The Aloof Immortal Venerable is Pregnant with My Fox Cub - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Cang Ran slept very comfortably, waking up when the night was deep.

She opened her hazy, sleepy eyes, yawned, stretched her front paws forward, and let out a big stretch.

Her fluffy fox fur shook unrestrainedly, like a dandelion about to burst open. Even without the wind, it created a beautiful, fiery red wave.

Her shrunk-down beast form was still quite large, fully extended from head to tail, measuring over half the length of an adult human body.

Her true beast form was actually even bigger, similar in size to a tiger, and could carry Tan Qingxuan around, becoming a super cool fox mount.

After stretching, Cang Ran happily began to lick her fur.

Mid-lick, her body stiffened, and she quickly spat.

Cang Ran first went to smell Tan Qingxuan to see if she was still alive. Knowing that her condition was stable, she jumped off the bed.

There were no lights in the cave dwelling. Cang Ran, whose eyes could see in the dark, was accustomed to it, but she thought that Tan Qingxuan, being new here, might be afraid of the dark.

Cang Ran wagged her fox tail, rummaged under the bed to pull out a dusty wooden box, and found a few pigeon-egg-sized fluorite stones.

These little trinkets were her treasures, which she usually didn’t bear to take out. Now, using them for lighting seemed inadequate.

The light from fluorite was truly weak, naturally incomparable to priceless night-shining pearls.

Night-shining pearls were good, but alas, she didn’t have any. She was very poor.

Cang Ran sadly tossed the fluorite aside, picking and choosing in the box for a long time, but still couldn’t find anything satisfactory.

It would be better to go outside and get a few burning logs to put in the stove for light. Fortunately, the nights in early spring were still a bit cold, otherwise, it would be inappropriate.

Next time she went to Luofeng City, she would buy some long-burning candles to replace them.

A continuous series of small sighs forced Tan Qingxuan, who was cultivating, to spare a wisp of consciousness for her.

Cang Ran had her back to Tan Qingxuan, her fox ears drooped. She was holding a small notebook, scribbling something on it.

Cang Ran’s brows were furrowed, looking very frustrated, as if she had encountered some difficulty.

Tan Qingxuan made a slight movement, prompting the fox demon to turn her head.

The pair of beautiful, glazed eyes that glowed in the dark appeared for a moment before being covered by two fox paws.

The little fox turned her body and swiftly darted out of the room.

Tan Qingxuan didn’t pay it much mind; it was just a fox demon, after all.

Before long, Cang Ran ran back, this time in human form, with three fiery red large tails swaying behind her.

She was holding a stove in both hands, containing large burning pieces of wood.

The firelight danced in Cang Ran’s eyes, and her bright face looked very charming and moving.

Cang Ran put down the stove and explained, “I usually don’t use candlelight, but the cave is a bit dark at night. If you’re afraid of the dark, the firelight can illuminate it.”

Seeing Tan Qingxuan remain silent, her gaze fixed on her face, Cang Ran cautiously asked, “You didn’t see anything just now, did you?”

Tan Qingxuan pondered for a moment and gently shook her head. “No.”

Her eyes must look like ghost lanterns in the dark. If Tan Qingxuan saw them, she would surely be scared to death.

Cang Ran gently exhaled. “Then I’m going out to cultivate. If you’re sleepy, go ahead and sleep. If you’re hungry, you can call me, and I’ll cook meat porridge for you.”

Cang Ran came and went in a hurry, like a gust of wind.

Tan Qingxuan’s eyes rested on the burning wood, softening with a hint of tenderness, like melting ice and snow.

Is she afraid that I’m scared of demons? She always worries about things that shouldn’t be worried about, but this little demon is indeed thoughtful and meticulous.

If the fox demon continued to take care of her like this, it might be possible to bring her back to the sect as a guardian spirit beast.

Because she had an injured Tan Qingxuan to care for, Cang Ran was several times more serious about her cultivation than usual.

With her as the center point, the surrounding spiritual energy was frantically drawn in like a violent tornado, being ruthlessly plundered and absorbed by her.

She continuously refined the demon core with spiritual energy, using the strange fire on the surface of the demon core to forcefully compress the absorbed and gathered spiritual energy, condensing it all into droplets of essence. These spiritual energy droplets were then squeezed into the demon core’s interior for further extraction and purification.

During the condensation process, this fire-attributed spiritual energy wasn’t very obedient. She needed to imprison this spiritual energy so it wouldn’t escape, fully refining every single wisp, which was mentally exhausting.

