Tens of thousands of miles beyond Bashan, in Wozhang Mountain within the Hound Race's domain, Hu Lao and Hu Gou appeared in secret, standing atop a high cliff with a fox demon maid and gazing into the distance.
Across the boundless sea of clouds before them, frosty mist gleamed as white as drifting snow. Hazy vapor floated in midair, making this Spirit Peak's cave heaven seem like an immortal paradise.
Three days had already passed. They had temporarily taken their leave and arranged to meet Li Ling here.
A moment later, the phantom of Li Ling's soul appeared, manifesting an avatar before them.
Hu Lao and Hu Gou stepped forward to pay their respects, addressing him as True Lord, but Li Ling's gaze first fell on the fox demon maid behind them. Slightly surprised, he asked, "Was she the only one successfully revived?"
Hu Lao hurriedly said, "Not at all. All our kin were successfully revived, but they lost their true essence and strength, becoming ordinary foxes. I've settled them elsewhere for now."
Li Ling had actually used the newly refined Wengwu incense on them as an experiment. This incense had first appeared when he revived Du Shi and was a high-tier, high-grade spirit incense, but this time he had used a middle-grade version, effectively downgrading it.
His original intention had been to achieve something inexpensive and easy to use. He had not expected the divide between yin and yang to be so difficult to cross. The slightest imbalance had caused the attempts on the other fox demon maids to fail: they lost their true essence and reverted to their original forms, their entire Qi Refining cultivation wiped clean until they were ordinary wild foxes again.
Still, it could not be called a complete failure. At least they really had