Chapter 300 – Tools and Secret Realm
Mei distributed her own things to everyone.
"This is an Escape Talisman. It will move you to a different location once you tear it." Mei said. "The distance is around 1 mile."
"This is a Suppression Talisman. If you stick it on Beasts, it will temporarily weaken them." Mei gestured towards another Talisman.
This continued for quite some time as Mei bought a lot of things.
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Aiko gathered her Spirit Stone with Mei's help. She now has 100,000 Spirit Stones just to round it up.
Her team likewise got a share, so that they could use it in the Secret Realm.
"Not every secret in the Secret Realm needs might, to be obtained. Some need wealth and other things, so don't be shy and use those Spirit Stones when needed." Mei gestured.
Everyone nodded. Now that everyone had a ton of different Talismans, their safety skyrocketed.
Aiko nodded most of the time, listening quietly. She was bothered by the fact that other Foxes either fucked or slept instead of getting ready for the Secret Realm.
Aiko was suspicious why so many came when only a few dozen were allowed inside. The others were just toys for those that wanted to enter!
Aiko shook her head in displeasure, especially at the Thunder Fox that was still looking around for the Vicious Cub.
"Do not tell anyone your name. Use the nickname, no matter how shitty they are. They are a good protection so they can't completely subdue your mind if they do somehow manage to contract you." Mei simply explained. "Such a simple contract can still be torn apart after a few dozen years, but I would prefer it if none of you got contracted." Mei didn't really mind the others, but it would be a problem if Aiko threw a tantrum and went around destroying Sects.
Everyone nodded, they all knew about this, except Aiko.
Aiko groaned unhappily. She didn't want to use her nickname because it was really, really shitty!
Mei moved closer to Aiko to soothe her. "It's fine, it's just a temporary thing and after this Realm you will get a new nickname."
"Will it be less shitty than this one?" Aiko groaned, shaking her head. She didn't believe that those Elders could come up with something normal.
The nicknaming scheme works like this:
Mix element and their attitude if they are mediocre Foxes.
Mix element/s followed by Fox if they are impressive Foxes.
Mix higher grade element/s followed by Fox if they are incredible Foxes.
Mix attitude or visage followed by Fox if they can't properly gauge your value. That is, if their value is above those 'incredible' Foxes.
Aiko groaned again, she didn't like their shitty naming scheme, couldn't they give her some kind of normal nickname? She didn't do THAT much to earn this nickname!
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Time flew past quickly and a huge Flying Ship approached the gathering place.
At the helm was a huge thundering bull. He steered the ship effortlessly, letting it fly down elegantly, like he had practised for thousands of years.
A staircase made out of Qi appeared out of nowhere. The Beasts descended upon these with pride, attracting everyone's attention.
Especially the fragile beauty in the front, which Aiko was familiar with.
"Oh! It's the girl that helped me!" Aiko spoke loudly, since she didn't expect to meet her here.
This attracted everyone's attention, they snorted or smiled with glee. Nobody would claim that since they would be beaten up by the thundering bull!
The fragile Dragon girl blinked a few times towards the voice. She spotted the little mischievous Fox and smiled gently, waving towards the little Fox.
Aiko could hear coughing and tea spilling from everywhere, like this kind of situation was completely abnormal.
Even the bull was taken aback.
"Who is that?" He asked the Jade Dragon.
"A dear friend that helped me." Yueying answered without batting an eye, while the Thunder Bull took good care of her; his obsession... was not pleasant.
The Thundering Bull grimaced, he didn't want more competition, but he couldn't openly challenge that tiny brat since it seemed like the Jade Dragon liked her.
Aiko didn't go over there, since she didn't want to deal with that glaring bastard. "Let's talk later once the livestock isn't around." Aiko shouted towards the Dragoness.
The Thundering Bull almost lost his mind. He wanted to charge at that brat right away, but he was stopped by the Sect Leader.
'Is that the little Fox?' The Sect Leader sent a telepathic voice to Yueying.
'En.' Yueying smiled happily.
'She is good at instigating things...' The Sect leader sighed.
'It's all because of that ability that you got to know what others did to me.' Yueying shrugged like she didn't care. She was a lovely little Fox, so a bit of mischief was only natural.
'You are the strangest Dragon.' The Sect Leader shook his head. 'Most would go after wealth or shiny things, yet you...' He sighed. He wished that his little pupil would choose a good match from Beasts, but it seemed like she liked cute little things more.
'Don't underestimate her. I think that she will deal with half of this Secret Realm alone.' Yueying smiled from ear to ear. While others couldn't see it... she could. That huge, towering Beast was now watching over the little Fox. It was quite... terrifying.
The Sect Leader didn't say anything more. He adjusted his speed and sent a telepathic message to everyone to not antagonise the little Fox. He knew that most would not listen, but it was better than not saying anything.
The different Sects didn't talk with each other. Everyone had their own camp and the Elders just glared at each other. Some also smirked, since they believed that their disciples would wreak havoc, but that was mostly from the East who didn't see THAT phenomenon caused by a single Fox.
The North and South prepared quite a lot of tools to subdue that majestic Beast, from sleeping powder to enraging powder. Talismans to reduce physical and mental strength and other things.
They were all geared up for an all-out war against a single Fox!
Aiko was completely unaware of this, but this would be quite the rowdy Secret Realm!
