Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Aiko ignored that startled look on her face and gazed towards her system.

[Individual 'Saint' was recognised as partial Son of Heaven. Due to him overreaching his Luck, his overall providence and Luck decreased.]

[You have defamed the Saint, causing him to suffer from the decrease of Providence.]

[The System was able to collect some of that Providence, but more tools for this job are required.]

[Providence: 100,000 -> 100,500]

[New Mission!]

[Bully the Sons of Heaven and pluck the Daughters of Heaven!]

[Reward: Tools to extract Providence per bullied Son/Daughter of Heaven]

[Failure: -]

'It's been a while since I got something like this.' Aiko paused and thought about it. 'Providence is good, since it seems like everything I got from the system is from Providence. Thus, if I can gather enough of it, I can purchase more of those incredible Abilities.'

Aiko nodded gently. 'I also need to improve my current ones, so I'm not really in a hurry, but if I encounter someone like this, I should scrape a bit of their Providence.' Aiko mused on this for a bit longer before munching again.

[Level up!]

[Level: 301 -> 302]

'This is as good as [System Meat].' Aiko was shocked at how much she could earn just from this. 'I wonder if I can reach the max needed for the next Evolution...'

It was likely she would be able to do that if she 'confiscated' the poisoned goodies, but she couldn't really bear that smell.

'It would be better if they didn't poison it, that smell is rancid.' Aiko clicked her tongue before munching on another peach.

[Level up!]

[Level: 302 -> 303]

'Truly incredible.' Aiko marvelled at the fact she was able to Level up so freely.

"You see, tanking means decreasing something, so I thought that if you can tank it, you would be able to endure it or like, lessen the effect...?" Li Xiu's brain was fried. She was not a good liar and coming up with things was difficult for her, but that was only the case towards those she liked. She was able to lie without blinking if she disliked that person.

As it turns out, Aiko was quite the likeable Fox that also helped her survive inside the forest, so lying to her made her quite guilty...

Aiko decided to ignore her, since her fumbling was quite fun to watch and her blushing face was very cute to boot.

Aiko turned towards the Saint, who had the deadliest expression yet. His knuckles were white and his palms were bleeding. It was quite a fun sight since he was holding himself back because of the Saintess.

"You look like you need to take a dump, don't mind us, you can go and do the deed." Aiko paused. "Just wipe yourself properly or nobody will like you."

The Saint's eyes turned bloodshot, it was quite incredible how much self-restraint this guy had.

Moon Aiko narrowed her eyes. She wanted to experiment in which ways she is able to extract that Providence.

"How about eating some?" Aiko suggested it to the Saintess. From the corner of her eye, she saw the Saint's body twitch.

"But that would mean I would get poisoned too." Li Xiu raised her eyebrow. She couldn't understand what the little Aiko was playing at.

"It's just love poison, everything will be alright as long as you stare at me, no?" Aiko said innocently. The empty expression on the Saint's face was hilarious.

Li Xiu noticed Aiko's glances and like her, she glanced sideways.

Seeing her supposed 'partner' with that kind of expression made her exceptionally happy. It also didn't make her stupid, so she understood where Aiko was going with this.

'If he suffers, maybe he will give up on me.' Li Xiu liked this idea and would play along with Aiko.

"My, what are you trying to do~?" Li Xiu was already used to acting, so blushing was a simple endeavour for her.

The Saint twitched visibly, more and more veins popped on his forehead.

[You have dealt a mental blow to the partial Son of Heaven!]

[Providence: 100,500 -> 101,000]

'That simple?!' Moon Aiko blinked with a mischievous smile. 'Let's do more.'

Seeing that mischievous smile, Li Xiu chuckled gently. 'What is she up to now?'

"Say, ahhh." Aiko brought the fruit close to her lips, intending for her to bite.

*Pfft*

The Saint next to them coughed up blood.

This startled both Li Xiu and Aiko.

Li Xiu because she didn't expect that reaction, and Aiko because...

[You have dealt a serious mental blow to the partial Son of Heaven!]

[Providence: 101,000 -> 102,000]

[Son of Heaven only has 2,000 Providence left.]

'Huh?!' Aiko didn't expect it to be this easy to rob more from them.

'What if I turned into my Nightmare Form...?' Aiko had a devious smile and she also had an excuse if they asked her why she had an adult form.

'Yep, time to experiment~!' Aiko suddenly darkened her hair and Li Xiu's eyes sparkled.

'It's really her! It's really her!' Li Xiu was fangirling over Aiko's changing fur. 'Dammit! I really want to pet her fluffy tail and ears-'

Suddenly Aiko's body enlarged and in front of Li Xiu was a breathtaking beauty.

