Chapter 355 - 354: The Annoying Beauty Fox, Upgrade Completed

A few minutes later, the waiter arrived.

After enquiring about the hotel room rates, Li Jing took the best room on the spot.

Malova Hotel is a well-known hotel ranked highly in the God Country Capital.

The prices for accommodation and food were relatively high.

However, Li Jing is not short on funds nowadays.

Accommodation expenses were just small change to him.

Having received the room card, Li Jing took Yulian to the room upstairs.

When they reached the spacious bed in the hotel, Li Jing extended his hand, intending to put her down.

Perhaps sensing his movement, Yulian opened her eyes in a daze.

At this, Li Jing paused in his actions.

They locked eyes.

Without being able to help it, Li Jing recalled the incidents that had transpired when the Primordial Spirit was leaving the body before, he quickly shook his head to dispel the images in his mind, then focused on Yulian.

"Xiaoyu, you are drunk, take a rest first."

During his speech, he didn’t expect the obviously confused Yulian to respond at this moment, so he gently put her down.

Just as he was about to turn around and head towards the washroom to fetch a towel, Li Jing felt a sudden tightness around his waist and looked down instinctively.

In his sight, there was a large, fluffy, snow-white tail wrapped around his waist.

Faced with such a situation, Li Jing frowned and turned back.

At the edge of the bed.

Yulian, who had just been put down, sat up revealing her monster characteristics, a pair of snow-white fox ears emerging on her head and her watery big eyes looked at him in a thoughtful way.

Upon seeing this, Li Jing had an impending sense of foreboding.

Thinking is a good thing.

But a head thinking about it after drinking God Country Wine...

"Xiaoyu?"

Li Jing tentatively spoke.

"Hmm?"

Yulian responded, looking confused as if her thoughts were interrupted.

Seeing this, Li Jing immediately understood.

Although Yulian was tipsy, she still managed to keep a hint of sobriety.

Maintaining a clear mind is a good thing.

Just as he was about to speak and let Yulian release him, Li Jing suddenly felt a strong force from the tail wrapped around his waist and staggered back to the bed without will.

In terms of physical strength, Yulian was naturally no match for Li Jing.

But Li Jing wouldn’t stay tense for no reason.

As a monster from the Six Realm, Yulian’s seemingly weak force wasn’t a joke when exerted.

An ordinary person would have been easily twisted with a flip of her tail.

Caught unexpectedly and pulled onto the bed, Li Jing felt a sudden moment of tension before he had a chance to steady himself. Yulian reached out and forcefully pulled him up.

By the time Li Jing had reacted.

The position had shifted, with Yulian now under him.

Facing this situation, Li Jing’s lips twitched at the corners.

He looked down.

Yulian was lying beneath him, looking up at him, her red lips slightly parted.

"Don’t you want to find a chance to redeem yourself? Here’s your chance."

"..."

Li Jing.

The enchanting voice of Yulian, like the whispers of a devil, was stirring up a desire in him.

He raised one hand to lean on the bed, and silently tried to loosen the surprisingly soft fox tail around his waist with his other hand, but found it impossible. Because he dared not exert too much force, he reluctantly gave up.

Looking down at the Yulian lying in bed, her beautiful eyes half-closed, Li Jing had no choice but to soothe her with his voice, saying.

"Xiaoyu, you’re drunk. Why don’t you sleep it off first?"

Upon hearing his words, Yulian appeared to enter a thoughtful state again, as if trying to understand the meaning of his words with her alcohol-fogged mind.

A moment later, she looked up at him and pouted.

"I don’t want to!"

"..."

Li Jing.

In his mind, Yulian had always been an extremely mature female.

He had never imagined that she could act like a spoiled child, pouting like a little girl.

At a loss for words, Yulian raised her lotus-like arm and hugged his neck.

"You... don’t you want me?"

This soul-touching question left Li Jing with a bitter smile.

He was no sage.

But he knew what he should not do.

And currently his waist was wrapped by her fox tail, and his neck was being hugged. He was truly helpless to the extreme.

Just as he was about to follow Yulian’s rhythm and see if he could manage to keep her docile, a pair of gorgeous red lips abruptly closed in.

!!!

Li Jing.

This surprise attack was quite invigorating.

Hmm.

It tasted like... God Country Wine...

Li Jing felt a bit tipsy at that moment.

Looking again at Yulian, who was clinging to him like an octopus, it seemed impossible to escape. With a quick assessment of the situation, Li Jing decided to send out a Spirit God whisper.

Yulian, whose monster Primordial Spirit wasn’t very powerful, hummed and then dropped her hand, falling back on the bed.

At the same time.