Everyone waited, but Aiko hoped that the Secret Realm would open already. At this speed, she would enter slightly before she would turn into her big form which would be a big trouble!
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As fate would have it, the Secret realm really opened just before her transformation. Not just Aiko, but everyone in her team frowned at this. It felt like Aiko was targeted by everyone and it would be bad if Aiko was to be harmed by them!
For some reason everyone allowed the Foxes to go in first. Aiko didn't wait for anyone's signal and jumped inside alongside her team. She needed to find some kind of hiding hole to spend the morning before she could explore!
[You have entered the Secret Realm: The Last Golden Chicken!]
Aiko's face twitched at that name. Who in their right mind would call it that?!
[This Secret Realm has a hidden Spirit Beast that lays Qi-infused eggs.][Those eggs can be eaten or cooked with other Spiritual Food to bring forth drastic changes!]
Aiko blinked a few times. 'This is not bad.'
She finally arrived inside the Secret Realm. It was nighttime, a very dark nighttime. Fortunately, thanks to her [Dark Vision], that was no problem for her.
She arrived inside a deep forest. Even with [Dark Vision], it was hard to say what kind of colours this forest had. It felt eerie, even spine-chilling.
Aiko shook her head. She didn't have any idea where she was, but her [Intention Perception] screamed at her to run.
Aiko was unable to transform into her small form to be able to hide, so she used her Skills and Abilities to run away.
It was unwise to go under the ground since Aiko didn't know where exactly the danger was. It felt like it was all around her, but that was impossible, right?!
Aiko dashed between trees when a huge piece of rock almost smashed into her.
"What the fuck?!" Aiko instinctively cursed, since she was almost smashed by that huge piece of rock.
'Did someone rip it from a mountain or something?!' Aiko noticed large fingers that dug into the rock. She could do something similar, but the concerning thing was the fact that those fingerprints were huge!
Aiko ran again, but something that she didn't want to happen happened to her.
*Poof*
She turned into the big form! Aiko cursed, but a spine-chilling roar wreaked havoc behind her.
A huge pair of golden eyes stared at her.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" Aiko immediately dashed, but she was incredibly slow.
It felt like those eyes were toying with her since they kept throwing huge rocks around her, but never at her.
Her alluring scent attracted more and more Beasts, causing more and more rock to fly at her.
None truly harmed her, but she noticed that her Stamina was depleting strangely quickly.
Aiko decided that this couldn't last any longer and dived underground.
A booming sound sounded behind her. It felt like the ground distorted under her.
[You have been hit by Golden Ape's Beast Core Energy!][You are vulnerable underground!][-436,000 HP]
'What the fuck!' If Aiko didn't become a tank, she would be one-shotted by that stupid ape! She couldn't believe how powerful that stupid ape was!
Aiko coughed up blood which immediately soaked into the ground.
[Encountered invigorating ground.][You have recovered 10,000 HP.]
'...' Aiko was completely speechless, but didn't stop her movement until she couldn't feel the [Intention Perception] screaming at her.
It seems like the stupid ape finally gave up and Aiko was temporarily safe.
Aiko emerged from the ground, but everything felt quite sticky.
A sound that she never wanted to hear appeared all around her...
"... I hate this place!" Aiko screamed loudly. She was in a nest of spiders and she could hear them crawl all around!
Aiko immediately dived into the ground again and moved even further away.
She popped her head out of the ground.
*Slither Slither*
"Fuck!" Aiko immediately went underground again and this time she encountered snakes!
She crawled under the ground once again, slowly losing hope...
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"Ugh..." Aiko arrived in a meadow. Her [Intention Perception] no longer screamed and she didn't hear any strange noises that would alert her.
"I hate this place..." She didn't have the strength to scream, as almost all of her resources were rock bottom.
Her body was damaged several times, so it was aching badly. Fortunately, she wasn't really bleeding, just her internal organs were messed up from the sudden intrusion of foreign energies.
"I need to tame some kind of Beast in order to survive in this place..." Aiko groaned unhappily. She was too weak in this form, so she needed someone to cover for her.
"That Ape was particularly scary..." Aiko whined. She shuffled her body towards a nearby nook inside a tree. It was not occupied, so she used her overly large tails to wrap herself to sleep.
Completely unaware that something was watching her.
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'A... Fox, huh?' The large Beast tilted his head. This Fox popped out of nowhere with the scent of something incredibly delicious. Fortunately for her, this Beast was too old to care about those things.
'She really doesn't care about me...(?)' The Beast was puzzled, most would immediately run away from here just because they saw him. Yet this fearless Fox just slept in his presence!
The Beast smelled blood. The grass bloomed and everything was nurtured. He narrowed his eyes gently. 'Is she so injured that she couldn't care?' He tilted his head.
The Beast didn't really care, so it closed its eyes and wondered if he would be woken up in the morning...
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The small Fox woke up only a few days later. The Beast also noticed that she shrunk and enlarged periodically.
He blinked his eyes several times and thought that he already went senile, but that was not the case.
The little ball of fur unwrapped, revealing a small Fox donned in a small Kimono.
The Beast met the eyes of the Fox.
Aiko blinked a few times. 'Was that Beasts always there?!' Her [Intention Perception] didn't say anything, so she was unaware of it!
"You are finally awake." The Beast nodded.
Aiko jumped, startled. "You can talk?!"
"That's only natural!" The Beast growled with displeasure.