"Or maybe you would like to bite me~?" Nightmare Aiko smiled mischievously while pressing her body against Li Xiu's.

Li Xiu blushed deep red and she couldn't get her words out.

*PFFFT*

The partial Son of Heaven passed out as a fountain of blood formed from his mouth. Everyone around was quite shocked by the sight.

[You have dealt a mortal mental blow to the partial Son of Heaven!]

[Providence: 102,000 -> 104,000]

[Son of Heaven only has 0 Providence left.]

[Drop Kill rule now applicable!]

Nightmare Aiko wondered if this was good or bad, but she didn't get to think for too long.

She immediately dodged as the sword blasted past where she was sitting.

Nightmare Aiko immediately shrunk back down, laughing.

"Kekekekekkekeke."

As she laughed like a madman, she dodged that flying sword while stealing the other plates with the fruit and stuffing them into tails.

"Are you alright?" Li Xiu's Master gently touched her forehead to help her resist that charm, but for some reason she was confused. 'She is not charmed...?' She was confused.

"I'm alright." Li Xiu coughed awkwardly once she saw envious glances from both Saintesses and Disciples.

She blushed again, from that kind of attention.

"Come sit next to me for the time being." Li Xiu's Master, who was beautiful beyond recognition, said softly.

"En." Li Xiu didn't reject this, since she felt that Master was quite weird. She then noticed Elders chasing after the small Aiko, only for them to pause once they got close to the Beasts' side.

Aiko stuck out her tongue before running away.

Li Xiu giggled and her Master was now convinced. 'No wonder she didn't like that 'incredible' Saint. She is not into men.' She sighed gently, shaking her head at this revelation. 'I also feel weird for some reason, but I don't know why...' She felt like some kind of burden was lifted from her body, but she could not figure out what or why.

"You can watch her later, let's go." Li Xiu's Master said.

"En." Li Xiu chuckled at her overly kind and warm Master.

...

Aiko stuck out her tongue. "Come and get me, assholes. Awwww, you can't? Do you want to run to your daddy for help?"

Aiko savagely tore into their pride as she hid behind the Beasts that quite liked her.

The Beasts that didn't like her or were indifferent also narrowed their eyes. Some started to like her, while quite a few disliked her more.

That was only because she was such a troublemaker with a bad tongue. They didn't want to be on the receiving end, so most of them were silently watching over them, while carefully blocking the Elders.

"You whore! When you come out, I will rip you apart!" The Elder threatened Aiko. He was the same Elder who was managing the Saint who had just passed out because of Qi Deviation.

"Tsk tsk tsk. I understand I'm beautiful, but I will have you know that I'm still pure~" Aiko paused. "Oh, but don't get your hopes up, I don't believe that you would be able to keep it standing around me~" She stuck out her tongue again before running away.

Most Beasts chuckled since the rumours about her already spread.

"You-you-!" The Elder had veins all over his forehead.

"Oh wow~! I wondered who taught him that frightening technique, but the real deal is a lot uglier than I expected." Aiko nodded, 'appreciating' his 'demonstration'.

*Cough*

The Elder coughed up a bit of blood from the constant insults.

"Ah, he is dying." Aiko looked away from the Elder. "Are you sure you are not supposed to save him?" She tilted her head and the Elder cursed loudly.

"Elder Han, sit down." The South Sect Leader said gently.

The Elder glared at Aiko one last time before returning.

Aiko still trained her eyes on him, since it was not over.

"Keep your feet steady so that you stumble, geezer. Don't forget your lunch and Pills to keep healthy~!" Aiko kept shouting at him and now even the Beast Elder's pitied that Elder.

With each step and word, it felt like he was losing Vitality, he begrudgingly returned to his seat as the Medicine Peak nursed his Disciple.

As he sat down, his body stiffened.

"I know you are upset Elder Han, but if you-" The South Sect Leader tried to soothe him, but-

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The Elder sprung to his feet and everyone Elder could see something sticking from his butt.

'''What is flag doing in that place?''' They all thought.

A small spider suddenly popped behind the Elder's seat and waved at them before running away.

'''No way...''' They couldn't believe their eyes.

The spider scurried right on top of the little Fox's head!

The Beast Elders avoided their eyes. Pity was too light for this kind of situation, as that Elder will be scarred and humiliated for life.

"I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!" The other Elders had to restrain the Elder with a flag up his ass.

The Medicine Peak Elder was currently trying to dislodge that flag out of his rear, as gently as possible.

Aiko happily came next to Mei, smiling from ear to ear, while Mei had quite a stern expression...