Chapter 19: Little White Snake Seems to Have Noticed Something

"Wu wu wu~ wu wu wu~"

Feng Xue woke from cultivation, not because his divine art had reached completion or from extreme hunger, but because of the sobbing sound beside his ear.

Unable to calm his mind, Feng Xue sighed, turned his head, walked to the window, and picked up the ring.

"What are you crying about? What's wrong now?"

"I'm not clean anymore! Wu wu wu wu~~~~~~!"

"What the hell?" Feng Xue, startled by Bai She's sudden outburst, immediately glanced out the window—and only then realized that the room he was in was the highest floor of the inn!

"No one can urinate from a window upstairs? Birds? But would a wild animal even care about this?"

Feng Xue couldn't quite grasp Bai She's thinking, but upon hearing this, Bai She cried even harder—

"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! Who trains like you?! When I was gathering lunar essence, I accidentally absorbed your primordial qi! Wu wu wu! Now it's ruined! My Taiyin body! Wu wu wu…"

Bai She's emotional outburst was evident from the pile of exclamation marks, but this novice Feng Xue simply didn't understand what was going on, and could only mutter helplessly:

"Just spit it out if you swallowed the wrong thing."

"It's already mixed together! How do I spit it out?!" Bai She actually laughed at this remark from Feng Xue, her sobs cutting off abruptly, and she spoke in a resigned tone:

"I'm not from the demon race—I can only cultivate by gathering Taiyin lunar essence. Since becoming a demon, I've only absorbed Taiyin lunar essence, so I possess a Taiyin body, with the highest absorption and cultivation efficiency. Now that your primordial qi has mixed in, my demonic qi will become Shaoyin qi, halving my efficiency in drawing Taiyin lunar essence, and my optimal cultivation time will shift from night to dusk—when the lunar essence hasn't even descended yet. Unless I can find a Cultivation Technique for gathering twilight qi, or simply use human essence to cultivate, no matter how hard I train, I'll achieve less than a quarter of my former results. Even if I die and reincarnate as a demonic immortal, I'll still be worse than others. Wu wu wu, my whole life is ruined because of this! No, it was ruined the moment I met you! I shouldn't have seen you in the first place; if I hadn't seen you, I wouldn't have thought of asking for a mouth seal—if I hadn't asked for a mouth seal, I wouldn't have…"

Seeing Bai She about to turn into Xiang Lin's wife, Feng Xue suddenly unveiled his astonishing wisdom:

"Then just remove your cultivation level."

"Huh?!" Bai She's sobbing stopped dead, and she cried out in terror:

"How could it be that easy?! If I disperse my demonic qi, I'll die! I'll really die! Don't do anything reckless, don't do anything reckless!"

Hearing Bai She's terrified cries, Feng Xue laughed. He had long wanted an opportunity to test this trick—not to torment Bai She, but simply to make her realize he possessed such power; otherwise, mere words alone could never convince a snake.

He hadn't used it before because he felt there was no proper occasion—randomly removing her cultivation would seem like making an enemy. But now, removing her cultivation was helping her cultivate. How could he miss this chance?

So Feng Xue placed the ring on the table, pointed a finger, and barked:

"You look like an animal!"

"Bang!"

A flash of Bai Guang erupted, and a torrent of yin-cold energy spilled out, instantly dispersing the primordial qi that had filled the room due to Feng Xue's self-exhaustion. If those two previously cheated ghosts could see this now, they'd likely ascend directly into red-eyed malevolent spirits—whether from absorbing primordial qi, yin energy, or simply from the waste of vital energy… no one could say for sure.

Feng Xue didn't care either way. He simply waited quietly as the mist cleared, then saw Bai She, limp and pressed flat against the table—

"Wu wu wu! I cultivated for forty years! Forty years! You ruined it! Wu wu wu…"

"You can still speak? But lifespan… let me calculate—holy crap? Still over eighty years left? Oh! I get it—only the cultivation level and its attached lifespan and traits were stripped. The passive abilities granted by the mouth seal—like refining the lingual bone and speaking human speech—are still intact." Feng Xue nodded thoughtfully, then pointed again:

"You look like a person!"

"Bang!"

"Have you had enough?!"

Bai She lay on the table with a look of utter despair, staring at Feng Xue with a gaze so mournful it bordered on venomous. Somehow, despite himself, Feng Xue felt a little unsteady…

Cough. Cough.

"It's not play—I removed your cultivation because you said your demonic qi was contaminated. So what if you lost forty years of demonic form? Just cultivate back!"

Hearing this, Bai She slumped lifelessly on the table, weakly murmuring:

"How could it be that easy?! I originally relied on… hey? Hey hey hey? Hey hey hey hey?!"

Mid-sentence, Bai She suddenly gasped, eyes wide, face filled with disbelief—

"Heavens! How is this possible? This… this…"

Mid-sentence, her exquisite face collapsed, tears welling as she looked at Feng Xue meekly:

"Um… your primordial qi hasn't fully dissipated yet…"

"Oh~" Feng Xue let out a melodious sigh, amused. Bai She now wanted to bury her face in the floor, but demons clearly understood the law of the strong better than humans. She immediately scrambled up, approaching Feng Xue with a pleading expression:

"Um… could you remove my cultivation again?"

"That'll require me to insult you!" Feng Xue raised an eyebrow, wearing a look of moral righteousness. Bai She gritted her teeth but forced a pleading smile—

"It's fine! Just two insults! I'm a snake anyway! Insult me, go ahead!"

"And after that?" Feng Xue raised an eyebrow, adopting a smug posture like "My dear, you wouldn't want…" Bai She clenched her teeth and said:

"I'll obey you—except for that… um… 'assisting your cultivation'—you can use me however you want!"

"Still stubborn!" Feng Xue felt something odd—wasn't she just going to be his cultivation dictionary? Why did she resist so fiercely, as if he'd killed her?

Recalling the fox immortal grandmother he'd mentioned earlier, Feng Xue wondered if it had something to do with her—perhaps the fox immortal had taught her something absolutely forbidden to reveal?

Thinking this, he let it go. After all, when he'd asked before, she hadn't refused to answer. He'd simply not press her if she ever refused again.

With that, he pointed his finger:

"You look like an animal!"

"Bang!"

"You look like a person!"

"Bang!"

One mist hadn't cleared when another rose—Bai She immediately tried to resume cultivation, but Feng Xue grabbed her and held her down—

"What are you doing? Addicted already? Wait until the primordial qi dissipates before training again!"

"Oh…" Bai She obediently shrank into the corner by the window, but couldn't resist sneaking a breath toward the outside.

"Wow! So it's true! My talent's improved again! Now one night's cultivation might equal months of past effort? If so, I'll regain my cultivation level in under half a year! No wonder everyone wants a mouth seal—it's amazing!"

As Bai She mused inwardly, she suddenly heard Feng Xue's voice behind her—

"You're distracting me. You look like a ring!"

"Bang!"

(End of Chapter)