Chapter 450 - 449: Young Master(?)

Chapter 450: Chapter 449: Young Master(?)

Chapter 449: Young Master(?)

When Luo Wusheng’s consciousness withdrew from within the little pink fox’s tail, the first thing he saw was Yao Ji wrapping his current liquid body with a wave of spiritual energy, gradually reshaping it into a humanoid form.

Sensing his return, Yao Ji smiled gently.

"You’re back?"

Her tone was soft and tender. "So? Do you have any understanding about your current condition?"

Hearing that voice, Luo Wusheng felt dazed for a moment—and for some reason, a surge of emotion rose in his chest, making him feel like crying.

Yes, this was the normal little pink fox he knew!

But... what was little pink fox doing right now?

He wondered internally, but first prepared to answer her question.

He let out a light sigh. "My current body... is formed from my spiritual essence?"

"To be precise, it is formed from your spiritual essence fused together with the Ancient Phoenix remnant essence."

Yao Ji nodded softly, still carrying that gentle, water-like smile.

Looked like she had completely calmed down?

Luo Wusheng wanted to rub his own head, only to realize he currently did not possess the structural ability to do so.

"Then... why did it end up like this? And why is my spiritual essence inside your body?"

"Call me elder sister." Yao Ji squinted her enchanting eyes. "As for this matter, even I have yet to fully understand why such a change occurred. In the end, this is something you should be the one to explain."

"Me?"

Luo Wusheng was confused.

"That day when we parted, I separated the Ancient Phoenix Essence from myself—but afterward, I discovered something strange."

Yao Ji continued, "Inside the Ninth Tail, from which the Ancient Phoenix Essence had already been removed, another power—one that even I had not detected—burrowed itself in."

"It was my essence?" Luo Wusheng immediately reacted, then paused. "But I never felt myself losing any essence, nor did I have the chance to send it into your body?"

"I’ve already said this much, and you still haven’t guessed?"

The little pink fox let out a soft, tender laugh, still multitasking as she maintained the spiritual energy enveloping his body.

Memories of the day they parted flashed through Luo Wusheng’s mind. His gaze traveled slowly across the figure of the Netherqueen before him—

Finally, his eyes stopped at her soft, rosy lips—lighting up with realization.

"...Was it that final kiss?"

"—Idiot! It was that special secret technique you used on me!"

Yao Ji’s hand almost faltered as she released spiritual energy, a faint blush rising on her cheeks. She rolled her eyes, scolding him with a flustered voice.

Ah, so it was the Nether Uprising Technique... Luo Wusheng felt slightly embarrassed.

But indeed, the most likely cause of such an anomaly would be that strange technique gifted by the headless Buddha statue—a powerhouse of unimaginable level. According to his own statements, he was at least a top expert of the Divine Transformation realm, capable of tanking tribulation lightning and punching the heavens.

As for that kiss—it’s no wonder it first came to his mind.

The start was sweet and fragrant, and the end was tingling and numb... in a very literal sense.

He was definitely getting off-topic.

Thoughts spiraled rapidly within Luo Wusheng’s mind.

Even in her current unstable state, with Yao Ji level of cultivation, she was absolutely not someone to underestimate.

The Nether Uprising Technique—at the time, she had gifted it to Luo Wusheng under the pretense of compensating him for treating a certain Rat Netherkin as his "pet."

Back then, Luo Wusheng believed she had deliberately given him this technique to help him refine the golden blood sealed in his brow and perfectly complement his Buddhist Golden Body.

But thinking about it now... that wasn’t quite right.

The Nether Uprising Technique indeed granted an excellent enhancement to physical regeneration, but the real temptation lay in its ability to obtain the innate supernatural abilities of one’s demon pet.

The Netherkin race was born with spiritual awareness.

Although their cultivation progress was inferior to humans, and most had rather questionable intelligence, many were born with extremely powerful bodies.

What humans envied most, though, were their innate supernatural abilities.

They were utterly unreasonable powers—abilities that could allow low-level Netherkin to display strength vastly beyond their actual cultivation.

Just like a little pink fox’s tribulation-devouring gift.

Heavenly tribulation, the disaster feared by all, was treated by her like a bag of snacks, lacking even a shred of the dignity appropriate for such a divine executioner.

