Chapter 253: Nine-Tailed Fox: Hu Liena

After absorbing the God Ring, everyone went back into seclusion to stabilize their own Cultivation.

Jerry waited until Bibi Dong had entered seclusion before quietly going to find Hu Liena.

Arriving at Hu Liena's residence, he swept it with his Divine Soul and found that Hu Liena was meditating at this moment.

Jerry sent a voice transmission directly, interrupting Hu Liena's meditation.

Hu Liena was a bit surprised that Jerry had come at this time; could it be that he was here to draw blood again? Just thinking about it made goosebumps rise all over Hu Liena's body.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Liena still opened the door to let Jerry in.

"Hu Liena, let me see your martial soul!"

After Jerry entered, he quietly closed the door and then got straight to the point.

See my martial soul? You snuck over like a thief just to see my martial soul?

Hu Liena felt Jerry's behavior was a bit strange. Seeing a martial soul wasn't a big deal; Jerry had seen it many times before. Could it be that he wanted to see if her martial soul had evolved after she became a god, and then draw her blood again?

Hearing him say "see the martial soul," Hu Liena began to daze. She didn't answer Jerry, nor did she release her martial soul, leaving Jerry a bit confused.

"Hu Liena, hey, wake up! I just want to see your martial soul, why are you spacing out?"

Jerry waved his hand in front of Hu Liena and said.

This waving motion interrupted the dazed Hu Liena. Looking at Jerry's innocent expression, could she have overthought it?

Forget it, don't think about it. What else could happen? At worst, he'll just draw some blood!

"Jerry, sorry, I suddenly zoned out just now! You want to see my martial soul, right? I'll show you right now!"

After Hu Liena finished speaking, she summoned her martial soul directly. She took a look at it herself and saw no changes, but why did Jerry want to see it?

Hu Liena could not detect the abnormality in her martial soul because her Divine Soul was too weak, but Jerry clearly saw the difference in the martial soul.

Hu Liena's Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul used to have a bit of spirit after being summoned, even if it couldn't speak.

Now that spirit was gone; it was completely a lifeless martial soul.

Jerry used his Divine Soul to invade the interior of the martial soul directly. Inside, a weak Nine-Tailed Fox was sleeping, and the soul on its body was constantly dissipating. It was estimated that before long, once the soul had finished dissipating, the Nine-Tailed Fox would truly be dead.

What kind of situation was this? How did the Nine-Tailed Fox become like this? Hadn't it said before that once Hu Liena became a god, it could be resurrected? Why was it so weak now, almost at the point of death?

What exactly happened? How could the soul of a god-level powerhouse be on the verge of dissipating?

This problem was very serious and had to be clarified, otherwise, what would he do if he encountered this in the future?

Jerry used his Divine Soul to wake up the Nine-Tailed Fox directly. After trying a few times, the Nine-Tailed Fox slowly woke up. Fortunately, it still had consciousness, and Jerry hurriedly asked his questions.

"Nine-Tailed Fox, what happened to you? Didn't you say that once Hu Liena became a god, you could be resurrected? Now that Hu Liena has become a god, why are you on the verge of dissipating?"

The awakened Nine-Tailed Fox saw Jerry and was moved to tears. Fortunately, it hadn't given up; it had finally waited for Jerry.

"Jerry, that's great! You finally came. If you hadn't come, I would have really died!" The Nine-Tailed Fox looked at Jerry and said excitedly.

"What is going on? Tell me about it. This is too intense; even a Divine Soul can be made to dissipate."

Subsequently, the Nine-Tailed Fox began to pour out its grievances to Jerry. It was confused itself; suddenly one day, the World Rule added Life and Death Rules, and then it imposed various restrictions on it, a god who had died and wanted to be resurrected.

Sealing the martial soul, sealing the soul power, and the loss and dissipation of soul energy—this was simply trying to force it to death.

