In the frigid lands, after my exile, I began to slay demons and monsters.

Chapter 263 Qingli Entrusts Her Orphan

Seated atop the far north glacier, with the multicolored aurora sweeping across the sky, Ning Xiaoxi's serpentine scales reflected the aurora. Amidst the shimmering light and shadow, Ning Xiaoxi's figure appeared and disappeared, leaving behind countless tiny footprints across the icy plain. Ice blades and frost swords cleaved through the broken ice, and Ning Xiaoxi entered through the opening, only to be pushed back out even faster; she couldn't yet allow the space to accept her.

The aurora became denser, and Ning Xiaoxi's figure became more ethereal. Xiao Jiu stayed close to Ning Xiaoxi's body, sensing the changes and shifts in space with her amidst the aurora.

As space was torn open once more, revealing a crack, Xiao Jiu took a breath. The wind howled, and a powerful force ripped open the crack. Ning Xiaoxi's scales flashed again, and she rushed directly into the spatial rift with a stream of light.

"Click-click-click!"

Sparks burst from the scales, and Xiao Jiu coiled around Ning Xiaoxi's head and face, with sparks flashing all the way.

Two breaths later, the immense repulsive force pushed Ning Xiaoxi and Xiao Jiu out of the space together.

Ning Xiaoxi turned to look at Xiao Jiu, "Hahahaha!" Her hearty laughter pierced the sky, and the aurora disappeared at that moment.

The red color on Xiao Jiu's body had become much brighter. Ning Xiaoxi looked at it carefully and found that its little body was showing signs of jade-like transformation, with a textured feel to its flesh and blood. Xiao Jiu twisted its body, and that crystal-clear feeling became even more obvious.

"Beautiful!" Ning Xiaoxi gave it a thumbs up.

It seems that my physical body is not tough enough to withstand the pressure in the space. I wonder if Tuanzi's return this time will bring a technique to improve physical strength.

For the next three days, Ning Xiaoxi waited for the aurora. Whenever the aurora appeared, she would take Xiao Jiu with her to receive the baptism of light, and then they would go into the space hole.

It's just that every time she's pushed out, she doesn't know where she'll land, which is quite upsetting. Now it's summer, and many glaciers have melted, exposing the sea surface. She even fell directly into the icy seawater once.

After being kicked out countless times, Ning Xiaoxi finally landed in an unexpected place.

Qingli smiled radiantly, and even Xiao Jiu, as beautiful as rosy jade, was captivated by that smile.

"Sister Qingli!" Ning Xiaoxi cheerfully raised her hand to greet her, and then pulled Xiao Jiu off her face, introducing her as "Xiao Jiu."

Qingli's eyes lit up, and she reached out to grab Xiaojiu.

Xiao Jiu suddenly disappeared.

Qingli's outstretched hand reached for nothing, and her bright eyes flashed with surprise.

Ning Xiaoxi had a feeling that things were going to get bad.

"So what Tianji said was true." Qingli said with some melancholy.

Ning Xiaoxi paused, then casually pulled out Xiao Jiu, "Is Sister looking for it?"

Qingli smiled nonchalantly, not revealing her true feelings, "Did you all come here specifically to see my sister?"

Ning Xiaoxi blushed slightly, "Actually, it was because Xiao Jiu and I made a mistake while practicing our skills and didn't master the landing point." Last time, Tianji didn't take her to Qing Li's place; they just found a place on the outskirts to get to know each other.

Qingli's gentle smile remained unchanged. "It's very deserted here. Can I go out with you and have a look around?"

Ning Xiaoxi stared blankly at Qing Li's smile, unable to control herself and wanting to agree.

"Xiao Xi!" Xiao Jiu called out loudly.

Ning Xiaoxi snapped out of her daze and took a step back.

Qingli looked at Xiaojiu and said, "I thought I had mistaken you for someone else. It really is you."

Xiao Jiu shrank back into Ning Xiaoxi's neck, not wanting to show her face again.

Ning Xiaoxi took another step back. "Sister, you've mistaken me for someone else."

Qingli's graceful figure carried a sweet fragrance, making her extremely charming. "Xiaoxi, even though I've lived for thousands of years, I still know that Lord Luwu named Zhujiuyin Xiaojiu."

"Sister, I've lived for over ten years, and there's still so much I don't know," Ning Xiaoxi quickly added. This was the Heavenly Fox, a Heavenly Fox who had lived for thousands of years, a Heavenly Fox that even Xiao Jiu wanted to avoid.

Qingli's eyes were alluring as she asked, "Would you like to take your sister out to play?"

Ning Xiaoxi gritted her teeth, "Sister, it's not that I don't want to take you, I'm just afraid I can't handle it. That thing is too domineering, it doesn't tolerate living things."

Qingli stared straight at Xiaojiu.

Ning Xiaoxi pressed down on Xiao Jiu's head, "Its body is tough enough."

Qingli's figure lightly unfurled, revealing the towering figure of the Celestial Fox. However, its abdomen was empty, with only the remaining spine connecting the front and back of its body. Only the tailbone remained on its long tail, a ghastly white.

hiss!

Ning Xiaoxi couldn't help but gasp. Was she really still living with such a broken body just for her relationship with Tianji?

Lu Wu's figure, shimmering with a bluish-white light, appeared. Qing Li weakly looked up at Lu Wu's broken soul, her face filled with deep sorrow. Lu Wu's tiger paw landed on Qing Li's head, and one after another, small orbs emitting a soft light floated out from Qing Li's body and landed on the Three Mulberry Tree in the cave, like the fruit that the Three Mulberry Tree bore, a total of ten.

Qingli's expression softened; her body was so broken that even breathing was difficult. "Now, I only have one thing left to finish."

Lu Wu's figure disappeared. In the rare summer of the North, Qing Li no longer maintained her human form. Her huge fox body lay coiled on a patch of black soil, without a belly, and her breathing was not visible.

Ning Xiaoxi sat quietly beside Qingli, keeping it company.

"Let's go! He's back. Don't let him see you." Qingli's voice was very soft. Colorful streams of light began to spill out from the horizon, and beautiful light and shadow once again showed the world its magnificence and wonder.

Ning Xiaoxi gripped Xiao Jiu's beautiful, jade-like body tightly, gazed deeply at Qing Li, and turned to run towards the aurora. She tore through space and plunged in.

Qingli's beautiful eyes were filled with admiration; it too had once run freely toward the light!

She had the rare opportunity to stay in the space of light and shadow for five breaths, during which she saw the hazy light and shadow and flickering figures in the fragments of space. It seemed to be someone's memory, or someone's dream, fantastical and unreal.

Unsurprisingly, she was pushed out of the space. Only then did she realize that the space wasn't tearing her body apart, but rather pushing her out. This level of tolerance definitely didn't mean they considered her an enemy.

The landing point this time was ten miles outside Fufang County, in what used to be a black ice field. The surrounding area was still desolate and bleak; the ice field had not completely melted, and the black ice remained, making it seem unlikely that the secret could be discovered anytime soon.

Standing on the mountain peak outside the city, she looked down at the small county town for a while. This time she was going to leave even further away, and she didn't know when she would come back next time. She liked watching people come and go, and she liked that her parents and brothers could live a peaceful and quiet life.

Inside the cave, a faint figure could be seen among the ten glowing white fruits hanging on the three mulberry trees; it was hard to ignore the little fox's appearance.

I wonder what Tuanzi will think when she wakes up and sees this increasingly strange cave.

Her figure gradually blended into the black night, like a wisp of smoke, disappearing without a trace, coming and going without a trace.