In truth, that Rat Netherkin’s blood-mist ability and tail-severing escape ability were also quite good—capable of fleeing from high-level cultivators despite having only Golden Core strength.

Unfortunately, after running into Luo Wusheng, his luck had taken a rather miserable turn.

’Back then, the Headless Buddha should have been able to tell that I wasn’t truly in a pet-master relationship with that Rat. Which means that normally, if I wanted to cultivate the Nether Uprising Technique, I should have captured another strong Netherkin as a pet...’

Yet he chose the unconventional route—directly plucking fur from the little pink fox, who possessed a large number of terrifying innate abilities.

But thinking again—what if that Headless Buddha figure had already noticed the connection between him and Yao Ji?

With Luo Wusheng’s current strength, there was no way he could guess what that being was thinking.

’So... the process of the Nether Uprising Technique actually creates my spiritual essence inside the recipient Netherkin’s body? Just like how my body generates special nether blood?’

Yes, one or two rounds likely wouldn’t be enough.

But that day he had touched her for several hours, and although the little pink fox had constantly said "No, stop, don’t", she never actually resisted...

Luo Wusheng sank deep into thought—when suddenly, a satisfied voice sounded before him.

"It’s done."

Hearing Yao Ji’s voice, Luo Wusheng instinctively shifted his perception back to his current visual sense—just in time to see her bewitching eyes, glowing like stars, gazing at him with a bright smile.

?

What happened to him?

Luo Wusheng felt confused—and then suddenly experienced a strange sensation.

[My head feels itchy... am I growing a brain?]

This thought flashed across his mind.

And then—he really did grow a brain.

To be precise, his current body began to undergo a transformation.

The original pool of slime, shaped into a humanoid form through Yao Ji’s continuous molding with spiritual energy, suddenly started transitioning into actual human flesh. A mysterious reaction erupted within it, and the slime body began spontaneously converting itself into human physical attributes.

Human senses formed—eyes, ears, mouth, and nose appeared one after another, all functional—and his control shifted instantly into that of a proper human body.

If not for the fact that his body was still transparent, and only about one foot tall, Luo Wusheng would have thought he had returned to his real body.

"This is..."

He opened his newly-formed mouth in a daze and blinked several times.

"I replaced human meridians and organs with spiritual energy and reorganized the structure of this body. How does it feel, Young Master? I actually have quite a bit of experience with this particular step."

Yao Ji spoke gently... but beneath that smile, Luo Wusheng sensed something indescribably sinister.

So he began testing it.

Hands, feet, the five senses—everything seemed to function without issue. It was almost indistinguishable from a true human body. He could even circulate spiritual energy through it—well, specifically, the spiritual energy little pink fox had infused into him.

Yet despite all that, Luo Wusheng still felt a strange discomfort.

It felt like something was wrong.

"Right, I should let Young Master see what you look like now."

Hearing Yao Ji say this, and watching as she tapped the air to form an icy mirror before him, the ominous feeling in Luo Wusheng’s heart only grew stronger.

Sure enough—when he saw the figure reflected in the mirror, Luo Wusheng fell silent.

The first thing he saw was a somewhat familiar face... about seventy percent similar to his original appearance, but with softer contours, subtly refined features, and a beauty of an entirely different kind. The original handsome youth had become something with an ethereal allure.

Lowering his gaze, he saw that the slime body had been skillfully shaped into a perfectly fitted immortal-style outfit—a women’s outfit. It leaned more toward the heroic style Little Yuli normally wore, not the flowing celestial gowns his junior sister preferred.

Paired with his (her??) surprisingly good height—

At first glance...

What a tall, handsome beauty.

Luo Wusheng fell completely silent. Then he lifted his head, eyes empty, trying to calm the twitching at the corners of his mouth and suppress the urge to slam something into the ground.

He understood now.

He finally understood where that feeling of wrongness came from.

’It’s gone...’

His good brother, the companion that had stayed with him for two lifetimes whenever he had a human form—was gone.

And there wasn’t even a replacement little sister added in compensation... maybe that was a good thing?

After a long moment, he turned toward the smiling girl before him, his face full of phantom limb pain.

"...Miss Yao Ji, do you find this amusing?"

"Mhm. To me, it’s quite entertaining."

Yao Ji gently tapped his newly formed forehead. "What? Young Master... not satisfied?"

