(Privous chapter has been fixed)
“Think what you want! When you fall into Yino’s demonic clutches, you’ll understand!”
With Xinyao still defiant, Jinyue simply waved her hand, not bothering to waste more words.
Their positions were different, so naturally, they saw things from different perspectives. Xinyao had no idea how insidious, cunning, and vindictive Yino could be.
So, despite Xinyao’s current arrogance and how proudly she had trampled and humiliated Yino earlier, with today’s humiliation, once Yino’s cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, he would eventually take revenge on Xinyao to make her suffer!
Jinyue was actually looking forward to the day when Xinyao would be forced to crawl on the ground and bark like a dog, just like Yuebai had.
Back in Azure Forest, Jinyue and Liuli had both witnessed firsthand the degradation and transformation of the once stubborn fox Yuebai.
All she could say was…
Because Jinyue had seen it, she believed in Yino.
“I’m tired of wasting words with you. I’m leaving!”
“Wait a minute!”
Seeing that Jinyue was about to leave, Xinyao hurriedly called out to stop her.
“This is hush money! Don’t tell Yino who I am when you go out!”
She casually took a high-grade magic crystal and tossed it to Jinyue, but as the treasure traced a perfect parabola through the air, the red fox girl just stood there watching without making any move to catch it.
Jinyue glanced at the broken stone on the ground and shrugged with amusement:
“Do you think this secret is only worth a broken stone?”
“Then what else do you want?”
“I don’t know yet, but until you come clean with Yino, I can use this secret to eat off you for a lifetime! When I need something in the future, this young lady will come to the Hundred Spirits Pavilion to find you!”
Jinyue snorted lightly, then pretended to wave proudly at the Phenix girl.
She parted with Xinyao on unfriendly terms, striding away and finally transforming into a red shadow that disappeared behind the mechanism door at the end of the secret room.
After the mechanism door closed, the Phenix girl standing there became angry and embarrassed.
She kicked the wall violently, but even after calming down for a long time, she still couldn’t swallow this insult.
The reason was simple—Jinyue was just too infuriating!
If she had simply named her price, Xinyao could have spent money to resolve the issue and be at peace.
But now, Jinyue wanted neither money nor Xinyao’s power and intelligence…
She stayed simply to confirm Xinyao’s identity, mock her, and then leave satisfied after enjoying the sight of Xinyao grinding her teeth in hatred but not daring to strike.
This certainly fit Jinyue’s image as a witch in the Western Region.
“Damn fox…”
“A mere low-level demoness dares to threaten me!”
“Once the demon abyss tide passes, I’ll have the Grand Tutor’s Mansion take Yino back home. When we’re in Luo City in the Central Plains, let’s see how a fox demon like you can follow Yino into the He family’s gates!”
In the dim treasure pavilion, the Phenix girl clenched her fists, her eyes gradually revealing a scheming and morbid possessiveness.
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“How did your talk with the Hundred Spirits Pavilion master go?”
In the main hall of the Phoenix Pavilion, Yino looked at the red foxgirl who had just come down from the top floor and curiously asked.
He had left the Hundred Spirits Pavilion long ago, and during his time waiting in the rest area, Yino had even returned the spirit stone that Yuebai had stolen from Wangxue’s spiritual sea.
Wangxue was naturally excited at the time, because Yino had lied to her, saying he had bought it for her at great expense from the Hundred Spirits Pavilion.
Three months ago, Lily had given Wangxue nine colored spirit stones to breakthrough her destiny seat.
At that time, Wangxue was happily showing them off but accidentally dropped one from her arms, which was then snatched away by a nine-tailed white fox.
Wangxue was heartbroken then, but Yino had constantly comforted her, saying it didn’t matter, and that when they reached Western Province City, he would buy her another spirit stone to make up for it.
For the past three months, Wangxue had thought Yino was just comforting her.
