As Xue Wuqi, the violent storm of spiritual energy dissipated without a trace.

  Sunlight streamed down, white clouds drifted across the sky, a gentle breeze caressed the air, which ure and fresh. If not for the few corpses left on the ground, it would seem as if no battle had just taken pce.

  Xiao Lo a bit disappoihat the fat man had mao escape. It seemed that the fox's power was also quite limited.

  Only then did Xiao Long take a good look at the white fox behind him, notig that it was staring bnkly at him.

  The white fox had lost its previous noble and cold demeanor, slightly raising its small head. Its fluffy appearance was like a fwless snowball, without a trapurity. Its eyes were as clear and bright as crystals, gazing at Xiao Long with a look that could melt even the hardest stone.

  Xiao Long had never seen su adorable demo. If he were human, he would certainly have held it in his arms aed it, but unfortunately, he was a snake.

  "Little one, do you know me?" Xiao Long asked.

  The white fox seemed to uand Xiao Long's words, its eyes narrowing into crests as it happily bounced over to Xiao Long and licked his cheek with its pink tongue.

  An indescribable soft and warm sensation spread from his face, making Xiao Long feel as if his heart was melting.

  Xiao Long cursed inwardly; this creature was surely a femme fatale in the demo world. Luckily, he had a human soul, or he would have fallen for it.

  The white fox kept rubbing its head against Xiao Long's body, its fur soft and fortable, showing great affe for him.

  A demo at this level certainly wouldn't have low intelligehe white fox had sensed while unscious that it was this snake who saved her.

  Xiao Long had set up the Seven Stars Soul-Nurturing Array, using his soul power to unicate with the stars and nurture the white fox's soul, whiaturally made her very familiar with Xiao Long's soul, creating a sense of dependency.

  "Do you have a name?" Xiao Long asked.

  "Whimper..." The little creature shook its head, making a soft whimpering sound.

  "Do you remember anything from before?"

  The white fox blis small eyes, looking up at the sky with a fused expression.

  Xiao Long sighed inwardly. Surviving su ordeal, memory loss was iable.

  He wondered what kind of fox this was.

  Tianshan Snow Fox? Sky-Flying Demon Fox? Moon-Dev Fox?

  None of them seemed right. He would have to wait until he was stroo go to the demo world and ask.

  "Alright, from now on, you'll follow me. Your name will be..." Xiao Long thought for a moment and casually said, "Xiao Bai."

  "Whimper..." The white fox pecked at its and called out to Xiao Long in a soft voice, seemingly very pleased with the name.

  This adorable creature was determio stick with him, which was fine. Having a super bodyguard with him meant he could walk unchallenged below the Prenatal Realm.

  Xiao Long ed up the battlefield, colleg all the ste rings left by the Fire Cloud Sect elders into his iory. The four people killed by Xiao Bai were all high-level Qi densing Realm warriors, and their wealth was certainly siderable.

  He g the corpses of the Fire Cloud Sect disciples, feeling an inexplicable urge to eat them.

  Realizing this, Xiao Long was startled and quickly crawled away. He could eat anything, but eating humans was absolutely uable. Although it might give him a signifit boost in experience, Xiao Long couldn't bring himself to do it.

  "Boss, I eat those people?" Da Hei cautiously asked.

  Er Hei also looked at the corpses.

  Xiao Long's heart stirred. Humans had killed Da Hei and Er Hei's mother, creating an irrecible enmity. Besides, it was natural for demos to eat humans, so why not?

  "You . From now on, human corpses are yours."

  "Yes!"

  Da Hei and Er Hei excitedly crawled over, swallowing a person whole, and thehe essence-refining and blood-transf teique taught by Xiao Long to digest them pletely in just a few breaths.

  Qi densing Realm warriors were a great supplement. After digesting two corpses, their energy was full, almost at the brink of a breakthrough.

  Da Hei and Er Hei clearly didn't want to waste anything, swallowing the remaining corpses to digest ter.

  After ing a few corpses, the two snakes swelled into oval shapes, but their speed didn't slow down much.

  "Return to the cave." Xiao Long ordered.

  ...

  The five demos returo the cave. Da Hei and Er Hei went to the side to refihe essend blood, while Huang Mao tio study the Battle Saint Physique.

  Xiao Bai seemed very excited upoering, boung around and finally stopping by the spiritual spring, curiously the water, seemingly very ied.

  The spiritual energy in the spring had been almost pletely absorbed by Xiao Long, leaving it nearly transparent.

  Xiao Long ignored her and began to iory the spoils he had just acquired.

  "Ste ring, open!"

  "Open!"

  "Open!"

  Suddenly, the iory was filled with a variety of miseous items, including pills, ores, and materials. There were especially many spirit stones, with fifty thousand middle-grade spirit stones, equivalent to five million lrade spirit stones, while there were only about ten thousand lrade spirit stones.

  "Your spirit stone t has reached the required amount to upgrade the teique. Would you like to upgrade?"

  Without hesitation, Xiao Long clicked "Upgrade."

  "Ding! Your Azure Dragon Tome has been upgraded to the fourth level, ing fifty thousand middle-grade spirit stones!"

  "Your spirit stone t has reached the required amount to upgrade the teique. Would you like to upgrade?"

  Xiao Long clicked "Upgrade" again.

  "Ding! Your Azure Dragon Tome has been upgraded to the fifth level, ing three huhousand middle-grade spirit stones!"

  With the fifth level of the Azure Dragon Tome operating, gentle inner qi began to se Xiao Long's meridians and repair his damaged body. In just a few breaths, all the injuries within Xiao Long's body were healed.

  Xiao Long was somewhat excited. Just by spending some spirit stones, he had advahe Azure Dragon Tome by two levels. At this rate, as long as he had enough spirit stones, reag the perfect seventh level wasn't impossible.

  With the perfect Azure Dragon Tome, not only would his body be incredibly strong, but even severed limbs could regee. At that point, who could rival him below the Prenatal Realm?

  "I need spirit stones!" Xiao Long realized this was the most pressing issue.

  Whether it grading teiques or setting up a Gathering Spirit Array or the cave's defense array, a rge number of spirit stones were needed. Spirit stones were the foundation of cultivation; without them, nothing could be aplished.

  If he were human, he could easily refine a pill and take it to auaking a fortune. After all, in his previous life, he was a ninth-grade Pill King, and his alchemy skills were among the top three oire ti.

  But now, as a demo and wanted by the Fire Cloud Sect, he would likely be caught before he even got close to a human au house.

  Unless he could disguise himself as a human!

  Xiao Long fell into deep thought, then his eyes suddenly lit up. He transmitted his voice to Huang Mao, "Huang Mao, you speak human nguage?"

  "Human nguage?" Huang Mao asked curiously.

  "The nguage of humans."

  "No," Huang Mao shook his head.

  "Alright, I'll teach you human nguage now."

  Huang Mao looked bewildered, "Huh?"

  "What, don't want to learn?" Xiao Long gred, his dragon might emanating without anger.

  Huang Mao shrank back, relutly saying, "I'll learn! I'll learn, okay?"