She emphasized Young Master quite clearly.

Luo Wusheng’s face twitched violently.

"Couldn’t you at least shape it into my original appearance?"

"No can do. The method I used was what I learned when I transformed into human form myself... unfortunately, I have no idea how to construct male anatomy."

Great. Another one who can’t read the manual.

Yao Ji continued, "And doesn’t Young Master think this form is rather nice? Since it is shaped by me, it bears some resemblance to me as well~"

Luo Wusheng froze—then looked more closely into the mirror.

Upon careful observation, he realized she wasn’t entirely wrong.

If he and the little pink fox had a daughter who took more after him... Would she grow up looking something like this?

Speaking of which—what do the children of humans and Netherkin look like in this world? He’d never really looked into it before. He should research it someday. Hopefully there isn’t reproductive isolation...

Wait—no! Stop!!

Luo Wusheng looked again at Yao Ji, hesitated for a moment, and finally let out a bitter smile.

"I still feel like something is... off."

In two lifetimes, this was the first time he’d experienced something so bizarre.

Come to think of it, didn’t someone in his previous life say, ’crossdressing happens either zero times or countless times’...?

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, the little pink fox nodded in agreement.

"It is a bit strange."

As she spoke, she snapped her fingers lightly, and another wave of spiritual energy enveloped Luo Wusheng’s current body.

He felt his body shift slightly again, but in the ice mirror, nothing at all seemed to change on the outside.

Until Yao Ji withdrew her spiritual energy.

"This should be just about right."

"What do you mea— hiss—"

The moment Luo Wusheng opened his mouth, he realized something was wrong.

His voice was clearly higher than before, crisp and bright—

Neutral, even leaning toward feminine.

The Demon Sect’s Holy Saint felt his brain trembling.

Seeing his reaction, Yao Ji seemed even more satisfied.

Before Luo Wusheng could crawl back from the emotional abyss, she continued speaking in a tone so gentle it was almost sickeningly sweet:

"All right, don’t mind these little details... Do you now understand why that secret technique left your spiritual essence inside me, and why, once extracted and combined with the Ancient Phoenix Essence, it produced this result?"

Still staring mournfully upward, Luo Wusheng forced himself—using his unshakable Dao Heart—to push aside the image of his current appearance.

He thought a moment, then shook his head.

"I’m not sure... Perhaps the nature of the technique is inherently connected to spiritual essence, but I don’t understand why it ended up like this."

As he heard his own current voice saying those words, his heart and liver trembled violently.

Fortunately, only the little pink fox was here to witness this.

If there were anyone else present, he might truly not have survived the humiliation.

No, the more he dwelled on it, the worse it became—he needed to shift his attention fast...

So he continued:

"That secret technique was something I obtained from the powerful expert I once mentioned to you. I suspect he might have noticed something, and gave it to me as a way of placing a piece on the board I’m trapped in."

The strange light in Yao Ji’s eyes flickered.

"That is indeed possible... However, looking at the current situation, this is not necessarily a bad thing."

Luo Wusheng nodded with his new body.

The Headless Buddha expert and the Buddhist Sect were almost certainly mortal enemies; and he was also someone who could call upon Sword Ancestor, Little Yuli’s ’cheat-code supplier.’ With those connections, he was very likely an ally.

Not to mention the modified Buddhist Golden Body and the Nether Uprising Hemal Sanguine Technique were both absurdly powerful, and the golden blood seal in his brow had helped him tremendously.

"If that’s the case, we only need to stay cautious—we don’t need to worry too much. I’ve already checked: the spiritual essence you left inside me has no issues. Even now, while entangled with the Ancient Phoenix Essence inside my Ninth Tail, there’s been no harmful reaction."

Yao Ji’s voice was soft and reassuring.

"Checked?" Luo Wusheng repeated, latching onto the word without knowing why.

"Of course I checked. Otherwise how would I have developed a fitting spirit-calling method to summon you here?"

Yao Ji smiled.

"And if I hadn’t conducted experiments beforehand, I couldn’t have kneaded you like I did earlier while your consciousness was attached to this body, nor would I have been able to sculpt your form so skillfully with spiritual energy~"

No wonder her earlier kneading motions had been so practiced—she must have leveled up that technique who-knows-how-many times on him already!

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