The Nine-Tailed Fox complained for a long time before finishing its rant. After listening, Jerry felt a bit embarrassed.

The root cause of everything was the Life and Death Rules; it seemed he had synchronized these to the world consciousness. This was a case of friendly fire.

However, fortunately, he discovered it early and could still remedy it.

"By the way, Hu Liena has become a god. Can you still leave the martial soul and be resurrected now?" Jerry suddenly thought of this question.

"I can't be resurrected. It's so unlucky. Originally, Douluo Continent couldn't withstand god-level powerhouses, but I don't know why it can now."

"My previous plan was for Hu Liena to break through to the god level and then ascend to the God Realm, where the World Rule couldn't reach, and I could directly leave the martial soul and be resurrected. But now Hu Liena won't go to the God Realm at all, so how can I be resurrected!"

After the Nine-Tailed Fox finished speaking, it felt aggrieved itself. If souls could shed tears, it would probably be bawling right now.

Hearing the Nine-Tailed Fox say this, Jerry couldn't help but want to laugh. It seemed the World Advancement was also completed with his help. Nine-Tailed Fox, you are truly unlucky.

However, after listening carefully to the Nine-Tailed Fox, he grasped a key point: ascending to the God Realm, a place where the World Rule couldn't reach. He had such a place.

"Is it enough just to get to a place where the World Rule cannot reach?"

Jerry wanted to confirm and asked again.

"Yes, I am sealed in the martial soul because of the World Rule. If I go to a place where the World Rule cannot reach, this kind of seal and restriction will naturally disappear, and I can be resurrected. But what's the use now? Hu Liena won't ascend at all!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox said dejectedly. Why was its luck so bad?

It was also resurrection, but the Fairy Queen had already been resurrected, while it couldn't even get out of the martial soul, and its soul was still dissipating every day. Truly, fate is fickle and life is full of twists and turns!

"Then don't worry. Besides the God Realm, I know a place where the World Rule cannot reach. But after you are resurrected, won't Hu Liena be without a martial soul? If she has no martial soul, there will be defects in her future Cultivation."

This was something Jerry had experienced personally; without a martial soul, when at the Divine Body Third Layer, one always felt something was missing.

"That won't happen. I thought of this long ago. Hu Liena has a martial soul. When I came over back then, I didn't devour Hu Liena's martial soul. Her martial soul was only suppressed by me. As long as I leave, the suppression will be lifted, and her original martial soul will appear."

Hearing the Nine-Tailed Fox say this, Jerry was surprised. So, before she awakened her martial soul back then, you had already run into her body, and when she awakened, you ran out and suppressed her original martial soul.

"What I said is true. Think about it, how could a Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul awaken in an ordinary civilian girl? The reason I didn't devour her martial soul was because one day I would leave. If I devoured it, I would truly become her martial soul, and how would I be able to leave then?"

Hearing Jerry say there was a place where the World Rule could not reach, the Nine-Tailed Fox was very excited, but fearing Jerry would misunderstand, it hurriedly explained clearly to Jerry.

Its situation was different from the Fairy Queen's. The Fairy Queen had occupied Jerry's martial soul, while the Nine-Tailed Fox had directly suppressed the host's martial soul and run out to replace it.

How did it feel like the Nine-Tailed Fox's method was similar to what Tianmeng Iceworm did ten thousand years later? Both ran over to become someone else's martial soul.

However, Tianmeng Iceworm didn't suppress the original martial soul, but this Nine-Tailed Fox suppressed it directly. If it released the original martial soul, would Hu Liena become a user of Twin Martial Souls?

Subsequently, Jerry asked his question.

"That won't happen. Hu Liena's original martial soul is an Eight-Tailed Fox, which is of the same origin as me. If it is released, it will only be devoured by me; they cannot coexist."

"What? An Eight-Tailed Fox?" Jerry said in surprise.

"Yes, an Eight-Tailed Fox, what's wrong?" The Nine-Tailed Fox was a bit puzzled.

