He Was in Heat?

"Chat Group, Bai Tu is a good fox. You can make him the group owner."

Using the faint Contact through the invitation link from the Chat Group, Bai Tu reached the Chat Group itself.

Besides, having been raised by Bi Ji for a hundred years, fed and cleaned up after like a baby, he had undoubtedly grown closer in nature to Soul Beasts.

[Negative. This group aims to build a harmonious channel for communication and has no group owner or administrator functions.]

"Bai Tu is a good fox, and he's your dad!"

[Negative. The Chat Group's source is a power of Contact. It has no dad.]

"Don't you think Bai Tu is really nice?"

[Reasonable. However, as a member of the Chat Group, Bai Tu is the Chat Group's friend, if one were to anthropomorphize it.]

"Then can friends make suggestions to each other?"

[Reasonable!]

"Bai Tu is a good fox. He can help you tell the bad guys apart! You can give Bai Tu permission to keep bad people from joining."

Bai Tu ventured a suggestion.

[Reasonable. Member Bai Tu can reject invitations, but he may only reject one person for every three invitees.]

"Bai Tu is a good fox! To keep bad people from bullying good people in the group, Bai Tu can mute and block them!"

Bai Tu's eyes lit up. He seemed to have discovered a crucial point!

[Reasonable. Member Bai Tu has permission to mute and block people.]

"Bai Tu is a good fox! For the good of the group, Bai Tu can kick the bad people out!"

Bai Tu grinned like a little fox. No, wait! He was a little fox!

[Negative! There is a possibility that Bai Tu might act out of self-interest.]

"Bai Tu is a good fox!"

"Then Bai Tu can have permission to start a vote to kick someone out!"

[Reasonable. Member Bai Tu has permission to start a vote. For Bai Tu's safety, this group will relay it to the members in the name of the Chat Group.]

Bai Tu nodded in satisfaction. Although he wasn't the group owner yet, he was already practically one!

"Chat Group is Bai Tu's good friend!"

[Reasonable. Bai Tu is the Chat Group's closest member.]

"Xiao Bai, I'll take you to see the Lord in a bit. We've run into a big problem, especially you."

Bi Ji's worried voice brought Bai Tu back to reality.

"Ying ying~ Bai Tu's tail is amazing! I'll make the Lord have babies in a bit!"

Smack!

Bi Ji gave Bai Tu a light swat on his behind for his shameless remark.

Bi Ji brought Bai Tu easily into a Small Space within the Lake of Life.

Inside, Soul Beasts of every shape and size were either crouched or sprawled out, snoring away.

Surrounded by them was a snow-white giant worm!

Bai Tu eyed it greedily. Now that he had a cheat, he suddenly wanted to go out and have some fun!

After all, he hadn't done a thing when either the Blue Silver Emperor or Xiao Wu's mother got into trouble!

In his heart, he didn't even consider those disgraces to the Soul Beasts his kind!

"Hungry for meat?"

Bi Ji teased him, rubbing his little behind, then stepped into the heart of the Small Space.

There was only one person here: a silver-haired woman resting with her eyes closed.

"Lord!"

Bi Ji dropped to one knee, preparing to solemnly recount what had just happened to her and Bai Tu.

But...

"Ah!"

Bi Ji furrowed her brow and cried out in pain. Just as she was about to speak, a sudden agony shot through her body!

"Bi Ji?"

Gu Yuena flashed to Bi Ji's side and sent a stream of Soul Power into her body.

"Sister Bi Ji!"

Bai Tu called out in concern, then immediately asked his good friend, the Chat Group, to see what was going on!

[System Message: Until your strength reaches a level that ensures safety in this world, you cannot reveal the existence of the Chat Group to others!]

A system message appeared in the Chat Group.

[Huo Wu: Uh, uh, uh... There's always someone stronger!]

[Hu Liena: Is that little fox Bai Tu? We're all so pitiful~]

[Qian Renxue: That's because you're stupid! Can't you tell that woman was using you as a pawn?!]

"I'm fine."

Bi Ji panted and handed Bai Tu to Gu Yuena.

"Lord, please check whether Xiao Bai is male."

Bi Ji caught her breath, then spoke again.

Gu Yuena's eyes widened, question marks popping up over her head.

Gu Yuena frowned. Bi Ji was steady by nature, so something must have happened.

As if playing with a toy, Gu Yuena tugged Bai Tu by the tail and took a look.

"He's always been male..."

"Could foxes have different physical traits?"

"Can they change sex at a certain age?"

Gu Yuena looked at Bi Ji.

"Well..."

Bi Ji didn't dare go on. If that Chat Group really was as powerful as its members claimed, why had it gotten Bai Tu's sex wrong?

"Oh, my!"

Bai Tu turned over and hugged Gu Yuena's jade hand.

"I'll explain!"

"That's my innate talent!"

"I copied Sister Bi Ji!"

"My innate talent is amazing! I can have babies whenever I want!"

"Would you like to try, Lord?"

The tip of Bai Tu's drooping tail glowed white, as if it would strike Gu Yuena's hand the moment she nodded!

"Is he in heat?"

Gu Yuena offered her diagnosis.

"Uh... I think I know what he's trying to say."

Bi Ji covered her forehead helplessly. After all, she had raised Bai Tu for a hundred years.

"Xiao Bai's innate talent sounds amazing! Why don't you tell us about it?"

Bi Ji took Bai Tu from Gu Yuena's hand and gently coaxed him.

"After I reached ten thousand years, I got three talents!"

"First, I can copy things!"

"Second, I can make a Soul Beast have babies by itself!"

"Third, I can make two Soul Beasts have babies!"

Bai Tu explained his abilities very simply.

"Oh, right! I can demonstrate! Sister, give me something that boosts Soul Power!"

He called Bi Ji "Sister," but his wide eyes were fixed on Gu Yuena.

"Heh."

Gu Yuena chuckled, a wisp of colorful divine power flowing from her fingertips.

"Little thing, if you can eat this, this wisp of divine power will be enough to increase your cultivation by a thousand years. If you can't, you'll have to sleep soundly for several years."

After expelling the divine power, Gu Yuena's face paled slightly.

She was already resisting the corrosive power of the Asura Divine Power, and forcing out divine power had taken quite a bit of effort.

"Just watch!"

Bai Tu happily slurped up the divine power!

Then his tail slowly shrank, like a deflating balloon...

Gu Yuena's pupils suddenly widened! She felt a wisp of divine power inside Bai Tu vanish completely!

And his cultivation!

11,000!

12,000!

13,000!

18,000!

As Bai Tu's tail shrank back to its old, tiny size, his cultivation stopped at eighteen thousand years!

"Ying ying~"

Bai Tu let out a little burp.

"How did you do that?"

Gu Yuena looked at Bai Tu, visibly excited. That was at least eight times the usual absorption efficiency!

After all, the thousand-year increase from 17,000 to 18,000 was not the same as the thousand-year increase from 1,000 to 11,000!

"My first talent: Copy."

"I can copy living beings, creations, and concepts as I please!"

"What I copied just now was the concept of increasing my cultivation."

Bai Tu rubbed himself comfortably against Bi Ji's hand.

Who said it wasn't a cheat? It totally was!