Li Lin stared intently at Luna.
Don't misunderstand, it's not because of her jade feet.
Instead, he discovered that Luna was in a virtual world throughout the transformations.
To touch her, one must arrive in this world, which, in a way, gives one an invincible advantage.
What Luna Mengdie?
"Viewing the world as a grand dream, and only oneself as reality? Interesting."
"Are you a butterfly or Luna now?"
"Butterfly." "Luna."
Two identical ethereal voices rang out at the same time, blurring the line between illusion and reality.
An Immortal Land, teeming with all sorts of wondrous beasts and magical herbs, seems about to descend.
"The Way of True Illusion —anyone who doesn't know better might think it's those madmen from the Crimson Firmament Pavilion who insist on conquering the Dao with their minds. Huineng, who surpasses most cultivators of the Azure Nether Fortress, has actually used this to create this absurd world," Doumu Yuanjun suddenly interjected.
—I'm jealous.
Li Lin knew that he should remain silent right now.
As the two most outstanding disciples of Li Lin before his True Disciple, Luna and Hugo, one used her mind to explore the secrets of Heavenly Secrets Calculation to evolve the stars in the heavens, resembling the cultivators of the Azure Nether Fortress, and the other used her wisdom to blur the illusion and reality, resembling the cultivators of the Crimson Firmament Pavilion. The fact that they seemed to have diverged was known to everyone in both lineages.
The two people's paths are different from those of their respective lineages. As an immortal from Azure Nether Fortress, Doumu Yuanjun naturally knew about this and was delighted by Luna's special qualities.
"What's your name?" Luna approached, sniffing like a kitten, her delicate little nose almost touching Li Lin's lips.
"This is the first time I've seen her so close to a man," Li Ke said, his surprise tinged with a hint of sarcasm.
"Li Lin." Li Lin took a small step back. If he were to kiss her, his jealous wife would probably explode.
"You clearly don't dislike me." Luna tilted her head, seemingly possessing Beast, instinctive quality. "You prefer this?"
She lifted her delicate, exquisite feet, which resembled works of art.
—You have a great eye for people!
Li Lin glanced away, "Senior sister, be more reserved."
"You're clearly very happy." [Doumu Yuanjun] almost ground her teeth to powder.
She somewhat regretted setting the tone too high. As her nominal master, it was difficult for her to lower herself to be as close to her little disciple as Buola and Luna.
Suddenly, Deng Si's words from not long ago flashed through my mind again. "Should we force him?"
As the master, she decides what techniques to teach, including the dual cultivation method!
"How shameless." A seductive yet light and airy female voice interrupted [Doumu Yuanjun's] reverie.
"A fox?" Luna turned her head.
She was a fox spirit with a natural allure. Her silver fox ears were hidden behind her temples, her left eye was amber and gold, her right eye was a clear pool reflecting the moon, and the corner of her eye was naturally tinged with a fox-like red hue. Five fluffy fox tails wrapped around her body, and her whole body was snow-white, as if she were in a misty haze.
"Qingqiu?" Li Ke asked, puzzled.
In Qingqiu there is a kingdom, and there lives a fox spirit.
The Qingqiu Fox Clan is the demon clan most similar to humans, and they have established their own kingdom by imitating humans.
Furthermore, since both men and women of the fox clan possess exquisite beauty and charm, each one is naturally alluring, making them excellent vessels for dual cultivation.
Love between humans and foxes, and even human-fox Half-blood, has become quite common.
The sect called Qingqiu was founded by a human-fox Half-blood immortal.
His main practice is the Way of Inner Elixir, which does not follow the path of "Breaking the Elixir to Form a Nascent Soul." Instead, he uses heaven and earth as a furnace, creation as the work, yin and yang as the carbon, and himself as the elixir, to prove the Way of Immortality through the Elixir Dao of Alchemy.
A secondary cultivation of the art of weapon crafting, which is essentially the refinement of qi.
Therefore, the sect is divided into three branches.