"No wonder, no wonder! That means the blood I drew was always Eight-Tailed Fox blood. No wonder the Bloodline Pill refined from it didn't evolve into a Nine-Tailed one after Dabai consumed it!"

Jerry suddenly realized. He had always thought Hu Liena had Nine-Tailed Fox blood, but it turned out it was a discounted version.

"That's right, Hu Liena's martial soul was originally just a Six-Tailed Fox, but because of me, it evolved two more tails; however, the bloodline strength is definitely much stronger than an ordinary Eight-Tailed Fox."

After the Nine-Tailed Fox finished speaking, it had not yet realized that Jerry's expression had already changed.

Jerry was frantically complaining internally at this moment: Nine-Tailed Fox, you scammer, you should have said so earlier! I've extracted quite a bit of Hu Liena's blood over these years, and all the Bloodline Pills I refined were given to Dabai to consume.

Because the bloodline strength was stronger than a normal Eight-Tailed Fox, Jerry had always assumed it was Nine-Tailed Fox blood.

If he had known it was useless, why waste so much time? Even if he had given these Bloodline Pills to other foxes, he could have cultivated many Eight-Tailed Foxes.

Nine-Tailed Fox, you are scamming yourself and others too; seeing you like this now, I feel like you kind of deserve it.

"I will handle your affairs. Stop sleeping; I'm going to talk to Hu Liena first, she doesn't even know the situation with her own martial soul!"

"Good, thank you so much, Jerry! If there is anything you need me for in the future, just speak up, I guarantee I will get it done!"

Nine-Tailed Fox, where is your aloofness? Please recover it! For the sake of resurrection, you don't even want your dignity anymore!

After Jerry's divine sense withdrew from Hu Liena's martial soul, Hu Liena was still staring at Jerry in a daze.

Why does it feel like this Hu Liena is so prone to spacing out lately?

"Hey, hey, hey, Hu Liena, what's wrong with you lately? It feels like you've been spacing out the whole time!"

Hearing Jerry's words, Hu Liena came back to her senses. She had been thinking about the issue of Jerry looking at her martial soul; it seemed that a long time ago, Jerry had paid special attention to her martial soul, and as for why, she had thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

"It's nothing, I just zoned out. You're done looking, does my martial soul have any changes?"

Since she couldn't figure it out, she stopped thinking about it, and Hu Liena asked directly.

"Hu Liena, what I am about to tell you next concerns your martial soul. Listen to the end first, and afterwards, there will be three choices; we'll see how you decide."

Jerry told Hu Liena the whole story about the Nine-Tailed Fox.

After hearing it, Hu Liena was very shocked; she had never imagined that such a thing could happen to her.

So her current martial soul was actually a god-level powerhouse!

At first, hearing that this Nine-Tailed Fox had suppressed her martial soul, she was still very angry, but upon hearing that her original martial soul was only a Six-Tailed Fox with mediocre talent, and that because of the Nine-Tailed Fox her talent had improved and her original martial soul had also upgraded to eight tails, she actually felt she should thank the Nine-Tailed Fox.

If her martial soul hadn't been the Nine-Tailed Fox, she probably wouldn't have been favored by her master back then, and she would likely be like those people outside with Six-Tailed Fox martial souls, still struggling hard for a living.

Because of the Nine-Tailed Fox, she was favored by her master Bibi Dong and taken as a disciple, which also incidentally improved her brother's status; as for the Nine-Tailed Fox, the kindness outweighed the fault.

Thinking of this, Hu Liena forgave the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"Hu Liena, what I want to say next is that you have three choices."

"The first choice is to let it be. After a period of time, the Nine-Tailed Fox's soul will dissipate, and you will be able to possess the Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul. At the same time, the restrictions on your original martial soul will be lifted, and the Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul will devour your original martial soul, which might even further improve it."

"The second choice is to release the Nine-Tailed Fox, and I will help it resurrect. In this way, the restrictions on your original martial soul will also be lifted."

