Becoming a Fox Spirit from Under One Person.

Soon, the thick miasma slowly enveloped them, trapping the exhausted group firmly in the desolate mountains and wilderness ruled by the poisonous miasma.

"Damn it! We're about to take the final step in the Higanbana assassination, and we've made a mistake at this crucial moment... I shouldn't have admired this man's reckless assassination attempt. Old man, you've learned to let your emotions get the better of you..."

puff!

Ono Noriyoshi coughed up blood, which, under the influence of the poison, had turned into a thick, dark black. The surrounding miasma grew thicker and thicker, forming a layer of pale purple gauze, turning the mountains and forests into a deadly place where no living person could enter.

Chen Ruoan, detached from worldly affairs, calmly observed everything.

"So that's how it is. It uses the five internal organs as a gu vessel, employing the 'Five Saints Fighting' method to generate primordial gu, allowing the poison to transform into different types, reducing the possibility of it being neutralized. To prevent the method from becoming ineffective after death, Zhou Xuan has already refined nearby snakes, insects, rats, and ants into living gu, ensuring the poison uses its own qi; he even used the Reversal of Love Gu, which is activated under the precondition of 'death'..."

"It wasn't a waste of years following the fox; I did learn a bit of cunning."

When a person dies, their soul dissipates.

Wei Shufen's soul gradually dissipated into the world. As an extraordinary person, her spirit could maintain consciousness for a few minutes before dissolving. She saw the corpses that had died tragically in the poisonous fog and smiled with relief.

"It should be fine now."

"It's a pity that I still couldn't take the final step. This Mianshan Mountain will become my burial place, and the wild animals in the mountain may suffer because of it..." Her eyes turned cold. "Fox, oh fox, I won't have the chance to see you one last time."

"If my remains are ever found, perhaps they can occupy a unique place in your long life."

"I'm so unwilling..." Wei Shufen closed her eyes. It was too late; the ending couldn't be changed. Her soul flew towards the sky above Mianshan Mountain, piercing through the clouds and falling into the Milky Way.

Something was supporting her, making her feel light and airy, her soul gathered and not scattered.

"Ok?"

"I haven't been completely destroyed?" She looked around in confusion. A white pill flew in from a distance, its familiar light nourishing her spirit. This immediately reminded her of the fox's "demon core".

"Where did it fly from? And why is there only half of it?"

Wei Shufen's soul had found a vessel, and her gaze remained fixed on the distant Mianshan Mountain. Suddenly, a large hand, appearing from nowhere, pierced through the jade sky and grasped half of the demon core.

Chen Ruoan is reclaiming his own things from the long river of time.

Wei Shufen saw a dazzling galaxy with countless images flashing in the middle. At first, the light in the river was a bit dazzling, but supported by her achievements in saving lives and working hard for the country, she endured the discomfort and actually saw the future clearly.

A strange scene unfolded: Chen Ruoan looked down at Wei Shufen from the roadside, while Wei Shufen looked at Mianshan Mountain—Mianshan Mountain, which was the past for the fox but the future for her!

The fox from the past picked up her body and decorated everything in the poisonous fog with flowers. She fell asleep amidst the lush vegetation, like Sleeping Beauty in a fairy tale.

"So this is what a fox looks like when it's sad..."

"Ok?"

"The fox is heartbroken for me? So heartbroken! That means he likes me, so I could have won! Hahahaha!" Wei Shufen, protected by the demon core, suddenly burst into laughter with her hands on her hips.

Chen Ruoan, who was still trying to rescue the person, frowned.

Why are all women like this?

Suddenly I didn't want to save him anymore.

The boastful laughter quickly subsided. Wei Shufen continued walking along the river, seeing Chen Ruoan running around for her sake. A corner of the scene was missing; the fox then threw herself into the war, and then, during the founding of the nation, chose to undergo a tribulation of lightning, facing the heavenly thunder head-on…

"We won."

"The fox's tribulation of lightning has passed." Wei Shufen didn't know where she would be dragged to, but even if her soul were to be scattered now, she could die peacefully in peace.