Cang Ran’s magical power was low, at the seventh stage of the Transformation period. Her understanding of the Dao was still at a very superficial stage. She only thought of transforming the spiritual energy of the Dao into her own use.

According to the memories within her bloodline inheritance, the ancient spirit foxes were spirit bodies born in symbiosis with heaven and earth, favored by the Dao. Spiritual energy would naturally rush toward them and refine itself spontaneously.

A fox with nine tails had spiritual energy filling every single tail, making them look brilliant and coveted by all.

These nine-tailed spirit foxes had reproduced for countless generations, and their bloodline was already greatly diluted. In the demon realm where Cang Ran lived, some foxes couldn’t even survive the Body Tempering period and died halfway due to limited lifespan.

Fox demons like Cang Ran, who could cultivate to the Transformation period, generally had good bloodline and root aptitude to reach this stage.

Cang Ran was a naturally born fire fox, possessing a supreme fire spiritual root. Moreover, after the thunder tribulation tempered her body and refined her bones, her entire network of meridians was several times wider. Therefore, her speed of absorbing spiritual energy was actually many times faster than that of ordinary cultivators at the same realm.

Human cultivators lacked the step of body and bone tempering in their cultivation, yet they could suppress the physically robust beast clans. This was simply because most beast clans, in their early stages, lacked the intelligence of human cultivators and were easily encircled and suppressed. However, great demons who had become wise and sentient were not so easy to deal with.

The path of cultivation is a struggle against fate. Cang Ran didn’t know how far her future path would go. She only wanted to live well now, without fear and without having to exhaust herself constantly.

A night passed. Cang Ran’s fiery red demon core looked brighter than before, and her accumulation of spiritual energy was also more substantial.

She shook off all the morning dew clinging to her body, transformed into her human form, and headed into the cave dwelling to find Tan Qingxuan.

The fire in the stove in the cave dwelling had gone out, leaving only some residual embers.

Tan Qingxuan was sitting quietly on the bed, her face ethereal, her white clothes spotless, her dark hair cascading down like layers of clouds. From a distance, she looked like a painting.

Her appearance and temperament did not resemble a mortal at all, but rather a deity from the heavens.

A sliver of doubt arose in Cang Ran’s heart, yet she wavered. After all, Tan Qingxuan looked very weak and didn’t resemble a cultivator who could summon wind and rain.

If she couldn’t figure it out, she wouldn’t think about it for now. Anyway, with a beauty in her arms, she was in a good mood every day.

“Qingqing.” When Cang Ran saw Tan Qingxuan look at her, her heart couldn’t help but leap with joy. “I absorbed a lot of spiritual energy today, and my cultivation has improved a bit. I can treat your body now.”

Tan Qingxuan stopped cultivating when she heard Cang Ran’s footsteps returning. She focused her mind and examined the fox demon’s cultivation level. She was still at the seventh stage of the Transformation period, but her spiritual energy was significantly more abundant than before.

To achieve such progress in one night suggested excellent talent and root aptitude. If she weren’t a demon, she would probably be a sought-after disciple by all the major sects.

Before meeting Cang Ran, Tan Qingxuan never considered cultivation advancement a cause for joy; it was merely a bland testament to her being a genius.

Perhaps she had encountered too many people who were overly cautious around her, as no one dared to mention their cultivation progress in front of Immortal Venerable Qingxuan. An arrogant yet adorable little demon like Cang Ran was a first.

Tan Qingxuan spoke encouragingly, as she would to an ordinary disciple in her sect. “Mm, it’s acceptable. You must continue to be diligent in the future.”

Cang Ran was praised by Tan Qingxuan and instantly felt overjoyed. “Hehe, I will work hard! I’ll treat your injury now. Quickly open your mouth. I’ll let you use the spiritual energy from my demon core.”

After she finished speaking, she didn’t see Tan Qingxuan opening her lips for a long time, and a sense of confusion arose in her heart.

The demon core was Cang Ran’s life essence. If Cang Ran continued to be so unguarded, she would surely suffer a loss in the future.

Tan Qingxuan had already achieved cultivation success and would not covet Cang Ran’s fire fox demon core. But if Cang Ran encountered someone else, how could she survive?

Tan Qingxuan sighed softly in her heart. After contemplating for a moment, as she was about to speak, Cang Ran was already very close to her.

Cang Ran skillfully pinched Tan Qingxuan’s jaw, expelled her fiery red demon core, and said with extreme intimacy, “Qingqing, hurry up.”

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