The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

The inner core of the Wood Spirit Beast circulated within Tu Xiaoxiao's body, releasing a large amount of Wood Spirit Power.

The Wood Spirit Source Power stimulated his spiritual meridians, circulating rapidly within them. Tu Xiaoxiao was restless, and when she ran out of the cave, her breathing was disordered, and she staggered and fell to the ground.

Huo Die carried him to the flower raft, formed a hand seal to pass through the barrier, and threw Tu Xiaoxiao onto the raft.

Wood Spirit Source Power overflowed from Tu Xiaoxiao's mouth, eyes, ears, and nose. He got up, sat down to meditate and regulate his breathing, and tried his best to push the Wood Spirit Source Power into his inner core.

Feng Yu, still aware of the movement of the flower raft, pulled Shen Yao outside to ask about the situation when she saw them return.

Seeing Tu Xiaoxiao running her Wood Spirit Source Power through her five orifices, Feng Yu observed Shen Yao's expression. Seeing that she only had doubts and no worries, Feng Yu felt a little relieved.

Moreover, his wife clung tightly to his arm and pressed against his body, as if afraid that he would abandon her, which made Feng Yu feel that he was still winning.

Huo Die instructed Feng Yu to remove the flower raft barrier and set up a restricted area centered on Tu Xiaoxiao.

After exchanging information with Shen Yao, Huo Die calculated and deduced to reconstruct the truth.

It turns out that the little girl was a seventh-rank sword-backed demon who, by chance, swallowed the inner core of the Bewitching Willow Beast and gained powerful wood spirit energy.

The inner core awakened the Sword-Backed Demon's wood spirit root, upgrading it to a sixth-grade fifth-level spirit root. The Sword-Backed Demon also refined the soul core of the Bewitching Willow Beast, borrowed the body of this spirit source beast, and gained some inherited memories, as well as the ability to control the Bewitching Heart.

The sword-backed demon became greedy, wanting more of its original spiritual energy to upgrade its rank.

The Purple Cloud Fruit and White Hair Fruit in the cave within the cave are auxiliary fruits that help cultivators absorb Thunder Spirit Core and Qi Spirit Core. Only cultivators who possess Thunder Spirit Core and Qi Spirit Core can pick them.

There aren't many cultivators who can cultivate their own spiritual source core. The sword-backed demon set up the array plate and searched for who knows how long before finally encountering Shen Yao, who possessed spiritual source power, and set his sights on her.

This is a very bad sign.

So far, Shen Yao has encountered the Gold Spirit Source Beast, Water Spirit Source Beast, Soul Spirit Source Beast, Earth Spirit Source Beast, and Wood Spirit Source Beast, and there are still five Spirit Source Beasts of the original form that have not yet appeared.

Shen Yao will most likely need to rely on the Fire Spirit Beast, Ice Spirit Beast, and Thunder Spirit Beast to awaken a new spiritual root.

If you see them again in the future, do not recognize them rashly; do not let your guard down.

Tu Xiaoxiao forced the leaking Wood Spirit Source Power back into his inner core, which then completely merged with his body and stabilized within his abdominal cavity.

After the inner core stabilized, a wood spirit seed swam out from it.

The Wood Spirit Seed traveled along the meridians to his shoulder, and the inner core continuously supplied the Wood Spirit Source Power to it. The Wood Spirit Seed quickly took root, and Tu Xiaoxiao's Wood Spirit Root grew wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

To prevent Feng Yu from overthinking, Huo Die explained, "Both of you have wood spirit roots, so the inner core won't be of much use to you. I've decided to give it to him."

Huo Die was not biased; he had indeed thought it through carefully. Giving the inner core to Tu Xiaoxiao would allow her to upgrade to the Nine-Tailed Fox Lord, maximizing its effectiveness and avoiding waste.

Feng Yu didn't care about any of that. He only cared about Yanzhou, about everything about her, and especially about whether she had him in her heart, and how much.

He's just a hopeless romantic.

He turned to look at Shen Yao and solemnly instructed her, "Yanzhou, from now on, you must stay with me at all times and never leave me for a moment."

Shen Yao was very obedient at this moment, nodding and agreeing to whatever she was told.

A fierce wind raged outside the forbidden zone, accompanied by dark clouds that swept towards the flower raft, only to dissipate abruptly upon reaching the forbidden zone.