Then, another section of the video was missing.

Furthermore, there were the decades of solitary cultivation the fox spent in the snowy mountains. Only then did she realize that the affection the fox had given her was far greater than she had imagined. She clutched her chest, feeling an indescribable phantom pain in her spirit, a feeling of suffocation and bitterness.

Time continued to pass, and finally, the fox returned to the world.

"Phew—" Wei Shufen breathed a long sigh of relief. "How can an old cultivator be burdened by the past forever? Luckily, you've come out of it."

"Ah, I took on an apprentice and also saved a pink-haired little girl."

"Ah, another pink-haired little girl has been rescued."

"You damn fox, you're picking up little girls every day and keeping them as pets, aren't you?"

Wei Shufen felt a strange feeling. When she saw the fox going to school, she suddenly remembered that most of the books she had read were taught by the fox.

"Having just died in the struggle, and now seeing a peaceful future, it's a feeling I can't quite describe. This is what the school of the future is like. If I could live to see that time, I'd probably want to experience it too... Ah! The pink-haired girl the fox saved has become his classmate; Damn! Why does the atmosphere feel a bit bittersweet... You old geezer!"

Her cheeks were puffed up with anger, but when she thought about how she could survive and become an old woman by then, and how it was indeed a bit inappropriate for an old woman to go to school and experience youth with young people, she let it go.

Soon, the day arrived for the fox and Xia He to sign the contract.

Wei Shufen's feelings became increasingly complicated.

"Decades have passed, and she hasn't made any progress. Outsiders can see it, but only foxes can't. I don't need to guess to know that this girl named Xia He must have chosen a path full of thorns."

On the one hand, Wei Shufen empathized with Xia He's choice and felt deep sympathy; on the other hand, she envied Xia He and Chen Ruoan for meeting in peacetime.

If I had encountered the fox at this time, the outcome would probably have been different, right?

As the scenery continued to change, the cave in Tengshan was transformed into a hotel, Chen Ruoan and Xia He's way of getting along became more and more tacit, and the atmosphere changed imperceptibly.

Then, something indescribable happened...

Wei Shufen stood there stunned for a long time. In that instant, she felt she had grown up. She covered her blushing face, parted her fingers, and peeked furtively downwards: "It's simply... truly, truly lewd!"

"The reserve I had from old feudal thinking has ruined me. Turns out you can just pin a fox down and rub it in the ground. Isn't the future a bit too open... How lewd!"

"Cough!" Chen Ruoan, who was collecting the demon core, coughed violently and decided against saving her. Standing in the Path of Time, peeking into the mortal world, leaving the fox no privacy whatsoever, he should have first set up a final escape formation before going to Wushan with his beauty and enjoying the pleasures of love.

Stop looking and get up here!

Click!

The ice-like river surface finally shattered, and Chen Ruoan's half of the demon core fell into his palm. Wei Shufen's remnant soul was not yet fully cultivated and could not see the whole picture beyond the Heavenly Gate. In her eyes, the fox was only a dazzling outline pieced together by stars.

"Is this the Great Luo Heaven?"

"Why did you save me, may I ask you, sir?" Wei Shufen asked tentatively.

"Phew—" Chen Ruoan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with satisfaction, "It has been more than 130 years since we last parted ways. Perhaps this period is even shorter for you, maybe two or three years."

The fox's voice hadn't become low and hoarse with the passage of time; Wei Shufen quickly recognized it as the voice of the person she had longed for during her travels—his light and clear voice.

"Wait, wait a minute."

Wei Shufen felt little joy at the reunion. She recalled the fox in Mianshan that held her corpse, and then she examined the outline of the starlight before her. Beneath her feet lay the past, and a corner of the path of time had been torn open by the fox's claws.

The fox had encountered many intelligent women throughout his life, and Shufen immediately guessed what was going on.

"You became an immortal just to do this kind of thing?"

"If I can't cultivate a carefree and unrestrained life, then what's the point of cultivating immortality?"

"What's the price!?"

