Xiao Xue:...
It seemed the effect of the seven illusory green spirit saliva was indeed good; the remnant soul of this little fox could even take human form now.
Xiao Xue casually cast a [Detect] and obtained her brand-new data panel.
Name: Eight-Tailed Demon Venerable
Race: Heavenly Fox
Gender: Female
Rank: Level 70 (Level 89.9)
Health Points:???
Qi Value:???
Soul Power: Spirit Realm Initial Stage (Spirit Realm Great Perfection)
Aptitude: 8
Opportunity: 8
Charisma: 9
Character Panel Summary:
[A Heavenly Fox remnant soul whose intelligence has recovered a little bit]
After reading the data panel, Xiao Xue nodded secretly.
[Level 70] was equivalent to a Half-step Dou Zong, and her Soul Power had even recovered to the [Spirit Realm Initial Stage].
No wonder she hadn't noticed; the difference between the Spirit Realm Initial Stage and her Mortal Realm Late Stage was not just a little bit.
The seven illusory green spirit saliva had allowed this little fox to recover to this level of strength; that was already quite good.
At this moment, the woman on the bed let out a slight moan and opened her eyes.
"Sen... Senior?" Xiao Xue wanted to pull her hand back but failed, so she could only whisper a reminder.
"Mmph!" The ears on the white-haired woman's head twitched, and she also let go of the hand holding Xiao Xue's.
Her voice was very delicate, like a child's, and carried a bit of naivety.
It was the kind where you could tell immediately that this person wasn't very sharp, what is known as—a silly child.
This point was actually a bit inconsistent with her identity as a Heavenly Fox.
The voice of a Heavenly Fox should be bewitching, not this... harmless.
It could be seen that this fox had suffered too severe a memory loss, and her mental faculties seemed to have problems as well.
However, for her current self, this was actually a good thing.
Otherwise, if this fox, whose strength had recovered to a Half-step Dou Zong, wanted to cause trouble, she really wouldn't have a way to restrain her.
After all, her relationship with this fox was purely based on benefits, and there was no bond like the one between Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
And this kind of relationship was actually the most unstable one.
"There are no permanent friends, only permanent benefits."
Secondly, since the Heavenly Fox race could have existences at the Peak Dou Zun level, it certainly wouldn't be an ordinary race.
However, the original work had never mentioned this race; there might be a big secret in this.
Moreover, she was now borrowing that drop of Essence Blood to possess a trace of the Heavenly Fox Bloodline.
Who knew if this fox would, after recovering her memories, act like those bird-people of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan and hunt her down for "stealing" the Bloodline?
Therefore, the current Xiao Xue did not trust this fox one hundred percent.
And like now, having decent strength without being too intelligent was the most suitable state.
Xiao Xue believed that as long as her memories and intelligence didn't recover, one day, she would be able to mold this little fox into her own shape.
Once she possessed strength above a Dou Zun, she would help this little fox recover her memories and reshape her body. Presumably, in view of the life-saving grace, she wouldn't hold it against her.
Anyway, with the System, this was just a matter of ten or twenty years; for a Dou Zun or Dou Sheng, it was just a snap of the fingers.
"Mmph... Thank, thank you." The white-haired woman sat up cross-legged, rubbed her ears, and spoke.
"It's nothing, Senior, it's just a mutual exchange of needs." Xiao Xue waved her hand to indicate it was fine, "May I ask your name?"
"Hmm... I don't remember..." The white-haired woman hugged her tails to her chest and said after hesitating for a moment.
Xiao Xue asked a few more questions and found that the little fox didn't know anything.
Xiao Xue shook her head helplessly. And look, it seemed her memory had encountered some obstacle again, and she had started stroking her own tails again.
"Stop stroking, stop stroking, the fur will fall out if you keep stroking." Xiao Xue said.
"Oh." The white-haired woman stopped the action of stroking her tails, and the surroundings fell into silence.
Her voice carried a faint sadness.
A person who didn't even know her own name was indeed a bit pathetic.
And thinking that she had likely lived for thousands of years, having had a long life, yet her memories were a blur.
This might... be an extremely painful thing.
Xiao Xue looked at the white-haired woman and tentatively said, "Senior, since you can speak now, why don't I give you a name?"
"A name? But I had a name before, I just can't remember it." The white-haired woman said weakly.
"Can't you humans have two names?"
"You don't have to treat it as a name; you can also treat it as a form of address. For example, isn't 'Demon Venerable' a form of address?" Xiao Xue coaxed.
Previously, they couldn't communicate, but now that they could communicate normally, having a fixed form of address would be much more convenient.
Moreover, constantly calling the little fox "Senior" put her at a disadvantage in terms of Aura, which was not conducive to building a good cooperative relationship.
"Then... then let's pick one!" Upon hearing this, the white-haired woman seemed somewhat excited.
She leaned her upper body forward slightly, causing two certain locations to produce a mesmerizing jiggle.
A bouncy jiggle.
It was unknown why a Soul body could have such realistic physics.
"Hmm..." Xiao Xue thought while averting her gaze from the evil.
No matter what the name was, it didn't seem to fit this bewitching yet childish creature...
"How about..." Xiao Xue thought for a moment, "Let's call you Ah Li."
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