The large tail wrapped around Li Jing’s waist also felt powerless and loosened.

Successfully knocking Yulian out with a Spirit God whisper and managing to free himself, Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief and stood up straight.

He humored himself by rubbing his forehead and looking down at Yulian, who was now unconscious on the bed.

Fortunately, Yulian’s breath still smelled of alcohol, otherwise, he might not have been able to resist.

A tempting creature like her was truly a trial on one’s will.

During the time when Yulian was pestering him, Li Jing held some expectations in his heart and even secretly hoped for the situation that occurred during his Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body to happen again, the friction when being pushed.

Fortunately, it was Yulian who helped him regain his composure, not the other way around.

Otherwise, how things would develop is a complete uncertainty.

Li Jing gently pulled the quilt to cover Yulian, his gaze lingering on the fluffy fox ears atop her head. He cautiously glanced left and right before reaching out to gently stroke them.

The touch was beyond words.

In that very moment...

He began to understand Chen Yuran...

The beast-eared girl, YYDS.

...

In a blink of an eye, more than ten hours passed by.

It was past eight in the evening, and darkness had fallen.

Li Jing sat on the sofa in his hotel room, quietly waiting.

He wasn’t in a hurry to head to the God Church Country.

On one hand, he had anticipated during his visit to the Northern God Country that even if they offered him assistance, they would surely need time to devise strategies to prevent the God Church Country from causing chaos.

On the other hand...

His panel entered the status of upgrade.

He was not sure if the panel that was being upgraded was capable of calculating Experience Points.

If he was to go...

It would certainly have to be after the completion of the panel status bar upgrade.

Glancing outside at the completely dark sky and seeing that the 12 hours had passed, Li Jing frowned.

The familiar prompt tone did not ring.

He tried to call up his panel but to no avail.

This...

Was there a problem?

Just as he was getting doubtful, a transparent dialogue box suddenly popped up before him.

"System upgrade has been completed, localization achieved."

Upon suddenly seeing the dialogue box, Li Jing was taken aback.

Looking at the brief text written inside, he frowned in confusion.

Localization?

This was easy to understand.

But then the question arose.

His panel status bar was not an artificial intelligence like Xiaoyu that required a server and network to operate, so why was localization involved?

Could it be...

All of it was his own wishful thinking.

In reality, his panel status bar was indeed "connected"?

Li Jing furrowed his brows.

If the panel status bar was indeed "connected", then does that mean his gradual growth was being "monitored" by certain existences?

This was not completely impossible.

Li Jing had come across similar scenarios in some novels before his transmigration.

Up until now...

He had doubts about why he transmigrated.

Transmigrating with a device was arguably standard for transmigrators.

But he had simply transmigrated to this world while walking on the street.

Other transmigrators...

Either died suddenly, were hit by a magical truck, or traveled through some other unique channels.

His transmigration happened by simply taking a step on the street.

The world had drastically changed with that one step.

He shook his head to cast away the unverifiable doubts in his mind, and invoked his panel with a thought.

Administrator: Li Jing

Rule Control: None

Experience Points: 2220312/3456993

Level: 106 (Convergence) / Required Level for Next Stage: 140

Skill Points: 7

Spiritual Power Intensity: 11342

Lifebound Magic Instrument: Linglong (Immortal Items Level 1, 3%), Qingfeng (Immortal Items Level 1, 3%)

Equipment: Unknown (0%)

Passive Skills: Little Universe

Active Skills: Sky Eye Technique (5/5)

Limit Breakthrough (Passive): Thunder Skill, Divine Origin Unification, Divine Might, Silent Shadow, Moon Shadow, Still Water Like Mirror

Limit Breakthrough (Active): Wind King Mysterious Clothing, Surprise Thunder Run, Spirit Soldier Break, Spirit God Whisper

Forbidden Skills: World Thunder Punishment (25/25), God’s Hidden Truth (25/25)

At first glance...

The panel showed no changes in the data.

But the panel status bar had changed from its original white border to a golden one.

Apart from that...

The original "Host" column had changed to "Administrator".

A new column for "Rule Control" was added.

Also, the Level column had started showing the corresponding realm and the level required for the next stage.

These were the only visible changes.

But Li Jing had a vague feeling that the changes were not limited to what he could see on the panel status bar.

He couldn’t quite put his finger on what else had changed.

One thing he was certain of was...

The electronic prompt tone he had grown fond of seemed to be gone.

That should be a function that needed to be "connected" to be implemented.

His gaze fell on the word "Administrator", and he glanced again at the "Rule Control" column that read "None". He quietly collected his thoughts.

If he couldn’t understand something, he wasn’t going to bother puzzling over it.