But unexpectedly…
Now, Yino had actually bought that spirit stone and given it to Wangxue!
And correspondingly, with the ninth stone finally unlocking the puzzle, the nine-colored divine deer bloodline within Wangxue had finally achieved its breakthrough.
She felt her entire body filled with power, strong enough to flip a bull!
Seeing that Jinyue hadn’t returned yet, Yino asked Wangxue to demonstrate the effects of her First Destiny breakthrough.
But as Wangxue sat in his lap and studied for a long time, there didn’t seem to be any special evolution.
The only amazing thing was that Wangxue felt her Nature Resonance range seemed wider.
And… When she concentrated on resonating with nature, a light green barrier about ten meters in radius would slowly form around her nine-colored deer antlers.
Wangxue didn’t know what this was for. But Yino said this was called a healing circle, used for large-scale group healing, which was practically useless for a solo evil cultivator like him. He planned to send Wangxue to Yunjin in a couple of years so the two of them could naturally team up to protect Wuji Sect.
But upon hearing that Yino wanted to give her away, Wangxue immediately burst into tears, hugging Yino and sobbing, insisting that she wasn’t useless.
With no choice, Yino carried the pouting little deer in his arms all the way from the Hundred Spirits Pavilion to the seventh-floor private room to meet up with Yunjin.
With Yunjin’s patient consolation, Wangxue finally understood that group healing wasn’t useless—it just wasn’t very useful for Yino specifically…
Even so, Wangxue still pouted sadly for a long time.
With no alternative, Yino had to tell her that according to his knowledge, when spirit deer reached the sixth destiny level as spirit pets, they would unlock a very powerful skill effect that could instantly save their host from a fatal blow and allow them to resurrect with full health.
Besides that, other destiny seats also provided different levels of life-saving and defensive bonuses for the host.
It’s just that… The group healing effect of the first destiny was just a bit amusing.
Although Yino was explaining based on the settings from the Fallen Immortal game in his previous life, applying game settings to the real world of cultivation was absurd.
But he had no choice; Yino could only comfort Wangxue this way, as he had no intention of investing more resources in upgrading her.
With these nine spirit stones, it would be more practical to raise his cultivation by half a level…
However, Wangxue seemed very satisfied with Yino’s explanation.
The little deer wiped away her tears and stared at Yino with her golden eyes. Her small mind seemed to be imagining a future where she would reach the sixth destiny, become a magnificent divine deer, save Yino from death in countless dangerous situations, and then be treated like an ancestor by Yino, who would build a special shrine to worship her daily.
With her mood improved, the little girl naturally regained her appetite.
She broke free from Yino’s embrace, held his hand, and ran, saying she wanted to eat candies on the street and that she would eat well to quickly advance to higher destiny levels.
With no choice, Yino and Yunjin exchanged smiles, feeling like they were raising a daughter together.
However, Yino still needed to wait for Jinyue, so he asked Yunjin to take Wangxue out to eat first, while he stayed alone in the main hall of the Phoenix Pavilion to wait for Jinyue’s return.
Now… Even the lunch hour had passed.
Yino had almost suspected that Jinyue might have been captured by the Hundred Spirits Pavilion master, locked in a cage, and put up for auction as a pet on the black market.
Fortunately, Jinyue eventually returned safely.
However, as the red foxgirl came down the stairs step by step, Yino vaguely noticed that her footsteps were unsteady and trembling.
“What’s wrong with your legs?”
Noticing something amiss, Yino quickly went forward to support Jinyue. He carefully examined her body, but she remained silent, leaning against his chest.
This was the first time Yino had seen Jinyue looking so pitiful, like a little fox who had suffered great grievances outside and was now leaning on Yino’s shoulder, biting her lip and silently shedding small pearls of tears.
At some point, Jinyue finally gently bit her vermilion lips and no longer concealed the grievance in her heart as she whispered:
“Yino…”
“My stomach hurts… could you rub it for me…”