Disguised as a Sickly Beautiful Fox to Seduce the Righteous Fairy - Chapter 16

The wind howled violently, shaking the mountains and forests!

A man in a long cyan robe narrowed his eyes, scanning the ancient demonic formation before him. Gripping his sword, he let out a cold snort.

“Shameless demons! How dare you abduct my disciple!”

“If we don’t beat them into submission, those demons will soon be stepping all over our immortal sect!”

The sheer fury of this mighty cultivator sent all the spirits and beasts in the mountains into hiding, none daring to provoke him.

“Sect Master, the formation has appeared!”

“This is our chance to strike!”

One of the elders, a sword strapped to his back, squinted as the black formation gradually manifested across the land. Thick demonic energy seeped from the earth, the formation devouring the spiritual essence of cultivators.

Had they not discovered it in time, within days, they might have completely lost track of the Sect Master’s eldest disciple.

“Silence! This formation is an ancient relic of the demon race—not easily broken.”

“Quickly, set up our own formation. With united effort, we can move mountains!”

As the Sect Master, he had weathered countless storms. Fortunately, he had a solid strategy for dismantling demonic formations.

“Understood! We obey the Sect Master’s command!”

With measured steps, the elders drew their swords in unison. The blades hummed sharply, and a fierce, radiant light erupted from the steel, illuminating the entire forest!

“Pivot the Dipper, guide the blade to fix the heavens… Reverse the Jade Balance, sever the traces of evil!”

The man riding the wind pressed two fingers together and lightly pointed toward the center of the formation. The sword at his waist shot forth with a whoosh, soaring through the air.

Straight toward the formation’s core!

“Break it!”

A thunderous boom shook heaven and earth. Shen Xi felt like the contents of her fox head were being thoroughly shaken—like someone was blending bubble tea!

What the hell? Was someone opening a milk tea shop out here?!

Making violently shaken lemon tea or something?!

Meng Yingxue, however, tightened her grip on Shen Xi’s wrist and said coldly, “It seems my master has found us. He’s trying to force his way through the formation.”

Oh, it’s just that old geezer. That’s fine.

She had already anticipated his moves and set up a counter-formation. There was no way that old man—the female lead’s master—could break through this novel’s “golden finger.”

This was the female lead’s ultimate trump card in the later stages.

In her mind, Shen Xi pictured a smug little fox standing with hands on hips, its tail practically wagging up to the sky.

“My master will undoubtedly deploy the elders to use the Jade Balance Seven Severing Sword Formation. Sovereign, you must be careful.”

Wait… that formation sounded familiar.

The moment Shen Xi heard “Jade Balance Seven Severing Sword Formation,” her mind sharpened. She tried to recall how it was described in the novel.

Ding! Ding! Since the host has forgotten parts of the original plot, the system kindly reminds you—

The Jade Balance Seven Severing Sword Formation: Seven sword cultivators of great power step into the positions of the Jade Balance. Their sword energy weaves into a net capable of severing both the formation’s spiritual core and the demonic veins beneath. Ideal for breaking artifact-based killing formations!

Shen Xi quickly processed the system’s information. That meant seven experts had come with the female lead’s master to rescue her.

This was likely the entire Lingyun Immortal Sect mobilized for battle.

“Don’t worry. I’ve already activated the Nine Hells Dragon-Binding Formation. With this, there’s no way they can break through.”

The name alone sounded like something straight out of the demonic playbook.

But Meng Yingxue frowned. The Nine Hells Dragon-Binding Formation was a secret demonic technique she had obtained centuries later from an abyss in the demon realm.

Upholding the principles of righteousness, she had initially been reluctant to use it. However, this forbidden technique was specifically designed to break the formations of their own kind among the demon race.

Trapped within a demonic array by numerous fiends, Meng Yingxue had no choice but to resort to this method.

Of course, she couldn’t activate the demon race’s formation with spiritual power—the “Nine Hells Dragon-Binding Formation” she employed had been modified.

But how did this nine-tailed fox know about it? Could she have also studied that secret demonic art?

“What’s the matter, Immortal? Do you doubt this venerable one’s guardian can withstand this array?”

What’s with the female lead’s skeptical look?

Come on, she was using the female lead’s future “golden finger,” the Nine Hells Dragon-Binding Formation—how could it possibly go wrong?

Though Shen Xi thought so, she still cautiously asked the system.

“System, with the female lead being this doubtful, surely the array can’t fail, right?”

“Reporting to the host—”

“This array requires a sacrifice of vital bl00d to unleash its full power.”

Two voices spoke simultaneously. Shen Xi froze for a moment, then stared at the female lead in shock, unable to comprehend how the once “novice” protagonist had become so decisively ruthless.

Hey! This didn’t look like a righteous immortal at all—more like the image of a demon sovereign like herself!

“Does it require demon bl00d or human bl00d?”

Shen Xi decided she couldn’t afford to dwell on moral dilemmas right now. The real question was whether she could survive the female lead’s master’s siege.

After all, life as a villain was just this thrilling.

Countless enemies would come knocking.

The demon race was nothing like the harmonious picture painted in xianxia novels. Territory disputes led to constant brawls—losing a horn was a minor issue.

Teeth and hooves flying everywhere?

Just another ordinary day.

The essence of being a villain or a scoundrel lay in looking down on both righteous sects and one’s own kind.

“Any flesh, bl00d, or soul will do, but the most effective are those with a connection.”

“My vital bl00d… can lure the Lingyun Immortal Sect deeper, trapping them temporarily and obscuring this location.”

“If I hold off my master’s assault, Your Majesty must allow my junior siblings to leave first.”

What’s up with the female lead?

Why did she seem so unwilling to return to her sect? Shen Xi’s fox tail curled into an S-shape in confusion.

“Immortal, still denying you ran away from home? Even when your master comes for you, you refuse to go back?”

And that pitiful look on the female lead’s face—like an abandoned little beast, as if the whole world had betrayed her.

Shen Xi couldn’t resist teasing her a little.

“If Your Majesty believes so, then so be it.”

“The Lingyun Immortal Sect will never be my home again.”

“Sometimes, being alone, wandering as a rogue cultivator isn’t so bad.”

By now, Meng Yingxue had long discarded the notion of “humans and demons being irreconcilable.” She had slain demons and monsters to save humans, yet never received a single word of gratitude.

Instead, years ago in the ghost market, a little fox on the verge of being sold had been bought by her and released into the mountains. Before scampering off, it had left her a few hidden chestnuts as thanks.

The chestnuts were plump, large, and glossy—clearly the finest the little fox had carefully selected.

With a timid “squeak,” the fox had darted far away, only to watch silently from a distance as Meng Yingxue picked up the chestnuts.

She never ate those chestnuts, keeping them preserved with magic in her storage ring as a memento.

But as her life ended and her cultivation dissipated, Meng Yingxue caught glimpses of her past in the fragments of her rebirth—where she had fallen, a dense chestnut grove now stood.

Laughing through her tears, she realized—

In the end, it was that little fox who still remembered her.