The Wood Spirit Root gradually took shape within Tu Xiaoxiao's body, and a rich Wood Spirit Source filled his body. The spiritual source rushed towards his coccyx, and his charred fox tail and broken tail were quickly repaired, while a new fox tail grew.

Tu Xiaoxiao finished her practice and stood up. After opening her eyes, the red light in her eyes slowly dissipated, and her fiery red vertical pupils turned into normal dark pupils. Her pupils were clear and bright, and her eyes were filled with joy.

He had grown taller and his posture was more upright than before. His nine fox tails were pure white and had a brighter luster than when he had eight tails.

Tu Xiaoxiao never expected that the inner core Huo Die casually gave him would awaken a new spiritual root and make him the Nine-Tailed Fox Lord.

Does that mean that his father-in-law has accepted him as his son-in-law?

He was extremely grateful, thanked Huo Die, and then excitedly ran towards Shen Yao.

However, Shen Yao didn't dare to look at him. She held Feng Yu's arm tightly with both hands and hid behind Feng Yu with her head down.

Tu Xiaoxiao met Feng Yu's piercing gaze, paused, and her fox tail stood upright behind her, swaying impatiently.

"Tuck your tail in!" Feng Yu commanded him sternly, his tone leaving no room for refusal.

Tu Xiaoxiao immediately put the fox tail away.

Feng Yu glanced at his fox ears, and he wisely put them away as well.

Feng Yu was so annoyed. The eight tails were already very close, and now that she had just become a nine-tailed fox, she couldn't wait to come and show off.

Tu Xiaoxiao was originally a little shorter than Feng Yu, but now she is the same height as him. However, she is the younger one and does not dare to be presumptuous. She has put away her fox tail and her aura is weaker than his.

Feng Yu didn't want to look at him, so she turned around and walked with Shen Yao toward the flower room.

Tu Xiaoxiao hurriedly followed into the outer hall: "Feng Yu...she...gave me a formal status."

His voice grew softer and softer, and he became more and more aggrieved as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yao's heart clenched, her eyes reddened, and tears streamed down her face, landing on Feng Yu's sleeves.

Her tears were so effective; once they fell, none of them could bear to blame her.

"Don't cry." Feng Yu turned Shen Yao to face him, wiped away her tears, and asked her softly, "Did you give it to me?"

Shen Yao has one good point: she dares to admit her mistakes. She nodded, and her tears fell even more heavily.

Feng Yu bit her lip until it bled, then turned back to Tu Xiaoxiao and said fiercely, "It's just about the title, don't even think about anything else."

After he finished speaking, he pulled Shen Yao inside, not wanting them to say another word.

Tu Xiaoxiao grew anxious and quickly followed to the door of the inner room: "Yaoyao, is there anything you want to say to me?"

Feng Yu wanted to beat up the fox demon again, even though the fox demon had now become the Nine-Tailed Fox Lord, and he probably couldn't beat him.

Using Feng Yu's embrace as cover, Shen Yao hesitated for a moment, then said in a muffled voice, with the nasal tone of someone who had been crying bitterly, "You should go back to Longyuan City."

"You're trying to get rid of me again!" She couldn't get rid of me before, and now there's no way I'm leaving. Tu Xiaoxiao's attitude was firm: "I'm not leaving!"

Feng Yu completely blocked Shen Yao from view, not even letting Tu Xiaoxiao see the hem of her clothes.

Tu Xiaoxiao needed even bigger bargaining chips. After this ordeal, he understood what the danger Shen Yao had mentioned when she drove him away meant: "Yao Yao, I have become a demon lord."

The fairy's nasal voice rang out: "I know."

“I can protect you better.” Tu Xiaoxiao’s words seemed to be addressed to Shen Yao, but were actually meant for Feng Yu: “Father and Feng Yu may not be able to protect you at all times. With me by your side, you will be safer.”

"No need." Shen Yao refused without even thinking: "This was just an accident, you should go back."

Tu Xiaoxiao didn't leave or say anything; he was waiting for Feng Yu's decision.

Feng Yu was seriously considering and weighing the pros and cons of all aspects, as well as struggling with her own inner thoughts.

Tu Xiaoxiao waited patiently, her fox-like eyes fixed on Feng Yu's back, pondering the worst possible outcome.

If Feng Yu disregards her safety in order to possess her exclusively, then he must take her back to Longyuan City.