Li Jing is not a fool.

This isn’t something he can chase at the moment.

The upgrade changes in the Panel Status Bar stem from the Heavenly Path Qi.

This virtually tells him directly.

His Panel Status Bar isn’t the "standard gear" for transmigrators he had imagined, but something akin to the existence of Heavenly Path granted to him.

What its purpose is, is worth pondering.

But as for him now, he can’t chase any further.

In the end.

He unintentionally opened a backdoor, making everything clear as day.

The good news is.

At least for now, he has completed the "disconnecting" and localization of the Panel Status Bar.

No matter if there’s an existence similar to Heavenly Path monitoring or observing behind the Panel Status Bar, he has completely made the Panel Status Bar his own, uncontrolled by it.

Clearing the status bar in front of his eyes, Li Jing pondered.

Chasing the origin of the status bar isn’t urgent.

He’ll wait till he’s powerful enough.

As for the direction of his future pursuit, Li Jing isn’t clueless.

He can confirm.

The entity behind Panel Status Bar is not the Heavenly Path of this world, otherwise there would have been confusion when it initially communicated with him.

Wanting to understand the status bar, communicating with Heavenly Path again might yield some gains.

But this isn’t urgent.

Given his current abilities, he can’t communicate with Heavenly Path.

What is worth contemplating at this moment is.

What if the entity that bestowed him the status bar finds out he has "logged out"?

Since he could be given a status bar, are there other existences in this world like him?

Furthermore, are there administrators like him who accidentally localize the status bar?

After pondering for a short while, Li Jing chose to give up thinking.

Whatever he’ll encounter, he’s bound to encounter sooner or later. There’s no escaping.

In any case, he has to take one step at a time. He has to live his life.

Unlike his past, he now has people he cares about.

He has a wife, and an intimate female friend.

No matter what he will face in the future, he’ll just face it head-on.

In any case, everything he has encountered so far.

If they’re not humans, they must have a health bar.

Having a health bar means there’s nothing to panic.

With a deep exhalation, Li Jing stood up.

Just at this time, Yulian, who had been in a stupor for an entire day on the hotel bed, let out a soft moan and turned over.

Hearing this enthralling cry, Li Jing instantly became alert and turned around cautiously.

Over there, Yulian sat up while rubbing her sleepy eyes.

Meeting Li Jing’s defensive expression, she hesitated for a second.

Then, she wore an expression as if she was pondering something, like when she was drunk in the daytime.

Subsequently, her charming little face gradually reddened.

Upon seeing this, Li Jing remained calm on the surface, but heaved a sigh of relief inside.

Clearly.

After this nap, Yulian had completely sobered up.

Not only was she sober.

She remembered clearly what she had done.

This round, was utterly embarrassing.

In front of her, of course, Li Jing wouldn’t be so foolish as to bring up the silly things she did when she was drunk.

Coughing once, Li Jing approached the bed.

"Xiaoyu, you drank a bit excessively during the daytime. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Hearing his voice, Yulian looked up and quickly averted her gaze.

Although Li Jing kindly didn’t mention her embarrassing behavior after getting drunk, how could she pretend as if nothing happened?

Compared to the incident that happened when her Primordial Spirit left her body in Yun City, this was even more unacceptable.

She actually...

Feeling somewhat uneasy, she raised her hand to touch the fox ears perked up on her head. Yulian bit her lip and hid her monster characteristics. After clearing her throat, she looked up again.

"Um, I might not hold my liquor well, you..."

"There’s no need to explain, I understand."

Li Jing smiled understandingly, then pulled out a bottle of mineral water from his little universe and handed it over.

Meeting someone’s "I understand", Yulian felt extremely uncomfortable.

She thought it might be better to play dumb.

She silently accepted the mineral water, looked at it in her hand, confirmed that it was water and not the God Country Wine, Yulian tilted her head back and started guzzling down the water.

After gulping down some of the mineral water, she exhaled lightly.

Just as she was unsure how to start a conversation with the person standing in front of her bed, Li Jing suddenly pulled out the wine cask he had put into his little universe earlier.

"I was talking with Orville and he left directly, leaving behind this big cask of fine God Country Wine. I have no use for it, you drinking it would be good for your body. Keep it for yourself."

Upon hearing this, Yulian paused, somewhat reluctant.

This wine made her embarrass herself with just one drink, even nearly giving herself away.

How dare she casually drink it for the second time?

Initially, she had no idea that this God Country Wine could be so potent.

Out of nowhere, her mind wasn’t clear anymore.

What put Yulian in a dilemma was.

In front of her was a large cask of top-grade God Country Wine, she really couldn’t bear to refuse it.

