“Hurry up!”
The fox demon treated Ning Yuer horribly, constantly urging the girl—who was nothing but skin and bones—to walk faster.
From her condition, it was clear she had no strength left.
Her legs trembled—whether from fear or exhaustion, it was hard to tell.
While the fox demon was still at a distance, Su Wanqing took the opportunity to recall the rough plot from the original story, specifically Ning Yuer’s backstory.
Branded a calamity by the village due to her sudden heterochromia, even her parents saw her as an ill omen.
To avoid being implicated, they sold her to this fox demon.
The fox demon’s reason for buying her was simple.
She coveted those eyes. She could have dug them out and kept them, but raising the girl herself was far more entertaining.
Plus, it gave her a personal maid.
As a demon, she kept humans at arm’s length anyway.
Buying a child abandoned even by her own parents? Even if her identity was discovered, no one would care.
In the original novel, Shen Xianyue had also come here out of curiosity—but only after Li Ziyue clashed with the fox demon, appearing on a forest path.
Su Wanqing wasn’t sure if Shen Xianyue would show up this time, but at this point, she didn’t care if she did.
“O-Okay…”
Ning Yuer’s voice was soft and delicate, but laced with clear fear of the fox demon.
Her eyes were vacant, as if she had long grown accustomed to this life.
And how could she not?
Her own parents had abandoned her.
Who else in the world could she rely on?
She was a calamity.
Without this life, she couldn’t even survive.
At least now, she got scraps of food.
If she left the demon’s side?
In her current state, no one would take in a “calamity.” Finding work to eat would be impossible.
Yet deep down, Ning Yuer had always yearned for the world of cultivation.
Rumor had it that cultivators weren’t like mortals—they didn’t bow to superstition.
Perhaps that was her only refuge.
Especially recently, ever since her eyes changed color, a pull toward cultivation had grown inside her.
She had never dreamed of walking that near-mythical path for mortals.
But the longer the change persisted, the stronger her longing became.
She craved a life without discrimination.
A life where no one called her a calamity or blamed her for disasters.
Su Wanqing watched them draw closer, watching the emptiness in Ning Yuer’s dazed eyes.
She knew it was the influence of the Heavenly Dao Record awakening her longing for cultivation.
In the original story, when the fox demon fought Li Ziyue and Shen Xianyue, Ning Yuer seized the chance to escape.
She gambled everything on a new life and joined Heavenly Sword Pavilion.
Classic female-lead trope: *My fate is mine, not the heavens’.*
“A child?”
Li Ziyue murmured softly as she looked at Ning Yuer beside the fox demon.
Fair enough—for a Nascent Soul cultivator who had lived countless years, sixteen was indeed just a child.
“Elder Su, protect the girl later. Leave the rest to me.”
Seeing Ning Yuer, Li Ziyue immediately adjusted the plan.
Exactly as Su Wanqing predicted—she wouldn’t let a child die in front of her because of the Red Embroidery Sect’s mistake.
“Got it.”
“Hu Mei! You’re not escaping today!”
Seizing the moment, Li Ziyue and Su Wanqing flanked the fox demon known as “Hu Mei” from front and back.
“Li Ziyue?”
“Didn’t expect the Red Embroidery Sect to send *you* to hunt me?”
The sudden ambush didn’t faze Hu Mei.
She looked at Li Ziyue and spoke her name with ease.
Su Wanqing wasn’t surprised.
Though Li Ziyue hadn’t told her the demon’s identity, as a transmigrator, she already knew.
Hu Mei had once entered the Red Embroidery Sect disguised as a human.
Her talent was exceptional, quickly earning the sect’s favor.
But that talent came from devouring human essence and blood.
By the time she reached Golden Core, the sect discovered her true nature.
Just as they were about to act, she sensed it, defected, and fled to Xiangping Town to prey on mortals.
To atone for their oversight, the Red Embroidery Sect sent an elder to eliminate her.
And to silence Heavenly Sword Pavilion, they offered generous compensation.
“Hmm? A helper?”
Hu Mei glanced at Su Wanqing behind her, eyes landing on that face.
She froze.
Same gender, yet her gaze turned lecherous.
“What a pretty little beauty~”
“Forget helping that old hag Li Ziyue. Team up with big sister instead?”
“Don’t worry—after it’s done, I’ll let you experience things you’ve never felt before~”
Hu Mei licked her fingers lewdly, eyes brimming with greed.
She had already assessed Su Wanqing’s cultivation—mid-to-late Golden Core, same as her.
But human cultivators at the same level couldn’t beat her.
If she could drain this beauty’s essence, her charm arts would skyrocket.
And if she could refine that perfect body for herself? Cultivation would become a breeze.
As a specialist in charm arts, she could tell at a glance: Su Wanqing’s potential was terrifying.
With that face and charm arts? No one in the world could resist.
Even emotion-severing cultivators might break their vows.
Of course, she hadn’t yet noticed the charm bones.
If Su Wanqing *did* cultivate charm arts, with heavenly beauty *and* charm bones?
She’d be a true calamity—a walking disaster that could topple empires.
Wherever she went, chaos would follow.
“…”
“Sigh—”
Facing Hu Mei’s predatory stare, Su Wanqing was speechless.
Even a fox demon who fed on human essence was bending for her?
Was she into both?
She was starting to doubt it wasn’t just the charm bones.
Maybe it was *her*—or some unknown special constitution she still didn’t understand.
Was she… born with a *Yuri Saint Physique*?
Anyone who came into contact with her got bent into a lesbian?
If that was true…
Her gaze instinctively shifted to the other two.
Li Ziyue had been acting strange earlier—she hadn’t paid much attention, but now it was suspicious.
And little Ning Yuer, the heroine?
The way she was staring at her was clearly dazed.
Farming the heroine’s favorability wouldn’t be hard, but…
Oh no.
Was she actually right?!
Was her special constitution really a *Natural Yuri Saint Body*?!
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