My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

The two old women walked over.

Joey patted Hua Ran's back gently to comfort him and help him straighten up.

"Guests, thank you for waiting..."

The hard-of-hearing old lady brought out some fruit, saying that the fruit might not look pretty, but it tasted really sweet.

Joey took the opportunity to say that she could read palms and could take a look at the two of them.

Because you can't tell anything from their appearance alone.

Their faces were too old, covered with wrinkles that obscured things that should have been visible.

Inugami chatted and talked with them.

During the conversation, Joey realized that they had no idea about the changes in their appearance.

It's certain that the hard-of-hearing one is the mother, while the older one is the daughter; the two of them make no attempt to hide it.

In her mother's eyes, her daughter was still a very beautiful young woman.

This means that their eyes were also covered by magic, so when they looked at each other, they couldn't see anything.

The girl kept looking the dog up and down.

Question: "How old are you, young man? Are you eligible for marriage?"

As he said this, he reached out to touch the back of Inugami's hand.

Inugami immediately pulled his hand away; even the slightest touch on his fingertips disgusted him.

That hand was wiping under the table.

"Twenty years old... Although not married, she is engaged."

The daughter was immediately unhappy upon hearing this.

But he didn't show much of anything.

Joey began to focus her attention on the hands of the hard-of-hearing old woman.

Her lifeline is very long. If you sprinkle water on her hand, you will find that the water droplets slow down when they pass through the middle and lower part of her hand, which means that at this time, her real age should be around forty or fifty.

She is definitely not as old as she looks, only in her seventies.

As for the daughter, her lifespan is short, and she shows signs of dying young.

When the water droplet glides across the palm, it lingers slightly in the upper middle part, which means that this person is actually only in their twenties.

Now he looks like he's ninety.

The two died at different times.

Joey coughed.

"You two are very kind. You can tell that you are optimistic and positive people. If you continue to maintain a kind heart, you will be rewarded."

As expected, the hard-of-hearing old woman brought up the matter of fine grains. Qiao Yi went along with it and said, "My husband is not feeling well. It seems he has caught a cold. I would like to rest here for a few more days. I don't have anything to give you two. You can keep the clothes I brought with me as money for lodging."

The daughter immediately said, "Okay...we'll take the clothes. Our house is big, and my father died early, so you can stay as long as you want."

After the meal, Joey and the others went for a walk around the village.

The little expression on Hua Ran's face couldn't be contained.

His eyes were filled with tears, and his fox ears drooped.

Standing next to a tree, he kicked his feet, his whole body radiating a signal.

My wife is trying to coax me!

OK! I understand!

Joey said, "I've been thinking about this. The reason why the dog god and I haven't changed is because we both have yang energy. I don't need to say anything, and the dog god is a positive spirit. That can only mean that the magic that makes people age here is yin energy. Since you are yin yourself, you are also affected by it."

Hua Ran covered her face with her hands.

He felt fine lines starting to appear on his face.

This was his misperception.

But he also couldn't imagine what he would look like when he was old!

Qiao Yi sighed when she saw that Hua Ran didn't turn around.

"Hua Ran, are you listening to me? You'll be alright, I won't let anything happen to you."

"But... I'm getting old. I feel that everything in this world has an end. When I reach the end of my old age, will my soul be scattered and my spirit be gone...?"

Upon hearing this, Joey immediately scolded him.

"impossible!"

Joey is rarely impatient.

"The growth of one's soul will only lead to higher cultivation, especially for a powerful spirit like you."

Hua Ran bit her lower lip.

He muttered to himself, "After all, even my true form is strange... It's not impossible that my soul will eventually be scattered..."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yixian couldn't contain herself and went straight to the point.

"Actually, I was thinking of a solution while we were eating. I was worried that something might happen to you. And now that you're safe, I can focus on investigating the strange phenomena in this village."

Hua Ran didn't respond.

Even when Joey tried to look at his hair, he deliberately turned his head away.

Joey sighed.

"Are you angry right now? Well then, you stand here and I'll stay a little distance away to protect you."

As Joey took a step to leave, a reddish-brown fox tail wrapped around her wrist.

He twirled his fingers.

"Don't go... I just want to grow old, lose my looks, and be unworthy of you, making you feel disgusted and repulsed. At that time, I think I should just find a corner and quietly disappear..."

Hua Ran became more and more heartbroken as she spoke.

Joey, on the other hand, directly asked for the answer.

"Having sex can solve the problem."

She stated that Hua Ran needed to use yang energy to cleanse the four bones, and that a large amount of yang energy at once could definitely counteract the time-lapse effect caused by the strange magic in the village.

Hua Ran was slightly taken aback when she heard this.

But the fox's ears perked up instantly.

It even moved a little, its brownish-red color mixed with tiny white hairs, making it especially cute.

"Sharing a room..."

He stirred his hands faster.

I thought to myself that this was a lucky accident, and I even made a profit.

Then Hua Ran coughed, her little face turning red.

"Really? Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Hua Ran decided to offer a token gesture and politely decline.

Unexpectedly, Joey said...

“I also felt that having sex in this environment might not be appropriate, so I considered that and came up with a second method, which is to let you drink my blood.”

Qiao Yi then explained to Hua Ran.

Vitality and spirit are actually related to blood.

Kidney Qi and Yang Qi are both present in the blood, but it's more accurate to say that they are more abundant in the blood.

Therefore, feeding her with blood allows a large amount of yang energy to cover up Joey's yin energy for three or four days.

She even used a knife to cut her wrist and held it to Hua Ran's lips.

"Drink."

Hua Ran looked at her bleeding wrist and slapped herself across the face.

The key point is that not only was the wife in pain this time, but she also had a smug look on her face, as if to say, "See, I thought what you wanted."

Hua Ran just wanted to sew her mouth shut.

Let you talk too much!

"Drink it quickly, my wrist will be back to normal soon."

Hua Ran stuck out her little tongue and licked it. The taste was bloody, but also had a faint fragrance.

This is the true blood of the wife.

Blood imbued with extremely strong yang energy.

Just a moment ago, Hua Ran was wondering if he would never be able to share a bedroom with his wife again.

The next moment, everything went black.

My whole body felt weak, and I couldn't even stand up.

"Hua Ran! What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Even though everything was within Qiao Yi's expectations, why did Hua Ran faint?

As Hua Ran fell into Qiao Yi's arms, memories she had never had before began to flood her mind.

The feeling was strange; he knew he was dreaming.

He even wondered if it was the dream he had spoofed about his wife last time.

The scene before him became clear, and he saw a dagger plunged into his heart.

The one holding the dagger is... the wife!?