"Of course, your Spirit Rings will also disappear at the same time, but you don't need to worry about this; your cultivation realm will remain, and you can just re-absorb Spirit Rings. Moreover, the Spirit Rings you absorb can be stronger than the previous ones, or you can contract Soul Beasts."

"My idea is for you to contract nine-tailed fox Soul Beasts. Your previous soul skills are all included in the Spirit Hall's Self-created Soul Skills; you can cultivate those, there is absolutely no need to follow the old path."

"If you contract fox Soul Beasts—this wasn't mentioned when the Summoner profession was announced, it counts as a hidden trait—contracting Soul Beasts of the same type as your martial soul allows the Soul Beasts to grow faster and provide more feedback to the Spirit Master."

"People outside are still thinking about how to contract Soul Beasts; just being able to contract one is already good enough. Furthermore, they all like to pick powerful Soul Beasts; some people won't even choose them if the prototype Soul Beast of their Beast Spirit is too weak."

"However, you don't need to worry. After the Nine-Tailed Fox comes out, I will use its blood to refine Bloodline Pills. Your martial soul will still have a chance to evolve into a Nine-Tailed Fox, and at the same time, it can allow your summoned fox beasts to evolve into nine-tailed ones. The combat power of a fox martial soul is not low at all, and it has every attribute."

"You were wrong when you first absorbed your Spirit Rings. I asked the Nine-Tailed Fox; the reason it is powerful is because it mastered nine attributes, one attribute for each tail, which is why it is called a demon fox."

"You can contract nine fox Soul Beasts of different attributes. As for the God Ring, you can still absorb the Tianmeng Iceworm's, which will allow you to recover your strength very quickly."

"The third choice is also to release the Nine-Tailed Fox, but not follow the Summoner profession; I will find you nine Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings of different attributes."

"You won't lose out in any of the three choices; it just depends on how you choose!"

Hearing the two choices Jerry mentioned, Hu Liena thought for a long time.

The first one was to maintain the status quo, but she knew her current situation.

Jerry had introduced methods for Spirit Power cultivation, and many soul skills for Spirit Power cultivation were even more powerful than her own Spirit Ring soul skills; it could be said that many of her Spirit Ring skills were already obsolete.

The second choice made her a bit tempted. It didn't matter if the Spirit Ring skills were gone, as she could still cultivate soul skills, but having nine Soul Beasts to help her fight would undoubtedly be a huge boost to her strength.

The third choice was also fine. According to what Jerry said, the reason the Nine-Tailed Fox was called a demon fox was because it had mastered nine attributes.

Jerry had previously taught them about cultivation after becoming a god; after becoming a god, the main cultivation is to comprehend the Rules.

Having existing attributes means it is easier to comprehend that attribute after becoming a god.

According to her own talent, she could directly get started with comprehending the nine attributes.

But Jerry had said before that one could comprehend many attributes, but it would take longer, and it also depended on each person's comprehension.

Therefore, if one has too many attributes but their talent cannot keep up, it will become a burden.

Hu Liena's natural talent was naturally not as good as Jerry's, and as for the comprehension mentioned later, it was probably not as good either.

After thinking it over, Hu Liena decided to choose the second plan.

After Hu Liena made her choice, the subsequent matters were left to Jerry.

As for the issue of intimacy, in the eyes of Jerry, the Contract God, it was not an issue at all; as long as both parties were willing, a contract could be signed.

With Jerry as the middleman here, the Soul Beasts were easy to talk to, so Hu Liena contracting fox Soul Beasts was absolutely not a problem.

Then it remained to be seen how the Nine-Tailed Fox would be resurrected. However, its resurrection had a loophole that Jerry wouldn't mention for now; he would wait until it was resurrected to talk about it. Who told this Nine-Tailed Fox to be a scammer! Jerry was also prepared to scam it again.

(End of this chapter)