One lineage, like the [Profound Nether Abyss], focuses on excavating and sublimating its own bloodline. Its inner disciples are mostly of Half-blood human and demon blood, or even directly demons, and are also known as the [Demon Domain]. However, they call themselves [Qingqiu] and regard themselves as the orthodox lineage.
One lineage specializes in the practice of Inner Elixir, and is known as the Elixir Pavilion.
One lineage primarily cultivates the art of Outer Elixir, using vessels as the elixir, and is known as the "Artifact Sect."
In this "Three Sects Martial Arts Competition," Qingqiu is one of the three sects.
Li Ke hadn't expected to meet someone from Qingqiu so soon within the sect, especially in the Beast Arena, a place with beasts but no demons, where the presence of demons and human-demon Half-blood was particularly awkward.
"[Qingqiu Elixir Pavilion]." The fox woman ignored Li Ke and turned to look at Li Lin. "I am also surnamed Li, Li Phoebe. Perhaps I was related to you a thousand years ago."
—Damn it, another Doxy.
Doumu Yuanjun's expression darkened.
"It seems you are of Half-blood (translation: you are a bastard). Pure-blood people rarely cultivate the [Path of Inner Elixir]." Luna was no longer mad, as if she had awakened from that illusory Immortal Land and descended into the mortal world.
Phoebe narrowed her eyes. "You must be Junior Sister Lu. Be careful what you say."
"Damn it, I'm Half-blood, so what? You dare to mess with me, you little brat!"
A snow-white nine- Nine-Tailed Fox descended from the Immortal Land with soft whimpers, and lay prostrate on Luna's fragrant shoulder. Luna seemed not to hear what Phoebe said, and was only concerned with gently scratching the Nine-Tailed Fox's chin.
This made the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which was curled up into a ball nearby, open its eyes in jealousy. The dragon head that was spewing green dragon flames from its mouth and nose even began to exhale, as if it had been stimulated.
"Shut up, mistress." Luna glanced at him sideways.
The Three-Headed Flood Dragon instantly became as quiet as a chicken.
Phoebe raised an eyebrow; she had a feeling that the words were being spoken to her.
—You little bitch, I got here before you! You just beat me to it.
"As far as I know, you just met Junior Brother Li, right? I was already here before you shamelessly let Junior Brother Li touch your feet."
"You're spying on Junior Brother Li," Luna said incisively. "You're afraid to go forward because you're scared and you feel inferior because of your fox clan bloodline."
"Me? Inferiority complex? I am a direct descendant of the Qingqiu Immortal, how could I be inferior!" Phoebe sneered.
"She's lying," Doumu Yuanjun exposed.
Li Lin knew the reason.
Unlike the Four Symbols Immortal, the Qingqiu Immortal, who established his sect alone without any fellow practitioners to help him, did not keep up with the times and only achieved the Dao Fruit nearly a thousand years later.
And the three lineages he created.
[Demon Domain] Dragon King of the East Sea - [Immortal Yinglong] and his dragon clan are human-dragon Half-blood, naturally close to the Dao, with strength like the ocean abyss, almost infinite, and physique close to immortals.
[Elixir Pavilion] Taiqing— [Elixir Immortal], innovated and created the method of [Child Elixir], to provide the ignorant with the opportunity to attain [Tribulation Elixir] (equivalent to the realm of [Dujie]).
[Artifact Sect] Original – [Artifact Immortal] created the [Outer Elixir Path], establishing the [Artifact Sect] lineage. The [Thirty-three Heavens Creation Divine Artifacts] seem to fully elucidate the [Origin and Flow of the Dao], possessing boundless power.
In this situation, the position of [Qingqiu Immortal] and his descendants becomes quite awkward.
Even the fox clan can establish itself in the [Demon Domain] because of its Pure-blood.
Half-demon, neither human nor demon.
They were already unpopular.
The path pioneered by the Qingqiu Immortal, though learned by half-demons, offers no advantage.
Therefore, their descendants, through tens of thousands of years of reproduction, have almost lost their fox-like appearance.
Someone like Phoebe, whose bloodline has reverted to its ancestral form and who has five tails, is still considered a half-demon, which is rather awkward.