make out their general meaning.

Martian language.

"When I'm alone at night, my thoughts are always a jumbled mess, a mixture of joy and sadness, which I find ridiculous even to myself. This one-person show, which belongs only to me, is unknown and incomprehensible to everyone from beginning to end. In the end, even my tears have to be hidden away, and even my sadness seems so superfluous."

Chen Ruoan had experienced that period of time, and the gene that could understand Martian language was imprinted in his blood.

I glanced at the sender's name in the notes, and it turned out to be Lu Linglong.

It turns out that the future Ice and Snow Goddess also had such a "melancholy" and "tragic" past.

When Lu Linglong realizes how embarrassing the copywriting is in the future, she might close the space and then look back at it at some point in the future, feeling so awkward she'll dig her toes into the ground.

"You wrote so much?"

"Find a way to preserve it."

"Forward this to Lu Jin and let her see."

Chen Ruoan copied the message and sent it to Lu Jin. A reply came back in a few seconds.

"Is it a relapse of an old illness?" The old fogies in the supernatural community knew that the fox used to have a sour and rotten aura.

"Old folks don't understand the fashion of young people," Chen Ruoan thought to himself, as he opened Xia He's profile. It was completely clean, with not a single post about her feelings.

The fox smiled, greeted the little phoenix, and returned to its dwelling, disappearing into the electromagnetic space in the form of an "electronic yang god".

The internet is really lively these days: QQ Space, pets, ringtones, Jade Dynasty, Tian Long Ba Bu, Warcraft, Audition Online, 4399 mini-games, plus Tianya Forum and online sentimental literature.

It was a bit awkward, but everyone was actively seeking happiness.

The more flashy the space, the trendier it is; the more sentimental the copywriting, the more sophisticated it is; the larger the family, the more prestigious it is. Slow internet speed, Flash loading takes forever. Every outfit, every message, every thought contains both affected sentimentality and a touch of youthful sincerity.

Chen Ruoan wandered around cyberspace, looking for fun everywhere.

After wandering around for a while, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be a similar entity in the surrounding space.

It should be said that it was a woman.

Chen Ruoan's image was a blue fox outlined in white light, while the other was a woman with a graceful figure, naked. The shimmering white light outlined the curves of her body clearly and exquisitely, and even her appearance was very clear.

"What kind of manifestation is this?"

The fox wanted to say hello, but the woman ran away as soon as she saw him.

Is it really necessary?

With nothing else to do, the fox followed leisurely behind.

Finally, the guy couldn't run anymore and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Don't chase me! Don't chase me! (TT)"

"Why are you running?"

"If you don't chase me, do you think I can run away?"

"If you don't run, how can I catch you?"

"Hmm~" The woman puffed out her cheeks. "So we can communicate. I thought I'd stumbled upon Sohu's basic security network."

"What's your name?" Chen Ruoan remembered that in the original work there was a being who could freely travel through electromagnetic space—Er Zhuang.

Erzhuang, whose real name is Gao Yushan, is a temporary worker in the Northeast region of "Nadutong" company. She is the second daughter of Gao Lian, the regional head, and a descendant of the Gao family, one of the four major families in China.

She failed in her cultivation of some secret technique, resulting in her body being severed at the waist, leaving only her upper body. She survives in a cultivation pod thanks to "Dark Fortress" technology.

Erzhuang possesses the innate ability to manipulate electromagnetic waves. In his early years, he studied under the Quanzhen Wuliu School and combined his innate extraordinary skills with his Yang Shen, enabling his soul to leave his body in the form of electromagnetic waves and exist in space.

In her "electronic Yang God" state, she cannot affect physical entities, but she can manipulate electrical signals. For example, she can easily hack into all the money in a person's account.

Known as the "Old Master" of the internet world, her abilities are undeniable. She can freely browse your photo album, your browser search history, and your chat history. In later generations, she can even tamper with your game drop rates and guaranteed drop rates. In front of Er Zhuang, a person has almost no privacy.

Of course, what Erzhuang can do, the fox can do as well now.

"My name is Erzhuang!" the woman shouted, her identity having indeed been guessed by the fox.

"And you, little fox?" Erzhuang asked.

"Li Xiaoyao, you can also call me Brother Fox."

"Erzhuang is a nickname, not a pet name. My full name is Gao Yushan!" Gao Lian from Northeast China was a stubborn old feudal man who originally wanted a son, but he ended up having two daughters. So he used "Dazhuang" and "Erzhuang" as nicknames for his two daughters.

Even though he was somewhat feudal, Gao Lian did not discriminate against girls. After Er Zhuang's accident, he secretly misappropriated a lot of funds to treat his daughter. Er Zhuang's supernatural abilities were very useful to the company. The headquarters knew about Gao Lian's embezzlement, but in the end, they turned a blind eye and let it go.

"Okay, then my name is Hu Ge."

"A joke won't be funny if you do it again."

"Shall I go?" The fox nimbly leaped back towards Mount Tai's equipment, and this time it was Gao Yushan's turn to chase after the fox.

"Wait a minute!"

"what happened?"

"Talk to me, it's been so long since anyone has spoken to me." Gao Yushan conveyed the message urgently, as if after being immersed in the solution in the culture chamber, all she could hear was a cold, mechanical voice.

Even when communicating with loved ones through devices using "electronic astral projection," the text output rarely expresses emotions, and she cannot freely cry or laugh. So she has to add emoticons after the text.

Emoticons are now extremely rare and rudimentary.

"Then you speak." Chen Ruoan really wanted to leave; even a thousand strong men couldn't catch him. Fifty years after the rumor of the fox's death spread, the Gao family's incense offerings and sacrifices continued uninterrupted. For this reason alone, the fox was happy to chat with this junior member of the Gao family for a few minutes.

"Hmm—" Gao Yushan pondered, starting to look for a topic. She hadn't anticipated today's situation and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Your message pop-up had a lot of emoticons, which were very basic. Let me teach you how to use characters to create more vivid emoticons. For example, you can use parentheses, double dots, and a left-falling stroke to make something like this."

('??)ノ(._.`)

"This is a head pat."

"Mmm," Erzhuang said, showing great interest.

“Take your previous simple crying face, turn it upside down, add parentheses and these, and you can express anger. This is called flipping the table.”

(ノ=Д=)ノ┻━┻

"This is good."

"This is happiness (≧?≦)"

"This expresses 'like' (。?ω?。)ノ?"

Erzhuang looked at the characters in the cyberspace and nodded: "The combination is indeed more vivid and artistic."

The fox designed a series of emoticons based on joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. Gao Yushan never imagined changing the characters to form these things, even though it was a very simple thing.

She crouched down, cupped her cheeks, and stared at the string of characters, feeling that these little things would make her happy for a long time.

"Where are you from, fox? (?_??)"

“My family worships several deities, but none of them can traverse electromagnetic space.”

Chen Ruoan replied truthfully, "The immortal abode used for cultivation is built on Mount Tai, which is under the command of the Goddess of Mount Tai, and of course it also has its own incense offering site."

“I’ve rarely heard of fox cultivators who care about worldly affairs. The few in my family’s shrine, unless they are specially invited for important matters, almost never concern themselves with worldly affairs.” Gao Yushan said, and suddenly an idea came to her mind.

"If you're bored, why don't you just hang out with me (o?o)?"

"With your abilities, you're sure to shine. To be honest, my old man is quite a leader. This is a great opportunity with BOSS Zhipin, and we won't treat you unfairly!"