The damage in the path of time caused violent tremors, and the fox's radiance teetered on the brink of collapse. Wei Shufen didn't know what was going to happen, but the abnormalities around her indicated that nothing good would come of it.

"Let me go back! I'm already dead!"

"You know how to break the Treasure Breeze Token, right? Read it to me! Knowing these things before I die is enough for me; my life is already complete!"

Chen Ruoan remained unmoved.

"Please, let me go back... Chen Ruoan, please let me go back!"

The fox sighed.

Why are all the women around me like this?

"Don't worry, I can bear the price. The worst outcome is that I can no longer possess anything related to time." Chen Ruoan sat cross-legged in the shattered landscape and waved his hand quietly.

"Anyway, the matter is done, so it doesn't matter if I tell the truth now. You need to understand that everything I did utilized the world's inherent rules and their loopholes. My plan was not something I made up or fabricated."

"Using the unique characteristics of a nation of equal status, we can reclaim the demon core, stabilize the soul with the demon core, deceive the heavens with the final formation of the escape technique, and preserve the physical body with the aura of the snow mountain. Once your soul has traversed the ages and returned to your body, the process will be complete. Do you understand?"

Wei Shufen had heard many stories about spiritual practice from Chen Ruoan, and naturally a seed of interest sprouted in her heart.

"To die but not perish, to feign death and truly shed one's body, to transform one's form and spirit, and thus... to achieve corpse liberation?"

"Good that you understand, don't pretend to be innocent after getting the benefit. Go back to your place obediently!" Chen Ruoan raised his hand and gently pushed the demon core. The luminous white pill containing Wei Shufen's soul fell into the mortal world and landed in the snow-capped mountains of Kangchenzhangjia Peak.

boom!

The final formation of the escape formation shattered, and a wisp of Yin Qi poured into the ice layer, melting into the corpse frozen by the snow mountain's aura. The soul returned and began to reshape the physical body—collecting blood to nourish flesh, generating fluids, and restoring its original form!

Of course, compared to the "Taiyin Refining Form" recorded in ancient books, Wei Shufen lacked the examination by the Three Officials. However, the good fortune and karmic connections she accumulated along the way were enough to support this return that spanned a century.

The ice layer cracked.

"I...I'm alive?"

"This is... more than a hundred years later!"

"fox!"

Chen Ruoan lost her balance, feeling as if she was about to be kicked away by the Dao of Time.

"Is your aura that strong? I'll just not go this way next time. Anyway, there are other ways to control time and space besides time and space itself. What if we can refine a magical artifact that can influence the passage of time?" The fox fell far away and glanced at the Great Path next door.

That is the "Dao" that includes many methods such as divine mechanism and painting. As long as one reaches the highest level in skill, one can enter the path of extraordinary skills.

"Next time, go this way."

Chapter 258 The Second Wishing Tree

Wei Shufen stepped out of the ice, brushing off the snow covering her body. Her body, frozen for many years, became flexible and natural under the nourishment of the demon core. There were few insects in the Great Snow Mountain that could be refined into Gu, and without a Speed ​​Gu by her side, she ran down the mountain alone.

"Where did you hide this for me?"

Kangchenjunga is far away overseas, and the glacier area is generally above 5,000 meters above sea level. Looking out, Wei Shufen could only see the dazzling white snow and a thin, bald man wearing tattered clothes.

"wack?"

"Ah, no!" Wei Shufen remembered. She had seen this man in the past years. He was a hermit with no sect. Fox would talk to him when she was cultivating in seclusion. After more than a hundred years, his appearance had not changed.

"These guys from the same era are all over a hundred years old now. Why do I feel like I've suddenly fallen behind in seniority?" Wei Shufen muttered to herself as the guy opposite her stepped forward to strike up a conversation.

“If I’m not mistaken, you are the person Brother An asked me to wait for.” Ruan Feng scratched his bald head.

After all, in this great snowy mountain, apart from expedition teams, the only people who could come are oddballs like themselves.

"I know Chen Ruoan."

"That thing is yours." Ruan Feng handed over a backpack. Wei Shufen blinked and recognized it as a storage magic item—"the backpack that Mom packed."