Chapter 205 - 145: The Moveless Move

Chapter 205: Chapter 145: The Moveless Move

A frantic, deeply troubled fox bounded through the jungle, weaving between the great trees.

Mei Zhaozhao was truly at her wit’s end.

She had no idea what was happening to her. It had only been a few days since she left Blood Demon Island, yet she had already sprouted fox ears and a fox tail, and fur had started to slowly grow all over her body.

By now, she had completely transformed into a red fox.

The lake’s surface reflected her form. A stunningly beautiful little fox appeared, its back and flanks a warm crimson that faded to a patch of pristine, snow-white fur on its belly.

Mei Zhaozhao reached out a front paw and touched the surface of the water.

’I still can’t accept this!’

"Am I... actually a fox?"

How was this possible? She had grown up in the Hehuan Sect. For the past twenty years, she had always looked perfectly human. How could she possibly be a fox?

But the state of her body was undeniable.

She was, without a doubt, a fox.

’What do I do, what do I do, what do I do!’

Mei Zhaozhao paced frantically in panic. She had been human for twenty years, and now she was suddenly being told she wasn’t. This had to be some kind of joke!

"Calm down. I need to calm down and think of a solution."

’What solution could there possibly be?’

’It’s all over!’

Members of the Demon Race could take on human form.

The Fifth Realm was a major turning point. The Human Race entered the Dao at the Fifth Realm, as did the Demon Race. Moreover, after reaching the Fifth Realm, demons could achieve Transformation into a human.

Mei Zhaozhao was still only in the Fourth Realm and was completely clueless about the Dao of the Fifth Realm.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Before entering the Netherworld, she thought she should cultivate the Qingxuan Desire Path. But after leaving the Netherworld, she had changed her mind, because she always felt that an intangible, invisible Dao was waiting for her.

This was a destined opportunity; Mei Zhaozhao knew this clearly.

Sometimes, when exceptionally talented Cultivators were on the verge of the Fifth Realm, they would experience this feeling. Their originally chosen Dao would be pushed aside by a mysterious impulse. As long as they seized this sliver of opportunity, the Cultivator could walk a brand new path.

Some said this was a Cultivator’s instinct choosing its own way, a path that would be a better fit for the Cultivator’s Dharma. That was why Mei Zhaozhao was unwilling to give up on this new path and had temporarily held off on entering the Fifth Realm.

’So what now?’

Although the Human Race and the Demon Race appeared to be at peace on the surface, their relationship was actually not very good. Mei Zhaozhao didn’t dare run around in her Demon Body. If a disciple from another Taoist Sect saw her and killed her, thinking she was a trouble-making demon, she would be finished.

"I have to find a way to get to the Demon Race’s territory."

Mei Zhaozhao had visited the Fox Race many times and was very familiar with them. Now that she had become a fox, her only option was to go to the Fox Race to lie low for a while and only come out once she reached the Fifth Realm.

But who knew how many miles this place was from the Demon Race’s lands. How long would it take to get there?

The thought made her feel utterly helpless.

"Why are you here?"

A calm voice sounded from behind Mei Zhaozhao.

The Red Fox’s fur stood on end.

’Who?’

’Who found me?’

Mei Zhaozhao whipped her head around warily, only to see a Lotus Platform slowly descending from the sky. From it stepped a silver-haired maiden wearing a Cyan and White Daoist Robe and a Lotus Crown, her eyes covered by a black blindfold.

It was an acquaintance.

Only then did she let out a sigh of relief.

Su Youwan had come from the Black Realm and was on her way to the Glazed Dynasty. Unexpectedly, she was jolted by her Destined Celestial Dao mid-journey. Looking down, she spotted a Fourth-Realm Red Fox.

Mei Zhaozhao pawed at the ground. "How did you recognize me?"

"Your destiny," Su Youwan said. "Everyone’s destiny is different. How did you turn into a fox?"

In the eyes of the Destined Celestial Dao, every person’s destiny was a dense tangle of threads. Different people had different threads, so identifying someone based on them was almost never wrong.

Mei Zhaozhao held up her two front paws. "I don’t know either. I just... I just suddenly became like this."

’Wait a minute,’ she thought. ’Su Youwan cultivates the Destined Celestial Dao, she might have a way to fix this.’

But the silver-haired maiden seemed to know exactly what Mei Zhaozhao was thinking and said preemptively, "I can’t help. It seems your destiny has been reversed."

"What do you mean?"

Su Youwan pondered for a moment. "If you imagine a person’s destiny as a thread, the head and tail of your thread have switched places. The beginning has become the end."

"So you’re saying... my past, present, and future have all swapped places with each other?"

"Mm."

Mei Zhaozhao’s face fell. "Then what do I do?"

"If I were Yao Guang right now, I could straighten out your destiny for you. But I..."

But the Little Ancestor of the Compassionate Palace was currently just a young girl in the Fifth Realm.

Su Youwan sighed. "You’ll run into trouble if you move about the Human Race’s territory in a Demon Body."

"That’s why I need to go to the Demon Race’s territory!"

"I’m heading the same way. The Black Ape Race has been restless lately. There was even a Sixth-Realm monkey who went on a killing spree in the Black Realm. Although he’s already been executed, my master told me to pay a visit to the Monkey Race."

Mei Zhaozhao’s eyes lit up when she heard this. With the Little Ancestor of the Compassionate Palace helping her, she would be in much less danger.

Besides, where the Monkey Race and the Fox Race lived wasn’t too far apart.

She leaped up and jumped into the silver-haired maiden’s arms.

Su Youwan reached out, caught the fox, and naturally began to stroke its fur. "But before that, I need to make a trip back to the Glazed Dynasty."

"What are you going back there for?"

The silver-haired maiden was quite honest.

"To ask my royal brother about matters of marriage between men and women, and to pay respects to my parents."

Mei Zhaozhao pawed at Su Youwan’s Daoist robe. "Matters between men and women? I’m an expert in that, you can just ask me."

Su Youwan shook her head.

"You’re still a virgin."

This showed she didn’t believe in Mei Zhaozhao’s skills.

A virgin from the Hehuan Sect. How ridiculous.

Mei Zhaozhao seethed with impotent rage.

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"True Master, someone from the Daoist Sect is outside asking to see you."