This wine, was indeed a good thing.

Previously at the dinner table, before she was drunk, she had clearly felt it.

Every sip she drank, her physical strength increased a bit; the effect was significant.

Monsters train to strengthen their physical bodies.

But outside the realm of cultivation, the difficulty for them to enhance their physical strength is extremely high.

Their physical bodies were too powerful.

With greater strength, the extent of improvement that could be made by external forces naturally became smaller.

Further, there was a more crucial issue.

Among the mystical creatures, the physical strength of different types of creatures was not only dependent on their personal cultivation but also on their species.

Like bear demons and tiger demons, the predators.

They were naturally dominant, robust, and powerfully built.

As for physical cultivation, their upper limit was much higher than the creatures from other species that went through metamorphosis.

Yulian, being a fox demon, was known for her agility and quick-wittedness among the mystical creatures and she relatively belonged to the weaker kind.

At the same cultivation level.

If she encountered creatures like bear demons or tiger demons, she would find it difficult to confront them directly and could only rely on her natural talents.

The charm talent she chose to focus on was indeed useful, but when facing opponents at their peak, the effect she could yield was extremely limited.

If she wanted to challenge the creatures with naturally strong physical bodies, she must rely on external forces to further enhance her physical strength.

This problem.

Jiu Li did not have.

Being a thousand-faced fox demon, her combat power was off the charts and didn’t need any additional improvement.

Glancing back and forth at the wine barrel that Li Jing was holding in his arms, Yulian waved her hand and put it away and then, after some hesitation, she whispered.

"When you have the chance, you accompany me to drink."

"Ah, this..."

Li Jing blinked.

Just as he was about to speak, Yulian turned her head.

"You just have to watch, I will drink. This stuff gets to the head easily, I don’t want others to witness me in any weird state. Moreover, instead of granting the convenience to others, it’s better to give it to you."

"..."

Li Jing.

Yulian’s speech, made him feel a bit out of sorts.

What did she mean by it’s better him taking advantage than someone else?

Could we not give up on therapy?

Looking at her blushing face, Li Jing smiled and nodded.

"Alright, I’ll guard you while you drink when the time comes."

Once she got the answer, Yulian shot a glance at him and gave a slight nod, standing up and brushing aside the hair from her temples.

"I’m going to freshen up with a bath, don’t peep."

Li Jing was stunned.

Peep?

Was he that kind of person?

If he was that kind of person, wouldn’t he have shown her during the day what a man was?

However, you can’t say.

If Yulian hadn’t mentioned it, let it be.

But now that she mentioned it, he was slightly tempted.

Could this be the so-called act of playing hard to get?

Was this...

On purpose?

Watching Yulian swaying her waist and going to the bathroom, Li Jing guessed secretly.

....

The night grew deeper.

Some things, once an idea comes, it’s hard to resist.

Li Jing was a principled person.

But having been ’played’ in this manner, he really couldn’t resist the urge to think.

However, the key point.

After all, he and Yulian had something going on while they distanced themselves spiritually.

All those things were deeply imprinted in his mind.

Yulian took quite a long time to take a bath, over half an hour.

Li Jing sitting on the couch, the continuously interrupted sound of water coming from the bathroom was truthfully quite unrestful.

He had to admit.

After that experience, his mentality had undergone a slight change.

In the past.

Not to mention that Yulian was a demon.

Even if she were human.

Facing such casual teasing, he would merely dismiss it with a laugh and would never convince himself to bother.

Without realizing it, the sound of water in the bathroom ceased.

With a ’click’, the door was pulled open.

The soaking-wet, towel-clad Yulian with long hair walked out.

Upon turning his head and seeing this beautiful fox, just out of the bath, Li Jing’s heart skipped a beat and he quickly averted his gaze.

Seeing the man that was sitting upright with due respect, Yulian blinked and a faint smile crept up her lips.

Coming out with a towel, it was not a big deal.

During their first meeting, she had even worn a teasing silk nightgown.

Back then, Li Jing didn’t care that much.

But now, he had changed.

Facts proved that her charm was still working.

Seeing Li Jing’s reaction, she felt reassured.

She and Li Jing were both considered to be rational types.

Knowing that they were not suitable for each other, they were mutually respectful.

Nowadays, because of the situation she had put him in, if she had become irrational, wouldn’t it have been her losing face all by herself then?

If at all, blushing and feeling embarrassed wasn’t something that would have happened to her.

Knowing that Li Jing was sitting with composure on the surface but actually had some thoughts about her inside, she felt relieved.

At least, it wasn’t just her feeling tense.

Moreover, confirming that Li Jing had some thoughts about her, she strangely felt a bit of joy.