Even hybrid monsters have their day

Geng Miaowan had sensed something was off about Qiu Pi from the beginning, but her body seemed to move against her, leading her towards him. When he actually kissed her—a chance even smaller than a collision between Mars and Earth—she became even more certain that something was wrong with him.

The moment their lips touched, her mind suddenly cleared. The person before her wasn't Qiu Pi at all; it was clearly Xu Ruwen. But no matter how much she struggled and resisted internally, her body felt as if it weren't her own; she simply stood there motionless, letting Xu Ruwen do as he pleased.

Hearing Ziwu's words, she was even more convinced that Xu Ruwen was behind everything. However, she truly didn't understand what Ziwu meant by the bewitching technique and the nine-tailed fox, or what these had to do with Xu Ruwen.

Judging from his tone, he seemed to know quite a bit about these two things, and might have a way to help her. Although she didn't think he would be willing to help her, she decided to try, thinking there was no harm in it, and asked, "Um... do you have any way to help me...?"

"Why should I help you?" Ziwu reverted to her usual tone.

Hearing this expected answer, Geng Miaowan was not too disappointed.

Just then, she felt the water vapor in her dantian surging wildly, rampaging through her meridians, causing her to break out in a cold sweat from the pain. Yet her body showed no reaction, remaining in the kissing position with Xu Ruwen, a breath of energy flowing into her body from where their lips met. The water vapor within her body was caused by this incoming energy.

Seeing this, even someone as naive as Geng Miaowan realized something was wrong. While trying to calm the turbulent water vapor surging within her body, she asked, "What is Xu Ruwen trying to do? Is he practicing some kind of evil technique?"

Ziwu readily answered her question, "He didn't practice any evil arts, because he's not human at all, but a demon."

"Ah, a demon?" Geng Miaowan was stunned. Wasn't he a disciple of the Green Mountain Sect? Wasn't he supposed to be subduing demons and monsters? How come he himself was a demon?

"To be precise, he is a fox who has cultivated to the seven-tailed stage, and the so-called disciples of the Green Mountain Sect are all fake. And what he did was not some evil technique, but a unique secret technique of the fox clan, the art of bewitching, which was only intended to absorb your spiritual energy for his own cultivation." It was rare for Zi Wu to say such a long sentence.

The art of charm can create an illusion for the caster, allowing them to see the person or thing they most desire, thus enabling the caster to easily control the target. This is a unique secret technique of the fox clan.

Because Geng Miaowan didn't believe she possessed any spiritual energy that Xu Ruwen could absorb, and given that he was a demon, she consciously mixed absorbing spiritual energy with what she knew about absorbing life essence. Having never absorbed life essence before, Geng Miaowan felt she had truly learned something new this time.

But if that happens, she's definitely going to die.

Thinking of the animal corpses she had seen in the demon realm, which had died after having their life essence drained, Geng Miaowan suddenly felt unwell. She said to Ziwu in a somewhat ingratiating tone, "Um... Brother Ziwu, you see, you're inside me, aren't you? It wouldn't be good if he accidentally sucked you into his stomach too."

Hearing Geng Miaowan's words, Ziwu snorted. If it had nostrils, "Does it even deserve to be called one?"

Honestly, this isn't a question of whether they're a good match or not...

Geng Miaowan was speechless for a moment. Why were the two people she encountered so arrogant, and they were all non-human? Just now, it was Xiaobai, and now it was Ziwu.

But that's not the most important thing right now. As if knowing what Geng Miaowan was thinking, Ziwu said again, "Don't worry, that little demon can't absorb your spiritual energy."

"Ah, why?" Her confusion only deepened when he said that.

In her more than 100 years of memories in the demon realm, even if the other party was of a much higher level than herself, her essence would still be sucked out of her body if she had no ability to resist. She had never seen a demon who wanted to absorb essence but couldn't.

"look by youself."

Reminded by the purple mist, she looked at her body again. The chaotic water mist that had been surging earlier had stopped under her control and was now flowing rhythmically along her meridians towards her dantian. The spiritual energy that had entered her body seemed to try to squeeze into her meridians after circulating for a while, but it was blocked by her water mist. After surging around outside for a while, it tried to squeeze in again, but was blocked once more.

The spiritual energy and the water vapor within her body repeatedly squeezed and blocked in a pattern, leaving Geng Miaowan wide-eyed. What was going on? This world was truly amazing!

"how so……"

At this moment, Xu Ruwen also noticed something was wrong. How come all the spiritual energy he released into Geng Miaowan's body was sealed inside her body? Not only did he not absorb her spiritual energy, but he also couldn't retrieve his own spiritual energy. This was something he had never encountered in his thousands of years of life.

Could it be that the charm spell failed? He released Geng Miaowan and saw that she was still looking at him with calm and unwavering eyes, so she should still be under the spell.

From the moment Xu Ruwen first met Geng Miaowan, he felt that this little girl was different. She did not have the aura of other species. Only a master who had truly cultivated to a certain level could hide his aura so thoroughly.

The human realm has the weakest aura of living beings among the six realms. Although experts from other realms can also conceal their aura, the fox clan has the most sensitive nose and the best sensing ability among all living beings, and the nine-tailed fox is the best among them. Therefore, Xu Ruwen was very certain that the little girl in front of him, whose aura he could not sense at all, was an expert from the human realm's cultivation world.

Although he looked a bit young, true masters at a certain level can change their appearance at will, and it's also possible that this little girl has had some extraordinary experiences. In any case, he had great confidence in his proud sensory abilities, so seeing that his absorption of spiritual energy was being hindered made him even more convinced that Geng Miaowan was no ordinary person, and at the same time strengthened his determination to absorb her spiritual energy.

He's already at the final level of the Seven-Tailed Fox realm. If he can absorb her spiritual energy, he might be able to break through to the Eight-Tailed Fox realm and become the only Eight-Tailed Fox in the human world.

At that time, the entire fox clan had no choice but to obey his orders.