CHAPTER 55: CHAPTER 55: ENCHANTING FRAGRANCE NOURISHES

Zhang Ze had no idea if the Fox Spirit was cold, but he certainly found the situation abnormal.

Even if he were truly irresistible and this sister couldn’t control herself, there was no reason to indulge in such a manner in front of the main host and her friend.

Zhang Ze grabbed the fox tail and pulled the proprietress off balance.

He quickly moved behind her, twisted her large tail, and covered the fox’s front to shield her modesty.

Recalling the Demon Suppression Technique of Dragon Tiger Mountain, he used his finger as a sword, following the eight meridians method, to seal the Fox Demon’s Qi Acupoint.

Looking at the Fox Demon, who lay trembling on the ground but could no longer move, Zhang Ze took off his robe and covered her.

"What’s going on?" Zhang Ze asked.

He pointed to the still aroused proprietress and questioned.

"Yin Fox Powder, Yang Root..." Li Yueqi sniffed the air.

"Hundred Colors Square Yin, Yin Yang Leaf, Drooping Bellflower, Warm Consort Pill, Honey Pill Vehicle, Meat Chuan Rong..."

"Damn, it’s all aphrodisiacs."

"Someone set aphrodisiacs in the room."

The Female Hero Li spoke somewhat inelegantly.

"The same technique?" Zhang Ze inquired.

Li Yueqi nodded.

At the Beast Taming Sect, after Core Formation, the cultivator’s spirit beast could share the cultivator’s cultivation, and the cultivator could gain the beast’s divine techniques.

The Black Wolf sniffs, the Spiritual Snake turns to poison.

Li Yueqi stepped to the window, noticing numerous small holes had been poked through the paper at some point. Opening the window, she found several thin incense sticks lit below the sill outside.

The incense was split into two phases; the first was non-toxic, and the later part infused with aphrodisiacs, clearly set to burn before they had returned.

When Zhang Ze came back, the incense just started burning at the drugged section.

The source of the aphrodisiac aroma was traced back to this.

The blue smoke was colorless and tasteless, fading near the window, making it easy to miss initially.

This incense wasn’t some mundane item, clearly placed by a cultivator.

Inside contained many extremely precious spiritual medicines, making it easy to subdue the Fox Demon, who was already not particularly powerful and a naturally unguarded demoness.

With a flick of her finger, Li Yueqi extinguished the incense and looked back at Zhang Ze with a strange expression.

"Why weren’t you affected?"

Zhang Ze sniffed but noticed nothing peculiar, and glanced at himself, finding nothing.

"How should I know?" Zhang Ze looked puzzled, "Sister, why weren’t you affected?"

Chen Qin pointed to her earring, "A gift from my mother, it wards off all poisons."

Finishing, she and Li Yueqi both looked at Zhang Ze.

"Could it be?" Li Yueqi’s gaze at Zhang Ze grew even more amused.

But there was no suspicion, only teasing.

"Don’t blame the Senior Brother, if he wanted to... last night..."

Chen Qin couldn’t finish and fell silent again.

"What did you do last night?" Li Yueqi felt she had overheard something significant.

Chen Qin stomped her foot, refusing to explain further, only repeating that it had nothing to do with the senior brother in a progressively quieter voice.

The proprietress, either from the waning or surging effects of the drug, had her previously drooping ears perk up again.

"Last night, last night, the bed even collapsed~"

Having said that, she fainted again.

Zhang Ze looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling, suddenly feeling a surge of Jiazi Demon Vibration, a desire to exorcise demons.

"Can I explain?" Zhang Ze asked.

"You go ahead, I’m listening," Li Yueqi said, pulling the speechless Chen Qin a bit away from Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze reached into his robe, Li Yueqi raised her hand, and the Spiritual Snake flicked its tongue.

"Don’t take off your clothes, I’m warning you, the sea of lust is boundless, turn back before it’s too late..."

"Don’t interrupt, I’m looking for something," Zhang Ze didn’t bother to explain.

After fumbling for a while, Zhang Ze finally found the little orb that had been roaming on him.

At that moment, the orb had changed color again, with the golden striations tinged with a mysterious purple.

Upon seeing the orb, Li Yueqi’s Spiritual Snake retracted its previously upright body.

It hid behind its master, closing all three eyes, refusing to look at the orb anymore.

It was unclear what it feared.

Li Yueqi’s pupils changed color, spiritual energy manifesting in her eyes, showing the residual medication in the room being absorbed by the orb bit by bit.

"What is this?"

Zhang Ze didn’t answer Li Yueqi’s question, instead turning to Chen Qin.

"Sister Yueqi is trustworthy," nodded Chen Qin.

"This is a Stone Pill," Zhang Ze answered.

"Never heard of it," Li Yueqi shook her head.

Soon, the medicinal force in the room had been thoroughly absorbed by the orb, yet the purple striations paled rather than intensified.

Meanwhile, the Spiritual Essence Qi within became even purer.

The malice suppressed by the Spiritual Snake statue for millennia was nearly cleansed.

Zhang Ze approached the window, drew in the incense sticks, and snapped his fingers to ignite them.

This time from close range, everyone saw it clearly, the small orb sucked on the incense like a mouse listening to a sermon.

Li Yueqi pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Could this Stone Pill have something to do with demon beasts, and has it been in the Land of Yin Qi Accumulation for a long time?"

Zhang Ze didn’t mention the Stone Pill’s non-demonic nature, "How did you know?"

"There’s a spiritual medicine in the aphrodisiac formula—I can’t disclose the details, it’s a secret of the Beast Taming Sect, but the herb has purifying Yin Qi effects."

"We at the Beast Taming Sect use this herb to remove the stifling demon Qi from young demon beasts."

"Once the demonic Qi is expelled, the demon beast has the potential to transform into a spirit beast."

Zhang Ze nodded, not asking further.

The incense burned several times faster, consuming all three sticks, and the orb began to change again.

The golden fissures continued to spread, growing closer in connection with Zhang Ze’s Divine Sense.

"I feel like I’m about to emerge."

This voice echoed repeatedly in Zhang Ze’s Divine Sense.

Chen Qin came closer as well.

Li Yueqi also approached the two, her eyes filled with curiosity as she gazed at the orb.

Zhang Ze suddenly lifted his head, cautiously looking around.

"Master, you’re not here, right?"

After confirming several times that Li was not present, Zhang Ze refocused on the orb.

Within the Stone Pill, the Black Dog King may emerge

Yet Qiu Jidan said the Stone Pill was non-demonic.

But the medicinal ingredients for purifying demonic qi were effective on the orb.

It’s unsure whether the answers will be revealed when it cracks open.

However, once again, it halted.

Outside, the sound of True Qi surging and flying swords clashing resounded.

"Too many people, forget it."

The voice of the orb echoed in Zhang Ze’s mind.

"..."

"So, when will you emerge?" Zhang Ze tentatively asked.

"Wait, I don’t know either, the earlier sensation has faded."

"Seems still lacking a crucial element."

Zhang Ze felt helpless, but upon reflection, he realized it wasn’t fruitless, at least the orb could communicate.

"And what might you be..."

Zhang Ze didn’t know how to begin, its kind, its group, didn’t quite fit.

However, the orb understood Zhang Ze’s intent.

"I’ve really forgotten."

"Wait until I emerge to say more."

"But I do remember I can fly."

Before he could inquire further, the battle sounds outside drew closer, several Foundation Establishment cultivators burst through the door, rushing into the room.