Filthy Cultivation: I Pierced the Heavens with the Merit System

Although Bai Suifeng prefers to appear in human form, he is still a little wolf cub at heart.

If someone else heard Li Fuyao's twisted logic, they would definitely think that this girl was stingy, miserly, and heartless. But in Bai Suifeng's family, it was perfectly normal for wolf cubs to be possessive of their food. He would only think that his sister's blinking eyes were incredibly cute.

Moreover, because Zhao Xiuming is an outsider, Fuyao was unwilling to treat him to a good meal.

If Fuyao is willing to eat delicious food with me, doesn't that mean I'm considered family in her heart?

It's true that some wolves in their pack have a habit of only sharing food with their families.

Thinking of this, Bai Suifeng's ears turned even redder.

He was in a good mood, so he quietly tiptoed and secretly chuckled to himself.

Hmph, he was right after all. They have the same habits. Sister Fuyao was born to be family with him!

As he was happily thinking this, he felt the altar beneath his feet tremble again. This time, the tremor was different from the previous two. The creature behind the door seemed to be using the force of a wild dog eating shit, ramming the entire altar with a loud rumble.

The black fog grew thicker and thicker, and by this time, the area outside Li Tianqing's light net was even darker than the thick smoke from the fire.

Optical networks are still just networks, and networks have holes.

Even though the net of light had been woven as densely as possible under Li Tianqing's control, wisps of black mist still managed to sneak in through the gaps.

Another, even more severe tremor rang out. Li Fuyao silently used up both attribute draws and added all her attribute points to her soul power. With a quick glance, she nudged Bai Suifeng and used her soul seed to transmit her thoughts to him.

Bai Suifeng understood and quickly activated his soul power, creating some purification light bars in the same way as Li Fuyao.

Compared to the elders, their slivers of hair were like the difference between rice noodles and rice vermicelli; their immature appearance was even somewhat laughable.

Although their purification beams were not as solid and powerful as the elders', nor could they be flexibly woven into a net, they were like sewing needles in skillful hands, diligently patching up the large net.

This action, which seemed like an unnecessary addition, actually relieved a lot of pressure on the elders.

Zhao Xiuming remained silent upon seeing this, but although he coldly snorted and imitated her, his eyes showed less disdain when he looked at Li Fuyao and the other two.

Upon seeing this, a gentle-looking female elder, while closing the door, even praised them with admiration, saying that they could learn without being taught and were simply exceptionally gifted young talents.

Upon hearing this, some of the other elders, with keen observation, nodded in praise of Li Fuyao and her brother:

"Leaving aside their exceptional comprehension, just the fact that they could wield the Purifying Soul Whip for so long with only Qi Refining stage cultivation shows that the two young friends' souls are far more refined than those of other cultivators of the same age. To have such cultivation at such a young age, they truly deserve to be disciples of a hidden family!"

Li Fuyao was the type of person who responded better to gentle persuasion than force. This sincere praise made Li Fuyao, who was only trying to save her life, blush.

Meeting Bai Suifeng's smiling eyes, she felt both embarrassed and guilty. To avoid further praise from the elders, she quickly pointed to the remaining one-fifth of the door crack and changed the subject:

"Elders, let's close the door for now. I won't feel at ease until the door is completely closed."

Her words weren't entirely intended to change the subject.

Since the system did not indicate that the task was completed, Li Fuyao dared not relax completely for a moment.

Although the elders could close the door in the remaining four and a half minutes of mission time at the fastest speed, what if something unexpected happened in those four and a half minutes?

Li Fuyao dared not gamble, because her sixth sense was always very accurate when it came to matters of life and death.

Whether judging from the novel's plot or from her growing unease, this change is bound to be significant.

As expected, perhaps driven to desperation by the gradually closing door, the creature behind it began to ram into the door with increasing ferocity, and the filthy black mist that had already filled the entire environment also launched an increasingly powerful attack.

As the altar doors closed more and more slowly, the elders' expressions, which had eased considerably, quickly turned grim again.

"Still unable to contact the outside world?"

Feeling increasingly strained, Li Tianqing frowned and asked.

"Reporting to the elder, it's better than before, but only a few words can be heard clearly."

Sweat dripped from Zhao Xiuming's forehead as he gritted his teeth and managed to answer.

Oh wow, so the signal is bad!

On a optimistic note, it's much better than being out of service area, right?

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Li Fuyao blinked and revealed a sweet smile with dimples, then softly comforted everyone:

"Let's not be anxious. Since we can hear some fragmented words, the sect leaders outside must have already received the news. We just need to protect ourselves and wait patiently."

The nine-year-old girl's voice was childlike and clear, and her coquettishness did not sound greasy.

Li Fuyao's hopeful words gently reached the ears of everyone present, and everyone's expressions softened considerably.

Bai Suifeng looked at the shallow dimples on the little girl's cheeks and felt a ticklish sensation somewhere in his heart, like being gently brushed by a feather. He smiled slightly and was about to raise his hand to poke them when his expression suddenly froze, and then he quickly pounced on Li Fuyao:

"Danger! Get down!"

Although the others didn't understand why, they all knew that Bai Suifeng was sensitive to what was below, and seeing how nervous he was, they quickly crouched down as well.

The next instant, everyone felt a tremor beneath them, and a deafening roar filled their ears.

Zhao Xiuming looked up from among the rubble and saw a thick, black, rod-like object with a sharp top and three sections suddenly protruding from behind the shattered altar door, pointing directly at the purification net in the sky.

The foul power emanating from that black, rod-shaped object almost solidified.

The patterns, identical to the crimson demonic runes on the ground, shone with light and meandered across it, so striking that they resembled pigeon blood stone buried in ashes.

Before it, the light net painstakingly constructed by dozens of elders seemed as fragile as paper and could be easily punctured.

"How dare you, a mere ant, be so insolent?!"

A strange rumbling sound echoed from the abyss. It was not in any known language, yet everyone strangely understood the meaning conveyed by the sound.

Although the black rod-like object pierced through the light net, it instantly absorbed all the corrupting power back into existence the moment the elders' souls dimmed.

“Fuyao, I can sense that it doesn’t seem to have any ill intentions, it’s just a little…”

Bai Suifeng stared at the black, rod-shaped object, clicked his tongue, hesitated for a moment, and then continued speaking to Li Fuyao through the soul seed:

"It's a bit infuriating and funny at the same time?"

"Huh? Dude, you can really sense it?!"

Li Fuyao stared at Bai Suifeng with her mouth agape, her soul seed transmitting a surprised message:

"I thought you were just kidding the elders when you said you could sense something special!"